Sustainable Homes | Homestar | Project Management | Compliance & Process | Good Governance
CCC Long Term Plan hearings... think I nailed it with "rivers of shit". ____________________________________ Good afternoon. I’ve been reading through the submissions on today’s agenda and have seen others live over the week. I wonder, like me, if you find it incredibly inspiring and comforting – and possibly challenging - that there are so many dedicated people who care deeply about this city. In my first submission – in my role as Board Chair of Te Huarahi Linwood Ave School – I ask you to consider the safety of our children and how best to invest in their futures. For our community, this means supporting kids and families to get to school safely and cheaply; providing active transport options; providing amenities; reducing our dependency on fossil fuels; and most importantly LONG TERM thinking - so that no child is left behind. Specifically, please deliver all the CRAF & CERF projects that have been cut. In my personal submission, I had to ask myself why bother to submit, why am I here? I have two consuming passions - community and construction. I started out as a civil engineer 30 years ago and have been in construction ever since. I love it! It is all about building the best future for as many people as possible. To that end, I want to highlight how critical is it to build resilience and safety into our three waters – our drinking water, our waste water, and our stormwater. We’ve under-invested and we need to play catch up – more funding should to be set aside in the LTP. Engineering isn’t particularly sexy, a lot of it is hidden away. And you want to keep it that way. The last thing we need is rivers of shit running down our streets. I understand we need to pay for it all and my family and I fully support the proposed rates increase. Ok, that’s pretty much all. As a team, you have some big decisions ahead of you. I’d like you to ask yourself what are your passions, why are you here, why are you sitting through all these submissions? I’m guessing it’s not for the pay check. Stealing from a recent politician's valedictory speech "Presently we are stuck. To get unstuck, we will all need to let go of some things and to be more committed to finding the answers than to being right or to others being wrong". This city expects you to live up to your governance role, work together, and find the answers. At Te Huarahi Linwood Ave School our values are Be Your Best, Be Strong (kia kaha), Be Brave and Be Respectful. I hope you will embrace these values too - and I thank you in advance.
10.05.24 - Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School - Sarah Elicker – Board Chair - Presiding Member
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Rachael Treymane
4mo
Awesome Sarah!!
Fiona McNab
4mo
Well done Sarah!
Homestar assessor at Hierarchy Group working at Housing Delivery System-KaingaOra
4moYou speak so clearly. I have just watching gained a quick understanding of what’s at play in this situation. Good to know about.