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AGENDA ATTACHMENTS

I hereby give notice that a meeting of the

TRANSPORT AND URBAN LINKAGES COMMITTEE

will be held as follows:

Members:

Ex Officio:

1. APOLOGIES

   At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   The minutes of the Transport and Urban Linkages Committee meeting held on Monday, 13 February 2006 to be confirmed as a true and correct record.

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   “An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
   (a)	The local authority by resolution so decides; and
   (b)	The presiding member explains at the meeting at a time when it is open to the public,-
   	(i)	The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
   	(ii)	The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”
   Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   “Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
   (a)	That item may be discussed at that meeting if-
   	(i)	That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
   	(ii)	The presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
   (b)	no resolution, decision, or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   A period of time (approximately 20 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 5 minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

   The following requests have been received to address the meeting:

   4.1. ORAKEI ROAD AND HEAVY MOTOR VEHICLES - MARGARET TAPPER (ITEM 6)

   Ms Margaret Tapper would like to speak to the committee regarding Orakei Road and heavy motor vehicles.

   Recommending that Ms Margaret Tapper be thanked for her presentation. This item relates to Item 6 on the Open Agenda

   4.2. PARKING PERMIT FOR CARLTON GORE ROAD - PETER DE WAL

   Mr Peter de Wal would like to speak to the committee regarding parking permits for Carlton Gore Road.

   Recommending that Mr Peter de Wal be thanked for his presentation.

   4.3. CYCLE ACTION AUCKLAND - BEVAN WOODWARD

   Mr Bevan Woodward would like to speak to the committee regarding Cycle Action Auckland.

   Recommending that Mr Bevan Woodward be thanked for his presentation.

5. REPORTS REQUESTED / PENDING

   Nina Purcell
   Committee Services Manager	6 March 2006

   Reporting on reports requested/pending for the information of the Works and Services Committee.

   Recommending that the Reports Requested Pending of the Committee Services Manager dated 6 March 2006 be received.

   [ATTACHMENT 5]

   Pages 1 - 2

6. MANAGING FREIGHT ON AUCKLAND CITY'S ARTERIAL ROAD NETWORK, INCLUDING ORAKEI, NGAPIPI AND KEPA ROADS

   Allen Bufton / Kelly Smith
   Acting Transport Planning Group Manager Acting Traffic and Roading Services Group Manager	17 February

   Reporting on investigations to stop heavy motor vehicles inappropriately using Ngapipi, Kepa and Orakei Roads.

   Recommending that the freight industry be encouraged to continue self regulation of heavy motor vehicles on arterial roads. The manager of transport planning liaise with the freight forum to manage the strategic use of the arterial road network and report the outcome of the review of arterial road networks and managing freight to the Transport and Urban Linkages Committee.

   [ATTACHMENT 6]

   Pages 3 - 14

7. TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND'S 10 YEAR STATE HIGHWAY PLAN

   Matthew Rednall
   Acting Policies and Projects Manager	23 February 2006

   Reporting on Transit New Zealand's (Transit) ten year proposal as it relates to the Auckland City Council. Transit are required to annually compile a ten year State Highway (SH) plan and consult on the draft plan. The submission period closes on 24 March 2006.

   Recommending the Manager, Transport Planning lodge a submission to Transit's 10 year draft plan and that a copy of the submission be forwarded to the Regional Land Transport Committee and that the Chairman write to the Transit Board requesting the Neilson Street/Eastern Highway be reclassified as a state highway.

   [ATTACHMENT 7]

   Pages 7 - 34

8. REPORT FROM THE CHAIRPERSON, CAR POOLING FOR AUCKLAND

   Richard Simpson
   Chairperson Transport and Urban Linkages Committee	28 February 2006

   Reporting on the potential benefits and options for carpooling in Auckland city, as well as the chairman's summary of the High Occupancy Vehicles in Express Routes (HOVER) workshop he attended in November 2005.

   Recommending the Car Pooling report by the Chairman dated 28 February 2006 be received.

   Secretarial note:

   The SMART movement, Trip reduction Manual is presented to the Committee as a separate document. Due to the size of the document it will be on Level 14 Civic Building

   [ATTACHMENT 8]

   Pages 35 - 52

9. TRANSFER OF SIGNAL PRE-EMPTION / REAL TIME PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM TO ARTA

   Denis Mander
   Principle Transport Planner	24 February 2006

   Reporting that over the past five years Auckland City has implemented a signal pre-emption / real time passenger information system. When commencing the project it was envisioned this would be the first stage of a regional system. It is now proposed the system be transferred to the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) by 1 April 2006.

   Recommending that a subcommittee be established to consider and make a recommendation to Council on acceptance of the sale and purchase agreement, memorandum of understanding and licensing agreement associated with the proposed transfer.

   [ATTACHMENT 9]

   Pages 53 - 56

10. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SERVICE LANES, ONEROA, WAIHEKE ISLAND - AUTHORISATION TO INCLUDE THESE DESIGNATIONS IN THE HAURAKI GULF PLAN REVIEW

    Stuart Knarston
    Manager Transport Policy & Projects	17 February 2006

    Reporting that the northern and southern services lanes designations play an important role in the transport network of Oneroa village, Waiheke Island.

    The council is still in negotiations with property owners, as the negotiations will not be completed by August 2006 it will be necessary to include the northern and southern lane designations in the proposed HGI plan.

    Recommending the Manager, Transport Planning be authorised to give written notice to City Planning to include the northern and southern service lane designation within the proposed Hauraki Gulf section of the District Plan.

    [ATTACHMENT 10]

    Pages 57 - 68

11. PROPOSED ROAD STOPPING, ANGLESEA STREET, FREEMANS BAY

    Mark Wilkinson
    Project Manager, Roading	20 February 2006

    Reporting on a proposal to stop and sell a small triangle of legal road at 28 Anglesea Street, Freemans Bay to the adjacent land owner. The land is not required for roading or street amenity purposes.

    Recommending the legal road described as Section A on SO Plan 67990 be declared stopped and be sold to the owners of 28 Anglesea Street to be amalgamated into their certificate of title.

    [ATTACHMENT 11]

    Pages 69 - 72

12. PROPOSED ROAD STOPPING, GOLLAN ROAD, MT WELLINGTON

    Mark Wilkinson
    Project Manager, Roading	20 February 2006

    Reporting on a proposal to stop and sell 1940 square metres to LandCo Limited which wishes to redevelop this area as a residential subdivision.

    Recommending the area of road be stopped and sold to LandCo Limited.

    [ATTACHMENT 12]

    Pages 73 - 78

13. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC : LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987

    Nina Purcell
    Committee Services Manager	6 March 2006
    Section 48, Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987:

    The following motion is submitted for consideration:

    That the public be excluded from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

    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:

    Item No.	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
    C1.	Auckland City Parking - Review Of Enterprise Board Governance Model And Implication From The Realignment Project	Good Reason to withhold exists under section 7	Section 48(1)(a)
    C2	AMETI Land Acquisitions - Offer Of Property 1 Tainui Road, Mt Wellington	Good Reason to withhold exists under section 7	Section 48(1)(a)

    This resolution is made in reliance on Section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are as follows:

    Item No.	Reason to withhold information under section 7
    C1.	To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.	[Section 7(2)(b)(ii)]
    	To enable the Council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.	[Section 7(2)(h)]
    C2.	To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.	[Section 7(2)(b)(ii)]