7.1 Mr B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive, spoke to the memorandum to set the rates for
the 2018/2019 financial year which are driven from the adopted 2018/2028 Long-Term
Plan.
7.2 Mr M J Nield, Director-Corporate Services, noted to Members that Deloitte’s have
verbally advised the Council of their preparedness to issue an unqualified audit
opinion on the final Long-Term Plan following formatting and minor editorial changes
to be completed.
Resolved
That the Taranaki
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holders, this report also assigns a rating as to each organisation’s
environmental and administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the organisation’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance
flared
d) Imposition of limits on or relating to
discharge or ambient concentrations of
contaminants, or on or relating to mass
discharge rates
e) Best practicable option to prevent or
minimise any adverse effects on the
environment
f) Location of any facilities or equipment for
hydrocarbon flaring in relation to
surrounding land uses
g) Separation of natural gas from liquid
hydrocarbons and water
h) Notification of flaring to neighbours,
affected parties, and the Council
assessment of the
abstraction and discharge data provided by NPDC.
The monitoring showed that overall the NPDC water schemes are well operated and maintained and appeared
to be having no adverse effects on the environment.
NPDC provided all the abstraction data required under consent conditions and the data showed that all
daily volume limits and instantaneous abstraction rates were complied with. Self-monitoring of the
Inglewood discharge showed minor non-compliances with suspended solids
between
2007 and 2012—but
the annual rate of
wetland area loss has
reduced by 60%.
178
sites covering
119,103 hectares
are classed as Key
Native Ecosystems.
.
4,374
properties in the
Self-help Possum
Control Programme—
the largest participation
in NZ.
formally protected by the Department of
Conservation (DOC) or under a QEII or DOC
covenant—up from 145,000 hectares in
2008. 31 new QEII covenants were registered
in Taranaki in
land use 1996 – 2008 and 2008 - 2020 (Source PCE, 2013)
Period Sheep and Beef Dairy Plantation
Forestry
Scrub
1996 – 2008 7,600 -11,800 4,700 -500
2008 – 2020 -32,000 17,700 14,900 -600
For the purposes of this exercise the trend rate from 2008 – 2014 is used and it is assumed
this is replicated over the following 10 years to 2025. This would give an annual increase in
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164000
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time (Option 2). We’d need to borrow up to $55 million, which would
be repaid over 25 years from a targeted rate that would vary according to constituency. Households would pay
$51 to $76 a year, depending on location. This is up from the existing $11 to $20 a year.
For another $14 million we could also incorporate enlarged and extra hospitality spaces (Option 4). Expert
analysis suggests this would be a sound investment popular with event promoters and spectators alike. But we’d …
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Waiwhakaiho River (upper reaches – Egmont National Park to Lake Mangamahoe)
Water quality: Excellent to good water quality; MCI excellent to very good, average 130.
Recreational and fishery values: Access for native fish through most of river. Highly valued
angling river. Tributaries provide important native fish habitat.
Aesthetic and scenic values: Highly rated for aesthetic and scenic
also
assigns a rating as to STDC’s environmental and administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the organisation’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water
consent holder and unforeseeable (that is a defence under the
provisions of the RMA can be established) may be excluded with regard to the performance rating applied.
For example loss of data due to a flood destroying deployed field equipment.
The categories used by the Council for this monitoring period, and their interpretation, are as follows:
Environmental Performance
High: No or inconsequential (short-term duration, less than minor in severity) breaches of consent or
regional plan