Information Held Re: Rail to Huapai
Nigel Jones made this Official Information request to Auckland Council
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From: Nigel Jones
Dear Auckland Council,
Under LGOIMA, and given Rodney Local Board's recent proposals and advocacy for rail services to Huapai (giving me reason to believe documents may be held), I'd like to request:
Does Auckland Council, directly or via the Rodney Local Board (and potentially Local Boards covering Swanson & Waitakere) hold documents, reports, plans, costings, Benefit Cost Ratios or any other analysis regarding the proposals for the current rail to Huapai plan? If so, what are they, and please provide a copy, if there are multiple versions of documents please provide the latest copy, and any change logs that may exist.
For clarity, the intention of this request is for information held by Auckland Council, and advice received by Auckland Council, not for information that may be held by other agencies (AT, Kiwirail, etc) only (ergo, please do not transfer this request).
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Jones
From: Nigel Jones
Dear Auckland Council,
Just to note that I am aware that a report by MRCagney Pty Ltd, titled "Waitakere to Huapai - Public Transport Options Assessment", Version 5 (14 Feb 2013) has been released by Auckland Transport in the past. There is no need to release this document if included in the scope of my request as it's publicly available at https://fyi.org.nz/request/915-reports-o.... Only confirmation/denial of it's possession by Auckland Council would be required.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Jones
From: Nigel Jones
Good Evening Auckland Council,
Could you please update this LGOIMA request as it now overdue per the Ombudsman's calculator (as the request was sent on a Sunday, I'm treating it as received by the council on Monday 12 Jun 2017, which leads to a calculated due date of 10 July 2017 (Today) for you to either provide, extend, transfer or decline my request.
I am currently preparing a referral to the Ombudsman in the event of further non-response to my request.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Jones
From: Official Information
Auckland Council
Dear Nigel,
I refer to your email which we received on 11 June 2017, requesting
information held specifically by Auckland Council regarding the proposed
Huapai Rail Plan. This included documents, reports, plans, costings,
Benefit Cost Ratios or any other analysis regarding the proposals for the
current rail plan.
We discussed this matter with both the Rodney and Waitakere Ranges Local
Boards. The Local Board Services team confirmed that the Public Transport
Users Association gave a deputation to the Rodney Local Board in June
2015, please refer to item 8 of the attached minutes and its attachment.
We also enquired with other departments in relation to the request, but
found no additional information.
In your request you had specified that you were only requesting
information held by Auckland Council relating to the Huapai Rail Plan, and
not for information held by other agencies. Due to the scope of your
request, the attached documents are the only documents that we could find
in regards to your request. We do understand that other agencies such as
Auckland Transport may hold more extensive information on the Huapai Rail
Plan.
I wish to apologise for the delay in getting this response to you. If you
have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to
your request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section
27(3) of the LGOIMA, to apply to the Ombudsmen to seek an
investigation and review of the decision.
Kind regards
Jenny Hua
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
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Dear Nigel,
I refer to your email which we received on 11 June 2017, requesting information held specifically by Auckland Council regarding the proposed Huapai Rail Plan. This included documents, reports, plans, costings, Benefit Cost Ratios or any other analysis regarding the proposals for the current rail plan.
We discussed this matter with both the Rodney and Waitakere Ranges Local Boards. The Local Board Services team confirmed that the Public Transport Users Association gave a deputation to the Rodney Local Board in June 2015, please refer to item 8 of the attached minutes and its attachment.
We also enquired with other departments in relation to the request, but found no additional information.
In your request you had specified that you were only requesting information held by Auckland Council relating to the Huapai Rail Plan, and not for information held by other agencies. Due to the scope of your request, the attached documents are the only documents that we could find in regards to your request. We do understand that other agencies such as Auckland Transport may hold more extensive information on the Huapai Rail Plan.
I wish to apologise for the delay in getting this response to you. If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to your request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA, to apply to the Ombudsmen to seek an investigation and review of the decision.
Kind regards
Jenny Hua
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
From: Nigel Jones
Thank you Jenny,
Just a point of clarification, page 13 of the attachment, has a reference to both Auckland Council Infrastructure Committee and Waitakere Local Board agreeing with the PTUA's proposal.
This would indicate there is likely documents that lead to some basis of agreement within those two groups within Auckland Council, including potential analysis as to it's viability that may be in scope of my request (in the sense of Auckland Council directly holding the information). Could you please verify if this is the case, or if the PTUA's assertion may be a misnomer.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel Jones
From: Official Information
Auckland Council
Hi Nigel,
My apologies for the delayed reply.
Further to your reply we had a look through of minutes and found the
Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has presented to the (Waitākere
Ranges Local Board) WRLB meeting on 23 April 2015 under the deputation
item.
Subsequent resolution:
8.1 Public Transport Users Association (PTUA)
Resolution number WTK/2015/50
MOVED by Member GB Presland, seconded by Member SR
Tollestrup:
That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a) Receives the deputation from Jon Reeves and
Christine Rose and thank them for the presentation.
b) Supports in principle the western connector
proposal formulated by the Public Transport Users Association
CARRIED
A [1]power point presentation was provided. A copy has been placed in the
official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a
minutes attachment. I've attached their supporting materials.
It has been confirmed by the council’s Local Board Services team that the
local board has received no detailed information/costing advice on the
position beyond general advice provided by Auckland Transport when talking
about the planning for future public transport to serve future urban
growth in the north west.
If you have any further questions, please contact me on 09 301 0101.
Kind regards
Jenny Hua
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
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From: Nigel Jones
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Subject: Re: Official Information request - Information Held Re: Rail to
Huapai
Thank you Jenny,
Just a point of clarification, page 13 of the attachment, has a reference
to both Auckland Council Infrastructure Committee and Waitakere Local
Board agreeing with the PTUA's proposal.
This would indicate there is likely documents that lead to some basis of
agreement within those two groups within Auckland Council, including
potential analysis as to it's viability that may be in scope of my request
(in the sense of Auckland Council directly holding the information).
Could you please verify if this is the case, or if the PTUA's assertion
may be a misnomer.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel Jones
-----Original Message-----
Dear Nigel,
I refer to your email which we received on 11 June 2017, requesting
information held specifically by Auckland Council regarding the proposed
Huapai Rail Plan. This included documents, reports, plans, costings,
Benefit Cost Ratios or any other analysis regarding the proposals for the
current rail plan.
We discussed this matter with both the Rodney and Waitakere Ranges Local
Boards. The Local Board Services team confirmed that the Public Transport
Users Association gave a deputation to the Rodney Local Board in June
2015, please refer to item 8 of the attached minutes and its attachment.
We also enquired with other departments in relation to the request, but
found no additional information.
In your request you had specified that you were only requesting
information held by Auckland Council relating to the Huapai Rail Plan, and
not for information held by other agencies. Due to the scope of your
request, the attached documents are the only documents that we could find
in regards to your request. We do understand that other agencies such as
Auckland Transport may hold more extensive information on the Huapai Rail
Plan.
I wish to apologise for the delay in getting this response to you. If you
have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to
your request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3)
of the LGOIMA, to apply to the Ombudsmen to seek an investigation and
review of the decision.
Kind regards
Jenny Hua
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
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