Present: Councillor
B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors Y Bowater, T
Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar, K Fulton, M Lawrey, G Noonan, R O'Neill-Stevens
(Deputy Chairperson), P Rainey, R Sanson and T Skinner
In
Attendance: Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance
Adviser (E-J Ruthven and P Boutle), and Youth Councillors (T Wheatley and H Culverwell)
Apologies : Councillor
M Lawrey (for lateness)
Karakia Timatanga
A karakia timatanga was given.
1. Apologies
An apology for lateness from Councillor Lawrey was
noted.
2. Confirmation
of Order of Business
Councillor McGurk noted that the
public forum presentation from Nelson South/Toi Toi Street Residents regarding
road safety issues had been withdrawn, and an additional public forum
presentation from Blind Citizens New Zealand Nelson Branch regarding upgraded
intersections had been added.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4. Public
Forum
4.1 Residents
of The Glen
Phil
Osborne, Steve Dubieniec and Rosemary Cooke spoke about the project to rebuild
the road and revetment at Seafield Terrace. On behalf of The Glen
community, they thanked Council, Council officers and all contractors involved
in the process, noting challenges had been worked through and the end result of
the project was much appreciated by the community.
Attendance:
Councillor Lawrey joined the meeting at 9.11a.m.
Mr
Osborne, Mr Dubieniec and Ms Cooke answered questions regarding the project and
gave suggestions for further improvements.
4.2 Blind
Citizens New Zealand Nelson Branch - Barns Dance Crossings and Intersection
Revamps
Karen
Wilson and Rodger Curry spoke on behalf of the Blind Citizens New Zealand
Nelson Branch. They thanked Council and Council officers for the
installation of the Barnes Dance crossing at the Trafalgar/Halifax Streets
intersection and for the inclusion of tactile surfaces in the improvements to
the Rutherford/Halifax Streets intersection.
They
answered questions regarding further improvements that could be made in the
central city for people with low or no vision.
5. Confirmation
of Minutes
5.1 25
February 2021
Document number M15444, agenda
pages 5 - 13 refer.
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Following discussion, it was
agreed that the sixth paragraph under the heading ‘Chairperson’s
Report’ should be amended to read:
“With the agreement of
the mover and seconder clause three was amended, and it was noted that
further city centre engagement would take place before any works
proceeded.”
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Resolved IC/2021/011
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That the Infrastructure Committee
1. Confirms
the minutes, as amended, of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held
on 25 February 2021, as a true and correct record.
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O'Neill-Stevens/Edgar Carried
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6. Chairperson's Report
There was no Chairperson’s Report.
7. Water
Services Bill - Nelson City Council Submission
Document number R22661, agenda
pages 14 - 23 refer.
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Senior Activity Engineer
– Water Supply, Phil Ruffell, and Manager Utilities, David Light,
presented the report.
Copies of the Water New
Zealand and Local Government New Zealand submissions to the Water Services
Bill were tabled (A2612142 and A2612113).
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Resolved IC/2021/012
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That the Infrastructure
Committee
1. Receives the report
Water Services Bill - Nelson City Council Submission (R22661) and its attachment (A2574192); and
2. Approves
retrospectively the Nelson City Council submission to the Health Select
Committee on the Water Services Bill (A2574192 - Attachment one of Report
R22661).
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Edgar/Fulton Carried
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Attachments
1 A2612142 - Tabled document - Water NZ submission on Water
Services Bill
2 A2612113 - LGNZ submission on Water Services Bill
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8. Nelson
Regional Sewerage Business Unit - 2021/22 Business Plan and 2021-31
Activity Management Plan
Document number R21467, agenda
pages 24 - 158 refer.
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Group Manager Infrastructure,
Alec Louverdis, presented the report and explained the process for making
changes to the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU) Business Plan
and Activity Management Plan (AMP) following Nelson City Council’s
feedback to the NRSBU Board in December 2020.
Along with Mr Louverdis, General
Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, and NRSBU Board Chair,
Tasman District Councillor Kit Maling, answered questions regarding the
rationale for the proposed changes and any associated effects, including potential
adaptive mitigation steps in relation to climate change.
During discussion, Mr Clarke
noted the possibility of exploring adaptive mitigation steps in relation to
climate change, including climate-friendly alternatives to relying on diesel
generators.
Councillor Skinner, seconded
by Councillor McGurk, moved the recommendation in the officer report, with
the addition of the word ‘draft’ prior to the words ‘Long
Term Plan’ in clause three.
The meeting was adjourned from
10.44a.m. to 11.02a.m.
Councillor Courtney, seconded
by Councillor Fulton moved a procedural motion:
That
the Infrastructure Committee
1. Leaves the item Nelson Regional
Sewerage Business Unit – 2021/22 Business Plan and 2021-31 Activity
Management Plan to lie on the table and not be further discussed at this
meeting.
The procedural motion was put
and lost.
The substantive motion was put
in parts.
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Resolved IC/2021/013
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That the Infrastructure
Committee
1. Receives the report
Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit - 2021/22 Business Plan and 2021-31
Activity Management Plan (R21467)
and its attachments (A2588684 and A2588602).
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Skinner/McGurk Carried
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Resolved IC/2021/014
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That the Infrastructure
Committee
2. Adopts the Draft
Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2021/22 Business Plan (A2588602); and
3. Adopts the Draft 2021-31 Nelson Regional
Sewerage Business Unit Activity Management Plan (A2588684) as the version to
populate the draft Long Term Plan 2021-31.
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Skinner/McGurk Carried
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A division was called:
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For
Cr McGurk (Chairperson)
Cr Brand
Cr Edgar
Cr Lawrey
Cr O'Neill-Stevens
Cr Rainey
Cr Sanson
Cr Skinner
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Against
Cr Courtney
Cr Fulton
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Abstained
Her Worship the Mayor Reese
Cr Bowater
Cr Noonan
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The
motion was carried 8 – 2, with three abstentions.
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Karakia Whakamutunga
A karakia whakamutunga was given.
There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.36am.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
Date