Palmerston North City Council
Minutes of the Play, Recreation & Sport Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Elwood Room, Conference & Function Centre, 354 Main Street, Palmerston North on 17 June 2020, commencing at 9.00am
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Councillor Leonie Hapeta (in the Chair), The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Zulfiqar Butt, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor and Bruno Petrenas. |
Non Members: |
Councillors Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Renee Dingwall, Lorna Johnson, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere. |
Apologies: |
Councillor Tangi Utikere |
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Grant Taylor, President of Victoria Esplanade Scenic Railway spoke in support of their submission to the options outlined in Item 8 Victoria Esplanade Park Road entrance and Cook Street/Park Road Intersection options (clause 16) He made the following comments: The Victoria Esplanade Scenic Railway does not support any option in respect to provision of parking. An increase of 5 carparks (Option One) is not enough and does not provide a vehicle link to the existing carpark at Victoria Esplanade Station. Landscaped hard surfaced parks should be created in the grass area to provide for the large number of visitors. This parking should be linked to the parking by the Victoria Esplanade Railway Station. The established car park around the railway also needs replacing. |
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Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Billy Meehan. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED That the public comment be received for information. |
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Clause 16-20 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Vaughan Dennison, Renee Dingwall, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford. |
Victoria Esplanade Park Road entrance and Cook Street/Park Road Intersection options Kathy Dever-Tod - Manager Parks and Reserves and Aaron Philips, Senior Parks Planner presented the report. Officers explained that Option One was the best fit to meet the requirements of the Strategic Plan, stakeholder feedback from the Victoria Esplanade User Group and available budget. A motion to seek an alternative option was lost because the Committee felt the report provided enough information to make a decision. |
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Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Billy Meehan. The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 1. That the report entitled “Victoria Esplanade Park Road entrance and Cook Street/Park Road intersection options”, dated 17 June 2020, be received. 2. That Council approve Scenario A for the controlled intersection upgrade of Cook Street and Park Road, which includes a traffic signal upgrade and closing the access from Nathan Place to Park Road on a temporary basis to assess the impacts, before a decision is made to proceed with the permanent closure. |
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Clause 17.1 and 17.2 above were carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Zulfiqar Butt, Vaughan Dennison, Renee Dingwall, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.
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Moved Grant Smith, seconded Vaughan Dennison. 3. That Council approve Option One for the Park Road entrance reconfiguration to the Victoria Esplanade, which includes a replacement car park, as detailed in this report. 4. That Council note that Victoria Esplanade Park Road entrance and Cook Street/Park Road intersection projects will be tendered together to try and obtain cost savings for both projects, to remain with the current budget provision. 5. That Council note that the results of the tender will be reported to the Finance and Audit Committee. |
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Clause 17.3 to 17.5 were carried 11 votes to 3, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor and Bruno Petrenas.
Against: Councillors Brent Barrett, Renee Dingwall and Aleisha Rutherford. Abstained: Councillor Zulfiqar Butt. |
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Moved Aleisha Rutherford, seconded Leonie Hapeta. On a motion: “That the Chief Executive report back on an alternative option encompassing the following features, and that this option be assessed against the criteria included in clause 5.4 of the officer’s report titled “Victoria Esplanade Park Road Entrance and Cook Street/ Park Road Intersection Options”: a/ providing distinct separation between Esplanade Scenic Drive and the carpark areas near Park Road entrance and Esplanade Scenic Railway station b/ using the majority of the existing Esplanade Scenic Drive as the main motor vehicular route into the Esplanade from Park Road c/ not proceeding with an additional road on the sightline d/ advancing the lower cost option to reconfigure and improve access and safety near the Esplanade Scenic Railway station e/ preserving heritage value of the Park Road entry to Victoria Esplanade Drive The motion was lost 5 votes to 9, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows: For: Councillors Leonie Hapeta, Brent Barrett, Renee Dingwall, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford. Against: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Patrick Handcock ONZM, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan and Karen Naylor. Abstained: Councillor Zulfiqar Butt. |
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The meeting finished at 3.44pm.
Confirmed 21 October 2020
Chairperson