Shirley Community Centre Decision-making

1. Delegated Authority for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre (2016)
2. Mayor’s Recommendation for CCC Long Term Plan 2018-2028
3. Mayor’s Recommendation for CCC Long Term Plan 2021-2031
4. History of Shirley Community Centre Decision-making (2012 to 2024)


In 2012, after the Christchurch Earthquakes, the Shirley Community Centre at 10 Shirley Road/Shirley Community Reserve, Richmond was demolished.

From 2013 to 2016, “staff explored options for a third-party funded and managed facility” (Crossway Church proposal), which was eventually rejected.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/crossway-church-proposal/

In 2016, the Christchurch City Council gave Delegated Authority for the ‘rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre’ to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board.

From 2016 to 2018, I’m unsure what progress was made on the Shirley Community Centre rebuild project.

As by the beginning of 2018, the funding for the new Shirley Community Centre had been ‘Removed from Programme’, Community Facilities Rebuild & “the Papanui-Innes Community Board has take the rare step of starting a petition to fight the city council over funding.”

In May 2018, after my 1st verbal submission to Council for the Draft Long Term Plan 2018-2028, Former Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s recommendations included directing staff to engage with external independent consultants for:
– Community Needs Analysis for Richmond (December 2018) &
– Shirley Community Centre Feasibility and Business Case (8 August 2019)
I was interviewed by both external independent consultants for these reports.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-facility-feasibility-study/

Each year from 2018 to 2024, I have made submissions advocating for a new Centre to be built at at 10 Shirley Road/Shirley Community Reserve, Richmond.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/submissions/

Eventually in 2021, after my 2nd CCC Draft Long Term Plan verbal submission & ‘Shirley Road Central’ group presentation of the ‘Where is our Community Centre’ petition, Former Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s recommendations included:
– “Council reinstates $3.0 million funding formerly set aside for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre in FY 2029/30 – FY 2031/32 to enable a subsequent annual plan to bring the funding forward if plans are progressed.” &
– “Council adds $35,000 in FY 2021/22 for an updated feasibility study to look at other options, including incorporating the current Shirley library.”

But since 2016, when Council gave the Delegated Authority for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre, the Community Board have focused on funding ‘activation’ for the 10 Shirley Road/Shirley Community Reserve:
– ‘Temporary’ Modular pump track & multi use concrete table installed (May 2020).
– Landscape plan requested.
– ‘We are Richmond’ wayfinding signage installed.
– ‘Shirley Road Central’ Skip Day & Car Boot Sale events.
– ‘Shirley Village’ Youth Audit of 10 Shirley Road & Shirley Library.
– ‘Eastern Community Sport and Recreation’ Shirley Play Pop-up preschooler events.
– ‘St Albans Residents Association’ Nau mai Fiesta event.
– ‘Youth & Cultural Development (YCD)’ House of Hoopz FRESH event.
– Memo on: Toilets, Signage, Lights, Basketball Court renewal, Accessibility, Reserve Planning.
– New fencing, gate & signage installed.
– Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPED) report requested.

Now in 2024, the Christchurch City Council Draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034 includes:
– Central Ward, Parks & Foreshore
74005 – Shirley Community Reserve
Landscape Development Plan, $50,000 in FY25/26, Page 3
(10 Shirley Road/Shirley Community Reserve is now in the Central Ward)
– Innes Ward, Community Development and Facilities
20053 – Shirley Community Centre
$3,706,796 in FY27/28 – FY33/34, Page 5
https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/Plans-Strategies-Policies-Bylaws/Plans/Long-Term-Plan/LTP-2024-2034/STR6734-Draft-LTP-capital-schedules-Waipapa-v2.pdf

After the Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshops in May:
Direction Given to “Bring forward construction from 2031 to 2026-2027.”
“Staff are through the Board Chair [Emma Norrish] currently negotiating with a ‘prospective Community Partner’ and a ‘sympathetic Building Company’ to develop this facility in a Community Partnership through the Build and the Operation.”
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/ccc-draft-ltp-2024-34-workshops/

The 2nd Feasibility Study (requested in 2021) & latest Consultation Feedback (from August 2023) will be presented as part of the Staff Report at the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board on the 13th June 2024, for the Community Board to decide on the future of the Shirley Community Reserve, 10 Shirley Road, Richmond.


1. Delegated Authority for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre (2016)
see “9. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated Authority (31 August 2016)” &
“10. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated Authority (8 September 2016)”
– At their meeting of 31 August 2016 the Shirley/Papanui Community Board considered a process for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre.
– The Board wishes to proceed with this project and suggests that a process similar to that put in place by the Council for the rebuild of the St Albans Community Centre be followed.
– Accordingly the Board requests that delegated authority for decision-making around the Shirley Community Centre project be given by the Council, including the delegation of authority to make decisions from the recommendations of the Working Party and from staff for the siting, design and rebuild process and future management of the facility.
– Council Resolved CNCL/2016/00368
That the Council:
1. Delegates the necessary authority (as per the St Albans Community facility) to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board (to be the Papanui/Innes Community Board in the next term) for decisions regarding the rebuild and future management of the Shirley Community Centre at either 10 Shirley Road or any other selected site.
2. Request that the Community Board talk with staff around potential options for a regeneration plan in this area under the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016.


2. Mayor’s Recommendation for CCC Long Term Plan 2018-2028
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/06/CLTP_20180622_MIN_2843_AT.PDF
Page 6
22 June 2018
8. Funding new and existing community facilities
a. That the Council requests staff to complete the Community Facilities Network Plan as soon as practicable; and approves an additional $170,000 operational expenditure in 2018/19 to expedite this, inform next year’s and future years’ annual plans.
Potential developments include but are not limited to;
the Shirley Community Centre*, a Multicultural Centre, a Centre for Avondale, Burwood and Dallington area and an Okains Bay Community Centre.”
* Staff directed to engage external independent consultants for:
a. Community Needs Analysis for Richmond (December 2018) &
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Richmond-Community-Needs-Analysis-Report.pdf
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/richmond-community-needs-analysis/
b. Shirley Community Centre Feasibility and Business Case (8 August 2019)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shirley_Community_Centre_Feasibility_Report_and_Business_Case_August_2019.pdf
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-facility-feasibility-study/


3. Mayor’s Recommendation for CCC Long Term Plan 2021-2031
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/06/C-LTP_20210621_MIN_5408_AT.PDF
Page 25
21 June 2021
M8: 10 Shirley Rd
M8A: That the Council reinstates $3.0 million funding formerly set aside for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre in FY 2029/30 – FY 2031/32 to enable a subsequent annual plan to bring the funding forward if plans are progressed.
M8B: That the Council adds $35,000 in FY 2021/22 for an updated feasibility study to look at other options, including incorporating the current Shirley library*.
* Staff directed to provide an updated feasibility study in FY 2021/22.
This updated feasibility study has yet to be presented to the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, nearly 3 years later.
Shirley Community Reserve Memo (10 June 2022)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/06/PICB_20220617_AGN_7648_AT.PDF
Page 97
4.3 A feasibility study is currently underway to estimate the construction costs for four potential options for a new community facility.
1. Mixed use hub incorporating a library, service centre, and community operated community space,
2. Community operated large community facilities building,
3. Community operated small community facilities building,
4. Outdoor options similar to Dallington landing.


4. History of Shirley Community Centre Decision-making (2012 to 2024)

1. Christchurch City Council Community Facilities Rebuild – Tranche 1
2. Crossway Deputation to Shirley/Papanui Community Board (17 July 2013)
3. Christchurch City Council Meeting (28 August 2014)
4. Christchurch City Council Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Meeting (31 March 2015)
5. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Minutes (19 August 2015)
6. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Agenda (6 July 2016)
7. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Minutes (6 July 2016)
8. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild (3 August 2016)
9. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated
Authority (31 August 2016)
10. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated Authority (8 September 2016)
11. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (15 November 2016)
12. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (9 December 2016)
13. Christchurch City Council Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Meeting (December 2016)
14. Christchurch City Council Annual Plan 2017-18 (20 June 2017)
15. Christchurch City Council Social Community Development and Housing Committee – Community Facilities Rebuild (February 2018)
16. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (23 February 2018)
17. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (9 March 2018)
18. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Minutes (9 March 2018)
19. ‘Board launches petition to get new community facility’ News Article (10 April 2018)
20. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (13 April 2018)
21. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (27 April 2018)
22. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Minutes (27 April 2018)
23. Christchurch City Council Social and Community Development Committee – Community Facilities Rebuild (May 2018)
24. Christchurch City Council Draft Long Term Plan 2018-2028 (12 May 2018)
25. Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2018-2028 (22 June 2018)
26. Christchurch City Council Finance and Performance Committee (August 2019)
27. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (19 February 2021)
28. Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2021-31 (21 June 2021)
29. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (16 July 2021)
30. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (3 September 2021)
31. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (29 April 2022)
32. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (17 June 2022)
33. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (15 July 2022)
34. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (19 August 2022)
35. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (13 April 2023)
36. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (11 May 2023)
37. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (12 July 2023)
38. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (10 August 2023)
39. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 September 2023)
40. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (9 November 2023)
41. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 December 2023)
42. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 March 2024)
43. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (9 May 2024)
44. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (22 May 2024)
45. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (24 May 2024)
46. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (28 May 2024)


1. Christchurch City Council Community Facilities Rebuild – Tranche 1
https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Rebuild/Community-facilities/CommunityFacilitiesTranche1.pdf
Page 2
21, Shirley Community Centre, 10 Shirley Road
Recommended Required Work: Replace. Section 38 (claim insured value).


2. Crossway Deputation to Shirley/Papanui Community Board (17 July 2013)
https://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/TheCouncil/meetingsminutes/agendas/2013/July/ShirleyPapanui17July2013CONFIRMEDMINUTES.pdf
Page 1
2. Crossway Deputation to Shirley/Papanui Community Board
Part A – Matters Requiring a Council Decision, 1. Deputations By Appointment
Deputations: Public–Private Partnership Proposal for Community Facility Shirley/Richmond Area
Board Recommendation
The Board supports in principle the proposal by Crossway Community Church to establish a public private partnership and recommends that the Council:
(a) Grant a long term lease for the former Shirley Community Centre site at 10 Shirley Road to Crossway Community Church.
(b) Note the Crossway Community Church (with the support of its parent bodies, the Methodist Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand) proposes, through engagement with the local community and stakeholders, to design and build a new multipurpose community facility available for both the church and wider community.
(c) Note that the Church intends to fund the capital project and manage and operate the facility according to an operational plan agreed under the public-private partnership within available funding.
(d) Note the importance of the geotechnical investigation for the proposed site at 10 Shirley Road and requests that the Council undertake an urgent geotechnical investigation.
(e) Consider this proposal by Crossway Community Church.*
* see https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/crossway-church-proposal/


3. Christchurch City Council Meeting (28 August 2014)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2014/08/CNCL_28082014_MIN.PDF
Public Excluded, Page 11
At a meeting on 28 August 2014, the Council resolved to:
33.1 Approve the Tranche 1 prioritised programme.
33.2 Approve funding as amended in total from the Facilities and Infrastructure Improvement – New Borrowing Allowance comprising:
$29,087,059 for Community Facilities and
$11,703,596 for Heritage Facilities
33.3 Apply proceeds of any insurance claim for these facilities to the Facilities and Infrastructure Improvement – New Borrowing Allowance.
5.15 Within the Tranche 1 programme as approved, $2.52m was allocated to a new Shirley Community Centre.


4. Christchurch City Council Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Meeting (31 March 2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/03/CHED_31032015_AGN.PDF
Page 32
Shirley Community Centre
Opening: To Be Determined
Current Phase: Concept
Delegated Authority for Concept Design Approval: Business Owner
Current Status: A meeting was held on 17/02/15 between CCC PM, representatives of church groups proposing to establish a facility on the site of old Community Centre, and the CCC Asset Owner.
At this meeting the church provided background on their work to date and the mechanics of their offering.
CCC PM is now gathering information internally to understand status from a property and community support point of view.
Feedback received as part of this will inform whether or not further stakeholder consultation is required.
The end output will be a recommendation report by the Asset Owner to the Community Board and Council regarding the Church Group’s offering.
An update is to be provided to the Community Board via a seminar sitting on 1 April, but is highly unlikely that the recommendation report will be available at that time.


5. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Minutes (19 August 2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/08/SPCB_19082015_MIN.PDF
Page 1
Part A – Matters Requiring a Council Decision
1. Shirley Community Facility Rebuild – 10 Shirley Road
The Board considered a report seeking its recommendation to the Council for the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road, the site of the former Shirley Community Centre.
Staff Recommendation
That the Shirley/Papanui Community Board recommend to the Council that it instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.
Board Recommendation
That the staff recommendation be adopted.


6. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Agenda (6 July 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/07/SPCB_20160706_AGN_685_AT.PDF
Pages 39-48 Staff Report
Pages 49 Letter to Community Meeting attendees from John Filsell, Recreation and Sports Manager, Christchurch City Council
Pages 50-52 Community Meeting Feedback (30 April 2015)
Pages 53-115 Crossway RFP Proposal Part 1 & 2
Crossway Community Centre, Community Facility – 10 Shirley Rd,
Submission Report dated 22/3/2016
10. Shirley Community Facility – 10 Shirley Road
1.1 The purpose of this report is for the Shirley/Papanui Community Board to receive the information contained within and to instruct staff on how to proceed regarding the reinstatement of a Combined Community Facility at 10 Shirley Road.
1.3 Specifically, on the 19th of August 2015 the Shirley/Papanui Community recommended that the staff recommendation as set out below be adopted.
That recommendation was:
That the Shirley/Papanui Community Board recommend to the Council that it instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.
1.4 Subsequently at the Council meeting of 10 September 2015, it was resolved on the motion of Councillor Cotter, seconded by Councillor Jones, that the Council instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.
4.2 The following feasible options have been considered:
Option 1 – Reject Crossway Proposal.
Under this option the Board would instruct Council staff to reject (with many thanks for their offer and commitment) the Crossway Proposal received in response to the Request for Proposal document and proceed with the consultation, design and construction of a new facility using available Council funds.
Option 2 – Accept Crossway Proposal.
Under this option the Board would recommend to the Council that the Council instruct staff to accept the Crossway Proposal as presented. Council approval for this option is required due to the grant component of the Crossway Proposal.
Option 3 – Neither accept nor reject Crossway Proposal.
Under this option the Board would neither accept nor reject the Crossway Proposal as it stands, and would instead instruct staff to obtain additional detail/negotiate and report back to the Board at a later date.
5.6. The Crossways Group first formally met with Christchurch City Council Staff on the 22nd of March 2013 regarding the possibility of leasing Council land to build a facility to replace churches lost in the earthquakes.
Staff Recommendations
3.1. That the Shirley/ Papanui Community Board recommend to Council that it instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.


7. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting – Minutes (6 July 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/07/SPCB_20160706_MIN_685.PDF
Page 5 & 6
10. Shirley Community Facility – 10 Shirley Road
Staff Recommendations
That the Shirley/Papanui Community Board:
1. Receive the information contained within this report and instruct staff on how to proceed regarding the reinstatement of a combined community facility at 10 Shirley Road.
The Board discussed the staff report and the potential options for the reinstatement of the facility.
The following Motion was moved by Member Keown and seconded by Member Watson.
That the Shirley/Papanui Community Board resolve to accept the Shirley Community Facility Partnership Proposal (Option Two).
The Motion was put to the Board and a Division called.
The division was declared lost by 2 votes to 5 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Member Keown and Member Watson
Against: Member Davidson, Member Byrne, Member Cotter, Member Jones and Member Norrish
Community Board Resolved SPCB/2016/00096
Part C
The Shirley/Papanui Community Board resolved to:
1. Accept the Shirley Community Facility (Option One) and request that staff proceed with further investigation on the provision of a community facility at 10 Shirley Road for the Shirley community and report back to the Board.
The division was declared carried by 4 votes to 3 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Member Byrne, Member Cotter, Member Jones and Member Norrish
Against: Member Davidson, Member Keown and Member Watson
Member Keown/Member Watson, Carried
Community Board Resolved SPCB/2016/00097
Part C
The Shirley/Papanui Community Board resolved to:
1. Further request that the report on the provision of a community facility at 10 Shirley Road include an option to provide full delegation to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board to facilitate the building of a community centre for the Shirley community.
Member Jones/Member Norrish, Carried


8. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild (3 August 2016)
https://councillive.ccc.govt.nz/meeting/item-1-apologies-68/item-12-proposed-shirley-community-centre-rebuild-request-for-delegated-authority/
Item 12*
* This video also contains the discussion regarding the Delegated Authority to Shirley/Papanui Community Board for the Shirley Community Centre Rebuild.


9. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated
Authority
(31 August 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/09/CNCL_20160908_AGN_480_AT.PDF
Pages 91-92
Item 17, Report from Shirley/Papanui Community Board
At their meeting of 31 August 2016 the Shirley/Papanui Community Board considered a process for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre.
The Council has allocated funding of $2.57 million to cover the capital costs of the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre.
This project is in Tranche 1 of the Community Facilities Rebuild Programme.
The Board wishes to proceed with this project and suggests that a process similar to that put in place by the Council for the rebuild of the St Albans Community Centre be followed.
Accordingly the Board requests that delegated authority for decision-making around the Shirley Community Centre project be given by the Council, including the delegation of authority to make decisions from the recommendations of the Working Party and from staff for the siting, design and rebuild process and future management of the facility.


10. Proposed Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Request for Delegated Authority (8 September 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/09/CNCL_20160908_MIN_480.PDF
Item 12, Page 5
Council Resolved CNCL/2016/00368
That the Council:
1. Delegates the necessary authority (as per the St Albans Community facility) to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board (to be the Papanui/Innes Community Board in the next term) for decisions regarding the rebuild and future management of the Shirley Community Centre at either 10 Shirley Road or any other selected site.
2. Request that the Community Board talk with staff around potential options for a regeneration plan in this area under the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016.


11. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (15 November 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/11/PICB_20161115_AGN_1195_AT.PDF
Page 14
4.1.2 Matter – Shirley Community Centre Rebuild
Status: Planning for this project has started. Council has approved delegated authority to the Papanui-Innes Community Board for decision-making around this project following consideration in the last term of the Community Board.
Information obtained from previous community consultation will be analysed and a community meeting held to obtain further information on the use of the facility by the community.
Action Required: Provide a briefing to the Community Board regarding community governance processes in November/December 2016.
The Board will consider whether to establish a working party to facilitate the rebuild and its membership in November/December 2016.
Page 75
10. Papanui-Innes Community Board Area Update
2.2 Shirley Community Centre Rebuild
A community meeting is planned for Thursday 17 November, 6-8pm at the Shirley Intermediate School Hall.
The Community will be asked ‘What would you like to do at the new centre?’
This is the start of a partnership with the community to provide a new community centre.
At the next Board meeting the Board will be asked to form a working party, similar to the St Albans Working Party concept, to progress the design of the new community centre and to approve a terms of reference for this working party.


12. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (9 December 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/12/PICB_20161209_AGN_1197_AT.PDF
Page 69
2.1 10 Shirley Road Community Facility rebuild
Information on the terms of reference and membership of the working party for this rebuild will be separately circulated for members’ consideration. Also attached is a Memorandum on the Site Selection Process and the Terms of Reference for the 10 Shirley Road Community Centre Rebuild Project (refer Attachment A).
Staff Recommended Resolutions:
That the Papanui-Innes Community Board:
1. Approve the recommendation that the site of the new permanent Shirley Community Centre be confirmed as the existing site (10 Shirley Road).
2. Approve the Terms of Reference for the Shirley Community Centre Rebuild Working Party for the rebuild of the Community Centre.
Page 72 & 73
Attachment A – Memorandum: 1 December 2016
Re: Information on the Site Selection process and the Terms of Reference for the Shirley Community Centre rebuild project
1. Site Selection Process
The recommendation of 10 Shirley Road has taken into account a number of factors including the area of land needed, access, parking and zoning designations.
All Council-owned properties within a 1.5km radius of 10 Shirley Road were identified and taken into consideration against a number of factors.
– The site at 10 Shirley Road met the following criteria including:
Sufficient space (9042m2) for both the community centre and necessary off-street parking plus other community activities
– Good access with road frontages to Chancellor Street, Slater Street and Shirley Road
– Appropriate zoning designation for the purpose of community facilities already in place
– Ownership is with the Council and is held in trust for a local purpose
– Community awareness of site as this was the site of the previous community centre.
It should be noted that the local playcentre holds a separate lease over the area (769 square metres) as shown within the red border in the map.
It is recommended that site of the new Shirley Community Centre be confirmed as 10 Shirley Road.
Staff Recommendation
That the Papanui-Innes Community Board under delegated authority from the Christchurch City Council granted at the Council meeting of 8 September 2016.
Approve the recommendation that the site of the new permanent Shirley Community Centre be the existing site (10 Shirley Road).


13. Christchurch City Council Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Meeting (December 2016)
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Rebuild/About-the-Rebuild/CHEDCommitteeDecember2016CommunityFacilitiesRebuildandHeritageAlreadyApprovedTranche1Tranche2Projects2.pdf
Page 59
Active Projects
Shirley Community Centre – New Build
The community centre on Shirley Road was demolished under a section 38 notice from CERA.
A new facility is required in the wider Shirley area.
This project seeks to undertake a business case and location study to identify suitable areas and possible community partnerships.
A community meeting to discuss the project was held on 17 November.
Unfortunately the turnout of community members was very light.
At a Community Board meeting on 9 November the Papanui-Innes Community Board confirmed the location of the new facility as 10 Shirley Road (the site of the old, demolished facility).
A Joint Working Group is to be established for the project, and the terms of reference for this will be established by the Community Board at their next meeting in February 2017.


14. Christchurch City Council Annual Plan 2017-18 (20 June 2017)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2017/06/CAPL_20170620_MIN_1930.PDF
Page 14
Community Centres
That the Council:
a. Bring the rebuild of Shirley Community Centre forward to the 2018/19 year, from 2021/22 and 2022/23 years, as part of the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan process to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to providing appropriate community facilities in this area.
b. Notes the Council’s ongoing commitment to the provision of the interim community facility in partnership with the Lions at MacFarlane Park.


15. Christchurch City Council Social Community Development and Housing Committee – Community Facilities Rebuild (February 2018)
https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Rebuild/About-the-Rebuild/Social-Community-Development-and-Housing-Committee-Community-Facilities-Rebuild-and-Heritage-bimonthly-report-February-2018.pdf
Page 32
Future Projects or on hold – Community Facilities and Heritage
Shirley Community Centre
The capital budget for this project is being considered as part of the Long Term Plan process.
Consequently, the project will not be reported upon until funding is made available or the project is cancelled.
Status: Future
Target Start Date: 1 July 2019


16. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (23 February 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/02/PICB_20180223_AGN_2429_AT.PDF
Page 25
5. Significant Community Issues, Events and Projects in the Board Area
5.6 10 Shirley Road
Local community board staff are developing a localised research project on what the community currently have and what they would like.
Staff will come back to the Board with the results in the coming months to ascertain the Board’s thoughts around the future of this site.


17. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (9 March 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/03/PICB_20180309_AGN_2430_AT.PDF
Page 9
5.6 10 Shirley Road
The Board noted the need to ensure that funding for this project is in the Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) and asked for a workshop to be held to discuss potential LTP items.


18. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Minutes (9 March 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/03/PICB_20180309_MIN_2430_AT.PDF
Page 5
12.2 Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan (LTP)
The Chair and Deputy Chair will request a meeting with the Chief Executive to discuss the information provided and the deferment of funding for the Shirley Community Centre at 10 Shirley Road.


19. ‘Board launches petition to get new community facility’ News Article (10 April 2018)
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59980770/norwest-news-april-10-2018
Page 1 & Page 5
The Papanui-Innes Community Board has take the rare step of starting a petition to fight the city council over funding.
It comes after the city council removed funding for the centre planned for Shirley Rd, near the intersection with Hills Rd.
This was the site of the former community centre, which was badly damaged in the February 22, 2011 earthquake.
The removal of funding prompted community board chairwoman Ali Jones to threaten to stand down, citing it as her ‘die in the ditch’ project.
“One of the roles of a community board is to represent and act as advocate for the interests of its community and this is what we are doing.
The LTP and annual plans are all about lobbying the council.”


20. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (13 April 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/04/PICB_20180413_AGN_2432_AT.PDF
Page 28
4.3.5 10 Shirley Road
Local staff have engaged with all those members of the community who have been involved with 10 Shirley Road since this building was lost to this community.
A survey has been completed with those members on what they would envisage being placed on 10 Shirley Road in the future and staff are now engaging with the wider community around future proofing this site moving forward.
This is being done to ensure that staff are also meeting with all members of the community that we possibly have not engaged with in the past.
A petition requesting the inclusion of funding for 10 Shirley Road back into the Long Term Plan has obtained over 200 signatures to date.


21. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Agenda (27 April 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/04/PICB_20180427_AGN_2433_AT.PDF
Page 43
4.3.5 10 Shirley Road
The Board included a request for the reinstatement of funding to begin consultation and design for a community facility into the 2018/19 financial year as part of its submission to the Christchurch City Council Draft Long Term Plan.
Survey of residents is continuing and there is strong community engagement around this.


22. Papanui-Innes Community Board Meeting – Minutes (27 April 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/04/PICB_20180427_MIN_2433_AT.PDF
Page 3
4. Public Forum
4.3 10 Shirley Road – Don and Joanna Gould
Don and Joanna Gould addressed the Board regarding their ideas for a replacement community facility on the 10 Shirley Road site.
After questions from members, the Chairperson thanked Don and Joanna Gould for their presentation.


23. Christchurch City Council Social and Community Development Committee – Community Facilities Rebuild (May 2018)
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/Future-Projects/Social-Community-Development-Committee-May-2018-Rebuild-and-Heritage-bimonthly-Report-attachment-1-Reduced-File-Size.pdf
Page 29
Projects On Hold or Removed from Programme
Shirley Community Centre
The capital budget for this project was removed from the Long Term Plan and the project will not proceed unless the LTP public consultation process deems differently.
Status: Removed from Programme


24. Christchurch City Council Draft Long Term Plan 2018-2028 (12 May 2018)
Q & A’s from Former Mayor Lianne Dalziel to Joanna Gould regarding her Shirley Community Centre proposal:
“I really liked your submission largely because of the imagery around the history of the site and what’s planned for the future.
I think rather than just building back a community centre, that actually we should look at the whole of the area and look at the whole of the needs.
So maybe what we need to be considering for the Long Term Plan is a budget that would enable a full kind of needs analysis and to look at what the different options are. Because there is a Facebook page that’s been set up that suggests moving the library and other things…So it was you.”
My response:
“Yes. When I had the idea, I was standing across from Shirley Primary School with Ben and I thought ‘What if?’
What if we could dream big and create this whole block, create this destination space that invites everybody.
It’s a meeting place, it’s a community centre, but we also have so many nations settling in our area.
I wanted to welcome them into this area and make them feel part of this area.
I just see the whole space alive with people, all sorts of people.
If they are disabled or whatever they can still access this space.
Everybody can come in and it can be put back as a destination space and learning space for the whole community, for Christchurch and tourists as well, because this is the Gateway to the East.”
1st Verbal Submission for the Shirley Community Centre Rebuild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-8LmUPeGcg
1st Written Submission for the Shirley Community Centre Rebuild: https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ShirleyCommunityCentre10ShirleyRoadSubmissionByJoannaGould2018.pdf
Shirley Centre Overview: https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-centre-overview/
Submissions (2018-2024): https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/submissions/


25. Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2018-2028 (22 June 2018)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/06/CLTP_20180622_MIN_2843_AT.PDF
Page 6
Mayor’s Recommendations
8. Funding new and existing community facilities
a. That the Council requests staff to complete the Community Facilities Network Plan as soon as practicable; and approves an additional $170,000 operational expenditure in 2018/19 to expedite this, inform next year’s and future years’ annual plans.
Potential developments include but are not limited to;
the Shirley Community Centre*, a Multicultural Centre, a Centre for Avondale, Burwood and Dallington area and an Okains Bay Community Centre.”
* Staff directed to engage external independent consultants for:
– Community Needs Analysis for Richmond (December 2018) &
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Richmond-Community-Needs-Analysis-Report.pdf
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/richmond-community-needs-analysis/
– Shirley Community Centre Feasibility and Business Case (8 August 2019)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shirley_Community_Centre_Feasibility_Report_and_Business_Case_August_2019.pdf
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-facility-feasibility-study/


26. Christchurch City Council Finance and Performance Committee (August 2019)
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/Future-Projects/Finance-Performance-Committee-Aug-2019-Community-Facilities-Rebuild-and-Heritage-bimonthly-Report-attachment-1.pdf
Page 16
Projects Removed from Programme
Shirley Community Centre
The capital budget for this project was removed from the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan.
In March 2019 the Riverside Community Network received the feasibility study and business case for a combined community hub for the Burwood, Avondale and Dallington area which they had commissioned.
This will be considered as part of the delivery of the Community Facilities Network Plan project.


27. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (19 February 2021)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/02/PICB_20210219_AGN_5612_AT.PDF
Page 39
3.1 Community Governance Projects
10 Shirley Road Activation. Landscape plan requested.
Improve and support community facilities and amenity in the Papanui-Innes Wards.


28. Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2021-31 (21 June 2021)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/06/C-LTP_20210621_MIN_5408_AT.PDF
Page 25
Mayor’s and Chief Executive’s Recommendations and Amendments
The Mayor’s and Chief Executive’s Recommendations were moved by the Mayor and Seconded by Deputy Mayor
M8: 10 Shirley Rd
M8A: That the Council reinstates $3.0 million funding formerly set aside for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre in FY 2029/30 – FY 2031/32 to enable a subsequent annual plan to bring the funding forward if plans are progressed.
M8B: That the Council adds $35,000 in FY 2021/22 for an updated feasibility study to look at other options, including incorporating the current Shirley library.


29. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (16 July 2021)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/07/PICB_20210716_AGN_5621_AT.PDF
Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board Plan 2020-22 – Implementation Monitoring
Page 22
What the Board will do: Engage with the community over future development of 10 Shirley Road.
Measures of Success:
– Track key topics through the Community Board’s monthly area report and report back to Council.
– Advocate and encourage for the community in the long term plan process. Active citizenship equals an engaged community.
– Make local decisions locally.
– The Board and community have advocated for facility development in the Long Term Plan.
– A place for community interactions “hearts of community” is provided.
– Receiving feedback from community groups.
– By ongoing community engagement which informs the Board’s decision making, including a community-led inclusive engagement approach to consultation.
Progress to date/actions taken:
– 13 Sep 2019: The Board approved the installation of the modular pump track on the Community Reserve at 10 Shirley Road, following community engagement which demonstrated strong support for the track.
– 18 Sep 2020 to 12 Oct 2020: Engagement on future use of 10 Shirley Road Community Reserve carried out.
58 submissions were received with 29 in support of replacing the community centre at this location. This will inform the Board’s LTP submission.
– 4 Nov 2020: The Board requested that staff provide information in the form of a memorandum on the next steps regarding the activation of the 10 Shirley Road site and approved the amount of $15,000 being ring-fenced in its Discretionary Response Fund towards the cost of activation.
– 20 Nov 2020: The Board requested a site plan of 10 Shirley Road to assist the Board and the wider community to understand and highlight any potential limitations/opportunities for the activation funding ring-fenced on 4 Nov 2020.
– 18 Dec 2020: The Board approved the installation of a temporary wayfinding sign at 10 Shirley Road which is a pilot project to connect people with places and projects happening in the Richmond suburb including the Red Zone and Otakaro Avon River trail.
– 29 Jan 2020: The wayfinding sign was installed to encourage neighbourhood connections and physical activity.
– The Board is awaiting information from staff on next steps, including the process for developing a landscape plan.
The Board is also exploring opportunities to distribute the $15,000 grant funding ring-fenced for the site activation.
– 16 Apr 2021: The Board provided a grant in support of the Skip Day event to help activate the 10 Shirley Road site.
– On 21 June 2021 the Council resolved to reinstate $3.0 million funding formerly set aside for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre in FY 2029-30/FY 2031-32 to enable a subsequent annual plan to bring the funding forward if plans are progressed.
The Council also added $35,000 in FY 2021-22 for an updated feasibility study to look at other options, including incorporating the current Shirley library.


30. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (3 September 2021)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/09/PICB_20210903_AGN_5624_AT.PDF
Page 9 & 10
9. Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board Area Report – August 2021
9.1 10 Shirley Road
The Board raised the cost of the landscape plan they had originally requested and asked whether staff could look at the feasibility of the community’s suggestions for the site.
It was noted that the estimate for landscape plan was $15k and staff were looking at cheaper options to still allow the Board do landscaping at the site.
The Board was keen to examine partnership options with local business to help reduce the cost to the Board.
It was also raised that now the LTP has been approved the Board asked the next step.
It was noted that there is money on budget for the feasibility study next year.
Staff advised they were going to do a temperature check and start looking at past reports and engagement done in regards to the site in advance of the feasibility study and start consulting with relevant units regarding future collaborative use of the site and developing a community hub strategy.
The Board suggested that reviewing the community engagement results and the notes from the meeting held with the local community at the Shirley Intermediate School would provide valuable insights about the community’s needs and wants for 10 Shirley Road and asked that staff consider these when compiling the feasibility study.
It was raised that the Board would like to have a plan moving forward.
This includes investigating the feasibility of relocating the Palms Shirley Library and Service Centre to be incorporated as part of a future Community Centre at 10 Shirley Road.
Staff advised this is one of the reasoning’s for the temperature check and to ensure that options are feasible and/or challenge options internally before going out to the public with options.


31. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (29 April 2022)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/04/PICB_20220429_AGN_7646_AT.PDF
Page 50
10 Shirley Road Activation
Staff are investigating options for the activation of the site further to the Board’s site visit and follow up discussion of the at Youth Audit Workshop.
There will subsequently be an updated feasibility study for the site which includes options for community space.
An independent service provider will be engaged to carry out the feasibility study.
Page 57
3.8.1 Site Visit to 10 Shirley Road (Shirley Community Reserve)
The Community Board held a site visit to the Shirley Community Reserve on 23 March 2022 further to previously receiving briefings on a youth audit of the site and prospective landscape plan. Notes from this site visit are appended as Attachment A.
Pages 65-68
10 Shirley Road (Shirley Community Reserve) Site Visit Notes
Secretarial Note: The site visit arose at the Board’s request at it briefings on 4 March 2022 in relation to the Youth Audit and Landscape Plan for 10 Shirley Road (the Shirley Community Reserve).
Priorities:
1) Toilets, 2) Water fountains, 3) Lighting / safety (needs investigation)
Actions:
a) Investigate the lights on the site – could they be utilised, and put on a timer or solar.
b) Investigate options for toilets (action assigned to staff).
c) Shirley Village Project will discuss and come back with more ideas.
Will put forward in their discussions priorities and points indicated and ascertain anything missed.
d) Investigate partnerships, e.g. Bunnings, to assist with budget.
e) Contact with other stakeholder group.


32. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (17 June 2022)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/06/PICB_20220617_AGN_7648_AT.PDF
Page 71 & 74
11. Waipapa Papanui-Innes 2021-2022 Discretionary Response Fund Application
Papanui-Innes Community Board
Activation of Shirley Community Reserve, $10,000
That the Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board:
2. Officer Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu
1. Approves a grant of $10,000 from its 2021-22 Discretionary Response Fund towards the Activation of Shirley Community Reserve project, with any unspent funds to be returned to the Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board’s Discretionary Response Fund.
Staff Assessment
This project is about activating the Shirley Reserve with the local community. This project will collaborate with local community organisations to plan, implement, and ensure the provision of activities, events, and programmes in the park throughout the year. The project will work with the community to ensure these activities are sustainable and transferable as the park’s future is decided.
The project contributes to the well-being and prosperity of the local community.
The projects aims to have the following outcomes:
– Set up a community working group to plan and implement activations at the site.
– Build capacity of the working group in events and programme management.
– Participant Satisfaction Survey – 90% of the participants are satisfied with the events, programmes, and use of the site has increased.
– Feedback from participants and working group informs future activations at the site.
Page 82
Shirley Community Reserve Activation
Staff are investigating options (Attachment A) for the activation of the site further to the Board’s site visit and follow up discussion of the Youth Audit Workshop.
On 18 May 2022, Council staff (local Community Development Adviser, Manager
Parks Planning and Asset Management, Team Leader Visitor Experience) met with representatives from the Shirley Road Central group to discuss their ideas for the Shirley Community Reserve, and got an insight from the group on the local history of the site and surrounding area.
Attachment A
Shirley Community Reserve Memo, 10 June 2022
Pages 97-101


33. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (15 July 2022)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/07/PICB_20220715_AGN_7649_AT.PDF
Page 9
5.4 Joanna Gould – Shirley Community Reserve
Joanna Gould spoke to the Board regarding the Shirley Community Reserve as a matter discussed in Item 13, the Community Board Area Report, with a related memo attached to that Report.
Ms Gould spoke to her attached supporting links, focusing on her case that Shirley Library should be relocated and upgraded to the Shirley Community Reserve (10 Shirley Road) site, among other needs and benefits for the community that could be fulfilled through the site.
After questions from members, the Chairperson thanked Ms Gould for her presentation.
Page 26
13. Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board Area Report – June 2022
Board Comment
A Board member recorded the staff advice, provided subsequent to the memo regarding Shirley Community Reserve (attached to the Area Report) that, dependent on the outcomes of community engagement/feedback for the Reserve, the following is at this stage set aside for these financial years:
FY26 $50k, FY27 $50k, FY28 $500k, FY29 $500k,
within 61782 Programme – Community Parks New Development
(the advice further noting that: however, this will be reviewed in the next Long Term Plan as it was initially proposed for a major park facility such as a skate-park, but this will depend on decisions regarding the community centre).
Page 124 & 125
Shirley Library
Further to receiving the deputation advocating for relocating and upgrading Shirley Library to the Shirley Community Reserve site, the Board requested to see the engineering report for Shirley Library, receiving advice after its last meeting that:
As the building strength is greater than 67%, it is not considered at risk of being earthquake prone.
From an asset, sustainability and lifecycle approach, Shirley Library is currently in good physical condition, having undergone capital works in 2020 and also received works to HVAC systems in 2014. The building is currently in the first third of its useful life.
Council would not anticipate significant capital works to occur in the next five years based on current condition and data modelling. There is a programme of funds in the LTP for the portfolio which is allocated to the remainder of the Libraries network.
The primary services delivered from the facility include:
Library services, Service Centre, NZ Post & Governance
The recent refurbishment works ensure that the facility continues to provide value to the community and remains fit for purpose.
Continued data collection and condition monitoring will be used to help inform future decision making for this site.
Physically, the asset is well positioned to respond to how these services are delivered.
The Board inquired about a re-assessment of the building given the passage of time, and related points, and received advice that the engineering assessment (completed by Aurecon) for Shirley Library (which also accommodates the Community Governance Team for the neighbouring Coastal-Burwood Board area, as being located within that area) occurred on 27 May 2013 and was determined to be 68% of the New Building Standard.
Two Chartered Engineers undertook a quantitative review of the report from CERA on 6 March 2014, with further Capital works occurring in 2020.
Council’s Senior Manager Facilities and its Technical Advisor, who oversees the Council’s Earthquake-prone buildings, have reviewed the 2013 report and advise there is no need to commission another assessment of the Shirley Library.
The Technical Advisor has advised that the Library is of a Low Risk and not classified as earthquake-prone or at earthquake risk.


34. Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – Agenda (19 August 2022)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/08/PICB_20220819_AGN_7650_AT.PDF
Page 90
Shirley Community Reserve Activation / Future Options
A briefing update on the process for considering future options was provided to the Board on 5 August 2022.
The Board has granted $10,000 towards the Activation of Shirley Community
Reserve project.
Page 102
Waipapa Papanui-Innes Community Board Plan 2020-22 – Monitoring as at July 2022
Progress to date/actions taken
– 4 March 2022: The Board was briefed on the Community Youth Audit of Shirley Community Reserve completed in partnership with Rerenga Awa, Shirley Village Project and Revision.
– 23 March 2022: Site visit to Shirley Community Reserve with staff, Community Board and community youth audit team to follow up on the briefing and ahead of the Youth Audit workshop.
– 1 April 2022: Youth Audit Workshop held, exploring priorities identified in relation to the youth audit of Shirley Community Reserve.
– 18 May 2022: Site visit to Shirley Community Reserve further to Board request for staff to also engage with the Shirley Road Central group, particularly in regard to their interest in signage for the site.
– June 2022: Staff memo on Shirley Community Reserve circulated regarding action points from the Community Board meeting and site meetings, signaled next steps as reporting on feasibility study of options for the site, particularly the option of a community centre, and further reporting on activation of the site.
– 10 June 2022: Community Meeting regarding the process for considering the future development of Shirley Community Reserve held with internal staff and community members.
– 17 June 2022: a funding application for $10K of the ring fenced $15K for activation was approved by the Board.
– 5 August 2022: Board briefing to update on four possible options.
Page 144
Papanui Innes Community Board
Activation of 10 Shirley Road
Amount Granted: 15,000. The funding was not uplifted.
Decision Date: 4/11/2020
Staff Comment, Monitoring Report received
Funding was returned to the Discretionary Response Fund and as above, subsequently $10,000 has been allocated towards the Activation of 10
Shirley Road from the 2022-23 Discretionary Response Fund at the 17 June 2022 meeting.


35. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (13 April 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/04/PCBCC_20230413_AGN_9114_AT.PDF
Page 53
3.5 Governance Advice
3.5.1 Shirley Community Reserve – new fence
The new fence installation around the Shirley Community Reserve is now
complete.
Its clean, modern lines and black coating blends into the background so the park is very viewable from the surrounding streets.
The main park entrance off Shirley Road sports new signage and has the gate as requested to keep children using the playground safe.


36. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (11 May 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/05/PCBCC_20230511_AGN_9115_AT.PDF
Page 97
4. Advice Provided to the Community Board
4.3 Memoranda
CCC: Shirley Community Reserve (circulated 19 April 2023)


37. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (12 July 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/07/PCBCC_20230712_AGN_9557_AT.PDF
Page 113
3. Community Support, Governance and Partnership Activity
3.1 Community Governance Projects
Board Plan – Shirley Community Reserve
Engagement with the community to determine a vision for the future of Shirley Community Reserve.
Refer detail of recent engagement activity further below in this report.
Te Haumako Te Whitingia Strengthening Communities Together Strategy
Page 118
Shirley Community Reserve Engagement – Shirley Schools
On the afternoon of Friday, 23 June 2023 Community Governance, Project and Engagement staff descended on Shirley Primary School to engage with the children on the vision for the space right across the road from them at Shirley Community Reserve, and found a highly engaged audience with an amazing appetite for providing input and devouring the small mountain of sausages staff sizzled up at double speed for the hunger bellies and minds of young neighbours of the reserve.
Staff did it all again the following week on Thursday, 29 June 2023 at Shirley Intermediate School before rushing back to brief the Board.


38. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (10 August 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/08/PCBCC_20230810_AGN_9118_AT.PDF
Page 18
12. Elected Members’ Information Exchange
Te Whakawhiti Whakaaro o Te Kāhui Amorangi
Part B
Board members exchanged information on matters of interest, including in relation to:
Stakeholder hui regarding engagement on the future of Shirley Community Reserve.
Page 210
Shirley Community Reserve (consultation closes 14 August 2023)
Shirley Community Reserve is a key priority for the Community Board, and the consultation on its future is currently open on the Kōrero mai | Let’s talk webpage: https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/SCR.
Residents are being given the opportunity to rank which option best captures their ideal community reserve.
An overview of facilities in the area, the history of the reserve and a summary of the early feedback from the schools is also included.


39. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 September 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/09/PCBCC_20230914_AGN_9119_AT.PDF
Page 49
3. Community Support, Governance and Partnership Activity
3.1 Community Governance Projects
Board Plan – Shirley Community Reserve
Engagement with the community to determine a vision for the future of Shirley Community Reserve.
254 submissions have been received, which are currently being analysed for a report to the Board later in the year.*
* Still waiting for the report to be presented at the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board on 12th June 2024.


40. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (9 November 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/11/PCBCC_20231109_AGN_9121_AT.PDF
Page 61
3. Community Support, Governance and Partnership Activity
3.1 Community Governance Projects
Board Plan – Shirley Community Reserve
Engagement with the community to determine a vision for the future of Shirley Community Reserve.
Submissions to be reviewed by the Board at a workshop in November with staff ahead of decision meeting.*
* Still waiting for the report to be presented at the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board on 12th June 2024.
Page 128 & 129
Priority Eight: Shirley Community Reserve
Measures of Success:
– Any work carried out on the reserve will mirror the community vision.
– The reserve will be a destination of choice for the community, a safe space, a place that enhances well-being, and provides a place for social connection.
– CPTED principles will be applied to the project.


41. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 December 2023)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/12/PCBCC_20231214_AGN_9122_AT.PDF
Page 71
3. Community Support, Governance and Partnership Activity
3.1 Community Governance Projects
Board Plan – Shirley Community Reserve
Engagement with the community to determine a vision for the future of Shirley Community Reserve.
Submissions to be reviewed by the Board at a workshop in December with staff ahead of decision meeting.*
* Still waiting for the report to be presented at the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board on 12th June 2024.


42. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (14 March 2024)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/03/PCBCC_20240314_AGN_9124_AT.PDF
Page 11
7. Approves a grant of $17,250 from its Better-Off Fund to the Waipapa Community Governance Team for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design reports for MacFarlane Park and Shirley Community Reserve.
Page 12
Community Board Resolved PCBCC/2024/00009
9. Approves a grant of $17,250 from its Better-Off Fund to the Waipapa Community Governance Team for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design reports for MacFarlane Park and Shirley Community Reserve.
Jake McLellan/Sunita Gautam, Carried
Ali Jones requested that her vote against this resolution 9 be recorded.
Page 96
4.4 Memoranda
Memoranda related to matters of relevance to the Board have been separately circulated for the Board’s information and are listed below.
CCC: Shirley Community Reserve Feasibility Study (circulated 23 February 2024)
Page 108
Intensification in the Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:
– Advocate for the inclusion of funding in the LTP for any amenities that may be identified in future developments.
The Board Chair in the LTP briefing to Council in October 2023 highlighted priority to ensure that development in East Papanui comes with provision for community amenities, and advocated for the funding to realise a vision for the future Shirley Community Reserve, to be determined in consultation with the community.
– Promote and support quality engagement practices
Support for comprehensive and current engagement on Shirley Community Reserve recognising the relevance of how the area has developed and ensuring to engage appropriately with current stakeholders, such as taking engagement activities into local schools and the FRESH event associated with YCD on the Reserve.


43. Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board – Agenda (9 May 2024)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/05/PCBCC_20240509_AGN_9126_AT.PDF
Page 146
Shirley Community Reserve
Shirley Community Reserve (projects 20053 and 74005) is a specific dedicated priority in the Community Board Plan.
The community has been consulted several times over the last three terms regarding their vision for the future of the reserve, where a well used Community Centre stood before the Canterbury earthquakes.
The Board supports funding being brought forward to be in line with a forthcoming Board decision.
This will provide certainty to the community that this key space will be duly invested in and developed so it can be successfully activated.
There is understood to be additional funding for the Parks-funded component of Shirley Community Reserve, available in the parent programme (61782), subject to the nature of the decision on its future of the reserve, theoretically suggesting the possibility of commencing with Parks-funded components ahead of where the Facility funding (20053) is currently sitting.
Again, the Board would like to see the Parks funding drawn down from the parent programme into a separate line item, so that it may be visible and subject to a current decision-making process.


44. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (22 May 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/live/5I6g72InErc?si=JE90I4Jiyp5S2MeB&t=6921
Information Session/Workshop – Council
LTP Staff Advice, 20 May 2024
Shirley Community Centre, Page 117
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/05/ISCC_20240521_ATT_10025_EXCLUDED.PDF


45. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (24 May 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/live/nxCififPGgY?si=lHkjmH4D2HCsdMmd&t=1037
LTP 22nd May Workshop Direction Given
Shirley Community Centre
Rates Impact 25/26 on:
+0.01% 26/27, +0.02% 27/28,-0.1% 30/31, -0.2% 31/32
Detail:
Bring forward construction from 2031 to 2026-2027


46. Christchurch City Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop (28 May 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/live/g5f33IZimgE?si=M4ihVx6uWN7rVbYd&t=1484
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/ccc-draft-ltp-2024-34-workshops/

CCC Draft LTP 2024-34 Workshops

1. 22.05.24 – Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop
2. Q & A’s from Councillor Kelly Barber to John Filsell, Head of Community Support & Partnerships, Christchurch City Council
3. Q & A’s from Councillor Victoria Henstock to Councillor Pauline Cotter
4. LGOIMA request to Christchurch City Council by Joanna Gould
5. 24.05.24 – Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop


1. 22.05.24 – Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/live/5I6g72InErc?si=JE90I4Jiyp5S2MeB&t=6921

Information Session/Workshop – Council
LTP Staff Advice, 20 May 2024
Shirley Community Centre, Page 117
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/05/ISCC_20240521_ATT_10025_EXCLUDED.PDF

– Recommendation: Further work required.
– Context: Council has money on budget for this project in the LTP, however submitters have requested that this budget is brought forward so the project can be completed sooner.
– Feedback from submitters: A small number of submitters provided feedback on the reinstatement of the Shirley Community Centre.
They advocated for the work to be completed sooner than planned, noting how long their community had been without the facility while others across the city had been rebuilt.
– Financial impact:
Option 1: No change to draft LTP
Assumption: 29/30 $245k, 30/31 $3.458M
Difference to plan: Nil
Rates Impact: Nil
Option 2: Alternative Staff Option: Bring back
Assumption: 24/25 $75k, 25/26 $800k, 26/27 $2.83M, 27/28 $40k p.a
Difference to plan: Earlier borrowing
Rates Impact: 0.01% 26/27, 0.02% 27/28,-0.1% 30/31, -0.2% 31/32
– Staff advice: Council agrees to bring back the existing budget for the Shirley Community Centre in the long term plan as follows:
$75,346 in FY25, $800,000 in FY26, $2,830,000 in FY27
Council notes that the operational costs for the Shirley Community centre are unlikely to exceed $40,000 per annum, Council will be invited to consider this in the 2025/26 Annual Plan process.


2. Q & A’s from Councillor Kelly Barber to John Filsell, Head of Community Support & Partnerships, Christchurch City Council
– Q. from Councillor Kelly Barber [Burwood Ward*]
* see https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/christchurch-city-libraries-by-community-board/ The current Shirley Library is located in The Palms carpark, Burwood Ward.
“I’m very supportive of this. But I wonder whether this is another situation where we’re going to end up running the organisation and being responsible for the buildings.
Is there any way we can incorporate into this staff putting together a trust of competent members of the community to mitigate the ongoing Opex [Operating Expenses]?”

– A. from John Filsell, Head of Community Support & Partnerships, Christchurch City Council
“Staff are through the Board Chair [Emma Norrish] currently negotiating with a ‘prospective Community Partner’ and a ‘sympathetic Building Company’ to develop this facility in a Community Partnership through the Build and the Operation.
So yes that’s what the [Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community] Board has in mind.
We have a report going to the Waipapa Community Board in early June reflecting that, that’s on the cards and that’s how we’d like to proceed at this point in time.”

– Mayor Phil Mauger:
“So in the long run it’ll end up like St Albans Community Centre where it’s totally run and operated by the community.”

– John Filsell:
“That’s the goal. It’s the preferred way of doing things, but it needs community board decision making to ratify that and that’s scheduled for early June.”

– Councillor Kelly Barber:
“Can I just follow up. Is it possible that the design could include room for offices, so that people could rent those and continue to fund the ongoing costs?”

– Councillor Pauline Cotter:
“Kelly you’re going too far along the track, this is a community board project and all those things are going to be considered.
But this is about just bringing some development money forward so they can get on with that exact work that you’re talking about.”


3. Q & A’s from Councillor Victoria Henstock to Councillor Pauline Cotter
– Q. from Councillor Victoria Henstock [for Papanui Ward]
“Thank you Pauline. I was just wanting to hear from you on this because I know that you’ve been involved with this for many many years.*
So I was just keen to hear your thoughts on the Mayor’s recommendation.”
* see https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/crossway-church-proposal/

– A. from Councillor Pauline Cotter [for Innes Ward*]
“Thank you. Was that enough thoughts? I support them.”
* 10 Shirley Road/Shirley Community Reserve site of the proposed new Shirley Community Centre is now located in the Central Ward, Councillor Jake McLellan.


4. LGOIMA request to Christchurch City Council by Joanna Gould
22 May 2024
Council Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop

Hi
Can you please let me know the answers to John Filsell comments regarding the new Shirley Community Centre:

1. “Staff negotiating with a prospective community partner”
1.a. – What “community partner”?

2. “Sympathetic building company to develop this building facility”
2.a. – What “building company”?
2.b. – Why is this proposed new building facility not going out for tender?

As a resident who has been advocating for 10 Shirley Road since 2018,
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-centre-overview/

I am disappointed that this process has not been open & transparent from our communities point of view.

3.a. – When is this report & feasibility study being presented to the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board?
3.b. – Will residents only find out what is being proposed after the Community Board have made a decision? (like the previous Crossway Church proposal*)
* see https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/crossway-church-proposal/
3.c. – Will residents be consulted on this proposed “community partner”?
3.d. – Will residents be consulted on the proposed building design/function/available facilities?


5. 24.05.24 – Council – Long Term Plan 2024-34 Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/live/nxCififPGgY?si=lHkjmH4D2HCsdMmd&t=1037
LTP 22nd May Workshop Direction Given
Shirley Community Centre
Rates Impact 25/26 on:
+0.01% 26/27, +0.02% 27/28,-0.1% 30/31, -0.2% 31/32
Detail:
Bring forward construction from 2031 to 2026-2027

‘Crossway Church’ Proposal

1. Crossway Community Church History
2. Crossway Deputation to Shirley/Papanui Community Board (17 July 2013)
3. ‘Councillors back Shirley Community Site’ News Article (16 August 2013)
4. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Information Exchange (6 August 2014)
5. Christchurch City Council Elected Member Update (24 March 2015)
6. Shirley Community Facility Meeting Feedback (30 April 2015)
7. Shirley Community Facility Rebuild Staff Report (19 August 2015)
8. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Staff Report (6 July 2016)
9. Crossway Community Centre Submission Report (22 March 2016)
10. ‘Community centre in Shirley stalled’ News Article (19 July 2016)
11. Shirley Community Centre Feasibility Report and Business Case (8 August 2019)


The land at 10 Shirley Road is classified as reserve, vested in the Council by the Crown to be held “in trust for local purpose (site for a community centre)”.
“That means the land could not be used for any other purpose than a community centre.
It also appears the land could not simply sit ‘vacant’.”
9. Shirley Community Facility Rebuild – 10 Shirley Road (2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/08/SPCB_19082015_AGN.PDF


1. Crossway Community Church History
“Crossway Community Church was formed through the amalgamation of the parishes of Shirley Methodist and St Columba Presbyterian Churches.
Shirley Methodist Church was founded in 1866 and St Columba Presbyterian in 1916, so both have a long history of worship and witness in the Shirley-Richmond area.”
https://crosswaychurch.org.nz/about-us/


2. Crossway Deputation to Shirley/Papanui Community Board (17 July 2013)
https://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/TheCouncil/meetingsminutes/agendas/2013/July/ShirleyPapanui17July2013CONFIRMEDMINUTES.pdf
(Part A – Matters Requiring a Council Decision, 1. Deputations By Appointment, Page 1)
“Public–Private Partnership Proposal for Community Facility Shirley/Richmond Area
Jill Hawkey, Strategic Planning Coordinator, and the Reverend Joohong Kim, Minister of Crossway Community Church, attended to present a deputation regarding a proposal for a public-private partnership between the Christchurch City Council and the Methodist/Presbyterian Church to establish a new community facility for the Shirley/Richmond area.
BOARD CONSIDERATION
The Board considered the information provided to them by Jill Hawkey and agreed that a shared community facility in the Shirley/Richmond area is needed as there are groups currently requiring space to resume community activities.
Staff tabled correspondence from the Acting Chief Executive Officer to Jill Hawkey, which acknowledged that the proposal for a community facility had considerable appeal and should be presented to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board as the first stage in Council giving it consideration.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board supports in principle the proposal by Crossway Community Church to establish a public private partnership and recommends that the Council:
(a) Grant a long term lease for the former Shirley Community Centre site at 10 Shirley Road to Crossway Community Church.
(b) Note the Crossway Community Church (with the support of its parent bodies, the Methodist Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand) proposes, through engagement with the local community and stakeholders, to design and build a new multipurpose community facility available for both the church and wider community.
(c) Note that the Church intends to fund the capital project and manage and operate the facility according to an operational plan agreed under the public-private partnership within available funding.
(d) Note the importance of the geotechnical investigation for the proposed site at 10 Shirley Road and requests that the Council undertake an urgent geotechnical investigation.
(e) Consider this proposal by Crossway Community Church.”


3. ‘Councillors back Shirley Community Site’ News Article (16 August 2013)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9048840/Councillors-back-Shirley-community-site
“Christchurch City councillors are backing in principle a proposal by the Methodist Church to build a new community facility in Shirley that could also serve as their place of worship.
Reverend Joohong Kim, a minister of the Crossway Community Church, yesterday told councillors the quakes had left the Shirley/Richmond bereft of community facilities.
Kim said his church had settled its insurance claim and had funds available to invest in a new building. It wanted to spend that money on a new facility, preferably on the site of the old Shirley Community Centre in Shirley Rd, which could serve both its needs and the needs of the local community.
It was willing to pay for the cost of constructing the facility and the running of it, if the council was willing to grant a long-term lease on the land.
Shirley-Papanui Community Board chairman Chris Mene said the community board unanimously supported the Crossway Community Church’s proposal for a public/private partnership.
Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button said the Shirley community had huge needs and to a large extent they had suffered in silence over the past three years.
“There is just no community space there. I really hope you support this.”
But Cr Yani Johanson said he was concerned the proposal had not gone through proper council channels.*”

* see ‘Procurement Policy’, ‘How to tender for a contract’ & ‘Unsolicited proposals’
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/tenders-and-contracts/


4. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Information Exchange (6 August 2014)
https://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/TheCouncil/meetingsminutes/agendas/2014/August/ShirleyPapanuiUNConfirmedMins6Aug14.pdf
(8. Elected Members’ Information Exchange, Page 4)
“The Board decided to request an update on the proposed Crossway Church development on the site of the former Shirley community centre and that all relevant updated information be communicated to all relevant parties.”


5. Christchurch City Council Elected Member Update (31 March 2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/03/CHED_31032015_AGN.PDF
(Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee, Page 32)
“Project: Shirley Community Centre. A meeting was held on 17/02/15 between CCC PM, representatives of church groups proposing to establish a facility on the site of old Community Centre, and the CCC Asset Owner.
At this meeting the church provided background on their work to date and the mechanics of their offering.
CCC PM is now gathering information internally to understand status from a property and community support point of view.
Feedback received as part of this will inform whether or not further stakeholder consultation is required.
The end output will be a recommendation report by the Asset Owner to the Community Board and Council regarding the Church Group’s offering.
An update is to be provided to the Community Board via a seminar sitting on 1 April, but it is highly unlikely that the recommendation report will be available at that time.”


6. Shirley Community Facility Meeting Feedback (12 June 2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/08/SPCB_19082015_AGN.PDF
(Shirley Community Centre Feedback Table, Pages 30-32)
Letter to Meeting Attendees (30 April 2015) from John Filsell, Recreation and Sports Manager, Recreation and Sports Unit, Christchurch City Council.
“Thank you all for joining us at the community meeting on 30 April 2015 to discuss the Shirley Community Facility.
This was an opportunity for Council officers to listen to the views of the community on the Shirley Community Facility and a proposal from Crossways to build and operate a new facility on the site.
The points of interest presented at the meeting were recorded. I have summarised them and they are presented in the table below.
By far the most common message was the need to act and act soon. It was felt that it has been over four years since the quake and the need for a community facility has grown.
From here we intend to consider all the feedback received and refresh our understanding of all the other existing information. We will aim to get a thorough understanding of what Council and others are doing in neighbouring areas.
Using this information I report back to the Shirley Papanui Community Board identifying options and seeking a decision on how we move forward.”


7. Shirley Community Facility Rebuild Staff Report (19 August 2015)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/08/SPCB_19082015_AGN.PDF
(Staff Report, Pages 17-28)
1.1 The purpose of this report is to seek approval to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road, the site of the former Shirley Community Centre.
1.2. This report follows a Council decision on 15 August 2013, and further consultation with the Community.
1.3. Specifically, at the meeting of the Council on 15 August 2013 it was resolved that Council:
Ask Staff to prepare a report on the proposal of Crossway Community Church to establish a public-private partnership, noting the request to grant a long term lease for the former Shirley Community Centre site at 10 Shirley Road to Crossway Community Church.
1.4. While this report discusses the proposal from the Crossway Community Church, as a result of community consultation staff consider it would be appropriate to provide an opportunity for all parties to present proposals on how any establishment of a Community Facility at 10 Shirley Road should occur.

Staff Recommendations
3.1. That the Shirley/ Papanui Community Board recommend to Council that it instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.

4.2. The following reasonably practicable options have been considered:
– Option 1 (preferred option): Request For Proposal (RFP).
Under this option an RFP would be released to the open market asking respondents to put forward a proposal as to how best a Shirley Community Facility should be re-established at 10 Shirley Road.
The RFP document would signal an openness to a wholly third party funded and managed facility, a wholly Council funded (using $2.52m from Community Facilities Rebuild Tranche 1) and managed facility or any mixture of approaches.
– Option 2: Straight application of Tranche 1 funds.
Under this option no RFP would be released and Council staff would instead proceed with consultation to inform design of a wholly Council funded facility at 10 Shirley Road utilising the Tranche 1 allocation of $2.52m.
The operating model for the community facility would be determined separately.
– Option 3: Straight acceptance of Crossways proposal.
Under this option Council staff would receive delegation to directly progress a lease with Crossways Church who are proposing to fund and manage a replacement Community Facility at 10 Shirley Road.
– Option 4: Do not rebuild a replacement facility at 10 Shirley Road.
Under this option no replacement facility would be established on 10 Shirley Road. The $2.52m of funding allocated in Tranche 1 would either be used to establish a Shirley Facility on an alternate site or returned to the fund for allocation elsewhere as appropriate.

5.6. The Crossways Group first formally met with Christchurch City Council Staff on the 22nd of March 2013 regarding the possibility of leasing Council land to build a facility to replace churches lost in the earthquakes.
At that meeting Council staff outlined site information and requirements, identified key stakeholder groups that would need to be consulted, and recommended Crossways submits a proposal to the City Council.
5.7. On the 24th of April 2013 the Crossways Group met with representatives of the Delta Trust and Shirley Community Centre Society Incorporated. Crossways outlined their desire to seek a lease of the former Shirley Community Centre site, 10 Shirley Road, from Council to a group of interested organisations who would fund the erection of a building on the site to incorporate Church facilities, a hall, and meeting rooms etc. and this Centre could be managed by representatives from the involved organisations.
5.8. Following the meeting of 24 April 2013, the Shirley Community Centre Society Incorporated (SCCSI) sent a letter to the Crossways Group thanking them for the meeting, asking to be kept in contact regarding further developments, but advising that the SCCSI was not prepared to formally commit to the proposal at that point.
5.9. On the 17th of July 2013 the Crossways Group made a deputation to the Shirley/Papanui Community Board. In a letter dated 23rd of July 2013, setting out the agreement that the Board reached following the deputation, Crossways were advised that:
The board supports in principle the proposal by Crossway Community Church to establish a public-private partnership.
5.10. Following the Community Board’s agreement, the Crossways Group proposal was presented via deputation to the Council at the meeting of 15 August 2013.
At that meeting the motion was declared carried, that the Council:
a) Ask Staff to prepare a report on the proposal of Crossway Community Church to establish a public-private partnership, noting the request to grant a long term lease for the former Shirley Community Centre site at 10 Shirley Road to Crossway Community Church.
b) Note that the Crossway Community Church (with the support of its parent bodies, the Methodist Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand) proposes, through engagement with the local community and stakeholders, to design and build a new multipurpose community facility available for both the church and wider community.
c) Note that the Church intends to fund the capital project and manage and operate the facility according to an operational plan agreed under the public-private partnership within available funding.
d) Note the importance of the geotechnical investigation for the proposed site at 10 Shirley Road.
5.11. Crossways held a “community consultation” meeting on November 21st 2013 inviting identified community stakeholders.
At this meeting the Crossways Group outlined their proposal and
sought feedback both on the general approach and also stakeholder’s requirements for a multipurpose facility.
5.12. The Crossways Group received a variety of feedback on their proposal at the meeting of 21 November 2013, both for and against.
5.13. After refining their proposal as a result of feedback to date, representatives of the Crossways Group again met with Council staff to discuss potential lease arrangements and ground improvements.
Council staff suggested that it would be helpful to have some initial concept plans to review and to provide reassurance that the proposed structure would be a genuine multipurpose facility rather than solely a place of worship with meeting rooms added.
5.14. At a meeting on 28 August 2014, the Council resolved to:
“33.1 Approve the Tranche 1 prioritised programme.
33.2 Approve funding as amended in total from the Facilities and Infrastructure Improvement – New Borrowing Allowance comprising:
$29,087,059 for Community Facilities and
$11,703,596 for Heritage Facilities
33.3 Apply proceeds of any insurance claim for these facilities to the Facilities and Infrastructure Improvement – New Borrowing Allowance.”
5.15 Within the Tranche 1 programme as approved, $2.52m was allocated to a new Shirley Community Centre.
5.16 Council staff held a community meeting on 30 April 2015 regarding Shirley Community Facilities.
This included a discussion regarding the Crossways proposal as well as a wider feedback discussion on community requirements for facility/ies in Shirley.


8. Shirley/Papanui Community Board Staff Report (6 July 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/07/SPCB_20160706_AGN_685_AT.PDF
(10. Shirley Community Facility – 10 Shirley Road, Pages 39-52)
1.1 The purpose of this report is for the Shirley/Papanui Community Board to receive the information contained within and to instruct staff on how to proceed regarding the reinstatement of a Combined Community Facility at 10 Shirley Road.
1.4 Subsequently at the Council meeting of 10 September 2015, it was resolved on the motion of Councillor Cotter, seconded by Councillor Jones, that the Council instruct Council Officers to prepare and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the open market inviting proposals for the development and operation of a Community Centre or similar at 10 Shirley Road.


9. Crossway Community Centre Submission Report (22 March 2016)
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/07/SPCB_20160706_AGN_685_AT.PDF
(Crossway Community Centre, Community Facility – 10 Shirley Road Submission Report 22/03/2016, Page 53-115)
1. Proposed Crossway Community Centre Site Plan, Preliminary Concept, Building Layout (Page 68 & 69)
2. Required Council Contribution (Page 71):
– Site Remediation
Council to fully fund cost of ground improvements required to construct the proposed building on the site.
Council to fund cost of capping the spring located on the site.
Council to fund on site stormwater attenuation and treatment if required as part of the consenting process.
– Council Grant towards Cost of Construction
– Ongoing Contribution
To assist with keeping room hire fees affordable for the community, Council is requested to meet the cost of ground rent, rates and water for the facility.
– Grounds
Because the site is a public park and significantly larger than the requirements of the community centre, it is requested Council continues to maintain the playground and grounds surrounding the building including removal of rubbish and emptying of public rubbish bins.
3. “There are no other space in the Shirley area at present which could be considered to be the ‘hub’ of the community providing affordable indoor and outdoor spaces for community groups and people to gather.” (Page 74)
4. 6.1 Cost Estimate (Page 81)
Quantity Surveyor’s Estimate
Construction of the Building
Siteworks, drainage, services connections
Furniture, fittings and equipment
Contingency and Escalation
Consents & Consultant Fees
TOTAL $4,670,000 (2016)
This estimate excludes ground improvements, capping well, stormwater attenuation and treatment as Crossway is requesting Council meet the cost of these items.
This Quantity Surveyor’s estimate is designed to give an initial indication of how much the building could be constructed for.
The building is yet to be designed in any detail.


10. ‘Community centre in Shirley stalled’ News Article (19 July 2016)
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59766419/norwest-news-july-19-2016
“The rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre has stalled after a private funding plan was rejected.
The Crossway Community Church proposed to the Shirley-Papanui Community Board that a collaboration between the church and the city council be used to fund and maintain the new centre.
The church would have invested $2.5m to the new centre and the city council $1.5m.
The board rejected the proposal with a 4-3 vote at a recent meeting.
Board chairman Mike Davidson said he was ‘uncomfortable’ with the level of investment needed by the city council to make it work with the church.
Cr Pauline Cotter also shared this sentiment, saying she was not happy with the terms of the agreement.
The plan now is to replicate some of the learnings the board had while getting the St Albans Community Centre off the ground.
‘It will probably start with a working party to find out what the community wants and needs. From there, things start to take off pretty quickly,’ Mr Davidson said.
He could not give a definitive time frame around when a working party would be formed, but the board is looking at its options to start sooner rather than later.”
(Front Page & Page 5)


11. Shirley Community Centre Feasibility Report and Business Case (8 August 2019)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shirley_Community_Centre_Feasibility_Report_and_Business_Case_August_2019.pdf
“On the 24 April 2013, the Crossways Group met with representatives of the Delta Trust and Shirley Community Centre Society Incorporated.
Crossways outlined their desire to seek a lease of the former Shirley Community Centre site from Council to a group of interested organisations who would fund the erection of a building on the site to incorporate Church facilities, a hall, and meeting rooms, etc. and that this Centre be managed by representatives from the involved organisations.
They followed this up with a deputation to Council in July 2013.
Council rejected their application with a view to gaining further information before decisions were made.”
(Introduction, Page 3)

“In September 2015 the Community Board instructed staff to develop a request for proposal for 10 Shirley Road.
One proposal was received and that was from the Methodist Church of NZ (Crossways Group).
This was for an approximately $4.7M facility, seeking $1.5M from Council.
The Option was assessed, and the Community Board with Crossways sought advice on a length of term 33 years with a 16 year right of renewal.
In the end, Council decided not to grant the lease for the development of a Crossways Community facility on this site.
Much of the rationale for the objections to the proposal seem to be based on Church ownership issues, and a lack of clarity or master planning for the area.
There also seemed to be a clear lack of understanding of partnership language by both organisations, Council was unclear as to its future role and Crossways had not been able to clearly articulate its ability and willingness to be inclusive of the community.
The mechanisms to make the project appealing to the wider community were not present and their application instead described in detail the Church operating system and hierarchy.
The background discussions paint a picture of some unease with a Church led project on the Council site and some residents in the community needed convincing of the value of this approach.
There is a significant history to this project with the Methodist Church and Council’s Shirley/Papanui Community Board deputation’s, letters reports and Community Board recommendations.
There are comments that the Crossways group were able to allay many of the fears of local groups at that time through open dialogue and discussion.
At the same time, the Council completed a community consultation process.
The work was undertaken by Open Strategies in November 2017.
Its report provides a unique window into what local residents identified as needed in a new community facility.
It contrasted in many ways with the proposal then submitted to the Shirley Papanui Community Board by Crossways.”
(History and background to 10 Shirley Road, Page 6-7)

13.1 Appendix 1. Key Informant Interviews
Meeting Jill Hawkey: Methodist Church, 24th January 2019 (Page 36)
– Re the Crossways project in the end they have formed a group with the Shirley Community Trust/Methodists. They connected with the Methodist Baptists so that the North Avon Church run Delta Trust is a part of the project and will be important in terms of community programming given the size of their programme footprint. A good result in the end and Delta do good things in the community.
– Its important that the Shirley Community Centre does not interrupt but instead complements the activity already underway.
– Collectively there are a number of active Church related programmes in the area.
– That said it does raise the question that there is perhaps less non-church provision and this could be a gap.

13.2 Appendix 2. Chronology – 10 Shirley Road
June 2017, Council Annual Plan 2017 – 18 (Page 41)
That the Council:
Bring the rebuild of Shirley Community Centre forward to the 2018/19 year, from 2021/22 and 2022/23 years, as part of the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan process to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to providing appropriate community facilities in this area.
Subsequently this decision was reprioritised, and funding for the rebuild of the Shirley Community Centre was pushed out to 2021/2022 and 2022/23 years.

‘Shirley Road Central’ Group

1. Name
2. Constitution
3. Committee Members
4. Current Status
5. Website
6. Facebook Page
7. Facebook Community Group
8. “Where is our Community Centre” Petition
9. Submissions to the Christchurch City Council
10. Events
11. Letters of Support from Local Christchurch MPs
12. “The Future for Shirley Road Central” News Article (May 2021)
13. ‘Study to determine feasibility of Christchurch community centre’ News Article (16 July 2021)
14. ‘Lengthy delay in centre rebuild an ‘injustice’ News Article (4 August 2022)
15. ‘Shirley Community Centre’s future to be decided’ News Article (24 July 2023)


1. Name
– Shirley Road Central Incorporated (50064847)

– Why ‘Shirley Road Central’?
10 Shirley Road is central to connecting communities in Shirley, Dallington, Richmond, Edgeware, St Albans & Mairehau.

– Why the suburbs of Shirley, Dallington, Richmond, Edgeware, St Albans & Mairehau?
When you draw a 2km radius from 10 Shirley Road, these are the suburbs included in this area.
https://www.shirleyroadcentral.nz/shirley-road-central/


2. Constitution
Aim:
To support the development of a community hub including a modern library, and meeting rooms on the site at 10 Shirley Road for the use of the surrounding communities.
Objects:
The objects of the Group are:
3.1 To encourage the urgent development of public facilities and activities particularly for the residents of the area:
3.2 To encourage any activity that promotes the wellbeing of residents of the area:
3.3 To engage in any charitable activities for the benefit of the locality and residents of the area.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shirley-Road-Central-Constitution-2021.pdf


3. Committee Members
Joanna Gould, Don Gould, Jennifer Dalziel, Joanne Byrne, Margaret Stewart, Mark Wilson, Stephen McPaike, Jacqueline Tither, Paul Smith, Tuangane Matangi, Jason Harvey, Alan Liefting, Melinda Biggs, Jennifer McKinnel & Paul McKinnel


4. Current Status
Registered: 11 May 2021 to 28 Oct 2022.
Dissolved: 28 Nov 2022.

The ‘Shirley Road Central’ (SRC) residents group was setup just before the Christchurch City Council’s Long Term Plan in 2021.

In order to be seen as an official ‘Community Organization’ & not just a ‘Facebook group’ by Council staff, to enable our group to have extra time to speak at the CCC LTP verbal submission hearings.

The group’s constitution shows the aim was to advocate for a new community hub (modern library & meeting rooms) but divisions occurred over:
– ‘new’ community hub vs replacement ‘traditional’ community centre &
– ‘advocating’ for a new building vs ‘activating’ the 10 Shirley Road site.

Currently the SRC Website* is still live, but no longer updated.
SRC Facebook* Page & Community Group are still active & updated.
* I setup a separate SRC website & Facebook to distinguish between the SRC group view & my personal ideas/research as ‘Shirley Centre 10 Shirley Road’.


5. Website
https://www.shirleyroadcentral.nz/


6. Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/shirleyroadcentral/


7. Facebook Community Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/shirleyroadcentral/


8. “Where is our Community Centre” Petition
– LTP 2021-2031 Petition from Shirley Road Central
“This petition was submitted to Council at the Long Term Plan (2021 to 2031) meeting in 2021 from the Shirley Road Central group.
The petition contains signatures in support of a new community facility on the Shirley Community Reserve.
The petition also resulted in Council asking staff to develop an updated feasibility study, looking at what options are appropriate for the reserve.”
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/download_file/133/495

– “Where is our Community Centre” Petition
‘Shirley Road Central’ group members collected signatures/comments through an online ‘Change’ petition & in person via door knocking, outside local schools & onsite at ‘activation’ events like ‘Skip Day’, held at 10 Shirley Road.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/where-is-our-community-centre-petition/


9. Submissions to the Christchurch City Council
– 12.05.21, Item 3: Jennifer Dalziel & Joanne Burn – Shirley Road Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAT6iATaE8

– 11.05.22, Item 3: Shirley Rd Central, Jennifer Dalziel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKou63gGnws


10. Events
In my opinion, the ‘Pop up’ activities to ‘activate’ the 10 Shirley Road site had little success in creating connections: to the 10 Shirley Road site & between local residents.
Events like ‘Skip Day’ & the ‘Car Boot Sale’ organised by the ‘Shirley Road Central’ group:
– required many people to be involved in the planning & running of these events.
– more hours were invested in planning/meetings, than the actual duration of the event.
– Events had to be postponed or cancelled due to the weather.


11. Letters of Support from Local Christchurch MPs
– “The Richmond, Avonside, Dallington and Shirley Locals have a brilliant concept in their application to provide a Library and Education space and this new Community Centre could also provide a range of opportunities for the locals…
A space for after school activities and holiday programmes and possibly a venue for hire.
The Community Centre could also house NGO’s as well as drop in sessions for local organisations who could provide advice and assistance to those in need including Wellbeing/Health and Youth Clinics.
A Community Centre is a place where you are bringing everyone in the community together of all ethnicities and therefore I fully support this application.”
Hon Poto Williams, Member of Parliament for Christchurch East
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/poto-williams-support-letter/

– “I write in support of further exploration of the community centre concept proposed for 10 Shirley Road.
While this is not in my electorate the area serviced by such a centre would cross into Christchurch Central and benefit my constituents.
I have read the support letter provided by MP for Christchurch East, Hon Poto Williams, and I am happy to add my support to her views and encourage council to consider exploring the idea further, such as commissioning a feasibility study for full review including the future of the current Shirley Library.”
Dr Duncan Webb, Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/duncan-webb-support-letter/


12. “The Future for Shirley Road Central” News Article (May 2021)
https://www.aveburyhouse.co.nz/uploads/4/7/2/0/47203855/rcn_152w.pdf
Richmond Community News, Page 5
“Following the Christchurch earthquakes the community centre at 10 Shirley Road was demolished.
It was a popular and welcoming community asset situated on multiple bus routes, reaching out to the communities of Shirley, Dallington, Richmond, Edgeware, St Albans and Mairehau.
A wide variety of people and groups attended this facility offering classes, courses and community events…
The library at the Palms is outdated and too small, it lacks meeting spaces and is not central to all local schools and bus routes.
Our communities are ethnically and socially diverse.
We have areas of social deprivation, and others of relative well being.
We have increased social housing, and increased high density, infill housing.
As our population grows, the demand for community facilities grows also.
Church facilities can be a barrier for some of our secular community members.
School facilities are often limited in the times they are available…
In 2021 the land remains empty.
Our communities have waited over a decade for a replacement facility, while watching tens of millions of dollars spent on new community facilities in other areas of the city.
The decision to not rebuild ours has disadvantaged our community and continues to do so.
Our vision is a new community hub at Shirley Road Central.
We want a modern future-focused library, with learning/meeting spaces for all ages and stages of life.
We want a centre that is inclusive and accessible for all.”


13. ‘Study to determine feasibility of Christchurch community centre’ News Article (16 July 2021)
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/study-determine-feasibility-christchurch-community-centre
An upcoming feasibility study could set the ball rolling on a $3 million community facility in east Christchurch.
Christchurch City Council’s Long Term Plan, approved last month, allocates $3 million towards a centre rebuild in the 2031-2032 financial year.
It also budgets $35,000 for a feasibility study to take place in the 2021-2022 financial year.
Innes Ward city councillor Pauline Cotter said the future of the project is in the hands of the community.
“It’s now with the community, they’re going to have to drive that,” Cotter said.
It is possible the $3 million funding could be brought forward if a building plan was ready and viable, she said.
Joanne Byrne, spokeswoman for the 10 Shirley Road [Shirley Road Central] group, helped organise a petition of over 1200 signatures which was presented to the council in May.
The community was devastated when funding was dropped from the last Long Term Plan and wanted to avoid a repeat of that scenario, she said.
Shirley Recreational Walkers leader Sue Lang said she hoped a new community centre would be built.
The site was currently home to a pump track and playground.
“That’s great, but it won’t meet the needs of the whole community,” Lang said.
However, she did not trust the council to pull through on the project.
“A decade is a long time to wait for when you’ve already waited a decade.”


14. ‘Lengthy delay in centre rebuild an ‘injustice’ News Article (4 August 2022)
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67122699/pegasus-post-august-04-2022
An 11-year delay in rebuilding a community facility has been described as an “injustice” to a “forgotten suburb”.
Community group Shirley Road Central chair Jennifer Dalziel has been advocating for a rebuild since the old facility was demolished, and described the whole process as “hugely frustrating”.
“My position is the injustice of it,” she said.
“They call Shirley the forgotten suburb…it’s like Shirley is just left out of everything.”
In May last year, Dalziel, along with Shirley residents passionate about the rebuild of the community centre, created a petition advocating for it.
They gained more than 1200 signatures from the community.
Innes Ward councillor Pauline Cotter said she can understand why Dalziel has described the process as an “injustice”.
“I can empathise with the community for having a community centre that was then gone,” she said.
“I feel like this area is kind of almost last to have areas restored…Shirley, in particular, needs the stability.”
Cotter said she fought alongside Papanui Ward councillor Mike Davidson to get the money for a feasibility study allocated to the city council’s Long Term Plan.
She said the wheels are starting to turn now, and hopes the feasibility study will be presented to the community board by the end of the year.
Dalziel said the whole process has been an “uphill battle against authorities” but has hope that the community facility will be restored.
“They’ve [city council] agreed to do something but what it’s going to be, we don’t know.”
(Front Page & Page 4)


15. ‘Shirley Community Centre’s future to be decided’ News Article (24 July 2023)
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-south-today/shirley-community-centres-future-be-decided
Shirley residents are one step closer to a decision on the suburb’s Community Reserve.
The Christchurch City Council is calling for submissions on the future of the contentious site.
Speaking during a deputation to city councillors, Mark Wilson said the Shirley Community Centre had been well used before the quakes.
“There are other areas of the city which have recently had new community centres built, more money and tens of millions of dollars thrown at them.
“And here we are. Shirley is still struggling to get a community centre rebuilt that they lost after the earthquakes.
“It’s inadequate, it’s embarrassing”.
Wilson said the Shirley community had lost a lot and needed its community centre.
“Build it, and they will come”.

Legacy

Yesterday was Sunday 12th May, Mother’s Day.

For the last 4 years this day has been bittersweet.
While celebrating the joy of being a Mum to my son, Ben…

It is a reminder that my Mum, Marie Duggan is no longer with us. After a courageous journey living with terminal cancer for over two years, she passed away in November 2020.

“May your legacies far outlive your names.
May generations tell your stories.”
Danielle Coke Balfour

Her legacy lives on through me & through my son, Ben.
We regularly talk about her & imagine what she would say to us in different circumstances.
The impact she made in our lives is still felt today.

“But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story,
because hers is where yours begins.”
Mitch Albom, ‘For One More Day’

If I was to sum up my Mum in three words:
Faith, Family & Community.
I was blessed to be her daughter.
Much of who I am today is thanks to her.

My love for reading/learning is due to my Mum making sure we always had books in our house, with weekly visits with my four siblings to the Whanganui Library.

When I was 13, we shifted back to Christchurch. I followed in her footsteps & attended her old school: Villa Maria College, where faith & community service were part of our education.

“Have you ever thought about the legacy you’re leaving your family, your community, your world?
Most people never give it a second thought.
But a legacy is something you’re creating every day, whether you realize it or not.
What exactly is a legacy? Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘legacy’ as ‘something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.’”
Lisa Haisha
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-kind-of-legacy-are-y_b_951633

Today was the last day for the Draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Hearing of Verbal Submissions.

I didn’t make a verbal submission this year. You can read about my ‘why’ here:
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/why-are-we-still-waiting/

My written submission is here:
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/ccc-long-term-plan-2024-submission/

At the last Draft Long Term Plan, I was part of the newly formed ‘Shirley Road Central’ Incorporated group, that presented the ‘Where Is Our Community Centre?’ petition on 12th May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAT6iATaE8

Over 1,200 residents signed the petition for a new building to be built at 10 Shirley Road.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/where-is-our-community-centre-petition/

A few days beforehand (my first Mother’s Day without my Mum), I was busy signing up committee members so our group would be seen as ‘official’ by Council staff (not just a Facebook group), then we would be given extra minutes for our verbal submission.

It was my way to honor my Mum & continue the fight to advocate for a new building at 10 Shirley Road.

Our connection to 10 Shirley Road is literally about births & deaths.
I attended antenatal classes at the Shirley Community Centre over 16 years ago.
My Mum attended the NZ Society of Genealogists – Canterbury Branch, where she spent many hours researching.

My love for research is thanks to watching/helping her search through documents in the Family History section of the old Central Library & seeing her sitting at our dining table trying to find the connections between family members.

At the beginning of 2021, my Dad gave me her original book on Charles Duggan, that we had worked together on over 30 years ago when I was a teenager.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/charles-duggan/

I had forgotten his story, so I started rereading it & realised our Charles Duggan was the C. Duggan, Librarian, named in the time capsule.

“Celebrations as new community centre opens [April 2021] in St Albans…The original foundation stone that was salvaged when the original building on the site was demolished is featured in the community centre.
The contents of a time capsule unearthed during the demolition of the former building have also been placed on the site of the new facility.”
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/celebrations-as-new-community-centre-opens-in-st-albans

Listening to the then Mayor Lianne Dalziel speak about legacy, made me wonder what would Charles Duggan think, to know his legacy was still a part of St Albans.

A full circle moment for me as his descendant, advocating for a new centre/learning library at 10 Shirley Road:
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-centre-concept-image/

Similar to his “St Albans Mutual Improvement Association” that focused on “The mutual mental improvement of its members. Classes for special studies of various subjects being formed, lectures on current topics, readings and discussions were also a part of the means devised for the advancement of culture and general knowledge.”

I like to think my Mum helped to remind me of Charles Duggan & find the rest of his story: his connection to St Albans & one of the earliest suburban library services in Christchurch.

She was my biggest supporter & sounding board for all my ideas.
As I grew up, she told me that I should become a librarian or a detective.

I sent her this song for one of her last Mother’s Day…
A Mother Like You by JJ Heller
“I know that it hasn’t been easy
I hope that I love like you do
‘Cause I know that this world would be better
If everyone had a mother like you”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_fqP-XJg2E

For the last two years of her life, she listened & encouraged me to keep advocating for my ‘Shirley Centre’ idea.

Talking about 10 Shirley Road helped to distract us from the pain journeys we were both on & gave us something to focus on that we both knew could benefit the generations to come.

“Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself.
Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.”
Marian Wright Edelman

From 1915 (original Shirley School built) to 2012 (Shirley Community Centre demolished), this site at 10 Shirley Road has historically been a ‘place of learning’ in our communities, for our residents.
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/site-history/
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/historic-landmark/

When will it be our year to establish a new building, a new legacy for the generations to come?
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/placemaking/
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/third-place/
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/bumping-spaces/

Before my Mum passed away she told me to forget about trying to change the Community Board/Council’s mind & just focus on doing my research.

But she also knew I was persistent, like her.
My ‘why’ I was advocating for a new Centre, was never just about me…
It was about all the people in our communities that would benefit from this space now & in the future.

One of my Mum’s favourite prayers was:
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Which reminds me of the ‘Volunteering Canterbury’ Facebook Post, 13th March 2024
– What is it that YOU wonder about?
– What do you wish ‘somebody’ would do something about?
– Could you be that ‘somebody’?
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realised I was somebody.”
Lily Tomlin

Recently Ben & I were talking about my Mum’s legacy in our lives. I wondered out loud “What will be mine?”
Ben straight away said “Shirley Centre.”
I laughed at the time & said “but it may never get built.”

I’ve been thinking about our ‘legacy’ conversation since then & this quote comes to mind:
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ben was 10 years old when I first presented my ‘Shirley Centre’ idea to Council in 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-8LmUPeGcg

He has grown up listening to my research/ideas, been involved in collecting signatures for the petition, helped to ‘activate’ the site through ‘Skip Day’ & watched as I’ve presented to our Community Board/Council over the last 6 years.

Whether a building is built or not, this is a part of our family’s story/legacy.
From Charles Duggan, to my Mum – Marie Duggan, to me – Joanna Gould (Duggan) & to my son – Ben Gould…

“May your legacies far outlive your names.
May generations tell your stories.”