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Kāeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group Friday 30 July 2021 at 10.00am
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Kāeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group Friday 30 July 2021 at 10.00am
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Kāeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group
30 July 2021
Kāeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group Agenda
Meeting to be held in the Wesleydale Union Church
Leigh Street, Kāeo
on Friday 30 July 2021, commencing at 10.00am
Please note: working parties and working groups carry NO formal decision-making delegations from council. The purpose of the working party/group is to carry out preparatory work and discussions prior to taking matters to the full council for formal consideration and decision-making. Working party/group meetings are open to the public to attend (unless there are specific grounds under LGOIMA for the public to be excluded).
MEMBERSHIP OF THE Kāeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group
Chairperson, Marty Robinson
Item Page
1.0 Housekeeping
2.0 apologies
3.0 Confirmation of previous minutes
- attachment 1
4.0 matters arising
5.0 sh-10 Bridge UPDATE – nzta
6.0 Flood event 18 July 2020
7.0 wORKS PROGRAMME 2020-2021
8.0 Budget 2021/2022
- As email attachment
9.0 any other business
ATTACHMENT 1 – PREVIOUS MINUTES
Kaeo River - Whangaroa Catchment Working Group
Record of Actions
Meeting held in the Wesleydale Union Church
Kaeo
on Friday 10 July 2020, commencing at 10:30am
Present:
Chairperson, Marty Robinson
Whangaroa Ward farming representative, Michael Hayes
Ratepayer representative, Ngaere Manning
Business and commercial interests' representative, Bruce Mills
Community representative, Geoff Stone
In Attendance:
Liarne McManus
Roger Kingi
Rob Rush
Geoff Stone
Ian Hayes
David Greig, NZTA
Yvonne Robinson
Alan Robinson
Steven Smith, FNDC
Helen Brown
Lynda Archer
Hinemoa Smith-Leef
Joe Camuso, NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager
Lester Birdson, NRC Far North Land Manager
Doug Foster, NRC Kaitaia Area Office - Biosecurity
Leah Porter, NRC PA – Environmental Services
The meeting commenced at 10:35.
Apologies (Item 3.0)
FNDC Councillor, Ann Court
Kevin Hirawini
Kathryn O’Reilly, NZTA
Kerry Thomas, NZTA
Lester Bramley
Riki Green
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Presented by: Marty Robinson |
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Presented by: Marty Robinson Conversation regarding the change from a Liaison Committee to a Working Group - Post meeting note. Joseph checked with NRC Governance Support Manager, who clarified that this was a name change to better reflect what the working groups Terms of Reference. The Working Groups report back to NRC Working Parties which report to Council. Neither the Liaison Committee or Working Groups have delegated authority but make recommendations to Council. |
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· Print past minutes to circulate at meeting. · Redistribute Terms of Reference
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Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager Overview of budget provided. Underspend of clearance budget is due to Covid-19 halting planned works. Most surplus will be spent with the Matangirau schedule of work Concerns raised by member about the rate and where it’s being spend |
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· No actions required · Post Meeting Note: Joseph checked with NRC Finance Manager and Simon Crab clarified that any Targeted Rate Struck by Council has to be spent for what the rate was struck for, i.e. in this case the money will only be spent on the Kaeo Whangaroa Catchment. Any surplus will be carried forward.
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Presented by: David Greig, NZTA Overview of proposed design. Consent applications have been submitted, checking conditions of applications. Construction scheduled to start later in 2020 depending on ground conditions and will take 1.5 years. Modelling has been updated to include new LiDAR data and climate change predictions to assess new bridge. Questions and conversation regarding flow capacity under the new bridge, back flow flooding in to town, impact of nearby farms, consultation with affected landowner Documentation is available on the FNDC consent website page. Community Open day is scheduled for September. |
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· Distribute design diagrams to members · NZTA will be require to demonstrate that the effects are less than minor or mitigate those effects before Resource Consent will be granted.
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Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager Works Programme 2019-2020 Matangirau trial – whanau are happy with the trial, there is 80% buy in from land owners. Suggestion made to start at school and work toward trial area to allow more time for liaising with whanau – However, the preference from the Rivers Team is to start downstream and work upstream. Question regarding potential bridge widening. If consent is granted works could start in the upcoming works season. Willow Removal – problematic willow have been removed from near Pupuke marae Tauranga Bay – estuary was blocked, a cut was made at low tide to allow the estuary to drain. Incoming tide and wind filled in the cut during one tidal cycle. After sufficient rain the river mouth is now open. Gravel Extraction Does the Work Group want to employ a contractor for large scale gravel extraction? Decision reached to not do large scale extraction but continue to extract at targeted areas ensuring positive cost benefit. |
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· Report at next meeting on any gravel extraction
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Presented by: NRC Far North Land Manager Overview of Kaeo catchment and current land use Comparison of NES erosion maps and new physiographic maps. The Physiographic Maps use LiDAR and the Radiographic Survey information to generate maps that highlight erosion prone land. The NRC Physiographic are more sensitive and highlighting more erosion prone land. NRC is currently looking at how the new physiographic maps can be incorporated in to planning processes |
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· No action points
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Presented by: Marty Robinson Request for drone images to be taken of Whangaroa harbour after a large rain event to capture the change of water colour |
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· Investigate feasibility of drone images |
The meeting concluded at 1:15pm.