All the Latest News and Events for your Omaha Beach Community.
We’ve received the following advices … Dear community groups After a number of complaints about the lack of a public information day anywhere in Rodney when a large percentage of the roads proposed to have speed limit reductions applied are in Rodney, I made a case to Auckland Transport to include an extra event in…
We’re trying to help a very good friend and supporter of the OBC. We have a need for a boat mooring at Omaha at the beginning of April (the first weekend Fri 5th/Sat 6th). If you can assist … please email us at … us@omahabeach.co.nz
Please note that the Omaha Beach Golf Club has advised us that the Northern Lake at the Golf Course is closed for access to all until further notice. This is the area between #1,2, 13, 16 and 17 holes. They are working hard to identify what appears to be an Algae Bloom that should be considered extremely hazardous…
There are a number of public consultations currently underway by both Auckland Council and Auckland Transport: Draft Warkworth Structure Plan (including two public information days this Thursday and Saturday), open till 25 March https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-your-say/topics-you-can-have-your-say-on/warkworth-structure-plan/Pages/default.aspx Auckland Transport Safer Speeds Bylaw, open till 31 March https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-events/safer-speeds-bylaw-consultation-open-thursday-28-february/ Council and Local Board annual budget, open till 17 March https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-your-say/topics-you-can-have-your-say-on/annual-budget-2019-2020/Pages/default.aspx…
Enjoy the 22nd year celebration of the Omaha Beach Golf Club Pro Am, with special guest Matt Mason. See details attached, and how to book your ticket … click here Pro Am Dinner and Auction
News from the Omaha Beach Golf Club The 2019 Pro Am is over subscribed again this year with an entry waiting list already building. As with other years we wait patiently for the Professional golfers to register via the PGA, if the last few years are anything to go by a full field of 50 professionals…
Why not pop down to The CLUB Cafe at the Golf Club / Community Centre. All OBC members are welcome. Don’t forget to phone and make a table booking … Click here for the Specials Dinner Specials 22 February
We thought you’d like to have your say on this year’s Annual Budget consultation which includes the following topics: The Annual Budget 2019/2020: this is about rating matters, fees and charges, local board priorities, and what we are proposing for the waterfront, and Our Water Future: this is about the big water issues we will…
Omaha Beach Community Subscriptions We have recently sent out the 2019 subscription invoice for $70.00 to all property owners in the northern end of Omaha. The property owners in the southern end pay theirs automatically out of their annual fee. The subscription covers the security levy for Insite Security. They provide security patrols from late…
Thanks to all of those who participated in our online survey, and gave us your views on Auckland Council’s proposed bylaw. The survey results, and your comments, were of great help to us in understanding the feelings of the Omaha Beach community. The results were used to build and support our submission to Council on…
Submissions as part of Auckland Council’s consultation process on their proposed Freedom Camping in Vehicles Bylaw have now closed. The OBC, on your behalf emailed its submission to Council on 17th February 2019. The Council have advised the following in relation to the next steps. “We will analyse all submissions we received and will publish a…
Community Facilities of Auckland Council have advised that the walkways and paths renewal works at Omaha South Quarry Reserve will be commencing shortly. The items included in this project are the resurfacing of 400 metres of gravel track, installation of swale drains and culvert pipe to improve drainage and the replacement of worn timber edging.…
Auckland Council have advised that Omaha, the pouwhenua located at the corner of Broadlands Drive and Mangatawhiri Rd; and Kaitiaki Tapu, the pouwhenua located at the Eastern end of Omaha beachfront, will be undergoing extensive remedial repairs over the next few weeks. Omaha and Kaitiaki Tapu have been removed from their current foundations, and new foundations…
Those of you (and there were many … thank you!) who were at the AGM on the 20th heard Martin Dancy give us an update on the Matakana Link Road. Martin has since provided us with a further update, as per the following … Quote: Further to our recent discussions I have received a mandate…
Summer is here and it’s time for wood fired pizza and a beer! The Fired Pizza Pod next to the Omaha Golf Club will be open every day from 27th Dec18, 4:30 til 8:30pm. .www.firedpizzacompany.co.nz 🍕😘🍷🍻 0275002014 All Welcome
Beth Houlbrooke, Chair Rodney Local Board, has kindly forwarded to us an email re the following … Please find attached a summary of the community engagement process undertaken to better understand the range of issues and opportunities regarding the transfer stations in Warkworth (Lawrie Road) and Wellsford (Rustybrook Road). This also includes the proposed next…
The twice weekly Rubbish collections, and the weekly Recycling collections, we had arranged for the peak holiday period have now ended. We are now back to the ‘normal’ weekly Rubbish collections, and fortnightly Recycling collections – both on a Monday.
We have received the following email from Beth Houlbrooke, Chair – Rodney Local Board ——————— Dear community groups As promised to many of you, here is your alert that the opportunity to give formal feedback on the proposed Freedom Camping in Vehicles Bylaw is now open. Public consultation has opened today on the proposed Freedom…
If you’re interested in knowing and understanding a little more about the MACA Act, we’ve included below an overview of the MACA Act and how it may impact on the general public. This has kindly been provided by Rachel Devine, Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts (and a member of the OBC!) … thanks Rachel. There’s also additional…
It seems the filling in of those ditches and widening the pathways is finally going to happen! It was apparently promised before Christmas – but, alas, that will not happen. We’ve also been liaising with the Rodney Local Board over this, and they’ve advised they are waiting on an update on this re final design,…
Healthy Waters has issued a further update regarding the ongoing work to reduce flooding issues in Omaha. Click here for the full update report.
As we have previously noted, the Golf Club and OBC are working in tandem with the Rodney Local Board and the Auckland Council’s Property people to renew the leases for the Golf Course and the Community Centre. However, we are aware of Auckland Council’s review relating to its continued ownership of certain assets – one…
As you may recall in our summer newsletter we received a grant from Kiwibank Predator Free Communities Trust. We received 20 Good Nature possum traps, 40 DOC 200 stoat and rat traps and 40 rat traps. We deployed the rat and stoat traps in mid February mainly along a line behind the houses in Tawharanui…
Please be vigilant this year when swimming – particularily at the north end, as unfortunately an illegally abandoned set net and crab pot were recently removed. These nets do pose a risk to swimmers, so if you do see one, please alert a lifeguard, or call Insight Security. You might be aware the Omaha Beach…
The council have recently erected some more signs to warn people off from walking on the sand dunes. They have very good reasons to do this. Firstly, the Sand dunes are the communities first and major line of defence in the event of a major storm surge or Tsunami. Weaknesses in the dunes (where people…