What the Board will do:

• Lead conversations for the SoMo (South of Moorhouse) and Sydenham communities around intensification and the future of this mixed-use commercial-residential area

• Partner with businesses and community groups to reactivate the area with events, placemaking and streetscape improvements

• Advocate for plan changes and zoning that support high-quality and affordable housing options • Improve Waltham community connections – specifically around the pool, park and playground

• Advocate to open Waltham Pool earlier on Summer mornings

• Advocate for funding in the LTP for a community co-design of a Waltham village centre

• Develop a ‘living street’ in Spreydon

• Advocate for the retention and expansion of public greenspaces in existing parks and within new and developing neighbourhoods

• Advocate for more trees to be appropriately planted on Council land, including along streets

• Advocate for long-term high school provision in South-East Christchurch

We will measure our success by:

• Feedback in the Christchurch Survey

• Transport mode-shift data in intensifying suburbs

• Business occupancy rates in Sydenham/SoMo

• Number of affordable housing units consented annually

• Percentage of new developments meeting high urban design standards

• Increased community input on relevant engagements and decision reports

• Canopy cover retention or increase in intensifying suburbs

Progress to date/actions taken

The Community Board has adopted its Community Board Plan 26-28.

On track: in progress