Minutes of a meeting of the

Infrastructure Committee

Te Kōmiti Hanganga

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Thursday 18 November 2021, commencing at 9.00a.m.

Present:              Cr B McGurk (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand (via Zoom), M Courtney, M Lawrey, R O’Neill-Stevens and T Skinner

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

Apologies:         Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors G Noonan, J Edgar,                   K Fulton, P Rainey and R Sanson

Karakia and Mihi Timatanga

1.       Apologies

Resolved IC/2021/018
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (other Council business) Councillors K Fulton, G Noonan, J Edgar, P Rainey, and R Sanson.
McGurk/Courtney Carried

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

A correction was made to the order of Public Forum, noting the Genie Em would be presenting first.

3.       Interests

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

4.       Public Forum

4.2.     Genie Em - Recycling in Nelson City

Document number R26178

Ms Em spoke about recycling in Nelson City, and rubbish and recycling bins on the street. She felt that the number of bins was not sufficient, and advocated for education of the public on how to appropriately deal with waste, including the responsible disposal of cigarette butts. She suggested introducing fines for littering.

4.1.     Frederick Conquer - Micromobility Scheme Options for Nelson

Document number R26106

Frederick Conquer, Operations Manager Beam, spoke about micromobility scheme options for Nelson and how they could work. He provided a Powerpoint presentation (A2788865).

He answered questions about the number of motor vehicle trips avoided through the use of scooters, the role of micromobility schemes versus private ownership of scooters and ebikes, for an active transport modal shift, and how speeds could be controlled by GPS, in general, and for dedicated slow zones.

Attachments

1    A2788865 - Micromobility Scheme Options - PowerPoint presentation - Infrastructure Committee 18Nov2021

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      3 June 2021

Document number M18678, agenda pages 0 - 0 refer.

Resolved IC/2021/019
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 3 June 2021, as a true and correct record.
Courtney/Skinner Carried

6.       Chairperson's Report

Document number R26403

There was no Chairperson’s Report.

7.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit - Annual Report 2020/21

Document number R26205

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, answered questions about the Business Unit’s Annual Report 2020/21 including the plans for a leachate review to occur, and the possibility of extending the life of York Valley landfill beyond the projected timeframe.

Resolved IC/2021/020
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit - Annual Report 2020/21 (R26205) and its attachment (A2766410).
Courtney/Bowater Carried

8.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit - Annual Report 2020/21

Document number R26206

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, supported by the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Chairperson, Tasman District Councillor Kit Maling, presented the Business Unit’s Annual Report 2020/21.

Mr Clarke and Cr Maling answered questions about challenges encountered in 2020/21, including staffing levels, issues at the pump station where the TDC network joined the NCC network, emergency power supplies and infiltration of wastewater into stormwater. Mr Clarke answered further questions about the review of the pipeline from Monaco to Bell Island.

Resolved IC/2021/021
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit - Annual Report 2020/21 (R26206) and its attachment (A2757741) (R26152 and its attachment (A2497193)).
Bowater/Skinner Carried

9.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2022/23 Business Plan

Document number R26207

Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, noted that there were no changes to the Business Unit’s Business Plan since the Council’s Long Term Plan, but that it was a requirement for the Business Plan to be provided to both Councils.

Mr Louverdis noted that no comments were required to be supplied to the General Manager of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit.

Resolved IC/2021/022
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2022/23 Business Plan (R26207) and its attachment (A2728794); and 2.    Provides feedback to the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit via the General Manager of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit on the draft Nelson Regional Sewerage Unit 2022/23 Business Plan (A2728794)
Skinner/Courtney Carried

10.     Water Supply Activity Management Plan 2021-31

Document number R22591

Activity Engineer - Water Supply and Stormwater, Phil Ruffell, presented the report. He answered questions about manhole covers coming off in storms, the renewal of residential water meters, generation of electricity at the water treatment plant, the ongoing issue of water loss, aerators at the Maitai Dam and algae issues in the Maitai Dam.

Resolved IC/2021/023
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Water Supply Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (R22591) and its attachment (A2757448).
O'Neill-Stevens/Lawrey Carried

Recommendation to Council IC/2021/024
	That the Council 1.    Adopts the revised Water Supply Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (A2213226).
O'Neill-Stevens/Lawrey Carried

           The meeting was adjourned from 10.06a.m. until 10.16a.m.

11.     Wastewater Activity Management Plan 2021-31

Document number R22598

Activity Engineer – Wastewater, Warren Biggs, presented the report.

Resolved IC/2021/025
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Wastewater Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (R22598) and its attachment (A2756636)
Skinner/O'Neill-Stevens Carried

Recommendation to Council IC/2021/026
	That the Council 1.    Adopts the revised Wastewater Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (A2758059).
Skinner/O'Neill-Stevens Carried

12.     Stormwater and Flood Protection Activity Management Plan 2021-31

Document number R22601

Resolved IC/2021/027
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Stormwater and Flood Protection Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (R22601) and its attachment (A2755575).
Skinner/Courtney Carried

Recommendation to Council IC/2021/028
	That the Council 1.    Adopts the revised Stormwater and Flood Protection Activity Management Plan 2021–31 (A2755586).
Skinner/Courtney Carried

13.     Infrastructure Quarterly Report

Document number R26267

Manager Capital Projects, Lois Plum, Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, and Manager Utilities, David Light, presented the report.

A video was shown entitled “NCC Infrastructure Team 2021” which gave a visual show of the business unit’s achievements over the last financial year.

Ms Plum answered questions about the Modellers Park redevelopment and Awatea Pump Station.

The Committee thanked the whole Infrastructure team for their professionalism and the work they had delivered to date and in the previous year.

Resolved IC/2021/029
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Infrastructure Quarterly Report (R26267) and its attachments (A2775741 and A2774733).
O'Neill-Stevens/McGurk Carried

Karakia Whakamutunga

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.43a.m..

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 24 February 2022

5.1      18 November 2021

Document number M19084, agenda pages 8 - 14 refer.  

Resolved IC/2022/002
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 18 November 2021, as a true and correct record.
Courtney/Sanson Carried