Protection of Council / Public Land

Meeting: Parks & Recreation Committee 

Meeting date:  13 April 2022

Raised by: Lord Mayor Reynolds

Question: In August 2018, the Parks Committee made the following recommendation to Council,

“That in respect to any proposed cable car development that may be established in Wellington Park and noting the provisions of the Mount Wellington (Cable Car Facilitation) Act 2017, any public and operational land owned by the City, located on the foothills of kunanyi / Mount Wellington and outside Wellington Park not be made available for the construction of an access road or any other infrastructure to support a cable car development.”

What legal status or binding policy status does this Council decision have on the protection of Council / public land?

Is this Council decision binding on this current Council or on future Councils?

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