Karakia Tīmatanga: All Councillors
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.
3. Public Participation Te Huinga
Tūmatanui
3.1 Public Forum Te Huinga Whānui
There were no public forum presentations.
3.2 Deputations by Appointment Ngā
Huinga Whakaritenga
There were no deputations
by appointment.
4. Presentation of Petitions Ngā
Pākikitanga
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5. Central City Parking Restrictions Committee Minutes
- 27 November 2023
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The meeting blocked resolved Minutes Items
5 – 8 and PX Minutes Items 20 – 21.
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Council
Resolved CNCL/2024/00036
That the Council receives the Minutes
from the Central City Parking Restrictions Committee meeting held 27 November
2023.
Councillor Moore/Deputy Mayor Carried
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6. Council Minutes - 3 April 2024
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00037
That the Council confirm the Minutes from
the Council meeting held 3 April 2024.
AND
That the Council confirm the Public
Excluded Minutes from the Council meeting held 3 April 2024.
Councillor Moore/Deputy Mayor Carried
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7. Council Minutes - 10 April 2024
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00038
That the Council confirm the Minutes from
the Council meeting held 10 April 2024.
AND
That the Council confirm the Public
Excluded Minutes from the Council meeting held 10 April 2024.
Councillor Moore/Deputy Mayor Carried
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Councillor Donovan joined the meeting via
audio / visual link at 10.26am during consideration of Item 9.
Councillor Johanson left the meeting at 9.57am
and returned at 9.59am during consideration of Item 9.
Councillor McDonald left the meeting at 10.09am
and returned at 10.19am during consideration of Item 9.
Councillor Gough left the meeting at 10.09am
and returned at 10.19am during consideration of Item 9.
Councillor Barber left the meeting at 10.16am
and returned at 10.20am during consideration of Item 9.
Councillor McLellan left the meeting at 10.16am
and returned at 10.23am during consideration of Item 9.
Deputy Mayor Cotter left the meeting at 10.18am
and returned at 10.20am during consideration of Item 9.
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9. Monthly Report from the Community Boards - April
2024
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The Mayor, on behalf of the Council,
thanked Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board Chairperson
Bridget Williams and Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board Chairperson
Helen Broughton after each announced they would be stepping down from their
roles as Chairperson though would continue to serve on their respective
Community Boards. Their service, accomplishments, and contributions were
acknowledged by the meeting.
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Bridget Williams, Chairperson, and Jason
Middlemiss, Deputy Chairperson, joined the meeting for presentation of the Waimāero
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board area report.
Emma Norrish, Chairperson, and Simon
Britten, Deputy Chair, joined the meeting for presentation of the Waipapa
Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board area report.
Helen Broughton, Chairperson, and Marie
Pollisco, Deputy Chairperson, joined the meeting for presentation of the Waipuna
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board area report.
Paul McMahon, Chairperson, and Jackie
Simons, Deputy Chairperson, joined the meeting for presentation of the Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board area report.
Lyn Leslie, Chairperson, and Penelope Goldstone, Community
Governance Manager, joined the meeting for presentation of the Te
Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board area
report.
Callum Ward, Chairperson, and Keir Leslie, Deputy Chairperson,
joined the meeting for presentation of the Waihoro
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board area report.
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00040
Officer recommendation accepted without
change
That the Council:
1. Receive the information in the Monthly Report from the Community Boards
- April 2024 Report.
Councillor Barber/Councillor Peters Carried
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Attachments
a Waimāero
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board - Presentation to Council ⇨
b Waipapa
Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board - Presentation to Council ⇨
c Waipuna
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board - Presentation to Council ⇨
d Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board - Presentation to Council ⇨
e Te
Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board -
Presentation to Council ⇨
f Waihoro
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board - Presentation to Council ⇨
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Report
from Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board - 11 April 2024
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10. Worsleys
Road Realignment - Legalisation
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00041
Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board
recommendation accepted without change
That the
Council:
1. Pursuant to Sections 116 and 117(7) of the Public Works Act 1981
the Council resolves to make application to the Minister of Lands to stop
that parcel road identified as Section 1 on SO Plan 585685, as detailed on
Attachment A to the report (Worsleys Road Realignment – Legalisation,
Title Plan SO 585685) on the meeting agenda, containing 0.3871ha and to
declare it to be a local purpose (utility) reserve vested in the Christchurch
City Council subject to the Reserves Act 1977.
Councillor Peters/Mayor Carried
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Councillor Scandrett left the meeting at 10.26am
and returned at 10.29an during consideration of Item 11.
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Report
from Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board - 11 April 2024
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11. Former Opawa
Children's Library Building - Expression of Interest, Results and
Recommendation
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00042
Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board
recommendations accepted without change
That the
Council:
3. Notes:
a. The
existing Council resolution (CNCL/2022/00076) to approve the removal of the
Building from its current flood prone location if no purchase or relocation
options arise from an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process.
b. That
the proposal from the Smith Street Community Farm Trust to take ownership of
and relocate the Building to the Smith Street community garden was withdrawn
after the report on the Community Board agenda.
4. Requires
staff to further explore relocation options as a preference prior to
demolition.
5. Any
relocation option is conditional upon:
a.
An achievable option being established within three months of this
resolution.
b.
The cost of any relocation being within the $40,000 council budget provision
including remediation of the current site.
6. Delegates
to the Manager Property Consultancy the authority to make all decisions,
enter into such contracts and documents as deemed necessary at their sole
discretion to implement the demolition or relocation of the building and
remediation of the site, without further formal reporting back to the
Community Board or Council.
Mayor/Councillor Scandrett Carried
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The meeting adjourned at 10.31am and
reconvened at 10.49am. The Mayor, Councillor Barber and Councillor Gough were
not present at this time.
Deputy Mayor Cotter assumed the Chair for
consideration of Item 12.
Councillor Barber returned the meeting at 10.56am
during consideration of Item 12.
Councillor Gough returned the meeting at 10.56am
during consideration of Item 12.
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12. Plan Change 14 Staging of Decision
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00043
Officer recommendations accepted without
change
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Plan Change
14 Staging of Decision Report.
2. Note that the decision in this report is assessed as Medium
significance based on the Christchurch City
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.
3. Agree that its decision by 12 September 2024 on the IHP’s
recommendations on PC14 will be confined to (option 1 in this report):
a. Those parts of Plan Change 14 that implement policies 3 and 4 of
the NPS-UD, including the rezoning of land in Sydenham to Mixed-use, and
b. Related provisions, including objectives, policies, rules,
standards, and zones within policy 3 and 4 areas; and
c. Financial contributions for tree canopy cover across all relevant
zones (including beyond NPS-UD areas).
The
division was declared carried by 10 votes to 5 votes the voting
being as follows:
For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough,
Councillor Henstock, Councillor Johanson, Councillor Keown, Councillor
MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Peters and Councillor Scandrett
Against: Councillor Coker, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields,
Councillor Moore and Councillor Templeton
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor Henstock Carried
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Attachments
a Plan
Change 14 Staging of Decision - Presentation to Council ⇨
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Councillor Keown left the meeting at 11.41am
and returned at 11.43am during consideration of Item 13.
The Mayor returned to the meeting at 11.43am
during consideration of Item 13.
Councillor McDonald left the meeting at 11.41am and returned at 11.44am during
consideration of Item 13.
Councillor Gough left the meeting at 11.49am
during consideration of Item 13.
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13. Gloucester Street (Manchester to
Colombo): Completion of Trial Period
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Item 13 was first Moved by Councillor
Scandrett and Seconded by Councillor McLellan. Council Officers Lynette Ellis
and Jacob Bradbury then joined the table to answer questions from elected
members. As further questions were raised regarding the availability of
feedback from the public, Council Officer Ron Lemm also joined the table to
respond to elected member queries.
The meeting then agreed to let the Item
lie on the table and to return to it later in the meeting to allow Council
Officers time to collect advice in response to the elected members’
questions.
Refer to Item 13, as continued, below.
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Officer Recommendations Moved and Seconded
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Gloucester Street (Manchester to
Colombo): Completion of Trial Period Report.
2. Agree to retain the Gloucester Street (Manchester to Colombo)
trial layout until 31 October 2024, to allow time for a Hearings Panel to
review feedback from the trial and make a recommendation to Council regarding
its long-term future.
3. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as medium significance based on the Christchurch City
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.
Councillor Scandrett/Councillor McLellan Carried/Lost
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The Mayor returned to the Chair at 11.50am
for consideration of Item 14.
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14. Transport Choices - School Safety Linwood - Pedestrian crossing
Worcester McLeans
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00045
Officer recommendations accepted without
change
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Transport
Choices - School Safety Linwood - Pedestrian crossing Worcester McLeans
Report.
2. Note that the decision in this report is of assessed as low-level
significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and
Engagement Policy.
3. Revoke the road layout, including all traffic islands, road
surface treatments, traffic calming features and road markings on Worcester
Street to the southwest of McLean Street as detailed on plan TG361601 dated
21/08/2023 in Attachment A to this report.
4. Relying on its powers under the Christchurch City Council Traffic
and Parking Bylaw 2017 and Part 21 of the Local Government Act 1974, approve
the road layout, including all traffic islands, road surface treatments,
traffic calming features and road markings on Worcester Street as detailed on
plan TP361601a issue 2 dated 26/02/2024 in Attachment B to this report.
Parking
and stopping restrictions to be revoked
5. Revoke that the:
a. stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the northeast
side of Mclean Street commencing at its intersection with Worcester Street
and extending in a southeasterly direction for a distance of 12 metres.
b. stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the southwest
side of Mclean Street commencing at its intersection with Worcester Street
and extending in a southeasterly direction for a distance of 13 metres.
c. stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the southeast
side of Worcester Street commencing at its intersection with Mclean Street
and extending in a southwest direction for a distance of 63 metres.
d. stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the northwest
side of Worcester Street commencing at a point 153 metres southwest from its
intersection with Surrey Street and extending in a southwest direction for a
distance of 67 metres be revoked.
Parking and stopping restrictions
6. Revoke any previous resolutions pertaining to traffic controls
made pursuant to any bylaw to the extent that they are in conflict with the
traffic controls described in Recommendation 7 below.
7. Approve, pursuant to Clause 7 of the Christchurch City Council
Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2017, that:
a. the stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the
southeast side of Worcester Street commencing at a point 16 metres northeast
from its intersection with Norwich Street and extending in a northeasterly
direction for a distance of 29 metres.
b. the stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the
northwest side of Worcester Street commencing at a point 35 metres northeast
from its intersection with Rochester Street and extending in a northeasterly
direction for a distance of 42 metres.
8. Approve that Recommendations 5 to 7 take effect when parking
signage and/or road markings that evidence the restrictions described in the
report on the meeting agenda are in place (or removed in the case of
revocations).
Councillor Keown/Councillor MacDonald Carried
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Councillor Scandrett left the meeting at 11.51am
and returned at 11.52am during consideration of Item 15.
Councillor Keown left the meeting at 12.06pm
and returned at 12.11pm during consideration of Item 15.
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15. Capital Endowment Fund Application Eastern Relationship Project
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00046
Officer recommendations accepted without
change
That the
Council:
1. Approve a grant of $130,000 from the
2023/24 Capital Endowment Fund to the Council’s Community Support and
Partnerships Unit to resource a project with the goal of improving the
Council’s relationship with the Eastern Communities.
2. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and
Engagement Policy.
Mayor/Councillor Peters Carried
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16. Chief Executive Recruitment - Approval of the Position
Description
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The Mayor and Interim Chief Executive
introduced Item 16 and put forward an additional recommendation delegating to
the Mayor and Deputy Mayor the finalisation and approval of the Chief
Executive Position Description to be used during recruitment.
The Motion as amended was then Moved by
Councillor McLellan and Seconded by Councillor Barber, voted on, and declared
carried.
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Officer Recommendations
That the Council:
1. Receive the information in the Chief Executive Recruitment - Approval of
the Position Description Report.
2. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and
Engagement Policy.
3. Approve the Position Description
(Attachment A to this report) be used during the recruitment of a new Chief
Executive.
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00047
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Chief Executive Recruitment - Approval of
the Position Description Report.
2. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and
Engagement Policy.
3. Approve the Position Description
(Attachment A to this report) be used during the recruitment of a new Chief
Executive.
4. Delegate
to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor the finalisation and approval of the Position
Description to be used during the recruitment of a new Chief Executive.
Councillor McLellan/Councillor Barber Carried
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17. Revoking Superseded External Policies
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00048
Officer recommendations accepted without
change
That the Council:
1. Receive the information in the Revoking Superseded External
Policies report.
2. Note that the decision in this report is assessed as low
significance based on the Christchurch City
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.
3. Approve the revocation of the following policies as they have been
superseded by other Council documents and are no longer fit-for-purpose as
further detailed in Attachment A to this report:
a. Arts Policy and Strategy 2001 (Attachment B), superseded by
Tōi Ōtautahi – Arts and Creativity Strategy.
b. Footpath Battens Policy 1999 (Attachment C), superseded by
the Christchurch City Council Construction Standard Specifications, Part 6.
c. Footpath Berms Policy 1999 (Attachment D), superseded by
the Christchurch City Council Construction Standard Specifications, Part 6
and Chapter 9.
d. Heritage Conservation Policy 2007 (Attachment E),
superseded by the Heritage Grants Guidelines and the ‘Our Heritage Our
Taonga Heritage Strategy 2019-2029.
Councillor MacDonald/Deputy Mayor Carried
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Councillor MacDonald left the meeting at 12.10pm
and returned at 12.11pm during consideration of Item 18.
Councillor Keown left the meeting at 12.14pm
and returned at 12.19pm during consideration of Item 18.
Councillor Donovan left the meeting via
audio / visual link at 12.15pm and returned at 12.34pm via audio / visual link
during consideration of Item 18.
Councillor MacDonald left the meeting at 12.15pm
and returned at 12.22pm during consideration of Item 18.
Councillor Gough returned to the meeting at
12.30pm during consideration of Item 18.
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18. Wastewater overflow improvement status
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00049
Officer recommendation accepted without
change
That the Council:
1. Receive the information in the Wastewater
overflow improvement status Report.
Councillor Scandrett/Mayor Carried
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Attachments
a Wastewater
overflow improvement status - Presentation to Council ⇨
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13. Gloucester Street (Manchester to
Colombo): Completion of Trial Period
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The meeting returned to Item 13 after it
was left to lie on the table to allow Council Officers time to collect advice
in response to the elected members’ questions. Council Officers Lynette
Ellis, Jacob Bradbury, Ron Lemm, and Lauren Boyce returned to the table to
answer further questions from elected members.
With the agreement of the Mover and
Seconder, the meeting included an additional recommendation requesting a
breakdown of the expected total costs of the Gloucester Street trial (refer
Resolution 4 below).
At the conclusion of debate, the meeting
voted on the Motion as amended which was declared carried.
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Officer Recommendations
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Gloucester Street (Manchester to
Colombo): Completion of Trial Period Report.
2. Agree to retain the Gloucester Street (Manchester to Colombo)
trial layout until 31 October 2024, to allow time for a Hearings Panel to
review feedback from the trial and make a recommendation to Council regarding
its long-term future.
3. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as medium significance based on the Christchurch City
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.
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Council Resolved CNCL/2024/00050
That the
Council:
1. Receive the information in the Gloucester Street (Manchester to
Colombo): Completion of Trial Period Report.
2. Agree to retain the Gloucester Street (Manchester to Colombo)
trial layout until 31 October 2024, to allow time for a Hearings Panel to
review feedback from the trial and make a recommendation to Council regarding
its long-term future.
3. Note that the decision in this report is
assessed as medium significance based on the Christchurch City
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.
4.
Request that staff provide a memo updating the Council on a breakdown of the
expected total costs of the Gloucester Street (Manchester to Colombo) trial.
Councillor Scandrett/Councillor McLellan Carried
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19. Resolution
to Exclude the Public Te whakataunga kaupare hunga tūmatanui
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Secretarial Note: The meeting did not resolve to go into a Public Excluded session
as Items 20 and 21 – the Public Excluded Council Minutes of 3 April and
10 April were confirmed in the Open meeting (refer Item 6 and Item 7).
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Karakia Whakamutunga: All
Councillors
Meeting
concluded at 1.01pm.
CONFIRMED THIS 5th DAY
OF JUNE 2024
Mayor Phil Mauger
Chairperson
