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Tom Skerman introduced the item, advising
that version 8 of the draft plan change will be prepared for the RPC meeting
on 12 December 2018 for the Committee to consider whether it is in a form
ready for Schedule 1, pre-notification consultation. Discussions traversed:
Cr Debbie Hewitt arrived at 1.10pm.
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Three matters for consideration today as per
the recommendations, two of which were traversed in this morning’s
workshop, relate to nutrient loss, drinking water and stormwater.
Cr Rick
Barker arrived at 1.15pm.
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Issue 1: Managing nutrient loss and land
use change – how sediment loss is managed,
comparing sediment loss to nutrient loss and context around the modelling.
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Understanding how best to manage land use
change through regulation with a number of options considered as described,
with recommended approach based on an acceptable threshold of loss
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Schedule to be further developed to clearly
explain “Land Use Change” to provide better guidance for
compliance officers and landowners, as difficult to accurately define change that
occurs both incrementally and through more fundamental farm system changes
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Need to develop additional management
approaches at property scale to ensure future land use change does not
undermine the ability for water quality limits to be achieved
Cr Debbie
Hewitt left the meeting at 1.21pm.
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Differences between options, best practice
requirements to meet water quality objectives related to location including
values being managed for
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Agreement, in principle, reached in support of
staff recommendations in agenda item
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Issue 2: JWG recommendations for
protection of drinking water sources – queried
whether a completion date for NCC SPZ can be included in the Plan Change
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Staff recommendations accepted as proposed.
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Issue 3: Stormwater Policy and Rules
– draft policies and rules were initially presented
14 August. Staff have subsequently made amendments for greater specificity, with
measurable and realistic timeframes and deadlines to put policies in place in
accordance with a decision making matrix for determining if an activity was
low, medium or high risk.
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A summary of the Ahuriri Estuary Stormwater
and Wastewater agenda item and presentation by NCC at 14 November Environment
and Services committee is to be provided to RPC.
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Failure of NCC infrastructure resulted in
wastewater discharges to Ahuriri – not compliant with their resource
consent conditions which do not allow that.
Cr Beaven
left at 1.49pm
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Request for a workshop on Ahuriri Estuary
issues for RPC to form a consolidated picture of what is happening.
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Draft S32 evaluation report has been prepared by Mitchell Daysh Ltd, but cannot be completed
until the Plan Change drafting has been finalised.
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To provide a further review of the s32
evaluation at the next RPC meeting in December.
Cr Debbie
Hewitt returned to the meeting at 2.05pm.
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Requests for a definition of “farming
enterprise”, information around numbers of properties by size, clarity
on the cost allocation for SPZ zones in relation to Papakainga and marae, and
assurances around the health of taonga species for human consumption.
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