Minutes of a meeting of the Works and Infrastructure Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 30 March 2017, commencing at 9.00am
Present: Councillor P Matheson (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors L Acland, B Dahlberg, M Lawrey, G Noonan, T Skinner and S Walker (Deputy Chairperson)
In Attendance: Councillors I Barker, M Courtney and B McGurk, Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Manager Capital Projects (S Davies), Team Leader Engineer (D Light), Team Leader Administration Advisers (R Byrne), Administration Adviser (S Burgess), and Youth Councillors (L Wilkes and J Riley)
Apology: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (for lateness)
Her Worship the Mayor’s apology for lateness was noted.
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
3. Interests
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4.1 Richard Adams
Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor joined the meeting at 9.02am. Councillors Lawrey and Skinner joined the meeting at 9.03am.
Mr Adams spoke in support of the proposed improvements and one way concept for Church Street and suggested the changes would reduce antisocial behaviour and vandalism.
4.2 Gary Cox
Mr Cox spoke in support of the proposed improvements and one way concept for Church Street, and provided a handout (A1738090).
Mr Cox indicated that, should finance be a concern, businesses on Church Street would likely be open to working with Council on this matter. In response to a question, Mr Cox said he believed there was one occupied residence amongst the buildings on Church Street.
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1 A1738090 - Gary Cox Church Street Enhancement Group Handout |
5. Confirmation of Minutes
5.1 16 February 2017
Document number M2328, agenda pages 7 - 12 refer.
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Resolved WI/2017/009 That the Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Works and Infrastructure Committee, held on 16 February 2017, as a true and correct record. |
6. Status Report - Works and Infrastructure Committee - 30 March 2017
Document number R7366, agenda pages 13 - 17 refer.
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Resolved WI/2017/011 That the Committee Receives the Status Report Works and Infrastructure Committee 30 March 2017 (R7366) and its attachment (A1150321). |
7. Church Street Improvement - Concept Design Approval
Document number R7018, agenda pages 18 - 56 refer.
Manager Capital Projects, Shane Davies, presented the report.
Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor returned to the meeting at 11.21am.
Mr Davies responded to questions regarding catenary lighting, stakeholder feedback, design aspects, cyclist use of the area, contingency funds, closure of the street, and security cameras.
Several Committee members felt that discussions could be held with business and property owners regarding financial contribution towards catenary lighting to enable this to proceed.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner returned to the meeting at 11.40am.
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Resolved WI/2017/012 That the Committee Receives the report Church Street Improvement - Concept Design Approval (R7018) and its attachments (A1719565; A1719554; A1569724). |
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Resolved WI/2017/013 That the Committee Approves the concept design as detailed in Attachment 2 (A1719554) of report R7018 for the improvement of Church Street that will allow detailed design and construction to proceed; and Directs officers to engage in further discussions with business and property owners to establish if a financial contribution can be achieved to enable catenary lighting on Church Street, noting the budget limitation for lighting for this project. |
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Resolved WI/2017/014 That the Committee Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting. The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows: |
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Works and Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 16 February 2017 |
Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7. |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations). |
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Status Report - Works and Infrastructure Committee - 30 March 2017
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Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7 |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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Low Street - proposed road stopping
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Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7 |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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Saxton Creek Upgrade - Stage 2 Property Negotiations
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Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7 |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
9. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved WI/2017/015 That the Committee Re-admits the public to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.26pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
