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Draft Taihape Memorial Park Management Plan

Introduction


The Draft Taihape Memorial Park Management Plan (Part Two) should be read in conjunction with the Draft Recreational Parks and Reserves Management Plan (Part One). In essence, the Part One Plan requires Council:

- To promote and encourage the use of Memorial Park for a range of recreation activities, and
- To protect the open space character of Memorial Park to enchance the recreational amenity.


Council will achieve this through the general Part One policies:

-To encourage community participation in the planning, development, management and maintenance of Taihape Memorial Park.
- To maintain and develop recreational facilities at Taihape Memorial Park in close consultation with the local community to enchance the recreational values and opportunities.
- To encourage maximum use of Taihape Memorial Park by a range of different groups.
- To ensure as far as practical, the safety of users at Taihape Memorial Park.

This Management Plan outlines Council's plans for the future development of Taihape Memorial Park and suggests further policies that will be applied specifically to Taihape Memorial Park.

- To preserve, protect and enchance ecological values of the native bush.
- To preserve the character of the Memorial Park Gates, Plaque and Garden.


Particularly, the Council-owned facilities at Taihape Memorial Park (particularly the Grandstand and the swimm pool) are increasingly past their "use-by-date". Council needs to find an affordable solution for the Taihape town and district ratepayers that will maximise the recreational amenity of the Park.

Council has been supporting the Taihape Leisure Centre group (operating under the Taihape Community Development Trust) to develop the Park in line with a three-phase site master plan that has been well-discussed within the town and surrounding areas.


You are invited to make suggestions or objections to the Draft Taihape Memorial Park Management Plan (Part Two) and, if helpful, you may use the form below.

Additional comments will be welcome - please ensure you include your name and address so that we can consider them. Any submissions must be received by Council no later than 4pm, 1 March 2010. If you would like to speak to your submission, then the opportunity will be provided on 11 March 2010.


Council believes that Taihape needs modern and fit-for-purpoase community facilities in order to continue to offer an attractive lifestyle for residents and ratepayers. The draft Taihape Memorial Park Management Plan (Part Two) supports the concept of a muilti-purpose, communtiy leisure and events centre to replace current facilities at Taihape Memorial Park.


1. Do you support the development of a multi-purpose, community leisure and events centre at Taihape Memorial Park?

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2. Do you support the proposal to demolish the existing Grandstand and replace with the new building?

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3. Do you have any other comments about future development of the facilities at Taihape Memorial Park?

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4. Council does not intend to contribute anything significant to a capital programme for developments of facilities at Taihape Memorial Park. Therefore, any major development will require substantial fundraising efforts from within the community

Do you believe that community fundraising is best invested in community facilities at Taihape Memorial Park?

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Although Council will not contribute to a capital programme, it will continue to provide ongoing, operational costs in line with current Council budgets. This could be in the form of a grant to a community group that will manage the Park on behalf of Council and the ratepayers.


5. Once a management plan is in place for Taihape Memorial Park, would you prefer it to be managed by a properly-constituted community group?

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Council has provided the additional policies which will be specific to Taihape Memorial Park. These are:

Policy 1: To preserve, protect and enhance the ecological values of native bush.

Do you agree with Policy 1?

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Policy 2: To preserve the character of the Memorial Park Gates, Plaque and Garden.

Do you agree with Policy 2?

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Any other comments

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Contact Details

Note: Council does not normally consider anonymouse submissions in their final deliberations. Whether or not you choose to speak, results will be conveyed to everyone who makes a submission.

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All submissions will be made public: Please indicate if you would like your name withheld

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Oral Hearings

Oral hearing regarding the Draft Taihaoe Memorial Park Management Plan (Part Two) will be held on 11th March 2010 - Staff will contact you about the specific time and place.


Wish to speak: Please indicate if you want the opportunity to speak at the oral hearing

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