Minutes of a meeting of the

Regional Transport Committee

Te Kōmiti Waka-ā-Rohe

Held via Zoom on Tuesday 21 June 2022, commencing at 1.34p.m.

Present:              Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Councillors J Edgar (Deputy Chairperson), R O'Neill-Stevens and Waka Kotahi Representative Ms E Speight

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance Adviser (A Fon) and Assistant Governance Adviser (A Bryce-Neumann)

Leave of Absence:   Her Worship the Mayor R Reese

Karakia and Mihi Timatanga

1.       Apologies

There were no apologies, however Mayor Reese’s leave of absence was noted.

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was 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

4.1.     Henry Hudson - The dangers of rockfall on Rocks Road

Document number R26914

Henry Hudson, from the Nelson Citizens Alliance, spoke about the dangers of rockfall on Rocks Road.

Mr Hudson presented key points from the tabled document including the resilience of Rocks Road as a major corridor, noting safety concerns due to slope failures. Mr Hudson also raised concerns about the sea wall and loss of views and access to the beach and swimming. The group acknowledged work below Moncrieff Avenue and encouraged further similar work to be completed in conjunction with Waka Kotahi.  Other ideas included discouraging large trucks using Rocks Road by reducing the speed limit to 30km per hour, thereby reducing noise and vibrations along this stretch of road.

Attachments

1    A2910169 Tabled Document - Rocks Road Hudson - NCA

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      29 March 2022

Document number M19371, agenda pages 6 - 10 refer.

Resolved RTC/2022/007
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 29 March 2022, as a true and correct record.
Speight/O'Neill-Stevens Carried

6.       Chairpersons Report

Document number R26961, agenda pages 11 - 20 refer.

The Chairperson presented his report, and highlighted the submission on behalf of the South Island Regional Transport Committee Chairs on freight and supply chain issues.

Resolved RTC/2022/008
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.    Receives the report Chairpersons Report (R26961) and its attachment A2905287.
McGurk/Edgar Carried

7.       Public Transport Update

Document number R26874, agenda pages 21 - 32 refer.

Marg Parfitt, Manager Transport and Solid Waste, presented the report and tabled two additional maps showing the route from Motueka to Nelson and Richmond to Nelson.  It was noted that these were express routes that would stop at Tahunanui and Nelson Hospital.

Ms Parfitt answered questions about the stops on the express routes, public awareness of the planned changes, timeline for the fares policy, patronage of public transport as a result of half price fares and public transport branding.

Resolved RTC/2022/009
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.    Receives the report Public Transport Update (R26874) and its attachments (A2895047 and A2895020).
Edgar/O'Neill-Stevens Carried
	Attachments 1    A2909022 Route 5 2    A2909027 Route 6

8.       Waka Kotahi Update

Document number R26873, agenda pages 33 - 46 refer.

Ms Emma Speight, Waka Kotahi Representative, presented the report.  Ms Speight, Mr Mike Creamer and Andrew James, Waka Kotahi, answered questions on the speed limit review, speed limit on Rocks Road, Tahunanui southbound lane reinstatement timeline and consultation with the Tahunanui businesses, the proposed signalisation of Parkers Road/Annesbrook Drive, pedestrian improvements at intersections and vegetation control.

Ms Speight lost connection to the online meeting at 2.13pm and re-join at 2.22p.m.

Resolved RTC/2022/010
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.    Receives the report Waka Kotahi Update (R26873) and its attachment (A2905181).
McGurk/Speight Carried

9.       Consultation on Waka Kotahi proposed changes to land transport regulatory funding and fees

Document number R26876, agenda pages 47 - 76 refer.

Alec Louverdis, Group Manager Infrastructure, presented the report and there were no questions asked.

Recommendation
	That the Regional Transport Committee 1.    Receives the report Consultation on Waka Kotahi proposed changes to land transport regulatory funding and fees (R26876) and its attachments (A2887399 and A2883508); and 2.    Approves retrospectively the submission (A2883508) to Waka Kotahi on the Regulatory Funding and Fees Consultation.
McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens

10.     Exclusion of the Public

Resolved RTC/2022/011
	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:
Edgar/O'Neill-Stevens 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 - Confidential Minutes - 29 March 2022	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)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

The only business transacted in confidential session was to confirm the minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists, therefore this business has been recorded in the open minutes.

Resolved RTC/2022/012
	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 29 March 2022, as a true and correct record.
O'Neill-Stevens/McGurk Carried

The meeting went into confidential session at 2.56pm and resumed in public session at 2.58p.m.

Karakia Whakamutanga

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.59p.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 27 September 2022.

That the Regional Transport Committee

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 21 June 2022, as a true and correct record.