Pegasus Post: August 27, 2019

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Sintes signs off from board
• By Matt Slaughter
TIM SINTES is an action man.
For the last 12 years, he has
been on the Coastal-Burwood
Community Board fighting for
action in the wards.
And with his limited downtown,
you might have seen the
68-year-old Southshore resident
out boating or hitting the waves
on his surfboard.
Mr Sintes, the board’s deputy
chairman, is not running for
re-election in the October local
body elections, saying it
was a tough decision to step
down but it was time for him to
put more energy into doing the
activities he loves.
“I love my surfing, my
snowboarding, my cycling . . .
my boating. I’ve got so many
things that I want to do, plus I
want to travel a bit more and just
have a bit more free time.
“My whole life, I’ve put the
community before me and I
think really it’s time that I need
to do it for myself.”
Mr Sintes also battled through
pneumonia at the end of last
year, which saw him hospitalised
twice. Although he said he still
feels like a young man, the time
is right for a change of lifestyle.
He said spending time with
his wife Jan Sintes and daughters
JOB DONE: Tim Sintes is not running for re-election in
October’s local body elections and says he’s looking forward
to spending more time boating and with his daughters Lauren
and Jade ​
Lauren and Jade, who he named
one of his boats after, would now
take priority.
Mr Sintes said in spite of his
time on the board being filled
with ups and downs, he has
“loved” the job.
“I love the good parts of it, I
hate the fighting, the battling.”
He said he had “incredibly
mixed feelings” about leaving.
However, Mr Sintes said
his decision to not run for
re-election is not because he
has lost interest or faith in the
Coastal and Burwood wards.
“I believe this place has so
much potential that just hasn’t
been realised. There are great
people out there and I’d love to
carry on the journey but [not]
for another three years. Believe
me, it was such a hard decision.
“I can honestly say I couldn’t
have worked any harder than
I’ve worked . . . when I get into
a project I give it 100 per cent, I
throw my whole life into it and
I never thought it would take 12
years of my life.”
Mr Sintes’ said his best
achievements with the board
include helping to get Taiora: QE
II Recreation and Sport Centre
rebuilt and ensuring the recently
named He Puna Taimoana hot
pools were approved for New
Brighton.
Even simple things like getting
a boardwalk rebuilt in South
Brighton was a highlight for Mr
Sintes.
Along with these
achievements, Mr Sintes said:
“There are a lot of things that
I’m super disappointed in.”
“I still so wish we could get
South Brighton and Southshore
estuary edge [sea level rise and
flooding protections] sorted out.
That’s just been going on for so
long and it’s just not right.”
Mr Sintes said the next
three years would see some big
developments he had helped
push for come to fruition,
including the hot pools.
He said he would be watching
on with excitement.
In Brief
CLOCK TOWER LIGHTS
City council staff have been
asked to confirm lighting will be
reinstalled as part of the repair
work being carried out on the
New Brighton Clock Tower. The
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board requested the lighting so
the clock tower can be lit up at
night-time.
COMMUNITY GRANTS
A grant of $2500 will go to the
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board’s ‘Summer with your
Neighbours’ event. Through its
discretionary response fund,
the board also granted $5500 to
Parklands @ Play, $3000 to the
board’s Garden Pride Awards,
$6000 to the Dallington Avondale
Burwood Combined Event, $6000
to the I Love New Brighton event
and $500 to the board’s Anzac
Day commemorations next year.
YOUNG ACHIEVERS
Duncan Smith has received a
grant of $500 towards the cost of
his flights to attend the Shirley
Boys’ High School exchange trip
to South Korea. Manaia Warbrick
and Keegan Piper will get $250
for flights and accommodation
to the AIMS Games in Tauranga
as part of the Casebrook
Intermediate team. The grants
came from the Coastal-Burwood
Community Board’s youth
development fund.
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