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Eastbourne Community Board Chair’s report June 2025
The Eastbourne Community Board’s (ECB) next public meeting is at 7.15pm on Tuesday, 10 June, at the East Harbour Women’s Club, 145 Muritai Road.
Community Board members will be available from 6.45pm before the formal meeting to discuss any issues. Our standing orders don’t allow for general discussion and questions from the floor during a meeting. If you have a question about any of the presentations on the agenda, please notify a member of the ECB before the meeting, and we will ask it on your behalf. If we can ask questions ahead of the meeting, presenters are more likely to be able to prepare an answer.
Residents are always welcome at Board meetings. At the start of the meeting, anyone may speak (for up to three minutes) under public comment on any community topic. The presentations at the meeting on 10 June (at the time of writing) include updates about:
- The response to the weather event in early May, from Jo Miller, Council CE
- The planned Eastbourne Summer Pool volunteer programme
- The Tupua Horo Nuku project
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The Gollan’s Valley Station opportunity
- The Community Climate Action fund
This will be the second-to-last meeting in this triennium. The current community board’s last meeting will be held in August ahead of the local government elections in October.
At least two Board members are not standing for re-election. Residents who are interested in local government and representing their community can consider standing for election in October. Please don't hesitate to contact me or any member of the ECB if you’d like to learn more about the election process and representation.
What has kept us busy?
Thank you to Board members Emily Keddell, Murray Gibbons, Bruce Spedding, Frank Vickers and Deputy Mayor Tui Lewis for their ongoing support and terrific work ethic. Here is a list of some of the activities that have kept us busy since the previous report in April.
Gollan’s Farm purchase: The Regional Council’s purchase of Gollan’s Farm presents exciting opportunities for recreation and conservation in Eastbourne and the wider region. We have formally thanked GWRC for making the purchase. We look forward to hearing more about the possibilities for the land at our June ECB meeting.
Tupua Horo Nuku: Terrific progress continues on the resilience and shared path project, despite delays caused by the storm at the start of May. The significant southerly swells were a good test for the completed part of the project. As with any large infrastructure project, there are details of concern to residents. The ECB continues to discuss details with Council and the project team, including the lack of lighting and bins at the new bus stops, as well as safe access to the path from the streets and properties opposite.
Dog control submissions: The ECB made written and oral submissions on the Council’s Dog Control Bylaw and Dog Control Policy. We supported several residents who pointed out in their individual submissions that there are few off-lead areas in Eastbourne now, and those that remain are difficult to use at high tide and are close to bird protection areas. We supported MIRO’s request for improved dog control around the banded dotterel nesting area and requested education for all users of the shared path, including cyclists and dog walkers.
Pencarrow Road: Following a request from the ECB, the Council will ask Horokiwi Quarries to use finer aggregate on Pencarrow Road, making it better suited for the many cyclists who use the road. We have also asked Council to review the total dog ban during lambing from August to October, now that there are no longer sheep at Gollan’s Farm.
Eastbourne summer pool
The Council will call for community volunteers again to extend the Eastbourne Summer Pool season. Keep an eye out for the opportunity to be trained as a lifeguard soon. We’ll hear more about this at the June ECB meeting.
Community Climate Action Fund
Look out for an additional round of funding for community organisations with climate change projects, to be announced later in June.
Communication
One of the Board’s roles is to communicate relevant matters, proposals, consultations, and issues to residents. We do this through our Facebook page (840 followers), the eastbourne.nz website, our email list (420+ subscribers), our regular column in the Eastbourne Herald, and the digital display board at the library.
Residents can also contact Board members directly:
Belinda Moss
2 June 2025 |
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