Palmerston North City Council

 

Minutes of the Extraordinary Sport and Recreation Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 06 June 2018, commencing at 9.02am

Members

Present:

Councillors Leonie Hapeta (in the Chair), Brent Barrett, Adrian Broad, Lew Findlay QSM, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.

Non Members:

Councillors Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Karen Naylor and Tangi Utikere.

Apologies:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) (on Council Business) and Councillor Vaughan Dennison (for lateness).

Councillor Duncan McCann left the meeting at 3.30pm during consideration of clause 29.   He was not present for clause 29.

 

26-18

Apologies

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Duncan McCann.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Committee receive the apologies.

                        The meeting adjourned at 9.03am

                                The meeting resumed at 3.06pm

27-18

Public Comment

 

Public comment was received from Jono Naylor regarding Council licencing  Pascal Street Community Trust to occupy land for a community garden.

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Tangi Utikere.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.  That the Public Comment be received for information.

 

Clause 27-18 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, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

 

28-18

Confirmation of Minutes

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Aleisha Rutherford.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the minutes of the Sport and Recreation Committee meeting of 14 May 2018 Part I Public and Part II Confidential be confirmed as a true and correct record.

 

Clause 28-18 above was carried 13 votes to 0, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows:

For:

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

Abstained:

Councillor Tangi Utikere.

 

29-18

Proposal to licence Pascal Street Community Trust to occupy part of Awapuni or Alexnader Parks for a Community Garden

Report, dated 15 May 2018 from the Senior Property & Parks Planner, Aaron Phillips and the Community Advisor, Julia Panfylova.

Councillor Duncan McCann left the meeting at 3.30pm.

 

Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Aleisha Rutherford.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

1.   That Palmerston North City Council, in the report Proposal to Licence Pascal Street Community Trust to occupy part of Alexander or Awapuni Parks for a Community garden, dated 15 May 2018, as the administering body of Alexander Park, authorises the licence of approximately 5,000 square metres of Alexander Park (as part of Part Lot 1 DP 6888) to Pascal Street Community Trust.

2.   That Council note that while Alexander Park is not a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977, it was treated as if it was a reserve in terms of the process to consider granting a licence to occupy and therefore the requirements of Section 4 of the Conservation Act 1987 have been satisfied in relation to consultation with Iwi over granting a licence.

3.   That Council note that while Alexander Park is not a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977, it was treated as a reserve in terms of the process to consider granting a licence to occupy and the requirements of Sections 119 and 120 of the Reserves Act 1977 have been satisfied in relation to public notification prior to the resolution to enter into a licence at Alexander Park.

Amended by Council on 25 June 2018

Clause 105-18

 

Clause 29-18 above was carried 9 votes to 3, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

 

Against:

Councillors Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke and Lew Findlay QSM.

Note:
Councillor Karen Naylor declared a conflict of interest and withdrew from discussion and voting on clause 29 above.

      

The meeting finished at 3.39pm

 

Confirmed 13 August 2018

 

 

 

Chairperson