UnconfirmedProperty Subcommittee

2 July 2019

Property Subcommittee Minutes

 

Meeting held in the Kaipara Room

36 Water Street, Whangārei

on Tuesday 2 July 2019, commencing at 8.30am

 

 

Present:

Chair, Councillor Penny Smart

Councillor Bill Shepherd (Ex-Officio)

Councillor David Sinclair

 

 

In Attendance:

Full Meeting

NRC Chief Executive

Strategic Projects Manager

Property Officer

Part Meeting

Ian Jenkins – Jenksmax Consulting Limited

 

The Chair declared the meeting open at 8.40am.

Apologies (Item 1.0)

Moved (Shepherd/Sinclair)

That the apologies from Councillor Bain and Councillor Stolwerk for non-attendance be received.

Carried

 

Declarations of Conflicts of Interest (Item 2.0)

It was advised that members should make declarations item-by-item as the meeting progressed.

 

Confirmation of Minutes - 8 May 2019 (Item 3.1)

ID: A1206235

Report from Nicole Inger, Property Officer

Moved (Sinclair/Shepherd)

That the minutes of the Property Subcommittee meeting held on 8 May 2019 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

Carried

 

Mount Tiger Forest Quarterly Report April - June 2019 (Item 4.1)

ID: A1206214

Report from Nicole Inger, Property Officer

Moved (Sinclair/Shepherd)

1.    That the report ‘Mount Tiger Forest Quarterly Report April - June 2019’ by Nicole Inger, Property Officer and dated 25 June 2019, be received.

2.    That the draft report ‘2019 Mt Tiger Forest Harvest Results’ be approved for presentation to Council.

Carried

It was further moved (Sinclair/Shepherd)

3. That Council’s Forestry Consultant along with Council Forestry Management Team initiate a draft 2019 – 2024 Strategic Forest Management Plan to present to the Property Subcommittee on 3 September 2019.

Carried

  

Business with Public Excluded (Item 5.0)

Moved (Shepherd/Sinclair)

1.              That the public be excluded from the proceedings of this meeting to consider confidential matters.

2.              That the general subject of the matters to be considered whilst the public is excluded, the reasons for passing this resolution in relation to this matter, and the specific grounds under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution, are as follows:

Item No.

Item Issue

Reasons/Grounds

5.1

Confirmation of Confidential Minutes - 8 May 2019

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, as stated in the open section of the meeting -.

5.2

Sale of Council's Interest in Adjacent Whangarei's CBD Properties

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities s7(2)(h) and the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) s7(2)(i).

5.3

Sale of Council's Lessor's Interest of a Hihiaua Precinct Property

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities s7(2)(h) and the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) s7(2)(i).

5.4

Presentations - Kaipara Service Centre Update

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities s7(2)(h) and the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) s7(2)(i).

5.5

Presentations - Kensington Redevelopment

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, the withholding of which is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information s7(2)(b)(ii), the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities s7(2)(h) and the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) s7(2)(i).

5.6

Receipt of Action Sheet

The public conduct of the proceedings would be likely to result in disclosure of information, the withholding of which is necessary to enable council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities s7(2)(h).

3.              That the Argyle Representative be permitted to stay during business with the public excluded to address item 5.5.

Carried

 

Secretarial Note: The meeting adjourned at 10am and reconvened on 3 July 2019 at 12.45pm.

 

Conclusion

The meeting concluded at 1.15pm, 3 July 2019.