1. WELCOME/APOLOGIES/NOTICES
Mr W Wilson offered the Karakia.
RPC5/12 Apologies were received from Ms T
Hopmans, Mr C Rangi and Councillors Dick and Remmerswaal.
von Dadelszen/Rose
CARRIED
2. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DECLARATIONS
There were no conflicts
of interest declared.
3. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF the Regional Planning Committee held on 9 May
2012
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RPC6/12
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Minutes of the Regional
Planning Committee held on Wednesday, 9 May 2012, a copy having been
circulated prior to the meeting, were taken as read and confirmed following
amendment.
Rose/McGregor
CARRIED
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4. Matters Arising from Minutes of the Regional Planning Committee
held on Wednesday 9 May 2012
7. Joint Planning
committee – proposed legislation
Responding to a question from Councillor Scott, Mrs Lambert advised
that the Minister was now no longer hopeful of the Joint Planning Committee
Bill being introduced to Parliament this year as a support piece of
legislation.
A request was made that Council would
express its disappointment to the Minister at the delay of the legislation
being introduced to Parliament this year.
Concern was expressed that the
Committee was already established and legislation had not been passed. In
response Mrs Lambert advised that Council had established the Regional Planning
Committee through its own jurisdiction and that legislation would confirm the
permanent status of the Committee.
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5.
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Action
Items from Previous Regional Planning Committee Meetings
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There
were no action items recorded from the previous meeting.
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6.
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CALL
FOR GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
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1. Tangata Whenua Consultation
Process
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7.
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Delivering
the Tukituki Strategy
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Ms Codlin
introduced Mr Stephen Daysh, Director of Environmental Management Services
whom Council had contracted to assist in the delivery of the Tukituki
Strategy and the Ruataniwha Water Storage project.
Ms Codlin gave
a Powerpoint presentation which outlined the approach that Council was
proposing to take to deliver the Tukituki Strategy and the co-ordination of
the decision making elements of the Tukituki Plan Change and the Ruataniwha
Water Storage project.
Ms Codlin explained
the role the Committee would play in the preparation of the proposed change
to the Regional Policy Statement which would give effect to the key
principles of the Hawke’s Bay Land and Water Management Strategy and the
National Policy Statement for Freshwater. A Cultural Values and Uses report
had been prepared by Te Taiwhenua O Tamatea and Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga and
the Committee would consider this at their September meeting.
The Committee
discussed the Tukituki Strategy, the role the 2011 Hawke’s Bay Land and
Water Strategy played in the setting up of the Strategy, and the proposed
changes to the Regional Policy Statement which would assist in the provision
of key values and freshwater management objectives across the region. The
Committee also agreed it was imperative that the Plan Change be instigated so
ongoing discussions could commence as the proposed time frame was very tight.
Mr Daysh
outlined the EPA process, the plan change process which has only been
available for the last few years and was confident that the proposed EPA
process would allow for the rights of the submitter to be retained.
Responding to
questions from the Committee the following points were noted:
- The
allocation of water is currently undertaken under policy guidelines in
the RMA however there would be key policies put in place in regard to
water allocation;
- Key policies
would be contained in the Tukituki Plan Change around monitoring
process;
- Currently,
the permitted activity for daily use for any purpose is 20 cubic metres;
- The National
Policy Statement for Freshwater Management will feed into the Regional
Policy Statement and the Regional Plan;
Comment was
made that it was time to validate the values Council was hoping to achieve
from the Tukituki Strategy and the contribution of different land values
within the Tukituki catchment should be identified and described in the
Tukituki Choices document alongside those values for freshwater bodies in the
catchment.
Councillor
Kirton moved an amendment to Recommendation 3, seconded by Mr Waaka.
3. “Supports the preparation of the
‘Tukituki Choices’ document which identifies different land and water
management scenarios for the Tukituki catchment. ensuring that the integrated
land and water values to be achieved are fully described”
The amendment
was lost and the original Recommendations therefore stood and were carried
unanimously.
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RPC7/12
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Resolutions:
The Regional
Planning Committee recommends Council:
1. Agrees that the
decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria contained in
Council’s adopted policy on significance and that Council can exercise its
discretion under Sections 79(1)(a) and 82(3) of the Local Government Act 2002
and make decisions on this issue without conferring directly with the
community and persons likely to be affected by or to have an interest in the
decision due to the nature and significance of the
issue to be considered and decided.
2. Approves the development of a change to the
Hawke’s Bay Regional Policy Statement to incorporate relevant elements of the
Hawke’s Bay Land and Water Strategy to set the regional context for values
associated with the region’s freshwater resources.
3. Supports the preparation of the ‘Tukituki
Choices’ document which identifies different land and water management
scenarios for the Tukituki catchment.
4. Instructs staff to undertake specific
consultation with Te Taiwhenua O Tamatea and Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
regarding the Tukituki Choices document.
5. Approves an approach to the Minister for the
Environment seeking to have the following matters considered as matters of
national significance determined by a Board of Inquiry:
5.1 the proposed
plan change for the Tukituki River Catchment
5.2 applications
for all consents relating to the Ruataniwha Water Storage project.
Gilbertson/W
Wilson
CARRIED
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Chairman Wilson left the meeting at 2.15pm
and Councillor McGregor assumed the Chairmanship.
Councillor Kirton left the meeting at
2.25pm
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8.
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Introduction
to Managing Non Point Source Discharge (using the Taharua/Mohaka Catchment as
a case Study) - Verbal Presentation
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Ms Codlin
introduced Messrs Brendan Powell, Chris Reed and Dr Barry Lynch to the
Committee.
Staff gave
powerpoint presentations which gave an overview of their respective roles,
point source and diffuse pollution, the studies undertaken to date, the
results of those studies and the ongoing consultation process with landowners
in the Taharua catchment.
Chairman
Wilson resumed the Chairmanship at 2.30pm.
The Committee
discussed the implications of managing non point source discharge and were
encouraged with the results highlighting a downward trend of phosphorus as a
consequence of ongoing riparian and other land management tools. The
Committee noted that point source and diffuse pollution took place on both
pastoral and arable farming as well as dairy farms.
Acknowledgement
was given to staff for the all embracing approach which had been undertaken
to achieve an ongoing working relationship with landowners in the
Taharua/Mohaka catchment who were now prepared to make a financial investment
to achieve a successful outcome.
The Committee
noted it was important that information on the Taharua/Mohaka catchment study
should be available to the public. Staff advised that Council’s website was
currently being updated and once completed information would be available on
a Taharua/Mohaka catchment study web page.
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RPC8/12
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Resolution:
1.
That the report be received.
Scott/Rose
CARRIED
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Councillor Gilbertson left the meeting at
3.00pm
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9.
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General
Business
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Tangata
Whenua Consultation Process
Mr Waaka outlined a recent discussion
held between tangata whenua and key scientific staff to consider ways tangata
whenua could be involved in the early development of agenda items.
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Closure:
There
being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 3.10pm on
Wednesday, 11 July 2012.
Signed
as a true and correct record.
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