Moratorium on water bottling
UHCC policy committee meeting
4.30pm Wednesday 18/9/2019
Upper Hutt City Council Chambers, 838-842 Fergusson Drive
Details and supporting documents here: www.upperhuttcity.com...
Notice of Motion – Councillor McLeod
Purpose of report
1. To consider a Notice of Motion received from Councillor McLeod.
Recommendation
That Council:
(i) requests that the Government, giving respect of the four community well-beings (social, environment,
economic and cultural) in the Local Government Act, places an immediate moratorium on any current
consents for the extraction of water from the Upper Hutt groundwater system for the purposes of
retail and wholesale where the end product is bottled water; and
(ii) requests that the Government directs regional authorities to publicly notify any future applications.
Background
2. The Chief Executive has received a Notice of Motion from Councillor McLeod within the timeframe
specified in Standing Orders. This Notice of Motion is for inclusion on the agenda of the Policy
Committee to be held on 18 September 2019.
3. Councillor McLeod proposes to move the motion outlined in the recommendation section of the
report.
4. Councillor McLeod’s signed Notice of Motion and supporting information is attached to the report.
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