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2 September Community Board agenda

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 2 September at 9am in the Papanui Boardroom. The agenda includes:

    • a recommendation to grant a ground lease to Shirley Community Trust in relation to the MacFarlane Park Neighbourhood Centre (former Plunket building);
    • proposed no stopping restrictions in the Langdons Road area;
    • public transport improvements along route 17;
    • the proposed signalised pedestrian crossing to support the new Marian College site (pic);
    • $3,232 in proposed ‘Summer with your Neighbours’ grants;
    • transitional arrangements for the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
    • and two applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund.

The meeting will be streamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook Page. This is the last Board meeting scheduled prior to the local body elections.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/09/PICB_20220902_AGN_7651_AT_WEB.htm

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19 August Community Board meeting outcomes

On Friday 19 August, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board:

    • approved parking restrictions on Averill Street by Pareawa Banks Avenue School;
    • approved the stopping and sale of a portion of legal road in Cornwall St;
    • approved a change of landscaping concept for the renewal of Canal Reserve Drain alongside Marshland Road;
    • granted approximately $160,000 from the Board’s Strengthening Communities Fund;
    • approved a grant of $5,000 to Delta Community Support Trust towards the cost of the trust’s foodbank programme;
    • approved grants from the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
    • and received an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Friday 2 September.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/08/PICB_20220819_MIN_7650_AT.PDF

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This Sat 27 August: Cranford Basin Kahikatea Forest Community Planting

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand are holding a planting day at the Cranford Basin Kahikatea Forest this Saturday 27 August from 10am to 1pm. See the Facebook Event for more information and a link to register.

We are working in conjunction with Christchurch City Council to plant a forest of 40,000 kahikatea trees in a wetland area that will provide stormwater retention services as well as enhancing urban biodiversity.
Meeting point: 103 Philpotts Rd, Mairehau. For more accurate directions, put #63 Philpotts Rd into your GPS.
Please bring your own gardening gloves, a water bottle, and wear sturdy footwear – gumboots can be helpful.
We’d love to see you there, so please register on our website (https://bookings.conservationvolunteers.org/project/cranford-basin). Contact Donna (christchurch@cvnz.org.nz) 021 457 568 for more information.
COVID-19:
We will be following the advice from government and local council on all Covid-19 restrictions.

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Papanui Ward candidates confirmed

Nominations for the 2022 local body elections have now closed and candidates have been confirmed.

Christchurch City Council: candidates for Papanui Ward Councillor are: Mike Davidson (Independent); and Victoria Henstock (Your Local Independent Community Voice).
Community Board: two candidates have put their names forward for two Papanui Ward positions so they will be elected unopposed: Simon Britten (Think Papanui); and Emma Norrish (Independent).

Canterbury Regional Council: almost all of Papanui Ward falls within ECan’s North East/Ōrei Regional Constituency. Candidates for the two vacancies are: Tane Apanui (Rail and Simplified Transport); Ashley Campbell (Independent); Joe Davies (The People’s Choice – Labour); David East (Independent); and John Knox (Independent).

Voting papers for the city and regional council elections will start arriving in enrolled voters’ letterboxes from 16 September. People will have until midday Saturday, 8 October to return their completed voting papers. All enrolled voters can cast a vote for their preferred Mayoral candidate.

For more information on the City Council election see: https://ccc.govt.nz/elections
For more information on the Regional Council election see: https://www.ecan.govt.nz/elections

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Agenda: 19 August Community Board meeting

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 19 August at 9am in the Papanui Boardroom.

The agenda includes:

    • proposed parking restrictions on Averill Street by Pareawa Banks Avenue School;
    • the proposed stopping and sale of a portion of legal road in Cornwall St;
    • a change of landscaping concept for the renewal of Canal Reserve Drain alongside Marshland Road;
    • $143,382 in recommended grants from the Board’s Strengthening Communities Fund;
    • an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
    • two applications to the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
    • and an area report covering issues and initiatives within the Community Board area.

The meeting is open for the public to attend, and will also be streamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/08/PICB_20220819_AGN_7650_AT_WEB.htm

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