Palmerston North City Council

 

Minutes of the Future Development Strategy Joint Steering Group Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 13 May 2024, commencing at 9.02am

Members

Present:

The Mayor (Grant Smith )(in the Chair), Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Rachel Keedwell, Fiona Gordon and Te Kenehi Teira.

 

 

 

Karakia Timatanga

 

Councillor Te Kenehi Teira opened the meeting with karakia.

 

 

1-24

Agree Palmerston North City Council Standing Orders Part 2: Meeting Procedures

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Te Kenehi Teira.

The STEERING GROUP RESOLVED

1.    That the Steering Group agree to conduct business for all meetings using the Part 2 of the Palmerston North City Council Standing Orders.

 

 

Clause 1-24 above was carried 6 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Grant Smith, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Rachel Keedwell, Fiona Gordon and Te Kenehi Teira.

 

 

2-24

Summary of Submissions - Draft Palmerston North Future Development Strategy 2024

Memorandum, presented by Keegan Aplin-Thane, Senior Planner, Palmerston North City Council and Leana Shirley, Senior Planner, Horizons Regional Council.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Leonie Hapeta.

The STEERING GROUP RESOLVED

1.   That the Steering Group receive the summary of submissions on the Draft Palmerston North Future Development Strategy 2024.

 

 

Clause 2-24 above was carried 6 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Grant Smith, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Rachel Keedwell, Fiona Gordon and Te Kenehi Teira.

 

3-24

Hearing of Submissions - Draft Palmerston North Future Development Strategy 2024

 

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Lorna Johnson.

The STEERING GROUP RESOLVED

1.   That the Steering Group hear submissions from presenters who indicated their wish to be heard in support of their submission.

2.   That the Steering Group note the Procedure for Hearing of Submissions, as described in the procedure sheet.

 

 

 

Clause 3-24 above was carried 6 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Grant Smith, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Rachel Keedwell, Fiona Gordon and Te Kenehi Teira.

 

 

 

The following persons appeared before the Steering Group to make oral statements in support of their submissions and replied to questions from Steering Group members.

 

Chris Teo-Sherrell (105)

Chris Teo-Sherrell spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.

 

Mandy Shaw (128)

Mandy Shaw spoke to her submission and made no additional comments.

 

LT Projects Limited (Mike Taylor, Director, LT Projects Limited, Chris Lowe, Director, LT Projects Limited, Cam Twigley, Principal Planner, BTW Company, and Darrelle Martin, Senior Planner, BTW Company) (83)

Mike, Chris, Cam and Darrelle spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.

 

2nd Chapter Partners (Liam Dickson, Director 2nd Chapter Partners and Richard Coles, Director,  Momentum Planning and Design, Advisor to 2nd Chapter Partners) (88)

Liam and Richard spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.  Further information (presentation and tabled material) was presented at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

 

Foodstuffs North Island Limited (David Boersen, Development Manager – Property Investment, Foodstuff North Island Limited, Daniel Sadlier, Lawyer, Simone Williams, Associate, Barker & Associates, and Mike Nixon, Principal Transport Consultant) (90)

David and Daniel spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.  Further information (tabled material in two parts) was presented at the meeting and appended to these minutes.

 

Grant Stevenson (99)

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

·         He is interested in the points made by a previous submitter around hydrology and Bunnythorpe which he had not been aware of. 

·         He supports a focus on community and for Council to ensure due diligence is undertaken. 

 

Robert McLachlan (101)

Robert spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.

 

 

 

Meeting adjourned at 10.35am

Meeting resumed at 11.02am

 

 

 

Palmerston North Airport Limited (Mark Lash, Chief Commercial Officer) (106)

Mark spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.

Peter Davies (108)

Peter spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

·         He is supportive of the area where the Bunnythorpe business park is proposed as it consolidates industrial developments which seems to be an excellent idea. 

 

KiwiRail (Anna Allen, Executive General Manager Property and Pam Butler, Senior RMA Advisor) (109)

Anna and Pam spoke to the submission and made the following additional comments:

·         KiwiRail supports the removal of all level crossings.

 

LJ Futures Trust (Lynley Annand) (110)

Lynley spoke to the submission and made additional comments outlined in the tabled material appended to these minutes.

 

Stephen Kelly (131)

Stephen spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

·         Consultation has been reasonable but a decision on the final plans needs to be made as quickly as possible, so people are not left in a position where they cannot move on with their lives.

 

Christine Staples (116)

Christine spoke to her submission and made the following additional comments noted below.  Further information was tabled at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

·         Simplify the information for easy understanding and absorption of all that is happening. 

 

 

Ian Staples (117)

Ian spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.    

 

 

The meeting adjourned 12.14pm

The meeting resumed at 1.07pm

 

 

 

Jon Roygard, Group Manager Catchment Operations, Horizons Regional Council (18)

Jon spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments:

·         This is a Horizons staff submission.

·         Although Horizons staff were involved in developing the draft strategy, Jon was not involved in producing the draft strategy.

 

David and Fiona Odering, (23)

David spoke to his submission and made the following additional comments below.  Further information (presentation slides) was tabled at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

·         The submission is representative of his family and their property, not of his company, SOCO Limited.

 

Niuvaka Trust (Dana Kunaiti, General Manager, Analena Siu, Community Connector, Latai (youth) and William Tamutamu, Project Coordinator) (35)

Dana, Analena, Latai and William spoke to the submission and made additional comments outlined in the slides that were presented at the meeting and are appended to these minutes.

 

Dale O’Reilly (36)

Dale spoke to her submission and made the following additional comments below.  Further information was tabled at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

·         Bunnythorpe is one of only two rural villages in New Zealand not recognised as a settlement by Stats NZ.

·         Shared some of the history between Manawatū District Council and Palmerston North City Council.

·         If this plan goes ahead this will cause social cohesion issues for the community of Bunnythorpe.

 

Whakarongo Holding Company Ltd (Paul Thomas, Thomas Planning Ltd, Kevin Judd, Resonant Consulting Ltd, John Maassen, Barrister, Matthew Currie, Homewood Property) (80)

Paul, Kevin, John and Matthew spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.  Further information (two slideshows) was tabled at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

 

Homewood Property (Matthew Currie) (104)

Matthew spoke to his submission and did not make any additional comments.

 

Beryl Brown (45)

Beryl spoke to her submission and made no additional comments.  Further information was tabled at the meeting and is appended to these minutes.

 

Clair Reeves (57)

Clair and Ian spoke to their submission and made the following additional comments:

·         Their main question is why would you leave two houses out of the plan in the middle of an industrial area.

 

Warren and Vicki Bradley (63)

Warren and Vicki spoke to their submission and made no additional comments. 

 

Fonterra Limited (Laura Jeffries, Environmental Policy Manager, Susanne O’Rourke, National Environmental Manager, Philippa Fourie, Regional Engagement Manager) (75)

Laura, Susanne and Philippa spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.

 

Robert Gibb (118)

Robert spoke to his submission and made additional comments outlined in the further information (slideshow) that was presented at the meeting and is appended to these minutes. 

He also notes his statements are on behalf of Green Taskforce All Saints with the backing of Environmental Manawatū Network. 

 

Aaron Fox (122)

Aaron spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.

 

Dr Ruth Gorinski on behalf of Mr & Mrs Adams (71)

Dr Gorinski spoke on behalf of the submitters and made no additional comments.

 

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 3.31pm

The meeting resumed at 3.52pm

 

 

 

Moira Devine (136)

Moira spoke to her submission and made no additional comments.

 

Heritage Estates (2000) Ltd (John Farquhar, Owner, Amanda Coats, Proarch Consultants Limited) (107)

John spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.

 

Jeff Twigge (102)

Jeff spoke to his submission and made no additional comments.

 

 

AgResearch (Graeme Mathieson, Senior Consultant) (94)

Graeme spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.

 

Transpower New Zealand Limited (Rebecca Eng, Technical Lead) (65)

Rebecca spoke to the submission and made no additional comments.

 

 

 

Karakia Whakamutunga

 

Councillor Te Kenehi Teira closed the meeting with karakia.

 

 

 

The meeting finished at 4.37pm

 

Confirmed 20 May 2024

 

 

 

Chair