Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Redwood Library will be closed tomorrow Saturday 16 July. Follow the Christchurch City Libraries Facebook page or head to https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/coronavirus-information/ for updates.
Aroha mai, but Hornby and Redwood Libraries will be closed Saturday 16 July. Aranui Library will be closed Sunday 17 July. Keep up-to-date on any changes in library hours or services: http://ow.ly/M0oe50Ju4EV
Applications for Summer with your Neighbours 2022-23 opened today. Neighbourhood Week was the brainchild of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board (now known as the Papanui-Innes Community Board), which held the first event in 1998. This popular event has grown from year to year and is promoted by the Christchurch City Council. Three years ago the Council extended the event for the whole summer after feedback from applicants and it is now known as Summer with your Neighbours.
Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 12 August 2022.
You can find more information and an online application form at http://ccc.govt.nz/GetTogether, and also hard copy forms are available from Council service centres for those who do not have easy access to the internet.
Think Papanui’s Simon Britten gives a rundown on the agenda for this week’s meeting of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board.
The Christchurch Northern Community Market will be on this Saturday 16 July from 9am until 2pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road. See the market’s Facebook page or www.northerncommunitymarket.co.nz for more information.
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 15 July at 9:30am in the Papanui Boardroom. The agenda includes: a proposal to ‘gift’ MacFarlane Park Centre building to the Shirley Community Trust; proposed parking and U-turn restrictions for Sherborne Street near Canon St; tree removals associated with the lining renewal of Mairehau Drain; establishment on a Youth Development Fund and Summer with your Neighbours fund; an application to the Positive Youth Development Fund; a decision on the meeting schedule for August and September; and an area report on initiatives and issues within the Board area. The meeting is open for the public to attend and will also be live streamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/07/PICB_20220715_AGN_7649_AT_WEB.htm
The Council has today approved speed reductions in the Papanui area, following public consultation and a recommendation from the Community Board.
Our Board recommendations for the Papanui Slow Speed Neighbourhood were accepted by Council today. Check out the map below for what this means – the yellow line areas will drop to 30km/hr, the dotted yellow will be variable (during school drop-off/pick up times) 30km/hr, and the blue will drop to 40km/hr.
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The consultation feedback on this was very strongly in favour of the proposal, and it was extended out from Mays Rd to Innes Rd as a result of consultation. It’s good to note that these areas will be monitored to assess the impacts of the speed changes, and that council staff are working with police on how best to enforce the changes.
Term 3 classes at Papanui High School Adult and Community Education are now open for enrolment. Classes are scheduled to begin from Monday 2 August and most run for 7 weeks. Choose from arts & crafts, exercise & health, food & cooking, languages, and more. See the Facebook page or head to www.papanui.school.nz/adult-education for more information.
Papanui Pak’nSave progress update: although construction of the new supermarket at the corner of Main North Road & Northcote Road is still at the foundation stage, an application has been made to the Christchurch District Licensing Committee for an alcohol off-licence. The proposed days & hours are Monday to Sunday, 7am to 10pm.
See this notice or head to https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/business-licences-and-consents/alcohol/alcohol-licence-public-notification/ for more information.
Construction progress: the first foundations are in the ground for the 31 units being built by Mike Greer on the Harewood Road site bordered by the railway line and St James Park.
The Christchurch Northern Community Market will be on this Saturday 2 July from 9am to 2pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road. See the market’s Facebook page or northerncommunitymarket.co.nz for more information.
