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5 July 2023
Frank
[FYI request #23107 email]
Tēnā koe Frank,
REQ199353 – Request for Information-CDEM Group building and seismic assessment.
You have made the following request for information:
Dear Waikato Regional Council,
Please identify for your CDEM Group and it’s members each building that is currently identified as the
building intended/likely to be used as -the ECC -an EOC after a seismic event.
Please provide the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type of seismic
assessment completed.
Alternately if you do not hold/cannot provide the above please provide the last seismic assessment for the
buildings identified above.
Council’s response.
As the administrating authority for the Waikato CDEM Group, Waikato Regional Council (Council) have a
responsibility for administrative services, such as entering into contracts on behalf of the CDEM Group
collective. This does not extend to being responsible for the provision of local CDEM services and facilities:
Section 64 of the CDEM Act 2002 states that each member council is responsible for the provision of Civil
Defence Emergency Management in their respective jurisdictions.
As set out in an email to you on 28 June 2023, Council does not hold the above information for buildings
relating to other Waikato CDEM group members and is responding to your request in relation to Waikato
Regional Council’s EOC building. Under section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, your request has been transferred to the Territorial Authorities listed below, who will
all respond on their own behalf in relation to their own EOC buildings.
Waikato District Council
Hauraki District Council
Thames-Coromandel District Council
Matamata-Piako District Council
Hamilton City Council
Waipa District Council
Otorohanga District Council
South Waikato District Council
Taupo District Council
Waitomo District Council.
Please access the One Drive link below to view a copy of a Letter of Reliance dated 15 May 2023 for the
Genesis building, located at 94 Bryce Street, Hamilton. This is the only Emergency Coordination Centre
(ECC/EOC) administered by the Waikato Regional Council on behalf of the Waikato Civil Defence
Emergency Management Group. The Waikato Regional Council also has access to this EOC facility for its
own emergency management purposes.
https://waikatorc-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/alyx_mcdonald_waikatoregion_govt_nz/ErZ8-
FcZla9EuK_Tig4DtGoBWEAwDEl7ir-OMrXvAoSSLw?e=rPmmvI
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards,
Alyx McDonald
OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ADVISOR
Waikato Regional Council
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