Costs associated with Guildford Timber Company
Stefan Brown made this Official Information request to Upper Hutt City Council
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From: Stefan Brown
Dear Upper Hutt City Council,
I am requesting details of all and any costs associated with Guildford Timber Company’s attempt to gain the Silverstream spur land.
The details I am seeking are as follows which include the cost of council staff dealing with these matters, both hours spent and breakdowns of their hourly rate.
Costs associated with the Property Group Report on offering back the spur produced in 2007
Costs associated with the 2015 Beca Report of selling the land.
Costs associated with the Graeme Walker report of development potential
Costs associated with the production of the Boffa Miskell ecological report
Costs associated with the property valuation undertaken as part of the land swap.
Costs associated with the halted sale of 10ha of the spur once the full swap was declined.
Costs associated with the portion of the Beca and council produced EOI to the IAF that relate to the Spur or wider Guildford Development.
Any other costs incurred by council staff in relation to the above matters.
I also request a copy of the Graeme Walker report of development potential of the Spur.
Yours faithfully,
Stefan Brown
From: UHCC
Upper Hutt City Council
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for contacting the Upper Hutt City Council.
For anything urgent please call our Council phone number 04 527 2169.
Ngā mihi,
Ratonga Kaihoko | Customer Services
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta | Upper Hutt City Council
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From: UHCC
Upper Hutt City Council
Tēnā koe Stefan,
Thank you for your email which we have forwarded to our OIA team for their response.
Malo 'Aupito,
Emoni Fifita-Falepapalangi
Kanohi Kitea Ratonga Kiritaki |
Customer Services Representative
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta | Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
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From: OIA Requests
Upper Hutt City Council
Kia ora Stefan,
I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13
October 2021 requesting the below information.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 11 November 2021, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into
account.
Kind regards,
Michael Gibbons
Executive and Administration Assistant, Strategy, Partnerships and Growth
EA for Vibhuti Chopra, Director, Strategy, Partnerships and Growth
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [1][email address]
W: [2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil
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From: OIA Requests
Upper Hutt City Council
Kia ora Stefan,
We thank you for your Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act request below. We have granted your request in full, please see the
below information for a breakdown of the costs in your request:
Costs associated with the Property Group Report on offering back the spur
produced in 2007 – We have searched through our records and to the best of
our knowledge, we do not hold such a report.
Costs associated with the 2015 Beca Report of selling the land –
$7,600.00 ex GST.
Costs associated with the Graeme Walker report of development potential –
$3,967.50 ex GST.
Costs associated with the production of the Boffa Miskell ecological
report – $4,000.01 ex GST.
Costs associated with the property valuation undertaken as part of the
land swap – $20,490.00 ex GST.
Costs associated with the halted sale of 10ha of the spur once the full
swap was declined – There were various options discussed and dismissed in
regard to the Memorandum of Understanding with GTC, of which one was a
partial sale. There were no separate costs incurred with the various
options that were discussed.
Costs associated with the portion of the Beca and council produced EOI to
the IAF that relate to the Spur or wider Guildford Development – The total
cost paid to Beca for EOI support is $31,515.65 (ex GST), which covered 4
different applications. Costs per application were not separated out and
therefore this information is not available.
Any other costs incurred by council staff in relation to the above matters
– we are not aware of any additional costs by council staff in relation to
the above matters.
Cost of council staff dealing with these matters (hours spent and their
hourly rate) – We do not track how much time council staff work on
particular matters, and therefore we cannot provide this information.
I believe this has answered the full scope of your request. Please let me
know if you have any further questions about this request.
If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make
a complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Warm regards,
Michael
Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [2][email address]
W: [3]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [4]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil
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From: Stefan Brown
Dear OIA Requests,
How about the copy of the Graeme Walker Report on development potential as was requested then we can close this out.
The Property Group report was commissioned in 2007 and looked at what obligations the council had in regards to offering the land back to the previous owners if it was no longer required. Which at that point it apparently was not but was not an obligation to offer it back as it was not purchased for public works. Its disappointing you claim not to have it.
Yours sincerely,
Stefan Brown
From: Stefan Brown
Dear OIA Requests,
Are you please able to send a copy of the Graeme Walker development potential of the Silverstream spur as I requested. This will close out the original request.
Yours sincerely,
Stefan Brown
From: OIA Requests
Upper Hutt City Council
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Kia ora Stefan,
Thanks for checking in, and my sincerest apologies for the delay - I
thought I had sent it a few days ago but it was sitting in my drafts!
Please find the Graeme Walker report attached.
Warm regards,
Michael
Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [1][email address]
W: [2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil
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