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Information Session/Workshop - Council

Notes

 

 

Date:                                    Tuesday 8 April 2025

Time:                                   12.00 pm -2.30 pm

Venue:                                 Council Chambers, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8305479561
Meeting ID: 830 547 9561

 

 

Present

Chairperson

Deputy Chairperson

Members

Mayor Phil Mauger - present

Deputy Mayor Pauline Cotter - present

Councillor Kelly Barber - present

Councillor Melanie Coker - present

Councillor Celeste Donovan - present

Councillor Tyrone Fields - present

Councillor James Gough - Conflicted

Councillor Tyla Harrison-Hunt - present

Councillor Victoria Henstock - present

Councillor Yani Johanson - present

Councillor Aaron Keown - Conflicted

Councillor Sam MacDonald - present

Councillor Jake McLellan – arrived 12:20pm

Councillor Andrei Moore - present

Councillor Mark Peters - present

Councillor Tim Scandrett - present

Councillor Sara Templeton - present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Advisor

Mary Richardson

Chief Executive

Tel: 941 8999

mary.richardson@ccc.govt.nz

 

 

 

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 The agenda was dealt with in the following order.

1.   Apologies Ngā Whakapāha  

Councillors Keown and Gough are apologies.

 

Start time: 12:00pm

2.   Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai - Midday

 

This item has been deferred.

 

 

3.   Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) - Engagement Findings and Draft Policy

 

Presented by: Tom Lee, Principal advisor policy, Claire Fletcher, Senior engagement advisor, Aimee Martin, Senior research analyst.

·         Staff introduced the topic giving a recap of the LAP so far.

·         Discussed the survey responses and the options being considered under the updated draft LAP, and those that were not carried forward.

·         Staff provided the next steps of the process.

Councillor questions and discussion with staff included the following:

·         Feedback related to close times.

·         Whether restaurants are included within option c.

·         Whether rules relate to renewals of current licences.

·         Operational time differences between school areas and nightclubs.

·         Amendment process for specific areas only.

·         Supermarkets’ role within deprivation mapping. Staff to provide map.

·         Impact of option C on Banks Peninsula.

·         Discussion of supermarket activity.

·         Current resource consent applications which may be impacted by option B.

·         Non-existence of the exemptions process.

·         Outlets which sell alcohol that do not consider that sale as their primary purpose.

·         Feedback from working clubs.

·         DLC decision to not engage in this part of the process.

·         Existing use rights.

·         Criteria for exemptions.

·         Timeline & hearings. ACTION: Staff to provide hearings team capacity.

·         Scope of amendments available.

·         Note feedback must be provided by the 14 April 2025. Drop in available on the 11 April 2025.

·         Deprivation mapping, ability to make changes and consistency with University of Otago  mapping (ref 8, 9 & 10).

 

 

 

Meeting concluded at 13:10pm.