POHANGINA VALLEY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MINUTES

4thNovember 2014 at 7.30pm

PRESENT: L Besley, J Barnett, R Galyer, S Edwards, M Pratt, C Pullar, G CourtJ Hawthorn, A White(part of meeting) and A Short(Councillor).

APOLOGIES:K Hilliard.. G Court/S Edwards Carried

MINUTES:Moved: That the minutes of the October 2014 PVCC meeting are accepted as a true and correct record. S Edwards/L Besley Carried

.PVC Newsletter

A White reported on issues with publication of the PVC newsletter. This included lack of contributors, time to get hard copies distributed and no one has come forward to take over as editor of the PVC newsletter once Annie leaves in December. A White recommended that we take up an offer from the editor of the Ashhurst Village Voice to publish Valley articles in the Village Voice.

The committee decided to review all means of communication with the Pohangina Valley Community. This includes the web site, facebook page , PVC Newsletter/Ashhurst Village Voice and the various email mail lists.

G Court/C PullarCarried

L Besley to discuss the Village Voice option with the editor.

MATTERS ARISING

1River Sub committee

i)River Access-Meeting to be held in 3rd week of November with WAC and MDC to discuss agreement

ii)Raumai Bridge-MDC and horizons will not undertake any work on approaches to Raumai Bridge until NZTA agrees the work needs to be done.

2Domain Sub committee

i)Monitoring Group set up to monitor management of new pasture

ii)Meeting to be held on 18th November at Domain/County Fayre to develop coherent plan for Domain

3Valley Road Lookout

Volunteer grasses along the base at the back of the car park, along the track to the top and the edge of the upper terrace was sprayed with ‘roundup’ in early September. Inspection at Labour weekend showed good clearance of weeds with good survival of the July/August planting. Several large purple ‘ragwort’ plants were removed. The lookout is looking good. The blackberry has almost been eliminated and with a little more work over summer we will be well placed for re-planting next autumn/winter

4Pohangina Valley Community Trust

Met on October 8th

5Centenary ANZAC Sub-committee

J Barnett to make application to Eastern and Central for funding to cover the ANZAC celebrations

6Community Planning Programme

PVCC delivered PowerPoint presentation focussing on the PVC Action Plan to representatives from Horizons, DOC and MDC. The presentation was well received and the initial contacts made with attendees will provide a good foundation for the formation of future relationships and partnership building.

7PVC Newsletter

Articles for the next edition of the PVC newsletter to be to A White by 6th December

8PVCC and Election Protocol

Protocols for secretary and elections will be presentedand approved

G Court/L BesleyCarried

9Howells Gully

Steel guard rail programmed to be installed on the outbend before end of November

10MDC report

Cr A Short reported on current council activities

These included;

i)Nominations for Community Honours close on 28th November

ii)A number of Council bylaws have been update. This includes Urban Fires bylaw. A permit is required for urban outdoor fires. The Pohangina Village is classified as an urban area in the District Plan. There is a $15 permit fee. Traditional cooking fires , such as hangi and BBQ’s are exempt.

iii)Makino Aquatic Centre Upgrade-Goal is to raise $1.8m from third party funding.Application made to Eastern and Central for some of the funds required. Will also be making application to Lotteries Commission.

iv)Kitchener Park Trust-have been some issues with registering the trust because of an existing company called Kitchener Park in Auckland. These have been solved with the trust being registered as the Awahuri Forest/Kitchener Park Trust.

Speed Limit in Pohangina J Barnett contacted Emily Weeks regarding additional signage on approaches to the Pohangina Village. Meeting arranged for 26thNovember.

Pohangina Village Bus Shelter: Nothing to report

Emergency Management:L Besley to arrange meeting once Melvyn Smith returns from overseas.

Totara Reserve Advisory Group:L Besley provided an update from Bill Martyn

Signage Project; Proposal written by K Hilliard to be discussed at the December meeting.

  • Herbicide use in Cemetery: It has been noted by the Moar family that it appears herbicide applications have been applied too closely to tree plantings. J Hawthorn to discuss with MDC.

Meeting closed at 9.30pm

Next meeting: Tuesday 2nd December, 7.30pm in County Faye

MDC Community Committee Fund position summary

Available / Spent/allocated to
Total Funds Available up to 30/6/2013 / 3,900
River access- fencing
- earthworks / 2,501(in advance)
1,399(in advance)
Balance / 0 / 3,900
Total Funds Available from 1/7/2013 – 30/6/2014 / 2,700

Total Funds Available from 1/7/2014 – 30/6/20152,700