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on April 15, 2010 at 10:26:04 pm
 

Discussion from the meeting 13th April 2010 re notice board

 

1 I will measure the board for the size for the perspex. Get approx cost for it and hinges and a catch so it will be reasonably weather proof. We probably have some hinges etc around in our garage.

 

2 The ideal size for notices need to be A4 or A5 and in very dark large print so as to be visible by those driving past.

 

3 Who would prepare notices that are not for the Hill Rd community? ie a resident who wants to advertise etc. Would this be entirely up to them?

 

4 No charge for local residents to advertise or for charitable events etc

 

5 What length of time should notices be allowed to be on the board? Somethings will have an actual finish date but do we want to restrict other type of notices with a time limit if the board actually becomes crowded?

 

6 Can we find a source of funds to help pay for the cost of the perspex?

 

7 How long before any event should we start to advertise?

 

Anything anyone else can remember from our discussion the other evening re the notice board would be great.  Any other thoughts on this matter.

 

 

FLYERS.

(for future reference)

200 flyers delivered 25.3.2010 asking for committee self nominations, advertising website and explaining a bit about the group.

Foster Cresc to top of Hill Road = 100 houses

Foster Cresc and Lillian St = 36 houses

Foster Cresc to bottom of Hill Road including Belmont Terrace and Coach Lane = 64 houses

 

Notes from July 2009 meeting:

We talked a bit about traffic calming and mental speed bumps!  There was a radio interview recently about creative ways to encourage motorists to slow down

check out this website

 

http://www.lesstraffic.com/

 

 

Speeding is a real issue in Hill Road especially as it is used a lot for recreational purposes - pedestrians with or without children, dog walkers, kids on ponies, cyclists, joggers...For most of its length the road is wide enough for cars to travel fast, but there are big stretches without a footpath.  At our August meeting we are going to prepare some action from the suggestions on the lesstraffic website.  The general idea is to make the street more people friendly and less predictable for drivers e.g. more people out and about, parked cars on the roadside and activity occurring on or near the street puts drivers into a more alert state and takes away some of the sense of entitlement that drivers feel behind the wheel. In residential communities everywhere people have retreated behind fences to make themselves and their children safe.  The result is that cars go even faster.  50 kph is too fast when there are children, walkers and pets around. Obviously safety comes first, but we do need to humanize our streets and reclaim them. Meanwhile here are a few ideas from the "What residents can do" page on the lesstraffic website, but please take a moment and check out the site for yourselves, because it explains it all so much better:

1.  Residents agree to all park their cars in the street.

2.  Put something unusual in your car parking space in the street.  If the space is used to park a car, put something unusual on the car.

3.  Have everyone make a life size portrait of themselves on ply cutouts with articulated joints.  Each week rearrange the "residents" into some simulated group or individual activity.  Take it in turn to "host" them outside your house.  (People are keen to have a workshop to do this)

4.  Take it in turns to decorate the entryway to your street.  Have a street vote at the end of the year for the most creative arrangement.

5.  Mark special occasions for people with something outside their house

6.  Add chairs in various parts of the street - by the noticeboard, on a green space, by the footpath etc.  Decorate them.  Loose chairs are better because they can be rearranged (would obviously need to be heavy types in our windy hills)

7.  Don't get angry with speedsters.  Surprise them by smiling and waving. 

8.  Organize events in the road - live music, giving out food, mini markets, street party, games.

9.  Put self portaits outside houses.  Feature a resident with some personal information.  Progressive poetry - one line outside every tenth house.  Garden the edges of the road and footpaths.

10.  All sound crazy?  Well it is a bit.  But maybe crazy is better than the frustration and anger residents feel when the road feels unsafe for us.

Check out the website.  Bring your ideas to our August meeting.  Share ideas on the Yahoo Group.

 

 

Notes from April 2009 meeting

 

"Notes from Meeting at the Thomsons –144 Hill Road on 24 April 2009

Present Roy, Lyn, John, Julian, Sue, Meg, Debbie, Kay, Beth, Ray, Doug, Matthew.
Sina was called away early on in meeting.
 
- Topics/Activities for future:

-       book swap, Civil Defence talk , movie, dance at Maranatha School, winter solstice celebration

-       music at Phillip’s

-       wintermarket in place with visibility

-       listening to stories from stalwarts of the Road (Lorna, John Mann, Maitland, John and Jean)

-       planting of native trees with Beth

-       design and build look-out structure on the Grassy Bend, have a seating area for market place at beginning of track

-       another gardening tour

-       develop track onwards to Kilmister block

-       bird monitoring in the Road

-       organise street activities for children (up to 90 years old) eg wheelbarrow race

-Roy mentioned publicity in Hutt News to attract more Hill Road residents and inspire folks in other streets
-Arbor Day is 5 June; planting day with Beth to be on Sunday 7th at 10 at the Pony Club
-Walk planned through Valley (like last year) on Sunday 3 May starting at 10am at the Grassy Bend guided by Doug. If wet on 10th
-Lyn will start page on website for Freecycle
-Winter Solstice Celebration at the Roy and Sue on 26 June with potluck dinner
-Suggest to Philip to have July meeting at his place
-Discussion on having a “Committee” but more a notion of having people coordinating/instigating/initiating/prodding/organising. Roy sees roles for Coordinator, Treasurer (since monies have to be dealt with!), Publicity Officer, Social Coordinator, Webmaster and Sustainability Officer. Lyn is happy to be Webmaster (on Wiki with link to Yahoo). Other   officers: Julian, Debbie,Roy, Doug, Kay and possibly Sina
 
Next Meeting could be held at Kay’s place"
 

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