Palmerston North City Council

Minutes of the Extraordinary Manawatu District/Palmerston North City Joint Strategic Planning Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 20 June 2018, commencing at 1.00pm

Members Present:	Palmerston North City Council The Mayor (Grant Smith) (in the Chair) and Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies and Tangi Utikere. Manawatu District Council Councillors Barbara Cameron, Michael Ford and Phil Marsh.
Non Members:	Palmerston North Councillors Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison,  Duncan McCann and Bruno Petrenas. Manawatu District Council Councillor Hilary Humphrey.
Apologies:	Palmerston North City Council Councillors Susan Baty, Lew Findlay and Lorna Johnson. Manawatu District Council The Mayor (Helen Worboys) (for lateness) and Councillor Shane Casey.

The Mayor (Helen Worboys) entered the meeting at 1.03pm at the conclusion of clause 9.  She was not present for clauses 8 and 9.

8-18	Apologies
	Moved Grant Smith, seconded Tangi Utikere. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the Committee receive the apologies.

9-18	Confirmation of Minutes
	Moved Grant Smith, seconded Michael Ford. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the minutes of the extraordinary Manawatu District/Palmerston North City Joint Strategic Planning Committee meeting of 21 March 2018 Part I Public and the 22 November 2017 Part II Confidential be confirmed as a true and correct record.

10-18

Presentation of the Central Economic Development Agency's Final Statement of Intent 2018/19 Memorandum, dated 5 June 2018 from the General Manager - City Future, Sheryl Bryant and the General Manager, Community and Strategy, Manawatu District Council, Brent Limmer.

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Helen Worboys. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the Central Economic Development Agency’s Statement Of Intent be modified, as follows; subject to consultation with the Board: ·    Inclusion of the digital/ technology sector as a priority sector within the Performance Outlook section of the Statement of Intent. ·    Inclusion of an implementation plan as part of the development of the Inward Investment Strategy within the Performance Outlook section of the Statement of Intent. ·    Clarity of the expansion to “health and wellbeing” from the “health sector”, referred to in the Performance outlook section of the Statement of Intent. ·    Alignment with the Services Funding Agreement as outlined in clause 3 of the report, dated 5 June 2018 and entitled “Presentation of the Central Economic Development Agency’s Final Statement of Intent 2018/19” by the General Managers of City Future (PNCC) and Community and Strategy (MDC). 2.   That the Chief Executives of Palmerston North City and Manawatu District Councils be instructed to consult with the Board on the proposed modifications in recommendation 1 above and report back to the August meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Committee.

The meeting finished at 1.21pm

Confirmed 12 December 2018

Chairperson