Minutes of a meeting of the

Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

Te Kōmiti Mahi Tahi

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Tuesday 23 July 2024, commencing at 10.32a.m. - to adopt Joint Speed Management Plan

Present:               Tasman District Council: His Worship the Mayor T King (Chairperson), Deputy Mayor of Tasman S Bryant, Councillors C Butler, G Daikee, B Dowler, J Ellis, M Kininmonth, C Mackenzie, K Maling, B Maru, D Shallcrass and T Walker

Nelson City Council (NCC): His Worship the Mayor N Smith, Councillors M Anderson, M Benge, T Brand, M Courtney, J Hodgson, K Paki Paki, R Sanson, T Skinner and A Stallard

In Attendance:     Tasman District Council: Acting Chief Executive (Richard Kirby)

                            Nelson City Council: Chief Executive (Nigel Philpott), Deputy Chief Executive/Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Senior Governance Adviser (A Andrews) and Governance Adviser (A Bryce)

Apologies:            Apologies have been received from Nelson City Council Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens and Councillors C Rollo and P Rainey and Tasman District Council Councillors M Greening and C Hill.  

1.       Apologies

Resolved JC/2024/011
	That the Joint Committee 1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Nelson City Council Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens and Councillors C Rollo and P Rainey and Tasman District Council Councillors C Hill and M Greening.
Courtney/His Worship the Mayor Carried

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

There was no public forum.

5.       Joint Nelson Tasman Speed Management Plan 2024

Document number R28661, agenda pages 4 - 68 refer.

Team Leader Transport Activity Management, Lyndon Hammond tabled a presentation and spoke to the report. He explained the speed limits within the Nelson proposal of the speed management plan.

Senior Infrastructure Planning Advisor – Transportation, Bill Rice, Transportation Planning Advisor, Jane Murray, Strategic Policy Manager, Dwayne Fletcher and Senior Transport Planner, Rhys Palmer spoke to the Nelson and Tasman proposals and highlighted the affected roads.

They answered questions on the process for changing speed limits for specific sections of roads(urban streets), Vanguard Street cul-de-sac variable speed limits, feedback from school consultations, cost benefit analysis, costs (safety, operations, travel time and emissions) and  inclusion of early childhood centres in the consultation document.

Attendance: Councillor Skinner joined the meeting at 11:37a.m.

Resolved JC/2024/012

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Receives the report Joint Nelson Tasman Speed Management Plan (R28661) and its attachments (1862260321-70856, 1862260321-70860 and 1862260321-70871); and

2.     Approves the amended Joint Nelson Tasman Speed Management Plan 2024 (1862260321-70860); and

3.     Approves the Schedule of Speed Limit changes (1862260321-70871); and

4.     Authorises the Chief Executive of each Council to approve, within their District:

a.     minor corrections to the Schedule of Speed Limit Changes extents; and

b.     changes to the implementation date in the Schedule of Speed Limit Changes as needed to account for New Zealand Transport Agency funding decisions or contractor roll out considerations; and

c.     the removal of components of the Joint Nelson Tasman Speed Management Speed Management Plan 2024 that are inconsistent with the final Speed Rule and not able to be implemented following the introduction of the final Speed Rule; and

d.     notifies the relevant elected members and the         Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport         Committee of any changes made under this         delegation.

The motion was put and a division was called:
For Mayor King (Chairperson) Cr Bryant Cr Butler Cr Daikee Cr Dowler Cr Ellis Cr Kininmonth Cr Mackenzie Cr Maling Cr Maru Cr Shallcrass Cr Walker Mayor Smith Cr Benge Cr Brand Cr Hodgson Cr Paki Paki Cr Skinner	Against Cr Anderson Cr Courtney Cr Sanson Cr Stallard	Abstained/Interest
The motion was carried 18 - 4.

Bryant/His Worship the Mayor Carried

Attachments

1    1982984479-7962 Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils 23Jul2024 Tabled Document PowerPoint

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11:53a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 19 November 2024.

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 23 July 2024, as a true and correct record.