Notice is given that an ordinary meeting of the Operations Committee will be held on:

 

Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue: Zoom conference link: Meeting ID: Meeting Passcode:	Thursday 28 September 2023 9:30am Tasman Council Chamber 189 Queen Street, Richmond https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83991192679?pwd=ZTBaemNSazFRbmxLNHM0U2NsSTkvQT09 839 9119 2679 632247
Operations Committee   Komiti Mahi    AGENDA

 MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Cr C Mackenzie
Deputy Chairperson	Cr T Walker
Members	Mayor T King	Cr M Greening
	Deputy Mayor S Bryant	Cr C Hill
	Cr C Butler	Cr M Kininmonth
	Cr G Daikee	Cr K Maling
	Cr B Dowler	Cr B Maru
	Cr J Ellis	Cr D Shallcrass

 

 

(Quorum 7 members)

 

Contact Telephone: 03 543 7617 Email: democracy@tasman.govt.nz Website: www.tasman.govt.nz

 

 

AGENDA

1        Opening, Welcome, KARAKIA

2        Apologies and Leave of Absence

 

Recommendation That apologies be accepted.

 

3        Public Forum

          Registration is required to speak at public forum. You can register here

4        Declarations of Interest

5        Confirmation of minutes

 

That the minutes of the Operations Committee meeting held on Thursday, 17 August 2023, be confirmed as a true and correct record of the meeting.

 

6        Reports

6.1     Iwi Engagement Portal............................................................................................. 4

6.2     Richmond Aquatic Centre Presentation.................................................................. 5

6.3     Community Infrastructure Group Activity Report.................................................... 6

6.4     Digital Innovation Programme Update.................................................................. 81

6.5     Environmental Education....................................................................................... 98

7        CLOSING KARAKIA

 

 

6     Reports

6.1     Iwi Engagement Portal

Report To:	Operations Committee
Meeting Date:	28 September 2023
Report Author:	Phill Urquhart, Applications Specialist (SharePoint)
Report Authorisers:
Report Number:	ROC23-09-1

 

Applications Specialist, Phill Urquhart, will make a presentation on Council’s Iwi Engagement Portal.

 

Nil

 

6.2     Richmond Aquatic Centre Presentation  

Report To:	Operations Committee
Meeting Date:	28 September 2023
Report Author:	Grant Reburn, Reserves and Facilities Manager
Report Authorisers:
Report Number:	ROC23-09-5

 

Tony Strange will make a presentation to the Operations Committee on the Aquatic Centre.

 

Nil

6.3     Community Infrastructure Group Activity Report

Information Only - No Decision Required

Report To:	Operations Committee
Meeting Date:	28 September 2023
Report Author:	Richard Kirby, Group Manager - Community Infrastructure; Russell McGuigan, Project Delivery Manager; Mike Schruer, Waters and Wastes Manager; Jamie McPherson, Transportation Manager; Grant Reburn, Reserves and Facilities Manager; Nick Chin, Enterprise Portfolio Manager
Report Authorisers:	Richard Kirby, Group Manager - Community Infrastructure
Report Number:	ROC23-09-2

 

1.1     This report provides a summary of Community Infrastructure Group’s activity since the last report to the Operations Committee on 17 August 2023.

That the Operations Committee

1.       receives the Community Infrastructure Group Activity Report ROC23-09-2.

 

Rivers & Coastal Structures Team

3.1     An internal review of river management has resulted in a decision to move the Rivers and Coastal Structures team from the Water and Wastes Team in the Community Infrastructure Group to the Environmental Information Team in the Information, Science & Technology Group. This has come about through recognition of the closer working relationships that have formed between Environmental Information and Community Infrastructure staff over the last 6 months or more.

 

3.2     Although the closer relationships have come about primarily in response to the work needed to achieve a higher level of consent compliance, the increased collaboration has highlighted the benefits in working together to achieve a better outcome for river management. This move should enable improved coordination between the natural hazards, environmental science and hydrology teams, while still maintaining an engineering focus. The Community Infrastructure Group will continue to provide administration and professional support for the Rivers and Coastal Structures team for the remainder of the financial year.

 

Health and Safety Lead Indicators

3.3     Health and Safety Lead Indicators (Audits/site observations) – 1 July 2023 to 31 August 2023

Measure	Project Delivery	Property Services	Reserves and Facilities	Transportation	Waters and Wastes	Total
H&S Observations	3				2	5
H&S Briefings (also as part of regular meetings)	10	10	10	10	10	50
Number of H&S courses attended by staff	1			2	10	13

 

 

 

Roading Activity Update

4.1     The roading team has been busy preparing its MOR (Maintenance, Operations and Renewals) funding request to Waka Kotahi for the 2024/27 period for submission by the 31 August deadline. The requested amount is a significant increase on previous years particularly in the key work categories of Sealed Pavement Maintenance, Resealing and Drainage Maintenance and Renewals. For this next funding period the Environmental Maintenance budget has been split to now show Minor Event costs (costs to cover weather related events that are not attributable to a single large emergency event). This will better highlight the significant cost of these minor, but increasingly common events (small slips, trees down, minor surface flooding etc) on the overall roading budget. 

 

Service Request Summary

4.2     The following graphs give an overview of the number of service requests received for certain types of assets each month.  Unsealed road service requests are trending down, while sealed road service requests are trending up. A notable spike occurred during the wet winter of 2022.  Footpath service requests are also trending up.

 

 

 

Alliance Contract Area 

Sealed Network 

4.3     The recent calm weather has been good for the crews out there completing work. The focus over the last few weeks has been the shoulder repairs for the upcoming reseal season. Flanking in Motueka and Stanley Brook area has been of a huge benefit to allow water runoff from the road to get to the water channels and away from for road edge. In the last weeks, with the calmer weather, progress has been made on the defects that have some temporary traffic management on them and we are making permanent repairs to these. 

 

 

 

Motueka Valley Highway flanking

 

Unsealed Network 

4.4     Grading of the unsealed roads has been good over the recent weeks. The gravel application onto Aniseed Valley Road has started and contractors are about halfway through the allotment for the road section. They have made a small pause with this site, due to a logging crew extracting logs for the next 4 weeks, once they stop contractors will go back and finish the site off. Brooklyn Valley Road is on list for this year and our contractors are in the final stages of securing the gravel for this site and once the material is deemed acceptable, we will start on this site soon. 

Environment 

4.5     Cyclic Mowing continues across the network. We have been busy chasing the ice across the network during the winter season and frost gritting in response. Now that Spring is upon us, the risk of ice has reduced and grit will be removed.  We have had a relatively incident-free year with the gritting and that is to be commended in the team undertaking this activity, with lots of very early starts for staff involved.

There have been a number of callout and weather-related incident responded to since the last report, these have kept the team busy ensuring the roads remain open and the travelling public get to their destination safely.  

 

 

Lower Queen St footpath/entranceway repair

 

Little Kaiteriteri Flooding 

4.6     The drainage work completed earlier this year to alleviate the flooding on Rowling Road after rain, is working well.  

4.7     A short section of shape correction to Rowling Road is due to start shortly. The work involves put shape back into the road using asphalt to create drainage off the road surface where there is presently a low spot. 

 

Footpath Renewals 

4.8     A number of footpath renewal sites have been sent out for pricing by local contractors. These include: 

·    Inglis Street, Motueka, between Saxon and York Streets.  

·    York Street, Motueka – short section near Inglis Street and ties into the above site. 

·    Brabant Drive, Ruby Bay – A further section which continues on from last year’s replaced section. The new footpath is being replaced in concrete, and widened.    

·    Lower Queen Street - In front of property No. 365 and Oakwood Hospital. This work includes both path renewal and kerb and channel replacement. 

·    Blair Terrace – A short section near Surrey Road which is affected by Bamboo growing from private property. This asphalt path will be replaced in concrete with a root barrier.  

 

4.9     In Lowry Street work has started on replacing a short section of footpath along with associated kerb and channel. There are also two small sumps located in driveways which will be replaced with standard sumps and located away from the access crossings. This area is known for flooding in extreme events.    

 

Streetlighting  

4.10   Work continues to replace badly corroded steel streetlight columns which are mostly in Richmond and Motueka.  

4.11   Electrical testing for steel streetlight columns as well as streetside electrical sockets is ongoing. The streetlight column socket outlets are in Queen Street and Sundial Square and require testing for safety every six months.  

4.12   Infill lighting improvements to Motueka were completed early this new fiscal year. Planning is now underway for further improvements to roads that are underlit. This work is ongoing with a budgeted amount allowed each year for lighting improvements. 

 

Beach Road Sinkhole 

4.13   This work was completed recently after having to be deferred due to budget constraints. The sinkhole was due to the current of the drain undermining the wall. The old wall was underpinned with concrete which will now protect this section as well as create a smooth surface for flow. This work was completed under the Rivers Global Consent requiring an Erosion, Dust and Sediment Control plan. The eventual plan is to shift the flow away from the wall by relocating some of the wide berm on the south bank to the northern side while keeping a slight meander.  

 

 

Beach Road sinkhole

 

 

 

Golden Bay and Murchison Area 

4.14   The contractor completed high shoulder removal, surface water channel maintenance, water-table cleaning, including deepen and reshaping drains where needed and flanking along Collingwood-Puponga Main Road and Matakitaki Road, along with a few other areas. 

 

4.15   Pavement repairs (dig-outs) were completed on Pakawau Bush Road, after a pavement failure deteriorated and become a safety issue over the last few months due to the increased truck movements out to Dry Road.  

 

4.16   The team have been using a lot of local dumpsites to dispose of 1500 tonnes of slip material and topsoil buildup in water channels. This has saved cartage costs and carbon emissions by reducing the distance required to dispose of the clean fill. 

 

4.17   August task detail achieved was: 

·    10,736 m high shoulder removal 

·    2,646 m water-table cleaning 

·    253.5 m edge-break repairs 

·    166 km grading 

·    962 m3 maintenance aggregate 

·    13 culverts cleaned 

·    64 potholes repaired 

·    2,844 m of street sweeping 

·    145 m2 of dig-out repairs 

·    Routine detritus removal, litter removal and routine sign maintenance was completed across the Murchison and Golden Bay network. 

 

4.18   We are anticipating a hotter summer period, and therefore contractors have increased grading and metalling work to get ahead in their programme while the weather allows. This includes maintenance aggregate spreading on Black, East Takaka, Maruia Saddle, Matakitaki, Waingaro and Wharariki Roads and Fantail Lane. 

 

 

Te Pieta Road – water table cleaning – before and after

 

 

 

Tasman’s Great Taste Trail 

 

Development 

4.19   Nelson Tasman Cycle Trails Trust have commenced construction on an off-road cycle trail between Pokororo Swing Bridge and Peninsula Bridge in Ngatimoti. There will be traffic management in place around areas where the trail is being built near the road. The work is expected to take 10-12 weeks. 

 

Maintenance and Operations 

4.20   Damage to our trail and structures by quad bikes and motorbikes has been a frequent maintenance task. Landowners are also requesting the installation of motorcycle squeeze bars to reduce the damage from motorcycles to private property and parts of the trail that traverse private property. These barriers are also a hindrance to some cyclist and other users such as mobility scooters. Vandalism by 4wd vehicles has also occurred with surface damage and signs being knocked over.     

 

4.21   Kohatu Flat Rock Café are installing E-bike charge points as part of the EV chargers that they are installing.   

 

Road Safety 

4.22   To date in this fiscal year there have been three serious-injury crashes recorded in the Crash Analysis System. One fatality has also occurred on Totaranui Road which has not yet been recorded in the system.  

4.22.1         A vehicle failed to stop at Bartlett Road, colliding with a vehicle on State Highway 60. Although the crash analysis system has recorded this as a local road crash the intersection is administered by Waka Kotahi.  

4.22.2         A vehicle turning right out of Sandeman Road failed to see a motorcyclist east bound on Lower Queen Street. The motorcyclist was travelling straight through, behind a vehicle that was turning left into Sandeman Road. This type of visual obstruction is a known risk where there are left turn slip lanes or wide tapers and radii as following vehicles will tend to move past the left turning vehicle and will not be visible to the vehicle leaving the side road.  At this intersection, the generous radius is required for frequent heavy vehicle turning. 

4.22.3         Ute on River Terrace Road lost control on a curve (crash that was reported by the adjacent landowner and shared in the previous report).   

 

Community Road Safety Programme Update  

Winter Driving Campaign  

4.23       Through Police, Tasman District Council Customer Service Centres and Age Concern we have now given away over 1500 ice scrapers and polishing cloths as part of our Winter Driving Campaign. Police have welcomed the ice scrapers as giveaways at morning police check points as drivers set off on their journey without a clear windscreen.  

  

Free Dog Lights issued with dog registrations – heightens safety for cyclists 

4.24       A new initiative introduced this year was to trial the supply of dog lights as giveaways for people when registering their dog at our Customer Service Centres. We know many dogs are walked along our cycleways and paths, so this was an initiative to provide better visibility for cyclists and walkers of dog on our cycleways. This initiative was well supported and greatly appreciated with approx. 200 lights given away during June – August.  

 

 Motorcycles 

4.25       Ride Forever Motorcycle Courses delivered during July saw 26 motorcyclists complete a Ride Forever Course. 

4.26       A busy three months in planning Motorcycle Awareness Month coming up for the whole of September in conjunction with ACC and Police. We had Motorcycle Retailer events during September, a pop-up stall was held in the Richmond Mall 16-30 September, plus daily safety tips on our Ride Forever Facebook page and website.   

4.27       We delivered three motorcycle specific first aid courses in August with 33 people attending the three workshops. These were extremely well received and the positive feedback from those attending was that they would feel more confident should they witness an accident.  

 

Waka Kotahi Road Safety Budget funding application – 2024-2027   

4.28       Draft Budget for 2024-2027 Road Safety Role has been provided for submitting to Waka Kotahi. As we continue to focus on key road safety issues which come out through the Crash Analysis System (CAS) and Community at Risk Register (CARR) these reports provide a good understanding of where we need to best focus my campaigns for the next three years, in conjunction with police initiatives.  

  

Streets for People  

4.29       We worked alongside Mapua School students to get fantastic artwork designed by them for use on planter boxes and spaces around Mapua. This initiative has seen a good buy-in from the school. We now have Police engaged to deliver the Stepping Out Program around road safety at Mapua School from 21-31 August 2023.  

  

SADD (Students Against Dangerous Driving)  

4.30       Our Road Safety Coordinator (Jeni Thornborough) attended a workshop at Nayland College with SADD representative to look at the program they deliver and look to ways to get colleges/schools in the Tasman region to set up a SADD group in other schools in our region.   

 

Bus Service

4.31   Patronage data for the public shows a strong start for the new E-Bus service in August 2023.  Passenger numbers increased week-on-week during August, from a daily average of 2,342 weekday passengers in the first week, to 2,711 in the last week.

Monthly patronage of public bus service (NBus and EBus)

 

 

Road Opening Permit Management 

Corridor Access Requests 

4.32       The graph below shows the number of corridor access requests processed and approved by month for the 2022/23 and current 2023/24 fiscal years.  

 

 

 

Waters and Wastes Trends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WATER SUPPLY

Activity Highlights

5.1     The damaged scour valve on the Champion Road reservoir was replaced.

5.2     The resilience of our water network was highlighted during the repair of a leak on Headingly Lane when significant repairs were undertaken without disruption to the water supply in Richmond.

5.3     Next stage of AC water mains renewal from Pearless Place along Edwards Street and up to the cemetery in Wakefield is underway.

 

Compliance

5.4     The Council’s assessment of compliance with the quality rules relating to drinking water was audited by an external specialist. This independent audit was a requirement of Audit NZ in relation to reporting against the Annual Plan. There were some complexities in that the rules and reporting methodology changed part way through the compliance period.

5.5     Only the Richmond supply achieved full compliance with bacterial and protozoal standards/rules across the 2022/23 compliance year. The remainder ranged in compliance status from only minor non-compliances through to major non-compliance in the case of the rural supplies such as Dovedale and Eighty-Eight Valley.

5.5     The drinking water regulator, Taumata Arowai, has signalled that they will be reviewing the drinking water safety plan for the Dovedale supply in September. It remains to be seen whether our plan is considered adequate.

 

Enforcement

5.6     Since the previous Activity Report, the following events have been recorded:

·    One new accidental damage incident: A one meter section of lateral and ferrule was damaged at a property at 5 Rowling Heights, Kaiteriteri during excavation work to upgrade telecommunication lines.   

·    One new meter tampering incident: A water supply meter installed at 9 Belvedere Drive was found to have been removed.

·    No new hydrant tampering/illegal takes; and 

·    No new restrictor tampering events.

 

5.7     Each event is investigated, and appropriate action taken – this includes working with all parties involved and educating landowners/operators as required. Events of significant offending are assessed against the Solicitor General’s Prosecution Guidelines to determine if a case for prosecution exists. In the first instance of non-compliance, a letter of warning is generally issued, provided the offending is not of a serious nature, which sets out legal requirements and forms the basis of any future prosecution action.

5.8     The accidental damage incident above was assessed as not meeting the requirements for prosecution, and in this instance a warning letter will be sent to the contractor responsible advising them of the outcome and their requirements to request a service locate before any excavation work near water supplies.

5.9     The meter tampering incident above was not able to be attributed to a responsible party. Multiple contracting companies were operating in the area at the time, and it was decided that warning letters would be sent to all reminding them about the restrictions on tampering or interfering with the Council’s water supply.

Operations Update:

5.10   Council staff have noted an increase in low pressure events in the Motueka network. These have been attributed to hydrant or tanker filling station use in the vicinity of the Rec Centre bores on Old Wharf Road. Staff are concerned because the emergency operation of the (untreated) Rec Centre bores present a water safety risk and will impact compliance. Staff are investigating the cause and exploring options for prevention including restricting flow rates from the new filling stations, reminding tanker operators to not use fire hydrants and reviewing bore control settings.

5.11   A scour valve replacement was carried out at the 5,000m³ Champion Road Reservoir. The previous valve had seized. The repair required reduced storage capacities to minimise risk, as well as a confined space entry for the diving team which involved a high level of planning. A comprehensive disinfection procedure for all equipment and personnel entering the reservoir was implemented to ensure the quality of the drinking water was maintained. The replacement was successfully carried out without any disruption to the community, as the reservoir remained functional, albeit it at half level, throughout the process.

5.12   Two pipe bursts occurred on Main Road Hope. The first at 157 Main Road Hope was due to a fracture in an AC pipe installed in 1977, which was replaced with a PVC pipe. The cause is unknown but it's likely that the AC pipe is nearing its end of life. The second burst at 343 Main Road Hope is believed to have been caused by a change in network pressure due to the isolation of the first burst. This pipe was also replaced with a PVC pipe. Both locations had substandard bedding material, contributing to the reduced lifespan of the AC pipes. Service was restored within eight hours. A section of AC pipe in Main Road Hope is programmed for renewal with investigation and design work commencing later this year, and the remaining sections will also be assessed.

5.13   A leak was detected on the watermain at Headingly Lane, Richmond. The watermain was isolated for investigation and repair, which involved shifting water around the Richmond zones to maintain supply. The excavation was challenging due to the depth of the watermain and continuous dewatering requirements. Corroded bolts on the flange adaptor caused the leak. The PVC pipe was undamaged. Repairs were completed with new materials resistant to corrosion. Service was restored with no low-pressure complaints received from the community. This incident demonstrated the resilience of the Richmond network.

5.14   Works have started on the tanker filling station at McShane Road, Richmond with water and power supply connections installed and an access road is under construction. The tanker filling station will be situated within the Richmond Water Treatment Plant compound, but water tankers will fill their tanks through the fence and not enter the RWTP secured area. Following recent water legislation changes, the contractors will no longer be allowed to take water from designated hydrants but only from dedicated bulk filling stations. Exceptions to this are the Council’s small/remote schemes, Collingwood, Murchison and Tapawera. The Richmond Bulk Filling Station will be the third bulk filling station within the district following the installation of two filling stations on Old Wharf Road, Motueka. The filling station is expected to be operational this month.

5.15   Pine tree felling work at Kaiteriteri mountain bike park has been completed. This work was undertaken to improve radio communications between the Lower Pumpstation and reservoir sites. The path had become obstructed since the forestry land was last harvested. There was the additional benefit of clearing trees threatening the timber tank site and buried water main corridor. The resulting Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measured at the Lower Pumpstation radio has increased from -80 dBm to -50 dBm which suggests the signal is strong and adequate for effective duplex communications. Contractors are undertaking site investigations with radio communications experts to further troubleshoot nightly communications failures with two significant site installation deficiencies already identified.

5.16   Work has begun on the renewal of the next section of the Edward Street AC watermain. This is the second stage of the renewal brought forward under emergency works and will replace the section between Pearless Place and the cemetery.

 

 

WASTEWATER

Activity Highlights:

5.17   The new Wairoa pump station, constructed as part of the Wakatū subdivision in Brightwater, has been commissioned and the contractors have done a good job. Until sufficient homes are built, the automated washdown system in the storage chamber will be used to flush the system weekly.

Compliance:

5.18   There were four wastewater overflows in August. Two related to significant amounts of gravel in the reticulation. The gravel is being cleaned out so the pipework and potential sources of the gravel can be investigated. One was in Tākaka and the other in Motueka. The third overflow related to tree roots blocking the sewer. The hedge has been removed by the property owner as blockages had been a reoccurring issue. The fourth overflow was minor, a blocked air valve leaking when pumps operated.

Figure 1: Air valve leak in Te Kakau Reserve Tākaka

 

Operations Update

5.19   The sustained high flows through the membrane filtration plant at Motueka wastewater treatment plant, combined with elevated ammonia-nitrogen concentrations through winter, have impacted the ability to clean the membranes. After several weeks of additional membrane cleaning, there is very little improvement. Currently the membranes have sufficient capacity for dry weather flow only. Staff are looking into options, but it is likely that replacement membranes will be needed in the near future.

5.20   The new rapid infiltration basin being constructed at Tākaka wastewater treatment plant is expected to be complete by late September. Monitoring of the six operational basins continues and at least one more basin is showing early signs of reduced soakage. Up until 04 September, Fonterra was discharging up to 100m³/day of factory cleaning waste into the Tākaka network. This has now halted and won’t resume until the new basin is commissioned.

Figure 2: Embankment liner being installed in new rapid infiltration basin at Tākaka wastewater treatment plant.

 

5.21   While the number of wipes blockages at Jenkins pump station in Riwaka has reduced considerably, there have been three occurrences of women’s clothing blocking a pump at the Aranui/Higgs pump station in Māpua. Staff are monitoring the situation and will work with the communications team on publicising the issue if it continues.

5.22   With warmer weather approaching, staff are reviewing the odour management plan and planning to implement mitigation measures prior to the start of December.

 

STORMWATER

Activity Highlights

5.23   Heavy rainfall occurred across the district on Saturday 19 August, but in general hourly intensity rates were not high.

 

5.24   There were no flooding concerns raised due to the rainfall events over this reporting period.

 

5.25   Stream quality monitoring equipment has been installed in Jimmy Lee Creek to establish a baseline of the present quality of the stormwater discharges.

 

Compliance

5.26   There were no known compliance issues from the operation of the stormwater network. 

 

Items Related to the Global Stormwater Discharge Consent

5.27   As part of the Stormwater Monitoring Programme, two continuous monitoring sites have been set up. One at Washbourn Gardens and one at Beach Rd. They will provide continuous tracking of temperature, conductivity, and once gauging is completed; they will also provide reliable flow data. The information will be used in conjunction with our discrete monitoring to establish the baseline condition of Jimmy Lee Creek and to then be able to assess stormwater effects in the future.

Figures 3 and 4: Monitoring equipment installed at two locations in Jimmy Lee Creek, Richmond

Figure 5:  An example of the graphed live data that can be viewed from the monitoring site – this example shows conductivity.

 

5.28   The monitoring data is recorded and can be viewed live on a website. 

5.29   The stormwater team have also launched a rain event sampling programme using self-sealing sampling bottles that can capture the “first flush” run-off and are deployed in various locations to compare the contaminant loads coming from roads, residential and industrial areas. So far four locations have been sampled for two rounds. The information gained from this programme will be used to establish baseline data and to help prioritise stormwater quality treatment sites.

Figures 6 and 7: Sampling bottles being deployed to capture “first flush” run-off at selected multiple locations.

 

5.30   In parallel with this, Tasman Bay Guardians are also carrying out community focused stormwater monitoring at Borck Creek, using a Stream Health Monitoring Assessment Kit (“SHMAK”) developed by NIWA as part of their citizen science initiative. As part of this work Tasman Bay Guardians are sharing their data with us, to complement our new monitoring programme.

5.31   In addition to water quality monitoring, Tasman Bay Guardians also carry out litter audits: Their first focus was one of the stormwater outlets into Borck Creek upstream from the Berryfield Drive Bridge. They collected 13kg of rubbish in a 30x3m area. A large part can be traced back to litter from construction activities and we are planning to engage with building companies operating in the area to reduce this litter.

Figures 8 and 9: Tasman Bay Guardians clean up in progress and examples of rubbish collected along Borck Creek, Richmond

5.32   Our Forward Works Plan is still being prepared for submission.

5.33   Work has started on the Motueka Monitoring Plan, with initial site visits to potential sampling locations completed.

5.34   We are also developing a stormwater connection standard to ensure future developments within our Stormwater Urban Drainage Area’s (UDA’s) do not conflict with our global stormwater consent.

 

Operations Update

5.35   Upstream erosion of clay, rocks and gravels were cleared from a stormwater inlet in Drysdale Place, Richmond.

Figures 10 and 11: Partially blocked and cleared stormwater inlet, Drysdale Close, Richmond.

 

5.36   A scruffy dome has been installed over the access manhole on the corner of Everett Street and Mason Street in Motueka.

Figures 12 and 13: Scruffy dome installed over manhole opening, corner of Everett Street and Massey Street, Motueka.

 

5.37   Open drain vegetation maintenance has kept on programme and there were no concerns or complaints raised in relation to the vegetation over the reporting period.  Increased vegetation growth rates are now expected with the arrival of spring.

5.38   A district wide pre-storm check was undertaken on Tuesday 15 August.

5.39   The Motueka Wharf Road tidal control gate was closed against the high tides and forecast of rain on the 19 August and again on the 5 September.

 

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND MINIMISATION 

Activity Highlights

5.40   Recycling contamination at our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) has remained steady, at just under 15%, representing 7.5% contamination at the kerbside.

5.41   The MRF two-week maintenance shut down in early August went well, with no unforeseen issues, and the facility was operational as programmed. During the shutdown, we took the opportunity to install two new cameras for the inspection of loads, to try and identify any vehicles that may drop off contaminated material.

5.42   Kerbside collections have continued through the period, although with recommencement of recycling collections in late August there have been a small number of collection incidents that we are investigating.

5.43   We have recently completed several minor improvement works at Richmond and Māriri Resource Recovery Centres.

Compliance

5.44   There were no known non-compliance incidents in this period.

 

Operations Update

 

5.45   Rubbish bag collections continued as normal with no significant issues. Kerbside recycling was suspended from 9 to 20 August while heavy maintenance at the MRF was completed. The suspension was advertised extensively, and we only received a small number of customer enquiries who had missed the advertising.

5.46   Kerbside collections were particularly busy when recycling commenced again in late August, and there were a small number of performance incidents which we are following up with our contractor.

5.47   A total of 150 kerbside audits were undertaken during June, 87% passing and 13% failing due to contamination – this is an increase on last month.

5.48   There have been no significant Resource Recovery Centre service interruptions over the past six weeks, but construction works on several sites has limited available space for our contractor and customers. 

5.49   Construction and maintenance works at the Richmond Resource Recovery Centre have reduced available space and so no scrap metal is being accepted at present. We are currently identifying a new location for the scrap metal – in the interim customers are being directed to scrap metal dealers in Nelson.

 

5.50   Earthworks on the perimeter of the Richmond site have been completed, with hydroseeding and tree planting also complete. A few more trees will be planted adjacent to the camper van carpark in the autumn. A new haul road for waste bin loading is now operational, and this is reducing the number of reversing manoeuvres.

Figures 14: New access for waste bin loading

Figures 15: New access for waste bin loading

Figures 16: New access for waste bin loading

Figures 17: New access for waste bin loading

 

5.51   The separation trial of construction waste started on 14 August and has been running for the last four weeks as a soft start. There have been few adjustments to the operation to find the most efficient methodology for separating recyclable materials.

 

5.52   We are continuing to work with Habitat for Humanity to trial diversion of reusable materials, although their arrival on site has been delayed.

Figure 18\.  Reused fence at Richmond Resource Recovery Centre and Location of yard for building waste

Figure 19.   Reused fence at Richmond Resource Recovery Centre and Location of yard for building waste

 

Figure 2.  Reused fence at Richmond Resource Recovery Centre and Location of yard for building waste

 

5.53   At the Māriri Resource Recovery Centre we have constructed a new concrete pad for handling scrap metal. Scrap metal will be accepted again at Māriri once the hand over has taken place in September.

 

 

Figure 21: Mariri RRC concrete slab

 

5.54   We are also working on an improved traffic layout at the Māriri Resource Recovery Centre, which will be completed in September. This work has been delayed due to asphalt supply.

 

Figure 22: New Māriri road layout 

 

Figure 23.  New Māriri road layout 

 

 

RIVERS

Activity Highlights

5.55   We have nearly completed all the highest priority works from the May 2023 floods, with only a few high priority sites remaining in the Wai-iti and Upper Motueka Rivers.

5.56   We are continuing to assess gravel movement in our managed catchments and issue gravel licences in the Waimea, Upper Motueka and Tākaka Rivers.

5.57   We have commenced our two-yearly review of our Environmental Management Plan and Best Practice Guide and have engaged external resources to assist with this.

Compliance:

5.58   The River team continues the close collaboration arrangement with Environmental Information and Compliance staff, which is resulting in better consent compliance and better overall outcomes for river management.

5.59   The flooding in May exposed a section of riverbank in the Upper Motueka River which had been historically used as a farm dump site. Most materials found were old farm equipment and cars. The material was cleaned up and removed, with some steel being recycled by a scrap metal dealer, and other rubbish going to the York Valley landfill.

 

Operations Update:

5.60   The relatively settled weather (and generally low river flow conditions) over the last few months has allowed our maintenance contractor to get through a significant amount of river works. This has included hard protection and gravel relocation works in the Upper Motueka, Wairoa and the Wai-iti Rivers. Willow pole planting was undertaken in the Upper Motueka and Motupiko Rivers, and native planting undertaken mainly on the Waimea and Lower Motueka rivers.

5.61   Work for the coming months includes completing the Wai-iti and Upper Motueka Rivers programme of works, and assessing and programming work for the Sherry, Tadmor, Motupiko and Lower Motueka rivers, with work to be undertaken in October and November. Our maintenance contractor will also assess the Dove and Golden Bay Rivers in October for our December to February river works programme.

5.62   We will be looking to assess all rivers in the coming months to confirm locations for our November – April fairway spraying programme.

5.63   We have now completed our poplar and willow harvest from the Council nursery in Appleby for 2023, with a total of 6,453 poles and 4,297 wands (smaller pole) being harvested for our river maintenance programme and for distribution to the public for stream bank and hillside stabilisation work. Some of this plant material will be used to plant new rows at the nursery. In addition to the material sourced from the nursery, our river maintenance contractor also sourced approximately 4300 poles and wands directly from “micro-nurseries” in our river networks.

5.64   With good progress on our maintained river networks, we should soon be able to complete more River Z subsidised works. We still have several outstanding River Z issues that were put on hold as maintained network river works were prioritised earlier in the year.

 

Gravel management

5.65   Gravel extraction has slowed down in the Upper Motueka, with one contractor finishing their permit limit (around 3,000m³) and another completing cleanup of existing riverside stockpiles before relocating to other sites and beaches within the area. Since May, approximately 20,000m³ of gravel has been removed from the reaches in the Upper Motueka River. 

5.66   Spring weather has seen the return of nesting birds to our rivers - namely banded dotterel and black-fronted tern nesting in the Motueka and Waimea Rivers. These at-risk or endangered birds nest on the large gravel islands and beaches within areas of the rivers. We have started surveying of river reaches for the presence of bird nesting to ensure our works do not disturb nesting activity.

5.67   Our initial estimate of gravel availability in the Waimea River is currently being worked through for permits to be issued out to contractors in the short future. Bird surveys indicate that nesting activity is quite active in the lower reaches. Whilst positive to hear the Waimea being a hotspot for nesting, it adds another complexity to ongoing gravel management in the area over the next few months. We expect that approximately 10,000-20,000m³ will be available for extraction from the lower Waimea over the course of the year.

COASTAL STRUCTURES

Activity Highlights

5.68   A temporary safety fence has been erected at the seaward end of the Old Motueka Wharf while we work through the ownership and repair options for this site.

5.69   Mārahau sand replenishment has been completed at the northern end of the rock revetment and we are currently assessing Torrent Bay for sand replenishment in the spring.

Compliance

5.70   There have been no known non –compliance issues for the activity period.

Operations Update

5.71   A temporary safety fence has been erected to restrict access to the end of the Old Motueka Wharf. We are presently working with Parks and Facilities to scope up a project for restoration of the old wharf structure but no further action can be taken until the ownership has been confirmed.

5.72   There has been significant concern raised by some in the community about the Council’s intentions regarding the wharf, but we have emphasised that the fence is intended to be a temporary safety measure.

5.73   The Mārahau Sand Replenishment at the northern end of the existing rock revetment was completed on the 1 August 2023. The has been a moderate storm since the replenishment which has resulted in very minor sand displacement where the sand feathers out into the existing rock revetment.

5.74   There has been some sand lost along the front Torrent Bay beach area that will be replenished once a suitable sand source has been identified. The work will be carried out when the daylight hours are longer and suitable tides prevail.

 

Figure 24: Mārahau Sand Replenishment after First Storm Event

 

 

 

Property Transactions

6.1     Number and profile of jobs: There are 156 jobs underway, mostly land acquisitions for roading (25) and leases (43).  Most of these (54%) are awaiting a response from stakeholders or landowners (table 1). 

6.2     Outstanding property transactions over 3 years old remain at 47.  We will be reviewing all on hold and awaiting response jobs with a view to terminate these.  We are focusing on renewing community leases, however these are generating complex aspects.  Many don’t have easy or obvious answers.  It is intended that staff will report to Council on multiple renewals before the end of 2023. 

6.3     There have been interesting challenges recently including road stopping applications, Riwaka boat shed issues, fences established outside of property boundaries, technical assistance with the land purchase for the Motueka Pool, esplanade strip conditions, pipes in roads without permission, riverbed ownership advice amongst many others.

6.4     Good progress has been made with the acquisition of easements associated with the stormwater project at Motueka.

6.5     We have written to Scouting NZ regards the Riwaka and Wakefield buildings.  We are seeking to resolve the issue of underutilisation of these buildings and poor maintenance of the buildings in general.

6.6     Staff have also been involved in the Community Leasing Policy development.  This is providing input into the bylaw controlling activities In Public Places.  For example, this will affect food caravan agreements.

 

Head office improvements

6.7     Work on the old church building, 4 Wensley St has commenced and will be completed in October/November. The Resource Consent staff will move in after Labour Day so that zone 2 works in the Richmond Office can commence.  Zone 3 works will commence in January 2024.

 

Elm St Storage Facility

6.8     Council will have removed its records from Elm St leased premises by April 2024.  These are being relocated to more secure and fit for purpose premises.

6.9     The lease for Elm St expires in August 2024, with the potential for a 5-year extension.  This lease includes a storage facility for the Nelson Museum which occupies 70% of the building.  Nelson Museum has indicated that they will need their storage facility until 2027.

6.10   Staff are reviewing Council’s options with the storage facility.

 

Murchison Fulton Hogan Yard

6.11   The storage sheds in the Murchison yards leased by Fulton Hogan have been assessed at 19% NBS or less.  The buildings are in very poor condition requiring Staff to investigate remediation options.  The new property lease with Fulton’s is constructed to allow for repair costs to be recovered from current and future tenants.  Works are anticipated to take place in summer.

Figure 1 One of 3 sheds.  This shed has not been assessed and has limited access due to condition.

 

Facility Maintenance and Fleet optimisation

Fleet

6.12   Staff are finalising the details for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations prior to installation later this year.  The software will allow cost savings on the type of chargers and an ability to manage charging costs and power utilisation.

6.13   As part of the fleet optimisation process, various booking systems within Council are being merged into E-Roads Book It system.  This is expected to take place by the end of September 2023.

6.14   Following vehicle trials and a review of servicing costs, it is intended that non-specialist vehicles will be replaced with EVs and hybrids.

Parking

6.15   Staff are considering options to improve utilisation of fleet vehicles stored in the Oxford St carpark.

Maintenance

6.16   Re-piling the Wakefield Toy Library will commence shortly prior to cladding and roofing works. A lean-to structure was installed sometime after the 70’s.  Part of the structure is in the adjacent owners land.  We are considering removing this structure rather than dealing with the costs of a boundary adjustment.  Removal will require an internal reconfiguration including relocating the toilet.

6.17   Structural reports and costing are underway to remedy the poor condition of Motueka Museum’s roof.  The building is scheduled for a full condition report this year.

 

Condition survey

 

6.18   Property condition survey expected to commence round 1 in November.

Table 1 June 2023 Property workflow

 

Table 2 Progress with jobs >3 years old

 

 

Table 3 Age of all jobs

 

 

 

 

 

Project stage summary

​Stage	​Total
​Initiation	​   1
​Planning	​ 18
​Procurement	​ 1
​Delivery	​ 12
​Grand Total	​ 32

 

Project no.	Project name	Procurement Delivery Model	Award Date	Contract Value at award	Contractor
1351	Kaiteriteri Shared Path and Boardwalk	Lowest Price Conforming	29/08/2023	$606,707	Downer NZ Ltd
1376	Transport Choices – William Street Upgrade	Price Quality	07/09/2023	$1,699,961	Isaac Construction

 

 

 

Construction contracts completed since last report

 

Note	Project No	Project name	Contractor	Construction Start Date	Actual Construction End Date	Delivery	Total Budget	Total Cost (to date)
	1331	Motueka Skatepark Upgrade	Nelson Creek Ltd	June 2023	1 September 2023	On time	$372,000	$356,686
	1318	Appleshed – Kitchen and Bar	Fitzgerald Construction	June 2023	25 August 2023	On Time	$337,216	$324,770

 

 

 

 

Project portfolio

No	PROJECT NAME	WORK DESCRIPTION	STATUS	STAGE	Estimated Project completion date	PROJECT BUDGET Life of Project	ACTUALS Life of Project	PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY
	Golden Bay Ward
1057	Pōhara Stormwater Improvements	Pōhara Stormwater improvements	Green	Delivery	30/06/2023	1,462,302	1,266,290	Contractor due to finish work end-September.
1255	Pōhara Valley to 4 Winds Wastewater Rising Main	​Install a new wastewater Rising main.  Rising main will be continuous to Four Winds WWPS. Connect Pōhara Valley and Pōhara Camp Pump stations to new rising main.	Green	Delivery	30/10/2023	1,997,482	434,913	Contractor established on site.
1297	Port Tarakohe Extension of Breakwater arms	​New fendering system around the existing concrete. New extension of breakwater arm to reduce wave action and accommodate new berths.	Amber	Delivery	27/02/2024	5,153,800	1,270,362	Rock volume greater than estimated. Contract due for completion February 2024
1322	Collingwood Campground Upgrade	​Build two new cabins.	Green	Planning	1/12/2023	160,000	19,546	Investigating options for relocatable cabins. Resource consent has been issued.
1328	Takaka Service Centre	​Internal refurbishment to create facilities and meeting space. (Toilet and Kitchenette)	Amber	Planning	3/10/2023	160,000	4,800	Business case complete, procurement plan complete. Finalising scope of work and seeking additional budget to cover roof capping works, plan to complete within this financial year.
1364	Motupipi Street Footpath Extension	New footpath 280m long.	Amber	Planning	8/12/2023	200,000	1,051	In Planning stage, awaiting land from Fonterra
1363	Pōhara Shared Path	New shared path past motor camp to connect to existing paths at each end	Green	Delivery	8/12/2023	340,000	4,455	Established on site and due to be completed mid October.
	Motueka Ward
1182	New rising main Motueka West to wastewater treatment plant	Construction of pump station and rising main from Motueka West Development Area to Motueka Bridge	Green	Delivery	28/06/2024	5,300,000	856,374	Stage 2. Contractor is established onsite through to December 2023.From Motueka bridge on Lyndhurst drive to Parker Street. Stage 3 (Pumpstation)in preliminary design stage.
1213	Motueka Stopbank Refurbishment	Undertake rebuilds at the highest risk sites. Top-up other areas of the Motueka Stopbanks where below current level of<br>service, as identified in the Tonkin & Taylor June/July 2020 report.	Green	Delivery	22/12/2023	4,657,963	3,497,825	Work on emergency stop bank repair work next to Hort Research Centre in Riwaka is approximately 50% complete and is programmed to be completed in October 2023. Work at Peach Island to complete localised repairs is continuing. Refurbishment and raising of 250m of stopbank at Peach Island, where overtopping occurred in 2021, has been completed. Localised repairs at Hurley Bank are in design. <br>This project is majority funded by MBIE Covid Response Stimulus funding.
1144	Motueka Recreation Centre Water Facility upgrade	​Site Upgrade is to supplement network - storage tanks and booster pump arrangement to be confirmed	Green	Planning	20/12/2024	1,047,137	0.00	Motueka Recreation Centre Water Facility upgrade
1249	Motueka West Discharge System	​Construction of culverts to take stormwater from Motueka West development	Green	Planning	31/05/2024	6,830,445	168,255	Resource consent processing. Easement / land purchase negotiations progressing. Aiming to tender mid September.
1260	Mariri RRC weighbridge and roading	​Upgrade of Mariri Resource recovery Centre. New kiosk for weighbridge, concrete pad for scrap metal storage and new wastewater system.	Green	Planning	12/07/2023	412,377	407,605	New Kiosk completed. Concrete slab construction begins mid-June.  Wastewater system resource consent granted and moving to detailed design.
1342	Whakarewa St Manoy St Roundabout	​New roundabout to create safe egress of cyclists and pedestrians in all four directions.	Green	Planning	28/06/2024	499,612	2,855	Preliminary design and Landowner discussions underway
1348	Motueka Transport Choices	​Work includes cycleways, intersection improvements and cycle parking that will provide safer cycling and walking options for local commuters, school children and other members of the community.	Green	Planning	28/06/2024	1,724,483	877,912	External pre-implementation funding of $1.276m has been approved by Waka Kotahi. The current project scope is presented on the Shape Tasman website. This scope has been approved by Waka Kotahi. The next step is to get full Council approval to proceed, in terms of the Traffic Control Devices Bylaw. Staff have applied for release of the first tranche of implementation funding. Subject to Full Council approval and release of funding, work is scheduled to start in October 2023.
1351	Kaiteriteri Estuary Shared Path	​New timber boardwalk and some sections of sealed path along coastal side of Martin Farm Road	Green	Delivery	8/12/2023	640,484	124,676	Contract has been awarded to Downer. Work to begin end of October.
	Moutere / Waimea
1347	Mapua Streets for people and Cycle Lanes	​Walking and cycling improvements to align with walking and cycling strategy.	Green	Delivery	28/06/2024	933,180	147,137	Contractors established on site, work due for completion start of October.
1369	Moutere Weir Fish Passage Remediation and Habitat Rehabilitation	​Re-build an existing weir to provide healthy fish communities	Green	Delivery	10/05/2024	250,000	590	Procured contractor through direct source method. Currently being priced. Lodging resource consent application end of September.
1356	Moutere Hills Community Centre - Sewer System Upgrade	​Increasing the size and capacity of the existing wastewater system, tanks and disposal field.	Green	Planning	8/07/2024	147,000	0.00	Commencing initial design
	Murchison
1360	Murchison Pump Track and Playground	​Upgrade the existing bike track behind the Murchison recreation centre and install basic playground equipment.	Green	Procurement	15/03/2024	250,000	0.00	Out for tender 23/08/2023
	Richmond
1141	Richmond South Low Level Reservoir and pipeline	​Construct new reservoir facility and pipeline (from Arizona subdivision to new reservoir) to extend water supply network in Richmond South	Amber	Planning		0.00	0.00	Construction for this project has been pushed out in the LTP to the 2028/29 FY.  Design and consenting are on hold. Future budget to be agreed.
1168	Stormwater Land Purchase Programme	​Ongoing land purchase programme for Richmond Stormwater	Green	Planning	30/06/2028	13,380,451	9,614,145	Negotiations are underway for several property purchases in Richmond south. The programme involves purchase of many properties which will extend through to at least 2026+
1208	Berryfield Lower Queen Intersection Upgrade	​Upgrade of Berryfield Drive/Lower Queen Street intersection	Amber	Planning		2,969,600	609,918	Only council budget currently. Additional funding required from Waka Kotahi.
1242	Best Island Land Acquisition and Accessway	​Secure land on behalf of a group of properties with no legal road access to their boundary.	Green	Planning		370,000	0.00	Sale and purchase agreement has been signed and recommendation to the minister of conservation has been lodged for the reserves act process.
1252	Borck Creek Widening SH60 to Reed Andrews	​Borck Creek widening with walking and cycling provisions.	Amber	Planning	30/06/2026	3,364,518	59,233	Design is on-hold until design objectives for Richmond Stormwater programme are formally adopted by Council and that these align with the preliminary design. This step is required to ensure proper process is followed in regard to the Public Works Act. Staff are working on Iwi consultation for the overall programme.
1325	Streets for People Richmond 2021-24	​Walking and Cycle improvements.	Green	Planning	28/06/2024	4,234,040	433,823	Trial cycleways have been approved for Salisbury Road, Queen Street, Wensley Road and top of Oxford St.  Co- Design process for Hill and Champion are complete. Designs yet to be approved internally. Staff are developing a construction programme to link in with the Transport Choices Richmond work programme to minimise disruptions.
1317	Richmond South Section H - W, WW, SW	​Widening of upper Bateup drain, including water and wastewater services for the area.	Green	Initiation	30/06/2027	40,000	33,625	Design phases are progressing along with more detailed land investigations following initial concept design.
1265	Residential Greenways 2022 2023	​1. Crescent Street / Blair Terrace Raised intersection2. Wensley Road raised zebra crossing at Waverley (non-subsidised)3. Elizabeth street / Florence Street raised intersection4. Widen footpath between Linden Court to Talbot Street and add tactile pavers to Talbot Street pedestrian refuge.5. Make Elizabeth Street temporary planter boxes permanent.6 Crescent Street / Wensley Road raised table	Green	Delivery	25/08/2023	393,423	235,317	Contractor has established on site. Variation has been awarded to complete Wensley / Queen Street raised pedestrian tables.
1345	Richmond Transport Choices	​Cycleways intersection improvements, speed tables and traffic calming areas to align with the walking and cycling strategy.	Green	Delivery	28/06/2024	8,500,000	586,189	Transport Choices Richmond is split into three tender packages, The first package of work for William Street has been awarded to Isaac Construction and due to start work end of September. Package three is currently out to tender, and construction due to start October 2023.  Package two will be going to tender 4th October 2023 with an estimated start date of February 2024.
1273	Reed Andrews Drain SH6 Culvert and Network Tasman drain upgrade	​Stormwater upgrade at State Highway 6	Green	Planning	1/06/2026	9,600,000	109,129	Moving into preliminary design phase. Working with the greater Richmond South Stormwater project in relation to adjoining properties.
1373	Church Refurbishment	​Earthquake strengthening and fit out work at Church building. This will provide an additional 26 work stations.	Green	Delivery	29/11/2023	497,305	187,716	Building works commenced. Forecast completion end of October.
1403	Zone 2 Earthquake Strengthening	Earthquake strengthening and fit out work at Resource Consent area first floor main office building.	Green	Planning	15/01/2024	157,561	2000	In Planning stage - scheduled to begin work end of October 2023.
1390	Zone 3 Earthquake Strengthening	Earthquake strengthening and fit out work for ground floor of main office building in the PWS (People Wellbeing and Safety) and L & D (Legal and Democracy) and Council Operations areas, also includes first floor Service and Strategy area.	Green	Planning	30/08/2024	796,504	0.00	In Planning stage- scheduled to begin work January 2024.

 

 

Programme Management Report

 

Programmes

·    Government Stimulus Funding

·    Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF)

·    Better off funding (BoF)

·    Transport Choices

·    Shared Pathways

 

​No	​PROGRAMME NAME	​PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION	​STATUS	​STAGE	​ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE	​TOTAL EXTERNAL FUNDING ​	​ TOTAL CLAIMS UP TODATE ​ ​	​PROGRAMME STATUS SUMMARY
​1222	Government Stimulus Funding	​​The Government Stimulus Funding Programme manages funding received as part of the post-Covid government stimulus package which includes 23 projects across Jobs for Nature, Libraries Funding, Town Halls & War Memorials Renovations, Three Waters, and roading projects. Out of the 23, 16 have been delivered and there are 6 Jobs for Nature projects and one infrastructure project in delivery.  The six Jobs for Nature projects: Wetland Restoration, Fish Passage Improvement, Waimea Inlet Enhancement, Waimea Inlet Billion Trees, Pigeon Valley Restoration and Wilding Conifer Control.      Remaining Infrastructure project: Motueka Stop Bank Refurbishment	Green	​ 16 Projects Completed   7 projects in Delivery	​June 2026	​$ 37,385,088	$ 29,232,231	Jobs for Nature Projects : Project summery report attached. Motueka Stop Bank Refurbishment Project: is progressing as per the plan and more details are provided in the project section of the report.
1340	Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF)	The Infrastructure Acceleration Fund initiative is part of the Housing Acceleration Fund designed to allocate funding to new or upgraded infrastructure (such as transport, three waters and flood management infrastructure).  The two elements of the programme are: Housing Outcomes (200 dwellings) which will be delivered by Wakatū & Enabling Infrastructure Projects: ·   Motueka West Stormwater ·   Motueka West Wastewater (pipes and pump station) ·   Whakarewa/Mannoy Roundabout	Green	All 3 Projects in Delivery	May 2025	$1.2 million	None	Programme is progressing as per the plan and more details are provided in the project section of the report.
1341	Better Off Funding (BoF)	Better Off Funding is a package of $5.64m for Tasman supports the goals of the Three Waters Reform Programme by supporting local government to invest in the wellbeing of their communities in a manner that meets the priorities of both the central and local government.  The programme originally comprised of 21 projects, and now expanded up to 25 projects.	Green	4 Projects in Initiation   4 Projects in Planning     17 Projects in Delivery	June 2027	$5.64 Million	$639,000	Programme is progressing as per the plan. First 6 monthly reports have been accepted by the monitor CIP and approved by the funder DIA.  Detailed report attached
1386	Tasman Transport Choices	Transport choices programme is to give residents of Richmond and Motueka greater and improved options for the way they travel every day. There are three sources of funding across the projects under this programme of work: Better off Funding, Waka Kotahi and the Council. The two projects fall under this programme are: ·    Motueka Transport Choices Project ·    Richmond Intersections and Raised Tables Transport Choices Project	Green	1 in Planning 1 in Delivery	June 2026	$17.56million	$100,000(BoF)   $1,093,460 (Waka Kotahi)	Richmond project is on track and the Motueka project is facing some challenges from some community groups. More details about the projects are in the project section of the report.
1399	Shared Pathways	Shared pathways programme is funded through both DIA(BoF) and   MBIE (Tourism Infrastructure Fund) The two projects under this programme are  Pohara shared path and Kaiteriteri Shared Path.	Green	Delivery	Dec 2023	$1,003,714	$20,000 (BoF) $ 163,430(TIF))	MBIE Tourism Infrastructure Fund funding (TIF) agreements have been executed and the first funding claims have been submitted.   Both projects are on track and more details about the projects are in the project section of the report.

 

 

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Apple Shed - Mapua

7.1     Refurbishment works have reached practical completion at the Apple Shed Kitchen and Bar.

7.2     We have undertaken maintenance to the lower roof including leak mitigation to the low-pitched roof with new gutters for better rain water management.

7.3     We have also provided a new windows over the coastal marine area, better door draught exclusion and a store to the Aranui Road to bring up the aesthetic of the road façade and new access way paths and decking to increase accessibility.

7.4     Internally works were completed to the kitchen with new flooring and a strip drain to allow better cleaning of the kitchen area.

7.5     The work has involved close partnering with iwi as the whole precinct has cultural significance.

7.5     We have had iwi monitors on site and the work was completed under HNZPT archaeological authority with archaeologists assessing area s where ground disturbance was required.

 

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After

 

 

 

Faulkners Bush Playground

8.1     Staff have carried out consultation with the Wakefield Community Council on the proposed Faulkners Bush Playground additions.  The proposed playground which is in the final design phase will provide additional elements to the existing playground equipment and flying fox.

Community Housing

8.2     Currently we have almost 100% occupancy with the Mears Haven renovated property almost ready for re-tenanting.

8.3     A biennial tenancy survey has been distributed and results will be collated at the beginning of November.

8.4     Annual cottage inspections has been scheduled for October.  The wait list is currently sitting at approximately 160 people with the majority being in Richmond.

Coastcare

8.5     Tasman Bay coast care planting has now finished. There are still a few sites yet to be completed in the Western Golden Bay areas of Pakawau, Parapara and Patons Rock.  Due to it generally being wetter in the west we can carry out planting later in the season

8.6     Planting has been completed around the new toilet block in Torrent Bay.  This was a requirement of the toilet block consent when it was installed.

Reserves and Facilities Staff Members Planting around the Torrent Bay toilet block – September 2023

 

Golden Bay Recreation Park

8.7     The Golden Bay Athletics Club have after many decades relocated back to the Recreation Park.

8.8     Orientation of the Athletics track and other field event throwing areas has been planned by Athletics and Council staff.

8.9     Staff have allocated storage under the new grandstand building to all codes who use the facilities and grounds.

8.10   A gravel area and concreted section has been installed in the transition area between the Rugby Ground and Grandstand to prevent it ponding and becoming muddy.  Previously mud was being tracked into the Recreation Centre which was making it difficult to keep some areas of the facility clean. 

8.11   Staff and the Recreation Park Committee have had discussions about the need for additional changing room facilities at the Park.  This has become more crucial particularly during the winter sports season with the increase in football and rugby teams and the need to provide changing facilities for women’s and girls’ teams. Preliminary indications are that Rugby need an additional 4 changing rooms.  Football also need at least 2 changing rooms but could use existing ones in the facility.

8.12   Staff and Committee members will further investigate whether any existing buildings can be used for changing in conjunction with a purpose-built changing room building. Rugby and Soccer will also look at funding options that could be available.

Community Plantings

8.13   Staff have completed all of the district wide plantings with community groups and schools.

8.14   Approximately 7000 native plants have been planted in reserves around the district.

8.15   Other organisations such as Trees that Count and Tasman Environmental Trust have also provided additional native plants for public plantings in reserves.

8.16   Community interest and participation is still very strong and many groups undertake maintenance of plantings throughout the summer which assists with Council’s maintenance schedules.

McKee Domain and Kina Campgrounds

8.17   In preparation for the opening of the camp season in October the campground toilet building has been painted.

8.18   Vegetation control has been carried out over the winter months also leaky pipes and taps have been repaired.

8.19   New caretakers commenced work in July this year and they have carried out a deep clean of showers and toilets during the period the camp was closed to camping.

8.20   Staff have recycled the wood fired barbecues from Moturoa/Rabbit Island and put 2 in each of Kina and McKee campgrounds. The previous wood fired barbecues at the campgrounds were due for replacement and this was seen as a lower cost option.

Kingsland Forest

8.21   Over the last three months a lot of work has been undertaken in the Kingsland Forest Park. This has included post-harvest operations (reinstatement of tracks and roads), construction of mountain bike tracks and an a high level of tree planting. Over 50,000 trees have been planted this winter in some very tricky terrain. 36,000 of these were native trees and the rest was a mix of a number of species that will provide great aesthetic and amenity value to the Forest Park as well as helping to stabilise slope and provide enhanced biodiversity.

8.22   In this mix twenty different species including Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) and a number of different Oaks amongst others were selected for their ability to tolerate the dry exposed conditions present in some of the steeper areas of the Forest Park. This mix of species will also help to bring a flash of Autumnal colour to the backdrop of Richmond.

8.23   Plans are already in place for another large planting programme in Winter 2024. The areas that were harvested this year in the Jimmy Lee Creek and Lodestone catchments will be the target for over 40,000 native trees. Preparation will see targeted weed control that will utilise aerial and ground-based applications in the coming months.

The team from Environmental Forest Services making progress on a slope above Jimmy Lee Creek

 

 Native planting by Kumanu Environmental in a gully above Grassy Saddle

Some of the typical terrain and vegetation encountered by contractors during the planting.

 

Decks Reserve Playground Upgrade

8.24   Staff presented high level costs and more detailed design to the Motueka Community Board at the 19 September meeting. There has been a further request from the Board to incorporate a ‘3 on 3’ basketball facility which we are incorporating into the design and costings.

 

Motueka Recreation Centre signage upgrade

8.25   An entrance and exit signage upgrade is being carried out as part of the roading works upgrade to the cycle way crossing in front of the Motueka Recreation Centre carpark. The project also includes a redesign and marking of the entire carpark area.

 

Recreation and Community Centres Hui

8.26   A Recreation Centre hui is to be held at the Murchison Recreation Centre in Early November. This is coordinated by Council staff every year and is an opportunity for centre managers from Council facilities to discuss current issues and meet with other recreation and community centre professionals.

 

Murchison Sport, Recreation and Cultural Centre Basketball Skills Event

8.27   The Murchison facility had a visit by members of the Nelson Giants Basketball Team which took place on 13 September.

8.28   The initiative is part of growing the game of basketball in Murchison and falls under the ‘Giants in Schools’ programme, which has helped thousands of young people further their basketball.

8.29   Local pupils from Murchison Area School were able to have some top-level skills passed onto them including shooting, dribbling and passing drills as well as a game or two.

8.30   These coaching sessions are just one of the many events and activities that are made possible by having a quality venue like the MSRCC in the Tasman District.

8.31   Tony Strange from the Reserves and Facilities team arranged the visit and assisted and provide promotional photos for Council’s Communications Team.

Murchison Basket Skills Event

 

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6.4     Digital Innovation Programme Update  

Information Only - No Decision Required

Report To:	Operations Committee
Meeting Date:	28 September 2023
Report Author:	Chris Blythe, Programme Manager - Digital Innovation Programme
Report Authorisers:	Steve Manners, Group Manager - Information, Science and Technology
Report Number:	ROC23-09-3

 

1.1     New projects starting this year are being initiated including Merlin – MagiQ Cloud Implementation, HRIS Performance and Aspirations Module and Data and Insights for the Data Specialist Procurement.

1.2     Key work underway includes the Harakeke CRM procurement and the migration of Infrastructure and applications to cloud services.

1.3     The Long Term Plan (LTP) risk and priority assessment of the Digital Innovation Programme (DIP) is underway.

1.4     The forecast increase in the total cost of the programme from $16M to $20M is detailed in section 6. The main increase is the cost of the Council Core Applications workstream to meet business needs and planned benefits, and the inclusion of staff backfill costs to release people to work on the key project implementations.

1.       That the Operations Committee receives the Digital Innovation Programme Update        report ROC23-09-3.

3.1     Table 1 provides a summary of the workstreams and projects.

3.2     Overall, the programme and projects are progressing well. The main risks to project progress are availability of staff and managing business change in the context of a range of other external and internal change demands.

 

 

Project Name	Description	Status	Stage	Project Summary
Digital Innovation Programme	Council digital transformation programme to replace out of date systems, improve data integrity, disaster recovery, cyber-security and improve customer service.	Amber	Delivery	Project implementation for 2023-24 in initiation stage. CRM project in procurement stage and Cloud migrations continuing. Amber owing to slow pace of project initiation this year, which is being addressed through the initiation process of this year’s projects.
DIP - CCA HR Payroll	​​Upgrade HRIS (Jemini) and Payroll (Affinity) systems	Green	Delivery	Phase one (HRIS-Payroll) in closure.
DIP - Community Channels and Workflow	Developing digital channels for customers to interact with Council, including MyTasman App.	Green	Initiation	This workstream will start up once the CRM vendor is appointed.
DIP - IS Operating Model	Improve the capacity and capability of the IS team to meeting increasing Council and community service demands.	Green	Delivery	Agile training for IS team scheduled for October 2023. Assurity testing underway as a separate project
DIP - CCA Harakeke	Replacement of core systems including CRM, FMIS, HRIS and Payroll.	Green	Procurement	RFI being developed. Target October tender period and contract award April 2024.
DIP - Cloud Transition	Migration of apps and databases to offsite data centres to reduce disaster risk to on-site servers, free up physical space, and enable future data lake.	Green	Delivery	Migrations to Azure and vBridge will complete by end 2023. 2023-24 scope of work being finalised.
DIP - Data and Insights	Developing data management policy and framework and creating a data lake to lever data access.	Amber	Initiation	Start-up is behind schedule. Currently working on Project Brief and procurement of technical lead to develop data governance and target operating model to bring the project back on track.
DIP - Smart Region	Creating more internet access in the community and use of Internet of Things with Council assets.	Green	Initiation	Revised business case and ILM will inform scope of workstream.
DIP MagiQ Wrapper	Development of API to maintain integrations with MagiQ Cloud	Green	Delivery	API designs in progress.
DIP - Merlin MagiQ Cloud Upgrade	MagiQ on premise upgrade to MagiQ in the Cloud to enable security and stability of FMIS.	Green	Initiation	Project brief in development. Confirming team and business unit resourcing and availability.
DIP MagiQ Customer Data Cleanse	Improved rules and data quality for customer records in MagiQ.	Green	Initiation	Project brief complete. Waiting for confirmation of sponsor and project manager.
DIP IS Test Strategy	Training and support for IS Team to uplift software testing processes.	Green	Delivery	Test strategy document in development. Training for IS scheduled for September 2023.
DIP Performance and Aspirations	Implementation of HRIS Performance and Aspirations Module.	Green	Initiation	Project initiation underway. Scope of work agreed with vendor.

Table 1 - summary of the workstreams and projects.

 

 

 

4.1     The programme financial and work completion report for August 2023 is attached (Attachment 1.).

4.2     The forecast for this financial year is $4.9M and the spend to date for this year is $265,655 against a forecast of $446,738. The difference is owing to some delays to project initiation for this year’s projects.  All the key projects are in initiation and good progress is being made to get the projects underway and we expecting to be on track for this year’s financial spend.

4.3     Table 2 shows estimates and spend by workstream for this financial year.

Workstream	Budget	Forecast	Actual
Programme Layer	805,029	848,628	107,829
Community Channels and Workflows	863,350	70,087	-
Core Council Applications	1,905,000	1,860,274	102,923
Data and Insights (Data Lake)	3,881,921	406,004	-
Cloud	643,209	1,207,000	54,903
Smart Region	482,450	166,004	-
IS Operating Model	44,995	152,000	-

Table 2 – estimates by workstream

4.4     There is a difference between the budgets and forecasts in table 2.  This is because the budget is based on the LTP 2023-24 budget with carry forwards applied.  We have made a request to Finance to transfer the budgets to line up with the planned costs for each workstream. The reasons for these changes are:

4.5     The Community Channels and Workflows work is linked to the implementation of the CRM and so this budget is being carried forward to 2024-25 to align with the CRM project.

4.6     The Data and Insights workstream has a smaller scope of work this year and our current planning shows that the scale of work is less than previously determined.

4.7     The Cloud workstream was scoped earlier this year in the light of new information about security management. The current priority activities in this workstream are estimated to cost $1,207k.  The unspent funds from Data Insights will transfer to this budget (if approved).

4.8     The IS Operating Model is delivering a piece of work to develop new implementation testing methods and standards to train the Information Services (IS) team in how to deliver more robust testing. This was initially included in the Core Applications Workstream but better fits the purpose of the IS Operating Model workstream.

5.1     The overall affordability of the proposal Long Term Plan 2024-34 poses a risk to the continuation of the DIP as it is currently scoped. A reforecast of the DIP programme recommends an increase of $4M phased over years 1-4 in the next LTP. This is discussed in section 6.

 

6.1     There was a Council LTP Workshop about the proposed Digital Innovation Programme on 6 September.  The DIP team explained progress to date, lessons learned, current context and a reforecast of the programme. We are progressing planning and estimating for the next LTP.  The current reforecast proposes rescheduling the programme until year 4 of the next LTP to account for some delays and a recognition that significant change will take longer to implement.  Table 3 shows rounded estimates that explain the additional $4M requested in the next LTP.

Table 3:

New provision for backfill for staff delivering key DIP business change projects	$900,000
New provision for change management resourcing	$240,000
A revision of costs estimates to implement the minimum viable product for a Customer Relationship Management system and future Core Application module upgrades.	$1,300,000
Upgrade to MagiQ Cloud to maintain our ERP	$250,000
Cost for resourcing the programme for years 1-4 (next LTP)	$800,000
Minor cost adjustments across the programme	$100,000
Contingency for above items	$410,000
TOTAL	$4,000,000.00

6.2     As discussed with Councillors at the 6 September LTP Workshop, the scope of the Core Applications workstream has changed owing to new information obtained through the business engagement and vendor market workshops.  The scope of this work is not as simple as a replacement for MagiQ, and the range of workflow and data issues to address, as well as the opportunities we can realise, means the scope of the Core Applications workstream has increased. 

6.3     We are undertaking a risk review of the DIP as part of the LTP process to identify a ‘must do’ programme as part of the Long Term Plan process. Revisions to any estimates will be provided in line with the LTP process timeline.

 

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6.5     Environmental Education

Information Only - No Decision Required

Report To:	Operations Committee
Meeting Date:	28 September 2023
Report Author:	Yulia Panfylova, Community Partnerships Coordinator
Report Authorisers:	John Ridd, Group Manager - Service and Strategy
Report Number:	ROC23-09-4

 

1.1     Environmental education helps to balance Council's regulatory and compliance function by providing opportunities to engage with and support our communities.

1.2     This report provides an overview of recent work carried out by the Community Partnerships team focusing on environmental education work that has arisen through collaborations with other teams across Council.

1.3     The rest of the environmental education work carried out by our team, which includes Tasman Enviroschools and projects in Mohua/Golden Bay, will be the focus of a later report.

1.4     The education we deliver aligns with various Council strategies and plans, including the Nelson Tasman Waste Management and Minimisation Plan, the Tasman Climate Action Plan and the Tasman Biodiversity Strategy.

1.5     For more information about our team’s work, please see the Ecobuzz newsletters that are produced by Prashanti each term and available on Council’s website here.

 

1.       That the Operations Committee receives the Environmental Education report

          ROC23-09-4.

 

3.1     The environmental education portfolio sits within the Community Partnerships team and is delivered by Partnerships and Environmental Education Officers Claire Webster (CJ), Prashanti Lovegrove and Jessie Cross. Prashanti and Jessie job share and are both based in the Richmond office. CJ is based in Mohua/Golden Bay.

3.2     Our goal for environmental education at Council is to empower our communities with the knowledge and tools they need to effectively care for their environment and live sustainably. 

3.3     The key education and behaviour change areas for our team are water quality and conservation, biodiversity, air quality, climate change and waste minimisation.

3.4     Our mahi links in with the mahi of many other teams across Council. In this report we will outline some recent examples of collaborative projects we have been involved with.

4.1     Prashanti is our in-house compost expert and has recently delivered two free community workshops to introduce the basics of composting and encouraging more people to give it a go. Both workshops were well attended, with 45 people at the May workshop and 26 people at the August workshop, both held at the Richmond library. Attendees had lots of questions about composting, worm farms and bokashi.

4.2     These events are aligned with Council’s Joint Waste Management and Minimisation Plan, which aims to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill. These workshops were supported by the Wastes team and funded through the waste levy. Karen Lee, Nelson City Council’s Waste Minimisation Advisor, was consulted in the planning of these events.

4.3     Feedback from attendees was mainly positive. 

4.4     Given the success of these workshops, we intend to run more of them in the coming months. The next one is scheduled for 13 September at the Motueka library. If anyone knows of a group or community that would benefit from the workshop, please contact Prashanti at prashanti.lovegrove@tasman.govt.nz

4.5     We supported Motueka High School through the process of applying for one of our Waste Minimisation Project grants (funded by the waste levy) so that they could install a composting system at school. These will be used by horticulture students as part of a redevelopment that now includes a glasshouse, shade house, shed and raised garden beds. Enviro students are taking responsibility for emptying food scrap collection bins into the new compost boxes.

5.1     We facilitated a connection between Wakefield School and the Biosecurity & Biodiversity team to provide the school with decommissioned rat traps for use on school grounds. We continue to spread the word about rat traps available for purchase from Council.

6.1     We have started working with water engineers on community education about potable water supply and conservation. Our intention is to help residents understand where their water comes from before it gets to their tap, and why there are charges for use of water. We aim to increase awareness of how precious our local water resources are and encourage people to conserve water.

6.2     We’ve been working with Andrea Goodwin, Council’s Wastewater & Stormwater Quality Specialist, on delivering a stream health monitoring session with two Waimea College classes. The topics are stormwater, what goes down the drain and how to prevent toxins getting into waterways through stormwater drains. We used our catchment model to demonstrate how water flows through the landscape.

7.1     This May we turned a Nelmac planting at Borck Creek into a community event to encourage residents to connect with their local waterway. Working with Giles Griffith from the Project Management team we organised the community to put 250 plants in the ground on a Sunday afternoon. The community appreciated the opportunity to be involved with making their local stream more beautiful, with more habitat for native species.

8.1     The team worked with Senior Climate Change Policy Advisor, Barbara Lewando, and Senior Resource Scientist, Alastair Clement, to design a “Dreaming Big” workshop. We ran it as a pilot at the Cawthron Inspire Festival on 1 September for primary and intermediate aged students.

8.2     The workshop introduced climate change challenges and gave students the opportunity to think about how they would use land, grow food, build houses and what transportation modes they would use if they were in charge.

8.3     Students were challenged with ‘weather wildcards’, including heavy rainfall, coastal storms, drought and wildfires to see how their towns would stand up to extreme weather events that are likely to occur more frequently with climate change. We used hazard maps to show students the areas likely to be impacted by flooding events, so they could see how their towns would stand up to real life events.

8.4     Feedback from students after the workshop included that they enjoyed learning about different types of houses used by different cultures; different types of transport; and they enjoyed designing their own towns. Some wanted to go into even more detail with designing facilities and buildings. The students had some interesting discussions between themselves when designing their towns. Some wanted to live in a basic town with no electricity and minimal impact on the environment. Others wanted to build large dams and sea walls to protect them from the sea and construct canals that would allow them to move around in flat-bottomed boats. These discussions helped the students to understand some of the challenges involved in planning a town to meet the needs and expectations of all its residents. They responded well to the added challenge of adverse weather events and learned from these not to build towns too close to the coast or riverbanks to avoid future risk of flooding.

8.5     We will work further on developing this interactive activity as it has great potential to be used as a consultation tool and as informal climate change education for all ages.

9.1     The team is in contact with the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum who are championing the “Take the Jump” movement locally. This is a movement that began in 2022 in the UK and has been adopted with great enthusiasm locally. Members of the Climate Forum have been adapting the Take the Jump messages to be more relevant to our people here in Nelson Tasman. Take the Jump is backed by science and its message is simple – we can all make a difference by making seven shifts to reduce our impact on the planet. We don’t need to be perfect, and we don’t need to compare ourselves to others, we just need to start. The seven shifts for people in Aotearoa to make are:

·    Travel fresh – walk or bike, carpool and take public transport;

·    Holiday local – enjoy local excursions, be strategic when booking a flight;

·    Get planting – act to preserve and protect Aotearoa’s unique biodiversity;

·    Dress retro – shop second hand;

·    End clutter – keep products for at least seven years;

·    System change – make at least one shift to nudge the system (e.g. submit on Council’s plans and policies); and

·    Eat green – eat mindfully, more plant-based, local food, compost waste.

9.2     We have been working with Communication Advisor, Darryl Mead, on an internal Take the Jump proposal, to test how it goes with Council staff before looking at how we might incorporate it into more of our work in the community.

9.3     We introduced Take the Jump to the students who participated in our Dreaming Big workshop at the Cawthron Inspire Festival. Students were given the opportunity to choose a ‘jump’ that they want to make. Many chose to “dress retro” by visiting their local secondhand shops and “travel fresh” by walking, scootering or biking to school. One student from Collingwood said she would really like to walk to school as she lives relatively close by, but there is no footpath and the bus doesn’t stop at her house so she is left with getting a ride with her parents.

10.1   We have been organising a community firewood collection day at Rabbit Island for the end of October in collaboration with Senior Enterprise Portfolio Officer, Stephen Batt and the PF Olsen Forestry team. Dave Pullen, our local home heating expert will attend the event to provide information to residents about how to properly store and season the wood before burning it, to reduce smoke pollution. We are also planning to incorporate some fire safety education with support from our local fire brigade. This event will be run in conjunction with the family picnic celebrating the end of Step Out, the walking festival that is being run throughout October.

10.2   We are working with the GIS team and Environmental Policy to identify homeowners that qualify for the Warmer Healthier Homes Grant, so that we can send them a letter informing them of the 100% funding they may be eligible for, for ceiling and underfloor insulation. Council provides some funding to the Warmer Healthier Homes Te Tauihu Charitable Trust to support their work in Tasman, so it is important that qualifying Tasman residents are aware of the grants and take up the opportunity to improve the insulation (and health) of their homes.

 

11.1   The Paynes Ford Pā Harakeke working bee earlier this year was led by Kaitohutohu Māori, Nell Kelly and Blair Reid, together with Mana whenua ki Mohua and DOC. This community working bee aimed to remove weeds and tidy up the pa harakeke. This involved weed-eating done by DOC, and everyone working together to remove blackberry and other weeds. We invited Collingwood School along because they are interested in enhancing their own Pā Harakeke, which we are supporting them with. On the day there were three generations all working together to restore this special place.

12.1   We facilitated the connection between three schools and the Reserves & Facilities team and supported the following tree planting events:

·   Hope School at Busch Reserve;

·   Appleby School at Waimea River; and

·   Waimea College graduation planting at Waimea Inlet. This began in 2022 as a project led by the College’s Enviro Leaders, who we work closely with through Enviroschools. Each Waimea College year 13 student is given the opportunity to plant a tree at this site. This is a special way for students to mark their graduation milestone by connecting to a place close to their school that they can revisit in years to come. The planting will go ahead again this year on 12 September.

12.2   We would like to thank Team Leader – Reserves Operations, Richard Hilton, who was instrumental in getting those projects off the ground.

13.1   Staff have worked on the following educational signs:

·   Pā Harakeke sign for Wakefield School. Richard Hilton helped the school plant the harakeke in 2020, and the sign now tells the story of this special place for future students to see. 

·   Borck Creek signage about the tuna/eels living in the creek (yet to be installed). This project arose after reports of people harming the eels living in Borck Creek. It was a collaboration between David Arsenau (infrastructure planning), Robert Workman (stormwater engineer), CJ, Prashanti, and Richard Hilton.

·   More signs are planned for inanga spawning sites across the region.

 

 

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