Golden Mile
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear Wellington City Council,
The other day Tory Whanau was on Newstalk ZB and I quote had the following responses verbatim
A response to what will the impact on business be - the mayors answer was as follows
"Engagement hadn't been done that well"
A response to the two year construction period
"Some businesses don't survive"
I note the Mayors first quote effectively puts Wellington City Council in breach of the Local Government Act 2002 Section 82 "Principles of Consultation"
Please provide as follows
- Consulation assessment to include where available - assessment of consulation, written responses for and against project, total number of written submissions for the project, total number of written submissions against event, submissions to be attached in PDF, total number of businesses impacted, total number of businesses that WCC sat down with - to include dates, business, memo of meeting, cost / benefit analysis, total number of commercial landlords impacted, total number of commercial landlords that WCC sat down with - to include dates, landlord, memo of meeting, total number of maori consulted that WCC sat down with - to include dates, names, memo of meeting
Please include all attachments in PDF form where available specifically the meetings with impacted parties and the notes associated
I also note as per the mayors comment this project appears to be in breach of the Local Government Act in a number of ways. Noting that this project appears to going to be litigated please provide any and all legal memos, notes, advice prior to litigation and now.
Please provide the law firm engaged on behalf of WCC and the costs to date itemised with what the cost is associated with.
Yours faithfully,
Chris
From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Chris
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Good afternoon Chris
Please find attached a communication about your information request of 20 December 2023, to Wellington City Council.
Kind regards, Susan
Susan Sales
Senior Advisor | Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
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From: Official Correspondence
Kia ora Chris
This email acknowledges your below request for information made under the
Official Information Act 1982 which has been partially transferred from
Wellington City Council to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi for response.
Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of NZ Transport
Agency Waka Kotahi for response. They will contact you if they require
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has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, NZ Transport Agency will send a response to you within
20 working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before
26 February 2024.
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If you would like to discuss your request with NZ Transport Agency, please
contact us by email at [1][email address].
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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From: Official Correspondence
Kia ora Chris
Thank you for your email of 20 December 2023 requesting information on the
Golden Mile project.
On 26 January 2024, Wellington City Council partially transferred the
following part of your request to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi for
response:
o Consultation assessment, to include where available:
o assessment of consultation
o written responses for and against project
o total number of written submissions for the project and a copy of
these as pdf
o total number of written submissions against event
o total number of businesses impacted
o total number of businesses that WCC sat down with including
dates, business, memo of meeting, cost / benefit analysis, total
number of commercial landlords impacted,
o total number of commercial landlords that WCC sat down with,
including dates, landlord, memo of meeting
o total number of maori consulted that WCC sat down with, including
dates, names, memo of meeting
Throughout the course of the Golden Mile project, multiple rounds of
engagement/consultation have been undertaken since 2019, as listed below:
o Late 2019 – Public engagement on project vision
o Mid 2020 – Public consultation on options: Streamline, Prioritise, and
Transform
o February/March 2022 – Early engagement with business owners/ managers,
and residents about how they use the space
o July/August 2022 – Stakeholder and public engagement on the 30%
detailed design
o April/May 2023 – Stakeholder and public consultation on proposed
traffic resolutions
As such, the scope of your request as it stands would require a
significant collation of information and we may consider refusing the
request on the basis that the request cannot be met without substantial
collation or research.
We would like to invite you to narrow down the scope of your request by
specifying the engagement/consultation round that you are most interested
in.
Please note that a number of publicly available reports below contain some
of the information you requested:
o March 2020 Engagement Report:
[1]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o June-August 2020 Engagement summary report:
[2]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o 2022 mid-year engagement:
[3]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o April-May 2023 Engagement Report:
[4]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
It would be appreciated if you could get back to us with a refined request
as soon as possible.
Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response as allowed under section 15(1AA) of the Act.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
[5]twitter | [6]youtube | [7]facebook
[8][IMG]
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Chris
Please find attached a notification of our decision for your information request below.
Kind regards, Susan
Susan Sales
Senior Advisor | Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents.
If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.
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From: Official Correspondence
Kia ora Chris
Please find attached the response to your request of 20 December 2023 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
[1]twitter | [2]youtube | [3]facebook
[4][IMG]
From: Official Correspondence <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 12:41 PM
To: [FOI #25252 email]
Subject: OIA-14549 CLARIFICATION OF REQUEST
Kia ora Chris
Thank you for your email of 20 December 2023 requesting information on the
Golden Mile project.
On 26 January 2024, Wellington City Council partially transferred the
following part of your request to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi for
response:
o Consultation assessment, to include where available:
o assessment of consultation
o written responses for and against project
o total number of written submissions for the project and a copy of
these as pdf
o total number of written submissions against event
o total number of businesses impacted
o total number of businesses that WCC sat down with including
dates, business, memo of meeting, cost / benefit analysis, total
number of commercial landlords impacted,
o total number of commercial landlords that WCC sat down with,
including dates, landlord, memo of meeting
o total number of maori consulted that WCC sat down with, including
dates, names, memo of meeting
Throughout the course of the Golden Mile project, multiple rounds of
engagement/consultation have been undertaken since 2019, as listed below:
o Late 2019 – Public engagement on project vision
o Mid 2020 – Public consultation on options: Streamline, Prioritise, and
Transform
o February/March 2022 – Early engagement with business owners/ managers,
and residents about how they use the space
o July/August 2022 – Stakeholder and public engagement on the 30%
detailed design
o April/May 2023 – Stakeholder and public consultation on proposed
traffic resolutions
As such, the scope of your request as it stands would require a
significant collation of information and we may consider refusing the
request on the basis that the request cannot be met without substantial
collation or research.
We would like to invite you to narrow down the scope of your request by
specifying the engagement/consultation round that you are most interested
in.
Please note that a number of publicly available reports below contain some
of the information you requested:
o March 2020 Engagement Report:
[5]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o June-August 2020 Engagement summary report:
[6]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o 2022 mid-year engagement:
[7]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
o April-May 2023 Engagement Report:
[8]https://lgwm-prod-public.s3.ap-southeast...
It would be appreciated if you could get back to us with a refined request
as soon as possible.
Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response as allowed under section 15(1AA) of the Act.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
[9]twitter | [10]youtube | [11]facebook
[12][IMG]
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Good afternoon Chris
Please find attached Wellington City Council's response to your information request below.
Kind regards, Susan
Susan Sales
Senior Advisor | Official Information Team | Wellington City Council
E [email address] | W Wellington.govt.nz | |
The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents.
If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.
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