The Star: October 04, 2018

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Fire rages, homes at risk
of new strategy
It also sets out creating opportunities
to share local stories and
promoting heritage walks, trails
and digital archives.
The draft said the council will
gradually integrate the strategy
into programmes and activities,
champion the importance of
heritage and taonga, undertake
regular reviews, considering
funding through Long Term
Plan and Annual Plan processes.
City councillors
Yani Johanson,
Phil Clearwater
and Jimmy
Chen have been
appointed to
the independent
hearings panel
Jimmy Chen
to hear submissions
on the
draft strategy, which will lead to
developing the final plan.
“The key thing with this
strategy is how it will bring the
sizeable, tangible clear parts of
our heritage with the intangible
parts – the stories of our heritage,
which each of us have,” Cr
Clearwater said.
The strategy will be implemented
in stages from next year and
will lead to a formalised charter.
“What we are aiming to do following
the consultation is we will
develop a heritage charter for our
city,” he said.
The city council is set to take
control of the development of
the charter in partnership with
runaga and community groups.
Historic Places Canterbury
chairman Mark Gerrard said he
was only complimentary of the
plan.
• By Julia Evans
THE CITY council will use
its $1 billion spending power
as leverage to make sure
contractors are environmentally
aware.
A staff briefing on a new procurement
policy for contractors
REPAIR: The Old Stone House is Cracroft is one of the
city’s most recently restored heritage buildings and will
be protected under the new strategy.
“HPC commends the
Christchurch heritage team, who
with professionalism and vigour
almost bordering on enthusiasm
engaged the community.”
He said it was the “determined”
engagement with groups
that drove the heritage strategy.
HPC deputy chairman and
Canterbury Civic Trust deputy
chairman Ross Gray said the heritage
plan was a “great” thing.
“I think it looks very good,
comprehensive with clear actions
and directions for the future . . .
It will provide a sound basis for
the preservation of heritage. Both
tangible in buildings, but also
intangible things like stories,” Mr
Gray said.
He said the strategy was “innovative.”
“I don’t think there are any
other councils which have developed
such a comprehensive plan .
. . It’s a very forward thinking action
by the city council,” he said.
Mr Gray said the earthquakes
were the motivator for that.
at the innovation and sustainability
committee meeting
revealed the city council spends
about $1 billion a year on contracts
for goods and services.
So committee chairwoman
and city councillor Vicki Buck
said that buying power will be
used to “encourage” suppliers
“With the earthquakes, you
can’t just start again. That’s just a
silly idea and its so limiting. Otherwise
looking back in 30 years
time people will think all these
new buildings look so similar
and there will be a dislocation
from the past.”
Both the Civic Trust and Historic
Places Canterbury had been
involved in the strategy’s initial
development.
“The best thing is lots and lots
of people were involved in the
process, which should ensure its
success. it’s open and inclusive,”
Mr Gray said.
He said one of the major projects
the Civic Trust is involved
in was the repair of McLeans
Mansion on Manchester St,
which is being overseen by the
McLean’s Mansion Charitable
Trust.
“It works with the strategy,
which is largely stories based.
There’s a wonderful story and the
stories behind it and with it,” he
said.
to have a strong environmental
awareness and policy.
“This will start to come into
effect with a small percentage
weighting for these objectives
and it will increase over time
and by 2021 you wont be able to
tender for council contracts for
everything – roadworks, legal,
Cash injection
• By Julia Evans
NEARLY $2 million of city
council cash has been injected
into heritage restorations.
The former Chief Post Office
building received a $900,000
landmark heritage grant at
yesterday’s social, community
development and housing committee
meeting.
The 140-year-old brick building
in Cathedral Square, which
has been vacant since the February
22, 2011, earthquake, has
category one heritage status.
“The owner has settled with
the building’s former insurer
and is ready to proceed with
the repair, seismic upgrade
and roof replacement works.
The latter two work items are
not covered by insurance but
are needed if the building is to
not be classed as earthquake
prone,” a city council report
said.
Also getting $900,000 is
the Sargood Son and Ewan
parks and lots more unless your
business has a clear sustainability
policy that it is using,” Cr
Buck said.
The policy supports the city
council’s goal to become net
carbon neutral by 2050.
“This means that city council’s
spending power can drive clear
GRANT:
Fixing the
former
Post
Office
building
in
Cathedral
Square
has
received a
$900,000
funding
boost.
building on Lichfield St, which
also sustained damage in the
earthquake.
“The main area of damage
was to the upper part of the
west façade which had not been
fully strengthened.”
The funding will go towards
seismic strengthening of the
main façade and new structural
diaphragms in the floors and
roof space.
Though the grant would
be split into $600,000 this
financial year and $300,000 in
2019-20.
Meanwhile $88,650 has been
granted to help restore the
facade at 201 High St and $5136
for work at 23 Mandeville
St, $12,678 for work at the
Waterwheel Millhouse on
Charteris Bay Rd in Diamond
Harbour, $6500 for a cottage at
9A Aubrey St Akaroa, $63,808
for the P&D Duncan building
on St Asaph St and $21,554
for the house at 53 Oxford St,
Lyttelton.
Contractors encouraged to have strong environmental policy
sustainability policies across
a large range of organisations
- which means our chances of
getting to net carbon neutrality
as a city by 2050 are helped
enormously,” Cr Buck said.
She said the city council would
be the first in the country to
have such a policy.
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