Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Consultation update: more than 1200 submissions have been received by Council on the Wheels to Wings cycleway. Staff will now review all the submissions and consider what changes should be made the the proposed design. Later this year a Hearings Panel will consider the submissions along with recommended changes to the design, and hear in person from submitters. Click through to read more:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/cycleway-plans-draw-more-than-1200-submissions
The Long Term Plan 2021–31 sets out what the Council plans to achieve over the next decade, and how it will be funded. The draft plan is open for public feedback until 18 April. There are local drop-in sessions on Monday 22 March and Friday 26 March where you can chat to your local Community Board members about the plan, what it means for our area and for residents and ratepayers. Facebook events for these sessions are:
22 March: https://www.facebook.com/events/1140945659667040/
26 March: https://www.facebook.com/events/2707630752881374/
For information see the Council’s website:
https://ccc.govt.nz/longtermplan
This grey bunny by the name of Precious is missing in the Condell Ave area. Please message via this page if found.
The proposed Wheels to Wings cycleway is open for feedback until the end of the day today, Monday 15 March. A Council decision in February means that the next step will be for staff to produce a range of design options for Community Boards to consider in public workshops prior to the commencement of the hearings process. Click through for more information on the project and an online feedback form:
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/consultations-and-submissions/haveyoursay/show/375
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet at 9am on Wednesday 17 March in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: two public forum presentations; correspondence relating to medium density housing in St Albans, and the North Richmond road repair programme; and an Area Report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. The meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Board’s submissions committee, to consider submitting on: the Representation Review; the Draft Long Term Plan 2021-2031; the Draft Development Contributions Policy; and the Draft Climate Change Strategy 2021. Both meetings are open for the public to attend. The full agenda for the Board meeting can be found at:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/03/PICB_20210317_AGN_5614_AT_WEB.htm
Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 17 March 2021
Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories from the past week:
The Council’s Strengthening Communities Fund has opened for applications from community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area.
The boundaries of Papanui Ward are proposed to change, and the Central Ward is proposed to be joined to an expanded Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board area. On Thursday the Council approved a representation review proposal, and a public consultation process is planned to commence on 20 March.
I summarised the minutes of the (fairly brief) 5 March meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board.
On Thursday morning in my capacity as Deputy Chair of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board I joined with Board Chair Emma Norrish in presenting our monthly Community Board report to the Council:
Also on Thursday I attended the final drop-in information session for the Wheels to Wings cycleway. Consultation closes on 15 March. That evening there was a public meeting re the cycleway proposal, hosted by Harewood Councillor Aaron Keown. A family commitment meant I couldn’t attend the meeting, but my sources described it as ‘fired up’.
Top post of the week was a late-night post on behalf of a community member searching for rings lost, probably near Kmart on Langdons Road.
Feedback is always welcome on Think Papanui’s content, either on Facebook or Instagram, or directly to me.
With warm regards
Simon Britten
Lost rings – can you help? Posting on behalf of a community member:
“I lost two gold/diamond rings on Monday afternoon around 4:30pm (likely at Papanui Kmart/Northlink carpark) – they were my mother’s engagement/anniversary rings and I’m heartbroken ?. If anyone happens to come across them, I would be ever so grateful for their return.”
If you can help please message via this page.
At the 5 March meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: received a presentation from a young person supported by the Board’s Positive Youth Development Fund; received correspondence from a the Papanui Baptist Freedom Trust thanking the Board for a recent grant; and approved a road name for a development at in Bridgend. The Board will next meet on Wednesday 17 March. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/03/PICB_20210305_MIN_5613_AT.PDF
The boundaries of Papanui Ward are proposed to change in the upcoming Council representation review. The most significant proposals are (1) the northern boundary moving from the Styx River to Farquhars Road, shifting Redwood Springs out of Papanui and into Innes Ward, and (2) in the south east the boundary being extended to include more St Albans / Mairehau residents. There also could be a minor change in the vicinity of Cavendish/Sturrocks Roads.
It is proposed that Central Ward be joined to the Community Board area to form a Papanui-Innes Central Community Board.
These proposals are included in a report to tomorrow’s Council meeting. If approved by the Council, the next step will be a public consultation process, planned to commence on 20 March. A final determination will be made by the Local Government Commission ahead of the next local elections in 2022.
Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-reviewing-representation-arrangements
The Christchurch City Council’s Strengthening Communities Fund supports community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area. Applications to the fund open today Monday 8 March and close on 12 April. Decision-making on city-wide projects is handled by a Council committee, while local applications will be presented to the relevant Community Board. For more information, an online application form, and a list of previous recipients, click through to:
https://ccc.govt.nz/culture-and-community/community-funding/scfund/
