Community Board workshop in the afternoon is on at 1.30pm Wed 27 May on Zoom (Meeting ID: 899 8850 5907 Password: 957399). The Community Board members are:- Bob MacLeod, Chris Rayner, Dennis Amoore, Gabrielle Parson, Lisa Thomson, Satnam Bains and Tony Oosten.
John Lawson of Whaingaroa Environmental Defence has summarised the agenda: Items on the agenda include (there are no reports with the agenda, so John has added in [ ] what he think the items will include) –
• Cycleways, footpaths, roading – what is happening/coming up. [a list of footpath works to identify what had been completed and what was to be completed before the end of the current LTP in Lorenzen Bay, Main St, Cliff St, Greenslade Rd and Raglan West area. Papahua pathway. Cliff St (one way). Raised platforms on Bow St. Gilmour St upgrade. Wainui Rd footbridge (near sewage ponds) rebuild. This NZTA map of crashes could be useful for deciding priorities]
- Speed Limit implementation
- Wastewater Consent Renewal [hui as above and Tohora Close, Whale Bay sewage leak on 27 April]
- Raglan iSite
- COVID-19 Community Response Planning
- Raglan Naturally
- WDC Long Term Planning [presumably the 2070 Plan (see below), Stormwater Management Plan, Coastal Reserve Management Plan and horse riding on beach, WDC response to Long Term Plan submissions said “the swimming club has yet to demonstrate a community need for a new pool complex” (despite coming 2nd in the RCB survey!)]
- RCB 90 Day Planning
- Open forum/discussion space
Should WED be taking up these, or any other issues? For example, the agenda doesn’t include –
- the $2.5m injected into Raglan Wharf a welcome boost announcement. Do you welcome it, were you involved in this “community-led planning” and what effect will/should it have on traffic and parking at the wharf? February meeting noted, “queried whether a resource consent was required from Waikato Regional Council.”
- Climate Response report, steering group and Climate Action Group.
- Cr Thomson to update the Board at the April 2020 meeting on the process for approving rally events – but see Chronicle article. 5pm on Fri 29 May is the deadline for submissions about Rally NZ road closures.
- Harbour Catchment Management Plan
- Staff to provide the Board with further information on how Harbour Board funds were allocated.
- Board to review freedom camping and consider issue at its next meeting.
- planned shingle at Aro Aro park for boat trailers.
- Staff to present a debrief report on Soundsplash 2020 to the April 2020 Board meeting.
- Community Board Charter and Coastal Reserves Committee, Kopua Governance Board, Raglan Hall Committee and Wastewater group.
- Staff to provide an update on Manu Bay to the Board at its April 2020 meeting.
- Cliff Street Jetty repair.
- Solid Waste Review update.
- James St and Museum bus stops and shelters.
- Rangitahi – Precinct D resource consent
- Hills Rd water tower
- glyphosate
- volunteer worker safety
- parking infringement money
- coastguard lease
- Puriri Park
- weedbusters
- water meter cost/benefit analysis.
- tsunami evacuation plan.
The 2070 plan map on the left was approved by council without discussion. It shows where they plan to put the 8,500 population and the extra roads to link with them. The one on the right is the one we were consulted on in November.
The report to council says, “Waikato 2070 can be afforded weight under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). In terms of the Council’s Proposed District Plan, it is up to the Hearing Commissioners how much weight they give to Waikato 2070 in their decision-making process. As Waikato 2070 is not required by legislation, there were no requirements to undertake public consultation”.Do you think Council has adequately considered the points in submissions made last November, including whether Gilmour St should become the main road? Did you know about these planned expansions before now? Council then discussed, “the voter participation rate and how Council engaged with its communities generally.” Does your experience with the 2070 plan encourage you to engage?