Minutes of a meeting
held in the Porirua City Council Chambers,
16 Cobham Court, Porirua on
Wednesday 31 May 2017 commencing at 1.00pm
PRESENT: Deputy Mayor D Bassett (Chair) (HCC)
Mayor W Guppy (Deputy Chair) (UHCC)
Mayor M Tana (PCC)
Cr I Pannett (WCC)
Cr J Brash (GWRC)
APOLOGIES: There were no apologies.
IN ATTENDANCE: Cr R Leggett Alternate (PCC)
Mr
C Upton, Chief Executive (UHCC) (part meeting)
Ms W Walker, Chief Executive (PCC) (part meeting)
Mr A Wilson, Chief Asset Officer (WCC) (part meeting)
Mr C Crampton, Chief Executive (WWL) (part meeting)
Mr J Strahl, Chair (WWL) (part meeting)
Ms J Bryan, Principal Advisor (WWL) (part meeting)
Mr R James, Programme Director, Community Infrastructure Resilience (part meeting)
Mr M Kinvig, Group Manager, Network Strategy and Planning (WWL) (part meeting)
Ms
K Stannard, Manager Secretariat Services (HCC)
Mrs H Clegg, Minute Taker (HCC)
PUBLIC BUSINESS
1. APOLOGIES
There were no apologies.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no public comments.
3. Presentation
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There was no presentation held. Members stated that they were pleased with the household resilience presentations made to each Council over the past month. The Chief Executive, Wellington Water Ltd advised that the 12 step resilience year long programme had commenced. He agreed to update members at the next meeting. |
4. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS
There were no conflict of interest declarations.
5. MINUTES
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Meeting minutes Wellington Water Committee, 7 March 2017 |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17201 “That the minutes of the meeting of the Wellington Water Committee held on Wednesday, 31 May 2017, be confirmed as a true and correct record.” |
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Company Update Report (17/806) Report No. WWC2017/2/8 by Wellington Water Ltd. The Chief Executive, Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) elaborated on the report. He explained that the aim of the resilience programme was to provide 20 litres of water per person, per day after day eight of an emergency. He stated that the recent government announcement of $12M would assist with the programme. He further explained that approximately $3-$5M was still required to establish alternative water sources and that talks would commence with Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) in this regard. Mr James, Programme Director, Community Infrastructure Resilience explained the locations of alternative water sources. He further explained the Hansen Street, Wellington bore was due to be completed this week with the Keneperu Hospital bore being the next one to be developed. In response to questions from members, Mr James agreed that existing reservoirs throughout the region may be alternative water sources, provided they survived an event, along with desalination plants, water tanks at schools and many local streams and tributaries. He advised that the goal was to provide clean drinking water within 500m of residents. The Chief Executive, WWL agreed that there were many other forms of emergency (apart from earthquakes) and that future reporting would reflect this. With regard to the water quality issue, the Chief Executive, WWL explained that lessons had been learnt from the Havelock North inquiry. He highlighted that immediately the e-coli positive result was obtained from the Waterloo reticulation system, chlorine was added to the water. He added that this resulted in the two bores situated near the Dowse Art Museum and Buick Street, Petone also having to be chlorinated. This was due to the numbers of people accessing the bores as they were classified as a public water supply and must be maintained at a safe level. He further explained that investigations were continuing to find the source of the e-coli contamination. In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive, WWL explained that certain forms of protozoa were not killed by the chlorine. However, testing had revealed the region’s water did not have any of the harmful protozoa present. He confirmed that WWL had access to the relevant expertise it required. He agreed with the importance of depreciating water assets and the importance of collaboration of urban development personnel with WWL to ensure infrastructural requirements were successfully organised from the outset. He noted that there was further work required on water sensitive design principles. |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17202 “That the Wellington Water Committee receives the Company Report.” |
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Statement of Intent 2017-2020 (17/797) Memorandum dated 17 May 2017 by the Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services |
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The Chair reminded members that each Council had already approved the Statement of Intent as had the Board of Wellington Water Ltd. The Chief
Executive, Wellington Water Ltd explained that efficiencies, costs and value
for money were inherent in all actions of Wellington Water Ltd. He
agreed that there needed to be more public education with regard to the
relevant agencies on flooding issues. |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17203 “That the Committee: (i) notes that the Board for Wellington Water Ltd has approved its Statement of Intent 2017-2020; and (ii) receives and considers the Wellington Water Ltd’s Statement of Intent 2017-2020 attached as Appendix 1 to the report.” |
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Draft Three Waters Plan (17/801) Memorandum dated 18 May 2017 by the Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services |
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The Chair elaborated on the report. He presented a brief overview of work completed to date with regard to responding to the Local Government Commission’s recommendations. Cr Pannett and Cr Brash expressed concern that the draft Three Waters Plan was not a plan but a document filled with ideas. The Chair advised that he would take their comments on board. |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17204 “That the Committee:
(i) agrees that the draft Three Waters Plan (‘the Plan’), attached as Appendix 1 to the memorandum, be provided to the Local Government Commission; (ii) agrees that when neighbouring Councils in the wider region indicate further interest in increased collaboration, then the Plan will be revisited with them; and (iii) agrees to invite Kapiti Coast District Council and the Wairarapa District Council Mayors onto the Wellington Water Committee to revisit the Plan and drive it forward.” |
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Submission on the Proposal for a Single Wairarapa District Council (17/812) Memorandum dated 19 May 2017 by the Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17205 “That the Committee:
(i) receives the memorandum; and
(ii) notes the final submission, on behalf of the Committee, on the proposal for a single Wairarapa District Council attached as Appendix 1 to the memorandum.” |
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Memorandum dated 23 May 2017 by the Divisional Manager, Secretariat Services |
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17206 “That the Committee agrees to change its meeting date from 7 September 2017 to 1 September 2017 to be held in Committee Room 1, Wellington City Council commencing at 1pm.” |
11. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
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Resolved: Minute No. WWC 17207 “That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting, namely:
12. Minutes – 7 March 2017 13. Proposals for Appointing Directors to the Board of Wellington Water Ltd (17/802) The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:
This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are as specified in Column (B) above.” |
Deputy Mayor Bassett
CHAIR
CONFIRMED as a true and correct record
Dated this 1st day of September 2017