Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
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The school holidays aren’t far off. Papanui Youth Development Trust still has holiday programme places available – click through for details…
Holiday Programme bookings are now open for both Pirates and Cruisers. Please get in touch if you want to register your child for the programme
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The Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday at 9am in the Papanui Boardroom. This meeting is open for the public to attend. The agenda (link below) includes: traffic control changes; applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and Positive Youth Development Fund. The staff report requested by the Board on 26 May regarding traffic congestion along the length of Sisson Drive and along Sawyers Arms Road and at the intersection of Main North Road does not appear on the agenda. There is also a proposed ‘public excluded’ discussion at the end of the meeting.
http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2017/06/PICB_20170630_AGN_1690_AT_WEB.htm
Agenda of Papanui-Innes Community Board – 30 June 2017
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From September this year the Christchurch City Council will trial free entry for preschoolers to the Graham Condon pools (and all other Council pools). People with green prescriptions will also be given free entry. The trial will run through to April 2018. Read more here:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/93893449/christchurch-city-council-approves-free-swimming-for-preschoolers-trial
Christchurch City Council approves free swimming for preschoolers trial
Preschoolers will be able to swim at Christchurch City Council-owned pools for free from September.
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The Papanui Parallel cycleway was officially opened today by Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Transport Minister Hon Simon Bridges. Photo credit: Councillor Mike Davidson
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1706/S00559/papanui-parallel-cycleway-opens.htm
Papanui Parallel cycleway opens
Commuters around Northlands, Papanui and Edgeware have another travel choice with the Papanui Parallel cycleway opening today. Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Transport Minister Hon Simon Bridges cut the ribbon at the opening. “The Papanui …
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This is good news for the Papanui Ward – in particular the support for repairs to the Redwood Plunket room, to be used as a community base for a social worker.
Well done to our Councillors Mike Davidson and Pauline Cotter for arguing successfully for several items that had been removed from the annual plan that affected Papanui Innes. The big wins are Shirley Community Ctr moved back into a more realistic timeframe of 2018 (from 2020) to start planning and building, the Redwood Plunket room has been funded for repairs which will provide a much needed community base for a social worker; and some money to help the Edgeware Pool group get their project off the ground. Well done. It wasn’t easy in the face of other wards wanting multi million dollar pools!!
Here’s the main council media release:
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Council adopts annual budget
Christchurch City Council today confirmed its annual budget for the coming financial year.
The 2017–18 Annual Plan includes a slightly lower-than-proposed average rates increase of 5.46 per cent, down from the 5.5 per cent increase put forward for public feedback, says Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
“Importantly, this Annual Plan allows us to build a platform. I’m determined we get ourselves on a stable footing as a Council, so we can become financially resilient to unexpected challenges such as the Port Hills fire. We need to be better prepared to absorb the impacts of such events without relying solely on rates.”
The final plan sets out all the projects and services the Council will provide over the next financial year, how much they will cost and where the money will come from.
For the first time in recent years, more than half the Council’s $520 million works programme is already committed to major projects, such as the Town Hall, the New Central Library, the Metro Sports Facility and other significant community assets.
“It’s very important we keep the momentum behind the city’s regeneration going,” adds Mayor Dalziel.
“Following public feedback we’ve set some new priorities and, in some cases, adjusted when we plan to spend money on projects in our works programme – but we are still aiming to complete essential projects within their scheduled timeframes.”
Changes made to the final Annual Plan following public feedback include additional budgeting for the Port Hills fire recovery, employing extra staff for upkeep of urban parks, establishing a Christchurch Biodiversity Fund, and trialing a free-entry scheme for pre-schoolers visiting Council swimming pools.
To account for these changes and others, the Council has budgeted an additional $4.4 million in the final plan.
It will also work with Regenerate Christchurch to potentially fast-track regeneration planning for Southshore and South New Brighton, with a view to addressing residents’ concerns over estuary flood protection in Southshore as quickly as possible.
Mayor Dalziel says, with the Annual Plan now finalised, the Council is already switching focus to its main planning document, the Long Term Plan, for 2018–28.
“The coming financial year is the last one before we refresh the 10-year Long Term Plan. That will be the opportunity to really dig deep over the next 12 months and set the direction for the Council’s 30-year infrastructure strategy.”
The Council received 1,491 public submissions on its Draft Annual Plan and heard from around 100 submitters in person during public hearings held last month.
The final version of the plan will be made available via the Council’s website, libraries and service centres in July.
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Traffic alert: there is likely to be stop/go traffic control on QEII Drive near Grimseys Road tonight 18 June during the installation of barriers designed to protect both drivers and the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) work crew.
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Consultation is now open on the proposed third southbound lane on the Waimakariri bridge. Note that a third northbound lane is already confirmed to be built as part of the Christchurch Northern Corridor project. This consultation relates to the possibility of adding a third lane for traffic heading towards Christchurch. See the ECAN website (link below) for more details and a link to make online submissions. Submissions close on 13 July 2017.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2017/public-submissions-invited-on-proposed-third-lane-on-the-waimakariri-bridge/
Public submissions invited on proposed third lane on the Waimakariri bridge
NZTA is proposing a third southbound lane on the Waimakariri River Bridge as a response to morning peak congestion and reliability issues, and cycle safety on the northern approach to Christchurch.
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Missing dog: this miniature pinscher was last seen on Monday evening 12 June on Northwood Boulevard, with a possible sighting yesterday afternoon on Barnes Road in Redwood. If you have any information please contact Frankie on 027 923 5844.
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Minutes from the Papanui-Innes Community Board’s 9 June meeting can be found at the link below. At this meeting the board accepted a number of staff recommendations re traffic & parking, adopted a new Code of Conduct and Standing Orders, and supported applications for grants from the Discretionary Response Fund and Positive Youth Development Fund. The next Board meeting will be held at 9am on Friday 30 June at the Papanui Boardroom.
http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2017/06/PICB_20170609_MIN_1435.PDF
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The Christchurch City Council is seeking responses to this ‘life in Christchurch’ survey on the topic of transport. You can give your feedback until Sunday 9 July 2017 by clicking through to this link:
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-strategies-policies-and-bylaws/community-outcomes/life-in-christchurch
Life in Christchurch : Christchurch City Council
Do you want Christchurch to be an even better place to live, work and play?
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