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Firstly a huge thank you to all
those people who have donated
hours of their own personal time
to support Arch Hill.Tanks to all those that have attended
our street party, enjoyed our movie night,
bought a t-shirt or some beer and to
those that have donated or loaned money
to the Arch Hill Residents Association
fund to fight the Bunnings application.
As you know, and following a decision by
the community, we have lodged an appeal
to the Environment Court against the
proposed development. As part of
this process there is opportunity for
mediation between participating parties
which is currently being considered.
Te main challenge presented by going
to the Environment Court is that it is
expensive. We need to be clear about the
state of the Associations funds.
Tere is a grant available for communities
going to E. C. and Katie has put a hugeeffort in to submitting
an application. We
have had to present a full account of the
costs to the Residents
Association and an audit of
our accounts. So now is a
good time for us to share these:
Estimated costs* of taking our case to theenvironment Court as
follows:
$165,000 full environment court
case (this is if we go to mediation and
Bunnings wont mediate or accept our
bottom line)
$150,000 straight to the environment
court (no mediation)$95,000 mediation only
*Tese figures are worst case scenario.
We would receive a maximum of
$40,000 from the fund if our application
is successful and this will be confirmed
in February. At present our Associationis in debt. We need to
act on this
with urgency. What we owe and will
owe as a result of these proceedings is
nothing compared to the ramifications
of allowing this development to proceed
unchallenged. We have an opportunity to
at worst force Bunnings to make changesthat are more suitable to
the community
and at best...have the whole, non-
compliant grant over-turned.
Arc Hil Communitcontinues to fight!
T our wider communit
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M importantl -We understand that we have a goodchance of winning
at the EnvironmentCourt hearing and we will go into thisat the next
meeting. We would not bespending hours of our own time and
energy if we did not think it was worthit...However, now more
than ever, weneed the support of the community andmore people to
step up and help!
We are calling to elect a Chairperson anda reasurer and will
discuss these roles at
the next meeting...as per below.
We need donations andloans from the widercommunity now! Weneed
to ensure the widercommunity knows what
we are doing and we needtheir support.
If you value a vision for a rich and vibrantArch Hill community
not one dominatedby a Big Box Bunnings, here are our
Bank Account details:
Arch Hill Residents Inc. Society
38-9014-0148242-01
Other ways you ca help:
The Liveable City Art Auction
planned for late March.
We have the fantastic Soala Wilsonleading the charge. John
Hodgson has
come on board as the curator of theevent. Tis is going to be
huge - artistsconfirmed include Gretchen Albrecht,James Ross, John
Nicol, MatthewBrowne, Charlotte Fisher, Sheyneuffery, John Pule,
Bronwynne Cornish,Fate Feuu, Jane Zusters and JamesRobinson.
More details to follow. Please call Soalaon 0274 372 698 if you
have time andskills to help.
Arch Hill War Chest Lager
Go on buy some!
We have sold over 50ctns in the last weekand art Bakery in Grey
Lynn add it
to their pie gravy - buy their pies so theycan buy some more
beer.Order form available in the nextPonsonby News, or email
[email protected] you really can enjoy!
Arch Hill T-Shirtsdesigned locally
by Kuljit Kaur. Being seen and startingconversations
nationwide!Order Form available at next community
meeting or email us to place an order.
WE WILL HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS
ALL THIS AND DECIDE ON THE NEXT STEPS ON
Monday 10 February 8 pmat the Auckland Trades Hall.W loo forwar
t seeing yo the.ank for your suppor.
