Infrastructure Committee
Te Kōmiti Hanganga
Held in the via Zoom on Thursday 24 February 2022, commencing at 9.01a.m.
Present: Cr B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar, K Fulton, M Lawrey, R O'Neill-Stevens (Deputy Chairperson), P Rainey, R Sanson and T Skinner
In Attendance: Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne), Governance Adviser (K McLean), Governance Support Officer (A Bryce-Neumann) and Youth Councillors (C Rainey and A Clarke)
Apologies : Councillor G Noonan
Karakia and Mihi Timatanga
1. Apologies
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives and accepts the apology from Councillor G Noonan. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There were no changes to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
5.1 18 November 2021
Document number M19084, agenda pages 8 - 14 refer.
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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. |
Document number R26616
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There was no Chairperson’s report.
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7. Waimea Road/Hampden Street (west) intersection feedback
Document number R24828, agenda pages 15 - 64 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, presented the report, noting background and next steps in the public engagement process. She answered questions relating to the closure as well as the pedestrian crossing.
Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, answered questions and provided clarification about the legal risk, noting that the risk would be mitigated through public consultation. He confirmed that staff time would be minimal should Elected Members approve that consultation be undertaken.
7. Exclusion of the Public
The meeting went into confidential session at 9.38am and resumed in public session at 10.07am.
The meeting was adjourned from 10.07am until 10.24am.
The Committee agreed (with permission from the mover/seconder) that clause 4 be removed and clause 5 be amended to reflect the engagement of community views.
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives the report Waimea Road/Hampden Street (west) intersection feedback (R24828) and its attachments (A2476129 , A2779496, A2779688 and A2779811); and 2. Determines that there is sufficient information available from the feedback and monitoring process on the Waimea Road and Hampden Street (west) intersection trial summarised in this report (R24828) to enable the Council to seek community views on a proposal to close the intersection to vehicular traffic by determining under section 319(1)(f) of the Local Government Act 1974 that part of Hampden Street is footpath; and 3. Determines under section 342(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1974, that the intersection of Waimea Road and Hampden Street (West) should be temporarily closed to traffic until a decision has been made on the proposal to close the intersection to vehicular traffic long term by determining under section 319(1)(f) of the Local Government Act 1974 that part of Hampden Street is footpath; and 4. Notes a report summarising the community views of the proposal will be brought back to a future Committee for decision. |
8. Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 2022/23 Business Plan
Document number R26208, agenda pages 65 - 96 refer.
Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis presented the report. Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Board Chair (Councillor Judene Edgar) spoke to the Business Plan and General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, answered questions about fee increase, staffing, monitoring and reduced emissions.
The meeting was adjourned from 11.26am until 11.36am.
9. Submission to Ministry for the Environment Te kawe i te haepapa para: Taking responsibility for our waste: Proposals for a new waste strategy; Issues and options for new waste legislation
Document number R26478, agenda pages 97 - 114 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Margaret Parfitt, presented the report and answered questions about low waste, reduction of waste, soft plastic and recycling.
10. Infrastructure Fees and Charges 2022-2023
Document number R26495, agenda pages 115 - 121 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Margaret Parfitt, presented the report and answered questions about cost recovery, solid waste, greenwaste and hazardous disposal.
11. Infrastructure Quarterly Report
Document number R26434, agenda pages 122 - 170 refer.
Manager Capital Projects, Lois Plum, presented the report. She along with Manager Utilities, David Light, and Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Margaret Parfitt, answered questions about planting requirements, the NWWTP resource consent renewal, Maitai Dam and inner city recycling bins.
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Recommendation |
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Receives the report Infrastructure Quarterly Report (R26434) and its attachments (A2830037, A2830767). |
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Recommendation to Council IC/2022/008 |
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1. Approves bringing forward budgeted capital funding of $3,205,600 from 2022/2023 to 2021/2022, to allow early completion of the Awatea Place wastewater pump station project in 2022/23; and 2. Approves unbudgeted additional capital funding of $964,000 for the Rutherford Street Stormwater upgrade project to allow award of a tender, following Tenders Subcommittee approval, ahead of the approval of the Annual Plan, noting that this amount has been included in the 2022/23 Annual Plan. |
Prior to moving into the confidential session, the Chairperson asked that all present for the confidential session confirm that they were in a confidential space where they could not be overseen or overheard. All confirmed this was the case at 12.11pm.
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Infrastructure Status Report - Confidential |
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)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person |
The meeting went into confidential session at 12.11pm and resumed in public session at 2.14pm.
Karakia Whakamutanga
13. Restatements
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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CONFIDENTIAL: Infrastructure Status Report - Confidential |
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1. Receives the report Infrastructure Status Report - Confidential (R26597) and its attachment (A1150333). |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.15pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 31 March 2022.
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Resolved IC/2022/015 |
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That the Infrastructure Committee 1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 24 February 2022, as a true and correct record. |