MINUTES OF A meeting of the Hearings Committee

Date:                          Wednesday 5 June 2019

Time:                          8.45am

Venue:

Council Chamber Hawke's Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street NAPIER

Present:                     P Beaven - Chairman

P Bailey

R Barker

T Waaka

In Attendance:          L Lambert – Group Manager Regulation

M Miller – Manager Consents

J Palmer – Chief Executive

A Roets – Governance Administration Assistant

1. Welcome/Apologies

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Resolution

HC1/19         That the apologies for absence from Mike Mohi and Brian Gregory be accepted.

Barker/Bailey

CARRIED

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

3.       Confirmation of Minutes of the Hearings Committee meeting held on 24 October 2018

	Correction be made on page 2, Point 4 being: “Cr Peter Beaven indicated that he has to stand down for the Te Mata Mushrooms Hearings as he is not confident he has not made any public comments”.
HC2/19	Resolution Minutes of the Hearings Committee held on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, a copy having been circulated prior to the meeting, were taken as read and confirmed as a true and correct record as amended. Bailey/Waaka CARRIED

4.	Hearing Panel Appointments
	The Chair introduced the item which recommends the appointment of an additional commissioner to the joint HBRC-HCD Te Mata Mushrooms hearing panel.  Discussions traversed: · CV for Paul Cooney, Lawyer and Planning Commissioner, as distributed to the Committee previously, was tabled · HDC has decided not to have elected representatives involved in the hearings · Councillor Bailey will will not have a role in HDC decisions · Appointment of Paul Cooney will allow the panel to function in a more integrated manner and allow for simpler deliberations and decision making due to his appointment to the HDC panel as well · Any procedural difficulties will be managed by the Hearing Panel Chair.
HC3/19	Resolutions That the Hearings Committee: 1.      Receives and notes the “Hearing Panel Appointments” staff report. 2.      Makes the appointment, in accordance with its delegation to do so, of Mr Paul Cooney to the Hearing Panel to decide the Te Mata Mushrooms Co. Ltd resource consent applications. Barker/Waaka CARRIED

Closure:

There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 8.42am on Wednesday 5 June 2019.

Signed as a true and correct record.

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