Infrastructure Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee held in the Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 30 June 2015 at 1.37pm.

 

present

 

Acting Chairperson

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

 

Members

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

From 1:39pm item 3

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

Until 2:45pm item 10

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

 

 

Ms Liane Ngamane

 

 

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

 

 

Mr Glenn Wilcox

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Cr Mike Lee  (Chair)

 

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP (Ex-officio)

 

 

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr George Wood

From 2:30pm item 10; until 2:44pm item 10

 

 


Infrastructure Committee

30 June 2015

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number INF/2015/17

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr M Lee (Chair), Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse for non- attendance, Cr CM Casey for lateness and Cr R Clow for early departure.

CARRIED

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Cr Casey entered the meeting at 1:39 pm.

Resolution number INF/2015/18

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday 19 May 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Campaign for Better Transport - Cameron Pitches

 

Cameron Pitches gave a PowerPoint presentation to the item.

A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Member L Ngamane left the meeting at 1.50 pm.

 

Resolution number INF/2015/19

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)         thank Cameron Pitches of Campaign for Better Transport for his presentation.

b)        request a status report from Auckland Transport be brought to either the Infrastructure Committee or Auckland Development Committee addressing route protection/designations for rail to the airport and rail to the North Shore.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial note:    As per Standing Order 1.8.6 Crs Brewer and Penrose requested their dissenting votes be recorded.

 

Attachments

a     30 June 2015 Infrastructure Committee - Item 5.1 presentation by Cameron Pitches

 

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.

 

 

9

Update from Auckland Transport

 

Member L Ngamane returned to the meeting at 2.01 pm.

Cr WD Walker left the meeting at 2:36 pm.

Cr WD Walker returned to the meeting at 2.43 pm.

 

Resolution number INF/2015/20

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)      thank Alan Howard-Smith, Stakeholder Management Manager and John Worth, Investment and Development Manager of Auckland Transport for their presentations.

b)      note the significant growth trends in public transport patronage, particularly rail, and congratulates Auckland Transport on surpassing all Statement of Intent (SOI) patronage targets.

c)      request Auckland Transport to provide a written report on the strategies to address the reliability of rail services following the cancellation of 35 per cent of services through the months of April and May 2015.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Update from Watercare Services Limited - June 2015

 

Resolution number INF/2015/21

MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)         thank Steve Webster, General Manager – Infrastructure Delivery and John van Brink, General Manager Strategy & Planning of Watercare Services Ltd for their presentation on capital projects in progress.

b)        offer support for Watercare to look further at routing of the Hunua No. 4 water main through Cornwall Park and report back in the next quarter to the committee.

CARRIED


 

11

Stormwater Infrastructure Update - June 2015

 

Resolution number INF/2015/22

MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)      note the information in the ‘Stormwater Infrastructure Update - June 2015’ report.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Information Items

 

Resolution number INF/2015/23

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:  

That the Infrastructure Committee:

a)      receive the information.

CARRIED

 

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 

  

3.11 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

 

 

 

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