Regional Transport Committee
5 April 2022
Regional Transport
Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Remotely via Zoom link
on Tuesday 5 April 2022, commencing at 11.00am
Tuhinga/Present:
Chairperson Rick Stolwerk
FNDC, Councillor Ann Court
KDC, Councillor David Wills
WDC Alternate, Councillor Phil Halse
Waka Kotahi Representative, Steve Mutton
I
Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
NRC Chair, Penny Smart
NRC Group Manager - Community Resilience, Victoria
Harwood
NZ Police, Anne-Marie Fitchett
NRC Ex Secretariat, Laura Exton
NRC Secretariat, Nicky Hansen
FNDC, Andy Finch
Waka Kotahi, Brian Palalagi
NTA, Chris Powell
NTA, Ian Crayton-Brown
Waka Kotahi, Kobus Du Toit
Waka Kotahi, Louisa Mutu
NTA, Calvin Thomas
NTA, Jeffery Devine
FNDC, Kelly Stratford
NTA, Nick Marshall
Far North REAP, Angelene Waitohi
NRC Digital Coordinator - Social & Content, Meloney
Tupou
Part Meeting
NRC
Councillor Jack Craw attended 12.37pm
The Chair declared the meeting open at 11.02am.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā
whakapahā/Apologies (Item
2.0)
Moved (Halse / Stolwerk)
That the apologies from WDC Councillor
Greg Martin, NZTA Jackie Hori-Hoult for non-attendance be received.
Carried
Secretarial note: Apologies from Deputy Chair
Terry Archer were received during the meeting, he was unable to join due to
technical difficulties.
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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 - 8 December 2021 (Item 4.1)
Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience
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Moved
(Wills/Stolwerk)
That the minutes of the Regional
Transport Committee meeting held on 8 December 2021, 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 (Wills/Stolwerk)
Whakarāpopototanga / Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to
enable the meeting to receive the current action sheet.
That the action sheet be
received
Carried
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Northland Regional Land Transport Plan
2021-2027 Funding Uptake (Item 5.1)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Moved (Stolwerk/Court)
That the report ‘Northland Regional Land
Transport Plan 2021-2027 Funding Uptake’ by Chris Powell, Transport
Manager - Northland Transport Alliance and dated 16 March 2022, be received.
Carried
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Waka Kotahi Northland Activity and Funding
update (Item 6.1)
Report from Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director Regional
Relationships Upper North Island
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Moved (Court/Halse)
That the report ‘Waka
Kotahi Northland Activity and Funding update’ by Steve Mutton, NZTA -
Director Regional Relationships Upper North Island and dated 21 March 2022, be
received.
Carried
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Action: Chair
Councillor Stolwerk and Councillor Court are to discuss an approach moving
forward to strengthen the Regional Transport Committee’s voice in
standing up for what Northland needs (involvement in national conversations and
decisions being made regarding funding, projects, mode-sharing). Produce a plan
that is workable. A way forward is to be discussed at the next RTC Workshop or
Meeting.
Action: Waka Kotahi are to provide a
breakdown of the funding allocation for the railway connecting the
Whangārei Port (requested by Councillor Wills).
Action: Chair Councillor Stolwerk is to
circulate the response from the Labour MPs to the Regional Transport Committee
elected members once it is received, including a summary of what was originally
tasked.
Waka Kotahi Designing
Driver Licencing Strategy report (Item 6.2)
Report from Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director Regional
Relationships Upper North Island
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Moved (Court/Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Waka
Kotahi - Designing Driver Licencing Strategy’ by Steve Mutton, Waka
Kotahi Director Regional Relationships, Te Tai Tokerau me Tāmaki
Makaurau, and dated 23 March 2022, be received.
.Carried
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Northland to Auckland
Four Lane Highway Update (Item 6.3)
Report from Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director Regional
Relationships Upper North Island
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Moved (Stolwerk/Martin)
That the report ‘Northland
to Auckland Four Lane Highway Update’ by Steve Mutton, NZTA - Director
Regional Relationships Upper North Island and dated 21 March 2022, be
received.
Carried
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Northland Road Safety
Update (Item 6.4)
Report from Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects
Officer and Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland Transportation
Alliance
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Moved (Wills/Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Northland
Road Safety Update’ by Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects Officer
and Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland Transportation Alliance and
dated 22 March 2022, be received.
Carried
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Action: Inspector Anne-Marie Fitchett, Road
Policing Manager, NZ Police, to provide final copy of the police report (Northland
Road Policing Plan 2022).
Action: Councillor Court has volunteered to
be a “Road Safety Hero”, as referenced on page 53 of the Regional
Transport Committee 5 April 2022 Agenda. Chair Councillor Stolwerk would also
be interested in participating.
Te Huringa Taraiwa: Te Arotake I Te Punaha
Utu Kaiwhakamahi Rori/Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User Charges System (Item 7.1)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Moved (Wills/Court)
1. That
the report ‘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 Transport Alliance and dated 22 March
2022, be received.
2. That
the Northland Regional Transport Committee delegate to representatives of the
Northland Transportation Alliance to compile a draft regional submission on
the Committees behalf based on the recommendations made in Attachment II.
3. That
the draft submission be circulated to all elected members for comment.
4. That
a final submission be compiled incorporating agreed changes and this be
circulated to the Regional Transport Committee members for final approval.
5. That
the Chair of the Regional Transport Committee be given authority to make
minor formatting and grammatical changes and sign the final submission prior
to the document being sent to the Ministry of Transport before the
consultation closing on 22 April 2022.
Submission:
Cr Court if we charge more for trucks we pay more for goods received. What is
productivity impact? Refer to Question 8 (page 80).
All five
recommendations be moved and all and any replies to be received and completed
to one final submission.
Carried
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Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12.47.