Minutes of a meeting of the Hearings Panel - Other
Held in Rūma Waimārama, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Friday 25 September 2020, commencing at 9.01a.m.
Present: Councillors B McGurk (Chairperson), M Courtney and, R O'Neill-Stevens
In Attendance: Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Manager Transport and Solid Waste (M Parfitt) and Team Leader Governance (R Byrne)
Apologies : Nil
1. Apologies
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4.1 Cephas Property - Installation of Bike Racks
Patrick Shone, Commercial Manager for Cephas Property, spoke about the installation of bike racks in Montgomery Square and Trafalgar Street.
Mr Shone said he was not aware that Cephas Property, which was a neighbour to Council, had been consulted on the proposal to install a bike shed on Trafalgar St, and that removing carparks would have a downstream effect on the cinema and CBD retailers.
4.2 Bike Nelson Bays - Installation of Bike Racks in Montgomery Square and Trafalgar Street
4.3. State Cinemas and Cinema Equipment - Inner City Cycle Facilities
Mark Christensen, Director, State Cinemas and Cinema Equipment, spoke about the inner city cycle facilities and tabled his speaking notes (A2476145). Mr Christensen said that when cinema-goers were surveyed in 2019 80% of them travelled to the cinema by car and a significant number of respondents commented on issues of traffic congestion and car parking. |
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1 Mark Christensen State Cinemas and Cinema Equipment Inner City Cycle Facilities Tabled Document Public Forum Hearings Panel - Other 25Sep2020 (A2476145).pdf |
There were no minutes to be confirmed.
6. Parking and Vehicle Control Bylaw (2011), No 207 Amendments to Schedules
Document number R19258, agenda pages 5 - 38 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt presented the report, clarifying the references to engagement with RTFG and CCBTG were the same group – the City Centre Business Taskforce Group.
Ms Parfitt answered questions on investigation of alternative locations, criteria, location of services and community engagement.
The Chairperson confirmed that the matter before the Panel was to make a decision on amendments to the Parking and Vehicle Control Bylaw, however it was connected to a wider issue which would enable bike shelters to go forward. The decision on location and building of the bike shelters was operational and delegated to the Chief Executive.
In order to progress a decision the officer’s recommendation was amended and taken in parts.
There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.15a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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