What the Board will do:

• Advocate for nature, recreation and non-structured play elements in parks

• Improve tracks, walkways and natural features of the Board area

• Prioritise improvements of high-use assets, such as:

• Vernon Terrace public toilets

• The pathway at Barrington Park

• Access and facilities at the base of the Rapaki Track

• Somerfield Park toilets

• Barrington Park toilets

• Work with families and survivors to acknowledge the unmarked graves at Sydenham Cemetery

• Support the development of the Addington Park Community Garden and adjacent facility

• Advocate for the successful upgrade to the Hoon Hay Pavillion

• Support the development of a basketball court at Ti Rakau Reserve

We will measure our success by:

• Plans budgeted for in the Long Term Plan (LTP)

• Parks being visibly well-used for informal, unstructured recreation by people of all ages

• Priority park assets being upgraded and fit for purpose

• Increase in natural play features (logs, boulders, planting, water elements)

• Feedback in the Life in Christchurch Survey shows improved satisfaction with local parks facilities

Progress to date/actions taken

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

On track: in progress