Presentation to Kaipara District Council
TRUST MEMBERS
CRAIG JEPSON CHAIRMAN
MARK ROWBOTHAM S E C R E TA R Y
JEANNETTE REID TREASURER
Director Kauri Coast Concrete.
Traverse Development Resource Planning.
Diploma Business & Management.
Registered Office: Mangawhai RecreaAonal Charitable Trust, Unit 8 The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai 0505
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TRUSTEES
Colin Gallagher
Gordon Hosking
Howard Jury
Sadie Parker
Mangawhai Property owner for over 40 years. Previous M.D. and owner of mulAple successful manufacturing, exporAng and imporAng companies in N.Z. and overseas. Currently Chairman of The Mangawhai AcAvity Zone Charitable Trust.
Forest Health Ecologist. Manager Tindall FoundaAon’s Living Legends Project. Chair of Mangawhai Tracks Charitable Trust. Trustee of Project Crimson.
Employed by Hopper Developments & ConstrucAon for the past 36 years and engaged in property development and civil construcAon.
Past Commonwealth Games mountain bike representaAve. Contracted to North Shore Council to design Sanders Reserve Mountain Bike Park. Instrumental in se[ng up local cycling club and currently coach a regular mountain biking group for juniors, spin classes and lead the Bike Bus to Mangawhai Beach school.
Mark Rowbotham
Craig Jepson
Noel McCarthy
Traverse Development Resource Planning.
Director Kauri Coast Concrete.
Project Risk Manager USAID and UN.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST
02 CREATE OPPORTUNITIES for biking, walking, running, kayaking, canoeing and other associated outdoor acAviAes
01 DEVELOP A SAFE WALKING & BIKING TRACK from Thelma Road to Tara Creek finishing at Cove Road
03 DEVELOP AN ART TRAIL as part of the walking &
07 OPEN THE AREA FOR ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS
biking tracks, incorporaAng picnic, viewing and exercise areas
04 DEVELOP PART OF TARA CREEK FORESHORE to access je[es
such as a small commercial facility either by this Trust or a Commercial Company
05 CREATE A RECREATIONAL FACILITY for the wider Mangawhai Community
06 TO FURTHER ENHANCE MANGAWHAI as a prime desAnaAon for low impact acAviAes
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PUBLIC BENEFIT There are exisAng clubs and groups in the area who with the general public would uAlise the faciliAes provided by this project. There are 350 pupils at the Mangawhai Beach School, 24 adults in the cycle club, 30 juniors registered to ride every Monday in term Ame and 20 registered children on the Bike Bus to the beach school. Mangawhai has a bike shop indicaAve that there are enough bike users in the area to warrant a shop and workshop. Mangawhai already boasts a well patronised walking weekend and has various walking groups such as the the ladies who call themselves the Walkitalkies. Mangawhai has a track building group led by our Trustee Gordon Hosking. Already some of the tracks they have built are now well patronised, for example, Tanekaha off King Road. Almost the enAre track offers water access and to proposed je[es.
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THE LAND The land takes in the southwestern side of Molesworth Drive Bridge. It follows the Adal estuary to King Road Bridge, a distance of some 3kms. This land is crown land administered by NRC and KDC. The blue lines on the overhead show the widths typically around 30 metres. From a pracAcable perspecAve the track building provides the conduit for almost all the associated acAviAes proposed. Building this first allows the access necessary to move forward progressively as funding allows to add to the facility. Most of the topography for building the track is flat in nature.
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THE FORESHORE The foreshore of this estuary environment is appealing. There are very established Pohutakawa, aaracAve rock formaAons and a Adal situaAon where there remains depth at low Ade.
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STAGE ONE DEVELOP THE INITIAL FIRST STAGE OF THE WALKWAY
The land is predominantly flat but requires weed clearance typically gorse/blackberry/waale asparagus grass etc . THE CLEARANCE PROCESS AND THE FORMATION OF THE TRACK
sympatheAc to the naAve trees/vegetaAon which beauAfies this foreshore.
INSTALL AN ENTRY WAY TO A SERVICE CAR PARK
for both track building purposes and future parking (permission sought from current lease grazer)
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THE TRACK RESEARCH
Ager researching other successful exisAng faciliAes (Orewa, for example) that work a minimum of two metres (excluding shoulders) is required to provide for safe use by both cyclists and walkers. EXPERIENCE
Gordon Hosking (Tracks Mangawhai) has considerable experience forming tracks in the district and already has arranged for the stockpiling of road seal sweepings for topping of these tracks.
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FLOATING JETTIES THE FORESHORE OF THIS ESTUARY ENVIRONMENT IS APPEALING
There are very established Pohutakawa, aaracAve rock formaAons and a Adal situaAon where there remains depth at low Ade.
JETTIES
Therefore there are a number of situaAons beside the track where access to je[es would allow for recreaAonal interacAon of canoeing, kayaking, picnicking etc
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ART TRAIL THE TRUST RECOGNIZES THAT MANGAWHAI IS VIEWED BY MANY AS A PLACE WHERE ART IN ITS MANY FORMS IS APPRECIATED
The yearly arts trail is one example of the vibrant support for this. The allowance for pockets of art on the track for sculptures can be incorporated.
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STAGE TWO STAGE TWO INCORPORATES A LOOP THAT REQUIRES A WOODEN WALKWAY
of approx 150metres over exisAng mangrove/rush environment then tracks through to Cove Road.
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MARKETS
BIKE HIRE
CANOE HIRE
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CONCLUSION FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
The Trust seeks funding sufficient to progress all the faciliAes proposed.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING OF OUR COUNCILS?
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An endorsement of the Trust ObjecAves
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The use of the land
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Funding Support
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THANKS FOR JOINING US
Registered Office: Mangawhai RecreaAonal Charitable Trust, Unit 8 The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai 0505