Palmerston North City Council

 

Minutes of the Planning & Strategy Committee Meeting Part I Public, held as an Audio-Visual Meeting on 09 March 2022, commencing at 9.03am

Members

Present:

Councillor Aleisha Rutherford (in the Chair), The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Renee Dingwall, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Bruno Petrenas and Orphée Mickalad.

Non Members:

Councillors Susan Baty, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM and Karen Naylor.

 

The Mayor (Grant Smith) was not present when the meeting resumed at 4.16pm (absent on Council Business).  He was not present for clause 12.

Councillor Billy Meehan was not present when the meeting resumed at 4.16pm.  He was not present for clause 12.

 

 8-22

Public Comment

 

Public Comment was made by Mr Grant Higgins regarding his concerns on the street racing in the city.

 

 

Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Patrick Handcock ONZM.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Committee receive the public comment for information.

 

Clause 8-22 above was carried.

 

9-22

Confirmation of Minutes

 

Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Patrick Handcock ONZM.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the minutes of the Planning & Strategy Committee meeting of 9 February 2022 Part I Public be confirmed as a true and correct record.

 

Clause 9-22 above was carried.

Abstained:

Councillor Vaughan Dennison.

 

10-22

Options to address 'street racer' issues

Memorandum, presented by Julie Macdonald, Strategy and Policy Manager.

The meeting adjourned at 10.30am.

The meeting resumed at 10.50am.

 

 

Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Patrick Handcock ONZM.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Committee receive the memorandum entitled ‘Options to address ‘street racer’ issues’.

2.   That the Committee endorse Option 3: Make Works Road a No Parking area as described in the Memorandum dated 9 March and entitled ‘Options to address ‘street racer’ issues.

3.   That the Chief Executive initiate a process to extend parking restrictions (as described in Option 3 of this report) to other areas where street racing activity occurs, and report back to the Planning & Strategy Committee on progress towards achieving this by December 2022.

4.   That Option 6a: Physical deterrent (installation of speed humps) is endorsed, for use where appropriate.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

5.   That Council endorse Option 1: Limit access to Works Road through a bylaw as described in the Memorandum dated 9 March and entitled ‘Options to address ‘street racer’ issues.

6.   That unbudgeted expenditure of $30,000 be approved to enable a Traffic and Parking Bylaw review to be brought forward to 2021/2022 – 2022/2023.

7.   That unbudgeted expenditure of $50,000 be approved to enable the implementation of Option 6a: Physical deterrent (installation of speed humps) at additional locations (where appropriate).

 

Clauses 10-22 to 10.7-22 above were carried.

 

 

Moved Patrick Handcock ONZM, seconded Lew Findlay QSM.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

8.  That the Chief Executive provide an update on engineering and legal solutions to the Planning & Strategy Committee meeting in May 2022.

 

Clause 10-22 above was carried.

 

 

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Leonie Hapeta.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

9.   That option 4 is explored fully, engaging a specific piece of work, asking the Chief Executive and officers to explore how a ‘temporary gate structure’ can work on Longburn and North East Industrial Parks.

 

Clause 10-22 above was carried.

 

11-22

Infrastructure to support Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth

Memorandum, presented by Michael Duindam, Principal Planner.

 

Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Patrick Handcock ONZM.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

1.   That the Committee receives the memorandum entitled ‘Infrastructure to Support Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth’ presented to the 9 March 2022 Planning & Strategy Committee.

2.   That the Council endorses the need to fund and provide adequate infrastructure to support development of land in Aokautere in order to give effect to key strategy and policy documents including the Innovative and Growing City Strategy, the City Growth Plan and National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020.

3.   That if Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth is approved for consultation under the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Chief Executive be directed to prepare infrastructure work programmes required for land transport and stormwater to be included in the 2024 Long Term Plan prior to the hearing for Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth.

4.   That the Chief Executive be directed to provide information relating to the description, timing and quantum of the infrastructure work programmes to enable growth in Aokautere at the 14 September 2022 Planning and Strategy Committee.

5.   That in advance of the hearing for Proposed District Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth the Chief Executive be directed to explore opportunities for Waka Kotahi to fund and/or co-fund transport infrastructure upgrades to enable development in Aokautere.

 

Clause 11-22 above was carried.

The meeting adjourned at 12.00pm.

The meeting resumed at 4.16pm.

 

The Mayor (Grant Smith) (absent on Council Business) and Councillor Billy Meehan were not present when the meeting resumed.

 

12-22

Deliberations Report - Draft Support and Funding Policy 2022

Memorandum, presented by Julie Macdonald, Strategy & Policy Manager.

 

 

Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Leonie Hapeta.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

1.     That the Council adopt the Support and Funding Policy 2022, Attachment 2 of the Memorandum entitled ‘Deliberations Report – Draft Support and Funding Policy 2022’ dated 9 March 2022.

2.     That the Support and Funding Policy 2022, Attachment 2 of the Memorandum entitled ‘Deliberations Report – Draft Support and Funding Policy 2022’ dated 9 March 2022, replaces the Community Funding Policy 2018.

3.     That the Chief Executive Officer prepare an implementation and monitoring plan for the proposed Support and Funding Policy 2022.

 

Clauses 12-22 to 12.3-22 above were carried.

 

 

Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Rachel Bowen.

4.     That a Sector Lead Partnership Fund is referred to the 2024-2034 10-Year Plan process for consideration as a separate budget item.

5.     That the Chief Executive trial the Sector Lead Partnership Agreements, using the funding that has already been assigned to these organisations through the 2022 allocations from the SPG fund, and report back to Community Development Committee prior to the development of the next 10 year plan. And delete the line on top of page 89 ‘once Council has determined a funding source for any sector lead arrangements’.

 

Clauses 12-22 and 12.5-22 above were carried.

 

The meeting finished at 4.58pm

 

Confirmed 13 April 2022

 

 

 

 

Chairperson