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James Palmer introduced the item,
noting that although Council activities have been significantly impacted by the
recent flooding events in Central Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa work programmes
remain generally on track. Discussions and queries covered:
· A request was made for an
update on pollution monitoring results in relation to urban waterways.
· It was advised that weekend
meetings are generally preferred by the community, particularly in rural
areas, so they don’t interfere with work commitments.
· In response to the Wairoa
floods, Chris Dolley advised that the Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) team
has been working to follow-up with affected landowners and have partnered
with GNS and Wairoa District Council to do a flyover to gather intelligence
on impacts on the landscape. In relation to schemes, a helicopter flyover has
been done to carry out condition assessment and the Asset Management team is
now following up on questions and queries from people within the schemes and
on communications lists. It was suggested an update on the ICM team
activities be provided to the 11 May EICC meeting in Wairoa.
· Significant gravel
movement from the recent flooding means that river berms will need to be re-surveyed
and that work will take several months to carry out.
· In relation to the
Tukituki chillean needle grass exemption, a map will be provided to show the size
of the area and what has changed.
· A recent hui up at
Ruakituri showed the extensive impacts of flooding and land slips in the
area. With the bridge washed out it is now a 2 hour trip to town, and Apiata
Tapine advised that he’d been told it will be 6 weeks before the foot bridge
is completed. There was a query in relation to when Genesis opened the Lake
Waikaremoana floodgates.
· A Facebook Live session
is scheduled on 10 May, 6-7pm, to share the results of the coastal bird
survey with the public. Results were presented to the Māori Committee in
November last year, and a request was made for the results to be presented to
councillors.
· In response to a query in
relation to giving visibility to Napier-Meeanee flood scheme works it was
advised that key strategic IRG flood scheme activities are reported monthly
through the key
strategic (or change) projects section of the significant activities
report however operational BAU activities will not be reported outside of
what is reported in the quarterly organisational performance reports. Staff
will give some thought to how reporting can be improved.
· The result of the
‘great ride’ to Whirinaki being cancelled due to land acquisition
issues is the withdrawal of central government funding, and staff are
investigating where the associated HBRC funding might be redirected to, e.g.
commuter pathways.
· It was queried what the themes
raised by landowners in Right Tree Right Place survey responses were and the number
of pilot farms have committed as well as a reminder of what the timeline and
next steps for the project are.
· A request was made for an
update on SkyTEM and another on deer management.
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