MINUTES OF Central
HAwkes Bay District Council
Community
Development Committee Meeting
HELD AT THE Council
Chamber, 28-32 Ruataniwha Street, Waipawa
ON Thursday, 14
February 2019 AT at the conclusion of the Risk and Audit
Meeting
PRESENT: Cr Kelly Annand
Mayor Alex Walker
Cr Ian Sharp (Deputy Mayor)
Cr Tim Aitken
Cr Shelley Burne-Field
Cr Gerard Minehan
IN ATTENDANCE: Joshua Lloyd (Group Manager, Community Infrastructure and Development)
Monique Davidson (CEO)
Bronda Smith (Group Manager, Corporate Support and Services)
Doug Tate (Group Manager, Customer and Community Partnerships)
Nicola Bousfield (People and Capability Manager)
Leigh Collecutt (Governance and Support Officer)
2 Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
Cr Kelly Annand declared a non pecuniary interest in relation to item 6.1, due to being on a sub committee of one of the entities mentioned in the report, as part of her employment at Connecting for Youth Employment Trust.
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Moved: Cr Ian Sharp Seconded: Cr Gerard Minehan THAT the following standing orders are suspended for the duration of the meeting: · 20.2 Time limits on speakers · 20.5 Members may speak only once · 20.6 Limits on number of speakers AND THAT 21.4 Option C under section 21 General procedures for speaking and moving motions be used for the meeting. |
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Moved: Cr Ian Sharp Seconded: Mayor Alex Walker That the minutes of the Community Development Committee Meeting held on 18 October 2018 as circulated, be confirmed as true and correct. |
5 Local Government Act Compliance – Planning, Decision Making and Accountability
Council is required to make decisions in accordance with the requirements of Part 6 Subpart 1 of the Local Government Act 2002.
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THAT Council has read the reports associated with items 6.1 and 6.2 and considers in its discretion under Section 79(1)(a) that sufficient consultation has taken place in addition to the Councillors knowledge of the items to meet the requirements of Section 82(3) in such a manner that it is appropriate for decisions to be made during the course of this meeting. Moved: Cr Ian Sharp Seconded: Cr Tim Aitken That Item 5 – Local Government Act Compliance – Planning, Decision Making and Accountability is removed from all Community Development Committee Meeting Agendas going forward.
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PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to update the Committee of Community Development on activities for monitoring and review purposes.
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Moved: Cr Ian Sharp Seconded: Cr Gerard Minehan That, having considered all matters raised in the report, the report be noted.
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· The following items were included as part of the Community Development Update:
Update from the Chair
Community Wellbeing Strategy
Community Funding
Emergency Management
Community Housing
Economic Development
Social Housing Strategy
Libraries
· Mayor Walker indicated that she was pleased to see the Safer CHB priority of dealing with alcohol related harm, given Central Hawke’s Bay’s statistics are higher than New Zealanders as a whole.
· Cr Sharp offered his congratulations on the 60 days of summer tourism advertising campaign on Facebook.
· Cr Annand asked about progress of the Social Housing Strategy. It was confirmed that the draft is being finalised and would be workshopped with Council and then come to committee for adoption on 28th March.
· Mayor Walker asked about the Economic Development Strategy and when the committee would get the opportiunity to be involved in scoping. Mr Tate confirmed that this was currently in discussion.
· Cr Sharp asked what the community response had been to the AA Service becoming available at the Waipukurau library. It was confirmed that the reaction was very positive and the service is already being well used by the community.
· Cr Tennent offered his congratulations to the Chair on the progress of the committee’s work programme.
· Mayor Walker made mention of the community planning day in Takapau and invited Councillors to attend
· Cr Annand encouraged Councillors to make sure that the Community reference Group Meeting on 4th March was a priority to attend.
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PURPOSE The matter for consideration by the Committee is to assess the Community Pride and Vibrancy Fund application submitted by the Wanstead Polo Club Incorporated.
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Moved: Mayor Alex Walker Seconded: Cr Tim Aitken That having considered all matters raised in the report the application be declined and; That the committee writes a letter of support for the Wanstead polo club incorporated to assist them to seek funding from other sources for their project. Moved: Cr Kelly Annand Seconded: Mayor Alex Walker That the resolution is amended as follows:
That having considered all matters raised in the report the application be declined and; That the committee writes a letter of support for the Wanstead polo club incorporated to assist them to seek funding from other sources for their project and encourage them to work with council staff to reapply for an eligible future event.
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· Discussion took place around the proposed recommendation and the application not meeting the criteria of the Community Pride and Vibrancy Policy.
· Mayor Walker asked whether Council could privde some other form of support, such
as providing recycle bins at events.
· Cr Aitken commented on the quality of the application and indicated that he would like to see that Council contribute in some way.
· The recommendation was amended by Cr Annand to include reference to encouraging the polo club to work with Council staff to reapply for the fund for a future event which meets the eligibility criteria for this fund.
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Moved: Cr Gerard Minehan Seconded: Cr Ian Sharp
THAT the next meeting of the Community Development Committee be held on 28 March 2019. |
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The Meeting closed at 11.30am
The minutes of this meeting were confirmed at the Community Development Committee Meeting held on 28 March 2019.
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CHAIRPERSON