I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Catchment Operations Committee will be held on: Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2015 Time: 10.00am Venue: Tararua Room Horizons Regional Council 11-15 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North CATCHMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMBERSHIP Chair Cr MC Guy Deputy Chair Cr JJ Barrow Councillors Cr LR Burnell, QSM Cr DB Cotton Cr EB Gordon (ex officio) Cr RJ Keedwell Cr PJ Kelly JP Cr GM McKellar Cr DR Pearce Cr PW Rieger QSO JP Cr BE Rollinson Cr CI Sheldon Michael McCartney Chief Executive Contact Telephone: 0508 800 800 Email: [email protected] Postal Address: Private Bag 11025, Palmerston North 4442 Full Agendas are available on Horizons Regional Council website www.horizons.govt.nz Note: The reports contained within this agenda are for consideration and should not be construed as Council policy unless and until adopted. Items in the agenda may be subject to amendment or withdrawal at the meeting. for further information regarding this agenda, please contact: Julie Kennedy, 06 9522 800 CONTACTS 24 hr Freephone : [email protected] www.horizons.govt.nz 0508 800 800 SERVICE Kairanga Marton Taumarunui Woodville CENTRES Cnr Rongotea & Hammond Street 34 Maata Street Cnr Vogel (SH2) & Tay Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Rds, Sts Palmerston North REGIONAL Palmerston North Wanganui HOUSES 11-15 Victoria Avenue 181 Guyton Street DEPOTS Levin Taihape 11 Bruce Road Torere Road Ohotu POSTAL Horizons Regional Council, Private Bag 11025, Manawatu Mail Centre, Palmerston North 4442 ADDRESS FAX 06 9522 929 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Apologies and Leave of Absence 5 2 Deputation 5 Judie Keane 3 Supplementary Items 5 4 Members’ Conflict of Interest 5 5 Confirmation of Minutes Catchment Operations Committee meeting, 29 July 2015 7 6 Te Kawau Scheme Audit (PRD 04 12) Report No: 15-181 17 Annex A - Te Kawau Drainage Scheme Audit - August 2015 21 7 River and Drainage Engineering Report (PRD 01 02) Report No: 15-182 123 Annex A - Schedule of Completed Works 153 8 Sustainable Land Use Initiative (SLUI) Report No: 15-183 165 Annex A - SLUI Target Parcels 173 Annex B - SLUI Overview and Plan Progress 174 Annex C - SLUI Mapped Priority Land 175 Annex D - SLUI Works Tracking 176 9 Whanganui Catchment Strategy Report No: 15-184 177 10 Whanganui Catchment Strategy Operational Plan 2015-16 Report No: 15-185 181 Annex A - Whanganui Catchment Strategy Operational Plan 2015-16 183 11 Regional Coast and Land Report No: 15-186 201 12 Regional Land and Coastal Operational Plan 2015-16 Report No: 15-187 205 Annex A - Regional Land and Coastal Operational Plan 2015-16 207 Page 3 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 13 Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality Outcomes from the Sustainable Land Use Initiative (SLUI) Report No: 15-188 229 14 June 2015 Storm Response Report No: 15-189 233 15 Members’ Questions 16 Public Excluded Section 16.1 Procedural motion to exclude the public 239 PX1 Confirmation of Public Excluded meeting held on 29 July 2015 PX2 Committee to consider whether any item in the Public Excluded minutes can be moved into the public domain, and define the extent of the release. PX3 Members’ Questions Page 4 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 AGENDA 1 Apologies and Leave of Absence At the close of the Agenda no apologies had been received. 2 Public Speaking Rights Notification to speak is required by 4pm on the working day prior to the meeting. Further information is available on www.horizons.govt.nz\Council\ or by phoning 0508 800 800. Petitions/Deputations Deputations: Written notice (fewer than 150 words) concerning the nature of the deputation must be lodged with the Chief Executive at least 2 working days before the date of the meeting and subsequently approved by the Chairperson. Petitions: Written notice to the Chief Executive is required at least 2 working days before the date of the meeting. Further information is available on www.horizons.govt.nz\Council\ or by phoning 0508 800 800. 3 Supplementary Items To consider, and if thought fit, to pass a resolution to permit the Committee/Council to consider any further items relating to items following below which do not appear on the Order Paper of this meeting and/or the meeting to be held with the public excluded. Such resolution is required to be made pursuant to Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended), and the Chairperson must advise: (i) The reason why the item was not on the Order Paper, and (ii) The reason why the discussion of this item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting. 4 Members’ Conflict of Interest Members are reminded of their obligation to declare any conflicts of interest they might have in respect of the items on this Agenda. Page 5 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 Minutes of the tenth meeting of the ninth triennium of the Catchment Operations Committee held at 10.00am on Wednesday 29 July 2015, in the Tararua Room, Horizons Regional Council, 11-15 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North. PRESENT Crs MC Guy (Chair), JJ Barrow (from 10.20am to 11.59am and from 12.28pm to 2.51pm), LR Burnell QSM, RJ Keedwell, GM McKellar (to 12.21pm), DR Pearce, PW Rieger QSO JP, BE Rollinson, and CI Sheldon. IN ATTENDANCE Chief Executive Mr M McCartney Group Manager Operations Mr AD Cook Committee Secretary Mrs JA Kennedy ALSO PRESENT At various times during the meeting: Mrs S Craig (Corporate Information Manager), Mr C Mitchell (Group Manager Environmental Management), Mr G Cooper (Environmental Manager Land), Mr P Blackwood (Senior Design Engineer), Mr J Bell (Design Engineer), Dr J Roygard (Freshwater and Science Manager), Mr J Foxall (Senior Engineer), Mr D Harrison (Environmental Programme Coordinator), Mr M Todd (Environmental Monitoring Coordinator), Mr W McKay (Environmental Management Technical Land), Mrs C Hesselin (Communications Advisor), Sustainable Land Use Initiative Scholarship Recipients, Messrs G Kane, B Whitelock, G Knight, and Ms C Matena (Member, Federated Farmers), Mr J Beard, Mr M Pedley, and a member of the press. The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting. Mr Cooper (Environmental Manager Land) introduced the successful Sustainable Land Use Initiative Scholarship recipients to the Committee. APOLOGIES COP 15-93 Moved Sheldon/Rollinson That apologies be received from Crs Gordon, Cotton, and Kelly (Leave of Absence). CARRIED Cr McKellar noted he would be leaving the meeting at lunch time. Cr Pearce noted a possible early departure from the meeting of 2.30pm. PUBLIC SPEAKING RIGHTS There were requests from Messrs Geoff Kane, Braeden Whitelock, and Gary Knight (Federated Farmers) for public speaking rights. They each wished to speak to Item 6, “River and Drainage Engineering Report, Annex A, Flood Damage Arising from June 2015 Flood Event”. The Chair invited the speakers to address the meeting and advised they each had up to five minutes to speak. Page 7 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 Mr Kane provided an apology from Mr James Stuart (Member, Federated Farmers) who was unable to attend. Mr Kane detailed three main concerns as a result of the June flood event: the number of scheme pumps that malfunctioned during the flood event, and the consequences of that; the timing around a decision to open the floodgates and its consequences; and concerns around what he believed was a lack of general drain maintenance and build-up of weed. He commended Horizons Regional Council staff for their overall response during the flood event. Mr Whitelock showed photographs of a breach to the Manawatu River stopbank at Te Puna Road, Linton during the June flood event and detailed his concerns in that regard. He spoke about the need to monitor the condition of the stopbank in the event of further heavy rain and outlined a proposal he believed would help strengthen the stopbank. Mr Braeden said he was disappointed with the breakdown in telecommunications experienced during the June flood event. Cr Barrow joined the meeting at 10.20am. Mr Whitelock explained his concerns with the upgrade work undertaken last year to the Manawatu stopbank, in particular the type of materials used. He referred to a report entitled “Review of the February 2004 Flood Event” and said he had highlighted relevant points that were applicable to the June 2015 flood event. Paper copies of the photographs displayed at the meeting and the report referred to were made available to Councillors after the meeting. Mr Knight detailed his concerns about the breach of the Oroua River and the consequential damage to his property which he believed was attributed to improvements that had been carried out upstream. He believed it was the responsibility of Horizons Regional Council to better protect his property from flooding. Members asked questions of clarification about the issues presented. Mr Cook (Group Manager Operations) said the telecommunications issue was being investigated. The Chairman thanked the speakers for their comments and views. He said they were welcome to stay and listen to the discussion of Item 6, River and Drainage Engineering Report, which may address some of their issues raised. A letter would be written in due course to answer the queries raised during public speaking rights. SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS There were no supplementary items to be considered. The Chairman noted the schedule of followups from the May Catchment Operations Committee meeting. MEMBERS’ CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Cr Sheldon said her property was mentioned in the table on page 37 of the agenda. Page 8 Catchment Operations Committee 16 September 2015 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES COP 15-94 Moved Barrow/Keedwell That the Committee: confirms the minutes of the Catchment Operations Committee meeting held on 13 May 2015 as a correct record, and notes that the recommendations were adopted by the Council on 19 May 2015.