• Carol Comber updated the meeting with progress at Mount Cook Mobilised and Mt Cook Connect. Newtown Residents’ Association has an umbrella agreement with MCM for funding applications, as MCM are not an incorporated society, and Carol is the contact person involved with both Associations.

• There was a discussion on the initial effect of changes to Berhampore parking. The parking changes appeared to be working OK so far, with a lot of free car parks, but the plan had only been operational for a short time.

• Steve Cosgrove updated the status of the Council’s new parking enforcement cars. https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/projects/parking-services-vehicles

• Progress on 177 Owen Street redevelopment into a public park. Removal of the old buildings was underway at the time of the meeting.

• Safety in Newtown – two months ago two Newtown focused police officers came to the Association meeting, and recently we have heard that there are City Council Safety Officers focussing on what is going on in Newtown, and working with DCM and local police. It was noted that there seemed to be fewer safety concerns over the past month. However there was a ram-raid at the Coromandel Dairy during the night on Wednesday 10 July.  A speeding car crashed through and broke the doors then took off again. Nothing was taken.

• Newtown Residents’ Association Constitution. The Incorporated Societies Act 2022 requires all societies to re-register by 2026, and we are planning to have an updated Constitution ready to present to our AGM in September.  We talked about updating the Association’s Objectives, and a couple of volunteers agreed to have a look at this.

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