Data on which red zone boundary was drawn
Judy Grindell made this Official Information request to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
From: Judy Grindell
Dear Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority,
please provide detailed information as to why the northern boundary of the Southshore red zone was drawn where it is. The house on the TC3 side of the boundary is only a metre from the red zone.
Please also provide details for why the area in Bridge Street closest to the Bridge and Kibblewhite street were zoned TC3. I would like to see the comparative rationale.
I would like all the layers of information that contributed to the decion, including technical data and (LiDAR, geomorphology, pedology, ground surveys).
Thankyou
Yours faithfully,
Judy Grindell
From: info (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
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In the meantime, please visit our website
[1]http://www.cera.govt.nz/ where answers to a number of frequently asked
questions can be found.
Thank you for your patience.
Regards
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
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Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy
Thank you for your email requesting information under the Official Information Act. A response will be supplied within 20 working days from 28 August in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
Best Regards
Esther
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
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From: oce (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy,
Thank you for your request for information received on 28 August 2012.
Please find attached a letter relating to your request from Jacinda Lean,
Manager of Ministerial and Chief Executive Support in Canterbury
Earthquake Recovery Authority.
If you would like a hard copy of this letter, please reply with a
forwarding address.
Kind regards,
Louisa Jobson
Ministerial and Chief Executive Support
Office of the Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Private Bag 4999 Christchurch 8140
W: [1]www.cera.govt.nz
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From: Judy Grindell
Dear oce (CERA),
Thankyou for your letter.
I am not concerned about the rationale for the different TC green categories so much as the rationale for how this particular boundaries are drawn. And also the comparative rationale and data for boundaries in South New Brighton, particularly near the bridge and estuary.
I shall look forward to the additonal data with interest.
Yours sincerely,
Judy Grindell
From: oce (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy,
Thank you for your request for information received on 28 August 2012.
Please find attached a letter relating to your request from Roger Sutton,
Chief Executive of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
If you would like a hard copy of this letter, please reply with a
forwarding address.
Kind regards,
Louisa Jobson
Ministerial and Chief Executive Support
Office of the Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Private Bag 4999 Christchurch 8140
W: [1]www.cera.govt.nz
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From: Judy Grindell
Dear oce (CERA),
thankyou for your response. Alas it does not provide any DETAILED information whatsoever. I asked for the explicit information i.e. the data and an explanation that does not appear to be publicly available. I would like to be able to understand why a property on one side of a fence is red-zoned when the property over the fence and only a metre from that fence is deemed TC3. Please provide the detailed explanation for this as originally requested. (The properties across the road are TC3.)
'an area wide decision' is NOT a detailed technical explanation.
People either side of boundaries have a right to understand how such boundaries are arrived at.
Please provide the detailed explanation as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Judy Grindell
From: oce (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy,
Thank you for your further email. We will follow up on the issues raised and will respond as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Louisa Jobson
Ministerial and Chief Executive Support
Office of the Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Private Bag 4999 Christchurch 8140
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From: Judy Grindell
Dear oce (CERA),
I am still waiting on the detailed explanation for why you drew the northern red zone boundary where it is. Your response to this is now overdue.
(I do have the information released today but this does not cover the rationale or detailed explanation as to why the northern boundary for the red zone has been drawn where it is.
Yours sincerely,
Judy Grindell
From: oce (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy
As in our previous response to you, the location of those properties zoned green in Southshore were done so on the basis that damage to land and homes can be addressed on an individual basis by homeowners working with EQC and their insurance company. This is in contrast to the properties on that Southshore boundary that ended up being zoned red. To fix the damage to land and properties in this area would have required area-wide engineering works (such as deep and wide zone of ground improvements along the estuary coastline) to address the potential for extensive area-wide lateral spread. The issue of extensive area-wide lateral spread was not as prevalent in the location of those properties that formed the green zone boundary. As you are aware the data in the Southshore zoning decisions is now available which show the observed crack locations and liquefaction and lateral spread, and the LiDAR data. This provides the engineering detail on how these zoning decisions were reached.
If you would like someone to discuss this issue further with you please provide a contact number and we can have a geotechnical engineer from CERA contact you.
Kind regards,
Louisa Jobson
Ministerial and Chief Executive Support
Office of the Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Private Bag 4999 Christchurch 8140
W: www.cera.govt.nz
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From: Judy Grindell
Dear oce (CERA),
Thankyou for your response. I am dissapointed that you have not provided the explanation I've requested. You have provided no new information and no information to clarify matters.
I have examined the information released last week but it does not explain why the boundary was drawn just where it is. (Quite apart from the legends on several maps covering the northern boundary.)
Yes, I would like to discuss the issue with one of your geotechnical people (321 9684 but I will not be available today) ... hopefully they can provide clarification. However I would prefer the explanation to be in the public domain as I know several others in the area are also interested in the same information that I am after.
Yours sincerely,
Judy Grindell
From: Judy Grindell
Dear Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's handling of my FOI request 'Data on which red zone boundary was drawn'.
A proper response is well over due. Responses to date have only been in very general terms and only include general area-wide information already in the public domain.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://fyi.org.nz/request/data_on_which_...
Yours faithfully,
Judy Grindell
From: info (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Thank you for emailing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible
In the meantime, please visit our website
[1]http://www.cera.govt.nz/ where answers to a number of frequently asked
questions can be found.
Thank you for your patience.
Regards
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
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are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
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erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Canterbury Earthquake
Recovery Authority (CERA) accepts no responsibility for changes made to
this message or attachments after transmission from CERA. For further
information about CERA, please visit www.cera.govt.nz.
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From: info (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy,
Thank you for your email requesting information under the Official Information Act. A response will be supplied within 20 working days from 5th October in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
Best regards
Sarah
Enquiry Management and Resolution Service
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
T: 0800 7464 2372
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From: oce (CERA)
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Dear Judy
Thank you for your request for information received on 5 October 2012.
Please find attached a letter relating to your request from Jacinda Lean,
Manager, Ministerial and Chief Executive Support.
If you would like a hard copy of this letter, please reply with a
forwarding address.
Kind regards,
Therese Davel
Ministerial and Chief Executive Support
Office of the Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Private Bag 4999 Christchurch 8140
W: [1]www.cera.govt.nz
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