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Request for all the tree consents since 2012

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Upper Hutt City Council,

Can you please catalog all tree consents (and tree numbers) since the change in the RMA in 2012. This is so we get an understanding of urban tree loss in the Upper Hutt Unitary Authority.

Your help is appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Konrad Hickson

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From: UHCC
Upper Hutt City Council

Good afternoon Konrad

Thank you for your email which has been forwarded to the appropriate department for actioning.

Kind Regards
Jenny

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 - 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [Upper Hutt City Council request email] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Meesh Holswich
Upper Hutt City Council


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Tçnâ koe Konrad,

 

Please see attached our acknowledgment of receipt of your request for
information: All tree consents since 2012 dated 21 June 2019.

 

Can you please confirm receipt.

 

If you have any queries, please give me a call.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Meesh Holswich

Information and Communications Officer

 

Please note my usual hours of work are 9am – 2.30pm

 

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907,
Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
Waea/Phone: 04 527 2792 | [1][email address] |
[2]www.upperhuttcity.com | [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Meesh Holswich,

Thank you for your reply to consents for urban tree loss since the change in the RMA in 2012

Can you confirm if there are any costs before commencement.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Meesh Holswich
Upper Hutt City Council

Kia ora anō Konrad,

Thanks for getting in touch with us.
We will let you know if there is a charge before we commence gathering the information.

Ngā mihi,
Meesh

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From: Matt Weavers
Upper Hutt City Council


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Hi Konrad

 

Please see attached our letter regarding your request for information: 
“Can you please provide a catalogue of all tree consents (and tree
numbers) since the change in the RMA in 2012. This is requested to gain an
understanding of urban tree loss in Upper Hutt.” dated 21 June 2019

 

Can you please confirm receipt.

 

If you have any queries, please give me a call.

 

Kind regards,

 

Matt Weavers
Senior Advisor Communications and Engagement

 

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907,
Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2154 | M: +64 27 803 0105 | E: [1][email address] |
W: [2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Matt Weavers,
Thank you for your letter with costs of $532 for the data. I accept the costs, please proceed.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council


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Kia ora Konrad,

Please find attached our invoice for the work as per the follow up letter (also attached).
Once the invoice has been paid we will undertake the work to supply the information requested.

Kind regards,

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [email address] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Rosie Jansen,

Money transferred today.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council

Morning Konrad,

We have received your payment and have requested that the work is started to supply the information requested.

Kind regards,

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [email address] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council


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Hi Konrad,

 

Please see attached our response to your request for information: All tree
consents since 2012 dated 21.06.2019.

 

As there is a substantial amount of information, we have provided the
documents via Kiteworks, a document sharing software. You should receive
an email from Kiteworks with a link to this information.

Please note that the files shared in Kiteworks will expire in 10 days.
Please ensure you download them within 10 days, rather than just viewing
them.

 

Let me know if you have any trouble accessing this.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

 

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907,
Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [1][email address] | W:
[2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

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Upper Hutt City Council

[1]UHCC Extranet
[email address] has given you secure access to files in
"LGOIMA 994" folder.

Sign in to access "LGOIMA 994".

[2]Access folder

kiteworks - Work wherever the wind takes you
To learn how your company can benefit from kiteworks by Accellion, please
visit [3]http://www.accellion.com/kiteworks
Secured by [4]Accellion

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This email is intended only for the named recipient in this message and the information contained in it is confidential, maybe copyright and or legally privileged. If you are not the named recipient you must not use, read, distribute or copy it, please call the sender immediately on 04 527 2169 and erase the message and any attachments. Nothing in this e-mail message constitutes a designation of an information system for the purposes of section 11(a) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002. You agree that if you respond to this e-mail, the time of receipt will be when the message actually comes to the attention of the addressee. All incoming e-mail messages are scanned for content and viruses and cleared by the Dimension Data Email Protection at the Upper Hutt City Council. This could result in the deletion of a legitimate e-mail before it is read by its intended recipient at Council. Please tell us if you have concerns about this automatic filtering. Thank you.

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[1]UHCC Extranet
Hi [FYI request #10583 email],

Your UHCC Extranet password has been set.

If you didn't request this, please contact your administrator at
[email address].

kiteworks - Work wherever the wind takes you
To learn how your company can benefit from kiteworks by Accellion, please
visit [2]http://www.accellion.com/kiteworks
Secured by [3]Accellion

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Rosie Jansen,

The instructions to access the file are not clear and simple.

I have not received a password from kiteworks.

Please provide me;
A) the full URL from kiteworks
B) A password (please give support a call as a valued customer)
C) Anyother details that might come in useful

I assume I will be using my email as a username.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council

Good morning Mr Hickson,

Thank you for getting in touch with me. Apologies that the link has not yet worked.
Just to clarify, your username should be [FOI #10583 email], and the password set by you (I note you have done this from your email to Accellion).

I have run a test to access the folder in the same way that you were invited and this has worked for me. I have invited your personal email to the folder on Kiteworks to see if the problem is the FYI email address. Please see instructions below.
1. Follow the 'Access folder' link in the email from Kiteworks titled : '[email address] shared the "LGOIMA 994" folder with you'
2. Select 'Create account' - use the email address [email address] as the username and create your password
3. Use your newly created username and password to sign in and access the folder - this should take you directly to the folder

I have also included the URL to the folder below.

https://extranet.uhcc.govt.nz/w/tQBtlemZ...

Please let me know if you are still having difficulty and I will look into other methods of getting the information to you.

Warm regards,

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [email address] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Rosie Jansen,

I received a surprise when I saw the 70 files I'm expected to download. They constitute a data dump. I'm at a loss to why I have paid $532.00 for a service that's given me little or any added value. I have explicitly asked for a catalog of tree consents and tree numbers since the RMA in 2012 not a pile of consents.

Your good cousins in Auckland provided 3,000 catalogued records available for free to the Tree council. Why can't you do the same?

The OIA mentions that 'an agency cannot charge for if the time to respond to a request is caused by its own inefficiency or poor record keeping.'

I would therefore like a full refund.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council


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Dear Konrad,

Thank you for your email.

As mentioned in Matt Weavers' letter to you dated 5 July 2019 (attached), we proposed that we would provide the requested information by retrieving planning notices of decisions (NODs), collate and send to you. Your response on 17 July 2019 and subsequent payment was deemed agreement so we undertook this work as set out in the letter. We provided you with this information on 2 August 2019.

We recognise that you had originally requested a catalogue however under section 17(g) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, we are not required to create a document that did not already exist which is why we proposed providing the raw information. In order to help you with cataloguing we have produced a search list of consents which is attached to this email. Please note that this list is not in text format and that the list includes more consents than the number of NODs that were provided as some of them were withdrawn.

In our letter of 5 July, we estimated that this response would take a maximum of 8 hours and that if the response takes less than 8 hours we would refund you the difference. The response that we provided took 2 hours and as the first hour is not chargeable we will only be charging your for one hour. This means we will be refunding you for 6 hours totalling $456.00 including GST.

Please send me your bank account number so that I can get your refund underway.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Matt Weavers on 04 527 2154.

Kind regards,

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [email address] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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From: Konrad Hickson

Dear Rosie Jansen,
Thanks you for prompt response and apology. A memory key and bank details will be dropped off for Matt tomorrow if you can place the docos onto it, that would be appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Konrad Hickson

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From: Rosie Jansen
Upper Hutt City Council

Hi Konrad,

Thank you for your email. I have added the 71 NODs on to your USB stick and have popped this back at reception for you to pick up.
We have also completed your refund, which should appear in your bank account in 1-3 business days depending on which Bank you are with.

Kind regards,

Rosie Jansen
Information and Communications Officer

Upper Hutt City Council | 838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
D: +64 4 527 2111 | E: [email address] | W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

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