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The Johnsonville Community Association (JCA) is pleased to invite all Johnsonville (and nearby suburbs') residents to attend the official Community opening of our recently completed tracks through Totara Park, Johnsonville West.
Help us celebrate our achievement! Meet at McLintock St South… View moreThe Johnsonville Community Association (JCA) is pleased to invite all Johnsonville (and nearby suburbs') residents to attend the official Community opening of our recently completed tracks through Totara Park, Johnsonville West.
Help us celebrate our achievement! Meet at McLintock St South end of the track at 10am Sat 17 September, to walk the NEW section of track to our NEW picnic table - for the best view in Johnsonville, and to witness what will (eventually!) be the finest stand of heritage native trees in the northern suburbs!! JCA - coordinated volunteers have worked tirelessly for over 6 years to complete the track, and plant hundreds of trees throughout Totara Park- a 2.3Ha park stretch of regenerating native bush between the "terminal" "(western) end of Broderick Rd., and McLintock St south (near the bus shelter).
Our achievement is the sum total of scores of local volunteers efforts: Whether they worked for a couple of hours one afternoon, or every second Saturday afternoon for many years, all have helped transform an accessible stretch of seemingly worthless scrub and , into a biodiversity jewel with easy(ish!) walking access for all.
So, please join us, the volunteers and witness the track being opened by JCA President, Tony Randle. Please Meet at the McLintock St . End of the track (see map attached) 10am Saturday to be the very first to walk the final addition to the track, and to help us celebrate the tracks grand opening!
(For those living nearby, a second group will meet at the Broderick Rd end of the track at 10am, and both groups will converge at the "junction"- 30m. from the top end of the track 0- at 10:15 am to walk to our new picnic table and celebrate the completion of this great new new community facility.
Any queries, call or text Graeme on 027 444 1748
PS - we are planning another, much more ambitious track build beginning soon! Come along and be "in on the ground floor" of this amazing project!
Tēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our Final meeting in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES FOR WELLINGTON CITY
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear the mayoral candidates speak … View moreTēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our Final meeting in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES FOR WELLINGTON CITY
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear the mayoral candidates speak and answer questions.
When: Saturday 17 September 7.30pm
Where: Johnsonville Community Centre Hall
Hosted by the Johnsonville Community Association
Graeme, O.B.O. Anne Brodie,
Honorary Secretary
Johnsonville Community Association Inc.
Futher details of all three "meet the Candicates" events (locations differ) can be found on the JCA webpage - see the link below for "Meet the Candidates” Events for Local Elections 2022 | Johnsonville Community Association.
Election meeting Dates for Diaries - all at Johnsonville Community Crentre (JCC) - All meetings start at 7:30 pm):
Sat. 10 Sept- Northern Ward (WCC) Councillor Candidates meeting (JCC Hall)
Wed. 14 Sept- Regional Council (GWRC) Councillor Candidates meeting (JCC Room 4)
Sat. 17 Sept- WCC Mayoral Candidates Meeting (JCC Hall)
Tēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our SECOND in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE GWRC PŌNEKE/WELLINGTON CANDIDATES
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear the Greater Wellington REGIONAL Council … View moreTēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our SECOND in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE GWRC PŌNEKE/WELLINGTON CANDIDATES
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear the Greater Wellington REGIONAL Council Candidates speak and answer questions.
When: Wednesday 14 September 7.30pm
Where: Johnsonville Community Centre - Room 4
Hosted by the Johnsonville Community Association
Graeme, O.B.O. Anne Brodie,
Honorary Secretary
Johnsonville Community Association Inc.
Futher details of all three "meet the Candicates" events (locations differ) can be found on the JCA webpage - see the link below for "Meet the Candidates” Events for Local Elections 2022 | Johnsonville Community Association.
Election meeting Dates for Diaries - all at Johnsonvolle Community Crentre (JCC_ - All meetings start at 7:30 pm):
Sat. 10 Sept- Northern Ward (WCC) Councillor Candidates meeting (JCC Hall)
Wed. 14 Sept- Regional Council (GWRC) Councillor Candidates meeting (JCC Room 4)
Sat. 17 Sept- WCC Mayoral Candidates Meeting (JCC Hall)
Tēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our first in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE TAKAPŪ / NORTHERN WARD CANDIDATES
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear candidates speak and answer questions.
… View moreTēnā koutou, colleagues,
JCA cordially invite you and your community to our first in the trifecta of local body elections events:
MEET THE TAKAPŪ / NORTHERN WARD CANDIDATES
The Johnsonville Community Association invites everyone to come and hear candidates speak and answer questions.
When: Saturday 10 September 7.30pm
Where: Johnsonville Community Centre Hall
Graeme, O.B.O. Anne Brodie,
Honorary Secretary
Johnsonville Community Association Inc.
Futher details of all three "meet the Candicates" events can be found on the JCA webpage - see the link below for "Meet the Candidates” Events for Local Elections 2022 | Johnsonville Community Association
Hi All,
Today submissions close for WCCs Draft "Spatial Plan" Consultation. JCA is Johnsonville's "Watchdog" on such WCC planning issues, and believe us when we tell you this one is REALLY bad for Johnsonville!! ("MDRA" intensification in 2012 was bad … View moreHi All,
Today submissions close for WCCs Draft "Spatial Plan" Consultation. JCA is Johnsonville's "Watchdog" on such WCC planning issues, and believe us when we tell you this one is REALLY bad for Johnsonville!! ("MDRA" intensification in 2012 was bad - this is, quite literally, twenty times worse!). Imagine a J/ville where all housing from Safari Cres in the West, to Chapman St in the east was legally entitled to build up to 6 stories tall (the purple shaded area in the attached image), with the very centre of that area (shaded yellow in image) allowing for 8 stories tall. Incredible as it seems, that's what WCC is pushing here - Just imagine what your home will be like when these high rises go up around you!!
To stop the worst effects of these proposals on our beloved Johnsonville community, we need LOTS of concerned Johnsonville citizens (this means YOU) to spend some time & make individual submissions to WCC. If you haven't done so, Bad news - time is nearly up and all this detail will take you a long while to understand...let alone comment on...
But HELP IS AT HAND. We've written a draft template suitable for YOU to add your name to as an "individual submitter". The Doc is attached (or can be found at the JCA site - link attached). Just download the template, add your personal details, save the file as "your Name" and email the doc to WCC. Done! ( ... - in less than 10 minutes)
The "best" brains in the suburb on such matters have compiled a really easy template with the "right" answers filled in, and appropriate detailed comments where necessary, - a draft "individual submission" for you to quickly complete (or ammend as you see fit, and send in the edit). Just download the attached Docx file, or follow the link below to download it from the JCA website.
PLEASE spend the time and do this!!!!!
If you cannot do this TODAY, then please email WCC at planningforgrowth@wcc.govt.nz and ask them for a 1 week extension for your individual submission to the spatial plan. This will give you a few more days if you need that....
Please pass this message on to EVERYONE you know in Johnsonville, and ask them to do the same - this is REALLY important!
Kind Regards
Graeme Sawyer,
Johnsonville Community Association. .
PS - here is my "straight up" summary of the "problems" the spatial plan presents for Johnsonville. The plan switches WCCs focus from sharing the burden of residential growth evenly across the city, to shoe-horning way-too-much of it into a few suburbs, (particularly J/ville!) , whose infrastructure - three waters, traffic, schools and parks, etc - are already way beyond "capacity"....
WCC has lined us up for 8 stories high residential intensification for all over central J/ville , and 6 stories right around & up Cortina Ave., and right up the hill to Chapman St (!!!) This proposes a MUCH larger zone for intensification than our existing MDRA (high density) zone, and includes poorly accessible and pedestrian unsafe areas that JCA had the Environment court throw out of the MDRA zone in 2012 (!!)
Meanwhile most of the likes of Thorndon, Kelburn, Mt Cook etc - the places which SHOULD have LOTS of hi-density because close-to-the-city is the most efficient place for them - escape their "fare share" of intensification, due to protection of their "Character values" !!!! (we say "rubbish" to that!)
Rich leafy suburbs like Karori and Khandallah and others like Tawa (which are much more suitable for intensification) - get off waaaay lighter than they should while J/ville gets way more (Why? POLITICAL reasons probably....- they have councilors, "ours" live 8 km. away!).
WE (JCA) KNOW -by bitter experience- that this early consultation phase is the best opportunity to make a difference to such WCC plan changes - Strike hard, strike early, and prevent a protracted (and unwinnable!) battle...
Individual Submission Template - for WCC's Our City Tomorrow Spatial Plan - Oct 2020 docx.docx Download View
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