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Resolution number OR/2016/9
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson K Parkinson, seconded by Member T Churton:
That the Ōrākei
Local Board:
a) receives the tabled document
‘Sheet Seven draft Colin Maiden Park Master Plan’.
b) notes that the report states
that the guiding principles for the development and management of Colin
Maiden Park require the facilities and support services to be used in a way
that will maximise the utilisation of open space.
c) notes that the report states
that the guiding principles for the development and management of Colin
Maiden Park require design solutions to encourage shared use of space and efficient
operations.
d) notes that the report states
that based on the needs assessment results, the priority users for Colin
Maiden Park are basketball, cricket, football, hockey, and rugby.
e) notes that the report states
that hockey is identified as a high priority user of Colin Maiden Park.
f) notes that the report
states (paragraph 33), that East City BMX Club’s preference is to remain at
Merton Reserve which the Board supports and that the East City BMX Club also
considers the Purchas Hill site to be an appropriate alternative location
which the Board also supports.
g) notes that the report states
that East City BMX Club is identified as a medium priority user of Colin
Maiden Park.
h) approves an expressions of
interest process to identify a suitable model for the provision and operation
of visiting sports team accommodation.
i) requests
officers to alter the ‘sheet seven draft Colin Maiden Park Master Plan’
tabled at the meeting to include the following changes:
i.
inclusion of a shared path and vehicle access to ensure
connectivity from one side of the reserve to the other.
ii.
inclusion of a cycling criterion circuit, using the local road
network and Colin Maiden Park as the start and finish.
iii.
expansion of the East Suburbs Gymnastics building to provide
for growth of this code.
iv.
improved parking and drop off zones.
v.
utilisation of the existing gymnasium for use as an indoor
training facility which could provide for cricket, rugby, judo and rhythmic
gymnastics.
vi.
redesign of the Merton Road entrance to improve the car parking
layout and to provide better street frontage to the accommodation building.
vii.
removal of the path from Morrin Road between the number one
cricket oval for safety reasons.
viii.
inclusion of low planting on the Merton Road boundary to prevent
cricket balls from rolling onto the road.
ix.
substitution of two hockey pitches in the position which is
currently shown for the site of the BMX track on sheet seven.
j) requests
that as a result of resolutions f) and g) above; officers attend a workshop
with the Board to present the revised draft Colin Maiden Master Plan
(incorporating i to ix) to East City BMX and present a final Master Plan to
the August 2016 business meeting for final approval.
CARRIED
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