MCG Meeting – Monday 4th July
Agenda
Sunday 21st August Daffodil Rally
Monday 3rd October MCG Quarterly Meeting
Monday 1st February AGM
Appendices:
Minutes of AGM – Monday 7th March 2022
Rachel and Ivan continuing as Chair and Deputy
Fiona continuing as Treasurer
Liz standing down as Secretary – vacancy to be filled
3. Matters Arising
Appendix 2 – Financials
MCG Spending - $15,238.80
MCG Savings - $42,091.85
Community Garden - $33,027.37
Payments and receipts to be authorised for Annual Return
Appendix 3 – FOAM Update (Martin Evans)
As an update on the rain gauges; I am awaiting an invoice from Auckland Council IT department for the few bits of the technology they have to buy specially for our project. All landowners have approved and everything else is in place.
FOAM have applied for eDNA testing of the rivers (I can explain more if in attendance) and the Ecotours boat is now fully equipped to undertake water quality testing in the saline section of the river, but he has just lost his captain so there will be some delays to making this happen.
Appendix 4 – Takatu Landcare (Katherine Faire)
Takatu LandCare
Please join us to celebrate the opening of the TLC pest management Community Resource Centre
A great opportunity to meet a few neighbours and share a mid-winter drink.
Date: Saturday 16th July
Time: 4.30 pm
Location: TLC Community Resource Centre at the Matakana Country Park. The container is located behind the bike hire container.
We will then head into Smiths for drinks and nibbles.
Cost $15 per head.
Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Katherine at Takatulandcare.secretary@gmail.com and confirm your booking by making payment to Takatu Landcare Inc by 4 July.
Acct No 06 0257 0403964 00
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Agenda
- Minutes from AGM (Appendix 1)
- Financials (Appendix 2) – receipts and payments to be authorised for Annual Return
- Matters arising:
- Sad loss of Mary Evans from Herons Flight
- Issues re cycle path safety
- MCG Projects:
- Volunteers (Rachel)
- Jubilee Park – request for funding (Ivan) & next Planting day (Neville)
- Daffodil Rally (Rachel)
- Pest control (Rachel) – see Takatu Landcare update
- Historic Pathway (Neville)
- Groups Update
- FOAM subscription renewed and update from Martin Evans (Appendix 3)
- One Mahurangi Transport & Infrastructure Forum (Rachel taking over from Mary) – next meeting Friday 8th July @8.30am
- TLC Community Resource Centre opening 16th July 4.30pm @ Matakana Country Park
- Wastebusters ( Trish)
- Community Garden (Trish, Liz or Robin)
- Hall (Neville)
- Choir (Neville)
- Forest Bridge Trust (Helen Jamieson)
- NAG
- Locals Lunches
- Rodney Neighbourhood Support
- Council, AT and Local Board
- Consultation re Rodney Parks
- Dates:
Sunday 21st August Daffodil Rally
Monday 3rd October MCG Quarterly Meeting
Monday 1st February AGM
Appendices:
Minutes of AGM – Monday 7th March 2022
- Annual Report
- Communication
- Vibrant Facebook community
- Continue to contribute to Jenni’s weekly roundup of What’s On
- Monthly Newsletter
- Poster on Community Board
- Covid
- Continued to support people in the community needing help or information
- Organised Vax bus but unfortunately they cancelled
- 2nd year running – Daffodil Vintage Car Rally Cancelled
- Locals lunches cancelled
- Warkworth Theatre Group Murder Mystery Night unable to proceed
- Wider Area Initiatives
- Continue to be members of FOAM & Martin representing us at RRE
- Continue to be members of One Mahurangi Transport Forum (Liz and Mary Evans attending meetings)
- Support for kiwis coming to Tamahunga with our trapping efforts and communication (Michelle Worth)
- MCG Projects
- Maintenance of Free Car Park (Ivan - one pot hole at entrance to be filled)
- Pest-free Matakana (Ian - 2 trap lines in place, remainder of rat traps being distributed to individual households)
- Jubilee Park (Ivan - 2 separate applications for path and pump track, Simon – options re drainage)
- Other
- Another successful planting day (Neville) – request for hardier/larger plants in future
- Worked with the wider community on the response to the proposed Liquor Store
- Concerns raised and addressed re Vape Store
- Requested removal of advertising from free car park for the Matakana Workshops development
- Raised issues with tree removal by developers – resolved by re-planting
- Need to raise issues with pathways/boardwalk on the cycle track which become dangerous in rain and ice
Rachel and Ivan continuing as Chair and Deputy
Fiona continuing as Treasurer
Liz standing down as Secretary – vacancy to be filled
3. Matters Arising
- Proposal for change from monthly to quarterly meetings, use of Zoom if required -agreed
- Treatment of Community Garden funds – options to be agreed (Trish/Fiona/Rachel to agree use of the separate suffix)
- Request for Funding from FOAM – velocity instrument (approx. $1500)
- Historical pathway – Neville will continue (funds = $4/5000 in our account – Fiona to confirm what is ringfenced)
- Trish sent a copy of a letter which talks about changes to plans for the parking Developers have to offer (Rachel to read and co-ordinate an MCG response)
Appendix 2 – Financials
MCG Spending - $15,238.80
MCG Savings - $42,091.85
Community Garden - $33,027.37
Payments and receipts to be authorised for Annual Return
Appendix 3 – FOAM Update (Martin Evans)
As an update on the rain gauges; I am awaiting an invoice from Auckland Council IT department for the few bits of the technology they have to buy specially for our project. All landowners have approved and everything else is in place.
FOAM have applied for eDNA testing of the rivers (I can explain more if in attendance) and the Ecotours boat is now fully equipped to undertake water quality testing in the saline section of the river, but he has just lost his captain so there will be some delays to making this happen.
Appendix 4 – Takatu Landcare (Katherine Faire)
Takatu LandCare
Please join us to celebrate the opening of the TLC pest management Community Resource Centre
A great opportunity to meet a few neighbours and share a mid-winter drink.
Date: Saturday 16th July
Time: 4.30 pm
Location: TLC Community Resource Centre at the Matakana Country Park. The container is located behind the bike hire container.
We will then head into Smiths for drinks and nibbles.
Cost $15 per head.
Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Katherine at Takatulandcare.secretary@gmail.com and confirm your booking by making payment to Takatu Landcare Inc by 4 July.
Acct No 06 0257 0403964 00
Include your Surname and ref Event
MCG Minutes 2019
| mcg_minutes_30th_june_2020..docx |
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| mcg_minutes_jan20.docx |
| mcg_agm_minutes_26th_november_2019.docx |
| mcg_minutes_october_29th_2019.docx |
| matakana_community_group_minutes_september_23rd_20.docx |
| mcg_minutes_august_27th_2019_quaterly_meeting.docx |
| mcg_minutes_july_19.docx |
| matakana_community_group_minutes_meeting_25th_june.docx |
| mcg_minutes_7_may_2019.docx |
| mcg_minutes_april_2nd_2019.docx |
| minutes_march_19.docx |
| mcg_minutes_feb_19_quarterly_meeting.docx |
MCG Financial Reports 2019-20
| mcg_financial_reportoct20.zip |
| mcg_performance_reports_ye_31_march_2020.xlsx |
| financial_report_october_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_september_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report__august_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_july_2019.xlsx |
| receipts_and_payments_31_march_2019.pdf |
| financial_report_june_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_may_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_april_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_march_2019.xlsx |
| financial_report_february_2019.xlsx |
See Archive for other Minutes and Financial Statements
Future Matakana Strategic Plan Feb 18
| future_matakana_strategic_plan_2018_final_feb_18.pdf |