Work on the Graham Condon Recreation & Sport Centre is progressing. The gym and sports hall reopened this week. There’s more being done to the pools, which are due to reopen in April.
Author: Simon Britten
31 January Community Board meeting outcomes
At the 31 January meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: received a briefing on 10 Shirley Road / Shirley Community Reserve, including the modular pump track to be installed there; approved applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and Youth Development Fund; and received an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. Click through for the full minutes. The Board will next meet at 9:15am on Friday 21 February.
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200131_MIN_44…
Papanui PAK’nSAVE Resource Consent granted
Foodstuffs has received Resource Consent for their proposed PAK’nSAVE supermarket at the Main North Rd / Northcote Rd / QEII Dr intersection. The decision reads: “For the reasons set out above, and acting under delegated authority on behalf of the Christchurch City Council, consent is hereby granted to Foodstuffs South Island Limited to:
a. establish, operate and maintain a supermarket and associated fuel facility, offices, car parking, access, signage and landscaping at 171 Main North Road;
b. provide an emergency coordination facility at 171 Main North Road;
c. alter the existing site access and relocate existing carparking for the Foodstuffs South Island Head Office at 165 Main North Road; and
d. alter access and relocate existing carparking arrangements for the retail and commercial tenancies located at 3-7 Northcote Road.”
Community Board Chair Emma Norrish has been reading through the decision – see her post for more details and a link through to the documents:
https://www.facebook.com/VoteEmmaNorrish/posts/3274955055853921
Paddington playground renewal underway
After consultation in March/April 2019, the Waipapa/
Joint Board meeting agenda: 4 February
On Tuesday 4 February the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet jointly with the Waimāero/Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board to consider a proposed speed limit change for Dickeys Road – part of a larger speed management plan for Christchurch’s north west. The meeting will start at 4:30pm at the Fendalton Service Centre, and is open for the public to attend. Click through for the agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/JM-FA_20200204_AGN_4…
Papanui Ward’s Manse Place to be upgraded
Papanui Ward’s Manse Place is one of the city’s housing complexes due for a ‘warm and dry’ upgrade. Ahead of this winter there’s a push to get new heat pumps and improved ventilation installed to 909 units across the city. Click through to read more:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/…/push-on-to-install-heat-pump…
31 Jan Community Board meeting agenda
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday at 9:15am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: a briefing on 10 Shirley Road / Shirley Community Reserve, including the modular pump track to be installed there; applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and Youth Development Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. The meeting is open for the public to attend. Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20200131_AGN_44…
Coronavirus – Update from the Ministry of Education to Schools.
Papanui High School has shared this update from the Ministry of Education regarding the coronavirus. Anyone who has been to China or has been in contact with someone known to have the virus is asked to stay away from school for 14 days. Other New Zealand schools will likely be issuing similar information. Click through for details:
https://www.papanui.school.nz/…/prin…/update-re-corona-virus
Papanui and Burnside High School zones for 2020 and beyond
Children and young people will be back to school soon If you’re wondering what’s happening with zones for our local high schools, Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten has written this handy explainer:
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Papanui and Burnside High School zones for 2020 and beyond
“Update: in March 2019 I wrote an article covering the Christchurch Secondary Schools enrolment scheme consultation, which was underway at that time. The boundary between the Papanui and Burnside Hi…”
Alcohol ban consultation extended
Consultation has been extended on the Council’s proposal for a new permanent alcohol ban for rugby league fields. Feedback is now due by next Monday 27 January. Click through for details of the proposal and an online feedback form:
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