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Council Information Session/Workshop Notes
Presented by Tom Lee, Principal Advisor,
Strategic Policy Team and Elizabeth Wilson, Team Leader Policy
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Councillors Keown and Gough have declared a
conflict of interest in this item and took no part in the discussion.
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Next week Council will be asked to decide
timeframe for completing this work.
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A comprehensive research report will be
provided to the Mayor and Councillors following this session and will
organise drop-in sessions to discuss this if wanted.
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LAP is limited to matters of alcohol licensing
and cannot consider policies that don’t relate to alcohol licencing.
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In Ōtautahi | Christchurch the Police
attend alcohol related harm incidents in more deprived areas compared to less
deprived areas. There are more on-licence and off-licence places in higher
areas of deprivation and these places have earlier opening and later closing
times.
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Developed six possible options to test with
the community – Council can choose to adopt all, some, or none of the
options. The 6 options are: Reduce trading hours for off-licences; temporary
freeze on new licence applications in high deprivation areas; restrict
licensed premises from being location close to sensitive sites*; reduce
trading for on-licences in suburban areas; introduce one-way door
restrictions; use other measures to reduce alcohol-related harm.
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*Sensitive sites include early childhood
education centres, primary and secondary kura | schools, addiction and
rehabilitation facilities, Marae, and places of worship.
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Timeline options: option one, continue work on
LAP, with the process complete before the local elections this year; option
two engage with community on issues and options then pause further work on
LAP for the remainder of the current Council term; option three, pause work
on a LAP for the remainder of the current Council term without engaging the
community on issues and options.
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Staff responded to Councillor questions.
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Break from 11:50am to 11:55am.
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