Blueskin Bay Watch AGM

Blueskin Baywatch Annual General Meeting
Waitait Hall
Thursday 25th June
8pm (after the Latin Dancers)

AGM agenda:

Membership requests to be confirmed
Voting on various positions
Confirmation of Finances
Change to constitution to meet with Charities Commission's requirements to be voted upon.

Others to be confirmed.


Followed by General Meeting, Agenda to include:

Opeke Update
Jones Rd / Wrights Rd update (confimration of representatives and BRIEF notes on issues to position)
Question to DCC re - re-designation of land contrary to rural plan farming use
Discussion re 'dark sky policy' and submission to DCC (ORC have previously received and held comms from DCC)

If anyone wishes to add to this, please let me know.

Thanks
Lee

form33 - Wrights Road Subdivision

Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and
Procedure)
Regulations 2003 Schedule 1

Form 33
Notice of person’s wish to be party to proceedings

Section 274, Resource Management Act 1991

To the Registrar
Environment Court
Auckland, Wellington,
and Christchurch

We, Blueskin Baywatch Ltd Incorporated Society, wish to be a party to the following proceedings:

• Appeal - Blueskin Bay Forest Heights Ltd v Dunedin City Council – LUC-2007-543(Dated 21 April 2009)

We are a body representing a relevant aspect of the public interest

• Blueskin
  Baywatch Society is committed to maintaining or improving the current character of the Blueskin Bay and Dunedin North Coast area and community in a sustainable manner.

  • The Objects of the Society are to:

    1. Advocate for sustainable development which retains the intrinsic character of the Area, Community and Environs:

    2. Promote the values of ownership, tolerance and inclusiveness within the community.

    3. Advocate towards protecting and enhancing the natural flora & fauna of the area.

    4. Act as an identity and a conduit for communication with the local political bodies and governing authorities.

    5. Act as an identity and a conduit for liaison with potential developers in the area.

    6. Act as a legal entity, able if necessary, to present cases to bodies such as local political bodies, governing authorities, the Environment Court, High Court or Court of Appeal.

    7. Carry out actions to further the principles and other objectives of the Society.

• We as a body have also made a submission in the previous proceedings on the same matter.

We are interested in all the proceedings.

We are interested in the following particular issues:

• Proposed increase in density of residency in a rural zone, and the apparent and real concentration of residences along a relatively narrow strip of rural land

• Increased traffic effects upon local residents

• Visibility of the residencies, both during the day and at night, as present upon an intermediate ridge line (visible from much of the bay as a primary ridge line)

• Potential land-management issues associated with multiply divided land being owned and administered by many different parties.

We oppose the relief sought because –

• We believe that the dispensation sought for additional properties within the consent will have a ‘more than minor’ effect.

We agree to participate in mediation or other alternative dispute resolution of the proceedings.

Lee Paterson (Secretary)

Date

Membership form

Storing Relevant Documents

I am trying to collect a copy of all the relevant comms and papers etc in one place publicly available to all.

Membership Form

Wrights Road Appeal pdf

Minutes: Special meeting held 7th of May 2009 - re Jones Rd / Wrights Rd Subdivision

otheres in here

If you find anything that you think is relelvant that you wish to make available, please feel free to let me know and I will put it in here too.

email me at

l_h_paterson@hotmail.com

or

lee.helen.paterson@gmail.com

"Close Up" News Item on Residential rezoning in Cleveden

I got given this New Zealand News item on "Close Up" that seems relevant

It is about potential rezoning issues in rural parts of Cleveden near Auckland.

I've embedded it below, but if it doesn't work, then this is the link to the video on youtube

Land Put to Rural Use

My wife and I recently went for a walk around the coastal path that has been constructed around the perimeter of the old Simpson property. It is wonderful that Mr Dippie has granted access to this area.

We both agree that the access to the coastal margin has been well constructed and that the planting will certainly regenerate the coastal strip well, once it has had time to establish.

Whilst we both miss the trees and birdlife that used to grace the greater part of the land, we acknowledge that the body of the property is now planted with oats.

Whilst the historical goals to maintain the land "as a public park" with "wise planting only equalled by that of Bendix Hallenstein, the creator of Queenstown's Gardens." has been forever destroyed, it seems clear that the site is useful rural land, with wide future possibilities of agricultural use.

DCC Rural Rules Review Extended

The timeframe for reviewing the Dunedin City Council rural and landscape zone planning rules has been extended.

Paul Freeland, at the DCC Planning team for this project, has confirmed that the DCC will look at any comments right up to release of the draft in March / April next year, but would prefer to receive comments in the run up to Christmas, as they are preparing the draft now.

Some of us in Blueskin Bay Watch have put in a submission advocating our values and opinions - a copy of which I have posted in the following comments to keep a record.

I urge anyone who has a stake in appreciation of the landscape in this region to put forward a submission to the DCC. There are links to draft area descriptions and questionnaires on the Consultation Register Page of the DCC website, but any comments in any form should be read and taken into account by the DCC - there is no requirement to follow a pro-forma.

If anyone wants to post a copy of their feedback to the DCC in the comments section, so we have a record of it, that would be great.