Chairperson IM Fordham will wecome everyone in attendance. Member JC
Cleave will lead a karakia.
2 Apologies
At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.
3 Declaration of Interest
Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from
decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any
private or other external interest they might have.
4 Confirmation of Minutes
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That the Great Barrier Local Board:
a)
confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting,
held on Wednesday, 16 March 2016, as a true and
correct record.
b)
approve a change of date for the August Great
Barrier Local Board business meeting from Wednesday 10 August 2016 to Tuesday
9 August 2016, due to board members attendance at the Wild Places conference 10-11
August 2016 which would have resulted in a lack of a quorum.
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5 Leave of Absence
At the close of
the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.
6 Acknowledgements
At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been
received.
7 Petitions
At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been
received.
8 Deputations
Standing
Order 3.20 provides for deputations. Those applying for deputations are
required to give seven working days notice of subject matter and applications
are approved by the Chairperson of the Great Barrier Local Board. This means
that details relating to deputations can be included in the published agenda.
Total speaking time per deputation is ten minutes or as resolved by the
meeting.
At the close
of the agenda no requests for deputations had been received.
9 Public Forum
A period of
time (approximately 30 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to
address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 3
minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.
At the close of the agenda no requests for public forum had been
received.
10 Extraordinary Business
Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with
at that meeting if-
(a) The local authority by resolution so
decides; and
(b) The presiding member explains at the
meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-
(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item
cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”
Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting
if-
(i) That item is a minor matter relating to
the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member explains at the
beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the
item will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation
may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent
meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”
11 Notices of Motion
At the close of the agenda no requests for notices of motion had
been received.
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Great Barrier
Local Board
13 April 2016
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Auckland Transport Update - April 2016
File No.: CP2016/04582
Purpose
1. To respond to requests from the Great Barrier Local Board on transport-related matters,
inform the board on the current status of the Board’s Local Board Transport
Capital Fund (LBTCF), to facilitate decisions on proposed and current LBTCF
projects and to provide information to elected members about Auckland Transport
(AT) activities.
Executive
Summary
2. This
report covers matters of specific application and interest to the Great Barrier Local Board and its community; matters of general interest relating to Auckland
Transport activities or the transport sector; and relevant Auckland Transport
media releases for the information of the board and community.
3. In
particular, this report provides an update on;
· Local Board Transport
Capital Fund
· Shoal Bay Wharf freight
days
· Gold
Card update
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) note the Auckland
Transport Update - April 2016
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Comments
Monthly Overview
4. The monthly
catch-up meeting was held on 16 March 2016, after the board’s business
meeting. All board members were present and received updates on:
· Hard stand at the Tryphena Wharf (met on site
with local users)
Local board
transport capital fund (LBTCF)
5. The Great Barrier Local Board’s funding
allocation under the LBTCF is currently $100,000 per annum.
6. The Board’s
current LBTCF projects are included in the table below (in which ROC = rough
order of costs, and FEC = firm estimate of cost):
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ID#
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Project Description
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Progress/Current Status
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211
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· Hector
Sanderson Road
· Split into
sections for funding purposes
· FEC
estimate of $385,524
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· Resolution GBI/2014/63 (15 May 2014) “The design element of the
project will be led by the Local Parks and SLIP’s project team”
· Resolution GBI/2014/154 (December 2014) Requests that those parts
of the projects 221 and 211 currently being progressed by the board be funded
from LBTCF. Board agreed to fund from the LBTCF April 2015. AT and AC working
with board on this, project further supported by the board in the May 2015
board meeting (GBI/2015/53)
· Board resolved August 2016 to allocate all available funds from
the LBTCF to selected sections of this project ($383,440)
· Currently underway
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The Great Barrier Local Board’s transport capital fund to date is
summarised below.
Great Barrier Local Board transport capital fund
summary:
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Total funds
available in current
political term
(Four years
including 2012-13)
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$400,000
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Spent to Date on Completed Projects
(including
money spent on cancelled projects)
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$116,560
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Committed to date on projects approved for design and/or construction
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$383,440
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Percentage of these
5% committed spent to date
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Total
budget left that needs to be allocated to new projects and spent by the end
of the current political term
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-$100,000
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The four year budget
(and all of 2016-17 budget) is already allocated. No more projects need to be
approved.
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Total of projects assessed to a Rough Order of Coast
(ROC) stage but not approved by the Local Board
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$50,000
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Funds available from the next political term (2016-17)
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$0
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This is the
unallocated balance of the 2016-17 Great Barrier LBTCF budget
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Tryphena / Shoal Bay Wharf freight
days
7. Auckland Transport is working
with the Great Barrier Local Board to resolve issues that have been identified
around the wharf area, on days that freight is loaded and unloaded.
8. On the 16th March
2016 Auckland Transport and members of the Great Barrier Local Board, met with
representatives from Sealink, GB Cartage, Blackwell Carriers, and AB
Deliveries, to discuss the area and solutions to issues, experienced on a
freight day.
9. During the discussion it was
agreed that Auckland Transport would concrete the hard stand past the wharf and
that in principle it was agreed that a freight distribution shed could be
erected on the site, near the existing green shed.
10. Auckland
Transport does not see itself owning or managing such a shed and its role would
be limited to approval of the shed on the site, and approval of a licence to
occupy, actual location, size and usage.
11. The Local Board agreed to look at
possible funding sources for a shed.
12. Dave Hyland from Sealink agreed
to create a document that will outline arrangements and responsibilities
required for the area on a freight day, once created, he will socialise the
document and carry out consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
Gold Card update
13. In June
2015, Auckland Transport received notification from the Ministry of Transport
that SuperGold public transport travel benefits were to transition onto smart
travel cards from 1 July 2016, where any region operated a single, region-wide
smart card system.
14. Auckland
Transport has the AT HOP cards, which is a single region-wide public transport
smart card and consequently began initial planning for the transitioning of
SuperGold customers wishing to continue to access the public transport travel
benefit, onto the AT HOP card.
15. As part of an
extensive program of activity to ensure this initiative is successfully
completed in line with the due date, Auckland Transport has informed key senior
stakeholder groups (such as Grey Power and Age Concern) of the requirement to
purchase an AT HOP card in order to continue to access free travel through the
SuperGold public transport scheme from 1 July 2016.
16. Auckland
Transport is currently in the process of finalising a comprehensive marketing
communication campaign, which will commence upon the completion of a series of
workshops and customer focus groups intended to identify opportunities to ease
the process to purchase an AT HOP card and register a SuperGold
concession.
17. Scheduled to
commence in May 2016, Auckland Transport plans to distribute a direct mail
packet of information to all SuperGold card holders in Auckland, with valuable
assistance from the Ministry of Social Development (“MSD”) where
possible.
18. To compliment
this mailing, Auckland Transport has developed a comprehensive marketing
campaign to ensure all Auckland residents (including SuperGold customers and
their family support members, advocacy groups, retirement villages and
residential care homes) are aware of the requirement.
19. Auckland
Transport will also be working with MSD to ensure non-Auckland residents are
informed and understand the requirement to have an AT HOP card when accessing
the public transport travel benefit.
20. The Gold Card information above
is for the attention of Great Barrier Island Gold Card eligible residents who
wish to travel while on the main land, currently due to the island service
being excepted by central government, travel to and from the island cannot be
done using a Gold Card.
Media
City Rail Link construction
21. The City Rail
Link initial construction will become more visible in May when cut and cover
trenching for the tunnels starts at the intersection of Albert and Customs
Streets, and up Albert Street to Wyndham St.
22. The construction
will require significant changes to Albert Street and the Britomart area with
buses currently using Albert Street, Lower Queen Street, Tyler Street and
Galway Street being relocated to other roads in the City Centre on 17
April.
23. To enable these
changes a number of measures will be implemented, including relocation of
parking, taxi stands and loading zones as well as new bus lanes and bus stops.
24. The utilities
work is already slowing traffic flows on Victoria West Street where moving
underground utilities is underway prior to the stormwater pipe relocation.
25. Auckland
Transport is asking commuters to reduce their car trips into the city by
considering carpooling, catching the train, bus or ferry, walking or cycling.
26. Auckland’s
population is expected to grow by 700,000 in the next 30 years with the City
Rail Link to play a vital role towards meeting the city’s transport needs by
2040.
27. It will reduce
the time and increase the frequency of most trips with more connections between
rail, ferry and bus services.
28. Information
on bus location changes is also available at: AT.govt.nz/thebuildison
Consideration
Local
Board views and implications
29. This report is for the Local
Board’s information and action as required.
Māori
impact statement
30. No specific issues with regard to
the Maori Impact Statement are triggered by this report.
Implementation
31. The activities detailed in this
report do not trigger the Significance Policy. All programmes and activities
are within budget/in line with the Council’s Annual Plan and Long-term Plan
documents and there are no legal or legislative implications arising from the
activities details in this report.
Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Signatories
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Authors
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Ivan Trethowen – Auckland Transport Elected Member
Relationship Manager
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Authorisers
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Jonathan Anyon – Auckland Transport Elected Member
Relationship Team Manager
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