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WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE - 3 June 2020
WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE
                                                                      28 May 2020

                  Order Paper for the meeting to be held in the
                                    ZOOM,
                                      on:

     Wednesday 3 June 2020 commencing at 10.00am

Membership
   Cr J Brash                           Greater Wellington Regional Council
   Cr D Bassett (Chair)                 Hutt City Council
   Mayor A Baker                        Porirua City Council
   Mayor A Beijen                       South Wairarapa District Council
   Mayor W Guppy (Deputy Chair)         Upper Hutt City Council
   Cr S Rush                            Wellington City Council
   Mr T Parai                           Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira
   Ms K Skelton                         Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika
   Cr J van Lier                        Greater Wellington Regional Council (Alternate)
   Deputy Mayor T Lewis                 Hutt City Council (Alternate)
   Cr R Leggett                         Porirua City Council (Alternate)
   Deputy Mayor G Emms                  South Wairarapa District Council (Alternate)
   Deputy Mayor H Swales                Upper Hutt City Council (Alternate)
   Cr I Pannett                         Wellington City Council (Alternate)
   Ms N Solomon                         Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira (Alternate)
   Ms K Tamanui                         Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (Alternate)

 For the dates and times of Council Meetings please visit www.huttcity.govt.nz
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Wellington Water Committee
                                    Terms of Reference

Purpose
The Wellington Water Committee ("the Committee") is established to:

    Provide governance and leadership across issues which are related to the planning,
    delivery and management of water services to communities serviced by Wellington
    Water Limited;
    Provide governance oversight of Wellington Water Limited, including by exhibiting good
    governance practice;
    Provide a forum for the representatives of Wellington Water Limited's shareholders and
    mana whenua to meet, discuss and co-ordinate on relevant issues and, through their
    representatives, to exercise their powers; and
    Strive for consistency across all client councils so all customers receive a similar level of
    service.

Status
The Committee is, for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2002, a joint committee of
the Lower Hutt City Council, Porirua City Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Wellington City
Council, and the Wellington Regional Council.

Specific responsibilities
The Committee's responsibilities are:

Governance oversight responsibilities

Shareholder and mana whenua governance oversight of Wellington Water Limited and of the
network infrastructure for the delivery of bulk water, water reticulation, wastewater and
stormwater services in the geographical areas of Wellington Water Limited's operations,
including by:

    Receiving and considering the half-yearly and annual reports of Wellington Water
    Limited;
    Receiving and considering such other information from Wellington Water Limited as the
    Committee may request on behalf of the parties to the Shareholders and Partnership
    Agreement and/or receive from time to time;
    Undertaking performance and other monitoring of Wellington Water Limited;
    Considering and providing recommendations to the parties to the Shareholders and
    Partnership Agreement on proposals from Wellington Water Limited;
    Providing co-ordinated feedback, and recommendations as needed, on any matters
    requested by Wellington Water Limited or any of the parties to the Shareholders and
    Partnership Agreement;
    Providing recommendations to the parties to the Shareholders and Partnership
    Agreement regarding regional studies which the Shareholders need to be cognisant of;
    Providing recommendations to the parties to the Shareholders and Partnership
    Agreement regarding water conservation;
    Agreeing the annual Letter of Expectation to Wellington Water Limited;
    Receiving, considering and providing agreed feedback and recommendations to
    Wellington Water Limited on its draft statement of intent;
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Receiving, considering and providing recommendations to the parties to the
    Shareholders and Partnership Agreement regarding Wellington Water Limited's final
    statement of intent.
    Agreeing when Shareholder meetings, or resolutions in lieu of Shareholder meetings,
    are required, without prejudice to Shareholder and Board rights to call meetings under
    Wellington Water Limited's constitution and;
    Seeking and interviewing candidates for Wellington Water Limited's Board as needed
    and recommending to the holders of Class A Shares appointments and/or removals of
    directors of Wellington Water Limited;
    Recommending the remuneration of directors of Wellington Water Limited;
     Monitoring the performance of the Board of Wellington Water Limited; and
    Providing recommendations to the parties to the Shareholders and Partnership
    Agreement regarding changes to these terms of reference, the Shareholders and
    Partnership Agreement and the constitution of Wellington Water Limited.

Membership
The membership of the Committee will be as specified in the Shareholders and Partnership
Agreement. With the exception of the Committee Members nominated by the Mana
Whenua Partners Entities, each appointee must be an elected member of the appointing
Shareholder.

Chairperson
The Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson will be elected by the Committee once all
Committee members have been appointed.

Quorum
Subject to the below for Committee meetings to appoint directors of Wellington Water
Limited, for a meeting of the Committee to have a quorum, a majority of Committee
Members, or their appointed Alternates, must be present, and the number making up the
majority must include at least an equal number of Shareholder appointed Committee
Members as MWPE nominated Committee Members.

Where the Committee is providing a forum for the Shareholders to meet and exercise their
powers in relation to Wellington Water Limited, the requirements of Wellington Water
Limited's constitution will prevail.

Clause 11.3 of the company’s constitution provides that Directors shall be appointed and
removed by the unanimous resolution of the Shareholders holding Class A Shares. For this
matter the quorum for the Committee meeting is therefore attendance by all Committee
Members (or their Alternates) for the holders of the Class A Shares.

Alternates
Each Committee Member appointed to the Committee must have an Alternate.

Other Shareholder attendee
Each Shareholder-appointed elected member Committee member will be entitled to invite an
officer attendee to Committee meetings, provided however that the additional attendee will
not have any voting rights on the Committee.

Decision-making
The Committee will strive to make all decisions by consensus.
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In the event that a consensus on a particular matter before the Committee is not able to be
reached, each Committee Member has a deliberative vote. In the situation where there is an
equality of votes cast on a matter, the Chairperson does not have a casting vote and
therefore the matter subject to the vote is defeated and the status quo is preserved.

Other than for those matters for which the Committee has effective decision-making capacity
through these Terms of Reference, each Shareholder retains its powers to make its own
decisions on matters referred to it by the Committee and on matters specified in Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the Shareholders and Partnership Agreement (for clarity, this means that only
Shareholders have voting rights in relation to the matters specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2).

Secretariat services
Unless otherwise agreed from time to time by all of the elected member Committee
Members, the Council for which the Chairperson is an elected member will provide
secretariat services to the Committee. The Chairperson will be responsible for managing
the agenda at Committee meetings.

Standing Orders
The Standing Orders of the Council providing secretariat services to the Committee will
apply to Committee meetings, subject to the provisions for meeting quorum and decision
making as set out in these terms of reference taking precedence.

Remuneration
Each Shareholder will be responsible for remunerating the elected member Committee
Member appointed by it to the Committee, and their Alternate, for any costs associated with
those persons' membership on the Committee.

The Shareholders will also be responsible for remunerating (in equal shares) the Committee
Members nominated by Mana Whenua Partner Entities, and their Alternates, and appointed
to the Committee by the Shareholders, for any costs associated with those persons'
membership on the Committee.

Administration
Reports to be considered by the Committee may be submitted by any of the Shareholders,
any of the Mana Whenua Partner Entities, or Wellington Water Limited.

Duration of the Committee
In accordance with clause 30(7) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2002, the
Committee is not deemed to be discharged following each triennial election.
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Appendix
Common delegations by Shareholders

Governance oversight responsibilities

    Each Shareholder will delegate to the Committee the responsibilities and powers
    necessary to participate in and carry out the Committee's governance oversight
    responsibilities.

Shareholders' responsibilities

    Each Shareholder will delegate to its appointed elected member Committee Member
    and, in accordance with these terms of reference, that person's Alternate, all
    responsibilities and powers in relation to the agreement of:

    O     when Shareholder meetings, or resolutions in lieu of Shareholder meetings, are
          required (without prejudice to Shareholder and Board rights to call meetings under
          Wellington Water Limited's constitution); and

    o the appointment, removal and remuneration of Wellington Water Limited's directors.
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WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE

                      Meeting to be held in the ZOOM on
                  Wednesday 3 June 2020 commencing at 10.00am.

                                  ORDER PAPER

                               PUBLIC BUSINESS

1.   APOLOGIES

2.   PUBLIC COMMENT

     Generally up to 30 minutes is set aside for public comment (three minutes per
     speaker on items appearing on the agenda). Speakers may be asked questions on
     the matters they raise.

3.   CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS

     Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision
     making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or
     other external interest they might have.

4.   MINUTES

     Wellington Water Committee, 5 March 2020                                     11

5.   COVID-19 AND THE IMPACT ON WELLINGTON WATER'S
     PERFORMANCE REPORTING FOR 2019-2020 (20/428)

     Report No. WWC2020/4/2                                                       19

6.   COMPANY UPDATE REPORT (20/434)

     Report No. WWC2020/4/3                                                       43

7.   UPDATE ON 2020/21 ANNUAL PLANS AND 2021/31 LTPS (20/435)

     Report No. WWC2020/4/4                                                       49

8.   A VALUE FOR MONEY FRAMEWORK FOR WELLINGTON WATER
     LTD (20/444)

     Report No. WWC2020/4/5                                                       59

9.   WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE'S GOVERNANCE REVIEW
     (20/459)

     Verbal Update from the Chair
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10.   UPDATE ON THE BUSINESS CASE FOR WATER METERING (20/458)

      Verbal Update

11.   GOVERNMENT'S THREE WATERS REVIEW (20/462)

      Verbal Update from the Chair and Deputy Chair

12.   NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LGNZ POLICY POSITION ON THREE
      WATERS SERVICE DELIVERY (20/469)

      Memorandum dated 27 May 2020 by the Head of Democratic Services                   81

13.   GENERAL BUSINESS (20/460)

14.   EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

      CHAIR'S RECOMMENDATION:

      “That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this
      meeting, namely:

      15.   BOARD MEMBERSHIP (20/474)

      The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded,
      the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific
      grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and
      Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

                  (A)                        (B)                    (C)

        General subject of the   Reason for passing       Ground under
        matter to be             this resolution in       section 48(1) for the
        considered.              relation to each         passing of this
                                 matter.                  resolution.

        Board Membership –       The withholding of       That the public
        Verbal Update            the information is       conduct of the
                                 necessary to protect     relevant part of the
                                 the privacy of natural   proceedings of the
                                 persons. (s7(2)(a)).     meeting would be
                                 The withholding of       likely to result in the
                                 the information is       disclosure of
                                 necessary to maintain    information for
                                 the effective conduct    which good reason
                                 of public affairs        for withholding exist.
                                 through the free and
                                 frank expression of
                                 opinions by or
                                 between or two
                                 members or officers
                                 or employees.
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                              (s7(2)(f)(i)).

   This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1) of the Local Government
   Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests
   protected by section 6 or 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding
   of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are
   as specified in Column (B) above.”

Kathryn Stannard
HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
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                     WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE

  Minutes of a meeting held in the Greater Wellington Regional Council Chambers,
                      15 Walter Street, Te Aro, Wellington on
                  Thursday 5 March 2020 commencing at 2.00pm

PRESENT:                Cr J Brash (GWRC)
                        Cr D Bassett (HCC) (Chair)
                        Mayor A Baker (PCC)
                        Mayor A Beijen (SWDC)
                        Mayor W Guppy (UHCC) (Deputy Chair) (until 2.20pm)
                        Cr S Rush (WCC)
                        Ms K Skelton (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika)
APOLOGIES:             There were no apologies.

IN ATTENDANCE:         Cr J van Lier (Alternate GWRC)
                       Deputy Mayor T Lewis (Alternate HCC)
                       Cr R Leggett (Alternate PCC)
                       Deputy Mayor G Emms (Alternate SWDC)
                       Cr I Pannett (Alternate WCC)
                       Ms N Solomon (Alternate Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira)
                       Ms K Tamanui (Alternate Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te
                       Ika)
                       Ms B McKerron, Chief Executive, Wellington City Council
                       Ms N Wood, Greater Wellington Regional Council
                       Mr S Mahorey, Greater Wellington Regional Council
                       Ms S Gain, Greater Wellington Regional Council
                       Ms W Walker, Chief Executive, Porirua City Council
                       Ms J Long, Porirua City Council
                       Mr D Baxter, City Engineer, Wellington City Council
                       Mr M Ford, Chief Financial Officer, Wellington City Council
                       Mr D Wright, Chair of Wellington Water Limited
                       Mr C Crompton, Chief Executive, Wellington Water Limited
                       Ms S Cuthbert, Principal Advisor, Wellington Water Limited
                       Mr B Hodgins, Strategic Advisor, Hutt City Council
                       Ms D Hunter, Acting Committee Advisor, Hutt City Council

                               PUBLIC BUSINESS
12                                5 March 2020

1.   APOLOGIES

     An apology was received from Deputy Chair Mayor Guppy for early departure.

2.   PUBLIC COMMENT

     There was no public comment.

3.   CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS

     There were no conflict of interest declarations.

4.   MINUTES

      RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Mayor Baker)                              Minute No. WWC 20201
      “That the minutes of the meeting of the Wellington Water Committee held on
      Monday, 16 December 2019, be confirmed as a true and correct record.”
13                                 5 March 2020

5.   WELLINGTON WATER GOVERNANCE REVIEW (20/185)

     Report No. WWC2020/2/63 by the Chief Executive, Porirua City Council.

     The Chair updated members on Wellington City Council establishing a Mayoral
     Taskforce to address the ongoing water issues as well as the Government announcement
     that there were likely to be changes in terms of the future management of the Three
     Waters.

     Cr Rush updated members regarding the taskforce scope. He advised that there had
     been an initial meeting of the Mayoral Taskforce and the scope of the review was still to
     be determined. He commented that it was the intention that any recommendations from
     the Mayoral Taskforce relating to the other shareholders would be addressed through the
     Wellington Water Committee.

     In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive of Wellington City Council
     confirmed that the likely scope of the review was to inquire into specific problems
     relating to water issues in Wellington. She also advised that it was to identify initiatives
     to address these issues by recommending an action plan to Wellington City Council. She
     stated that an initial report was expected by the beginning of June to inform their Annual
     Plan deliberations.

     The Chief Executive, Porirua City Council elaborated on the report. She acknowledged
     that Government had launched a major review to tackle New Zealand’s Three Water
     issues relating to wastewater, stormwater and drinking water.

     In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive, Porirua City Council
     reiterated that the issue still outstanding was the need to position Wellington Water Ltd
     for the future, particularly in light of the Government’s Water Reform Package.

     The Chair foreshadowed a revised recommendation (iv) as follows:

     (iv) “That the Committee instructs the case manager for Wellington Water to prepare a
          terms of reference for a governance review that positions Wellington Water for the
          future and includes scope, key issues, service delivery options and methodology for
          undertaking the review noting that approval for this will be sought by circulating the
          draft to members of this committee.”

     RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Mayor Guppy)                                 Minute No. WWC 20202
     “That the Committee:

     (i)     receives the information;

     (ii)    notes the outcomes of the workshop held on 10 February 2020 to address Governance issues
             raised in the previous triennium;

     (iii)   notes the mechanisms available to each shareholding Council and mana whenua members to
             hold the Wellington Water company to account (letter of expectation, statement of intent,
             and key performance indicators in the context of an active working relationship); and
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     (iv)   instructs the case manager for Wellington Water to prepare a terms of reference for a
            governance review that positions Wellington Water for the future and includes scope, key
            issues, service delivery options and methodology for undertaking the review noting that
            approval for this will be sought by circulating the draft to members of this committee.”

Mayor Guppy left the meeting at 2.20pm.

6.   DRAFT HALF YEAR REPORT 2019/20 (20/214)

     Memorandum dated 2 March 2020 by Wellington Water Ltd

     Mr Wright, Board Chair Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) elaborated on the memorandum.
     He noted that WWL had made good progress towards its goals and overall performance
     with some noteworthy results and acknowledged some results that could be better. He
     highlighted South Wairarapa District Council becoming a six shareholder Council as well
     as welcoming iwi partners around the table.

     In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive, WWL advised that WWL
     had KPIs in its Statement of Intent, another KPI with Department of Internal Affairs and
     in shareholding Councils Long Term Plans. He noted that an external audit would be
     undertaken on fianncial and non fianncial issues. He confirmed that they were
     collaborating with Greater Wellington Regional Council in regard to flood management
     studies.

     RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Cr Rush)                                     Minute No. WWC 20203
     “That the Committee receives the Half Year Report 2019/20 for the six months ended
     31 December 2019 attached as Appendix 1 to the memorandum.”
15                                5 March 2020

7.   WELLINGTON WATER LTD'S DRAFT STATEMENT OF INTENT 2020-23 (20/210)

     Report No. WWC2020/2/70 by Wellington Water Ltd

     Mr Wright, Board Chair of Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) elaborated on the
     memorandum. He commented that over the past four months, WWL had been
     reviewing its performance measures by developing a comprehensive framework dirven
     by business expertise and experience.

     In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive, WWL confirmed that
     changes had been made to their performance framework as part of their commitment to
     becoming a high performing organisation and the journey of continual improvement.

     RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Cr Brash)                                  Minute No. WWC 20204
     “That the Committee receives, considers and provides feedback on Wellington Water Ltd’s draft
     Statement of Intent by Friday, 17 April 2020.”

8.   COMPANY UPDATE REPORT (20/208)

     Report No. WWC2020/2/71 Wellington Water Ltd

     Mr Wright, Board Chair of Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) elaborated on the
     memorandum.

     In response to questions from members, the Chief Executive, WWL advised that they
     were currently in the middle of Stage One. He also advised that they had engaged Water
     Industry Commission for Scotland to peer review their work and provide independent
     advice back to individual Councils.

     RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Mayor Beijen)                              Minute No. WWC 20205
     “That the Committee receives and notes the information.”
16                                 5 March 2020

9.    WELLINGTON WATER COMMITTEE DRAFT UPDATE FOR COUNCILS (20/209)

      Report No. WWC2020/2/72 by Wellington Water Ltd

      Mr Wright, Board Chair of Wellington Water Ltd elaborated on the report.

      RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Cr Brash)                                   Minute No. WWC 20206
      “That the Committee:

      (i)    approves the draft Wellington Water Committee Update report; and
      (ii)   authorises the Chair to finalise the Wellington Water Committee Update report and
             forwarding it to each Council.”

10.   LONG TERM PLANS UPDATE (20/215)

      Report No. WWC2020/2/73 by Wellington Water Ltd

      Mr Wright, Board Chair of Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) elaborated on the report.

      The Chief Executive, WWL commented that this would be the first time that WWL would
      be presenting proposed Long Term Plan programmes that would indicate rates impacts
      to each council shareholder. He stated that this would enable the region’s ratepayers to
      better understand the impact of the investment required to achieve the desired long term
      outcomes.

      RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Cr Rush)                                    Minute No. WWC 20207
      “That the Committee:

      (i)    receives the report; and

      (ii) notes that Wellington Water Ltd will work across our client councils to help them to reach
           agreement on regional Long Term Plan investment priorities such as those for bulk water and
           jointly-owned wastewater systems.”
17                                    5 March 2020

11.   CLIMATE CHANGE (20/217)

      Report No. WWC2020/2/74 by Wellington Water Ltd

      RESOLVED: (Cr Brash/Mayor Beijen)                                       Minute No. WWC 20208
      “That the Committee:

      (i)     notes the report;

      (ii) provides feedback on the proposed response programme and its alignment to shareholding
           councils’ climate change strategies and action plans; and
      (ii) notes proposed emission reduction targets and the associated investment needs will be
           included in all of council Long Term Plan proposals an consolidated for presentation to the
           Committee at its June meeting.”

12.   SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY POLICY (20/218)

      Report No. WWC2020/2/29 by Wellington Water Ltd

      Cr Brash advised that the Greater Regional Council (GWRC) was devlopng a business
      case for the five client world. She asked for support from members for this to continue.
      She stated that a business case would be reported back to Wellington Water Ltd.

      Ms Solomon commented that whilst building the business case, GWRC needed to
      consider how water metering would impact on the Maori community, in particular
      significant iwi maraes, where the water useage was different.

      Ms Skelton reiterated that GWRC needed to take into account the long running
      affordability for people around the most vulunerable and poorest areas of our
      communities.

      RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Mayor Beijen)                                     Minute No. WWC 20209
      “That the Committee:

      (i)     notes the report;

      (ii)    provides feedback on, and endorses in principle, the target and policy; and

      (iii)   discusses the implications of the current shortfall in the drought resilience level of service
              and the absence of data and information to support residential water use efficiency.”
18                                  5 March 2020

13.   DRAFT SUBMISSION ON TAUMATA AROWAI BILL (20/211)

      Report No. WWC2020/2/28 by Wellington Water Ltd

      RESOLVED: (Cr Bassett/Cr Brash)                                     Minute No. WWC 20210
      “That the Committee:

      (i)       receives and notes the draft submission on the Taumata Arowai Bill attached as Appendix 1
               to the report;

      (ii)     approves the submission subject to feedback from the members; and

      (iii)    asks the Chair to forward the submission to the Health Committee.”

14.   GENERAL BUSINESS (20/211)

      The Chair advised the following:

      (i) Issues relating to fees for Committee members, in particular iwi
          representatives, had been resolved.

      (ii) The Chief Executive of Porirua City Council and he had been invited to join
           the New Zealand Minister of Local Government to travel to Hobart to meet
           with Tasmania Water. The focus of the four day visit was to discuss how they
           would move from 29 local authorities to form one entity to run and manage
           Tasmania Water. This visit was expected to take place between 31 March 2020
           to 3 April 2020.

              Cr Rush advised that he was now unable to attend the trip because Wellington
              City Council was unable to get travel insurance due to coronavirus.

      In closing, the Chair acknowledged the challenging time for water management in
      the Wellington area. He wanted to thank all parties for getting together to discuss
      playing a key role in moving forward.

      He thanked Wellington Water Limited staff who had worked tirelessly for the past
      few months in challenging times.

There being no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 3.45pm.

                                                                                    Cr D Bassett
                                                                                         CHAIR

CONFIRMED as a true and correct record
Dated this 3rd day of June 2020
19                        03 June 2020

Wellington Water Committee
                                                                     20 May 2020

                                                                     File: (20/428)

Report no: WWC2020/4/2

  COVID-19 and the Impact on Wellington
Water's Performance Reporting for 2019-2020

Appendices

No.    Title                                                                 Page
1⇩     Appendix 1 Re prioritisation of Wellington Water s Work                  20
       Programme Due to Covid-10 and Impact on Performance for 2019-
       20
2⇩     Appendix 2 SOI measures impact of Covid                                  29

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Performance Reporting for 2019-2020
Attachment 1                                     Appendix 1 Re prioritisation of Wellington Water s Work Programme Due to Covid-10 and Impact on
                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

Covid-19 and the Impact on Wellington Water’s Performance
Reporting for 2019-2020
Purpose
1. To provide an overview of the changes to the company’s work programme due to Covid-19 and the consequential impact on end of year reporting
    as well as seek a one month extension for the delivery of the company’s Statement of Intent.

Recommendation
2. It is recommended that the Water Committee:

        a) Notes the company’s refocus on critical front line services due to Covid-19, the central government requirement to only undertake
            essential services during level 4 alert, and the resulting impact that stopped or scaled back work will have on performance reporting for
            the 2019/2020 financial year.

        b) Notes the company is developing its Statement of Intent for 2020-23 and alignment will need to occur with the councils’ 2020/2021
            annual plans.

        c) Notes a report has been forward to each shareholder council to seek approval to extend the deadline for delivery of Wellington Water’s
            final Statement of Intent 2020-23 by 1 calendar month (to 31 July 2020) in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002.

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Attachment 1                                     Appendix 1 Re prioritisation of Wellington Water s Work Programme Due to Covid-10 and Impact on
                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

Attachment
         Appendix 2: Impact of Covid-19 on Statement of Intent performance measures

Summary
2. Due to Covid-19, there has been a need to refocus Wellington Water’s resources on the front line to ensure continuity of service to the
    community and people are kept safe. The Alert 4 lock down has meant we have been restricted in terms of the work we can do as an essential
    services provider.

3. We have reviewed our work, including capex projects, in light of set criteria that has been shared with central government, and all non-critical
    work has been stopped or scaled back to the bare minimum. As a result, we have reassessed the company’s short to medium term priorities and
    our focus during Level 4 lock-down has been on:

         Safeguarding the welfare of staff and suppliers

         Duplicating the front line

         Reconfirming the capex programmes of work

         Revising the Long Term Plan programme of work

         Completing the implementation of the performance management system, including Maximo.

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Attachment 1                                      Appendix 1 Re prioritisation of Wellington Water s Work Programme Due to Covid-10 and Impact on
                                                                                                                           Performance for 2019-20

4. The reprioritisation of work will have an impact on our year end performance reporting. We will still be able to report our performance against
    our measures except for around five measures where we will not have the data available. For around 40 per cent of our measures, the end of year
    result will be affected in some way due to stopping or scaling back work.

5. Given the unknowns around the Covid-19 restrictions, we are seeking a 1 calendar month extension from each shareholder council for completion
    and delivery of the SOI to the councils from 30 June to 31 July 2020.

There has been a need to refocus the organisation
3. Due to Covid-19, and the Government’s imposed alert levels, we have refocused the organisation to reinforce our ability to continue to deliver
    front line services and keep our people safe from the risks posed by the virus, while at the same time, ensuring that we deliver only the most
    critical services as an essential services provider.

4. Our approach has been to redirect resources within the organisation and apply them to the most critical areas of front line services, including our
    network and water and wastewater treatment plants, our customer operations group as well as other critical services within the business such as
    payroll and accounts.

5. Our effort in the field is focused on keeping our treatment plants running and attending to jobs that pose the greatest risk to the continuity of
    services to our communities. This approach applies to operations and maintenance work as well as renewals and upgrades. Our response to any
    arising network emergencies will continue as usual. We will attend to urgent repairs that result in an outage to customers or sewage spillage
    while holding back on routine jobs.

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                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

We have had to scale back our capex work to essential work only
6. In response to the Covid-19 Level 4 lock-down by the New Zealand Government, we were required to stop all non-essential work. To assist in
    determining which capex projects were most essential, we prioritised the projects in our 2019/2020 construction programme and made decisions
    on which projects were critical, and closed down all other sites.

7. We used a set of four criteria to prioritise the work. The criteria were selected to be consistent with the company’s Service Goals as well as the
    central government’s goals. The criteria were:

        a) Safe and Healthy Water

        b) Public Health – in the Covid-19 environment this is ‘safe homes and streets’

        c) Enhancing the Environment – for instance, safe disposal of wastewater into the environment

        d) Any activity that if shut down would make the situation worse.

8. These criteria have been applied to the planned operational capex as well as our renewals and upgrades. Based on the criteria, we have grouped
    the work into three categories:

        a) Critical – will proceed as an essential service

        b) Urgent – able to be stopped and to recommence as soon as practicable (subject to availability of staff and resources), and

        c) Stop – not critical, not urgent. Will recommence once construction activity is permitted to resume as normal.

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                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

We have reassessed the company’s short to mid-term priorities
9. As a result of the current alert level and the requirements around providing essential services only, we reviewed the company’s most important
    priorities in order to assess where work could be stopped or scaled back. Our aim was to free up resources to provide for duplication at the front
    line as well as to ensure people’s safety.

10. The company’s short to mid-term priorities have been assessed as follows:

            Company priority                                           Comment

      1     Safeguarding the welfare of staff and suppliers            Our focus is to ensure the front line can work safely. This includes implementing social
                                                                       distancing approaches, keeping vulnerable people away from the front line and
                                                                       appropriate use of PPE.

                                                                       We will ensure back-ups are in place for all key roles so that staff feel they can take sick
                                                                       leave if they are feeling unwell.

                                                                       We are making sure our people’s wellbeing is supported when working remotely.

                                                                       We are also conscious of supporting our supply chain over this period and have
                                                                       implemented a policy to continue paying our suppliers to advance cash flow.

      2     Duplication to the front line                              We have had twice the critical resource required available on the front line (excluding
                                                                       any personnel who are considered vulnerable). We continue to redeploy people within

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Attachment 1                                     Appendix 1 Re prioritisation of Wellington Water s Work Programme Due to Covid-10 and Impact on
                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

                                                                       the organisation to the most critical areas.

      3     Reconfirm the 2019/20 programme, set the 2020/21           The 19/20 capex work programme was stopped except for seven critical projects during
            capex plan and set the 2021/24 tactical programme          Level 4. We have reviewed which projects can be started up once restrictions are lifted.
            with a focus on renewals
                                                                       For 2020/21, our focus will be on completing the renewals which have been delayed due
                                                                       to the impact of the Dixon St and Mt Albert events and the Covid-19 restrictions.

                                                                       All councils will be reconsidering their annual plans in light of a reduction in revenue and
                                                                       restricted ability to raise rates.

      4     Long Term Plan Revised programme                           Covid-19 has changed the basis for our early signals long term plan advice and we will be
                                                                       re-thinking our approach. We will continue to support councils in their thinking and have
                                                                       completed a draft presentation to PCC and HCC for their discussions with central
                                                                       government. There may be an opportunity to support broader economic stimulus
                                                                       objectives.

      5     Performance Management System & Maximo                     We will continue to strengthen the company’s performance management system to
                                                                       ensure robust non-financial reporting. This will include implementing Maximo to
                                                                       improve data capture for some of our time specific measures.

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                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

Redirecting resources and undertaking only essential work will have an impact on our
non-financial performance reporting
11. To respond to the current challenges we have had to either stop or scale back business as usual work for Quarter 4. This means we will not be
    able to deliver on some of our promises set out in the Statement of Intent 2019-2022 (SOI).

12. By stopping work in some areas, we will not have the requisite data to be able to report against some of the SOI measures. For other measures,
    we will have the data and be able to report but we will not reach the agreed target.

13. Our general approach is to report where we can and tell the whole story. We will undertake our customer satisfaction survey and stakeholder
    surveys to enable our ability to report. These surveys were released in April and will take a couple of months to complete.

14. A list of our impacted SOI measures are set out in Attachment 2. A summary of the impact is as follows:

      Number of SOI measures that are impacted due to stopping or scaling back work                  17

      Number of SOI measures that won’t be able to be reported against at year end due to            5
      reprioritisation

      Number of SOI measures that are not impacted by the reprioritisation of work                   28

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                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

15. While our non-financial performance will be affected by the Covid-19 situation, it’s unclear at this stage how this will unfold. At this stage, our
    people are still well and particularly due to the duplication approach, we are confident in our ability to deliver on the critical activities.

16. The Department of Internal Affairs measures are not part of the 2019-2022 SOI and therefore will not be included in the annual report. However,
    we will report against them as part of the quarterly reporting to councils. Approximately half of the measures are expected to be impacted by our
    reprioritisation of work; however, there is an opportunity to mitigate this impact. For example, we are deprioritising any non-urgent repairs so our
    response and resolution times are expected to deteriorate. However, as we duplicate our critical staffing levels, there is potential to increase
    productivity while our people remain healthy and road traffic is at a minimum.

Looking ahead to resuming normal operations and the Statement of Intent
17. While at this stage we don’t know how long the Covid-19 restrictions will be in place, we are continuing to think about how we will resume
    normal operations.

18. The stopping or scaling back of work that can’t be done under the Covid-19 category levels will mean the work is deferred to the 2020/2021
    financial year. This will have an impact on the draft SOI which is currently being finalised.

19. There is a statutory duty for the completed SOI to be delivered to the councils by the beginning of the new financial year.

20. The Water Committee’s governance oversight responsibilities include “receiving, considering and providing recommendations to the parties to
    the Shareholders and Partnership Agreement regarding Wellington Water Limited’s final statement of intent”.

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                                                                                                                          Performance for 2019-20

21. Due to recent amendments to the Local Government Act 2002 (clause 4, Schedule 8) the shareholding councils can agree to extend the SOI
    deadlines by up to 1 calendar month. Given the unknowns around the Covid-19 restrictions, we are seeking from the shareholder councils a 1
    month extension for completion of the SOI 2020-2023 from 30 June to 31 July 2020. This would ensure the SOI reflects the priorities set out in the
    councils’ annual plans.

22. A report has been forwarded to the councils for their approval of the extension.

23. Audit NZ has also informed us they will be completing their annual report audits for local government within broader timeframes. In the
    event this affects our ability to deliver our annual report within the statutory deadline, we will apply for an exemption from the Office of
    the Auditor General.

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Impact of Covid-19 on Statement of Intent non-financial performance measures

                                                                                   Stop      Report/Don’t Rationale
                                                                                   work/     report
                                                                                   continue
                                                                                   during
SOI 2019 Measures                                                                  Level 3-4
Measure
Number
            SOI Measure                     Target
            Our customers will feel                                                Continue              Report
            confident that the
            drinking-water we
            provide is safe because
    1
            we’ll maintain compliance
            with the Drinking-water
            Standards for New
            Zealand                         Compliant

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            Our customers will not be                                              Continue              Report
            exposed to any public
            health risks because we’ll
Attachment 2                                                                                                  Appendix 2 SOI measures impact of Covid

                                                                                   Stop                  Report                 We are stopping our
                                                                                                                                work in reducing
            Our customers will                                                                                                  water usage and we
            reduce the amount of                                                                                                are stopping our
            water they are using at                                                                                             education
            home because they have          Percentage of people surveyed                                                       messages.
            the information they need       who had seen and understood
            to be able to make              nominated education messages                                                        The survey goes out
            informed decisions and          within same financial year: >27                                                     in April.
    5       change their behaviours         per cent
            Our customers will be                                                  Continue              Report
            able to enjoy our region's
            beaches because we’ll
            improve the number of           Total number of days monitored
            days that monitored             beaches are closed is at most
            beaches (between 1              five
            November and 31 March)
            are available for
    6       swimming
                                            Identify potential intervention        Stop                  Don’t report           We are stopping our
                                            strategies                                                                          work to improve
            Our customers will feel                                                                                             water quality. We will
            confident that our                                                                                                  not have the data to
            region’s waterways are          Select a receiving environment                                                      set a baseline.
            not adversely affected by       water quality improvement
            our services because            project (i.e. an urban stream)
            we’ll monitor and apply         and assess it against
            effective methods to            intervention
            manage and improve
    7       water-quality                   Monitor urban stream water-

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                                            quality to set baseline

            Our customers’ homes                                                   Continue              Report                 The target won’t be
            and businesses will be                                                                                              achieved due to
            protected from flooding                                                                                             Pinehaven and
            because we’ll reduce the                                                                                            Kilbrinie projects not
            number of habitable                                                                                                 proceeding – this is
            floors that are predicted       1 per cent reduction year on                                                        not due to
            to be flooded by a 1:100-       year (in the area modelled at                                                       reprioritisation.
    8       year flood event                the start of year)
                                            5 per cent of households with          Stop                  Report                 We are temporarily
            Our customers will be           140+ litres of potable water                                                        ceasing the
            resilient in the event of a     stored per person                                                                   education
            natural disaster because                                                                                            programme so
            we’ll improve the number        Set a baseline for the                                                              achieving the target
            of households that have         percentage of households that                                                       may be impacted.
            drinking-water stored and       have appropriate wastewater
            have a plan for the safe        solutions
            disposal of their
    9       wastewater
            Our customers will have                                                Continue              Report
            positive interactions with
            us because we’ll
            measure and improve             >80 per cent of surveyed
            their customer                  customers rate us good, very
   10       experience satisfaction         good, or excellent

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            Our customers will feel                                                Continue              Report
            valued because we’ll
            improve their customer          50 per cent of complaints
            experience satisfaction         resolved within 10 days
            by acknowledging
            problems with level of          80 per cent of complaints
            service and working to          resolved within 30 days
            resolve them within
   11       acceptable timeframes
            Our customers will be                                                  Continue              Report
            kept safe because our
            work sites will be safe
            and result in no members        Zero incidents reported to us,
            of the public being             our supply chain, or client
   12       harmed                          councils
            Our customers will get a                                               Stop                  Don’t report           Work has been
            better understanding of                                                                                             deferred until the
            where their water rates                                                                                             new financial year so
            money is being spent                                                                                                we won’t meet the
            because we’ll improve                                                                                               target.
            the transparency of the
            cost per connection of          Analyse results and explore
   13       our services                    implications
            Our customers will feel                                                Stop                  Don’t report           Work has been
            confident we’re creating                                                                                            deferred until the
            value for money because                                                                                             new financial year so
            we’ll maintain our assets       Normalise results across                                                            we won’t have the
            at a sustainable level          councils and look for a regional                                                    data to work out a
   14       now and in the future           proxy                                                                               regional proxy.

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            Our customers will feel                                                Stop                  Report                 Carbon emissions
            confident we’re working                                                                                             work has been
            to understand and                                                                                                   stopped so we will
            reduce our carbon                                                                                                   not meet the target.
            emissions because we’ll                                                                                             Our consultants will
            have a verifiable target        Baseline carbon emissions                                                           continue do some
            for reduced operational         inventory complete and certified                                                    work in the
            emissions and a plan for        emissions management and                                                            background.
   15       achieving that target           reduction plan in place
                                            Minimising carbon emissions            Stop                  Report                 This work has been
                                            study completed through                                                             stopped so we will
                                            setting initial reduction target                                                    not meet the set
                                            and action plan                                                                     targets.

                                            Complete flood and flood
                                            management study

                                            Resilience study completed
                                            through gap analysis to identify
                                            actions necessary to achieve
                                            resilience service levels across
                                            the three waters for all
                                            customers, and associated
                                            action plan

                                            Recommended approaches for
            We’ll better understand         sustainable drinking water
            future service needs by         supply, wastewater sludge
            completing Future               management and receiving-
   16       Services Studies                environment water-quality

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                                            submitted to smart investment
                                            process for prioritisation,
                                            alongside other initiatives
                                            (together with relevant actions
                                            from carbon-emission reduction
                                            and service resilience actions
                                            plans)

                                                                                   Continue              Report                 Won’t hit the target
            We’ll make sure future                                                                                              due to the Covid-19
            growth is supported by          Network delivery plans                                                              disruption to work.
            having well thought-out         developed for identified growth
   17       network delivery plans          cells (at least five)
            We’ll understand how our                                               Continue              Report
            current networks perform
            and plan for growth by
            completing our three
            water networks modelling
   18       programme                       66 per cent complete
            We’ll build our                                                        Continue              Report                 Will undertake
            relationships with                                                                                                  survey in April.
            developers by improving
            their satisfaction with the
            advice and services we
   19       offer                           65 per cent satisfaction
                                                                                   Continue              Report
            We’ll meet all
            environmental consent
            requirements in the
   20       delivery of our services        Fully compliant

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                                                                                   Continue              Report                 Some projects
            We’ll safeguard our                                                                                                 relating to the water
            drinking-water by               Service delivery improvements                                                       safety plan have
            completing our regional         arising from the WSP prioritised                                                    been stopped.
   21       Water Safety Plan (WSP)         and implemented
            We’ll supply wholesome                                                 Continue              Report
            drinking water at an
            acceptable standard
            (taste, clarity, and odour)
            by maintaining
   22       satisfaction                    < 550 complaints
            We’ll minimise the impact                                              Continue              Report
            of sludge odour and
            landfill disposal by
            maintaining minimal             Landfill bind have dry solids
   23       water content                   content of > 50 per cent
                                            All customer enquiries are             Continue              Report
                                            tracked and responded to
            We’ll own customer calls        within 60 minutes
            end-to-end (by partnering
            up with our client council      95 per cent of customer
            call centres) and manage        enquiries raised are resolved
            customers’ expectations         within the level of service
            by embedding our                (Priority 1-3) timeframes
            customer behaviours
   24       throughout our business

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            We’ll be reliable in the                                               Stop                  Report                 Only critical work will
            delivery of our renewals                                                                                            proceed so the SOI
            and capital works                                                                                                   target will not be
            programmes by                                                                                                       reached.
            completing planned work         95-105 per cent of planned
   25       within timeframes               work completed
                                                                                   Stop                  Report                 Due to Quarter 4 not
                                                                                                                                being BAU, the full
            We’ll work with our                                                                                                 year result will not be
            Contractor Panel to be                                                                                              a reflection of
            cost-effective by                                                                                                   efficiency. A
            decreasing the cost per                                                                                             conversation needs
            kilometre of laying pipes                                                                                           to be had with Audit
            in real terms (adjusted for     5 per cent reduction year on-                                                       NZ as to how to
   26       inflation)                      year                                                                                report.
            We’ll work with our                                                    Stop                  Report                 Due to Quarter 4 not
            Consultant Panel to                                                                                                 being BAU, the full
            improve efficiency by                                                                                               year result will not be
            reducing costs (from the                                                                                            a reflection of
            current 15 per cent of                                                                                              efficiency. A
            average fees per total                                                                                              conversation needs
            construction costs) and                                                                                             to be had with Audit
            lifting our internal            Reduce (simple projects) to 14                                                      NZ as to how to
   27       capabilities                    per cent                                                                            report.
                                            Pinehaven Stream (complete             Stop                  Report                 Some projects have
                                            detailed design, consenting,                                                        been stopped so we
            We’ll complete major            commence construction)                                                              won’t achieve
            stormwater projects:                                                                                                targets.
            Pinehaven Stream;               Porirua Stage 1 (complete
   28       Porirua; and Kilbirnie          detailed design, commence

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                                            construction)

                                            Porirua network improvements           Stop                  Report                 Some projects have
                                            (complete concept design)                                                           been stopped so we
                                                                                                                                won’t achieve
                                            Karori network improvements                                                         targets.
                                            (complete concept design)
            We’ll complete major
            wastewater projects:            Seaview seismic strengthening
            Seaview; Porirua; and           (complete construction)
   29       Karori
                                            Omāroro (complete detailed             Stop                  Report                 Some projects have
                                            design and consenting,                                                              been stopped so we
                                            continue construction)                                                              won’t achieve
                                                                                                                                targets.
                                            Moe-i-te-Rā (commence
                                            consenting)

                                            Aotea (complete consenting)

                                            Silverstream (complete detailed
            We’ll complete major            design and consenting)
            drinking-water projects:
            Omāroro; Moe-i-te-Rā;           Cross-Harbour Pipeline
   30       Aotea; and Silverstream         (complete concept design)

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            We’ll respond to                                                       Stop                  Don’t report           We will not
            customer issues                                                                                                     conduct/record
            following a significant                                                                                             customer call backs
            event (flooding,                                                                                                    during emergency
            earthquake, landslip,                                                                                               situations in Q3,
            major service failure) by                                                                                           therefore will not
            keeping an accurate                                                                                                 have any data to
            record of all issues that                                                                                           report this measure.
            occur and working
            through them with our           >90 per cent customer
            customers within agreed         experience satisfaction
   31       timeframes                      (measured through call-backs)
                                                                                   Stop                  Don’t report           We will not be
            We’ll grow the water                                                                                                focussing on this
            sector’s capabilities by                                                                                            work for Q4.
            increasing technical
   32       capability in our region        Meet set targets
            We’ll build a customer                                                 Stop                  Report                 We are temporarily
            culture by developing                                                                                               stopping the
            consistent customer                                                                                                 customer behaviours
            behaviours and                                                                                                      work so will not
            embedding these                                                                                                     achieve the target.
            behaviours in our               86 per cent of all staff know
            company and the                 how their work affects
   33       Alliance                        customers
            We will understand              Percentage of our people               Continue              Report
            employee wellness by            aware [of our] wellness
            developing and running a        initiatives increases year on
            quarterly wellness survey       year
   34       that measures

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            awareness, participation,       Percentage of our people [that]
            and satisfaction with our       participate [in] our wellness
            wellness initiatives            initiatives increases year on
                                            year

                                            Percentage of our people [who
                                            are] satisfied with our wellness
                                            initiatives increases year on
                                            year
            We will improve the                                                    Stop                  Report                 We are progressing
            health and safety of our                                                                                            the second critical
            people by reviewing two                                                                                             risk for the year
            health and safety critical                                                                                          (fatigue). If we return
            risks per year and                                                                                                  to BAU in late April/
            applying controls to            Improved controls progress                                                          early May, we should
            manage risks to an              reported our Senior Leadership                                                      be able to achieve
   35       acceptable level                Team and the Board                                                                  this result.
            We’ll focus on gender                                                  Continue              Report                 We know the target
            equality by removing                                                                                                will not be met but
            barriers to workforce                                                                                               not due to
            participation to enable                                                                                             reprioritisation.
            more gender equity in all
            functions in the                >35 per cent gender balance in
   36       organisation                    functional roles
            We’ll maintain our rating                                              Continue              Report
            as trusted advisor by
            working with our five
            client councils to build
   37       strong relationships            Maintain trusted advisor rating

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            We’ll improve our                                                      Continue              Report
            relationship with our
            mana whenua partners
            by improving their
            satisfaction with their
            ability to influence our
            decisions on future
   38       services                        65 per cent satisfaction
            We’ll improve our                                                      Continue              Report
            relationship with our
            Customer Panel by
            improving its satisfaction
            with its ability to influence
   39       our future services             65 per cent satisfaction
            We’ll build our                                                        Continue              Report
            relationship with our
            suppliers by improving
            their satisfaction with
            how easy we are to work
   40       with                            65 per cent satisfaction
            We’ll make sure that our                                               Continue              Report
            services support and
            align with our client
            councils’ Long-term             >90 per cent alignment and
            Plans by delivering on          achievement of agreed
   41       agreed outcomes                 outcomes

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            We’ll deliver on what we                                               Continue              Report
            set out to do by
            completing capital
            projects that meet the          10 per cent sample
            requirements of the             demonstrates >95 per cent
   42       project design briefs           achievement
                                            Implementation of Alliance             Continue              Report
                                            delivering agreed outcomes
            We’ll deliver our service       from 31 July 2019
            delivery strategy by
            implementing the                Implementation of Contractor
            Alliance, implementing          Panel delivering agreed
            the Contractor Panel,           outcomes from 31 July 2019
            and introducing a
            consolidated wastewater         Start phased implementation of
            treatment plant (WTP)           new WTP contract
   43       contract
                                                                                   Continue              Report
            We’ll create value for
            money by delivering two
            Smart Services ideas            Two Smart Service ideas
   44       each year                       delivered
            We’ll better support the                                               Continue              Report
            delivery of our services
            by identifying where we         Simplification programme plan
            can streamline and              in place
            simplify our systems
   45       (subject to funding)            Delivery in line with plan

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43      03 June 2020

                       Wellington Water Committee
                                                   21 May 2020

                                                   File: (20/434)

Report no: WWC2020/4/3

                    Company Update Report

Appendices

No.    Title                                               Page
1⇩     Appendix 1 Company Update Report May 2020              44

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Attachment 1                                          Appendix 1 Company Update Report May 2020

Wellington Water Committee

Company Update Report

Purpose

1. To give the Wellington Water Committee an overview of the matters most important to the
   ongoing performance of the company.

Attachments

2. There are no attachments.

Covid-19

3. On the 24th of March 2020, New Zealand went into lockdown to prevent the community
   transmission of the Covid-19 virus. On the 14th of May 2020, New Zealand emerged from
   lockdown (and level 3) into level 2 which can be generally described as “getting back to some
   normality” with all the new health and safety requirements in place.

4. The company is an essential service provider. Under the threat of Covid-19 we paused the
   company, reassessed our priorities and put all our efforts into supporting our frontline people
   who were operating the treatment plants working on the networks or delivering critical projects.

5. To assure our council owners we could continue to provide all our services should there be
   community transmission, we duplicated the number of frontline workers undertaking critical
   activities and those backing them up in the office (virtual office). As it turned out the virus was
   kept in check, our staff remained healthy and we kept delivering the services. We also made
   some in-roads into the backlog of service requests we are carrying so we should see some
   improvement in response times when we report these both at the end of Q4 and for the entire
   year in our Annual Report.

6. While we only attended to critical projects over the lockdown period we released additional
   waves of projects as we stepped down through level 4 to level 2. All projects are now “live
   again”. We have estimated the holding costs of the lockdown on projects and reported these to
   council owners together with any carryovers caused by the 6-8 week hiatus.

7. We have started to re-occupy the IBM building but we are careful in doing so. We have all learnt
   a number of lessons from the lockdown including the benefits of new tools like “Zoom” and
   “Microsoft Teams” and the additional productivity some staff can get from working at home. We
   are determined to lock in some of these lessons into a more flexible way of working and trusting
   our people to deliver the work.

8. We are now focused on the planning for the 20/21 financial year and delivering to you our best
   advice for your 21/31 Long Term Plan (LTP). Overall we will lose about three months of the year
   to Covid-19 and we explain the impact this will have on our end of year performance reporting
   against the 2019/20 Statement of Intent (SOI).

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