Danielle Grant Chairs Report September 2017

Chairs Report August - September 2017

Highlights

Short Shorts Film Awards, Kaipatiki Public Arts Trust, 20 August

Enabled by the Kaipatiki Public Arts Trust (KPAT), this short film making contest received 20 entries for local Kaipatiki schools.  The theme was Kaipatiki Bites.  Over 120 young people participated in creating short films that build on the theme.  For me the pride in Kaipatiki was evident in every short film.  To view the short films, go to YouTube, by searching for KPAT Short Shorts 2017.  The winners included Willow Park Primary School, Northcote Intermediate and highly commended to Wairau Special School.  Support of this project was funded through the Kaipatiki Local Board.

Mayoral visit to Kaipatiki, 25 August

Mayor Phil Goff spent a morning in Kaipatiki, hosted by the Kaipatiki Community Facilities Trust, and attended by our councillors Chris Darby and Richard Hills, and board members Danielle Grant, John Gillon, Kay McIntyre and Lindsay Waugh, and the Kaipatiki Youth Development Trust.  A wonderful opportunity to share the community development initiatives with the Mayor and to visit the recently completed Birkenhead town centre lookout – Kaimataara o Wai Manawa.

Bayview’s Spinella Reserve, Yarn Bombing, 9 September

Inspired to brighten up the local park, community Bayview Craft Mob leader, Ro Stott, lead a team of local knitters to create this wonderful collection of fence coverings for Spinella Reserve.  Over several months of planning, and a huge amount of local creativity this project was completed for all to enjoy. This is a wonderful example of a community empowered project.  Funded by the Kaipatiki Local Board.

Meetings and workshops dates:

• Weekly chairs meeting every Monday morning
• Chaired the Kaipatiki Local Board workshops on 9, 23, 30 August
• Local Board Chair’s Forum, at the Town Hall, on 14 August
• Chaired the Kaipatiki Local Board meeting, on 23 August
• Meeting with Police Inspector Sunny Patel and District Commander Tusha Penny on 8 August
• Planning Committee Auckland Plan Refresh workshops on 10 and 30 August
• Panuku Development Auckland update 11 August
• Council Officer presentation to provide information and advice on the Auckland Unitary Plan triggers for resource consent applications, with a view to better guide the planners in the determination as the whether or not to notify a resource consent.  Also invited were local board members of the other Northern boards, on 16 August
• Chaired the Kaipatiki Local Board meeting, on 16 August
• Attended the Northcote Awataha Greenway Reference Group, on 17 August
• Local member of parliament briefing with Dr Jonathan Coleman, on 18 August
• Chaired the Kaipatiki Local Board Community Forum, on 23 August
• Briefing for local board members from Panuku Development Auckland, and Homes, Land Community (HLC) on Northcote Awahata Greenway, on 24 August
• Meeting with Nick Kearney, on 24 August
• Monthly update with Councillors Chris Darby and Richard Hills, also accompanied by Deputy Chair John Gillon, on 25 August
• Governance to governance meeting with Glenfield Community Centre Trust board and KLB members, to discuss the current state of the centre, on 29 August
• Sub-regional cluster workshop, at Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, on 28 August
• Attendance at the Weed Management Political Work Party, at Auckland Council on 30 August
• Introduction meeting with new Northcote Library Manager, Laura Caygill, on 5 September
• Meeting with Carol Ryan, Raeburn House Manager, on 5 September
• Northcote Unlock update for local board members, presentation from Panuku Development Auckland, on 7 September
• Monthly meeting with Auckland Council Strategic Broker and introduction to new officer Challen Wilson, on 7 September

Events, Site Visits and Functions

• Guest speaker at Albany Junior High – to discuss the role of democracy and the upcoming elections with students as a practical part of their school learning, on 10 August
• Guest speaker at NorthBridge Retirement Village for their monthly morning tea to provide an update on Northcote, and questions from the audience. A request was made to look at the location of the ATM machines in Northcote, on 15 August
• Pre-Commencement meeting and site visit with Healthy Waters, as part of the requirement of the resource consent, at Chelsea Estate for the storm water renewals, on 15 August
• Site visit of the Wairau Road – Watercare’s tunnel boring machine, on 18 August. See this on YouTube here.
• Official presenter of awards for the Kaipatiki Public Arts Trust, Short Shorts film competition for Kaipatiki schools, hosted at Birkdale Intermediate School, on 20 August
• Pest Free Kaipatiki structure workshop, hosted at the Kaipatiki Local Board office, on 22 August
• Bayview School Board of Trustees meeting 24 August, attended as a Board of Trustee member
• Visit with the Mayor Phil Goff, Councillors Chris Darby and Richard Hills, and fellow board members, hosted by the Kaipatiki Community Facilities Trust
• Site visit to Mapura Studios, Director Diana McPherson, organized by Jill Nerheny, and accompanied by local board member Paula Gillon, on 28 August
• Attended of the Citizenship Ceremony for the Northern Boards at the Bruce Mason Centre, on 28 August
• Visit to Chelsea Sugar Factory with fellow board members, on 30 August
• Morning tea with the management and staff of Raeburn House, with fellow board member Paula Gillon, on 31 August
• Unveiling and dedication of the WW1 memorial tablet at Glenfield Mission Hall, hosted by the Glenfield Community Centre, on 9 September.  Also attended by fellow board members John Gillon and Kay McIntyre.  Support of this project was funded by the Kaipatiki Local Board.
• Spinella Reserve, community event organised by the Bayview Craft Mob, from the Bayview Community Centre to apply knitted decorative panels to the fence at Spinella Reserve, on 9 September. Support of this project was funded by the Kaipatiki Local Board