Minutes of a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Wednesday 30 September 2020, commencing at 1.31p.m. - to deliberate on submissions to Speed Limit Bylaw 2011 (210)

Present:              Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, J Edgar, K Fulton, R O'Neill-Stevens (Deputy Chairperson), G Noonan, R Sanson and T Skinner

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance Adviser (J Brandt) and Governance Support (K McLean)

Apologies:           Councillors Lawrey, Courtney and Rainey (for attendance); Councillor Fulton (for lateness)

1.       Apologies

Resolved IC/2020/044
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillors Lawrey, Courtney and Rainey for absence, and for lateness from Councillor Fulton.
Bowater/O'Neill-Stevens Carried

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

No change to the order of business.

3.       Interests

There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

4.       Public Forum

There was no public forum.

5        Confirmation of Minutes

9 September 2020 Document number M141404, agenda pages 5-8 refer.
Resolved IC/2020/045
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Confirms the amended minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 9 September 2020, as a true and correct record.
Edgar/Sanson Carried

6.       Chairperson's Report   

There was no Chairperson’s report.

7.       Speed Limit Review - Deliberations

Document number R18145, agenda pages 9 - 41 refer.

Manager Roading and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, presented the report. She noted that item 4.2 should refer to both attachments 1 and 2 for summary maps of the changes outlined in the Statement of Proposal.

Ms Parfitt answered questions about the proposed start dates for speed limits to take effect.

Attendance: Councillor Fulton joined the meeting at 1.50p.m.

The meeting was adjourned from 1.58p.m. until 2.02p.m.

Resolved IC/2020/046
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives the report Speed Limit Review - Deliberations (R18145) and its Attachments A2475618, A2475743, A2463536, A2463538  and  A2466589.
Noonan/Bowater Carried
Recommendation to Council IC/2020/047
	That the Council 1. Determines, having considered the written and oral submissions received, that: ·    a bylaw to set a permanent 30 km/h speed limit is the most appropriate way of addressing safety and access issues with some roads in the city centre and home zones; and ·    the proposed amendments to the Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (210), which are set out in Attachments 1 and 2 of this report (A2475618 and A2745743 of Report R18145), are the most appropriate form of bylaw and do not give rise to any implications under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990; and 2.    Agrees to set a permanent speed limit of 30km/h, with effect from 1 December 2020, for certain city centre roads (not including Selwyn Place) and, for this purpose, adopts the amendments to the Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (210) set out in Attachment 1 (A2475618 of Report R18145); and 3.    Agrees to set a permanent speed limit of 30km/h, with effect from 1 May 2021, for Selwyn Place and certain roads in home zones and, for this purpose, adopts the amendments to the Speed Limits Bylaw 2011 (210) set out in Attachment 2 (A2475743 of Report R18145).
Noonan/Bowater Carried

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.13p.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

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