17. 12. 97

PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE

27 NOVEMBER 1997

A special meeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee
was held on Thursday 27 November 1997 at 12.15 pm

 

PRESENT:	Councillor Gordon Freeman (Chairman), Councillors Carole Anderton, Graham Condon, Ishwar Ganda and Gail Sheriff.
IN ATTENDANCE:	Councillor Carole Evans.
APOLOGIES:	Apologies for absence were received and accepted from Councillors David Buist and David Cox.
ABSENT:	Councillor Graham Berry.

The Committee reports that:

PART B - REPORTS FOR INFORMATION

1.

TRAVIS WETLAND - NATURE HERITAGE PARK DRAFT LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

RR 6235

The draft Landscape Development Plan for Travis Wetland was considered at a special meeting of the Committee held on 27 November 1997.

The meeting commenced with a presentation by staff which highlighted the key features of the plan, the development objectives and policies.

To raise public awareness of the development proposals the Committee agreed that suitable signs should be positioned on the Travis Road and Mairehau Road boundaries of the park and at the corner of Beach Road and Frosts Road.

In noting that an existing private property had been included in the development proposal as the preferred option for the visitors centre, the Committee requested staff to report back to its February 1998 meeting on the options for acquiring the property concerned.

Arising from concerns regarding the state of the residential property on the Travis Road frontage of the wetland, the Committee requested staff to arrange for the house to be removed as soon as possible. The Committee also requested that the Property Unit be instructed to find alternative accommodation for the tenant of the property.

The Committee decided:

1. That suitable interpretative signs be erected on the Travis Road and Mairehau Road boundaries of the park and at the Beach Road/Frosts Road intersection.
   
   
2. That the draft plan be released for public comment until 6 March 1998.
   
   
3. That the Chairman and appropriate staff attend the February meetings of the Community Boards to brief boards on the development proposals for the Travis Wetland.

The meeting concluded at 1.35 pm.

 

CONSIDERED THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1997

 

MAYOR

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