Minutes of a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 20 February 2020, commencing at 10.02a.m.
Present: Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillor Y Bowater, Councillor T Brand, Councillor M Courtney, Councillor J Edgar, Councillor K Fulton, Councillor M Lawrey, Councillor R O'Neill-Stevens (Deputy Chairperson), Councillor G Noonan, Councillor P Rainey, Councillor R Sanson and Councillor T Skinner
In Attendance: Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apology: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for lateness and early departure
1. Apologies
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives and accepts an apology from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for lateness and early departure. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
Councillor Rainey noted that he had resigned from the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts as Trustee.
4.1 21 November 2019
Document number M4139, agenda pages 6 - 13 refer.
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 21 November 2019, as a true and correct record. |
Document number R14808, agenda pages 14 - 15 refer.
The Chairperson spoke about parking meters, recycling and the novel coronavirus. He further noted that on 12 December 2020, due to tight timeframes and to allow officers to move the matters forward before Christmas, Council had considered two reports where the delegations sat under the Infrastructure Committee, namely the Parking and Vehicle Control Bylaw changes to accommodate new parking technology (R11510) and the Infrastructure Capital Projects Supplementary Report: Additional Funding (R13669).
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives the Chairperson's Report (R14808).
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6. Waste Disposal Landfill Levy: Submission to Ministry for the Environment
Document number R13706, agenda pages 16 - 33 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, and Activity and Operations Supervisor - Solid Waste, Terry Dwyer, presented the report and answered questions about product stewardship and the landfill levy.
7. Residents Only Carpark permit fees
Document number R13763, agenda pages 34 - 41 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, presented the report and answered questions about the possibility of applying CPI adjustments for resident only carpark permit fees to be added before the Parking Strategy would be undertaken in 2020/21.
The Committee discussed the use of the term moratorium and the lack of flexibility a moratorium may present in case of special circumstances.
Councillor Noonan, seconded by her Worship the Mayor, moved clause 3 of the recommendations:
That the Infrastructure Committee
3. Approves a halt to issuing any new Resident Only Carpark permits until the Parking Review Strategy is undertaken, allowing for exemptions to be approved by the GM Infrastructure and Chair of the Infrastructure Committee on a case-by-case basis, for special circumstances based on essential need.
It was noted that the exemption process would be an additional step in the approval process, as any applications exempted from such a halt would require a decision by the Hearings Panel - Other.
Committee members discussed the recommendation, a variety of views were expressed and the decision was made to take the motion in parts.
The meeting was adjourned from 11.23a.m. to 11.32a.m.
8. Infrastructure Quarterly Report to 31 December 2019
Document number R13740, agenda pages 42 - 99 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, Manager Capital Projects, Lois Plum, and Manager Utilities, David Light, presented the report. Officers noted that where possible, data to the end of January 2020 had been included in the report. They further highlighted new projects underway and those ahead of schedule.
Officers answered questions regarding safe road network targets, safety concerns for students needing to cross Waimea Road, alternative routes for walking school buses and Waimea Road traffic modelling as a prerequisite to future decision making.
Councillor Rainey raised a Point of Order against Councillor Fulton that the question about traffic lights and roundabouts on Waimea Road was irrelevant. The Point of Order was upheld.
Further questions were answered regarding the stormwater and sewerage renewal in Washington Valley and an update given to the work underway for the railway reserve underpass.
The Mayor provided the Committee with information relating to the Princes Drive/ Waimea Road intersection and consenting.
Councillor Noonan raised a Point of Order against Councillor Lawrey that the question of whether or not it was the developer’s original plan to connect the new road from Princes Drive to Beatson Road was irrelevant. The Point of Order was upheld.
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives the report Infrastructure Quarterly Report to 31 December 2019 (R13740) and its attachments (A2336640 and A2336638). |
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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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Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 21 November 2019 |
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)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 12.13p.m. and resumed in public session at 12.14p.m.
The only business transacted in confidential session was to confirm the minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists therefore this business has been recorded in the open minutes.
10. Confirmation of Minutes
10.1 21 November 2019
Document number M6678, agenda pages 3 - 3 refer.
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Resolved IC/2020/010 |
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Confirms the minutes of part of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held with the public excluded on 21 November 2019, as a true and correct record. |
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Skinner/Bowater Carried |
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11. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved IC/2020/011 |
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1. Re-admits the public to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.14p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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