Palmerston North City Council

 

Minutes of the Extraordinary Sport and Recreation Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Missoula Room, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 22 May 2017, commencing at 9.02am

Members

Present:

Councillors Leonie Hapeta (in the Chair), Brent Barrett, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

Apologies:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) (on Council Business) and Councillors Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen (on Council Business) and Aleisha Rutherford.

 

Councillor Duncan McCann entered the meeting at 9.03am following the conclusion of clause 12.  He was not present for clause 12.

 

12-17

Apologies

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Committee receive the apologies.

  

 

Councillor Bruno Petrenas declared a conflict of interest and withdrew from the meeting.

 

Councillor Duncan McCann entered the meeting at 9.03am

 

13-17

Clearview Park Development Submissions

 

Robert Feasey and Lisa Borthwick (14):

Mr Robert Feasey spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

-        Mr Feasey believed that the value of his property would be reduced if a thoroughfare was introduced.  Prior to purchasing his property he had asked if there were any plans for the areas and was not told of any.

 

Bruno Petrenas (16):

Mr Bruno Petrenas spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

 

-        Prior to any land being swapped the performance of the re-aligned watercourse should be confirmed.

 

-        The width of the shared path was unable to comply with the minimum road width of the District Plan, but Council considers this effect to be less than minor and the statement from Council regarding use of the pathway did not seem to indicate occasional use.

 

-        Dogwood Way was a unique cul-de-sac with a large retirement village at the end which creates its own traffic issues.  The introduction of the shared pathway would create further safety issues for children, elderly residents and pedestrians.

 

-        If the land swap was to go ahead appropriate concrete pavers should be used for the carriageway construction.

 

Grant Honey (19):

Mr Grant Honey spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

 

-        The proposed land swap would result in adverse effects and there was nothing to avoid, remedy or mitigate these effects on local, residential and conservation amenity values.

 

-        Mr Honey proposed an amendment to the provision of land swap that the 3 metre strip be reduced to 1.5 metres from the corner of lot 52 through to Clearview Drive, keeping consistent with the newly laid walkway/cycle path.

 

-        The proposal had no recreational or community benefits and was only for the benefit of the developer with only lip service paid to residents.

 

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Sport and Recreation Committee heard submissions from presenters who indicated their wish to be heard in support of their submission.

2.   Note the Procedures for Hearing of Submissions, as described in the Procedure Sheet.

 

         




The meeting finished at 9.36am

 

Confirmed 7 June 2017

 

 

 

Chairperson