Also on Thursday we have a risk appetite workshop to determine the level of mitigation required over strategic risks.
In Operations, the council's submission for the proposed change in speed limits is up for approval. I am aware of people unhappy with this — submissions close on June 25.
The next item of interest is an update about the $11 million given by the Government to Hawke's Bay Regional Council and our council to work together on regional water reforms.
Gisborne District Council is working on improving the Ruatorea water supply. There is no information about this in the agenda so I guess that will be a surprise.
I am pleased to see the Makorori Beach Reserve Vehicle Management Proposal on this agenda. We have had a couple of presentations about the concerns and a couple of phone calls.
In response, council is looking at the installation of bollards between the road and the reserve land to limit access into the dunes, where increasing vehicle movements are thought to be contributing to rapid degradation of the dunes.
Staff also recommend education and warning signage and the introduction of a 20km speed limit applied through the speed management plan.
The cost to get bollards and develop a reserve management plan is $125,000.
The removal of seven Melia trees near the Grey Street and Palmerston Road corner in town is a decision to be made.
Trees are often a big issue for people.
The removal consideration follows pedestrian safety issues, the report says.
Small bead-like seeds drop from the tree and can create a skidding effect when walking over them.
There have been several falls and near misses in this location. The roots of these trees also cause trip hazards, lifting pavement and collapsing kerbing.
The report says staff have directly engaged with adjoining residents and businesses and most submissions have been in support of removing the trees.
They would be replaced with a more appropriate species.
The regional pest management operational plan 2020-2022 is provided for adoption decision.
The last time a plan for this was adopted was 2017.
On reading this plan I find we have a lot of pests and pest plants and a work plan which is worth a look at to see if property owners can synchronise work with council to clean areas up.
An update on the Waingake Transformation Programme and the proposal to disband the Managed Aquifer Trial subcommittee, now the trial is completed, are covered in the agenda.
It closes with an update on the status of the township plans, which had a funding boost in our LTP deliberations.
Not much room left to talk about the Finance and Performance agenda, which has some information reports and two decision reports.
The first one is to bring forward $378,000 of Funding Assisted Rate (FAR) reserves from Waka Kotahi to cover the local share component for the $2.2 million of emergency works happening this year.
The other decision looks at LTP change proposals to be considered separately from the LTP consultation programme.
