Greetings from your Community Board

 Highlights of our latest meeting

Our Community Board met on Monday 17 August. Some highlights of our meeting included hearing from local residents as part of our Public Forum and approving funding for a number of fantastic community projects as part of our Strengthening Communities Fund for 2020 - 2021. We appointed Nigel Harrison to act as chairperson of the Akaroa Museum Advisory Committee until September 2022 and met with Nathan Mauger, the new Facility Manager of the Lyttelton Recreation Centre. You can read the minutes to see what else we discussed and find out the dates, times and details of upcoming Community Board and Council meetings here.

Change of venue for our next Community Board meeting

Due to current physical distancing requirements, our next Banks Peninsula Community Board meeting, originally scheduled to be held in Little River, will now be held at the Lyttelton Community Boardroom.

Details: 10 am, Monday 7 September at the  Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury St, Lyttelton

Governors Bay walking track temporarily closing

Part of a popular walking track along the Governors Bay foreshore will be closed weekdays for the next two months while contractors working on the Lyttelton Harbour wastewater project lay new pipeline and electrical cabling to connect the Jetty Road pump station with the new Governors Bay pump station. These works will start on 24 August and are expected to run for eight weeks. The track will be closed Monday - Friday and re-opened on weekends.

Feedback on Akaroa options due this week

Anyone wanting to give feedback on the Christchurch City Council’s options for dealing with treated wastewater from Akaroa needs to do so this week. Consultation closes at midnight on Sunday 23 August.

Christchurch City Council has put forward four options. One is to continue discharging the treated wastewater into the harbour and the other three are to use the highly treated wastewater to irrigate new areas of native trees at various sites on Banks Peninsula.

Information outlining the options is available online at ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay and printed booklets can be picked up at any Council service centre or library.

Submissions can be made online or by filling out the form at the back of the booklet and posting it. Please ensure contact details are included as the Council does not accept anonymous submissions.

Anyone wanting more information can contact senior engagement advisor Tara King at tara.king@ccc.govt.nz

Apply for funding for your gathering

Have you ever wanted to organise a neighbourhood gathering? Perhaps you've always wanted to put on a potluck for the whole street? Summer with your neighbours is about bringing people closer together and celebrating the unique and diverse mix of each neighbourhood.
The Community Boards are making small subsidies available to help support Summer with your neighbours events. Applications are now open until Sunday 6 September, 2020
Apply online at: ccc.govt.nz/GetTogether

Building stronger, connected communities

What does a strong community look, sound and feel like? How can we build connections to meet the new realities of our world? Council is revisiting its 2007 Strengthening Communities Strategy and wants your feedback on  how we can build and strengthen community connections over the next 10 years.

Metro Sports Facility – Aquatic Sensory Experience

When Metro Sports Facility opens in 2022, it will be the largest aquatic and indoor recreation and leisure venue in New Zealand. It will include an Aquatic Sensory Experience. Let us know how you would like to use the space.

New dates for The Walking Festival

We have postponed The Walking Festival until 2021. The two week festival will be held between 17 April to 2 May 2021. Keep an eye out for updates on our Facebook.  If you’re keen to be part of the festival as a walk leader please visit their website for more details.