MINUTES OF Kapiti Coast District Council
Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board Meeting
HELD AT THE
Council Chamber, Ground Floor, 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu
ON
Tuesday, 28 September 2021 AT 7.00pm

 

PRESENT:              Ms Kathy Spiers (Chair), Mr Guy Burns (Deputy Chair), Mr Jonny Best, Ms Grace Lindsay, Cr Bernie Randall, Cr Martin Halliday,

 

IN ATTENDANCE: Mark de Haast, Jayne Nock

 

APOLOGIES:         Nil

 

LEAVE OF               Nil

ABSENCE:

 

1            Welcome

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting

2            Apologies

Nil

3            Declarations of Interest Relating to Items on the Agenda 

Nil

4            Public Speaking Time

The following public speakers joined the meeting virtually via Zoom:

Salima Padamsey

Ms Padamsey spoke on behalf of Coastal Ratepayers United (CRU) and their concerns around a technically flawed science report (volume two) on coastal hazard lines and these hazard lines being placed on Land Information Memorandums (LIMs).

 

Ms Padamsey requested Board Members send a letter to the Council to encourage them to meet with CRU to discuss their concerns.

 

It was advised:

·                if the Council receives information that there are hazards to a property the Council has a legal obligation to add that information into that property’s LIMs; and

·                a recent media release had noted that extensive discussions had been held with CRU and those discussions would continue.

 

Lynn Sleath

Mr Sleath spoke about his concerns around the planned shared path along Main Road, Paraparaumu stating it was not wide enough at 1.5 metres to accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists.

 


 

5            Members’ Business

(a)             Public Speaking Time Responses

Ms Padamsey

Board Members agreed to meet with Ms Padamsey to further discuss offline.

Mr Sleath

The Chair agreed to follow up with the Infrastructure Team and report back to Mr Sleath.

(b)             Leave of Absence

Nil

(c)              Matters of an Urgent Nature (advice to be provided to the Chair prior to the commencement of the meeting)

Nil

(d)             Community Board Members’ Activities

The following papers were tabled during the meeting:

·                Board Members’ ongoing business matters as at 28 September 2021

·                Kathy Spiers’ activities during August and September 2021

·                Cr Halliday’s activities during August and September 2021

Tabled documents

The following documents were tabled.

Appendices

1        Board Members' ongoing business matters as at 28 Sept 21

2        Kathy Spiers' activities during August and September 21

3        Cr Martin Halliday's activities during August and September 21

 

Board Members agreed their ongoing business matters would be updated and tabled at every meeting to give the community an idea on what projects the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board was covering.  The paper would also capture ‘completed’ business.

 

6            Reports

6.1         Consideration of Applications for Funding

Committee Resolution  PRCB2021/22

Moved:       Mr Guy Burns

Seconder:  Cr Bernie Randall

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 to the 49 Squadron Air Training Corps to help with first aid training costs for 15 cadets.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 plus GST to The Kapiti Community Recreational Turf Trust to help with costs to install water fountains on their hockey turf facility.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 plus GST to Raumati South Kindergarten to help with costs to purchase four child-sized wheelbarrows for use in their garden.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $300 to Grace Brabham to help with flight and accommodation costs when attending the National Gymnastrada in Auckland in October.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $250 to Mulled Wine Concerts in Kapiti to help with costs for hall hire, relocation of piano, programme printing costs and graphic designer, all for their July concert.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 to the Kapiti Basketball Association requesting help with costs to send two teams to the Basketball New Zealand u13 regional tournament in Hawkes Bay in October.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 plus GST to the Kapiti US Marines Trust asking for help with costs to develop a collection of photos and film reels set in the Kapiti area and also to help with starting a small fund for the maintenance of the site and projects in Queen Elizabeth Park.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 plus GST to the Cancer Society requesting help with costs to continue landscaping their outdoor space (multi-purpose garden).

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 to the Pickle Pot Be-In who are requesting help with costs for their next youth operated day music festival (January 2022) in Paekākāriki.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 plus GST to Kapiti Youth Support to help with costs for building projects with young people i.e. building plant boxes, picnic tables.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $250 to Glenda Robb to help with costs to purchase replacement gardening equipment for their Rainbow Court Community Garden.

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 to MenzShed Kapiti Inc, to help towards the cost of a new resource consent.

Carried

 

Committee Resolution  PRCB2021/23

Moved:       Cr Bernie Randall

Seconder:  Cr Martin Halliday

That the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board approves a grant of $500 to the Kapiti Chess Club requesting help with purchasing extra chess sets for their Tournaments.

Carried

 

7            Confirmation of Minutes

7.1         Confirmation of minutes

Committee Resolution  PRCB2021/24

Moved:       Cr Bernie Randall

Seconder:  Mr Jonny Best

That the minutes of the Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board meeting on 6 July 2021 be accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

Carried

8            Matters Under Action

8.1         Matters Under Action

Matters Under Action were discussed and noted.

Board Members agreed the following items to be added to matters under action to enable the Council to keep the Board updated:

·                Kapiti Community Centre;

·                MacLean Park (scooter park, older persons equipment, lights at the Basketball court);

·                Te Uruhi (Kāpiti Gateway);

·                Martin Kau Kau replacement of memorial artwork on Skatepark; and

·                Kahe te Rau o te Rangi Artwork.

 

9            Confirmation of Public Excluded Minutes

Nil

 

The Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board meeting closed at 7.56pm.

 

 

 

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CHAIRPERSON