Minutes of a meeting of the

Infrastructure Committee

Te Kōmiti Hanganga

Held via Zoom on Thursday 4 August 2022, commencing at 9.02a.m.

 

Present:             Cr B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, K Fulton, M Lawrey, G Noonan, R O'Neill-Stevens (Deputy Chairperson), R Sanson, T Skinner and Ms N Aporo

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Senior Governance Adviser (M Macfarlane) and Assistant Governance Adviser (A Bryce-Neumann).

Apologies :          Her Worship the Mayor R Reese Councillor for lateness and Councillors J Edgar and P Rainey for attendance.

 

 

Karakia and Mihi Timatanga

1.       Apologies

Resolved IC/2022/043

 

That the Infrastructure Committee

1.       Receives and accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for lateness and Councillors J Edgar and P Rainey for attendance.

McGurk/Courtney                                                                        Carried

Councillor Rainey subsequently attended the meeting from 10.48a.m to vote on Agenda Item 6.

Attendance: Councillor Skinner joined the meeting at 09.05a.m.

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.     Jane Murray - Active Travel Strategy

Document number R27109

Jane Murray, from the Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service, noted strong support for the Active Travel Strategy and suggested strengthening of targets and the addition of a provision for a minimum number of cycle parks.

4.2.     Barry Thompson - Active Travel Strategy

Document number R27110

Barry Thompson spoke about the Active Travel Strategy noting the need for more car parking in the city centre and the challenges involved in using buses for transport.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      23 June 2022

Document number M19568, agenda pages 6 - 15 refer.

Resolved IC/2022/044

 

That the Infrastructure Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 23 June 2022, as a true and correct record.

O'Neill-Stevens/McGurk                                                               Carried

  

6.       Adoption of Parking Strategy 2022 and Parking Management Plans

Document number R26376, agenda pages 16 - 147 refer.

Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Margaret Parfitt, presented the report noting minor corrections were required and that the plan was one part of the Councils climate change response.

Ms Parfitt along with Team Leader Transport Activity Management, Sue McAuley, and Programme Lead City Development, Alan Gray, responded to a range of matters raised.

     the baseline number of carparks was in the city centre and any revisions to the number of carparks

     consideration of maximum use of parking in reserves

     potential to provide young mothers parking accessibility

     engagement with Waka Kotahi on the Tahananui structure plan

     engagement process with māori in this process and potential for alternative methods in the future

     current use of parking revenue in the city centre

     trade off between parking and active transport routes between the Parking Strategy and Active Travel Strategy

     potential obstacles the plan could pose to the redevelopment of the city centre parking squares in the future

     potential to accelerate the redevelopment of city centre parking squares

Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese joined the meeting at 10.02a.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 10.05a.m. and reconvened at 10.15a.m.

Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese left the meeting at 10.36a.m.

Attendance: Councillor P Rainey joined the meeting at 10.48a.m.

The motion was put in parts and a division was called for on clause 2 and the recommendation to Council.

 

Resolved IC/2022/045

 

That the Infrastructure Committee

1.    Receives the report Adoption of Parking Strategy 2022 and Parking Management Plans  (R26376) and its attachments (1862260321-14578, 1862260321-2021, 1862260321-2026, 591542420-177, 591542420-178, Previous Report – Draft Parking Strategy – approval to seek public feedback (R26375) ; and

 

 

 

2.       Approves the Parking Strategy 2022 be adopted by        Council.

The substantive motion was put and a division was called:

For

Cr McGurk (Chairperson)

Cr Bowater

Cr Fulton

Cr Lawrey

Cr Noonan

Cr O'Neill-Stevens

Cr Rainey

Cr Sanson

Ms Aporo

Against

Cr Brand

Cr Courtney

Cr Skinner

Abstained/Interest

 

The motion/substantive motion was carried 9 - 3.

McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens                                                               Carried

 

Resolved IC/2022/046

Recommendation to Council

 

That the Council

1.    Adopts the Parking Strategy and associated Parking Management Plans ; and  

2.    Delegates responsibility for any minor amendments of the Strategy and Parking Management plans to the Chair of the Infrastructure Committee and the Group Manager of Infrastructure.

The substantive motion was put and a division was called:

For

Cr McGurk (Chairperson)

Cr Bowater

Cr Fulton

Cr Lawrey

Cr Noonan

Cr O'Neill-Stevens

Cr Rainey

Cr Sanson

Ms Aporo

Against

Cr Brand

Cr Courtney

Cr Skinner

Abstained/Interest

 

The motion/substantive motion was carried 9 - 3.

McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens

Attendance: Councillors T Skinner and P Rainey left the meeting at 11.03a.m.

 

7.       Exclusion of the Public

 

Resolved IC/2022/047

 

That the Infrastructure 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:

  

Courtney/Brand                                                                          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

Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Confidential Minutes - 23 June 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)(a)

     To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

2

Princes Drive Road Stopping - Public Notice Objector Response

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,

·        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 11.04a.m. and resumed in public session at 12.41p.m.

 

Karakia Whakamutanga

8.       Restatements

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

2

Princes Drive Road Stopping - Public Notice Objector Response

 

Agrees that this matter remain confidential until the consideration of the matter by the Hearings Panel.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.42p.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 1 September 2022.

 

That the Infrastructure Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 4 August 2022, as a true and correct record.