Regulatory Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Regulatory Committee held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert St, Auckland on Wednesday, 12 April 2017 at 9.30am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Wayne Walker

 

Members

Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

From 9.36am, Item 13

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

IMSB Chair David Taipari

From 10.08am, Item 13

 

Cr John Watson

From 9.38am, Item 12

 

IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox

From 9.47am, Item 12

 

ABSENT

 

Ex-officio

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

 

 

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, JP

 

 

 

 


Regulatory Committee

12 April 2017

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number REG/2017/24

MOVED by Chairperson L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Chairperson W Walker:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr Daniel Newman and IMSB Member D Taipari for lateness.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number REG/2017/25

MOVED by Cr R Hills, seconded by Cr E Collins:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 9 March 2017, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Objections to stormwater works at 9 Astley Avenue, New Lynn

 

Note:   this item was withdrawn.

 

 

 

10

Appointment of an independent commissioner for a Notice of Requirement for a primary school at 11 Scott Road, Hobsonville

 

Note:   Changes to the original recommendation were incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.

 

 

Resolution number REG/2017/26

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson W Walker, seconded by Cr D Quax:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      appoint independent commissioner Janine Bell to hear submissions, if any, and make a recommendation to the Minister of Education on the Notice of Requirement for a primary school at 11 Scott Road, Hobsonville under section 171 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

b)      delegate to the independent commissioner appointed in (a) above the authority to make a recommendation on the Notice of Requirement should no submissions be received or a hearing not otherwise be required.

CARRIED

 

 

 

11

Appointment of Hearing Panel: Notice of Requirement by Auckland Transport for Alterations made to City Rail Link Designation 1714 (Designations 2 and 3)

 

Note:   Changes to the original recommendation were incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.

 

 

Resolution number REG/2017/27

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson W Walker, seconded by Cr S Stewart:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      appoint three independent commissioners, Alan Watson as chairperson, Rebecca Macky and Michael Parsonson, for the alterations to City Rail Link Designation 1714 (Designations 2 and 3) to hear and make a recommendation on the Notice of Requirement (alteration to designation) under section 181(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991;

b)      delegate authority to the chairperson appointed under (a) above to make a recommendation on the Notice of Requirement in the event that a hearing is not required; and

c)      delegate authority to the chairperson of the Regulatory Committee to make replacement appointments should any of the appointed independent commissioners be unavailable.

CARRIED

 

 

 

12

Regulatory Committee - Forward Work Programme to March 2018

 

Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 9.38 am.

IMSB Member G Wilcox entered the meeting at 9.47 am.

 

Resolution number REG/2017/28

MOVED by Chairperson L Cooper, seconded by IMSB Member G Wilcox:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      approve the Forward Work Programme to March 2018.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Update - Consenting Made Easy

 

Cr D Newman entered the meeting at 9.56 am.

IMSB Member D Taipari entered the meeting at 10.08 am.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number REG/2017/29

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson W Walker, seconded by IMSB Member D Taipari:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      note the progress on the Consenting Made Easy programme of work.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     12 April 2017 - Regulatory Committee - Item 13 Consenting Made Easy presentation

 

 

14

Quarterly Report from Resource Consents Department

 

Resolution number REG/2017/30

MOVED by IMSB Member D Taipari, seconded by Cr D Quax:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      Receives the Resource Consents Department Quarterly Report April 2017. 

CARRIED

 

 

15

Resource Consent Appeals: Status Report 12 April 2017

 

Resolution number REG/2017/31

MOVED by IMSB Member D Taipari, seconded by Deputy Chairperson W Walker:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      receive the Resource Consents Appeals: Status Report 12 April 2017.

CARRIED

 

 

16

Adoption of a Regulatory Committee Policy

 

Resolution number REG/2017/32

MOVED by IMSB Member D Taipari, seconded by Cr E Collins:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      adopt the Regulatory Committee Policy. 

CARRIED

  

 

17        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

18        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number REG/2017/33

MOVED by Chairperson L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Chairperson W Walker:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

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Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains information relating to an Environment Court appeal and the disclosure of information may prejudice the council's position in regards to negotiations and the potential settlement of the appeal.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

11.19 am         The public was excluded.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

11.27 am         The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

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Resolution number REG/2017/34

MOVED by Chairperson L Cooper, seconded by IMSB Member D Taipari:  

That the Regulatory Committee:

b)      agree that the report and the above resolution not be restated in the open section of the minutes.

 

  

 

 

 

11.27 am                                            The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Regulatory Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

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