Northern Ward Committee Meeting Report
Held 29 April at the Taita RSA

Meeting Notes

• Fred Allen was elected Chairman
• Athol Greetree was elected Deputy Chair but then declined the position.
• Audry Misipeka was sworn in as the new Ward Committee member.
• Mayor Terris commented that the committee comprised five women and only two men.
• Mayor Terris said a walkway was likely to be named after Kate Alkimar.
• Artie Wallace spoke in favour of the Community Hall being returned to community control, noting that a levy of sixpence per dwelling was paid by rate payers in the area to help cover the costs of building the hall.
• Stan Foote also spoke in favour of returning the hall to community use, saying that Taita Central is one of the rare schools in the region that doesn't have its own hall. They would use the community hall if it was available.
• Steve Ritchie spoke saying the council is using the current survey and call for submissions on the Draft Annual Plan to push through a rate rise when The Terris City Vision team promised no rate rise. He called for the Northern Ward to be exempt from any rise because there was nothing proposed in the plan to be spent in Taita, Pomare or Stokes Valley.
• Peter Peterson commented on the Percy Cameron - High street intersection saying that numerous crashes there indicated that something should be done to fix it.
• Ian Campbell commented on the same issue.

Special Northern Ward Committee meeting
Held at the Stokes Valley Community Centre on Saturday 11 May

Public Comment included:

• Julie Hosnell who spoke in favour of the Five Star Gym retaining use of the Taita Community hall, saying that up to 250 children used the hall. She also noted that parents of the children attending spent a lot of money in the Taita shopping Centre.
• Cedric Cudby spoke in favour of the Walter Nash Stadium being upgraded as part of the Draft Annual Plan