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Christchurch City Council

Minutes

 

 

Date:                                    Friday 31 January 2025

Coastal Hazards Adaptation Planning

Time:                                   9.31am

Venue:                                 Council Chambers, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch

 

 

Present

Chairperson

Deputy Chairperson

Members

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 Jake McLellan

Councillor Andrei Moore

Councillor Mark Peters

Councillor Tim Scandrett

Councillor Sara Templeton

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Advisor

John Higgins

GM Strategy, Planning & Regulatory

Tel: 941 8224

john.higgins@ccc.govt.nz

Meeting Advisor

Natasha McDonnell

Democratic Services Advisor

Tel: 941 5112

natasha.mcdonnell@ccc.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Karakia Tīmatanga

The agenda was dealt with in the following order.

1.   Apologies Ngā Whakapāha  

Council Resolved CNCL/2025/00149

That the apologies from Councillor Gough for lateness and Councillor MacDonald for absence be accepted.

Mayor/Deputy Mayor                                                                                                                                               Carried

 

2.   Declarations of Interest Ngā Whakapuaki Aronga

There were no declarations of interest recorded.

 

Councillor Fields joined the meeting at 9.36 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough joined the meeting at 9.37 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor McLellan joined the meeting at 10.02 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Templeton left the meeting at 10.05 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Templeton returned to the meeting at 10.10 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Barber left the meeting at 10.20 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Barber returned to the meeting at 10.22 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough left the meeting at 10.27 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough returned to the meeting at 10.29 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor McLellan left the meeting at 10.48 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor McLellan returned to the meeting at 10.57 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough left the meeting at 11.09 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough returned to the meeting at 11.10 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Fields left the meeting at 11.23 am during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Fields returned to the meeting at 11.25 am during consideration of Item 3.

 

 

3.   Volumes of Submissions - Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan

 

 

Submitter Name

Submitter Number

Next Generation Conservation

(Hannah Drumgoole & Oliver Bradley)

29669

Purau Residents’ Group

(Jill Rice)

29765

Port Levy Residents’ Association

(Margie Newton)

29933

Governors Bay School

(Angie Rayner)

28398

Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board

(Asif Hussain)

29527

Federated Farmers of New Zealand

(Karl Dean)

29949

Wharf Road Group

(Lloyds Scully & John Craw)

 

29930

Phillip & Jane Helps

 

29952

Diamond Harbour Community Association

(Graeme Fraser)

29621

 

The meeting adjourned at 11.38am and reconvened at 11.53am, Councillor Gough was not present at this time.

 

Councillor Gough returned at 12.04 pm during consideration of Item 3.

 

Lyttelton School

(Dinah Wallis)

29622

Teddington Quarry

(Barry Blatchford)

29784

Brett King – via audio/visual link

 

29572

Eric Holmberg

 

28645

Peter Newton

29933

David Carter

28635

 

The meeting adjourned 12.37 pm and reconvened 1.31pm, Councillor Moore, Councillor Gough, Councillor McLellan and the Mayor were not present at this time.

 

Deputy Mayor Cotter took the Chair.

 

Councillor Gough joined the meeting at 1.33 pm during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor McLellan joined the meeting at 1.33 pm during consideration of Item 3.

 

The Mayor resumed the Chair at 1.33pm.

 

Councillor Gough left the meeting at 1.34 pm during consideration of Item 3.

Councillor Gough returned to the meeting at 1.37 pm during consideration of Item 3.

 

Kaihope Farm

(Claire & Richard Barnett)

29936

Susan Thorpe

 

29799

Annabel Barnett

 

29934

John Craw

 

29934

Ian Macintosh

 

30223

 

Attachments

a       Draft Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan - Staff Presentation - 31 January 2025

b      Wharf Road Group - Submission 29930 - Presentation - 31 January 2025  

 

The meeting adjourned at 2.10 pm and reconvened at 2.22 pm.

Councillor Gough left the meeting at 2.50 pm during consideration of Item 4 and did not return on this day.

 

Adjournment of Meeting

 

Council Resolved CNCL/2025/00150

That the Council:
1.       Adjourns the meeting until 9.30 am, Tuesday 4 March 2025, Civic Offices.

Mayor/Deputy Mayor                                                                                                                                               Carried

 

The meeting adjourned at 3.03pm on Wednesday, 31 January 2025.

 

The meeting reconvened at 9.34 am on 4 March 2025. Councillors Johanson, Donovan, Gough, Keown, McLellan and Henstock were not present at this time.

 

Councillor Gough joined the meeting at 9.35 am.

Councillor Keown joined the meeting via audio/visual link at 9.36 am.

Councillor Henstock joined the meeting at 9.37 am.

Councillor McLellan joined the meeting at 9.37 am.

 

4.   Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy

 

Council Comment

1.              The meeting adjourned 31 January 2025 3.03pm to allow time for staff to answer Councillor questions, and to engage further with residents to understand their preferences for the adaptation pathway. 

2.              The meeting reconvened 4 March 2025 9.34am and staff returned to the table to discuss the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy Memorandum and Updated Plan (Attachment 4A) and answer questions regarding the amended Officer Recommendation 3c.

3.              The attached Memorandum includes the questions put forth by Councillors (pg. 3 of attachment) and additional feedback provided by residents (pg. 5 of attachment), which informed the amended Officer Recommendations.

4.              The Council agreed to adopt the plan with the amendments laid out in 4a-d.

 

Officer Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu

That the Council:

1.         Receives the information in the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy report.

2.         Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as high significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3.         Recommends the draft Plan be adopted with the following amendments:

a.         Amend the preferred pathway for the Governor’s Bay to Allandale Foreshore Track to include Protection of the stretch of track between the Governors Bay Jetty and the Council pump station at an additional estimated cost of $3M.

b.         Retain the preferred pathway for Governors Bay – Teddington Road but add a new alternative option of Road Raising.

c.         Retain the preferred pathway for Wharf Road but add a new alternative option if Moving the section of Wharf Road located at the head of the harbour inland.

d.         Minor edits and amendments as set out in Table One in this report.

 

Amended Officer Recommendations

That the Council:

1.         Receives the information in the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy report.

2.         Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as high significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3.         Recommends the draft Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy be adopted with the following amendments:

a.         Amend the preferred pathway for the Governor’s Bay to Allandale Foreshore Track to include Protection of the stretch of track between the Governors Bay Jetty and the Council pump station at an additional estimated cost of $3M.

b.         Retain the preferred pathway for Governors Bay – Teddington Road but add a new alternative option of Road Raising.

c.         Amend the preferred pathway for Wharf Road to retain the stages of Maintain + Lowered Levels of Service but remove the long-term preference and include three alternative options of Flood Proof & Protect, Closure, and Move the section of Wharf Road located at the head of the harbour inland; and amend the plan to note that an additional $200,000 is allocated to support shorefront protection works that are likely to be necessary ahead of the long-term option.

d.         Minor edits and amendments as set out in Table One in this report.

 

Council Resolved CNCL/2025/00151

That the Council:

1.         Accepts the written submissions, including any late submissions, received on the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy.

2.         Receives the information in the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy report.

3.         Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as high significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

4.         Adopts the draft Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy with the following amendments:

a.         Amend the preferred pathway for the Governor’s Bay to Allandale Foreshore Track to include Protection of the stretch of track between the Governors Bay Jetty and the Council pump station at an additional estimated cost of $3M.

b.         Retain the preferred pathway for Governors Bay – Teddington Road but add a new alternative option of Road Raising.

c.         Amend the preferred pathway for Wharf Road to retain the stages of Maintain + Lowered Levels of Service but remove the long-term preference and include three alternative options of Flood Proof & Protect, Closure, and Move the section of Wharf Road located at the head of the harbour inland; and amend the plan to note that an additional $200,000 is allocated to support shorefront protection works that are likely to be necessary ahead of the long-term option.

d.         Minor edits and amendments as set out in Table One in this report.

Mayor/Deputy Mayor                                                                                                                                               Carried

 

Attachments

a       Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy Memorandum and Updated Plan  

 

 

 

Karakia Whakamutunga

 

 

Meeting concluded at 9.50 am.

 

 

CONFIRMED THIS 2ND DAY OF APRIL 2025

 

Mayor Phil Mauger

Chairperson