Notice of the ordinary meeting of the

Regional Transport Committee

Kōmiti ā-Rohe mō ngā Take Waka

 

Agenda

Rārangi take

                     Chair                  Cr Brian McGurk

                     Deputy Chair    Cr Judene Edgar

                    Members            Her Worship the Mayor Rachel Reese

                         Cr Rohan O’Neill-Stevens

                         Mr Jim Harland (NZTA Representative)

 

 

 

Pat Dougherty

Quorum: 2                                                                                  Chief Executive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nelson City Council Disclaimer

Please note that the contents of these Council and Committee Agendas have yet to be considered by Council and officer recommendations may be altered or changed by the Council in the process of making the formal Council decision.

 

Regional Transport Committee Delegations

Establishment and operation of the Regional Transport Committee is governed by the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Areas of Responsibilities:

·             Preparation of, or variations to a Regional Land Transport Plan, for approval by Council

·             Preparation of or variation to a Regional Public Transport Plan, for approval by Council

·             Provision of advice and assistance to Council in relation to its transport responsibilities.

Powers to Decide:

·             To adopt a policy that determines significance in respect of

o      variations made to regional land transport plans under section 18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003

o      activities that are included in the regional land transport plan under section 16 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003

·             To approve submissions to external bodies on policy documents likely to influence the content of the Regional Land Transport Plan.

Powers to Recommend to Council:

·             Approval of Regional Land Transport Plan

·             Approval of any variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan

·             Approval of any variation to the Regional Public Transport Plan

·             Any other recommendations regarding the committee’s advice or assistance to Council in relation to its transport responsibilities.

 

7 September 2020

 

Page No.

 

1.       Apologies

1.1       An apology has been received from Her Worship the Mayor

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

3.       Interests

3.1       Updates to the Interests Register

3.2       Identify any conflicts of interest in the agenda

4.       Public Forum

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1       22 June 2020                                                                           5 - 10

Document number M10961

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 22 June 2020, as a true and correct record.

  

6.       Chairperson's Report 

7.       Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update   11 - 15

Document number R19205

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R19205) and its attachment (A2450193).

 

8.       Nelson Future Access Update                   16 - 20

Document number R19206

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Nelson Future Access Update (R19206) and its attachment (A2450566).

       

 

  

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Regional Transport Committee

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

On Monday 22 June 2020, commencing at 1.31p.m.

Present:               Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Mr J Harland (NZTA Representative) and Councillor R O'Neill-Stevens

In Attendance:     Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance Team Leader (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apologies:            Her Worship the Mayor Reese (on Council business); Councillor Edgar for lateness

 

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved RTC/2020/045
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives and accepts an apology from Her Worship the Mayor (on Council business) for attendance, and an apology from Councillor Edgar for lateness.
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

 

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

The Chairperson noted that Agenda Items 10 and 9 would follow after the Chairperson’s report (agenda item 6).

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

5.1       2 December 2019

Document number M6592, agenda pages 7 - 11 refer.

Resolved RTC/2020/046
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 2 December 2019, as a true and correct record.
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

  

 

6.       Regional Transport Committee Chairperson's Report

Document number R14839, agenda pages 12 - 13 refer.

Councillor McGurk presented his report. He noted that the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) had declined the Committee’s request to decouple the Neale Park to Clifton Terrace section of State Highway 6 (SH6)  from the Nelson to Blenheim SH6 speed limit review. Following a request on timeline for delivery, Mr Harland undertook to follow this up.

Resolved RTC/2020/047
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Regional Transport Committee Chair's Report (R14839).
McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens                                                                    Carried

  

7.       Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (Agenda Item 10)

Document number R15905, agenda pages 31 - 44 refer.

NZTA representative, Jim Harland, gave a PowerPoint presentation (agenda pages 38 - 44). Mr Harland noted he would follow up on a request made by the committee whether additional measures were being planned to increase road safety at the SH6/The Glen intersection other than signage, noting it was the committee’s preference to take further measures.

Mr Harland further answered questions about the Innovating Street Programme and The Accessible Streets consultation, noting the subsequent rule change was expected to occur by the end of 2020.

Resolved RTC/2020/048
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R15905) and its attachments (A2402735 and A2402744).
Harland/McGurk                                                                                Carried

       

8.       Nelson Future Access Update (Agenda Item 9)

Document number R13755, agenda pages 26 - 30 refer.

NZTA Principal Transport Planner, Rhys Palmer, presented the report and answered questions about the Project Reference Group, reasons for the four-week consultation timeframe, and details of the planned community engagement.

Resolved RTC/2020/049
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Nelson Future Access Update (R13755) and its attachment (A2403485).
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

 

9.       Submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport

Document number R13693, agenda pages 14 - 20 refer.

Resolved RTC/2020/050
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport (R13693) and its attachment (A2378455); and 2.     Approves retrospectively the feedback from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to the Ministry of Transport  (A2378455 to Report R13693).
McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens                                                                    Carried

 

10.     Feedback on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency long term view

Document number R16940, agenda pages 21 - 25 refer.

Resolved RTC/2020/051
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Feedback on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency long term view (R16940) and its attachment (A2365952); and 2.     Approves retrospectively the feedback from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency (A2365952 to Report R16940).
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

 

11.     Exclusion of the Public

 

Resolved RTC/2020/052
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting. 2.     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:
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

 

Item	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Particular interests protected (where applicable)
1	Regional Transport Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes -  2 December 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)(b)(ii)      To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information ·    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 confidential session at 2.15p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.17p.m.

Please note that as the only business transacted in public excluded was to confirm the minutes, this business has been recorded in the public minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists.

12.     Confirmation of Minutes

12.1     2 December 2019

Document number M6594, agenda pages 3 - 4 refer.

Resolved RTC/2020/053
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Confirms the minutes of part of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held with the public excluded on 2 December 2019, as a true and correct record.
O'Neill-Stevens/Harland                                                                    Carried

     

 

    

13.     Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved RTC/2020/054
	That the Council 1.     Re-admits the public to the meeting.
Harland/O'Neill-Stevens                                                                 Carried

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.17p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

                                                         Chairperson                                    Date

       

 

Item 7: Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update

 

Regional Transport Committee 7 September 2020

 

REPORT R19205

Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update

 

1.       Purpose of Report

1.1       To provide the Committee with the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) update on various items. 

 

 

2.       Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R19205) and its attachment (A2450193)

 

3.       Background

3.1       This report provides an update from the NZTA on a variety of issues (refer to Attachment).

3.2       The NZTA representatives will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any questions and to provide any update further to their report.

 

Author:           Margaret Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste

Attachments

Attachment 1:    A2450193 Nelson RTC update from Waka Kotahi 7 September 2020 ⇩

   

 

 

 

Item 8: Nelson Future Access Update

 

Regional Transport Committee 7 September 2020

 

REPORT R19206

Nelson Future Access Update

 

1.       Purpose of Report

1.1       To update the Committee on the Nelson Future Access Project.

 

 

 

2.       Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee 1.     Receives the report Nelson Future Access Update (R19206) and its attachment (A2450566).

 

 

3.       Background

3.1       The update from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is appended as Attachment 1. The NZTA project managers will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any questions and to provide any update further to their report. 

 

Author:           Alec Louverdis, Group Manager Infrastructure

Attachments

Attachment 1:    A2450566 - Nelson Future Access Update ⇩