Think Papanui

Reminder: our Community Board’s draft plan for the next three years is open for feedback until this Sunday 26 March. See the Board’s Facebook post for more information and a link to a feedback form, or head to: https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/580

The Rotary Club of Bishopdale Burnside’s BOOKarama will take place from April 21st to 23rd at the YMCA Bishopdale Recreation Centre. Donations of good clean quality Books, Records, CD’s, DVD’s and Jigsaws are welcome, and can be left at a range of local spots. For more information see the Facebook event or head to https://bishopdale-burnside-rotary.com/bookarama-2023/.

Sturrocks Road is currently closed at the railway line, and Barnes Road will be closed this coming weekend. Think Papanui understands that the closures are for KiwiRail track maintenance. Take care if you’re in the area and watch for changed traffic conditions.

The Council’s Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (Plan Change 14) and the Heritage Plan Change (Plan Change 13) have both been officially notified today. Formal submissions on the plan changes can be made until 3 May 2023.

Plan Change 14 has been designed to bring the city’s District Plan in line with the Government’s new national standards to encourage multi-unit housing developments, called the Medium-Density Residential Standards (MDRS).

Under the Heritage Plan Change, new Residential Heritage Areas have been put forward for protection, with a number of new buildings, items and interiors added to the Schedule of Significant Historic Heritage.

Click through for more information, including interactive and downloadable maps showing how the plan changes apply: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/growingcity

The Council’s Annual Plan process is the way that the budget is set for the next financial year, including what will be spent on project and services, and where the money will come from. Click through for more information, including a link to the detailed plan and and online feedback form. Hard copies of the plan are also available at Council libraries and service centres.

There are a number of large events happening around the city this weekend. If you’re on the move it will pay to keep an eye out for changed traffic patterns and road closures & restrictions. See this Facebook post from the Council for more information.

The March newsletter from the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board includes highlights from the latest Board meeting, information on the Board’s draft plan and the Council’s draft annual plan, and more. Click through for the full newsletter, which you can also subscribe to by email: https://createsend.com/t/r-38EA5F1B806E12072540EF23F30FEDED

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board has developed a draft three-year plan that sets out the Board’s vision and priorities for the local community. The plan, along with those drafted by Christchurch’s other Community Boards, is now open for feedback until 26 March 2023.

Click through for more information, including an online version of the plan and a feedback form: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/580

Following a request made by Think Papanui under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA), the Christchurch City Council has released a presentation and video relating to the Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū cycleway. The information released had been presented to Councillors at a closed-door briefing in February 2023, ahead of decision-making on the potential deferral of a number of transport projects, including this one¹.

The text accompanying the information release was as follows: “The presentation from 14 February 2023 is attached. A redacted version of the video presented at the briefing is attached. We have taken this approach as a number of bystanders are identifiable (including school children). The attached video shows the main pinchpoints that were highlighted at the briefing“

Presentation

The presentation is posted here in full as received from the Council.

Video

The video is posted here in full as received from the Council. Note that as mentioned above, the video was redacted prior to release to Think Papanui.

Footnotes

1. See item 14 (Climate Emergency Response Fund (Transport Choices) – Decision over how to Progress) in the agenda and minutes of the 22 February 2023 meeting of the Council’s Finance and Performance Committee. The outcome of the meeting was that the Wheels to Wings cycleway was not included in the list of projects to be deferred by one year.

On Thursday 9 March, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• received four public forum presentations;
• approved four traffic and parking agenda items;
• approved the scheme design and other changes associated with traffic light and intersection layouts for the new PAK’nSAVE on Main North Road;
• approved two grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
• received the report from the Electoral Officer on the recent by-election;
• and received an area report on issues and initiatives in the Board area.

Ali Jones was also sworn in as a Community Board member following the recent by-election.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 13 April. Click through to read the full minutes: https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/03/PCBCC_20230309_MIN_9113_AT.PDF