Kia ora Chris

Thank you for your email dated 20 December requesting information.

Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

Please note the period 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024 inclusive is not considered working days. The 20 working days allowed for your response will be on hold over this period and will continue again from 10 January. As a result, we will respond as soon as possible but no later than 9 February (also taking Wellington Anniversary Day into account).

The reference number for your request is IRC-5827

Please contact us if you have any further questions.

The Assurance Team
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #25252 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 8:26 am
To: BUS: Assurance <[Wellington City Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

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

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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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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #25252 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 8:26 am
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

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

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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
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
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.

 

Lastly, the information you have requested may contain the names and
contact details of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names and contact details. We may need to consult our staff before
deciding whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit
more time. If we do not hear from you we will assume that you do not
require staff names and contact details.

 

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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-----Original Message-----

From: Chris McCashin <[6][FOI #25252 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 8:26 am

To: BUS: Assurance <[7][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

 

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

 

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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

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Chris McCashin <[9][FOI #25252 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 8:26 am

To: BUS: Assurance <[10][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

 

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

 

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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 | |

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #25252 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 8:26 AM
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

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

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #25252 email]

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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

 

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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

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Chris McCashin <[13][FOI #25252 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 8:26 am

To: BUS: Assurance <[14][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

 

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

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[15][FOI #25252 email]

 

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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 | |

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McCashin <[FYI request #25252 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 8:26 AM
To: BUS: Assurance <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Golden Mile

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

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