Dear Tony,

 

Acknowledgement of Request for Information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 June 2020, requesting information
regarding the Wellington Electric Bus Business Case.

 

Your request is being followed-up and a reply will be sent to you within
20 working days of the request being received.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sam Horsefield

 

 

for

Luke Troy

General
Manager                                                                                  

Strategy

Greater Wellington Regional Council

 

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Dear Mr Randle

 

Please find attached Greater Wellington Regional Council’s response to
your OIA request, including attachments.

 

Ngâ Mihi

 

[1]makaurangi Sharon Hornal

Kaiwhakahaere Matua| Executive Assistant – General Managers,
Environment and Maori

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

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Dear Mr Randle

 

Subsequent from forwarding the response letter attached, on page 3, there
is a typo that has just been picked up.

 

The sentence should read:   The maximum length will need to be no more
than 12.8m excluding the bike rack on the front.

 

I apologise for this mistake.

 

Ngâ Mihi

 

[1]makaurangi Sharon Hornal

Kaiwhakahaere Matua| Executive Assistant – General Managers,
Environment and Maori

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

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From: Sharon Hornal
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2020 3:37 PM
To: [FOI #13157 email]
Subject: Response to OIA Request 2020-094

 

 

Dear Mr Randle

 

Please find attached Greater Wellington Regional Council’s response to
your OIA request, including attachments.

 

Ngâ Mihi

 

[5]makaurangi Sharon Hornal

Kaiwhakahaere Matua| Executive Assistant – General Managers,
Environment and Maori

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

DDI:  04 830 4234  Mobile:  027 661 4677
Level 1, Shed 39, 2 Fryatt Quay, Pipitea

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[8]gw.govt.nz

 

 

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Apologies Mr Randle, attached is the updated letter with the amendment on
Page 3.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

 

Ngâ Mihi

 

[1]makaurangi Sharon Hornal

Kaiwhakahaere Matua| Executive Assistant – General Managers,
Environment and Maori

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

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Dear Mr Randle

Thanks for getting back to me and I apologise for some of the attachments not being correct.

I have forwarded your email on to the writer/s of the response letter and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Ngā Mihi

Sharon Hornal
Kaiwhakahaere Matua| Executive Assistant – General Managers, Environment and Maori
Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao
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Dear Mr Randle,

 

Thank you for your follow-up email. To answer your follow up queries:

 

1)      Attachment 1 "Confirmed public excluded of the Council meeting on
13 September 2019" - This is missing because the Attachment 1 document
provided is the same as Attachment 7

 

Thank you for notifying us that Attachments 1 and 7 were the same.  You
are correct, these minutes should have been included as Attachment 7. A
copy of these minutes in attached.

 

4) Attachment 11 - "Report Public Excluded 19.231 – Strategic Assessment
for transitioning to a zero emission bus fleet" - The minutes of the
meeting(s) that considered this report are missing

 

A copy of the minutes is attached on page 2 of the Attachment in question.

 

2) Attachment 8 "Future Fleet options Report RPE19.188" - Attachment 1 to
this report is missing

 

This document was withheld in full under 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(i).

 

‘3) Attachment 9 "Restricted Public Excluded minutes - Council meeting 12
December 2019" - These minutes refers "Future Fleet Report RPE19.509" -
The Future Fleet Report RPE19.509 considered at this meeting is missing’

 

This document was withheld in full under 7(2)(b)(ii).

 

Finally, the GWRC response letter stated:

"9) The specifications of the new electric buses (including dimensions,
weight empty, weight fully loaded, seats, capacity seated & standing,
range between charging, facilities such as heating and air-conditioning).’

We have a range of specifications for the new electric buses that we are
currently discussing through our negotiations with the operators. We will
be pleased to share more information on the new bus specifications as they
are confirmed. We can confirm that one model will have climate
air-conditioning, and the other will have air-conditioning with electric
heaters."

 

The information held by the GWRC by which the GWRC "... can confirm that
one model will have climate air-conditioning, and the other will have
air-conditioning with electric heaters" is missing and so can it be
provided ?  I would also note that documentation that explains what the
term "climate air-conditioning" means is part of the requested
information.

 

Other than what is outlined in the Greater Wellington Vehicle Quality
Standards (VQS),  the Requirements for Urban Buses (RUB) and the relevant
Partnering Contracts (as varied) with the 2 operators, there are no
Greater Wellington (GW) specifications available. In each case, the
operator is buying the new buses (not GW).  The operator is managing the
purchase of the new buses in accordance with the terms of its respective
supply contract which includes a design and build process. GW’s oversight
of the design and build process includes GW being provided with the
information required to be satisfied that the new buses (when complete)
will meet the requirements of GW’s VQS and the RUB, and the requirements
of the relevant Partnering Contract. The final specification for the buses
will not be finalised by the operator until the design process is
complete, which as noted, is for the operator to manage with its supplier
(not GW).

 

I would also note that since we sent our original letter on this matter
(dated 24 July 2020), we have had a conversation with Tranzurban who
indicated they are now looking at having air conditioning on the top level
of its Double Decker EVs, as well as around the driver’s area, with an
electric heater for the remainder of the ground level.  We are not in a
position to provide more information on the bus specification at this
time, but are happy to share more information about the respective climate
control systems once the design process is complete.

 

I hope the foregoing is helpful, and if you would like any additional
information, let me know.

 

Kind regards,

Scott

 

 

Scott Gallacher
Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink | General Manager Metlink
Metlink
L2, 15 Walter St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 11646, Manners St,
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Dear Mr Randle

I apologise for the delay in getting back to you. Your email sent on the 15th August 2020 has been received and our team is currently working on a response to the requested information.

Thank you for your patience.

Kind regards,

Alice Clark
Kaiāwhina Matua ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua Waka
Executive Assistant to General Manager Metlink
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Kia Ora
I am in annual leave and will be back in the office on Tuesday 15
September. I will respond to your email then. 
Thanks Alice
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Dear Tony

Thank you for your email of 15 August 2020 in which you request a copy of the variations to the Greater Wellington contracts with the Metlink public transport operators – I apologise for our delayed response.

We are currently reviewing the documents in question, in preparation for their publication on Greater Wellington’s website. It is likely that commercially sensitive information will need to be redacted from the documents for their publication.

You can view our current publicly available bus contracts here - http://www.gw.govt.nz/bus-contracts/.

We will contact you when the contract variation documents are publicly available.

Kind Regards

Scott

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Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink | General Manager Metlink
Metlink
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Dear Tony

Thank you for getting in touch. We are currently preparing the documents in question, and intend to publish by 2 October. We will contact you once they are public.

Kind Regards

Alice Clark
Kaiāwhina Matua ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua Waka
Executive Assistant to General Manager Metlink
Metlink
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Kia Ora Tony,

Thanks for your email on this front. We have been working with the relevant Operators to ensure they have line of sight on the proposed publication of the material on the website and, as of close of play Friday 2 October, we were still to hear back from at least one of them on certain matters. We fully appreciate your keen interest in this material and we are working to publish it on our website as soon as we possibly can. As soon as I have an update on how things have tracked through the course of the day, I will let you know.

Nga mihi,
Scott

Scott Gallacher
Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink | General Manager Metlink
Metlink
M 021 955 069
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Kia Ora Tony,

The redacted Deeds of Variations associated with the EV buses for NZ Bus and Tranzit were published on the Metlink website last night.

Here is the link: http://www.gw.govt.nz/bus-contracts/

Nga mihi,
Scott

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