25 June 2021
Alice Mander
By email: [FYI request #15544 email]
Tēnā koe Alice
Official information request for Fairlie Terrace Development Plans
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 24 May 2021 for information regarding Fairlie Terrace Development Plans.
Your requests, and the University’s response, is set out below.
Please provide me with any documentation and correspondence from the
past 5 years regarding potential plans for the development, improvement,
and/or renovation of FT73, FT75, FT77, FT81, FTT83, FT85, KP91, KP93.
Documentation and correspondence regarding FT73,FT75 and FT77 is attached. Please
note, some parts of these documents, and further documentation relating to FT77 have
been redacted for the following reasons:
• to enable the University to carry out negotiations (including commercial and
industrial negotiations) without prejudice or disadvantage (s9(2)(j));
• to protect the privacy of natural persons (s9(2)(a));
• to avoid prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information (s9(2)(b)(ii));
or because they contain information that is outside the scope of this request. However, we
can confirm that $141,388.49 has been or is currently being spent on developments,
improvements or renovations to FT77 since July 2019.
Please provide me with any documentation and correspondence regarding
future or ongoing plans for the development, improvement, and/or
renovation of FT73, FT75, FT77, FT81, FTT83, FT85, KP91, KP93.
The University’s Campus Masterplan ,which sets out the major development initiatives to
2030, does not include any works across the assets listed. Various small decorative
renewals will be carried out over this period which is a continuation to the painting and
carpeting program started in 2020. In 2021 FT77 Level 2 is scheduled for carpet and
paint replacement and 85FT will be subject to a roof and gutter replacement.
Compiling specific documentation relating to these projects would require substantial
research and collation. Therefore this aspect of your request is refused in accordance with
Section 18(f) of the Act.
Please provide me with any documentation and correspondence regarding
future or ongoing plans to improve accessibility to any building that is part
of the Victoria University of Wellington Kelburn campus.
Property Services works with Disability Services to improve accessibility of the current
campus built environment. Disability Services provides professional disability expertise
and gathers feedback from students with disabilities on the accessibility of the current
environment. They then determine with Property Services the priority areas each year to
enhance. Examples include: automation of doors, installation of handrails, tactile
indicators etc. Further information can be found here:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/disability/get-involved/access-committee
In addition to modifying the existing built environment, Disability Services provides
Property Services with disability expertise in the design of new builds. The next major
project currently in design is the Living Pa. In terms of this project some of the principles
currently being discussed are set out below:
•
Improved connectivity and extension of the accessibility route across campus from
the west side of Kelburn Parade.
•
Relocation of the dual bus stop on west side of Kelburn Parade to be directly
adjacent the campus accessibility route in Murphy.
•
Accessibility parks at the bus stop end, and now also directly outside the marae
entrance.
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Drop off (5mins parks) designated outside the marae.
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Design specifications of the building will meet the principles for Universal Access.
•
Living Pā building fully accessible, with level changes to enable seamless interface
between indoor-outdoor spaces, vertical and horizontal accessibility, access for all
to the marae.
•
Audio visual and furniture design to enable participation for those with visual and
hearing impairments within all teaching, learning and public engagement spaces.
•
Accessible toilets and bathrooms on all levels.
Compiling specific documentation relating to these projects would require substantial
research and collation. Therefore this aspect of your request is refused in accordance with
Section 18(f) of the Act.
If you would like the opportunity to discuss any of the current or future plans regarding
accessibility at the University, please contact the Manager, Disability Services, Rachel
Anderson-Smith at
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email].
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
