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Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 10 2021 16 LETTERS THe Banks Peninsula Community Board was informed on December 7 that the Akaroa Service Centre, refurbished to meet the needs of the community at a cost of nearly $1 million in 2015, was closing to the public on January 5, 2021. Customer Services was moving into the Akaroa Area School and community library to form a citizens hub where the council has installed a new security system, TV camera and safe at considerable cost to ratepayers. However, the draft Long Term Plan, page 43, states that service centre desks in Lyttelton and Akaroa will close. The city council provided misleading and inaccurate information to ratepayers and the Akaroa Area School. It installed unnecessary, costly security equipment in the school and community library. In my view chief executive Dawn Baxendale’s Long Term Plan poses a serious threat to the resilience and well-being of remote and isolated communities such as Akaroa and the Bays at a critical time when they need support and assistance. – Victoria Andrews Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz •City council head of customer services Sarah Numan responds Most people now choose to use our online and phone services to make payments to the city council. With that number growing, we’ve reviewed the demand across the city for face-to-face financial transactions at our service desks. While 10 of our service desks have high demand, Akaroa and Lyttelton have minimal transactions, with a continuing decline since 2015. Accordingly, in our Draft Long Term Plan we are proposing to close these service desks. We encourage the community to submit feedback on the proposed change. Over the next six months, we a trialling the offer of faceto-face financial transactions at Akaroa Library. The decision on the proposed move of customer service functions for a trial period was introduced due to a staff change. An evaluation of the trial will help inform the decision making on the proposed change in the Long Term Plan. City council staff and Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula Community Board will continue to use the building. All of the usual meetings will continue to be held in the boardroom in Akaroa such as the community board, Akaroa Urban Design Panel. Independently of the Long Term Plan decision for face-toface financial transactions at Akaroa, the property strategy for the old Post Office building is “retention.” While the city councillors and community work through the Long Term Plan consultation process, all services will be continue to offered, and delivered either directly at the Akaroa library or in conjunction with our customer services team. The Avon- Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust is a non-profit organisation formed to protect one of New Zealand’s most important coastal wetlands. Each week, board members will discuss matters regarding the estuary, its rich history and what makes it unique. This week Bill Simpson writes about a failed proposal to establish salt works IF YOU live on the hill overlooking the estuary you will be pleased to know the following idea is dead and gone and will not be spoiling your view. In 1917 Leslie Macarthur asked New Brighton Borough Council if he could use 300 acres (121ha) of estuary alongside the South Brighton Spit for salt works. That would have been 15 per cent of the estuary surface. ESTUARY MATTERS Plan for a salt works terminated in 1923 At stake was a £100 bonus offered by the government for the first 500 tons of salt produced in this country. Macarthur quickly gained the backing of the borough council and the Marine Department. He proposed a pipeline bring seawater from the coast to the salt works. His company had the grandiose title “Dominion Marine Electro-Solar Salt Works” but he evoked the ire of the district health officer who insisted that the probable by-products including alkali acid would be an “offensive trade.” Macarthur persisted and further support came from the city council and Lyttelton Harbour Board. In 1921 he was offered a temporary lease of 20ha. A company was formed with a capital of £10,000. Macarthur asked the government to increase the bonus to £2000 for the first 2000 tons of salt and also asked for protection from cheap imports. The government refused and in April 1923 the proposal was terminated. We can only wonder whether a house on the hill would have been so desirable if the salt-works had gone ahead. There’s a twist to this. One of the early residents of Southshore, George Skellerup, was obviously inspired by the story and started work on a salt works at Lake Grassmere near Blenheim. The government bought a share of his company and renamed it Dominion Salt Ltd. Salt was first harvested in 1949 and to-date Lake Grassmere has been the main supplier of kitchen salt for New Zealand. Ventilation Equipment Suppliers totrade retail Smooth-Air also has a wide range of ventilation equipment to bring fresh air into your home. Domestic Commercial Industrial Smooth-Air & Transfer heat the excess from your log burner to your bedrooms 0800 SMOOTH (0800 766 684) sales@smooth-air.co.nz 264 Annex Rd Riccarton Christchurch 03 343 6184 Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5pm www.smooth-air.co.nz
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