May update email

Read the update sent out to our members in May HERE

Next Committee Meeting Monday 13th June

Island Bay Community Centre 7-9pm

Our next committee meeting will begin at 7pm, business items to start, followed by a presentation from Predator free Wellington and Island bay.

Have you heard of Predator Free NZ 2050? Keen to hear what’s happening to eradicate pests and bring back native wildlife in your own area? Or maybe you have a trap sitting somewhere unused? Come along to the next IBRA meeting on 13 June, 8pm, Island Bay Community Centre where we will have four experts give an overview of all the activities along the South Coast. You can even pick up a trap and get a quick tutorial on how to use it. We’ll have Pattern Reid and Alastair Henshaw from Predator Free Wellington, Eugene Doyle from Owhiro Bay Residents Association, and Rupert from Predator Free Island Bay. See you there!

Meeting agenda:
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Island Bay Village Upgrades- Interested Public Update 01

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Wellington City Council Urban Design team would like to thank you for your participation at the community drop-in session at the Island Bay Community Centre 9 April 2022.

Over the last month our team has been collating and understanding the greater values of Island Bay neighbourhood and concerns of the public space for the main shopping area.

During this time we have established a working group of representatives from the business community, Island Bay Residents Association, and community groups.

At the first two workshops ( 27 April + 9 May), the group synthesised and expanded on the vision for Island Bay Village, wherein we organised and prioritised the design objectives for the upgrades concept. We are currently in the pre-design phase.

To keep up to date with the progress of the upgrades, please visit our website. Projects – Island Bay Village upgrades – Wellington City Council

Here you will find a more detailed summary and synopsis of the drop-in, working group meetings, and the next steps.

There will be one more working group meeting in June.

Beginning this week and into the next, we will be conducting an on-site 5 question survey that will help capture any additional comments and suggestions- you may see our team or fellow volunteers out and about in the main shopping area.

This public information will contribute to the working group’s discussions and the urban design concept. We expect a concept plan mid-year.

If you have any concerns or questions with the process and information here, please feel free to contact us at this email address.

We will continue to email the interested public as we meet the milestones.

Looking forward to the continued progress with this exciting project.  

Ngā mihi

Island Bay Village Upgrades

Public Space Design and Delivery Team

City Design & Place Planning | Wellington City Council
W Wellington.govt.nz | E psd.islandbay@wcc.govt.nz

Committee Meeting Minutes Monday May 2nd

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Wiggle for Wellbeing Newtown

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Parade Upgrade Update

A brief update from Brad regarding The Parade upgrade (road aspect):


Resurfacing has been completed for The Parade south of the town centre (between Reef Street and approximately 110m south of Medway Street).
This work was carried out and completed on the week of 18 April 2022.
Installation of the safety improvements on The Parade, south of the town centre, started on 19 April 2022 and we aim to be completed by 27 May 2022.
Installation of the safety improvements for The Parade north of the town centre  (between Dee Street and Avon Street) is scheduled to begin on 30 May 2022, and to be completed by 1 July 2022.


Council Officers have been getting in touch and coordinating with various businesses, residents, and organisations along The Parade to work through their specific transport and parking needs, identifying how the Council can best cater to their requirements.


A number of these requests are currently being developed with the community and where applicable, these improvements will be made accordingly.


My team and I met with some of the businesses and organisations on 30th March to discuss some of their concerns and to work through these to come up with some options


We are arranging to be back on the Parade later this week (Thursday I think) to present some of the options we have developed, to give an update to others where we are still working through options and to try and speak to those we haven’t yet had a chance to talk to.


Brad Singh
WCC

May 2nd Meeting Agenda

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Town Center Upgrades

Kia ora Island Bay Residents Association,

We really enjoyed speaking to so many members of the Island Bay community last Saturday in regards to the Island Bay Town Centre Upgrades. We are excited to get this project underway and begin those conversations further with the working group, who we are in contact with.

The working group has representatives from Island Bay businesses, Island Bay Residents Association, Tapu Te Ranga Marae, and general community groups. We’ve encouraged each member to think about the breadth of the community’s interests, desires, and aspirations.

The Council and the working group will take the community’s comments and feedback from the drop-in session on 9 April and continue to co-design and develop the priorities and vision for Island Bay town centre into a concept plan to create a safe, accessible, and identifiable space.

For your information, we will be hosting the first working group meeting with the confirmed members on Wednesday 27 April 2022. Please note we have moved the date from 20 April due to long weekends and school holidays.

When: Wednesday 27 April 2022
Where: Island Bay Community Centre
Time: 6pm – 8pm

We have put in some tentative dates for future sessions which will be confirmed closer to the time.

Session 2: Monday 9 May 2022
Tentative Session 3: Monday 23 May 2022

Ngā mihi

Island Bay Town Centre Upgrades

Committee Meeting Minutes Monday 4th April

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Monday 14th March

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Wellington City Council Drop-in Session

It was great to see so many people actively engaging and interacting with our community, at the Wellington City Council drop in this morning. Thank you to everyone that came.