Minutes of Economic Development Committee

Palmerston North City Council

Minutes of the Economic Development Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 05 December 2016, commencing at 9.02am

Members

Present:

Councillor Adrian Broad (in the Chair), The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

The Mayor (Grant Smith) left the meeting at 2.54pm when the meeting resumed. He was not present for clause 11.

Councillor Vaughan Dennison left the meeting at 2.54pm when the meeting resumed. He was not present for clause 11.

Councillor Jim Jefferies left the meeting at 2.54pm when the meeting resumed. He was not present for clause 11.

1-16

Urgent Item

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

That subject to Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and in accordance with the advice by the Chairperson the following items be considered as an urgent item:

(i) Memorandum, dated 5 December 2016 and entitled “Palmerston North City Council Support to the Kaikoura District Council” from the Mayor, Grant Smith.

Clause 1.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Jim Jefferies, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

2-16

Public Participation at Meetings

Memorandum, dated 9 November 2016, from the Committee Administrator, Penny Odell.

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Tangi Utikere.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee set aside a public comment section of not more than 30 minutes at the commencement of each ordinary meeting of the Committee to provide members of the community the opportunity to comment.

Clause 2.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

3-16

Jump Start Innovation Hub

Presentation from Malcolm Fraser, Chief Executive Officer.

Jump Start Manawatu is a collaboration between Palmerston North City Council, Massey University, Microsoft, Nokia and InspireNet, focused on developing innovation, regional competiveness and productivity in the Manawatu.

A series of workshops had been run and five or six different projects had been identified. The success of the Innovation Hub would be measured by how many of the projects were activated.

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Susan Baty.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 3.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

4-16

Manawatu/Palmerston North Real Estate Institute Branch

Presentation from Andy Stewart, Forum Leader.

Mr Stewart’s role was co-ordination of all the Real Estate agencies in the region. He advised that currently there was a critical shortage of house listings in the market place.

Mr Stewart believed approximately 200 new houses per year are needing to be built, but there were not enough sections available to do this.

Palmerston North was a very affordable place to buy homes, with the average house price being $340,000 in comparison to $560,000 in Wellington. However first home buyers still struggled to buy a house as a lot of investors were purchasing those type of properties.

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Aleisha Rutherford.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 4.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

5-16

RACE Group Inc

Presentation from Al Robertston, Chief Executive Officer.

A Master Plan had been developed that aims to significantly grow the contribution of the Awapuni Race Group to Palmerston North by enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the area; encouraging visitors to the area and installing New Zealand’s first all-weather racing and training surface and to grow race meetings to 30 per annum.

A three day Gold Cup Festival was planned for 2017, “Celebrating all that makes Palmy great”. This event would be launched in The Square on Thursday 30 March 2017 and finish with a live full band free concert with a 15 minute encore by Jimmy Barnes at the Racecourse on Saturday 1 April 2017.

Moved Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 5.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

6-16

Ohakea Air Tattoo

Presentation from Renee Barbour and Warrant Officer Paul Davies.

The 2017 Air Tattoo will be held on 25 and 26 February 2017 at RNZAF Base, Ohakea, which will have displays of military equipment and showcase capability with other foreign attendance.

A lot of work has been put into traffic management plans so that there was no repeat of the 2012 Tattoo traffic concerns where queues lasted for hours and resulted in a number of visitors not being able to get into the base.

Key messages that were highlighted was the need to discourage local traffic movement in the area, and detour and reduce through traffic. It was noted that all tickets would be pre-purchased and the numbers would be capped at 50,000 per day.

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Rachel Bowen.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 6.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

7-16

City Centre Vibrancy Plan

Presentation by the City Planning Manager, David Murphy.

The City Planning Manager provided an update on the City Centre Vibrancy Plan.

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Karen Naylor.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 7.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

8-16

Summary Report on September 2016 Manawatu Quarterly Economic Monitor

Memorandum, dated 24 November 2016 from the Economic Policy Advisor, Peter Crawford.

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Rachel Bowen.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Manawatū Quarterly Economic Monitor – September 2016 be received.

Clause 8.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

9-16

Palmerston North City Council Support to the Kaikoura District Council

Memorandum, dated 5 December 2016 from the Mayor, Grant Smith.

In discussion the Elected Members considered that $25,000 would be of more benefit to Kaikoura District Council.

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

1. That Palmerston North City Council support the Kaikoura District Council. That Council write to Mayor Gray and offer a $25,000 support package towards Earthquake damage and repairs.

Clause 9.1 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

10-16

Committee Work Schedule

Committee Work Schedule, December 2016.

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Tangi Utikere.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Economic Development Committee receive its Work Schedule dated December 2016.

Clause 10.1 above was carried 14 votes to 1, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

Against:

The Mayor (Grant Smith).

Abstained:

Councillor Duncan McCann.

The Meeting adjourned at 11.32am

The Meeting resumed at 2.54pm

When the meeting resumed The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Vaughan Dennison and Jim Jefferies were not present.

Exclusion of Public

11-16

Recommendation to Exclude Public

Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Leonie Hapeta.

The COMMITTEE RSEOLVE

“That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting listed in the table below.

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 are as follows:

General subject of each matter to be considered		Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Ground(s) under Section 48(1) for passing this resolution
12.	Approval of Sister City connection with Wageningen	Negotiations	s7(2)(i)

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 the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public as stated in the above table.

Also that the persons listed below be permitted to remain after the public has been excluded for the reasons stated.

Chief Executive (Paddy Clifford), Chief Financial Officer (Grant Elliott), General Manager, City Enterprises (Ray McIndoe), General Manager, City Future (Sheryl Bryant), General Manager, City Networks (Ray Swadel), General Manager, Customer Services (Peter Eathorne), General Manager, Libraries and Community Services (Debbie Duncan), Human Resources Manager (Wayne Wilson) and Strategic Communications Manager (Mark Torley) because of their knowledge and ability to provide the meeting with advice on matters both from an organisation-wide context (being members of the Council’s Management Team) and also from their specific role within the Council.

Legal Counsel (John Annabell), because of his knowledge and ability to provide the meeting with legal and procedural advice.

Committee Administrators (Penny Odell and Rachel Corser), Governance and Support Team Leader (Kyle Whitfield) because of their knowledge and ability to provide the meeting with procedural advice and record the proceedings of the meeting.

Toni Grace because of her knowledge and ability to assist the meeting in speaking to her report and answering questions, noting that she will be present at the meeting only for the item that relate to her respective report.

Clause 11.1 above was carried 13 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Leonie Hapeta, Lew Findlay QSM, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

The public part of the meeting finished at 2.55pm

Confirmed 13 February 2017

Chairperson