Lake Brunner Community Catchment Care Group Management Team Meeting: Tuesday 11 March 2014
Opened: 1pm
Closed: 2:45pm
Attendance
Renee Rooney,
Rosalie Shaffrey
Katie Milne
Paul Ryan
Alyce Melrose
Apologies
Phil Keene
Mike Meehan
Brent Beadle
Introduction of Brent Beadle
The management team felt the group needed a representative from the Moana area of the catchment to help get more Moana residents involved in the projects. Therefore Brent Beadle was brought onto the Management Team. Brent Beadle has been living in the area for a number of years and runs fishing trips on the Lake, therefore providing a great understanding of the Lake and Lake processes.
March Planting Dates
· Site: Lake Poerua Scenic Reserve (500 plants)
· Date: Friday 21 and Saturday 22 March 12, 2014
· Times: 10am to 3pm
· Renee in the morning, Rosalie in the morning and afternoon for both days
· Paul possible to help on the Saturday
· Alyce and Katie to help as needed
· To do:
o Renee, Rosalie, Katie, Paul to undertake a phone around to get people to come
o Alyce to organise posters for the planting days
o Alyce to check with DOC about providing paint for willows and large gorse
April Planting days
· School helping on at Iveagh Bay 11 April (450 Plants)
o Time: 10am to 3pm – the school will turn up when it suits them and the parents will help
o The School will sort out when Jonny will go and talk to the kids
o Rosalie to get the Grey Star along to the planting day
· Conservation Volunteers
o Site: Homestead Creek (550 Plants)
o Date: 9 and 10 of April (The community group has funding to cover them for three days. Therefore the group has agreed to use them for one day in spring for general maintenance due to this being a busy time of year for the farmers)
o Time: 9am – 3pm including travel time from Punakaiki
o They will supply their own food and tools
o Paul and Rosalie to supervise
o Alyce to check with Arthur Perkins and Grant and Fran Marshall about Parking before the Railway Tracks and tracking down to the site.
May Planting dates
· The community Group will decide on these at a later stage depending on whether all sites are completed or not.
What to bring
· Gumboots
· Safety vests
· Spades, picks etc
· Lunch
· Water
· Hat
Fifth site and replacement plants
· There was the recognition that not all plants would survive and that the group will need to replace some of the plants.
· The group has not applied for funding to replace plants, therefore the group agreed to apply for funding to cover an estimated cost of the standard percentage of plants that usually need to be replaced. Then if not all funding is used up, decide on a possible site.
· Possible sites are discussed below
· Alyce to talk to Ministry for the Environment about this
· The first round of maintenance, including plant count of dead plants, will occur by 10 August 2014.
· September will be the month for planting replacement plants and deciding on a fifth site if one is needed.
Signage
· The signage information is attached
· The Management Team is happy with this
· Alyce to confirm with Ministry for the Environment and send to Clair at Westcoast Print once MfE have provided their approval.
Possible fifth planting site if needed
· School Creek – is on private land and therefore is not a possible site (Creek near the Inchbonnie Hall)
· Site in the corner of David Ellerm and Henry and Liz Raymond property in Cashmere Bay
o Alyce to have a look and review at a later stage
· Extension of Iveagh Bay Drain Project
o Along the Lake front edge
o Removal of blackberries and the addition of a few more low lying plants
o Confirmed as a possible site
· Site to the east of the Railway Station towards the main road as shown in pictures at the end of the document
o Low plants
o Significant consultation with the landowners adjacent to the site before the site could be confirmed
o Would need to consider fired hazards
· All sites will need to be discussed with Grey District Council
Wider Community Group Meeting
· Date: Early May
· Place: Will be the Moana Pub – Alyce to Book
· Agenda
o Introducing the new Landcare person (Landcare Trust is employing someone part time on the Coast to take over Phil Keene’s role on the Coast and this project).
o Progress to date
o Next steps
o Maintenance Plan
§ Conservation Volunteers for spring to undertake some maintenance
§ Help from the community
o Jonny update Water Quality
o Alyce update on Ministry for the Environment
o General Business
· Alyce will bring photos of all the sites
· Rosalie to get the Grey Star to come along
General Business
· Alyce to get Phil to send out one email just about the important dates
· Discussion over good articles on Lake Brunner to show that work is being made – This will occur once more planting days have occurred
· The Group would also like to thank Mathew Wakelin for paying for some workers to undertake the remaining planting at Mitchells.
Next Management Team Meeting will be held before the Wider Community Meeting
Photos of the Boat Shed possible site
Looking from near the station back along the shoreline towards the main Road
Looking from same point as the above picture towards the houses that will be looking over the site
Looking from the same point as the above pictures back towards the Boat Ramp and Railway Station
Looking from the top of the pedestrian bridge towards the Boat Ramp Parking