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The President’s Report to the 2018 Annual General Meeting, 15 th October 2018 This report briefly outlines the main Association activities for 2017-2018. Establishing the Newtown Festival Trust The AGM last year approved transferring the Newtown Festival and its assets from our Association to the Newtown Festival Trust. This process was completed in December 2017, when all six Festival Trustees had been appointed. The Festival in March was again very successful, and we look forward to its continuing for many years to come. We still have a close relationship because key Festival personnel are also involved with the Association, including me as Festival Administrator and Martin Hanley as Festival Director, but at an organisational level they are now completely independent. Because of this we are proposing that this AGM approves changes to the Association Rules, which remove the current references to the Newtown Festival. Meet the Candidates Meeting In November we had a second Meet the Candidates Meeting at St Anne’s Hall. The first, in September, had been for the Parliamentary Election, at which Paul Eagle was elected as MP for Rongotai – congratulations Paul! This second one was for the subsequent By-Election for the Wellington City Council Southern Ward seat that Paul had held. Thank you to all the candidates who participated, to Patrick Morgan for chairing it so well, and to all the members who helped in various ways to make this a successful event. The Candidate who was successful in the Election was Fleur Fitzsimons, and we have welcomed Fleur as one of our two local ward Councilors. Protest at the closure of Newtown Kiwibank and Post Office Also in November we were shocked to hear that NZ Post and Kiwibank were going to close the Newtown Post Shop. Kiwibank was to close completely, in favour of a stand-alone branch in Kilbirnie, and the Post Office was to be replaced by a postal agency. A number of local residents mounted a spirited protest and organised a petition to the Minister of State Enterprises, the Hon Winston Peters. This wasn’t in itself an Association initiative, but we were pleased to provide support, write letters and present the Petition on behalf of the community. We were also supported by MP Paul Eagle and by the Mayor, Justin Lester. Thanks and congratulations are owed to the energy and commitment of the hard working group who organised it all. Sadly, ultimately the protest and petition were ineffective and the Post Shop duly closed in June. Newtown Neighbours’ Night This event, on March 16th 2018, was our contribution to Neighbours Day and followed the pattern established in 2017 of inviting all Newtown ‘neighbours’ to an early evening BBQ and a range of activities at Newtown Park. We were officially the hosts but we owe a great deal to Ray Tuffin (then WCC Community Liaison Officer for Newtown), who helped greatly with the organising. I also want to thank our Association members and the many other helpers from the Salvation Army, St Tom’s, the City Mission, Bikes in Schools, Accessible Golf, the Fire Service and elsewhere. They prepared and cooked

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Page 1: 2018 agm presidents report - Newtown · The President’s Report to the 2018 Annual General Meeting, 15th October 2018 This report briefly outlines the main Association activities

ThePresident’sReporttothe2018AnnualGeneralMeeting,15thOctober2018ThisreportbrieflyoutlinesthemainAssociationactivitiesfor2017-2018.EstablishingtheNewtownFestivalTrustTheAGMlastyearapprovedtransferringtheNewtownFestivalanditsassetsfromourAssociationtotheNewtownFestivalTrust.ThisprocesswascompletedinDecember2017,whenallsixFestivalTrusteeshadbeenappointed.TheFestivalinMarchwasagainverysuccessful,andwelookforwardtoitscontinuingformanyyearstocome.WestillhaveacloserelationshipbecausekeyFestivalpersonnelarealsoinvolvedwiththeAssociation,includingmeasFestivalAdministratorandMartinHanleyasFestivalDirector,butatanorganisationalleveltheyarenowcompletelyindependent.BecauseofthisweareproposingthatthisAGMapproveschangestotheAssociationRules,whichremovethecurrentreferencestotheNewtownFestival.MeettheCandidatesMeetingInNovemberwehadasecondMeettheCandidatesMeetingatStAnne’sHall.Thefirst,inSeptember,hadbeenfortheParliamentaryElection,atwhichPaulEaglewaselectedasMPforRongotai–congratulationsPaul!ThissecondonewasforthesubsequentBy-ElectionfortheWellingtonCityCouncilSouthernWardseatthatPaulhadheld.Thankyoutoallthecandidateswhoparticipated,toPatrickMorganforchairingitsowell,andtoallthememberswhohelpedinvariouswaystomakethisasuccessfulevent.TheCandidatewhowassuccessfulintheElectionwasFleurFitzsimons,andwehavewelcomedFleurasoneofourtwolocalwardCouncilors.ProtestattheclosureofNewtownKiwibankandPostOfficeAlsoinNovemberwewereshockedtohearthatNZPostandKiwibankweregoingtoclosetheNewtownPostShop.Kiwibankwastoclosecompletely,infavourofastand-alonebranchinKilbirnie,andthePostOfficewastobereplacedbyapostalagency.AnumberoflocalresidentsmountedaspiritedprotestandorganisedapetitiontotheMinisterofStateEnterprises,theHonWinstonPeters.Thiswasn’tinitselfanAssociationinitiative,butwewerepleasedtoprovidesupport,writelettersandpresentthePetitiononbehalfofthecommunity.WewerealsosupportedbyMPPaulEagleandbytheMayor,JustinLester.Thanksandcongratulationsareowedtotheenergyandcommitmentofthehardworkinggroupwhoorganiseditall.Sadly,ultimatelytheprotestandpetitionwereineffectiveandthePostShopdulyclosedinJune.NewtownNeighbours’NightThisevent,onMarch16th2018,wasourcontributiontoNeighboursDayandfollowedthepatternestablishedin2017ofinvitingallNewtown‘neighbours’toanearlyeveningBBQandarangeofactivitiesatNewtownPark.WewereofficiallythehostsbutweoweagreatdealtoRayTuffin(thenWCCCommunityLiaisonOfficerforNewtown),whohelpedgreatlywiththeorganising.IalsowanttothankourAssociationmembersandthemanyotherhelpersfromtheSalvationArmy,StTom’s,theCityMission,BikesinSchools,AccessibleGolf,theFireServiceandelsewhere.Theypreparedandcooked

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food,didfacepaintingforchildren,andorganisedactivities.ThanksalsototheRockAcademy,SendamRawkestraandtheMightyUkesforthemusicalentertainment.SubmissionsWehavemadesubmissionsontheWellingtonCityCouncil10YearPlan,andalsoTrafficResolutions–BusStopChangesatWellingtonHospital,TrafficResolutions–Residentialelectricvehicle(EV)chargingstations,andtheAlcoholControlBy-Law.WealsomadesubmissionstotheDistrictLicensingCommitteeabouttheproposedhoursforalicenserenewalattheZooBar(outcome-thehourswererestricted)andagainstthegrantingofanoff-licenseatpremisesinRiddifordSt(outcome–theapplicationwaswithdrawn).OurTownNewtownProject–CommunityFacilitiesUpgradeJanePatterson(AssociationTreasurer)andIhavecontinuedtorepresenttheResidents’Associationonthesteeringgroupforthisproject,alongwiththeNewtownCommunityandCulturalCentreTrustandtheWellingtonCityCouncil.TheinitialstagedrewtoacloseinMarch2018,withthepublishingofareportontheresultsofthecommunityengagement.TherewasthenaprocesstoengagearchitectswhowouldcontinuetoworkwiththecommunityondesignsforupgradingtheNewtownCommunityandCulturalCentre,NetworkNewtownandtheNewtownHallinDaniellSt.WSPOpuswerechosen,andhaveproduceddraftdesignswhichareavailableforcommentbeforeproceedingtothefinaldesignstage.ConstructionisexpectedtobegininJuly2019.Wecontinuetoholdfunds(fromagrantfromWCC)inourAssociation’s‘Project’bankaccount,whicharegraduallybeingspentoncostsforpublicworkshops.BloomCollectiveOneoftheneedsexpressedconsistentlythroughtheOurTownNewtowncommunityengagementwasforspacesforartisticandmusicalactivities.RayTuffinputalotofeffortintotryingtoidentifyplaceswherethiscouldhappen.ThiscametopasswhenthedeveloperswhoboughttheformerSalvationArmypropertiesallowedthepremisesat20RintoulSt,whichhadbeentheFamilyStore,tobeusedbyanumberofartistsandmusicianswhocametogetherunderthebanneroftheBloomCollective.Thisisonlyatemporarysolutionhoweverasthepremiseswillbedemolishedfordevelopmentinamatterofmonths,soanyideasaboutanotherfuturehomearewelcome.OurAssociationhasprovidedan‘umbrella’fortheCollectiveinapplyingforagrantfromWCCforsetupcostsandsupplies,whichwassuccessful.Weareholdingthisinour02account,anddisbursingasrequired.KiaOraNewtownTheWellingtonCityCouncilbaseKiaOraNewtown,at6ConstableSt,continuestobeanaccessiblepointofcontactbetweenlocalsandtheCouncil.RayTuffin,thefirstWCCCommunityLiaisonOfficerforNewtown,didanexcellentjobofgatheringdataaboutNewtown’sneeds,whichwasthenusedtoinformtheprovisionofservices.WeareverypleasedthatacontractorhasbeenemployedspecificallytokeepNewtown’sstreetsandenvironscleanandtidy;thisismuchappreciated.RaywasalsoinstrumentalinestablishingconnectionsbetweenthedifferentcommunitysupportagenciesinNewtown.RayhasmovedonfromKiaOra,buthehasn’tmovedfarasheisnowtheRongotaiElectorateCommunityEngagementOfficer,workingwithMPPaulEagle.HisplaceintheWCCCommunityTeamhasbeentakenbyJaredCorston,whoiscontinuingthegoodwork.WearegratefultoWCCCEOKevinLaveryforestablishingthisposition,andtoJennyRains,SophieParsons,andtherestoftheWCCCommunityTeamfortheircontinuingsupport.

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MonthlyMeetingsAswellasthespecificactivitiesabovewehavecontinuedwithregularmonthlymeetingsonthethirdMondayofeverymonthfromFebruarytoNovember,whichhavecoveredalotofsubjects.WellingtonCityCouncilSupportWeareverygratefulfortheResidents’Associationoperatinggrantthatunderpinsouractivities.Lessmoneyhasbeenavailablefortheoperatinggrantthisyear,butapplicationsforothergrantsforthecommunitygardensandotherprojectshavebeensuccessful.ConclusionIhavenowbeenPresidentforthreeyears,andhavecontinuedtofinditaveryinterestingandsatisfyingactivity.IamverygratefultoeveryonewhohasassistedtheAssociation,byhelpingwithevents,respondingtoemails,contributingtosubmissions,attendingmeetings,andinmanyotherways.MyparticularthankstoJanePatterson,ourTreasurer,toSteveCosgrovefortakingnotesatourmeetings,andtoKevinLethbridgeforkeepingthemembershiprecords.MartinHanleyisaregularsourceofadviceandassistance,thankyouMartin.RhonaCarsonPresident.14thOctober2018


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