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Infrastructure
Committee
12 March 2014
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
4 Petitions
There were no
petitions.
5 Public Input
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5.1
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Silverdale Commercial Ratepayers Inc. - Lorraine Sampson
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Lorraine
Sampson was in attendance and gave a powerpoint presentation in support of
her item.
A copy of the
presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and is
available on the Auckland Council website.
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Julia Parfitt, Chair of the Hibiscus and
Bays Local Board was in attendance and gave a verbal presentation.
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Cr Fletcher entered the meeting at
1:40pm
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Resolution number INF/2014/14
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:
That the Infrastructure Committee:
a) thank
Lorraine Sampson, President of the Silverdale Commercial Ratepayers Inc. and
Julia Parfitt, Chair of the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board for their
presentations.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation
b Handouts
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5.2
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Cycle Action Auckland – Barbara Cuthbert
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Barbara
Cuthbert, Chair/spokesperson of Cycle Action Auckland addressed the committee
in regard to item 9 ‘The Role of Cycling’, as it has significant bearing on their
work for Auckland’s cycling community.
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A powerpoint
presentation was given in support of her item.
A copy of the
presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and is
available on the Auckland Council website.
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Resolution
number INF/2014/15
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr WD Walker:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) thank
Barbara Cuthbert, Chair of Cycle Action Auckland for her presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation
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5.3
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The Greenways project - Gaspar Sanvicens
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Gaspar
Sanvicens and Richard Barter of The Greenways Project, addressed the committee in
relation to item 9 ‘The Role of Cycling’, as they advocate for safe and
pleasant active travel, primarily walking and cycling in the public domain
for everyday utility, commuter, school trips etc.
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Resolution
number INF/2014/16
MOVED
by Cr CM Casey, seconded by Cr WD Walker:
That the Infrastructure Committee:
a) thank Gaspar Sanvicens and Richard Barter of The Greenways Project for their presentation.
CARRIED
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5.4
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Generation Zero - Luke Christensen
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Luke
Christensen and Niko Elsen, representing Generation Zero and transportblog,
addressed the committee in relation to
item 9 ‘The Role of Cycling’.
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A
presentation was given in support of their item.
A copy of the presentation has been
placed on the official copy of these minutes and is available on the Auckland
Council website.
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Resolution
number INF/2014/17
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr CM Casey:
That the Infrastructure Committee:
a) thank Luke Christensen and Niko Elsen, representing Generation Zero and transportblog, for their presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation
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6 Local Board Input
There was no
local board input.
7 Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
8 Notices of Motion
There were no
notices of motion.
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9
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Role of Cycling in Auckland
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MOVED by
Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) acknowledge
the importance of cycling in contributing to the vision of creating the
world’s most liveable city particularly through enabling Auckland
Plan Transformational Shift #3, “Move to outstanding public transport within
one network” and Auckland Plan Transformational Shift #4, “Radically improve
the quality of urban living”
b) working with
the Auckland Development Committee, support greater financial commitment
within the Long-term Plan for cycleways, including the preparation of an
integrated regional implementation strategy.
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Cr Clow retired from the meeting at
2:50pm
Member Wilcox left the meeting at
2:55pm
Member Wilcox returned to the meeting at 3:03pm
Cr Wood entered the meeting at 3:06pm
Cr Penrose
retired from the meeting at 3:07pm
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Resolution number INF/2014/18
MOVED by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr WD Walker:
That the
Infrastructure Committee:
a)
agree that, pursuant to Standing Order
3.13.1 (c), the motion under debate now be put to a vote.
CARRIED
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Resolution number INF/2014/19
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) acknowledge
the importance of cycling in contributing to the vision of creating the
world’s most liveable city particularly through
enabling Auckland Plan Transformational Shift #3, “Move to outstanding public
transport within one network” and Auckland Plan Transformational Shift #4,
“Radically improve the quality of urban living”
b) working
with the Auckland Development Committee, support greater financial commitment
within the Long-term Plan for cycleways, including the preparation of an integrated
regional implementation strategy.
CARRIED
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Resolution number INF/2014/20
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr CM Casey:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
c) encourage Auckland Council and Auckland
Transport to explore innovative trial projects in the near-term that increase
safety and attract a wider range of people to cycling
d) request staff to review baseline data monitoring and its adequacy
in understanding cycling and walking contribution to transport, and further
to provide recommendations on key performance indicators (kpi’s) that may
then be incorporated into the Auckland Transport Statement of Intent (SOI)
e) endorse that the committee
Chair writes to the Chairman of Auckland Transport forwarding the report
‘Role of Cycling in Auckland’ and communicates the Infrastructure Committee
decisions on the need for a significantly enhanced effort to improved cycling
infrastructure in Auckland.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation
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3:15pm The meeting was adjourned.
3:22pm The meeting was reconvened.
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12
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Update from Watercare Services Ltd
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Graham Wood, Chief
Infrastructure Officer of Watercare Services Ltd was in attendance, and gave
a powerpoint presentation in support of the item.
A copy of the presentation has been
placed on the official copy of these minutes and is available on the Auckland
Council website.
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Cr Wood retired from the meeting
at 4:21pm
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Resolution number INF/2014/23
MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr CM Casey:
That the Infrastructure Committee:
a) receive the
report and thank the Chief Infrastructure Officer of Watercare Services Ltd
for his presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation
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14 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
4.32 pm The
Chairperson thanked members for their attendance and attention to business and
declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF
THE Infrastructure Committee HELD
ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
