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To:
Raewyn Bleakley; Wayne Heerdegen
Cc:
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Subject:
Wellington City Council workshop Tuesday 19 April
Date:
Thursday, 14 April 2016 5:35:15 p.m.
Attachments:
Presentation to WCC 19 April ver 14 04 16 LGC comments.pptx
Draft WCC agenda 19 April 2016 (sent to WCC).docx
Hi Raewyn and Wayne
Attached is the draft agenda for next Tuesday’s workshop with WCC. We’re pleased that you are
keen to attend, given this is the first workshop where the transport business case work will be
discussed.
Also attached, the draft slides MartinJenkins are working on for presentation at the workshop.
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The slides are very much a work in progress and we have already identified some aspects that
we would like them to change (see comments in the attachment. We are discussing the
approach to the meeting and the presentation with MJ at 12.30 tomorrow, so if it’s possible for
you to provide comments in the morning that would be very helpful (but comments on Monday
will also be fine).
Wayne, the slide (and notes) on problem definition are what I would specifically like to discuss
with you ie I’m interested in your thoughts about the examples MJ have used and whether there
are any other good examples we could include.
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Could you please send any comments to both Kay and I as I am on leave next week?
Kind regards
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REGIONAL
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Business Case
Presentation to
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Wellington City Council
19 April 2018
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WELLINGTON TRANSPORT BUSINESS
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Develop an indicative business case:
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Evaluate local government transport model options
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Will inform public and targeted engagement
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Will not identify a single preferred way forward
Undertaken by:
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MartinJenkins
Local government structuring and planning, business case developing,
financing arrangements
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Local government finance, balance sheet analysis and restructuring
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Transport strategy, policy and funding, transport planning, public transport
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Key dates:
Scoping report:
4 April
Draft business case:
20 May
Final business case:
8 July
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TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
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To set out some early thoughts for reaction on:
• The wider context in which transports sits (‘
strategic context’)
• The problems affecting transport planning and management in the region
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‘problem definition’)
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• What we would want to achieved by any change (‘
investment objectives’)
To provide a heads up on the issues we will be exploring
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STRATEGIC CONTEXT
- what are we trying to achieve with transport?
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- what else is going on?
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Government Policy Statement on Land Transport
Strategic direction
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Economic growth and productivity
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Road safety
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Value for money
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Increasing compliance required to secure funding
Wellington Regional Strategy
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Building a world-class infrastructure to support a diverse resilient economy: build resilience,
improve connections
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Regional Land Transport Plan
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Economic growth, safety, resilience, liveability
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Better local services reforms
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IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS – initial thoughts
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how much do these matter in practice?
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what is behind them?
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Regional objectives to which transport contributes may not be
sufficiently clear
Poor alignment of local transport planning decisions with
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Lack of integration between local road and state highway
planning decisions
Lack of integration of roading and public transport planning
decisions
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High transaction costs and long timeframes in decision
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Issues with capability and its alignment with needs
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ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS? THE ACT
Do we also have concerns re:
• sustainability?
• affordability and equity of funding arrangements?
• cost efficiency?
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DRAFT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
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What do we want to achieve through any change?
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What’s their relative importance?
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Can we be more specific?
Generic heading
Objectives
Strategic context
Clear outcomes for regional and local transport
Effectiveness
Transport supports regional and local objectives
Roading and public transport developments deliver improved user outcomes
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Efficiency
Reduced transaction costs in decision making
Improved cost effectiveness of service delivery
Financing
Equitable and sustainable funding arrangements
Funding arrangements are aligned with decision making
Alignment
Compliance with planning and funding requirements
Roading and public transport decisions are aligned
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Effective multi-modal approaches
Local road and state highway decisions are aligned
Meet expected transport user service levels
Risk and resilience
Transport infrastructure and services are resilient
Region has the human capital and technical capacity to manage transport
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Community voice
Appropriate governance to ensure the community continues to have a voice
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Wellington City Council - DRAFT
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Committee Room 1, Ground Floor, Wel ington City Council
10.15am until 12.15 pm
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Purpose of the workshop
• To provide an update on “Better Local Services” proposals
• To discuss early work on the Transport indicative business case
• To present the draft Spatial Planning Report
Agenda items
Item Timing
Description
Led by
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1.
10.15am – 10.40am Introduction
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Update on LGC’s work with the
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Mayoral Forum and region’s
councils to date
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10.40am – 10.55am Update on the Government’s
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legislative proposals for “Better
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10.55am-11.40am
Transport – Developing an
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indicative business case
(MartinJenkins) and
Workshop session: Early work on
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the indicative business case will be
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11.40am-12.10pm
Spatial Planning Report
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Workshop session: The report will
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12.10pm-12.15pm Where to from here?
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Attached: Background information for items 3 and 4
Background information for items 3 and 4
Item 3: Transport – Developing an indicative business case
Paper provided earlier by WCC: ‘Wel ington Regional Transport: Options for Change’ by
Castalia
Context
1. In June 2015, the Local Government Commission released its decision that a single
unitary council with local boards for the Wel ington region is off the table. The
Commission has since been working with the region’s councils to examine the
opportunities and chal enges in the region for good local government. This includes
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reviewing the region’s transport arrangements.
2. The Wellington Mayoral Forum had asked the Wellington Region Chief Executives’ Forum
to look at a transport entity for the region as part of their shared services programme.
Given the clear overlap, the Commission and Mayoral Forum agreed to a single report
covering both the Commission’s broad review of transport and the Mayoral Forum’s
more specific request to consider a transport entity for the region.
3. A first report setting out a range of issues and options for changing the region’s transport
arrangements was developed with the assistance of council officers and other
stakeholders (‘Wellington Regional Transport: Options for Change’ by Castalia). A draft of
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the report was provided to councils in December 2015 and most councils provided
written feedback. The report was presented to seven of the region’s nine councils in
February and March 2016.
4. Councils’ responses so far have been positive about the work continuing, but there have
been no indications of preferred options for transport arrangements. Most councils
made it clear that the practical challenges and the options to resolve them (e.g.
governance arrangements) needed to be described in more detail before they could
reach a position.
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5. Greater Wel ington Regional Council noted its preference for non-structural methods to
address the region’s transport challenges. Wellington City Council officers considered
any reform must be aimed at achieving a step change in economic growth and the
overarching criteria for assessing change must be economic transformation.
6. The next step of the work, continuing the col aborative approach, is working with
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councils to analyse the feasible options via an indicative business case.
7. The LGC has commissioned MartinJenkins to develop the indicative business case, which
will:
• clarify the strategic case for change, the investment objectives and the critical
success factors for assessing options
• describe the options in detail (including governance and implementation phasing)
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• assess a short list of options to identify their costs and benefits, and consider
financial, commercial and management aspects.
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8. Council and NZTA input into the business case wil occur through workshops with
councils, joint workshops involving councillors and senior officers from across the region,
the CEs’ Forum, and the Mayoral Forum. Councils will also be given the opportunity to
provide written feedback on the draft business case report.
Purpose of workshop session
9. Early work on the indicative business case will be presented to councillors for their initial
feedback. This wil focus on:
• the strategic context, including the regional objectives that transport contributes to
• the problem definition
• proposed investment objectives against which any alternative arrangements can be
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assessed.
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10. The Castalia report ‘Wel ington Regional Transport: Options for Change’ wil not be
discussed in detail at this workshop, as the work has moved on from this report. It is
provided to Wellington City councillors so they have the same information as the
region’s other councillors and as important preparatory information for this session.
Next steps
11. The Commission is running joint council workshops on 27 April and 4 May to which
council ors and senior officers from across the region and NZTA are invited. The purpose
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of the workshops is to progress the transport business case, including describing the
options in detail, testing the critical success factors and assessing shortlisted options
against investment objectives and critical success factors.
12. The Commission will provide councils with the draft indicative business case report for
their written feedback in June 2016.
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Item 4: Spatial Planning Report Presentation
Paper provided earlier by WCC: Report: ‘Spatial Planning: Opportunities and Options for
Metropolitan Wel ington’ by Boffa Miskell
Context
13. The report ‘Spatial Planning: Opportunities and Options for Metropolitan Wellington’
was commissioned by the LGC, with the support of the Mayoral Forum. As with the
transport work, both the Commission and the Mayoral Forum wished to investigate the
opportunities for spatial planning for the region and agreed to work together on a report
progressing the discussion.
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The report examines the opportunities and potential gains from spatial planning in the
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western side of the Wellington region (i.e. the Kāpiti, Porirua, Wellington City, Lower
Hutt and Upper Hutt area). Several possible ways ahead are outlined.
15. The draft report was provided to councils for their written feedback, which is currently
being incorporated into a final report.
16. The draft report was presented to Greater Wellington Regional Council, Porirua, Lower
Hutt and Upper Hutt councillors in February and March. These councils are considering
their positions.
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Purpose of workshop session
17. The spatial planning report wil be presented to council ors for their consideration.
18. The LGC expects the council wil wish to take a few weeks fol owing the presentation to
consider its position.
Next steps
19. The LGC requests that Wel ington City Council advises the LGC of their formal position on
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progressing spatial planning for the western part of the region by 27 May 2016.
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