Regional Transport Committee
7 June 2022
Regional Transport
Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Tuesday 7 June 2022, commencing at 11.00am
Tuhinga/Present:
Chairperson Rick Stolwerk, Northland Regional Council
Far North District Council Councillor, Ann Court
Alternate – Whangārei District Council Councillor,
Phil Halse
Kaipara District Council Councillor, David Wills
Waka Kotahi Representative, Steve Mutton
I
Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
Northland
Regional Council - Group Manager, Victoria Harwood (NRC)
NRC,
Michael Payne
NRC
Secretariat, Nicky Hansen
NRC
Digital Coordinator – Social & Content, Meloney Tupou
Far
North District Council, Andy Finch
NZ
Police, Anne-Marie Fitchett
Northland
Transportation Alliance, Nick Marshall (NTA)
NTA,
Greg Monteith
NTA,
Calvin Thomas
NTA,
Chris Powell
NTA,
Jeff Devine
NTA,
Shawn Baker
Waka
Kotahi , Randhir Karma
NTA,
Anita Child
The Chair declared the meeting open at 11.04.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā
whakapahā/Apologies (Item
2.0)
Moved (Wills / Stolwerk)
That the apologies from Deputy
Chair Terry Archer, WDC Councillor Greg Martin, NZTA Representative Brian
Palagi and NZTA Representative Jacqui Hori-Hoult for non-attendance be
received.
Carried
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Nga
whakapuakanga/Declarations of Conflicts of Interest (Item 3.0)
It was advised that members should make declarations
item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
Confirmation of Minutes - 5 April 2002 (Item 4.1)
Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience
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Moved (Halse / Stolwerk)
That the minutes of the Regional
Transport Committee meeting held on Tuesday 5 April 2022, be confirmed as a
true and correct record.
Carried
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Receipt of Action
Sheet (Item 4.2)
Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience
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Moved (Stolwerk / Court)
That the action sheet be
received.
Carried
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Secretarial note:
Secretariat to remove completed items to-date from the
action sheet, and items completed remain on the action sheet for 1 meeting following
completion before being removed.
Action: Waka Kotahi to send the report
relating to a recent fatal crash in Kaipara District to Cr Wills once it has
been released. To date it has still not been released.
Funding Uptake Report (Item 5.1)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Moved (Court /
Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Funding
Uptake Report’ by Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance and dated 10 May 2022, be received.
Carried
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Regional Transport Committee
Submission on the “Te Huringa Taraiwa: Te Arotake I Te Punaha Utu
Kaiwhakamahi Rori/Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User Charges
System”. (Item 5.2)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Court)
That the report ‘Regional
Transport Committee Submission on the “Te Huringa Taraiwa: Te Arotake I
Te Punaha Utu Kaiwhakamahi Rori/Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User
Charges System”. by Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance and dated 10 May 2022, be received.
Carried
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Secretarial note:
Ann Court met with MoT representatives (x4) to discuss
funding models and Northlands concerns and will keep committee informed with
any outcomes.
RTC Chair Response to
Ministers and Northland Voice (Item 5.3)
Report from Victoria Harwood, Pou Tiaki Hapori - GM
Community Resilience
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Halse)
That the report ‘RTC Chair
Response to Ministers and Northland Voice’ by Victoria Harwood, Pou
Tiaki Hapori - GM Community Resilience and dated 10 May 2022, be received.
Carried
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Action: Chair Councillor Stolwerk is
to follow up with Minister Davis who is visiting in two weeks, regarding RTC
questions.
Waka Kotahi Northland
Activity and Funding Update (Item 5.4)
Report from Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director Regional
Relationships Upper North Island
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Wills)
That the report ‘Waka
Kotahi Northland Activity and Funding Update’ by Steve Mutton, NZTA -
Director Regional Relationships Upper North Island and dated 10 May 2022, be
received.
Carried
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Action: Waka Kotahi representative Steve
Mutton will discuss funding allocations with the Chair once approval from the
Waka Kotahi August 2022 board meeting.
Waka Kotahi Auditing
State Highway Capital Projects (Item 5.5)
Report from Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director Regional
Relationships Upper North Island
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Moved (Court /
Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Waka
Kotahi Auditing State Highway Capital Projects’ by Steve Mutton, NZTA -
Director Regional Relationships Upper North Island and dated 10 May 2022, be
received.
Carried
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Total
Mobility/Disability Transport Services in Far North - Update (Item 5.6)
Report from Anita Child, Transport Project Officer
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Court)
That the report ‘Total Mobility/Disability
Transport Services in Far North - Update’ by Anita Child, Transport
Project Officer and dated 7th June 2022, be received.
Carried
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Northland Road Safety
Update (Item 5.7)
Report from Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects
Officer
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Moved (Wills /
Halse)
That the report ‘Northland
Road Safety Update’ by Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects Officer and
dated 23 May 2022, be received.
Carried
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Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12.23pm.