Whaingaroa Environmental Defence Incorporated Registered no.1912150
from Secretary: John Lawson, 51 Cliff St, Raglan 07 825 7866 email johnrag@vodafone.co.nz
The next Raglan Community Board meeting is Tuesday 12 August at 6pm in the Town Hall Supper Room. The public forum starts at 5.30pm, giving an opportunity to discuss issues, but you can also contact the Community Board members. The agenda is at http://waidc.govt.nz/Documents-Library/Files/Your-Council/Agendas-2014/140812_RCB_Agenda.aspx.
Items on the agenda include –
1. James St tendered for reseal, footpaths and 50 parking spaces.
2. Priorities for 2015 Long Term Plan – 2012 list priorities (1-28) were 1. Iwi liaison committee, new footpaths, Whaanga sewage, lights, speed restrictions, Wainui Reserve, Town Hall rate & upgrade (no refurbishment planned), parking, swimming pool, walkway to Whale Bay, kerb & channel, Marine Pde lights, cycleway to Riria Kereopa Mem. Dr, Wi Neera St reserve, sports hall (waiting Te Kopua Reserve Management Plan), Whale Bay bus, widen Bow St paths, Cliff St one-way, Wainui, Main, James, Stewart, Norrie road upgrades, walkway Wainui Rd-Karioi (“land ownership issues”), Lorenzen seafront, heritage trail, 28. jetty repair. [bold items not yet done]
3. Report on oil drilling permits – lists existing permits, but doesn’t mention bids which close on 25 September for areas 18km from Raglan bar.
4. Raglan Naturally update – boardwalk to Whale Bay (options to be looked at at this meeting), Cliff St-Wharf footpath (jetty paths recently installed), Lorenzen Bay-town footpath (deferred), Stewart & Gilmour St footpaths (not scheduled), cycle lanes to beaches (walking & cycling strategy to be written in 2015), more welcome to Raglan signs (could be funded), land disposal of sewage (not financially viable), 2 lane Wainui Bridge (2041, cost of safety rails excessive), more frequent bus (lists current times), parking time (some extended), more Wharf boat parking (rejected), power undergrounding (for new subdivisions), broadband (4G potential), water quality (being upgraded to meet legislation), drinking fountains (3 installed), Whale Bay water supply (no progress), rebuild James St wharf (no change), more reserves (parks strategy being developed), more gardens (WEC is planting fruit trees), protect views (no protection), structure plan (can be addressed in district plan review), village green (district plan or PlaceMaking), affordable housing (district plan could be reviewed),
5. Ruapuke Beach – sunny dunny to be installed in 2014.
6. “Meetings are scheduled to advance civil defence planning in Raglan in the first week of August”.
7. Sewage spill report not in agenda, but to be tabled at meeting.
8. Whaanga Coast sewage – 68 connected, 8 more in September. New Manu Bay cabinet location being finalised.
9. Coastal Reserves Committee minutes of 9 June and 14 July. Who will replace David Peacocke on the committee as a community representative?
10. Raglan i-Site report – visitors up from 16,809 to 30,145, with 3,163 going to the museum (average of 8.9 a day). Overnight stays range from $10 (camping) to $499.
11. Economic Development Manager power point presentation of a new Waikato District prospectus – invest, visit, and live website and YouTube channel.
12. Discretionary fund still has $4,636 after unpaid commitments of $5,911 for Placemaking (praise for library furnishings), sculptures and Domain mural.
Are there any issues WED should be taking up? There is still no mention of the claim that at least 2 lease offers for 1 Wi Neera St have been rejected. Will item 7 be released on the website? Quirky that the Raglan Naturally report includes several issues that weren’t in the 2001 plan and that others that were have no implementation plans.
The election could make a big difference to many issues. WED is jointly holding a meet the parties event with the Residents and Ratepayers at 10.30am on Saturday 23 August in the Town Hall. Information about the party’s policies particularly relevant to Raglan is at 2014 General Election Candidate Information and Interweb Links and my comment at the foot of that gives links to other policies too.
Hope to see you then.
Thanks
John.