Christchurch City Council
Minutes
Date: Wednesday 1 March 2023
Time: 9.05 am
Venue: Council Chambers, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Present
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Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
Members
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Mayor Phil Mauger
Deputy Mayor Pauline Cotter
Councillor Kelly Barber
Councillor Melanie Coker
Councillor Celeste Donovan
Councillor Tyrone Fields
Councillor James Gough
Councillor Tyla Harrison-Hunt
Councillor Victoria Henstock
Councillor Yani Johanson
Councillor Aaron Keown
Councillor Sam MacDonald
Councillor Jake McLellan
Councillor Andrei Moore
Councillor Mark Peters
Councillor Tim Scandrett
Councillor Sara Templeton
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Principal Advisor
Dawn Baxendale
Chief Executive
Tel: 941 8999
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Katie Matheis
Committee and Hearings Advisor
941 5643
katherine.matheis@ccc.govt.nz
www.ccc.govt.nz
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Council
01 March 2023
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Karakia Tīmatanga: Given by all
Councillors
Councillor Gough joined the meeting via
audio/visual link. Councillor Keown was not present when the meeting started.
The agenda was dealt with in the following
order.
1. Apologies Ngā Whakapāha
2. Declarations of Interest Ngā
Whakapuaki Aronga
There were no
declarations of interest recorded.
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16. Resolution
to Include Supplementary Reports
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00018
That the
reports be received and considered at the Council meeting on Wednesday, 1
March 2023.
Open Items
17. Revoking
Council Resolutions from 8 September 2022 on Plan Change 14 and Plan Change
13
18. Draft
submission on Future for Local Government Report
Public Excluded
Items
19. Christchurch
City Holdings Ltd - Appointment of Chair of the Board
Deputy Mayor/Councillor Scandrett Carried
Councillor Johanson
requested his vote against the inclusion of public excluded item 19 be
recorded.
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14. Resolution
to Exclude the Public
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00019
That Mary Devine remain after the public have been excluded for
Item 19 of the public excluded agenda as she has knowledge that is relevant
to that item and will assist the Council.
AND
That at 9.07am the resolution to exclude the public set out on
pages 142 to 143 of the agenda and pages 5 to 6 of the supplementary agenda
be adopted.
Councillor McLellan/Mayor Carried
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The public were
re-admitted to the meeting at 9.25am.
Councillor
MacDonald joined the meeting at 9.15am during consideration of item 19.
Councillor
MacDonald left the meeting at 9.19am and returned at 9.29 during presentation
of External Recognition for Council Services.
Councillor
Keown joined the meeting at 9.22am during consideration of item 19.
External
Recognition for Council Services
The Mayor, on behalf of the Council,
acknowledged the following external award for Council services:
·
The Council’s Graffiti Programme is the
New Zealand winner of the Snapper’s Choice Award in the inaugural 2022
Solver of the Year Awards.
3. Public Participation Te Huinga
Tūmatanui
3.1 Public Forum Te Huinga Whānui
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3.1.1 Ben Lowe
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Ben Lowe spoke regarding the Tarras
Airport proposal and his concerns on the impact to the climate crisis.
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3.1.2 Hornby Community Activator Satali Auvae
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Hornby Community Activator Satali Auvae spoke
regarding the Notice of Motion presented by Councillor Peters (refer item
13).
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3.1.3 Greater Hornby Residents' Association
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Ross Houliston spoke on behalf of Greater
Hornby Residents’ Association regarding the Notice of Motion presented
by Councillor Peters (refer item 13).
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Attachments
a Ross
Houliston - Speaking Notes ⇨ 
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3.1.4 Momentus Public Relations
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David Lynch, Director of Momentus Public
Relations, spoke regarding ways in which the Council could assist the
Government’s response to cyclone Gabrielle.
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4. Presentation
of Petitions Ngā Pākikitanga
There was no presentation
of petitions.
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5. Council Minutes - 25 January 2023
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00020
That the Council confirm the Minutes from
the Council meeting held 25 January 2023.
AND
That the Council confirm the Minutes from
the Council meeting held 1 February 2023.
AND
That the Council confirm the Minutes from
the Council meeting held 15 February 2023.
Councillor MacDonald/Deputy Mayor Carried
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6. Council Minutes - 1 February 2023
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Council Decision
Refer item 5.
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7. Council Minutes - 15 February 2023
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Council Decision
Refer item 5.
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Councillor Henstock left the meeting at
10.10am during consideration of item 8.
Councillor Barber left the meeting at
10.17am and returned at 10.20am during consideration of item 8.
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8. Monthly Report from the Community Boards - February
2023
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Callum Ward, Chairperson and Keir Leslie,
Deputy Chair joined the meeting for presentation of the Waihoro
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board area report.
Bridget Williams, Chairperson and Jason
Middlemiss, Deputy Chair joined the meeting for presentation of the Waimāero
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board area report.
Emma Norrish, Chairperson, joined the
meeting for presentation of the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community
Board area report.
Helen Broughton, Chairperson and Marie
Pollisco, Deputy Chair joined the meeting for presentation of the Waipuna
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board area report.
Paul McMahon, Chairperson, and Jackie
Simons, Deputy Chair joined the meeting for presentation of the Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board area report.
Reuben Davidson, Chairperson and Penelope
Goldstone, Community Governance Manager joined the meeting for presentation
of the Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community
Board area report.
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00021
Officer Recommendations accepted without change
That the Council:
1. Receive the Monthly Report from the Community Boards February 2023.
Deputy Mayor/Councillor Coker Carried
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Secretarial Note: The Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board
presented on a road stopping request at 11 Humboldt Street, noting that it
will be requesting the Council to review its Road Stopping Policy 2020 in
light of the currently proposed Urban Forest Plan.
In the interim, the meeting requested
advice from staff on temporarily halting road stoppings where there is
potential for conflict between strategic objectives until review of the Urban
Forest Plan could be undertaken.
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Secretarial Note: The Waimāero
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board presented on its approval of two
applications for street tree removals at its 7 February 2023 meeting.
As the original officer recommendations
were to decline the applications to remove the trees, the meeting requested
information from staff about whether a decision made by a Community Board
that goes against Council policy/recommendations should be submitted to the
Council for final decision through a Part A report.
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Secretarial Note: The Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board presented on the impact of shipping
containers to members of its community.
The meeting noted a previous Council resolution requesting
a report back on options to address the effects of the shipping containers
and further requested an update be provided to the Community Board about when
this report would be made available after a few delays.
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Attachments
a Waihoro
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board February Update ⇨ 
b Waimāero
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board February Update ⇨
c Waipapa
Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board February Update ⇨
d Waipuna
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board February Update ⇨
e Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board February Update ⇨
f Te
Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board February
Update ⇨
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Report from Waipapa
Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board - 9 February 2023
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9. Dedication
of Local Purpose (Road) Reserve as road - 31 Leander Street Papanui
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00022
Community Board Recommendations accepted without
change
Part A
That the
Council:
1. Resolves pursuant to Section 111 of the Reserves Act 1977 to
dedicate the Local Purpose (Road) Reserve containing 1473m² being
Part Lot 3 DP 13330, Part Lot 4 DP 17321 and Lot 8 DP 13050 and now shown as
Section 4 SO 586272 as road.
2. Authorises the Manager Property Consultancy to take all steps
necessary to conclude the dedication of the land as road.
Mayor/Councillor Peters Carried
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Councillor Henstock returned to the meeting
at 10.38am during consideration of item 10.
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Report from Waipapa
Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board - 9 February 2023
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10. Dedication
of Local Purpose (Road) Reserve as road - 12 Ramore Place, Papanui
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00023
Community Board Recommendations accepted without
change
Part A
That the
Council:
1. Resolves pursuant to Section 111 of the Reserves Act 1977 to
dedicate the Local Purpose (Road) Reserve containing 596m² described as
Lot 22 DP 27176 as road.
2. Authorises the Manager Property Consultancy to take all steps
necessary to conclude the dedication of the land as road.
Mayor/Deputy Mayor Carried
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11. Art by the River Commission - Brett Graham, Erratic
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00024
Officer Recommendations accepted without change
That the
Council:
1. Accept the artwork Erratic by Brett Graham as a permanent
artwork installation.
2. Approve the artwork location of Erratic on the Avon
Riverbank Central City Reserve at 110 Cambridge Terrace, Central City,
subject to the following:
a. SCAPE obtain and comply with all the necessary consents and
approvals required to locate and install the artwork,
b. SCAPE confirms that all funding is in place to purchase and
install the artwork,
c. SCAPE maintain the artwork for a 12 months
maintenance period,
d. SCAPE provide a condition report of the artwork, long-term
maintenance and engineering plans at handover,
e. The Council’s requirements be addressed in a 3-way contract
agreement between SCAPE, the Artist and the Council.
Councillor Keown/Councillor
Templeton Carried
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Councillor Templeton left the meeting at
11.02am and returned at 11.04am during consideration of item 13.
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13. Notice of Motion
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00025
Motion accepted without change
1. Notice
of Motion to the Council
That the Council:
1. That the Council put on hold the commencement of the sale of
151-153 Gilberthorpes Rd, Hornby for at least 6 months to allow time for the
community to refine their work on alternative options, including community
ownership and operation of part or full of the facility, noting that there
has been insufficient time for this to occur in a robust and genuine manner
to date.
Councillor Peters/Councillor
Harrison-Hunt Carried
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The meeting adjourned at 11.24am and
reconvened at 11.46am.
3.2 Deputations by Appointment Ngā
Huinga Whakaritenga
The following
deputations were made regarding item 12 – Approval to Notify Housing and
Business Choice (PC14) and Heritage (PC13) Plan Changes.
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3.2.1 Riccarton Bush - Kilmarnock Residents' Association
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Tony Simons, Chairperson of Riccarton
Bush – Kilmarnock Residents’ Association. He provided a PowerPoint
presentation (refer attachment 3.2.1A)
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Attachments
a Tony
Simons - Riccarton Bush-Kilmarnock Residents' Association Presentation to
Council ⇨
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3.2.2 Greater Hornby Residents' Association
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Marc Duff, Chairperson of Greater Hornby
Residents’ Association. He provided a PowerPoint presentation (refer
attachment 3.2.2A)
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Attachments
a Marc
Duff - Greater Hornby Residents' Association Presentation to Council ⇨
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Deputy Mayor Cotter left the meeting at
11.58am and returned at 12.02pm during presentation of item 3.2.3.
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3.2.3 Christchurch Civic Trust and Hagley Park & Open Spaces
Subcommittee
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Ross Gray, Chairperson of Christchurch
Civic Trust, and Anne Dingwall, Convener of Hagley Park & Open Spaces
Subcommittee. They tabled two letters (refer attachments 3.2.3A and B).
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Attachments
a Ross
Gray and Anne Dingwall - Christchurch Civic Trust - PC14 Letter to Council ⇨
b Ross
Gray and Anne Dingwall - Christchurch Civic Trust - PC13 Letter to Council ⇨
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3.2.5 Architectural Designers New Zealand
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Glenn Murdoch, Regional Chair
Canterbury/Westland, spoke on behalf of Architectural Designers New Zealand. He
tabled a letter previously sent to Honorary David Parker, Honorary Dr Megan
Woods, and Mayor Phil Mauger (refer attachment 3.2.5A).
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Attachments
a Glenn
Murdoch - Architectural Designers New Zealand - Letter to Honorary David
Parker, Honorary Dr Megan Woods, and Mayor Phil Mauger ⇨
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3.2.6 Benny Gilling
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Benny Gilling spoke via audio/visual link
and provided an two infographics (refer attachment 3.2.6A).
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Attachments
a Benny
Gilling - Infographic showing Residential Patterns in Halifax (Low vs High
Density Urban Housing) ⇨
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3.2.7 Harrison McEvoy
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Harrison McEvoy provided a PowerPoint
presentation (refer attachment 3.2.7A).
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Attachments
a Harrison
McEvoy - Presentation to Council ⇨
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3.2.9 Helen Broughton
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Helen Broughton spoke in an individual capacity
and provided an area map (refer attachment 3.2.9A).
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Attachments
a Helen
Broughton - Map of Riccarton area ⇨
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3.2.10 Central Riccarton Residents' Association
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Garth Wilson spoke on behalf of Central
Riccarton Residents’ Association.
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3.2.12 Joscelyne Silcock
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Joscelyne Silcock tabled her submission
(refer attachment 3.2.12A).
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Attachments
a Joscelyne
Silcock - Submission to Council ⇨
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3.2.13 Church Corner Residents' Association
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Tony Rider, Co-Chairperson, spoke on
behalf of the Church Corner Residents Association.
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The meeting adjourned at 1.02pm and
reconvened at 2.01pm. Councillor Gough was not present at this time.
Councillor Gough joined the meeting in the
Council Chambers at 2.32pm during consideration of item 12.
Councillor Moore left the meeting at 2.52pm
and returned to the meeting at 2.54pm during consideration of item 12.
Councillor Fields left the meeting at 3pm
and returned to the meeting at 3.03pm during consideration of item 12.
Councillor Gough left the meeting at 3.21pm
and returned to the meeting at 3.26pm during consideration of item 12.
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12. Approval to notify Housing and Business Choice (PC14) and
Heritage (PC13) plan changes
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Council Officers joined the table and
provided a presentation (Attachment 12A). Investigator John Hardie also
joined the table to present on the implications of Council choosing not to
notify the Plan Changes.
The Mayor Moved and Councillor Barber
Seconded the Officer Recommendations with the addition of recommendation 4
(refer below).
Councillor Templeton Moved and Councillor
Donovan Seconded an amendment to alter the Public Transport Access qualifying
matter (refer below). The amendment was put to the vote and declared lost.
The recommendations Moved by the Mayor
and Seconded by Councillor Barber were put to the vote after debate and
declared carried.
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Officer Recommendations
That the
Council:
1. Revoke its previous resolution to notify a version of Plan Change
13 and approve the public notification of Plan Change 13 Heritage and its
associated evaluation report (prepared in accordance with section 32 of the
RMA) as included in attachments to this report, pursuant to Clause 5 of
Schedule 1 of the RMA.
2. Approve the public notification of Plan Change 14 Housing and
Business Choice and its associated evaluation report (prepared in accordance
with sections 32 and 77J-77R of the RMA) as included in attachments to this
report, pursuant to Clause 5 of Schedule 1 of the RMA.
3. Authorise Head of Planning and Consents to make any necessary
corrections or amendments to the Proposed Plan Changes 13 and 14 or their
evaluation reports and appendices, until the date of notification.
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Recommendations Moved by the Mayor and Seconded by Councillor Barber
That the
Council:
1. Revoke its previous resolution to notify a version of Plan Change
13 and approve the public notification of Plan Change 13 Heritage and its associated
evaluation report (prepared in accordance with section 32 of the RMA) as
included in attachments to this report, pursuant to Clause 5 of Schedule 1 of
the RMA.
2. Approve the public notification of Plan Change 14 Housing and
Business Choice and its associated evaluation report (prepared in accordance
with sections 32 and 77J-77R of the RMA) as included in attachments to this
report, pursuant to Clause 5 of Schedule 1 of the RMA.
3. Authorise Head of Planning and Consents to make any necessary corrections
or amendments to the Proposed Plan Changes 13 and 14 or their evaluation
reports and appendices, until the date of notification.
4.
Authorise the Mayor,
after consulting with Councillors, to write to the Investigator, John Hardie,
outlining the Council’s views, issues and concerns with notifying an
intensification planning instrument to help inform his final report.
Mayor/Councillor Barber
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Council Decision
That the Council:
Alter the Public Transport Access
qualifying matter to be for properties beyond a 10 minute walk of a core
public transport route or a 5 minute walk from any other public transport
route.
Councillor Templeton/Councillor
Donovan Lost
Councillors Donovan, Fields and Templeton
requested that their vote in favour of this amendment be recorded.
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00026
That the
Council:
1. Revoke its previous resolution to notify a version of Plan Change
13 and approve the public notification of Plan Change 13 Heritage and its
associated evaluation report (prepared in accordance with section 32 of the
RMA) as included in attachments to this report, pursuant to Clause 5 of
Schedule 1 of the RMA.
2. Approve the public notification of Plan Change 14 Housing and
Business Choice and its associated evaluation report (prepared in accordance
with sections 32 and 77J-77R of the RMA) as included in attachments to this
report, pursuant to Clause 5 of Schedule 1 of the RMA.
3. Authorise Head of Planning and Consents to make any necessary
corrections or amendments to the Proposed Plan Changes 13 and 14 or their
evaluation reports and appendices, until the date of notification.
5.
Authorise the Mayor,
after consulting with Councillors, to write to the Investigator, John Hardie,
outlining the Council’s views, issues and concerns with notifying an
intensification planning instrument to help inform his final report.
Mayor/Councillor Barber Carried
Councillors Gough,
Keown and Peters requested their vote against resolution 2 be recorded.
Councillors
Donovan and Templeton requested the minutes reflect that their vote for
resolution 2 did not extend to the sunlight qualifying matter.
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Attachments
a Staff
presentation - Approval to notify Plan Changes 13 and 14 ⇨ 
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17. Revoking
Council Resolutions from 8 September 2022 on Plan Change 14 and Plan Change
13
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00027
Officer Recommendations accepted without change
That the
Council:
1. Revoke Council resolution CNCL/2022/00118 made at the
Council meeting on 8 September 2022 relating to Approval to Notify Plan
Changes 13 and 14
2. Revoke Council resolution CNCL/2022/00119 made at the
Council meeting on 8 September 2022 relating to Approval to
Notify Plan Changes 13 and 14
3. Revoke Council resolution CNCL/2022/00120 made at the
Council meeting on 8 September 2022 relating to Approval to Notify Plan
Changes 13 and 14
4. Revoke Council resolution CNCL/2022/00121 made at the
Council meeting on 8 September 2022 relating to Approval to Notify Plan
Changes 13 and 14
5. Revoke Council resolution CNCL/2022/00125 made at the
Council meeting on 8 September 2022 relating to Approval to Notify Plan
Changes 13 and 14
Mayor/Deputy Mayor Carried
Councillors
Johanson and McLellan requested that their votes against resolutions 2 and 3
be recorded.
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18. Draft
submission on Future for Local Government Report
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Council Resolved CNCL/2023/00028
Officer Recommendations accepted without change
That the Council:
1. Approve the draft submission on the Future for Local Government
draft report (Attachment A)
2. Approve the feedback on recommendations and questions from the
Future for Local Government draft report (Attachment B)
Councillor Coker/Councillor Harrison-Hunt Carried
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Karakia Whakamutunga:
Given by all Councillors
Meeting
concluded at 4.39pm.
CONFIRMED THIS 5TH DAY OF
APRIL 2023
Mayor Phil Mauger
Chairperson