Dear Mr Allison,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). Your request has been
forwarded to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will
provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we
received your request.

 

Yours sincerely,

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Dear Mr Allison,

 

Thank you for your email, received on March 3 2019. You requested the
following information, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

1. How many scooters were affected with braking problems in Ch CH?

2. When did Lime first advise the CCC of these issues?

3. Was this before or after the news media published this problem?

4. Copies of the assurances given to the CCC that the problem was resolved
to include the technical information as to how it was resolved, that
enabled the CCC to not remove the scooters until the braking problems were
fixed.

5. Did the CCC seek independent analysis of what Lime stated as to how the
issues had been resolved?

6. Who in the CCC is technically qualified to understand the information
supplied by Lime? And what experience and qualifications in this field do
they hold?

7. How was the CCC able to so quickly make a decision when other councils
could not?

8. Lime have NOT put the scooters back on the streets in Auckland or
Dunedin as they "want more time" to ensure they are SAFE yet they were
able to say CH CH scooters were safe much earlier, why is this so?

9. Will Lime supply regular updates of any problems with the scooters to
the CCC ? and what form and frequency of reports be supplied?

 

 

Response:

 

 1. 20
 2. Sunday February 24 2019
 3. See above
 4. Please find the attached letter. Please note that the Council has
decided to withhold some information under the following section of
the LGOIMA: 7(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons

5.       No

 6. The Christchurch City Council has issued Lime a permit to trade under
the Public Places Bylaw 2018 which is guided by the Trading and Events
in Public Places Policy. The Council is not the relevant authority to
determine whether products or services are or aren’t safe for use for
the public. The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has
qualified staff to underrate analysis and make determinations as to
product safety standards.
 7. Staff provided advice to Councillors within the requested timeframes.
 The item had been set for the Council meeting date on February 28
2019 for a number of weeks. All relevant information was at hand and
presented to elected members in briefing memos or presentations on or
before the day of the meeting. The Council cannot speak for other
councils. We recommend you approach them directly.
 8. You will need to ask Lime about their operations in Auckland and
Dunedin. Lime representatives have informed the Council that the
issues with scooters have been isolated, resolved and that the
scooters are safe for use.
 9. If there are any safety issues identified with the scooters, Lime are
required to deactivate and remedy any identified issues immediately.
Council does not need to be notified every time this occurs, however
it is expected that if there are serious or more widespread issues
then Council will be notified as required.

 

Kind regards,

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|Ana Macadie | |
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|Information | |
|Advisor | |
| | |
|Office of | |
|the Chief | |
|Executive | |
| | |
|Christchurch| |
|City Council| |
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|53 Hereford | |
|Street, | |
|Christchurch| |
|8011 | |
| | |
|  | |
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|Please | |
|consider the| |
|environment | |
|before | |
|printing | |
|this email |[1]http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/images/ccc_...
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