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Infrastructure
Committee
23 July 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.
Secretarial Note: The meeting
agreed that item 6.1 would take precedence.
6 Local Board Input
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6.1
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Manurewa Local Board - Manurewa Train Station
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Angela Dalton, Chair of the Manurewa Local Board 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 can be
viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes
attachment.
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Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at
9:33 am.
Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 9:35
am.
Cr CE Fletcher entered the meeting at
9:41 am.
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Resolution number INF/2014/25
MOVED
by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a)
thank Angela Dalton of the Manurewa Local Board for her
presentation
b)
expresses its concern at the level of anti-social behaviour and
fare evasion on the southern line and consequent loss of revenue and the
undercounting of patronage, and forward the presentation of the Manurewa
Local Board to the Chairman and Board of Auckland Transport
c)
recognises a link between passenger/customer safety and fare
evasion calling for more station gates, security guards on platforms and
legislation enabling the fining of fare evaders.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation regarding Manurewa
Train Station
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5 Public Input
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5.1
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Cowie Street Residents Association - Sarawia Street Underpass
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Gerald McKay, representing the Cowie Street Residents Association
and Maurice Harris of Foster Harris Consulting 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 can be
viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes
attachment.
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Resolution number INF/2014/26
MOVED
by Cr CE Brewer, seconded by Chairperson ME Lee:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) receive with
thanks the information from the Cowie Street Residents Association
b) urge Auckland Transport to give serious consideration to what
appears to be a more cost-effective, environmentally less intrusive solution
c) request Auckland Transport continue its
consultation with the Waitemata Local Board and the Infrastructure Committee
over its review and decision regarding the underpass.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation from Cowie Street
Residents Assn
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5.2
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The Manukau Harbour Restoration Society Inc. - Central interceptor
project
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Jim Jackson, Gemma Allen and Peter Gibson, representing the
Manukau Harbour Restoration Society Inc. 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 can be
viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes
attachment.
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Deputy Mayor PA Hulse entered the
meeting at 10:43 am.
Deputy
Mayor PA Hulse left the meeting at 10:49 am.
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Resolution number INF/2014/27
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) receive
the information from The Manukau Harbour Restoration Society Inc.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation from Manukau
Harbour Restoration Society Inc
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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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Update from Watercare Services Ltd
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Deputy Mayor PA Hulse entered the
meeting at 11:03 am.
Cr R Clow left from the meeting at 11:08
am.
Cr R Clow entered
the meeting at 11:14 am.
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Resolution number INF/2014/28
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) thank Graham Wood, Chief Infrastructure Officer of Watercare
Services Ltd for his verbal presentation.
CARRIED
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The meeting
adjourned at 11:27am and reconvened at 11:36am
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10
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Healthy Waterways and Water Sensitive Design
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Cr CE Fletcher retired from the
meeting at 12:14 pm.
Cr D Quax left the meeting at 12:25 pm.
Cr G Wood retired
from the meeting at 12:33 pm.
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Resolution number INF/2014/29
MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C
Darby:
That the Infrastructure Committee:
a) receive
the peer review by the Centre for Infrastructure Research (University of
Auckland) on the water sensitive city benchmark report prepared by the
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities in Melbourne and
be referred to authors and invite their comment with an update back to the
committee
b) recommend that the ‘Healthy Waterways’ acceleration fund as a
Transforming Auckland proposal be forwarded for consideration through the 2015-25 Long-term Plan process
c) request
a report to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee by November 2014 with
a template for regular reporting on freshwater quality and the effectiveness
of council programmes (including relevant matters to local boards) and
progress towards meeting Maori outcomes and national bottom lines for freshwater
quality.
CARRIED
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Secretarial Note: The meeting agreed that item 12 would take precedence.
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12
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The Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS) 2015
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Staff 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 can be
viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes
attachment.
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Deputy Mayor PA Hulse left the meeting
at 12:38 am.
Cr D Quax entered the meeting at 12:39
pm.
Cr R Clow retired
from the meeting at 12:39 pm.
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Resolution number INF/2014/30
MOVED
by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Cr WD Walker:
That the Infrastructure
Committee:
a) agree
that the proposed key submission points outlined in the report form the basis
of the council’s submission on the draft Government Policy Statement on Land
Transport 2015.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Presentation on Government
Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS) 2015
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13
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The Auckland Infrastructure Providers Forum
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With the agreement of the meeting,
the item was deferred until the next Infrastructure Committee
meeting (3 September 2014).
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15 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
1.17 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:........................................................
