Terms of reference – Council
Membership
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Chairperson
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Mayor Tenby Powell
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Deputy chairperson
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Cr Tina Salisbury
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Members
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Cr Jako Abrie
Cr Larry Baldock
Cr Kelvin Clout
Cr Bill Grainger
Cr Andrew Hollis
Cr Heidi Hughes
Cr Dawn Kiddie
Cr Steve Morris
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Quorum
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Half of the members physically present, where the
number of members (including vacancies) is even; and a majority
of the members physically present, where the number of members (including
vacancies) is odd.
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Meeting
frequency
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Six weekly or as required for Annual Plan, Long Term Plan
and other relevant legislative requirements.
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Role
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To ensure the effective and
efficient governance of the City
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To enable leadership of the City
including advocacy and facilitation on behalf of the community.
Scope
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Oversee the work of all
committees and subcommittees.
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Exercise all non-delegable and
non-delegated functions and powers of the Council.
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The powers Council is legally prohibited from delegating include:
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Power to make a rate.
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Power to make a bylaw.
o Power to borrow
money, or purchase or dispose of assets, other than in accordance with the
long-term plan.
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Power to adopt a long-term plan, annual plan, or annual report
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Power to appoint a chief executive.
o Power to adopt
policies required to be adopted and consulted on under the Local Government Act
2002 in association with the long-term plan or developed for the purpose of the
local governance statement.
o All final
decisions required to be made by resolution of the territorial
authority/Council pursuant to relevant legislation (for example: the approval
of the City Plan or City Plan changes as per section 34A Resource Management
Act 1991).
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Council has chosen not to delegate the following:
o Power to
compulsorily acquire land under the Public Works Act 1981.
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Make those decisions which are required by legislation to be made
by resolution of the local authority.
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Authorise all expenditure not delegated to officers, Committees
or other subordinate decision-making bodies of Council.
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Make appointments of members to the CCO Boards of
Directors/Trustees and representatives of Council to external organisations.
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Consider any matters referred from any of the Standing or Special
Committees, Joint Committees, Chief Executive or General Managers.
Procedural matters
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Delegation of Council powers to Council’s committees and
other subordinate decision-making bodies.
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Adoption of Standing Orders.
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Receipt of Joint Committee minutes.
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Approval of Special Orders.
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Employment of Chief Executive.
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Other Delegations of Council’s powers, duties and responsibilities.
Regulatory matters
Administration,
monitoring and enforcement of all regulatory matters that have not otherwise
been delegated or that are referred to Council for determination (by a
committee, subordinate decision-making body, Chief Executive or relevant
General Manager).
10 Business
10.1 Adoption
of Urban Form and Transport Initiative (UFTI) Final Report
File
Number: A11586360
Author: Andy
Mead, Manager: City & Infrastructure Planning
Authoriser: Christine
Jones, General Manager: Strategy & Growth
Purpose of the Report
1. Receive the Urban Form
and Transport Initiative Report (UFTI) for approval.
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Recommendations
That the Council:
(a) Receives the Urban Form and
Transport Initiative Final Report July 2020
(b) Endorses the UFTI Report as
a Programme Business Case to guide land use and transport investment
processes under a range of plans and work programmes, including Long Term
Plans, the Regional Land Transport Plan and the National Land Transport Plan
and the first iteration of the new Joint Spatial Plan for the western Bay of
Plenty sub-region.
(c) Notes the role of the
SmartGrowth Leadership Group as the Portfolio Manager for the Programme and
requests the Chair prepares a reporting framework for SmartGrowth Leadership
Group approval at its next meeting.
(d) Requests that the
SmartGrowth Leadership Chair develops a project plan for the finalisation of
the new Joint Spatial Plan including an iwi spatial layer and public
engagement to be completed by 1 April 2021.
(e) Notes that the SmartGrowth
Leadership Group has delegated the Leadership Group Chair and Deputy Chair
authority to make minor changes to the final Urban Form and Transport Initiative
Programme Business Case to address errors or omissions.
(f) Approves the Urban
Form and Transport Initiative Final Report July 2020.
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background
2. In December 2018 Tauranga
City Council resolved to partner with Western Bay of Plenty District Council,
Bay of Plenty Regional Council and NZTA in the sub-regional Urban Form &
Transport Initiative (UFTI).
3. The UFTI project has been
actively progressed over the past 2 ½ years and is now complete for
consideration and final approval.
4. The SmartGrowth
Leadership Group (SLG) has received regular reports throughout the development
of UFTI. The TCC Transport and Urban Form Committee has also
received reporting of progress and key issues. Briefings have been held
with TCC Elected Members at relevant points to provide more in-depth
understanding of the issues, challenges and opportunities.
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5. On 1 July the SLG will,
at a formal meeting, consider the proposed final UFTI report with the view to
recommending it to the SmartGrowth Partners for approval.
6. After the SLG meeting on
1 July, each of the SG partners will hold a formal meeting to consider the
recommendation from SLG.
Financial implications
7. The UFTI project is
expected to be completed on budget (approved budget of $2.485 million and
projected actual cost of $2.493 million).
8. The project has been
co-funded by the SG partners (including NZTA FAR subsidy).
9. The financial implications
of the implementation of UFTI are included as indicative costings within the
UFTI report. Through subsequent planning process such as the Transport
System Plan, the LTP’s, RLTP and project business cases there will be
more detailed work on the costs of delivering on the UFTI outcomes. These
planning processes will be the subject of governance decision making and
community engagement.
Legal Implications / Risks
10. Risks associated with the
implementation of UFTI are included in the UFTI report in the
‘Uncertainties’ section.
Significance
11. Tauranga’s Significance and
Engagement Policy determines whether a matter is significant. In making the
assessment against this policy, there is no intention to assess the importance
of this item to individuals, groups, or agencies within the community and it is
acknowledged that all reports have a high degree of importance to those
affected by Council decisions. Materiality is defined as being something that
would influence the decisions or assessments of those reading or responding to
the consultation document.
12. In terms of the Significance and
Engagement Policy the Urban Form and Transport Initiative is determined to be
significant. The development of the UFTI report has included engagement
with stakeholders and opportunity for community engagement. The process
also drew on feedback from many previous engagement processes. The
subsequent development of Spatial Plan, LTP’s, RLTP and City Plan will
involve engagement and communication with the community.
Next Steps
13. The next steps to move UFTI to
implementation are at both a sub-regional and individual partner level.
14. Key sub-regional next steps include
progressing and completing both the Western Bay of Plenty Sub-region Spatial
Plan and the Transport System Plan (TSP).
15. The Spatial Plan is being led and
funded through the SmartGrowth structure. A project plan has been
developed and early thinking is underway. It is scheduled for completion
in early 2021
16. The Western Bay TSP is proceeding as
a partnership project and is being funded by TCC and NZTA. The
project is well underway and has a scheduled completion of late 2020.
17. TCC’s is progressing key
initiatives for which it is responsible including the Te Papa Spatial Plan,
Housing Choice Plan Change, Tauriko West and Te Tumu Greenfields
planning.
18. As implementation moves forward the
SG partners will continually monitor and assess opportunities to expedite
implementation through legislative reform and partnership opportunities.
Attachments
1. UFTI Final Report -
A11597367 ⇩ 
2. UFTI Final Report -
Part 5 reports - A11598664 ⇩
