Minutes of Infrastructure Committee

Palmerston North City Council

Minutes of the Infrastructure Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Elwood Room, Conference & Function Centre, 354 Main Street, Palmerston North on 03 June 2020, commencing at 9.02am

Members

Present:

Councillor Vaughan Dennison (in the Chair), The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Lew Findlay QSM, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

Non Members:

Councillor Renee Dingwall, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Leonie Hapeta and Lorna Johnson.

Councillor Tangi Utikere was not present when the meeting resumed at 10.50am. He entered the meeting again at 11.16am during consideration of clause 10. He was present for all clauses.

The Mayor (Grant Smith) left the meeting at 11.13am during consideration of clause 10. He was not present for clauses 10 to 12 inclusive.

5-20

Presentation - NZTA

Mr Lonnie Dalzell, Owner Interface Manager and Mr Mark Long, Te Ahu a Turanga Alliance – People and Culture Manager from NZTA made a presentation regarding the new Gorge Highway.

The new gorge highway is an alliance including Government, business and iwi partners. It will provide a safe, resilient and efficient replacement for the closed highway - Manawatū Gorge. It will provide a reconnection to local villages and incorporate ecological planting, environmental pathways, stormwater management systems and connections to Te Apiti.

The project will start by October 2020 if consent approval is received, with main work due to start in January 2020 and with a completion date of December 2024. Providing local employment, apprenticeships/training, upskilling opportunities and housing which can be added to the local housing stock at the end of the project. Site visits will be arranged at a date in the future along with further updates.

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Susan Baty.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Infrastructure Committee receive the presentation for information.

Clause 5-20 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Vaughan Dennison, Renee Dingwall, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

6-20

Confirmation of Minutes

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Susan Baty.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the minutes of the Infrastructure Committee meeting of 4 March 2020 Part I Public be confirmed as a true and correct record.

Clause 6-20 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

7-20

Papaioea Place Redevelopment 6-Monthly Update

Memorandum, presented by Bryce Hosking, Manager - Property.

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Aleisha Rutherford.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the memorandum titled `Papaioea Place Redevelopment 6-Monthly Update’ presented to the Infrastructure Committee on 3 June 2020 be received for information.

Clause 7-20 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

8-20

Arena Redevelopment 6-Monthly Update

Memorandum, presented by Bryce Hosking, Manager - Property.

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Rachel Bowen.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the memorandum titled `Arena Redevelopment 6-Monthly Update’ presented to the Infrastructure Committee on 3 June 2020 be received for information.

Clause 8-20 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

9-20

Six Month Transport Network Safety Update Report - 2019-1

Memorandum, presented by Robert van Bentum, Manager - Transport and Infrastructure and Chris Lai, Senior Transportation Engineer.

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Rachel Bowen.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Infrastructure Committee receive the memorandum titled `Six Month Transport Network Safety Update Report – 2019-1” dated 3 June 2020.

2. That the Infrastructure Committee approve the dates for the submission of the six month update reports to be March and August of each year to align with the availability of the crash data by NZTA and Council quarterly reporting.

Clause 9-20 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The meeting adjourned at 10.27am.

The meeting resumed at 10.50am.

Councillor Tangi Utikere was not present when the meeting resumed.

10-20

Update Memorandum: 3 Waters Asset Condition

Memorandum, presented by Jono Ferguson-Pye, Assets and Planning Manager and Robert van Bentum, Manager - Transport and Infrastructure.

The Mayor (Grant Smith) left the meeting at 11.13am.

Councillor Tangi Utikere entered the meeting again at 11.16am.

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Bruno Petrenas.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the memorandum titled “Update Memorandum: 3 Waters Assets Condition” reported to the Infrastructure Committee on 3 June 2020, be received.

Clause 10-20 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Vaughan Dennison, Renee Dingwall, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

11-20

Committee Work Schedule

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Susan Baty.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1. That the Infrastructure Committee receive its Work Schedule dated June 2020.

Clause 11-20 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

Exclusion of Public

12-20

Recommendation to Exclude Public

Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Susan Baty.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

“That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting listed in the table below.

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:

General subject of each matter to be considered		Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Ground(s) under Section 48(1) for passing this resolution
13.	Streets for People Programme - Procurement of Design Services	Commercial Activities	s7(2)(h)

This resolution is made in reliance on Section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by Section 6 or Section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public as stated in the above table.

Clause 12-20 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The public part of the meeting finished at 11.24am

Confirmed 5 August 2020

Chairperson