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Landscape Plan Meeting Saturday 10.30am
by Miriam Frances 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

Purpose: To make progress on key principles and prioritise tasks Please email your items for discussion. We currently have: * Site Plan * Budget * Site Observations * Compost containers - Urgent Thank you Donald and Miriam

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Firewood arriving tomorrow (Friday) morning
by Anna Maxwell 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

... around 9am. If the car parks off Alva St nearest the common room were kept free that would make things much easier! Thanks Anna

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Angles begun!
by Frances Ross 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

We have our angle parking partly done- the rest early best week. Yay! Frances Sent from my iPhone

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Draft Work Group Document
by Miriam Frances 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

Kia Ora Toiora cohousing whanau, Further to last Thursday's UCOL meeting, we will send you a link to a Google document prepared by us that sets out by work group, the current known tasks to be undertaken in the immediate future. This is a draft based on the list that was developed at that meeting. Please read the document and add to the detail where you want to. Also add your names to work groups. Sub groups can then be formed after a meeting of each workgroup. This document will evolve and find a home on Gather. We hope it will serve as a guide for people to be more easily informed about jobs that they can get involved in. Ka kite ano. Miriam and Donald

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Draft Toiora Work Groups Task List as at 22.04.21 - Invitation to edit
by Donald Shand (via Google Sheets) 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

I've shared an item with you: Draft Toiora Work Groups Task List as at 22.04.21 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BBNIJ-BdZqbCE5SiILXIn--T8QfNzwXBSch… It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above.

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Fire Alarm SOUND LEVEL SURVEY - FRIDAY 23rd 11:30 - 12:30
by High St Cohousing 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hi Everyone, Following yesterdays Aotea fire alarm inspection, they have concluded that they need to do more testing. They are now proposing the following: *"a full sound level survey for tomorrow morning from 11.30 am to 12.30pm." * This test will include measuring sound levels in each bedroom of all units. They might take longer as there are so many bedrooms... They will inform the fire brigade that they are doing this. I will be on site and have the board with the keys at our deck as they need to access all units. Preliminary findings indicate that they might need to install extra sounders in the C units but might not need to install these devices in the other units. This will be confirmed after tomorrow's test. Fingers crossed for a smooth final step process. And make sure you cover your ears if you intend to be on site... Maria -- *Maria Callau* *TOIORA* High Street Cohousing UCOL Member and Project Coordinator 0211847490

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saturday working bee
by Roz Wilson 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hi, this was the list of working bees from the minutes: Schedule of working bees: Saturday 17 April 9am town belt weeds 11am clearing doors and sorting out furniture in common house 2pm workshop meeting Sunday 18 April 4pm common house workgroup tba - Sunday or Monday firewood stacking (once it is delivered) Saturday 24 April 10am? weed clearing, outside Gay's unit Is there still to be one on Saturday to do gay's garden or has that been replaced by everyone playing with the little yellow digger? Regds roz

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some more thoughts about the shape of our communal green spaces
by mariannequinn＠xtra.co.nz 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hi all: I wrote this for the Garden Planning meeting that may still happen this weekend, as we're away, along with some others who've been keenly interested in what happens with this space. Read as you wish - its exciting to 'walk this new space' and 'warm it up' for our future living. 1. Understanding what we each want from the grounds/ gardens at Toiora We have a good range of gardening experience amongst us. Quite a few of us are what might be described as 'keen' gardeners, excited about planning, creating and maintaining vege and other gardens. Others are happy to help with 'maintenance', like lawns and/ or overhanging greenery from the town belt - tidying up type gardening ( very valuable). Or they have an interest in a specific part of the garden: the Memorial Arch; a playground for children, etc but not much else (?). And then still others are thrilled that the hard work of maintaining their previous gardens are behind them and see Toiora as a way to let that obligation largely go. If they can do something else to assist the community, they'd be more than happy. It's likely that interests will change over time and groups will likely overlap. Hopefully, we can find a way to meet the needs of all these groups! 2. Getting to know the site Right now, we're starting to understand this site more in 'real terms' and in real time. Eg Noticing the sun patterns; how the buildings shade things and for how long; how different winds affect different parts of the site, etc. We're also learning more about what lies beneath the surface and that is informing us more about what we might plant and where. In starting to live on this land, we're also 'warming it up' as a community space. The ground is shifting from a 'concept' as shown on the original design, still fixed to the front of the fence on High Street, to a living entity. Just as the insides of our houses have changed as we've altered them to suit / painted them/ inhabited them, etc, so too will the grounds. 3. Some proposals: i) that if we can eliminate fences in common areas by creative use of plants, that we do so. Some of these could screen otherwise 'ugly' things like the container shed and soften other 'hard' edges. ii) That we develop a basic budget for plants and start planning out what to plant where. That we accept that a good many plants might move around till we find the best site for them. It might be that as for E - Chargers, some of us are more willing to fund this project than others; my hope is that we don't let that stop us moving forward with this. iii) that as far as possible, we use plants with dual purpose: eg plants that are also edible / culinary ( like bay leaves); that produce flowers for bees; as well as those that are pleasing to look at, especially through the winter months ( which usually also produce flowers for bees from spring on). This will mean a mixture of natives and 'exotics', with some 'annuals' like cornflowers/ sunflowers/ etc to bridge the seasons for birds and bees alike. Of course, there's more, but these are a few ideas from me, as I'm away this coming weekend when it seems the group might want to meet. It's very exciting to be back in the soil again! Regards, Marianne Marianne Quinn Clinical Psychologist & Psychotherapist Level 3, 115 Stuart Street, Dunedin P.O. Box 20, Dunedin 9054 ph +6434773115 or 0211612050

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Alarm test at 10:30 today access to all bedrooms - HIGH ST BLOCK
by Maria Callau 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Hi all, The Aotea guy is inspecting the units agreed. Now he says that at 10:30 he needs to test the alarm and needs to access all bedroom in the High St block. So I am giving him access to all units. Be aware of high alarm sound at 10:30... Thanks, Maria Maria Callau 0211847490 SUR Architecture Limited Sent from my iPad

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Aotea on site tomorrow morning for fire alarm issue
by High St Cohousing 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Hi all, We found out yesterday that before we can get Code of Compliance, Aotea still needs to do something else related to the fire alarm system.... Unfortunately, this means going back to the units to install some hardware... The PCG has been notified and we are discussing the costs associated with this... The first step in this process is for them to access some of the units to assess the situation. *Aotea will be on site tomorrow from 8am onwards and will need to access a few units including:* *one C unit, one D unit and one H unit (maybe also an A unit, not sure).* *They also said, they would like to set off the alarm at approx. 10am for 2-3 minutes to test sound levels in the 3rd floor rooms. * I need to know which unit (C and H) I can give them access to. Please confirm by replying to this email. We'll give them access to D5 and if they need to access an A unit, they can enter the DCC unit... Thanks, -- *Maria Callau* *TOIORA* High Street Cohousing UCOL Member and Project Coordinator 0211847490

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