Notice of requirement for Te Ahu a Turanga-Manawatū Tararua Highway

Council

26 November 2018

  1. That the notice of requirement and any related applications made by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to the Palmerston North City Council, the Manawatū District Council and the Tararua District Council, with regard to Te Ahu a Tūranga-Manawatū Tararua Highway connecting the Manawatū-Whanganui and Wairarapa/Hawke's Bay areas, be processed jointly by those Councils, with any hearings and any decisions or recommendations to be held or made jointly by a panel of Commissioners appointed and assigned for this purpose.
  2. That the responsibilities given and powers delegated to the Commissioners appointed and assigned pursuant to these resolutions include (i) the consideration, hearing and making recommendations to the NZTA on the Notice of Requirement, (ii) the consideration of any outline plan(s) lodged by NZTA under section 176A of the Resource Management Act 1991 and requesting changes to those plan(s), and (iii) the consideration, hearing and determination of any Committee Meeting date Report Title Author Current Position Final Decision applications made by NZTA for resource consent. These powers also include, in each case, the power to require further information to be provided.
  3. That the Commissioners appointed include lawyers Chris Mitchell and Paul Rogers, planners David McMahon, Gina Sweetman and Rob van Voorthuysen, engineers Judith Makinson and David Mitchell, and tikanga Māori experts Liz Burge and Reg Proffit.
  4. That the panel of Commissioners to consider the Notice of Requirement and any related application be assigned from the persons named in resolution 3 above, so that each panel comprises at least one lawyer or planner, one engineer and one tikanga Māori expert, noting that the panel need not comprise the same persons for the Notice of Requirement and any separate application.
  5. That the assignment of Commissioners be made by the unanimous agreement of the General Manager Strategy and Planning for Palmerston North City Council, the General Manager Community and Strategy for Manawatu District Council and the Manager Regulatory Services for Tararua District Council, the powers of assignment to include specifying the Commissioner to be chair and to make any replacements or alterations to the Commissioners assigned should that be necessary.
  6. That decisions of each panel be supported by a majority of members, with the chair having both a deliberative and casting vote if the panel is otherwise unable to reach a decision.
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