Nor'West News: April 16, 2019

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Pool group fails to get rates reprieve
• By Jess Gibson
A BID FOR a rates remission
at the site of planned Edgeware
Pool has sunk.
The St Albans Pavilion
and Pool Group applied for a
remission for the empty site on
Edgeware Rd as its members
have been paying
from their own
pockets since
purchasing the
land in 2016.
Rates
remissions
are granted to
Karleen
Edwards
not-for-profit
community
organisations
which provide a public good
through the use of their land.
City council chief executive
Karleen Edwards declined the
application from the group, which
is a registered charity, as the land
is not open for public use.
St Albans Pavilion and Pool
spokeswoman Valerie Somerville
said the application was an
attempt to relieve some pressure
while the group tries to reinstate
the pool, which was demolished
in 2007.
“We accept the reason for
the council’s decision and are
very grateful for the (Papanui-
Innes) Community Board’s
support in suggesting other
PLANS: The St Albans Pavilion and Pool Group is paying rates for the empty land on Edgeware
Rd where it plans to build the Edgeware Pool.
PHOTO: APOLLO DESIGN
options to apply for funding,”
said Mrs Somerville.
The community board received
a letter from Dr Edwards
informing members about the
decision after it wrote to the city
council in support of the group’s
application.
Dr Edwards acknowledged
the group is doing good work
and said the city council would
be “happy to accept a further
remission application once the
site is open.”
In 2016, the city council sold
the land for the Edgeware Pool to
the St Albans Pavilion and Pool
Group for $1.
The city council stated at the
time it would not contribute to
the project, but later said it would
commit $1.25 million if the
group could raise the rest of the
$5 million cost.
So far, about $170,000 has
been raised for the project,
which has been used to cover
costs including resource consent
and developing a design plan.
The project is in its feasibility
stage, which will assess the
practicality of the pool designs
and determine whether it is an
asset to the community.
After this, the group can apply
for money from major charitable
funding groups.
•If you want to donate to
the Edgeware Pool rebuild,
visit https://givealittle.co.nz/
cause/edgewarepool
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