Design Concepts: Places for People - He Whenua He Tangata by Raglan Chronicle

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the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency’s Innovating Streets for People pilot fund! The fund supports pop-ups or experimental changes to streetscapes to promote community interaction and place making. Therefore, making our town spaces more people focused, which are safer and easier for people to gather and move around (pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, pram-pushers, mobility scooters, skaters, etc).

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Project Recap • How much are we talking?

We’ve received $270 000 from Waka Kotahi and $30 000 from Waikato District Council. We believe this amount will enable 2 small or moderate-sized place-making efforts in downtown Raglan. Bow St

• What areas are we looking at?

• Are the changes permanent?

No. Installing these changes by summer will enable the community to experience them and provide feedback, which could lead to the designs being modified and improved, or if needed reverted back to their current state.

• What are the limitations?

There are many ideas that the community has identified improve our town. This project will not be able to deliver on them all. We are constrained by the purpose and amount of the funding, which we wish to put towards the best possible return for the community.

• What’s the process?

After a successful first public drop in session to provide public information and harness ideas and thoughts, we have now progressed some design concepts! Ongoing discussion with local business, plus public drop in sessions aim at involving and bringing the community on the journey of experimenting with our town environment and to finalise the designs!

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All going well, we are aiming to have these changes installed by early summer (November), so that we and our visitors can directly experience these places with evaluation being carried out until June 2021, when the success of the project will be determined.

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We believe there are some great outcomes on offer for our town by focusing on Bow St and (separately or linked) the car park and pedestrian access to the harbour outside Orca.

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The Design Challenge Raglan Streets for People (He Whenua He Tangata) is an experimental project’s vision aims to:

• Encourage a mind-shift along with a mode shift to promote walking, cycling as an alternate to car use • Promote people to walk and cycle so they stay longer and spend more to support and benefit local business • Provide an environment that promotes easy social gatherings and interactions among our people • Reinforce and reflect our community’s unique identity within the project utilising local artists and manufacturers, • Build on Raglan’s image of being environmentally aware, therefore promoting care, responsibility and action on our environmental and social challenges to reduce our carbon foot print and effects on the environment, and • Draw on our strong, rich historical narrative, of hapu/iwi and Pakeha in a contemporary context.

Feedback to Date The successful public drop in session in July and the Raglan School interactive workshop where 75 students from 7-10 area connected with the consultation provided a variety of feedback and inputs. The majority of comments were positive with the community supporting the project areas and general initial ideas for design approaches.

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“Your targeted areas are correct!” “Create spaces to gather and linger” “More activity and energy at the end of the street” “YES to cyclists and pedestrians owning space by Orca”

Issues raised during and subsequent to the drop in session included the following:

• Effects on car-parking including accessibility and loss of car parks • Impacts on local businesses • Proper engagement/involvement with Tangata Whenua • Site specific issues including wind and shade

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The Design Narrative

Pūtoetoe Community Space, a place and space where our people can come together and be a stronger and ‘tighter’ community.

Matauranga Māori can be integrated to shape the (landscape) design and development of this project as a means to inform and to celebrate local history. Raglan/Whaingaroa and it’s surrounding areas have long and rich cultural histories for Māori and Pākeha that are both different and collaborative. As part of their connections to the land and place there are markers both tangible and intangible which need to be carefully read and where possible incorporated into the Project. After discussions with Ngāti Māhanga a number of important historical and physical aspects of the area have been revealed, that can be carefully integrated into the project. According to hapu, when first settled by Māori the current township was originally covered with an abundance of toetoe and given the name Pūtoetoe. Pū refers to tufts growing in bunches hence Pūtoetoe (tufts of toetoe). Importantly, the toetoe was highly valued as a resource that could be used in a variety of ways. The stems of the toetoe (kākaho) were used for building purposes, lining walls, roofs and internal partitions and were typically lashed tightly together providing strong and long lasting insulation. It was also pleasing to touch and sight. In addition, the leaves were used to weave mats and baskets and possessed medicinal qualities, therefore was highly valued for it’s multiple uses. Also important to the entire area was Ngāti Māhanga leader Te Awaitaia, who was a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi and whose runanga and Court house stood just to the south of Orca. Above his Court house flew his own personal flagstaff “Mahia te Pai” meaning ‘do what is right “. When addressing the 1860 Kohimarama Conference held in Auckland (between senior tribal leaders and the Crown), Te Awaitaia uttered the proverb “Paiherea, kahore e whati”, meaning when the stems of the toe toe are bundled tightly together, they are impossible to break, when they stand singularly or separate they are easily broken. The project name Pūtoetoe respects both the valuable toetoe that grew in the area and the importance of Te Awaitaia and his wise proverb. Although the original metaphor was used to encourage and to cement good relationships between Māori and Pākeha during times of trouble and division, the metaphor resonates today particularly during these uncertain times. Therefore, the Pūtoetoe Community Space, aims at providing a place and space where our people can come together and be a stronger and ‘tighter’ community.

Design Theme The Project design for both Putoetoe and Bow Street aims at reflecting the coastal environment of Whaingaroa/Raglan to help re-connect people with the place. To this extent, the project draws on the harbour environment with the undulating forms utilising the colours and shapes that are associated with our coastal environment. Elements used in the project include natural materials including timber, steel and painted surfaces to reflect Raglan’s character, to achieve:

A celebration of our unique harbour and the water A connection with the land and land forms An understanding of the historical and cultural importance of toetoe to the area The project utilises a mix of painted road surface to reflect the harbour colours with deck areas and raised planters mimic the topography forms and island rock formations that feature within the harbour landscape. The undulating topography and coastal lines is represented by the flowing lines and use of colour. A predominantly native plant palette will be utilised that will incorporate plants associated with the coastal environment and will include the native toetoe to mark the traditional environment of the area.

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The Design Challenge

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• Encourage change to our town from car orientated space to people and community orientated place • Providing a place that builds on Raglan’s character as a space people want to be • Provide an attractive and fun space that is accessible by all people • Multi use environment (market, stage, other initiatives?) • Connection with harbour • Provide a safe environment • Ensure outcomes achieve good outcomes for local businesses

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Site Analysis Site Features • • • • •

Cafe and restaurant activity Views of harbour Sunny location Existing vegetation 100 year old pohutukawa tree

Site Issues • • • •

Windy location Shady pohutukawa tree Drainage issues Car parking management (disabled parking and access)

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Pedestrian Linkages Vehicle access

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PÅ«TOETOE PLACE - PROPOSED DESIGN LEGEND Top Cut Butcher

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PAINTED ROAD SURFACE PAINTED ROAD SURFACE TIMBER SEATING

TIMBER SEATING CORTEN STEEL PLANTER

CORTEN STEEL PLANTER PAINTED TIMBER STEPPING AND CLIMBING POSTS

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PAINTED TIMBER STEPPING AND CLIMBING POSTS PAINTED GAMES BOARDS

PAINTED GAMES BOARDS INFORMAL CLIMBING LOG

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INFORMAL CLIMBING LOG BICYCLE PARKING AREA BINS

Formalised crossing point

Jetty area

BICYCLE PARKING AREA SIGNAGE

Note: The concept BINS design provides an optimal design approach. The use of modular items will allow the design to SIGNAGE be tailored to ensure we maintain within budget.

Protected trees retained

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Oneway only from this point Informal crossing point

Additional car parking integrated into space

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Flexible space . petanque court, table tennis location other??)

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BOW STREET DESIGN CONCEPT

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Outcomes Sought

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• Create a parklet space that is usable by all the community and general public • Use the parklet to demonstrate the potential to provide a space that activates the streetscape • Provide an area where people can stop and linger and spend more time on the main street • Create a space that reflects Raglan’s character • Promote people to walk or cycle to the space and reduce reliance on car use • Provide a safe pedestrian environment • Incorporate art and cultural installation • Improve road safety through speed management

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Modular and moveable parklets Durable and attractive parklet Include seating and relax space Safe and accessible Include planting to provide a comfortable space • Include art and cultural design patterns • Incorporate bicycle stands

Parklet Design Features

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Possible alternate parklet location

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Bow Street Features

Legend Integrated seating with art/paint work to base

• Use of painted surfaces to provide pedestrian priority and safety • Themed approach relating to harbour and water • Use of raised planters to define safe pedestrian zones and manage traffic flows • Increased car parking numbers with angle parking • Improved pedestrian links across Bow Street and Wainui • Incorporation of experimental parklet space

Themed safety railings

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Painted pedestrian linkage point

Formalised pedestrian crossing

Painted street surface to direct vehicles

Steel planter to enclose space Step or ramp between kerb and parklet Timber decking over steel frame

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Concept Options

Raised planters to define zones

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Dispensary

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BUS STOP

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

What are some of the benefits: • • • •

Healthy population walking, cycling and exercising Reduced car use = less traffic congestion, safer environments Increased time in a place with increased spend Strengthen community through connectedness

Some Research Info (http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/11/22/mythbusting-the-businessbenefits-of-bikeways/) “If you think about it, with less expenditure needed to maintain running their car everywhere, people who bike regularly have more spare money left to spend on other goods and services. With less incentive to hop in a car and drive across town, non-driving patrons also tend to be better at supporting local neighbourhood businesses, thus keeping more money local”. “Interestingly, the study asked both retailers and shoppers what they perceived to be the most important factors in a shopping area. While the retailers’ top 3 was “on-street parking, off-street parking, pedestrian crossings”, for customers it was “landscaping, frequent bus services, pedestrian crossings”. Wellington Research..... A recent local study investigated demand for parking vs cycleways in a Wellington retail area (Tory St). The survey of ~600 people found that about 60% of non-cyclists supported sacrificing on-street car parks for a cycle route, citing concerns for cyclist safety and the stress of sharing roads with them. A separate survey of shoppers on-site found that only 6% had used on-street parking in front of the relevant businesses. Consider.... If a business is concerned about a loss in customer numbers they could look at converting one or two car park spaces into a “bike corral” (effectively a series of bike stands on-street); typically you can fit at least ten bikes into the same space as one car. So you can see how it could be very easy to grow your patronage if there is a nice convenient cycleway past your place and good parking at your door… In Summary.... If a new cycleway replaces some existing parking, businesses will continue to receive custom from pedestrians and bus passengers walking in, and probably attract even more new customers by bike (especially if you add some bike parking). Where will the car visitors go? Probably either: • Use the typically under-utilised off-street car parking (that most businesses are meant to provide anyway) • Park around the corner on the non-cycleway street • Park 50m away (or across the street) and walk 30 seconds to your business • Hop on their bike and try out the new cycleway to your business!

All of this is also irrelevant if your business is well known for its good or unique products/services – if it’s that good then people won’t shift to somewhere else just because they can’t get a car park outside your door…

Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington, New Zealand A survey of 1,744 shoppers and 144 retailers in nine shopping areas in these three New Zealand cities found that drivers did spend more money per trip than non-drivers, $47 to $34. But in central city locations, the gap between drivers and cyclists was only $4 per trip ($47 to $43, respectively). And non-drivers also spent more time in the shopping areas, suggesting that “the longer-term spending by sustainable users is likely to be higher than that of private vehicle users.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-13/every-study-ever-conducted-on-the-impact-converting-street-parking-into-bike-laneshas-on-businesses