Update on activities with the proposed new community facility.
New Committee
Dean Lund Chair 525 6201 (W)
Peter Blasdale Deputy Chair 03 547 5588 (H)
Brian Harris Secretary 525 8599 (H)
Fleur Murray Treasurer 525 6116 (H)
John Byrne Committee 525 9867 (H)
Roger Tait Committee 525 9321 (H)
Philip Woolf Committee 027 451 6076
Faye Turnbull Committee 525 9908 (H)
Sara Chapman Committee 027 619 2271
Co-opted by Committee as/when necessary : Candy Wegener ( Fundraising )
Leigh Crocker ( Accountant )
Kevin Winter ( Soccer ) and others on a "as required" basis.
New members to our Executive and Committee include :-
a - Faye Turnbull, lifetime involvement in the Golden Bay community and sports clubs.
b - Brian Harris, has recently returned to Golden Bay after a 4 year appointment as Chief Executive of the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust. Previous history of community sports coaching, projects and fundraising.
Committee Responsibilities
The following role responsibilities were confirmed at our June Committee meeting :
a - Fundraising
Funding Agencies/Corporates - Sara Chapman
Fundraising Activities - Candy Wegener
b - Communication
GB Weekly - Sara Chapman
Facebook - Candy Wegener
User Groups - Brian Harris/Dean Lund
If your Group is planning or organising a fundraising activity or require assistance with publicity do not hesitate to contact Sara ( sc30beach@gmail.com ) or Candy ( candy_wegener@yahoo.de )
Site Plan
The site plan has been modified to allow for the relocation of the netball courts to the area adjacent to Brownies Inn. This will provide additional carparking and better alignment of the new complex with the main sports field.
Netball are supportive of this move and, if required, allows for the work on the construction of the new courts to commence in advance of the main project.
There are some relatively minor issues that need to be resolved on behalf of the Fire Service and A&P Association but these are not thought to be insurmountable.
Project Design Plans
The cost estimates based on the Arthouse design plans have come in at $4.4million compared to our budget of $4million. These figures are better than what was initially anticipated and we are getting closer to reaching our budget figure without having to reduce the size of the building footprint or radically alter the proposed design parameters.
The committee believes that a design/build tender process will allow individual companies to bring innovation and price competitiveness in their respective bids which will hopefully allow us to reach our budgeted $4million target.
Don Robertson ( Project Manager ) is preparing specifications as a first step towards the distribution of tender documents to selected companies.
The next important milestone will be the TDC Community Services meeting on the 25th June where Susan Edwards will table the proposed plans and recommended process for approval. The following day (26th) the Working Group will meet to hopefully be in a position to ratify the agreed process and timeframes.
Further meetings with User Groups will be planned to ensure that all interested parties are fully informed and in agreement with the proposed process.
Fundraising
Canterbury Community Trust have very generously committed $100,000.00 subject to the project proceeding. Once the project goes to tender and there is real certainty with the project commencing the committee intends to ramp up the fundraising activities, particularly at a corporate level. I am sure that once construction activity commences on site our Golden Bay community will get in behind all fundraising activities in support of this valuable community asset.
In conclusion the Committee remain determined and confident that this project will be completed, despite the obvious setbacks over the last couple of years. As always, if you have any queries or concerns please contact Dean or any committee member to discuss and work through. We are only too willing to make time to address any issues as we are totally committed to ensuring we get things right.
GBRSF Committee
