HUTT CITY COUNCIL
Accessibility and Inclusiveness Plan
Subcommittee
Minutes of a meeting
held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 30 Laings Road,
Lower Hutt on
Wednesday
10 April 2019 commencing at 3.30pm
PRESENT: Cr G Barratt (Chair) Mr
P Gruschow
Ms L Ledingham Ms
G McLachlan
APOLOGIES: Apologies were received from Ms Masina and Mr Sexton.
IN ATTENDANCE: Ms L Knowles, Community Facilitator
Ms K Stannard,
Divisional Manager, Democratic Services
Ms R Bowman,
Committee Administrator
PUBLIC
BUSINESS
1. APOLOGIES
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Resolved: (Cr Barratt/Ms Ledingham) Minute
No. AIPS 19201
“That the apologies
received from Ms Masina and Mr Sexton be accepted and leave of absence be
granted.”
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2. PUBLIC
COMMENT
Comments are recorded under the
item to which they relate.
3. CONFLICT
OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS
There
were no conflict of interest declarations.
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4.
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Minutes of the Accessibility and
Inclusiveness Plan Subcommittee held on 3 October 2018 and Matters
Arising/Actions Taken (19/439)
Report
No. AIPS2019/2/46 by the Divisional Manager, Strategy and Planning
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Resolved: (Cr Barratt/Ms McLachlan) Minute
No. AIPS 19202
“That
the minutes of the meeting of the Accessibility and Inclusiveness Plan
Subcommittee held on Wednesday, 3 October 2018, be confirmed as a true and
correct record.”
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5.
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Lime Scooters (19/435)
Ms McLachlan advised that she had raised concern regarding the
unannounced lime
scooters with Upper Hutt City Council. She noted that there had been
issues with the
scooters being left in the middle of footpaths and she had been harassed by school
children not riding the scooters safely. She expressed concern with the
lack of response
from Lime regarding her concerns. She believed it was important to work
with the
company on educating riders to ride the scooters safely and in turn protect
the safety of
the community.
The Chair noted that the
safety concerns needed to be discussed in greater depth. She advised
that she would ask the Divisional Manager, Strategy and Planning to follow up
the concerns including the lack of policing of the age limit for riding a lime
scooter.
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6.
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Submission on the NZ Health & Disability
Review - closes 31 May 2019 (19/436)
The Chair asked the Community Facilitator to follow up with the Divisional
Manager, Strategy and Planning regarding the submission.
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7.
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Changing Places Funding Request for an
Additional Toilet for People with Disabilities (19/437)
The
Chair advised that the Central Community Panel had agreed to allocate
$100,000 towards the development of a toilet facility in the central city for
persons with disabilities.
In
response to questions from members, the Chair would ask the Divisional
Manager, Strategy and Planning to investigate if there was a register of
accessible toilets designed to accommodate people with disabilities within
the region and send the information to members. She also advised that
there was an accessible toilet designed to accommodate people with
disabilities in Naenae and another accessible toilet was being looked at in
the Lower Hutt CBD.
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8.
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Annual Plan (19/438)
Speaking
under public comment, Mr Nelson elaborated on outstanding issues
including upgrading the Huia Pool facilities and safety issues for the disabled
community. He questioned what was happening with implementing Council’s
Accessibility and Inclusiveness Plan. He strongly supported upgrading the
footpaths and toilet facilities. He expressed concern with the public
transport in Hutt Valley as it was not frequent enough for the disabled. He
noted that disabled people were not able to access the replacement buses that
Metlink was providing.
Ms Ledingham
expressed concern regarding her son being hassled for money while waiting for
a bus. She noted that her son had the right to feel safe when using
public transport.
In
response to a question from a member, the Chair advised that Council had set
up a Working Group to focus on preventing homelessness around the City.
Ms McLachlan elaborated on public transport. He
advised that Greater Wellington Regional Council was reviewing its Public
Transport Plan.
Mr Gruschow advised that the replacement buses did
not accommodate mobility scooters.
Ms McLachlan noted that smaller scooters were accepted
on buses.
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9. QUESTIONS
Ms McLachlan noted that a few members had resigned recently and asked
whether there was the need to appoint new members?
The Community
Facilitator advised that there had been 12-13 applications orginally received
expressing interest to be appointed onto the subcommittee. She asked for
guidance on whether to review these applications. The Chair agreed that this
was a good idea.
Mr Gruschow asked for further information on the $100,000 for the toilet
facility. The Chair agreed to ask the Divisional Manager Strategy and
Planning to provide information on what had been prepared for the Annual Plan.
There being
no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 4:00 pm.
Cr G Barratt
CHAIR
CONFIRMED as a true and correct record
Dated this 12th day of June 2019