- The demolition of Centennial swimming pool
- Issues of environmental and economic ways of engineering
the traffic flows in the city
- The Convention Centre
- Development of the Convention Centre, sports complex at
Addington raceway and the Square
- Rate increase. The building of the Convention Centre
- Swimming pool - Centennial Pool project
- Building of conference centre
- Centennial Pool - pay rises for councillors
- Expense to ratepayer of Conference Centre
- Loud concerts in parks near residential areas
- The motorway - Bexley express way. We need to know the
time...other details about what the CCC proposes
- Dog control - the increase in dog fees - good dog owners
should get a rebate
- The building of the pier was not discussed enough with
the public
- Cross leasing
- Redevelopment of Centennial Pool. Subdividing of
properties
- Building the conference and sports centres - too much
money all at once
- Residential Detention Centre in Stanmore Rd
- Demolishing Savoy theatre
- Alcohol ban in Wyacola Community Centre
- Ravensdown was given permission to discharge pollutants
without the public having a say
- Changes in the city and the redesign of the Square
- On the Maori burial ground they are removing the picket
fences that separate the graves without consulting
families
- Traffic and road repair pollution
- Ngai Tahu settlements
- Telecom tower at Shirley
- The trams, the casino
- Increase of wages for city councillors
- Spending money (I think) on a building, but decision was
made without public knowing. Can't remember details but I
was annoyed at the time
- The Shirley/St Albans word name change - lack of
consultation in the long term development of the inner
city
- Power rates
- The demolition of the Centennial Pool
- The trees in the University taken down without
consultation for a new parking lot
- About the dog laws
- Children's play area in Shands Crescent
- Two CCC reps going 1st class to India to uplift the
Garden Award
- The church behind our house in Bickerton St - noise at
weekends
- The new parks, rent rises for pensioners in council
housing
- Use of funds to build the conference centre and the like
- Convention Centre should have had more consultation -
respondent feels this would be better sited at Addington.
Distance is not a problem today
- The lights that are in Lancaster Park - I think they're
very functional but they look hideous
- Rates - just a bit concerned about the rates - whether
they cover footpaths etc. The individual doesn't
necessarily see the benefit of the increase in rates
- The air bridge
- Can't remember - possibly new Square
- Roading (see back)
- Travis Swamp - leaflets would have been good
- The social welfare budget
- A couple of the major things that were done in town, I
can't remember what they were but I know that the public
should have had a right to make a vote on them
- Can't remember what it was
- Raising rates/water charges
- Tell us when the Council are doing repairs (water) so we
can switch off our computerised appliances
- The sale of public assets eg Wigram Air Base
- The altering of the Square
- Borrowing money for city developments
- Centennial Pool
- The Addington Entertainment Centre
- Entertainment Centre at Addington
- Convention Centre
- Catering contract for Convention Centre should have gone
to local wineries eg. Giesens, St Helena
- Convention Centre and Canterbury Library car parking
- The bus stops they were going to put through Hyde Park.
They didn't consult in-depth with the residents about
them and now they're putting them through anyway -
whether the residents want them or not, because they
can't get out of the contract with the bus company
- There should have been more consultation over the
transport issue - over changing the bus routes and it's
still not resolved as far as I know
- Early childhood facilities should have been discussed
with public and surveys done throughout Christchurch
- Permitting Valentines Restaurant to go on dangerous St
Beds expressway site - also why is it permitted to
proceed without sufficient car parking?
- Selling of Southpower assets
- Re-tiling of the Square
- Harewood Rd Primary School connected to sewage but locals
not given opportunity to be part of it
- Redesigning of the Square
- Inner city development - the addition on the side of
Cathedral is shocking
- The Square development
- The paving stones in the Square, big buildings - people
should be consulted
- The spraying of weed killer
- There were a few things but I can't remember at the
moment what they were
- I think they should let people know what the extent of
the consultation has been
- Pay increase for councillors
- Redevelopment of the Square
- Charges at refuse stations - particularly for compost
materials
- Airport authority - council has too many fingers in too
many pies
- New dog laws that are coming in
- Infill housing - all the pressure and drain on services
eg. Water, roading
- Commitment to a new art gallery. The late opening hours
of central city bars and cafes
- I doubt the wisdom of the new conference centre, it
seemed to happen very suddenly
- Enhancement projects and rampant borrowing of money
- Rate money going to social service
- Enhancement projects
- The Sumner Library joining with the Public Library - the
community should have been consulted
- Approved a Mr Whippy van for the Esplanade
- Road-works on Jeffreys Rd. Other part of street has
flowers planted, but we have grass. Why weren't we asked
our preference for the street verges
- The Square renovations. Planning to spend our money and
not asking us
- I think this business of pulling down old buildings is
awful. They don't consult, they just come down. There is
not enough public input e.g. Centennial Pool coming down
- The Convention Centre seemed to be a fait accompli
- The destruction of Kaiapoi Woollen Mills. The destruction
of the old Hurst and Drake building in High St. Lack of a
city plan to preserve our historic buildings
- This social thing-a-ma-jig. We are in considerable debt
as the City Council is keeping rates down, but debt needs
to be repaid
- The council-owned port company trying to remove a long
established boating facility in the inner Lyttelton
Harbour
- The rate increases and the trams
- They didn't consult about the closure of Centennial Pool
- Should be consulted about building codes for Sumner
developments
- Skate boarding across the street from the proposed
skating park
- The chopping down of the trees at the Old School Reserve
in Major Hornbrook road. I was personally affronted by
the chopping down of those trees because I love trees
- Fire bans and that sort of thing
- Seems there is massive amounts of expenditure going on -
is the council trying to do too much in this financial
year?
- The $1 million on social services seems to have come
right out of the blue
- Cave Rock development
- The major apartment developments in Sumner. Insufficient
terms of reference for public to have an effective say
- Paying for Convention Centre. Need to consult on air
pollution - some tie up with Southpower on this
- Believe council is borrowing too much money for what it
is achieving - more public input eg shares in port
company not needed. Real concern about finances -too much
burden on future citizens
- Have I missed something about the new art gallery? There
should be an architectural competition for the design of
the new gallery
- Lack of consultation about the eroding of the green belt
- Pollution - open fires
- The construction of a large concrete building on the
corner of Colombo Street and Moorhouse Ave. It is
literally on the footpath
- The air bridge between Town Hall and Convention Centre -
I feel there should have been more in-depth discussion
about it
- Concerned about monopoly of gas supply by council - not
sure if council was involved with the purchase of
`Portagas' in Wrights Road
- The tiling in the Square. There are two options at the
moment and I think they should take the dearer option
- Local planting schemes. Development of Square
- Excessive spending on the Square / new buildings
- Public not consulted about the Convention Centre
design/layout
- Spending too much money on the Square - they should
consult us, it seems that every few years they spend more
and more money and it's still dirty
- What is going to be put at the base of the Pier they are
going to have a restaurant there and bungy thing. They
should ask the public what we want on it
- The spraying. We should be better informed as to what
type of spray they're using, and the neighbourhood should
be given the options of being sprayed, including
information on costs and effectiveness
- Memorial Park Cemetery drainage, and occasionally Ruru
Lawn Cemetery drainage
- Did the council consult about the re-paving of the
Square?
- The Square redevelopment
- I can't think offhand but I think they should consult us
about everything
- We could have a referendum about the buses. More about
the Square and what they allow to go on there
- This weed killer thing. They should tell us more about it
- The possibility of the Council selling assets ie.
Southpower, the Airport. They should belong to the
ratepayer
- Change of roading developments in my area
- Why it takes so long to get road-works complete
- In our complex three vacancies were replaced by people
from Templeton. We weren't told that they were a
different type of person. Some are on medication and if
something happened we don't know who to contact. We try
to help each other here and I feel this has been
overlooked
- The redevelopment of the Square and the Centennial Pool
redevelopment
- Sex offender unit
- The Council ownership of Southpower. I think they should
get less money out of it and lower electricity prices. If
they really want to put their money where their mouth is
and reduce air pollution they should make electricity
cheaper
- I know they put the rates up and I don't know why they
did that
- More consultation with the public about the sand dunes
being lowered along Marine Parade
- Clearway in Riccarton Rd
- Riccarton Rd bus clearway
- Riccarton Rd clearway
- Building of sports stadium at Addington
- Lack of parking at public hospital
- Social issues of refugees being subsidised by council
should have had more public input
- The social spending
- The placement of the sex offenders half-way house that
was going to be placed (in Addington I think) near about
5 schools and a crèche?
- We had some ladies living in pensioner cottages at the
end of the street (Manor Place). The Council removed
their screen doors for painting the building, and
initially refused to put them back up again - without any
consultation - the screen doors were there for safety.
They've since been put back up after a lot of effort by
the women petitioning the Council etc
- The beautification program of certain forgotten streets -
mainly Addington - the council have forgotten about these
quaint little houses, while Fendalton and Riccarton get
plenty spent on them. Just inconsistent standards
- The Convention Centre
- Brighton Pier
- Redevelopment of the Square. Foreign aid (Africa)
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