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Resolutions
The Hearings Committee recommends that Hawke’s Bay
Regional Council:
1. Receives and considers
the “Report and Recommendations from the 23 June 2021 Hearings
Committee Meeting”.
2. Agrees that the
decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria contained in
Council’s adopted Significance and Engagement Policy, and that Council
can exercise its discretion and make decisions on this issue without
conferring directly with the community or persons likely to have an interest
in the decision.
3. Adopts the Terms of
Reference for the Hearings Committee as amended to:
3.1. add a
footnote to 1.5. referring to the Local Authorities (Members Interests) Act
1968
3.2. reference
additional sections of the act that provide for objections to resource
consent decisions
3.3. add clause
1.7. to provide for the Chairperson to hear objections lodged by applicants
to staff decisions and to costs
3.4. add clause
1.6 to authorise the settlement of appeals and references through
conferencing or alternative dispute resolution (if required)
3.5. amend clause
2 to refer to s72
3.6. Amend 1.1 to
read “To hear and make decisions pursuant to
sections 37, 37A, 39, 39AA, 40, 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, 41D, 42, 42A, 103B, 104,
104A, 104B, 104C, 104D, 104E, 105, 107, 108, 108AA, 108B, 109, 113, and 115
of the Resource Management Act on applications arising out of the
Council’s regulatory responsibilities on:”
4. Adopts the Delegations
Register as amended to:
4.1. Change Group
Manager Regulation to Group Manager Policy and Regulation and change the
abbreviation to GMRP
4.2. Change Principal
Consents Officer to Team Leader Consents and change the abbreviation to TLC
4.3. Add the
position of Engineering Officer Schemes, to recognise the staff level at
which gravel consents are issued
4.4. Change
36AB(1) to 36AAB(1)
4.5. Add delegations
to provide for Environment Court conferencing and Alternative Dispute
Resolution including decisions to enter alternative dispute resolution and
Environment Court conferencing
4.6. Add
delegation for fixing a notice to a site (Resource Management (Forms, Fees,
and Procedure) Regulations 2003) - Regulation 10A.
Omaranui Landfill
Expansion Hearing
5. Confirms that the
Hearing Panel appointed to hear the resource consent applications required to
undertake activities and discharges associated with the construction and
operation of Area B of the Omarunui Landfill (APP-125003) under
section 34A of the RMA is delegated authority under sections 37, 37A, 39,
39AA, 40, 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, 41D, 42, 42A, 103B, 104-108, 108A, 108AA, 109,
113 and 115 to hear, consider and decide the application and submissions.
Appointment of Hearing
Panel for the Clive River Dredging Resource Consent Applications
6. Confirms that the
Hearing Panel appointed to hear the Clive River Dredging and the
Hearing Panel appointed to hear the Omarunui Landfill (APP-125003) resource
consent applications under section 34A of the RMA is delegated authority
under sections 37, 37A, 39, 39AA, 40, 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, 41D, 42, 42A, 103B,
104-108, 108A, 108AA, 109, 113 and 115 to hear, consider and
decide the application and submissions.
Williams/Kirton
CARRIED
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