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Failed Mad Butcher looking to fundraise $15,000 for unpaid staff

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Here’s an interesting follow-up to the closure of the Papanui Mad Butcher: company director Allan Aitchison has set up a Givealittle fundraising page (linked in the article below) looking for donations to cover unpaid wages.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/94373150/failed-mad-butcher-looking-to-fundraise-15000-for-unpaid-staff

Failed Mad Butcher looking to fundraise $15,000 for unpaid staff

Owner of a Mad Butcher in liquidation is seeking donations for 15 “normal working folks” owed $15,000.
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Potential traffic delays on QEII Drive

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Potential traffic delays on QEII Drive: from last night through to this Thursday 6 July, take care as there may be stop/go traffic control at night on QEII Drive while steel barriers are installed between Grimseys Road and Innes Road. Also there may be brief stoppages during the day through to 24 July while trees are felled in preparation for the construction of two new traffic lanes. Click through for details…

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QEII Drive Update

Starting the night of Sunday 2 July they will be installing steel safety barriers on QEII Dr, from Grimseys Rd to Innes Rd. The site clearance work involves tree felling and vegetation removal along QEII Dr. This will allow work to start on building two new traffic lanes to upgrade QEII Dr to four lanes of traffic. The work may impact your travel time. ^JP
http://ow.ly/Da5J30d6h58
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Agenda of Papanui-Innes Community Board – 30 June 2017

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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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Christchurch City Council approves free swimming for preschoolers trial

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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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Papanui Parallel cycleway opens

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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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Annual Plan decisions

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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.

Papanui Innes Community Board

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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Public submissions invited on proposed third lane on the Waimakariri bridge

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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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