MINUTES OF A meeting of the Regional Planning Committee
Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
Time: 11.00am
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Venue:
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Virtually by Zoom
And in person in HBRC Council
Chamber
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Present: Cr
R Barker (Chair)
L
Munroe – Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust (Co-chair)(zoom)
Cr
W Foley (Deputy Co-Chair)
K
Brown – Te Kopere o te Iwi Hineuru
A
Hiha – Mana Ahuriri Trust
T
Hopmans – Maungaharuru Tangitū Trust
T
Huata – Ngati Pāhauwera Development & Tiaki Trusts (zoom)
N
Kirikiri – Te Toi Kura O Waikaremoana (Zoom)
Cr
C Lambert (zoom)
M
Mohi – Ngati Tuwharetoa Hapu Forum
Cr
H Ormsby
Cr
J Taylor
Cr
J van Beek (zoom)
Cr
M Williams (zoom)
In Attendance: J Palmer – Chief
Executive
K Brunton
– Group Manager Policy & Regulation
L
Hooper – Team Leader Governance
A
Bradbury – Senior Policy Planner
N
Nicholson – Policy Planner
1. Welcome/Karakia
/Apologies/Notices
The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Resolution
RPC24/21 That
the apologies for absence from councillors Craig Foss and Neil Kirton, Peter
Paku and Apiata Tapine be accepted.
Mohi/Hopmans
CARRIED
2. Conflict of Interest
Declarations
There
were no conflicts of interest declared.
3. Confirmation
of Minutes of the Regional Planning Committee meeting held on 1 September 2021
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RPC25/21
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Resolution
Minutes of the Regional
Planning Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 1 September 2021, a copy having
been circulated prior to the meeting, were taken as read and confirmed as a
true and correct record.
Ormsby/Foley
CARRIED
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4.
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Follow-ups
from Previous Regional Planning Committee Meeting
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The
item was taken as read.
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5.
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Call
for Minor Items not on the Agenda
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No items raised.
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8.
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October 2021 Policy Projects Update
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Anne Bradbury spoke to the item, highlighting:
· TANK plan change now in
Commissioners’ hands for decisions
· OWB plan change mediation
on appeals scheduled on 27 October
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RPC27/21
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Resolution
That the
Regional Planning Committee receives and notes the “October
2021 Policy Projects Update” staff report.
Foley/Hiha
CARRIED
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9.
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October 2021 Statutory Advocacy
Update
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Verbal Update on Central Government
Programme of Reforms
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Katrina Brunton introduced the item,
and outlined the statutory advocacy activities. Discussions traversed:
· Local government Steering
group for RMA reform met last week and will be embarking on a National
Roadshow of targeted engagement with councils and tangata whenua
· Anticipating exposure
draft of NPS for Indigenous Biodiversity late 2021 and staff intend to make a
submission
· View expressed that a further
‘submission’ should go to NCC in relation to their draft District
Plan and spatial picture. Awaiting a response from NCC on next process steps
as they do not intend to hold hearings at this stage. HBRC submission expressed
concerns about development on tsunami and liquifaction prone land. NCC
spatial picture will subsequently be incorporated into their District Plan.
· All HB councils are
working together to propose HB as a pilot region for development of a
Regional Spatial Strategy. This was the subject of the Hastings District
Council led hui last Friday. Requires weaving together all existing City and
District plans and setting limits across all of the region’s
biophysical characteristics includine freshwater and biodiversity. Being a
Pilot Region would come with significant resources, particularly for tangata
whenua. A Regional spatial plan will have phenominal benefits for the region
in the long term. The five council’s planning teams would be integrated
as a single virtual team. Summary of discussions at 1 September RPC meeting
in relation to Pilot Region proposal will be re-circulated.
· Request was made for a
Water Services Bill update including implications for the Regional Council.
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RPC28/21
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Resolution
That the Regional
Planning Committee receives and notes the “October 2021 Statutory
Advocacy Update” staff report.
Ormsby/Hopmans
CARRIED
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7.
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Regional
Planning Committee Work Programme for Kotahi
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Queries and discussions following on
from discussions at the earlier workshop traversed:
· Additional layer to be
added into the ‘external influences on the work programme’ to
include Central Government legislation, National Policy Statements and
Environmental Standards in the pipeline that will influence or impact on the Kotahi
process and decisions
· Proposed to hold several
workshops including Māori Committee tangata whenua to work through the
process including in relation to the Regional Coastal Environment Plan and a matauranga
Māori workshop early in the process before setting the vision and values.
· An updated proposed
schedule of workshops will be provided in early 2022.
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11.
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Discussion
of Minor Matters not on the Agenda
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No items were raised.
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Karauna Brown offered a karakia to close the
meeting.
Closure:
There being no further business the Chair
declared the meeting closed at 11.35am on 20 October 2021.
Signed as a true and correct record.
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