13 September Board meeting outcomes

At their meeting on 13 September, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: approved the recommended landscape plan for a temporary modular pump track and a table in Shirley Community Reserve; approved no stopping restrictions in the Richmond Area and street renewal for Warden Street; approved $4,000 in 'Summer with your neighbours' funding across 48 applications, mostly for local community BBQs; approved three applications to the Board's Positive Youth Development Fund, and three to the Discretionary Response Fund; and received an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. There are no further Board meetings planned until after the upcoming election. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20190913_MIN_32…



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Outcomes for Papanui from 12 September Council meeting

Last Thursday’s Council agenda included a number of items of specific interest to the Papanui area.

1. Marshland, Spencerville and Kainga Area Speed Management Plan

An August joint meeting of the Coastal-Burwood and Papanui-Innes Community Boards had recommended that the Council supported a proposal for lower speeds in the Marshland, Spencerville, and Kianga. The recommendation excluded a section of Marshland Road from a point 250 metres south of its intersection with Main North Road/Spencerville Road to Prestons Road, with that section to be voted on following a further report back from staff.

On Thursday the Council voted in support of the joint Community Boards’ recommendation.

2. Sisson Drive / Langdons Road / Restell Street / Winston Avenue Proposed 30km/h Speed Zone

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board had recommended that Council approve a 30km/h speed zone for the streets indicated in the plan above. This was supported by Council at Thursday’s meeting, and implementation can be expected approximately October/November this year.

3. Harewood Road/Gardiners Road/Breens Road Intersection Improvements

Earlier this year the Council consulted on options for the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection. The Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board subsequently recommended approval of traffic signals for the intersection, and that recommendation passed from the Infrastructure, Transport and Environment Committee through to Thursday’s full Council meeting. In a decision that has been documented at greater length by Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten, the council has supported this recommendation in principle, and requested staff investigate funding options.

The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap

The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap is returning to Papanui Library on Saturday 21 September, from 10am-4pm. During this coming week you can drop off seeds or seedlings to give away, and then on Saturday they’ll all be put out for everyone to share. Click through for details:
https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/…/5d4365c2fb7dad4500…

The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap

“Got some home-saved (or leftover bought) seeds to share? Pop them in at one of our participating libraries and we’ll put them out for everyone to share. This is for everyone! Don’t worry if you don’t have any seeds to share this year, you might next year. We welcome vegetable, herb, flower, native a…”

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Community Boards to Council: “stem the flow of vehicles”

On Friday 13 September the joint meeting of the Papanui-Innes and Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Boards reached a conclusion after considering submissions and the staff report on the Council’s proposed transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC). The Boards passed the resolutions recommended by staff essentially as proposed, but also several significant additional resolutions, including:

  • not to proceed with clearways on Cranford Street (between Berwick St and Innes Rd) at this stage; and
  • to request Council prioritises “measures to stem the flow of vehicles from the Christchurch Northern Corridor into St Albans”

The recommendations from the joint Board meeting will go to the 24 September (note the date change) meeting of the full Council. If approved at that meeting, work will commence on a large number of improvements and upgrades. Decisions about the exact design and use of lanes on Cranford Street between Berwick St and Innes Rd will remain to be made as the mid-2020 opening date of the CNC approaches.

Minutes of the meeting, including the exact wording of the resolutions, will be published at https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/.

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Recap: the week ended 13 September

Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories from the past week:

A joint meeting of the Papanui-Innes and Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Boards heard submissions on Monday on the Council’s proposed transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor. A follow-up meeting was held on Friday afternoon to continue discussions. Keep an eye on Think Papanui for an update on the outcome.

There was another community weeding day at Papanui Bush on Tuesday this week.

On Tuesday evening, Papanui Councillor Mike Davidson was one of the invited speakers at a ‘meet the candidates’ event focused on transport, emissions, and the uptake of electric vehicles.

I posted a summary of the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board. I’ll post about outcomes once minutes are available.

Redwood Library’s repairs are progressing. I’ll share any updates I receive regarding a revised reopening date.

I posted an item in the lead-up to Thursday’s Council meeting, and another afterwards, on the agenda item relating to the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection. The Council has voted to support lights, and to ask staff to investigate funding options. News of the outcome was Think Papanui’s top post of the week.

Coming up:

Feedback is always welcome on Think Papanui’s content, either on Facebook or Instagram, or directly to me.
With warm regards
Simon Britten

Second joint Board meeting continues considerations on Cranford area traffic projects

The follow-up to Monday's joint Community Board meeting to consider the revised plan for transport projects downstream of the Christchurch Northern Corridor has been scheduled for 12pm today (Friday 13 September) in the Papanui Boardroom. All the submissions were heard on Monday but the Boards did not have enough time to reach a decision. The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/JM-LA_20190913_AGN_3…

Agenda of Papanui-Innes Community Board and Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board – 13 September 2019

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