M18/99
Tauranga City Council
Minutes of the Transport Committee
Date/time:
Monday, 12 November 2018: 12.30 p.m.
Venue:
Tauranga City Council Chamber, 91 Willow
Street, Tauranga
Open section
Members present:
Cr Rick Curach (Chairperson)
Cr Terry Molloy (Deputy Chairperson)
Mayor Greg Brownless
Cr Larry Baldock
Cr Leanne Brown
Cr Bill Grainger
Cr Max Mason
Cr Steve Morris
Cr John Robson
Non-voting members:
Cr Mike Williams – WBOPDC
Cr Lyall Thurston – BOPRC
Alistair Talbot – NZTA
Also present:
Steve Burgess - MRCagney
Anthony Leung - MRCagney
Mark Hasseley – NZTA
Rachael Pinn - BOPRC
A member of the public, a member of the press, and as listed in
the minutes.
Apologies:
Cr Catherine Stewart
Cr Stuart Crosby - BOPRC
Apologies – other
Cr Kelvin Clout
Council business:
In attendance:
Marty Grenfell, Chief Executive
Christine Jones, General Manager: Growth & Infrastructure
Rebecca Perrett, General Manager: Environmental Services
Jacinda Lean, Acting General Manager: CE Group
Campbell Larking, Senior Project Manager: Urban Growth
Mathew Stewart, Principal Strategic Advisor
Ross Hudson, Team Leader, Strategy Development
Bruce Robinson, Transport Advisor (Contractor)
Marcel Currin, Group Communication Advisor
Robyn Skelton, Executive Officer
Barbara Clarke, Committee Advisor
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M18/99.1
Apologies
Moved Cr Baldock/Seconded Cr Molloy
That it be resolved
That the Transport Committee:
Receives apologies for absence from Crs Clout, Stewart and
Crosby (BOPRC).
CARRIED unanimously
Public Forum
The Chairperson advised that the Public Forum speaker was unable to attend
until 1.00 p.m. and that this would be accommodated, as it was the original
commencement time of the meeting prior to rescheduling.
Confirmation of Minutes, Matters Arising and Adoption of Recommendations
M18/99.2
Confirmation of minutes
Moved Cr Curach/Seconded Cr Molloy
That it be resolved
That the Transport Committee:
(a)
Confirms the minutes of the Transport Committee (M18/87)
dated 8 October 2018 as a true and correct record (and the
recommendations contained therein be adopted [if
relevant]), provided that the following amendment is noted
in the minutes:
·
Page 10, amend 2nd bullet point to read “The
phraseology could be changed, at this point looking for
any fatal flaws.”
(b)
Confirms the minutes of the Temporary Road Closure
Subcommittee (M18/97) dated 6 November 2018 as a true
and correct record (and the recommendations contained
therein be adopted [if relevant]).
CARRIED unanimously
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Matters Arising
· M18/87.7 - Greerton project: a verbal update from the Project Manager
would be provided with the projects monitoring today.
· M18/87.4 - NZTA provision of ‘split out’ figures ‘By activity class for BOP
region’, and confirmation that regional ‘per capita’ spending was falling:
information would be circulated by email to members once received.
Business
M18/99.3
DC346 - Transportation projects October 2018 monitoring report
Christine Jones, General Manager: Growth & Infrastructure introduced the
report and, with Bruce Robinson, Transport Advisor, Alistair Talbot (NZTA),
responded to questions.
Key Points
· Report monitored progress on key transportation projects.
· Sought members’ feedback if any other information required. Intention to
report every two months.
· Report sections:
o Planning projects;
o Multi-modal projects;
o General projects;
o Projects relating to NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) portfolio.
Staff Responded to Questions in Relation to the Following:
· ‘Whole of city’ review.
· Speed limit changes/bylaw process.
· New traffic model built by May 2019 with more capabilities.
· Current strategic traffic model and new model forecasts.
· $2 million project, Council took lead role.
· WBOPDC, BOPRC co-funding partners collaborating with NZTA.
· Model well supported regionally.
Greerton Project Verbal Update
Christine Jones, General Manager: Growth & Infrastructure gave a general
update and responded to questions.
Key Points
· Project objective to ensure safe pedestrians/cyclist road crossing, create
better ‘community feel’ for Greerton, without impacting traffic flow.
· Traffic could not be assessed until project completion, via comparisons to
traffic flow data pre-project.
· Programme completion date 7 December 2018, unless weather delays.
· Countdown requested adjustments to its entrance.
· Cameron Road (between Pooles/Chadwick Roads), resurfacing concrete
works at night to avoid traffic disruption.
· Chadwick Road works to extend bus bay/central median started.
· Two minor vehicle accidents around signals. Post construction safety audit
would be undertaken.
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· Positive feedback received from Greerton Mainstreet group.
· Assessment of data/timing would be undertaken close to Christmas. Earlier
assessment not recommended as considered an artificial environment.
Staff and Mr Talbot in Response to Questions
· Greerton project about making Greerton town centre safe for
pedestrians/cyclists/community due to activity both sides of road.
· Remainder of Cameron Road corridor a major project in its own right.
· Council supporting residential intensification making walking/cycling and
public transport (PT) more accessible and safe down key corridor link.
· Greerton model not intended to apply down whole Cameron corridor, it was
a local town centre.
· NZTA considered different outcomes/functions between whole of Cameron
Road and Greerton section. Priority for Greerton was access for people
shopping safely. Would be ongoing work to get the balance right.
· Advanced modelling suggested Greerton project would achieve the set
objectives.
Points Raised by Elected Members
· Report format worked, easy reference when receiving enquiries. Would
have liked value under projects, but accepted multiple factors involved.
· Concerned with traffic congestion experienced through Greerton and parts
of Cameron Road. Complaints received from community and others.
·
Careful consideration would be given once assessment undertaken on
Greerton project completion.
The Chairperson advised that the Public Forum speaker had arrived and would
be heard at this point, to allow them to be released from the meeting. He noted
that consideration of report DC346 would be continued following this.
M18/99.4
Public forum
(a)
Rebecca Culliford – Toi Te Ora Public Health – Parking and
Population Health
Provided
Powerpoint Presentation (A)
Scope of Presentation
· Lifelong health and wellbeing for all;
· “Lots of driving = lots of car parking = bad health”;
· Adverse health impacts of existing transport patterns;
· Healthy transport system – ‘right mode for the right destination’;
· Role of parking in healthy transport system;
· Parking part of car dependency cycle;
· Accessibility needed for everyone;
· Donald Shoup concept of modern parking policies;
· More than parking – the kind of city we want to live in.
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In Response to Questions
· All ‘big block’ retail centres ‘parking-oversupplied’ – bulk of vacant
parking not used most of the time.
· Tauranga Hospital midway through writing travel plan, in
discussions with Council, and working on parking options. There
would be carparks under development and provision for disabled.
· The issue of vehicle oxide omissions and carbon particles would be
taken on board.
Points Raised by Elected Members
· Requested following messages be taken back to the Health Board:
o Ensure disabled parking facilities given highest priority.
o Investigation of vehicle omissions vs public health important
o Cameron Road/hospital vicinity street parking required for
public transport corridor, hospital requested to find solutions
to free up.
Items for Staff Follow-up
· Staff to provide Cagney Report on behaviour change to Ms Culliford
for her information.
Business
M18/99.3
DC346 - Transportation projects October 2018 monitoring report
(continued)
The Committee continued its consideration of report DC346, Appendix A:
Transportation Projects October 2018. Christine Jones, General Manager:
Growth & Infrastructure, and Mark Hasseley (NZTA) responded to questions.
Staff, Mr Hasseley, Mr Talbot and Ms Pinn responded to questions on the
following:
· Awaiting Abley Ltd final report;
· Cycle programme investment from NZTA;
· Totara Street:
o
collaboration with NZTA on business case;
o recognition complexities/safety issues;
o
investment in cycle and safety essential as people at risk;
o
safety issue vs timing and integration with wider planning;
o
further conversations to be had on improvements.
· Hewletts Road and Hull Road:
o
mix of activities, timing and safety issues;
o Significant vicinity with products coming to and from Port of
Tauranga;
o Urban Form and Transport work.
· Turret Road slip lane used for bus priority:
o
BOPDC advised current bus lane working well, concerned use of
Turret Road would take buses away from route drop off points.
· Hairini Causeway/Turret Road Update to December meeting would
include:
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o engineering assessment of Hairini Bridge;
o tidal
flow;
o consenting
feasibility;
o time
frame;
o risk and cost;
o consideration of four-laning;
o
all NZTA modelling of Hairini vicinity.
· Hewletts Road High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) trial lane:
o
trial opening March/April 2019 under temporary speed limit during
peak hours for bus/cycle/car-sharer use for up to a month;
o
trial discussed with cycle advocacy groups, BOPRC and TCC;
o
extension or permanence would depend on success of trial.
o
was not unsafe now, NZTA sought to ensure safety for projected
additional uptake with car sharers, and additional buses.
o
electric vehicles (EV’s) discussed but not part of trial.
o aim to test ways of moving more people efficiently through
corridor.
· Cycleway Airport to Maunganui Road:
o Council establishing cycle team;
o
there was a need to reengage with iwi.
· Housing Infrastructure Fund had no impact on rates, did not subsidise
rates, but provided an interest-free debt for growth-related projects.
Ratepayer benefit was that Council’s debt was lower, but it did not drive
any rate calculation.
Items for Staff Follow Up
· Staff directed not to proceed with implementation of resolution as it
currently stood on Totara Street. Requested to report back on short term
lower cost options to deal with significant safety elements on that corridor,
leaving remainder of budget to contribute to a larger scale project.
· In relation to Fifteenth Avenue Stage 2 works scheduled 2020, staff
requested to circulate information on traffic volume from Papamoa to city.
· Cycleway through airport to Maunganui Road – important to progress this,
continue alignment and not deviate. Staff encouraged to progress
engagement with iwi.
Items for NZTA Follow Up/Responses
· Rob Campbell, Project Lead for Barkes Corner to provide update by email
in relation to traffic lights reinstatement, methodology and approach being
applied at Barkes Corner; and on the next steps in relation to Elizabeth
Street traffic signal metering system.
Moved Cr Baldock/Seconded Cr Robson
That it be resolved
That the Transport Committee:
Receives report DC346 titled Transportation Projects October
2018 Monitoring Report and notes the information.
CARRIED unanimously
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M18/99.5
Presentation - NZ Transport Agency Hairini update
John McCarthy, Projects Team Manager (NZTA Tauranga) provided
Powerpoint Presentation (B), and responded to questions.
Scope of Presentation
· Hairini Network Modelling Process Update:
o Road network;
o Demand and profile;
o Signals;
o Road and vehicle parameters;
o Calibration/validation;
o Video examples of modelling to date.
· BayLink New Underpass - Concept design.
Mr McCarthy Responded to Questions in Relation to the Following
· Traffic modelling processes, Aimsun traffic simulation model.
· Modelling of heavy vehicles, buses and cars. Cyclists not included.
· Model did not address safety concerns associated with activity.
· Technical aspects of new BayFair underpass (announced that day).
· Increased number cyclists, 500 pedestrians using underpass per day.
· NZTA funding underpass project estimated cost $12million, TCC
contribution $1million for approach ramps, links to existing cycle lanes.
2.33 p.m.
Mayor Brownless
withdrew from the meeting.
· Appropriate public transport solution to be determined, then considered by
project team for integration into existing programme.
· Proposed cycle flyover Concord Avenue vicinity no longer happening.
· Formal discussions with NZTA as Council seeking Funding Assistance
Rates (FAR) subsidy on this project.
· Western side of State Highway to Hewletts Road, cycle lane yet to be
confirmed as project component.
· No breakdown of commuting/recreation cycling. 500 movements per day
through underpass, of those approximately ¾ pedestrians and ¼ cyclists.
2.38 p.m.
Cr Mason
withdrew from the meeting.
Moved Cr Robson / Seconded Cr Brown
That it be resolved
That the Transport Committee:
Receives the Hairini Update from New Zealand Transport Agency
(NZTA) on 12 November 2018 and notes the information.
CARRIED unanimously
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M18/99.6
Presentation – Tauranga Parking Strategy updates
a) Staff
Presentation
Mathew Stewart, Principal Strategic Advisor provided
Powerpoint
Presentation (C), and responded to questions.
Scope of Staff Presentation
· Proposed scope of Strategy;
· Outline of development process;
· Key stakeholders’ feedback;
· Parking Strategy vs Access & Parking Management plans;
· Identifying challenges, opportunities, and outcomes.
2.45 p.m.
Cr Mason
re-entered the meeting. Member Talbot and Cr Morris
withdrew
from the meeting.
Staff in Response to Questions
· Council’s public engagement had focused on appropriate questions
to gather comments, and to allow people that had not read the
Strategy to respond.
· Would undertake market research over summer, focusing on city
centre and Mount Main Street.
· The Youth Advisory Group had been invited to engage but had not
responded. Staff would reconnect again to ascertain their final
position.
· Understanding why people chose not to park in the city centre was
part of the aim of the research.
b) MRCagney
Presentation
Steven Burgess (Transport Engineer/Urban Strategist) and Anthony
Leung (Planner), both of MRCagney provided insights into parking
management.
Scope of Presentation
· MRCagney - Transport & Urban Planning Consultants working
collaboratively with TCC;
· Adapting to changing paradigm;
· Parking first and most important step to improve transport, revitalise
town and city centres and create new communities;
· Concentrating on value of movement to humans.
· Parking a supply-led commodity.
2.51 p.m.
Cr Morris
re-entered the meeting.
Mr Burgess and Mr Leung in Response to Questions
· There were mechanisms available to Council to manage and
protect the level of parking supply.
· Overall strategy required, but not the same for the whole city. Mount
different to CBD and to shopping centres. Can change aspects to
achieve what was required.
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· Retailers became anxious over parking changes, and had
challenges. Constant engagement required. Policy not same for
whole city, but overall strategy.
·
Cities survived and thrived with all sorts of parking solutions. Could
be done at fast or slow pace, slow pace less disturbance. Choices
had to be made.
· Methodologies available in parking, modelling behaviours.
Management the key.
· Moving people by public transport became very efficient, they
invested in making that better.
As amended by the
Items for staff follow-up
Transport Committee
· Staff would distribute a link to SurveyMonkey to Elected Members
resolution (M18/107.4)
dated 10 December
to respond in their own time. This would assist with planning.
2018
· Staff would report back in February or early March 2019, with
results from feedback and technical analysis, and would outline
next steps.
· MRCagney invited to attend City Transformation Committee in
February 2019 to present.
Moved Cr Grainger / Seconded Cr Robson
That it be resolved
That the Transport Committee:
Receives the updates from Staff and from MRCagney on the
Tauranga Parking Strategy and notes the information.
CARRIED unanimously
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The meeting closed at 3.31 p.m.
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Confirmed by resolution of Transport Committee
the 10th day of December 2018
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Chairperson
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