Public Notices

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Date Public Notice
30/08/2010 Contract 10/19 - Stewart Island Slip Repairs

Tenders are called for from suitably experienced Contractors for slip repair and bank stabilisation work at four locations on Leask Bay Road Stewart Island.

 

The work involves a mix of excavation for road widening and slip repair, supply and installation of gabion baskets and ground anchors and ancillary drainage and reinstatement works.

           

Tender documents can be downloaded from www.lgtenders.co.nz .

 

Tenders close at 4.00pm on Thursday, 26 August 2010 at the office of Southland District Council, Forth Street, Invercargill.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

30/08/2010 Wallace Community Board

Notice is given that the Wallace Community Board will hold its meeting on Thursday, 16 September 2010 at 5.30 pm in the SDC Office, Otautau.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

30/08/2010 2010 Local Elections - Withdrawal of Candidate

I hereby give notice that James Michael Fenton has withdrawn as a candidate in terms of Section 69 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 for the Invercargill/Rakiura Constituency of the Southland Regional Council (Environment Southland), for the election to be held on Saturday, 9 October 2010 

 

DATED at Invercargill this 28th day of August 2010.

 

Phillip Culling

Electoral Officer for the Southland Regional Council

C/o Southland District Council

P O Box 903

15 Forth Street

INVERCARGILL

 

25/08/2010 Declaration of Election

PURSUANT to Section 63 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, I hereby give notice that the following persons have been nominated for the Southland Regional Council Offices (Environment Southland) of:

 

1.         MEMBER of the FIORDLAND CONSTITUENCY (one required)

            COCKBURN George Ross

 

2.         MEMBER of the SOUTHERN CONSTITUENCY (one required)

            MASON James Brian  

 

3.         MEMBER of the WESTERN CONSTITUENCY (one required)

            HORRELL Nicol George

 

AND there being in each case no more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled I declare the candidates so nominated to be duly elected to the offices listed above.

 

DATED at Invercargill this 25th day of August 2010.

 

Phillip Culling

Electoral Officer for the Southland Regional Council

C/o Southland District Council

P O Box 903

15 Forth Street

INVERCARGILL

 

 

 

25/08/2010 Declaration of Election

PURSUANT to Section 63 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, I hereby give notice that the following persons have been nominated for the offices of:

 

1.            FIVE RIVERS WARD MEMBER (One required)

DOUGLAS John Robert

 

2.            RIVERTON WARD (one required)

DOBSON Rodney Alexander

 

3.            STEWART ISLAND WARD (one required)

FORD Bruce James

 

4.            TE ANAU WARD MEMBER (one required)

          RIDLEY Antoinette Diane

 

5.         TE TIPUA WARD MEMBER (one required)

            COPLAND James Douglas

 

6.         TOETOES WARD MEMBER (one required)

            DUFFY Paul

 

7.         TUATAPERE WARD MEMBER (one required)

            HARPUR George Edward James

 

8.         WAIHOPAI WARD MEMBER (one required)

            JACK Wallace

 

9.         WAIKAIA WARD MEMBER (one required)

            DILLON Brian John

 

 

10.       WALLACETOWN WARD MEMBER (one required)

            MACPHERSON Gavin John

 

11.       WINTON WARD (one required)

            BAILEY Lyall Ashley

 

12.       MEMBERS of the BALFOUR COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            BAIRD Ruby Jocelyn

            BLACK Darryl William

            DAWSON Reginald Laurie

            EATON Paul William

            TURNER John Robert

            WILSON Robert Ernest

 

13.       MEMBERS of the EDENDALE COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            BECK Graeme Andrew

            DONALD Lindsay James

            FODIE Denise Mary

GUTSELL Lynsey Gwenyth

MUNRO Neil Douglas

 

14.       MEMBERS of the RIVERSDALE COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            ADAMS Kenneth William

            ELDER Colin Telford

LANGFORD Paul Anthony

            McLENNAN Alexander Thomas

            O’CONNOR Barry Edward

            WILL Daryl Stuart

 

15.       MEMBERS OF THE WALLACE COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            BEKHUIS Andre John Henry

BLACKBURN Edward Alexander

BUTTERFIELD Joanne Marie

            DAVIDSON Kenneth Gordon

            HERRICK Peter Christopher

            JOHNSTON Maureen Threase

           

16.       MEMBERS of the WALLACETOWN COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            GRIEVE Dwight Peter

            HOLLAND Shaun

            SHEARING Francis John

            SPRIGGS Craig William

            WATKINSON George David

 

17.       MEMBERS of the WYNDHAM COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            DYNES Susan Patricia

            EUNSON Ian Stuart

            EUNSON Stuart Charles (Digger)

            RODGERS Lindsay Neil

            YORKE Pamela Joan

 

AND there being in each case no more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled I declare the candidates so nominated to be duly elected to the offices stated above.

 

DATED at Invercargill this 25th day of August 2010.

 

 

 

 

Philip Culling

ELECTORAL OFFICER

 

25/08/2010 Southland Regional Council (Environment Southland) Notice of Day of Election for 2010 Local Authority Elections

PURSUANT to Section 65 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, I hereby give notice that the following persons have been duly nominated as candidates for the offices

 

 

1.            MEMBERS to represent the EASTERN DOME CONSTITUENCY (two required):

            HARDING Michele Jane

            JONES Peter Ronald

            McINTYRE Sharon Barbara

TIMMS Ali

 

2.            MEMBERS to represent the HOKONUI CONSTITUENCY (one required):

HUBBER Grant Robert

McCALLUM Lloyd James

 

3.         MEMBERS to represent the INVERCARGILL-RAKIURA CONSTITUENCY (six required):

            COOK Neville Mark Gray

            CURRIE Ernest Rowland (Rowly)

            DOWNEY Thomas Michael

            FENTON James Michael

            GUYTON Robert Lance

            HAWKINS Tanea Rae

            LIVINGSTONE Lawrence Gordon

            McINTOSH Pauline Anne

           

            MILLER Marion Grace

            MILNE Keith John

            RIDDELL Jan Marie

            RODWAY Maurice Allan

            WINTER Alexander Neil

            WYETH Neil Lester

 

AND there being in each case more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled, an election will be held between the listed candidates on Saturday, 9 October 2010, under the First Past the Post electoral system by postal vote.

 

Voting documents will be forwarded to electors between 17 September and not later than 22 September 2010.

 

Special voting in terms of the Electoral Act 2001 and the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 may be exercised at the following places during ordinary office hours between 17 September 2010 and 12 noon on 9 October 2010:

 

(a)        for electors of Southland District at the Southland District Council Invercargill Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill.

 

(b)        for electors of Invercargill City at the Invercargill City Council Civic Administration Building (1st Floor), 101 Esk Street, Invercargill AND Bluff Service Centre, Gore Street, Bluff.

 

(c)        for electors of Gore District at the Gore District Council Civic Administration Office, 29 Civic Avenue, Gore.

 

A person may apply to enrol as either a residential elector or a ratepayer elector not later than 8 October 2010 – the day before the close of voting.

 

A resolution was made under Section 79 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 to allow the voting documents to be processed during the voting period.

 

DATED at Invercargill this 25th day of August 2010.

 

 

 

Philip Culling

Electoral Officer for the Southland Regional Council

C/o Southland District Council

P O Box 903

15 Forth Street

INVERCARGILL

 

25/08/2010 Southland District Council Notice of Day of Election for 2010 Local Authority Elections

PURSUANT to Section 65 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 I hereby give notice that the following persons have been duly nominated as candidates for the offices of:

 

1.         MAYOR OF SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL (one required)

            CARDNO Frana Grace

            YOUNG Roderick John        

 

5.         WALLACE WARD MEMBER (one required)

            BAIRD Stuart Andrew

            DRUMMOND Brian William

 

7.         MEMBERS OF THE LUMSDEN COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            BLAKEMORE Karen Ann

            GLEYE Robyn May

GUYTON James Edward John

HELLEWELL Lance David

LYNCH Cindy Joy

MENLOVE Edward David

PATTERSON Owen Wale

RICHARDS Peter James

SANGSTER Craig William

SCOTT Robin Hugh

WALKER Colin Murray


 

7.         MEMBERS of the RIVERTON/APARIMA COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            ANDERSON Timothy Peter

            BREAYLEY Jeanette Marjorie

GILDER Cazna Anne

LINSCOTT Neil Welton

MORRIS David Bruce

SHIELDS Bruce Robert

STEWART Robert Blair

            WILSON Andrew John

 

MEMBERS of the STEWART ISLAND COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            BAIRD Jarrod Trainor

            BEAVEN Brent Maurice

            BOWMAN Karen Margaret

            CONNER Aaron Russell

            JONES Kenneth Duncan

            OKEY Graham Leslie

            RHODES Barry Graham

            SPRAGGON Jon Ross

            SQUIRE David John

            WEST JANICE Norma

 

8.         MEMBERS of the TE ANAU COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            ATTFIELD John Charles

            CAMPBELL Iain Michael

            CARRAN Ann Elizabeth

            COCKBURN Rachel Jane

            DOWLING Kevin Mark

            GIBBS Alison Mary

            HARCOURT Barry James

            JUKES Alistair William

            LOOSE Edward Albert

            McDOWALL Neil Andrew

            McRAE Rennie Grant

            MOUAT Shirley Joy

            O’LOUGHLIN Anthony Brian

PEYCHERS Mark Stephen

            PRENDERGAST David John

            SCOTT Aaron Keith

                                   

9.         MEMBERS of the TUATAPERE COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            CRACK Stephen Anthony

            DIACK Brendon Arthur

            JOHNSTON Leslie Clifford

            LEWIS Justin

            NORMAN David James

            ROBERTSON Gray Herbert

            UNAHI Craig Haimone

 

10.       MEMBERS of the WINTON COMMUNITY BOARD (six required)

            DAWSON Brian Day

EARL John Arthur

            HARRISON Aaron James

            HUGHES Bruce Angus

            JUKES Geoffrey Mervyn

MANGOS Lynley

            McHUGH John Martin  

            McNAUGHT Doreen Gaye

            SOMERVILLE Brian Robert

 

AND there being in each case more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled, an election will be held between the listed candidates on Saturday, 9 October 2010, under the First Past the Post electoral system by postal vote.

 

Voting documents will be forwarded to electors between 17 September and not later than 22 September 2010.

 

Special voting in terms of the Local Electoral Act 2001 and the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 may be exercised at the Southland District Council Invercargill Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill, during ordinary office hours between 17 September 2010 and 12 noon on 9 October 2010.

 

A person may enrol as either a residential elector or a ratepayer elector not later than 8 October 2010 – the day before the close of voting.

 

A resolution has been made under Section 79 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 to allow the voting documents to be processed during the voting period.

 

DATED at Invercargill this 25th day of August 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

Phil Culling

ELECTORAL OFFICER

23/08/2010 North East Area Grass Maintenance Contract 10/27

Southland District Council calls for suitable qualified contractors to submit a tender for the North East Area Grass Maintenance Contract.

 

Tender Documents are available at the Southland District Council offices, 15 Forth Street. Invercargill.

 

Tenders Close 2.00 pm Friday, 3 September 2010.

 

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

23/08/2010 10% Penalty on First Instalment 2010/2011 Rates

Ratepayers in the Southland District are reminded that the last day for payment of the first instalment of the 2010/2011 rates is Friday, 27 August 2010.  Rates which remain unpaid after 5.00 pm on that date will have the statutory 10% penalty added.

 

 

David Adamson                                                                                 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

20/08/2010 Resource Consent Application - Cleddau Village Flood Protection and Redevelopment

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006)

 

Sections 95A - 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991

 

 

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

 

Department of Conservation

 

For the following resource consents:

 

Land use consents for various works relating to the flood protection and redevelopment of the Cleddau Village at Milford Sound, as detailed below:

 

Project Activity

Consent Type

Activity Detail

Consent Duration

Cleddau Village

flood protection

 

Land use

Provide protection to the Cleddau Village from flooding in Deepwater Basin up to and including the 100-year Average Recurrence Interval event, through the following activities:

a.  Raise existing ground levels by up to 4.5 metres over an area of approximately 4.7 hectares using approximately 95,000 m3 of imported fill material, and maintain, repair and reconstruct the platform as required

b.  Establish and use temporary construction staging areas adjacent to the Cleddau Village

c.  Temporarily relocate existing buildings and structures to the construction staging areas

d.  Remove or bury all existing servicing infrastructure, and

e.  All temporary buildings and facilities, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities associated with (a) to (d) above.

Unlimited

Cleddau Village reinstatement

 

Land Use

Reinstate the Cleddau Village on the raised platform (and related works) through the following activities:

a.  Install underground reticulated pipes and lines for power, communications, potable water, wastewater, stormwater and gas

b.  Establish roads, roadside drainage swales, and stormwater discharge structures

c.  Landscape and re-vegetate parts of the building platform and surrounds

d.  Upgrade Deepwater Basin Road to chip-seal standard

e.  Relocate existing buildings and structures back on to the platform, and

f.   All temporary buildings and structures, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities associated with (a) to (e) above.

Unlimited

Cleddau Village residential activity

Land Use

1.     Use the Cleddau Village as a place of living accommodation for those people employed within or performing an essential service within the Milford Sound area, up to a maximum of 260 people; and

2.     Construct, use, maintain and repair buildings and structures within the Cleddau Village, including:

a.  Residential buildings

b.  Accessory buildings where the use is incidental to the residential buildings, including but not limited to garages and carports

c.  Underground pipes, lines and services, as necessary to connect to reticulated services and stormwater systems

d.  Access ways, footpaths, patios and other hardstand areas

e.  Landscaping, landscape features, and planting, and

f.   All temporary buildings and structures, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities associated with (a) to (e) above.

Unlimited

Storage area flood protection

Land Use

Provide protection to the concessionaire storage area from flooding in Deepwater Basin up to and including the 50-year Average Recurrence Interval event, through the following activities:

a.  Raise existing ground levels by up to 3.0 metres over an area of approximately 0.8 hectares using approximately 17,500 m3 of imported fill material, and maintain, repair and reconstruct the platform as required

b.  Install underground reticulated pipes and lines for power, communications, potable water, wastewater, stormwater and gas

c.  Landscape and re-vegetate parts of the building platform and surrounds, and

d.  All temporary buildings and facilities, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities associated with (a) to (c) above.

Unlimited

Road Maintenance

Land Use

Maintain, repair and upgrade Deepwater Basin Road and the road network within the Cleddau Village, and all associated drainage.

Unlimited

Reticulated services infrastructure maintenance

Land Use

Maintain, repair and upgrade reticulated servicing infrastructure within the Cleddau Village and storage areas, including power, communications, potable water, wastewater, gas and stormwater.

Unlimited

Gravel extraction

Land Use

Disturb and extract up to 50,000 m3 of gravel and material from the Cleddau River to provide fill for the Cleddau Village and storage area flood protection, including all associated temporary access works, facilitation works, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, and rehabilitation activities.

3 years

 

 

Location:       The application site is generally located within, adjacent and near to the Cleddau Village in Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, Fiordland National Park.

 

The Cleddau Village is accessed from Deepwater Basin Road and lies between the Milford Airstrip and Cleddau River.  The location of the village is at or about grid reference (NZTM) CB08: 11977-50406.

 

The gravel extraction activity is located in the Cleddau River near and at its confluence with Deepwater Basin and will be accessed from Deepwater Basin Road.  The location of the gravel extraction area is at or about grid reference (NZTM) CB08: 11977-50403.

 

 

 


 

 

Legal

Description:   The proposal is located within Fiordland National Park, which is owned by the Crown and administered by the Department of Conservation.  It is held under Section 4 of the National Parks Act and managed by the Department in accordance with that Act, the General Policy for National Parks, the Fiordland National Park Management Plan and the Fiordland National Park Bylaws.

 

Areas of land that fall outside the park boundary in the immediate area are:

·                      State Highway 94 (Designation 260), Te Anau - Milford

·                      The Coastal Marine Area

 

Zoning:          The site to which the application relates is located within the Fiordland Resource Area under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

 

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. 

 

The applicant has made simultaneous resource consent applications to Environment Southland for land use consents, discharge consents to air, land and water; water permits and a coastal permit, which are being publicly notified concurrently.

 

The application may be inspected at the Southland District Council Invercargill head office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and the Te Anau Area Office, 116 Town Centre, Te Anau during normal office hours.

 

The full application can be viewed and downloaded via the Southland District Council website www.southlanddc.govt.nz . 

 

Please contact Matt Hunter - Resource Management Planner on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application. 

 

Any person may make a submission on this application.  You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill  9840, Fax 0800 732 329.  The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003.  Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council, or the form can be downloaded and printed from the following Council website link http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/submission-on-publicly-notified-application/. 

 

Submissions may also be forwarded electronically to general@southlanddc.govt.nz. 

 

Submissions must be dated and signed (unless forwarded electronically) and must include the following information:

 

1.            your name, postal address and telephone number (and fax number if applicable);

2.            details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission;

3.            whether it is in support of, or in opposition to the application, or is neutral;

4.            your submissions, with reasons;

5.            the decision that you wish Council to make; and

6.            whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission

 

and you must serve a copy of your submission on the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

Submissions close on Friday, 17 September 2010

 

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

 

The Applicant:

 

Department of Conservation

 

whose address for service is:

 

Department of Conservation

C/- URS New Zealand Limited

PO Box 4479

Christchurch  8140

 

Attention:  Mr Daniel Murray

 

Telephone:    03 374 8509

Facsimile:      03 377 0655

 

As soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council. 

 

 

B G Halligan

group Manager - ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY

 

 

Friday, 20 August 2010

Signature on behalf of

Southland District Council

 

Date

 

18/08/2010 Intention to Issue Licence to Graze Otara Recreation Reserve

In accordance with Section 119 of the Reserves Act 1977, notice is given that Council intends issuing a licence for grazing of the above reserve for a term of three years from 1 July 2010. 

 

The area concerned contains 1.4140 hectares and is described as Sections 8 and 19, Block III, Town of Otara.

 

A copy of the draft licence agreement may be viewed at Council’s offices at 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and 24 Balaclava Street, Wyndham. 

 

Any person wishing to lodge a submission on the proposal to issue the licence should send a written submission to P O Box 903, Invercargill no later than 5 pm on Monday, 20 September 2010.

 

For further information contact Property Officer, Virginia Dillon on 0800 732 732 or  virginia.dillon@southlanddc.govt.nz

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

18/08/2010 Vacancies - Wyndham Community Housing

Currently there are vacant units in the Council’s Wyndham Community Housing complex.

 

Priority is given to applications from senior citizens however this does not restrict persons other than senior citizens in applying to occupy a unit.

 

Application forms are available from any Southland District Council Office or contact can be made with the Council’s Property Officer, Virginia Dillon, phone 0800 732 732; email virginia.dillon@southlanddc.govt.nz

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

16/08/2010 Nightcaps CDA - Change of Meeting Date

The meetings of the Ohai/Nightcaps/Wairio Water Supply Subcommittee, and the Nightcaps Community Development Area Subcommittee previously advertised to be held on Tuesday, 31 August will now be held on Thursday, 2 September at Nightcaps Hall.  The Water Supply meeting will commence at 5.00 pm, followed by the Nightcaps CDA at 5.30 pm.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

16/08/2010 SDC Friendship Committee Meeting

Notice is given that a meeting of the SDC Friendship Committee will be held on Monday, 23 August 2010 at the Council Chambers, Forth Street, Invercargill commencing at 1.00 pm.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

16/08/2010 Southland District Council Funding Deadlines

Grants are available for arts and cultural projects and initiatives, which stimulate and strengthen local arts activity and participation.

 

This includes, but is not limited to, art and cultural activities such as subsidies for workshops and seminars, drama, music and dance projects, including materials and personnel costs, visual arts and crafts initiatives. 

 

School based projects are generally not eligible but call us to discuss your ideas. Phone Angela on (03 2111 412) or Bronwyn on (03 211 1426).

 

SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

 

Grants are available for the development of community programmes, facilities or resources, sport and recreational opportunities and community projects.

 

This includes initial assistance with community based events or activities, which reflect credit on or provide benefit to the community.

 

SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL – AMENITY FUND

 

The aim of this fund is to support community amenities and facilities at a local level and is available to Community Boards, Community Development Area Committees, community organisations and management committees.

 

Funding assistance is available for development and minor capital improvement projects outside the normal ongoing maintenance requirements for the following local amenities:

 

-           Community centres/halls

-           Local reserves and picnic areas

-           Playgrounds

-           Walkways and tracks – including mountain bike tracks

-           Sportsfields

-           Swimming pools

-           Changing room facilities associated with the above

 

SPARC – RURAL TRAVEL FUND

 

The Rural Travel Fund is designed to assist with transport expenses associated with participating in regular local competitions.  Sports clubs and school based clubs with young people aged between 5-19 years are eligible to apply.

 

For further information on the above funding schemes please contact

Bronwyn Affleck, phone (03) 211 1426

 

 

OHAI RAILWAY FUND

 

Grants and loans are available for the benefit of residents of the former Ohai Railway Board area.

 

Applications may be lodged for the development of community facilities, programmes and other activities, tertiary education and employment training opportunities.

 

For further information on this funding scheme please contact

the Southland District Council Otautau Office, phone 0800 732 732 extn 3652

 

 

Application forms and guidelines are available from all

Council Offices

 

CLOSING DATE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS

THURSDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2010

 

 

16/08/2010 Notice of Hearing - Proposed Private Te Anau Plan Change 8 - Te Anau Residential Zone B

           Proposed Private Te Anau Plan Change 8 - Te Anau Residential Zone B

 

Venue of Hearings:

 

Distinction Te Anau Hotel & Villas, 64 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau.

 

Time and Date of Hearings:

 

Commencing Thursday, 19 August 2010 at 9.30 am and may continue Friday, 20 August 2010 at 9.30 am (if necessary).

 

It is anticipated that the hours of the Hearing each day will be approximately from 9.30 am - 5.00 pm, with lunch breaks scheduled from 12.30 pm - 1.15 pm each day.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

13/08/2010 Contract 10/19 - Stewart Island Slip Repairs

Tenders are called for from suitably experienced Contractors for slip repair and bank stabilisation work at four locations on Leask Bay Road Stewart Island.

The work involves a mix of excavation for road widening and slip repair, supply and installation of gabion baskets and ground anchors and ancillary drainage and reinstatement works.      

Tender documents can be downloaded from www.lgtenders.co.nz . Tenders close at 4.00pm on Thursday, 26 August 2010 at the office of Southland District Council, Forth Street, Invercargill.

13/08/2010 Road Closure - Happy Valley Road

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is given that Council will close Happy Valley Road at approx.12.5km from State Highway 99 end and 5km from Otautau Tuatapere Road end to normal traffic between the hours of 8am on Monday 30th August 2010 until 5pm on Wednesday 1st September 2010.

 

The purpose of the closure is to enable emergency repair work on replacement culvert.

 

A detour will be not be available as road will be impassable at point of closure.

 

The road will be able to be used up to the point of the closure from either end of the road but no through traffic will be permitted.

05/08/2010 Central Area Grass Maintenance Contract 10/24

Southland District Council calls for suitable qualified contractors to submit a tender for the Central Area Grass Maintenance Contract.

 

Tender Documents are available at the Southland District Council offices, 15 Forth Street. Invercargill.

 

Tenders Close 2.00 pm Thursday, 19 August 2010.

 

05/08/2010 Western Area Grass Maintenance Contract 10/25

Southland District Council calls for suitable qualified contractors to submit a tender for the Western Area Grass Maintenance Contract.

 

Tender Documents are available at the Southland District Council offices, 15 Forth Street. Invercargill.

 

Tenders Close 2.00 pm Thursday, 19 August 2010.

 

02/08/2010 Ohai/Nightcaps/Wairio Water Supply and Nightcaps CDA - Change of Meeting Date

The meetings of the Ohai/Nightcaps/Wairio Water Supply Subcommittee, and the Nightcaps Community Development Area Subcommittee previously advertised to be held on Thursday, 5 August will now be held on Tuesday, 31 August at Nightcaps Hall.  The Water Supply meeting will commence at 5.00 pm, followed by the Nightcaps CDA at 5.30 pm.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

26/07/2010 Tender for Removal of Drummond Hall

The Southland District Council is calling for tenders for the sale by way of removal or demolition of the Drummond Hall situated at 9 Hamilton Street, Drummond.  Particulars and conditions as well as the form of tender are available from the Southland District Council Offices at Invercargill, Winton, Otautau and Te Anau.

 

All tenders must be returned in a sealed envelope marked “Tender 10/15” and either deposited in the Tender Box, Ground Floor Reception of the Southland District Council Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill OR posted to PO Box 903, Invercargill so that the tender is received by the Southland District Council no later than 3pm Friday 27 August 2010.  Please direct all enquiries to Gary Tong on 0800 732 732.

 

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

26/07/2010 Cancellation of Meeting - Wyndham Community Board

The Wyndham Community Board meeting that was advertised to have been held on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business. 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

26/07/2010 Temporary Road Closure - Otaitai Bush Road

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is given that Council will close Otaitai Bush Road from Riverton Wallacetown Highway to Templeton Road to normal traffic between the hours of 8:00am on Monday 2 August 2010 until 5:00pm on Friday 6 August 2010.

 

The purpose of the closure is to enable the installation of a Concrete Box Stock Underpass.

 

A detour will be available via Riverton Wallacetown Highway and Livingstone Road.

 

It will be an offence for vehicles to use the road during the period of closure without the prior written approval of the Group Manager Services and Assets.

 

 

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

26/07/2010 Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2010

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 157 of the Local Government Act 2002, notice is hereby given that the Southland District Council made the Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2010 at its meeting on 21 July 2010.  The Bylaw comes into operation on 2 August 2010 and copies of the Bylaw may be inspected and obtained at any office of the Southland District Council.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

23/07/2010 Resource Consent Application - Pearl Harbour, Manapouri

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006)

 

Sections 95, 95A, 95D, and 95E, Resource Management Act 1991

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received the following applications:

Real Journeys Limited
Land Use Consent Application 10/161

Purpose:  Land use consent to erect and utilise a replacement floating jetty and directional and safety signage in association with the commercial activities approved by existing Land Use Consent 08/55, including:

- Removing the existing 19 m long Real Journeys jetty that extends 18.5 m into the Waiau River;

- Removing the existing Manapouri Boat Club jetty;

- Erecting a 50 m long floating jetty that extends 18.5 m into the Waiau river to berth up to three vessels;

- Erecting two "single dolphin piles" that are located 5 m east (downstream) of the proposed jetty; and

- Erecting six signs for directional and safety purposes that range in size from a minimum of 0.25 m wide x 0.3 m high to a maximum of 0.705 m wide x 0.85 m high.

Location: The surface water of the Waiau River, located adjacent to the Real Journeys Office at 74 Waiau Street, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the "Plains Rural Resource Area" under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

Real Journeys Limited
Land Use Consent Application 10/162

Purpose: Land use consent to erect and utilise a floating jetty and directional and safety signage to be transferred to an utilised by the members and guests of the Manapouri Boating Club, including:

- Erecting a 12 m long x 1.8 m wide floating jetty;

- Erecting a 9.6 m long x 1.2 m wide gangway;

- Erecting one new sign for safety purposes that will be 0.45 m wide x 0.3 m high; and

- Transfer of the existing Manapouri Boating Club signage (located at the Club's existing jetty at Pearl Harbour, Waiau Street, Manapouri) to the site of this application

Location: The surface water of the Waiau River, located adjacent to the Real Journeys ramp at Home Creek, and adjacent to 125 View Street, Home Creek, Manapouri.

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within both the "Plains Rural Resource Area" and the "Fiordland Resource Area" under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

Approval of these developments is also sought at the same time from Environment Southland.

Both applications include an assessment of environmental effects.

The applications may be inspected during normal office hours at Southland District Council's Te Anau Area Office, which is located at 116 Town Centre, Te Anau and at the Southland District Council's Invercargill Office, corner Clyde and Forth Streets, Invercargill during normal office hours.

An electronic copy of the applications and the assessment of environmental effects is also available from the application whose details are shown below.

Please contact Tracey Morse, Graduate Resource Management Planner telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questionsl about the application.

Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to:

Southland District Council
P O Box 903
15 Forth Street

Invercargill 9840

 

Attention: Miss Tracey Morse

or fax 0800 732 329 / 0800 SDC FAX

or email: emailsdc@southlanddc.govt.nz

The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council or downloadable from www.southlanddc.govt.nz

Submissions close on Thursday, 19 August 2010

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

Real Journeys Limited (the applicant)

whose address for service is:

C/- Hovell Environment Planning

P O Box 1092
Dunedin 9054

Attention: Mr Keith Hovell

or email: keith@hovell.co.nz

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council.

Bruce Halligan
GROUP MANAGER - ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY

Friday, 23 July 2010
Signature on behalf of Southland District Council

23/07/2010 Land Use Consent - Cleddau River Flood Protection Scheme

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006)

 

Sections 95A - 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991

 

 

 

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

Department of Conservation

For the following resource consents:

Land use consents to construct, use, operate, maintain and repair the Cleddau River Flood Protection Scheme, including:



Project Activity
River Protection Works

Activity Detail
Construct, use, reconstruct, repair and maintain the Cleddau River flood protection scheme, being stopbanking and rock riprap protection along approximately 1.9 km of the true-right bank of the Cleddau River, including all associated temporary building and facilities, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities.

Consent Duration
Unlimited



Project Activity
Borrow Site

Activity Detail
Establish, use and maintain a borrow site for the purposes of sourcing rock and fill material for the Cleddau River flood protection scheme, including all associated temporary buildings and facilities, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities.

Consent Duration
35 years



Project Activity
Little Tahiti Staging Area

Activity Detail
Establish, use and maintain a staging area for the purposes of processing and storing material from the borrow site, including all associated temporary buildings and facilities, earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, hazardous substance use and storage, and rehabilitation activities.

Consent Duration
3 years



Project Activity
Glowworm Creek Diversion

Activity Detail
Construct, use, reconstruct, repair and maintain a diversion of Glowworm Creek and tributaries, including all associated earthworks, vegetation disturbance and clearance, drainage activities, and rehabilitation activities.

Consent Duration
Unlimited



Project Activity
Storage at borrow site

Activity Detail
Store and stockpile rock for the purposes of providing a ready source of rock for maintenance and repair activities associated with the Cleddau River flood protection scheme. The site may also be used for stockpiling rock and gravel material for other use in the Milford Sound area.

Consent Duration
35 years

 

Location: The application sites are generally located within, adjacent and near to the true right bank of the Cleddau River in the approximately 3 km section upstream of Deepwater Basin and Milford Sound/Piopiotahi, at or about the following grid references (NZTM):

River Protection Works: CB08:  11975-50403 to 11993-50404
Borrow Site: CB08:  11997-50405
Little Tahiti Staging Area: CB08:  12000-50401
Glowworm Creek:  CB08:  11987-50405
Former Borrow Site:  CB08:  11984-50406


Legal Description: The proposal is located within the Fiordland National Park, which is owned by the Crown and administered by the Department of Conservation. It is held under Section 4 of the National Parks Act and managed by the Department in accordance with that Act, the General Policy for National Parks, the Fiordland National Park Management Plan and the Fiordland National Park Bylaws.

Areas of land that fall outside the park boundary in the immediate area are:

- State Highway 94 (Designation 260), Te Anau - Milford
- The Coastal Marine Area


Zoning: The site to which the application related is located within the Fiordland Resource Area under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

The applicant has made simultaneous resource consent applications to Environment Southland, which are being publicly notified concurrently for land use consents, discharge consents to air, land and water; water permits and a coastal permit.

The application may be inspected at the Southland District Council Invercargill head office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and the Te Anau Area Office, 116 Town Centre, Te Anau during normal office hours.

The full application can be viewed and downloaded via the Southland District Council website www.southlanddc.govt.nz

Please contact Matt Hunter - Resource Management Planner on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill 9840, Fax 0800 732 329. The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council, or the form can be downloaded and printed from the following Council website link http://southlanddc.govt.nz/submission-on-publicly-notified-application/. Submissions may also be forwarded electronically to general@southlanddc.govt.nz.


Submissions must be dated and signed (unless forwarded electronically) and must include the following information:

1. your name, postal address and telephone number (and fax number if applicable);

2. details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission;

3. whether it is in support of, or in opposition to the application, or is neutral;

4. your submissions, with reasons;

5. the decision that you wish Council to make; and

6. whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission


and you must serve a copy of your submission on the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.


Submissions close on Friday, 20 August 2010.


You must serve a copy of your submission on:


The Applicant:

Department of Conservation

whose address for service is:

Department of Conservation
C/- URS New Zealand Limited
PO Box 4479
Christchurch 8140

Attention: Mr Daniel Murray

Telephone: 03 374 8509
Facsimile: 03 377 0655

As soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council.

BG Halligan
Group Manager - ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY
Friday, 23 July 2010
Signature on behalf of Southland District Council

21/07/2010 Notice of Election, Nomination of Candidates and Closing Date for Nominations for the Southland Regional Council (also known as Environment Southland) 2010 Elections

Pursuant to Section 52 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, I hereby give notice that on Saturday, the 9th day of October 2010, the following elections will be held under the First Past the Post electoral system by postal vote.

 

SOUTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL

ELECTION OF 12 MEMBERS OF REGIONAL CONSTITUENCIES

 

Eastern - Dome Constituency to elect TWO members.

Fiordland Constituency to elect ONE member.

Hokonui Constituency to elect ONE member.

Invercargill - Rakiura Constituency to elect SIX members.

Southern Constituency to elect ONE member.

Western Constituency to elect ONE member.

 

Nominations of candidates must be in my hands at the Southland District Council Offices, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill not later than 12 Noon on Friday, the 20th day of August 2010.

 

The nomination papers can be lodged not later than 12 Noon on Friday, the 20th day of August 2010 with the following:

 

           The Electoral Officer, Southland District Council, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill.

 

           The Electoral Officer, Gore District Council, 29 Civic Avenue, Gore.

 

           The Electoral Officer, Invercargill City Council, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill.

 

The Electoral Officer, Southland District Council is responsible for the conduct of the elections for the Southland Regional Council. 

 

Each candidate must be nominated on the prescribed nomination paper, which must be accompanied by a deposit of $200.00 GST inclusive prior to the close of nominations, which may be paid by cash, bank cheque or personal cheque.

 

Nomination papers will be available from 23 July 2010 during normal business hours at the following places:

 

Southland District Council Offices:

 

Invercargill Office                                                       8.30 am to 5.00 pm

15 Forth Street                                                            Monday to Friday

 

Otautau Office                                                            8.00 am to 5.00 pm

174 Main Street                                                          Monday to Friday

 

Winton Office                                                              8.00 am to 5.00 pm

1 Wemyss Street                                                        Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

                                                                                    8.00 am to 6.00 pm Tuesday

                                                                                    10.00 am to 1.00 pm Saturday

 

Riverton Office                                                           8.00 pm to 4.30 pm

117 Palmerston Street                                                Monday to Thursday

                                                                                    8.00 am to 6.00 pm Friday

 

Stewart Island Office                                                  9.00 am to 12.00 noon

9 Ayr Street                                                                 Monday to Friday

 

Te Anau Office                                                           8.30 am to 5.00 pm

24 Milford Road                                                          Monday to Friday

 

Lumsden Office                                                          10.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday,

18 Diana Street                                                           Wednesday, Friday

 

Wyndham Office                                                        2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Tuesday

24 Balaclava Street                                                    2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Thursday

                                                                                    6.30 pm to 8.00 pm Thursday

 

Invercargill City Council Offices:

 

Help Desk, Ground Floor, Civic Administration Building, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill

 

Bluff Service Centre, Gore Street, Bluff

 

Gore District Council Offices:

 

Gore District Civic Administration Building, 29 Civic Avenue, Gore

 

Mataura Service Centre/Library, Bridge Street, Mataura

 

 

Environment Southland Offices:

 

Cnr Price Street and North Road, Waikiwi, Invercargill

 

A candidate may submit a candidate profile statement and photograph with his/her nomination paper prior to the close of nominations for sending out with the voting documents to electors.  An attachment to the nomination paper outlines the rules and procedures governing candidate profile statements.

 

Inspection of Electoral Roll

 

The Electoral Roll to be used for the elections will close on Friday the 20th day of August 2010 at 5.00 pm.

 

Copies of the Electoral Roll can be inspected as from 23 July 2010 during normal business hours at the following locations within the Region:

 

Invercargill City                    

 

Help Desk Ground Floor, Invercargill Civic Administration Building, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill

 

Bluff Service Centre, Gore Street, Bluff

 

The Eve Poole Memorial Library, Dee Street, Invercargill

 

Take Note, H & J Smith Ltd, 66 Tay Street, Invercargill

 

South Invercargill South City Lotto & Stationery, 253 Elles Road, Invercargill

           

Waikiwi Pharmacy, 280 North Road, Invercargill

 

Glengarry Pharmacy, Glengarry Shopping Centre, Invercargill

 

Windsor Take Note and Lotto Ltd, 1 Windsor Street, Invercargill

 

Gore District                         

 

Gore District Civic Administration Building, 29 Civic Avenue, Gore

 

Mataura Service Centre/Library, Bridge Street, Mataura

 

Gore Public Library, Norfolk Street, Gore

 

Gore Take Note, H & J Smith, 58 Main Street, Gore

 

Southland District               

 

Council Offices:

 

Invercargill Office

15 Forth Street

 

Otautau Office

176 Main Street

 

Riverton Office

117 Palmerston Street

 

Stewart Island Office

9 Ayr Street

 

Te Anau Office

116 Town Square

 

Lumsden Office

18 Diana Street

 

Wyndham Office

24 Balaclava Street

 

Post Shops

 

Invercargill Post Shop, 51 Don Street

 

Invercargill Electoral Roll Centre, Post Shop, Don Street

 

Winton Paper Plus (incorporating Winton Post Shop), 244 Great North Road

 

Sutherland’s Paper Plus (incorporating Te Anau Post Shop) 102 Town Centre

 

Enrolment forms for the Residential Electoral Roll are available at any Post Shop and the Council Offices listed above.  Alternatively you may telephone 0800 ENROL NOW (0800 367 656), or access the Electoral Enrolment Centre website on www.elections.org.nz

 

Enrolment forms for the Ratepayer Electoral Rolls are available from all Council Offices listed above.

 

Following closure of the roll, the Electoral Officer may, on application of any person who is or claims to be entitled to be enrolled or any other person or otherwise, make any necessary corrections to the names, addresses, occupations, abbreviations, or marks appearing in the electoral roll.

 

Dated at Invercargill this 21st day of July 2010.

 

Phil Culling

Electoral Officer for the Southland Regional Council

C/- Southland District Council

P O Box 903

15 Forth Street

Invercargill

21/07/2010 Tenders for Harvesting Radiata Pine

Harvesting - Gowan Hill Forest

The Southland District Council is offering harvesting and utilisation options from three adjacent mature radiata pine stands at Gowan Hill Forest over the 2010/11 summer season.  Tenders are invited for the harvesting of approximately 20,100 tonnes of radiata pine, now aged 29-30 years, situated in Compartments 2, 3 and 4 at Gowan Hill Forest, located 16 km north of Wrey’s Bush.

 

A pre-harvest inventory has been carried out in this resource and summary information from the assessment is available to assist purchasers in evaluating the resource.

 

Further information and terms and conditions of the offering are available from Roger Washbourn (Forest Manager), Southland District Council, P.O. Box 903, Invercargill 9840 (Telephone: 0800 732 732, Fax: 0800 732 329).  Written tenders close with the Council at 4 pm on Friday, 6 August 2010.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

19/07/2010 Forestry Committee Meeting

Notice is given that a Forestry Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 9.00 am in the Council Chambers, Forth Street, Invercargill.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

19/07/2010 Cancellation of Resource Management Meeting

The Resource Management Committee meeting that was previously advertised to have been held on Friday, 23 July 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business. 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

19/07/2010 Application for Resource Consent - Subdivision and Land Use

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures)

Regulations 2003)

 

Sections 95A - 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991

 

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

 

I G Johnstone, C T Johnstone, R A Johnstone and N M Stirling

 

seeking the following resource consents:

 

1.         Subdivision consent to create two new allotments as follows:

 

            -           Lot 1 comprising 6.0575 hectares of land, containing an existing dwellinghouse and associated buildings.

 

            -           Lot 2 comprising 1,012 m2 of land, in which an unspecified dwellinghouse is proposed to be constructed by way of a land use consent, also applied for by way of this application, as referred to below.

 

-               Lot 3 of 18 m2 which is to be amalgamated with adjoining Lot 1 DP 4252 (Computer Freehold Register SL198/35).

 

2.         Land use consent to construct an unspecified dwellinghouse on the proposed Lot 2.

 

            An unlimited timeframe is sought in which to give effect to the land use consent.

 

Location:                   87 Gerrard Road, Winton

 

Legal Description:    Part Lot 1 DP 2835, being the land comprised in Certificate of Title CFR SL179/77 (Part Cancelled), and Valuation Reference 29660/21400

 

Zoning:                      The site to which the application relates in located within the “Plains Rural Resource Area” under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

 

The application includes an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE).

 


 

The application may be inspected at the nearest Southland District Council Office, being the Winton Area Office, 1 Wemyss Street, Winton, 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday, and at the Southland District Council Invercargill Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill during normal office hours.

 

Please contact Sarah Barnes, Resource Management Planner or a Resource Management Customer Services Officer on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

 

Any person may make a submission on this application. 

 

You may do so by sending a written submission to the Southland District Council at the following address:

 

Southland District Council

PO Box 903

15 Forth Street

Invercargill  9840

 

Fax 0800 732 329

 

The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003.  Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council and on our website www.southlanddc.govt.nz/resource-consent-forms/

 

Submissions close on Friday, 13 August 2010 at 5.00 pm.

 

You must also serve a copy of your submission on the applicants:

 

I G Johnstone, C T Johnstone, R A Johnstone and N M Stirling

 

whose address for service is:

 

I G Johnstone, C T Johnstone, R A Johnstone and N M Stirling

C/- TrueSouth Survey Services

PO Box 534

Invercargill  9840

 

Attention:  Steve McGregor

 

Telephone:      03 2147501

Fax:                 03 2188044

 

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving you submission on the Southland District Council.

 

 

B G Halligan

Group Manager - Environment and Community

Saturday, 17 July 2010
Southland District Council

19/07/2010 Winton Community Board - Change of Meeting Date

The meeting of the Winton Community Board that was previously advertised to be held on the Monday, 19 July will now be held a week later on Monday, 26 July 2010 at 5.30 pm at the Southland District Council Office, Wemyss Street, Winton.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

12/07/2010 Notice of Extraordinary Meeting of the Stewart Island Community Board - Change of Venue

Notice is given that an Extraordinary Meeting of the Stewart Island Community Board on Friday, 16 July 2010 at 10.00 am will now be held at the Pavilion, Ayr Street, Stewart Island.

 

The business to be discussed is as follows:

 

*    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss a submission on the Southland District Council          (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill 2010.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

12/07/2010 Notification of Weight and Speed Limit on Bridge Pursuant to Regulation 11 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Southland District Council has fixed the following maximum weight and speed limit for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridge described hereunder:


Structure Number:
3582.001

Name of Road:
Mararoa

Name of Waterway:
Mararoa River

Gross Weight (% Class I):
80%

Max Speed Limit (km/hr):
30

 

David Adamson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

12/07/2010 Temporary Road Closure - Lillburn Valley Road

To allow pest control to be carried out, notice is given that Council will close Lillburn Valley Road from rapid number 2255 through to Lake Hauroko between the hours of 5:00am to approx. 7:00pm on Monday 2 August 2010.  If due to unforeseen circumstances the work cannot be carried out on the 2 August, it will be carried out on another day prior to the 2 November 2010, when conditions are suitable.

 

The purpose of the closure is to ensure public safety during the operation.

 

A detour will not be available but the road will be reopened as soon as safely possible in the event of an emergency.

 

It will be an offence for vehicles to use the road during the period of closure without the prior written approval of the Group Manager Services and Assets.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

 

05/07/2010 Fees and Charges

NOTICE is given that the Southland District Council Fees and Charges for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 were adopted at the Council Meeting held 30 June 2010 as part of the Annual Plan.

 

Copies are available for viewing online and in any of the Southland District Council Offices.

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

 

05/07/2010 Lumsden Community Board - Change of Meeting

Notice is given that the Lumsden Community Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, 15 July 2010 has been postponed to the following week Thursday, 22 July 2010 at the SDC Office, Lumsden commencing at 6.00 pm.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

05/07/2010 Notice of Extraordinary Meeting of the Stewart Island Community Board

Notice is given that an Extraordinary Meeting of the Stewart Island Community Board will be held on Friday, 16 July 2010 at 10.00 am in the Oban Fire Station, Argyle Street, Stewart Island.

 

The business to be discussed is as follows:

 

*    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss a submission on the Southland District Council (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill 2010.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

05/07/2010 The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2010

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 157 of the Local Government Act 2002, notice is hereby given that the Southland District Council made the Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2010 at its meeting on 30 June 2010.  The Bylaw comes into operation on 5 July 2010 and copies of the Bylaw may be inspected and obtained at any office of the Southland District Council.

 

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

05/07/2010 Application for Resource Consent - Coopers Trust Limited

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006)

 

Sections 95A - 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991

 

 

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

 

Coopers Trust Limited

 

For the following resource consent:

 

Land use consent to extract and transport a total volume of 200,00 m3 of gravel for commercial uses off-site, over a 10 year consent duration.

 

Location: The site is located at 264 Riverside Road, at or about New Zealand Map Grid 214646E, 5445189N

 

Legal Description: Part Section 11 Block VII Oreti Hundred, held in the Certificate of Title with the identifier SL164/70, and the valuation reference 30400/03100.

 

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the Rural Resource Area under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

 

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

 

The application may be inspected at the Southland District Council Invercargill head office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and Winton Area Office, 1 Wemyss Street, Winton during normal office hours.

 

Please contact Matt Hunter - Resource Management Planner on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application. 

 

Any person may make a submission on this application.  You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill  9840, Fax 0800 732 329.  The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003.  Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council.

 

Submissions close on Friday, 30 July 2010.

 

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

 

The Applicant

 

Coopers Trust Limited

 

whose address for service is:

 

Coopers Trust Limited

C/- Opus International Consultants Limited

PO Box 647

Invercargill  9840

 

Attention:  Mr S Roberts / Ms P Lemon

 

As soon as reasonably practicable, after serving your submission on Southland District Council. 

 

 

BG Halligan

Group Manager - Environment and Community

05/07/2010 Cancellation of Meeting

The Policy Review Committee meeting that was previously advertised to have been held on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

01/07/2010 Intention to Issue Licence to Graze - Over Part Riverton Recreation Reserve

In accordance with Section 119 of the Reserves Act 1977, notice is given that Council intends issuing a licence for grazing of part of the above reserve for a term of three years from 1 May 2010. 

 

The area concerned contains 1.6306 hectares and is described as Section 38, Block XXV, Jacobs River Hundred.

 

A copy of the draft licence agreement may be viewed at Council’s offices at 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and 117 Palmerston Street, Riverton. 

 

Any person wishing to lodge a submission on the proposal to issue the licence should send a written submission to the Chief Executive, P O Box 903, Invercargill no later than 4 pm on Wednesday, 28 July 2010.

 

For further information contact Property Officer, Virginia Dillon on 0800 732 732 or  virginia.dillon@southlanddc.govt.nz

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

29/06/2010 Notice of Intention Not to Fill Extraordinary Vacancy - Winton Community Board

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 119 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 that at its meeting held on Monday, 21 June 2010 the Winton Community Board resolved not to fill the extraordinary vacancy that occurred following the passing of one of its members.

 

 

 

 

Phil Culling

ELECTORAL OFFICER

 

29/06/2010 Notice of Intention Not to Fill Extraordinary Vacancy - Wallace Community Board

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 119 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 that at its meeting held on Thursday, 17 June 2010 the Wallace Community Board resolved not to fill the extraordinary vacancy that occurred following the passing of one of its members.

 

 

 

 

Phil Culling

ELECTORAL OFFICER

 

14/06/2010 Dog Registration Fees 2010/2011 Review of Dog Control Policy

Fee for registering a dog 2010/11

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 37 (6) of the Dog Control Act 1996, notice is hereby given that the Southland District Council has resolved that the fee for registering a dog for the 2010/2011 registration year commencing 1 July 2010 be set at $20.00 inclusive of GST.

 

Notice is further given that a penalty of $10.00 inclusive of GST shall be imposed for the registration of any dog on or after 1 August 2010.

 

Any person found in possession of an unregistered dog is liable to receive a $300.00 infringement notice fee, so all dog owners are encouraged to ensure that their dog is registered.

 

Review of Dog Control Policy

Notice is given in terms of the Local Government Act 2002 that Council has reviewed and revised its Dog Control policy.  The proposed revisions relate to changes in some areas where dogs are prohibited, are to be on a leash or are permitted to be exercised.

 

A copy of the revised policy may be viewed at all of the Council’s offices.  Anyone wishing to lodge a submission on the revised policy may do so in writing. Submissions close with the Chief Executive, Southland District Council, P O Box 903, Invercargill on 30 July 2010. 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

 

14/06/2010 Benmore Road Bridge

The Southland District Council wish to advise that the Benmore Road Bridge over the Oreti River will again be open to a maximum 50% of class one traffic from 8.00 am Saturday, 12 June 2010.


Cameron McIntosh
Group Manager Services and Assets

 

 

08/06/2010 Change of Meeting

The Council Executive Meeting that was to be held on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 has been deferred and will now be held on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 at the conclusion of the Extraordinary Council.  This Council Executive meeting will be held in the Waihopai Room at the Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill.

08/06/2010 Sale of Abandoned Land by Tender

Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following properties which have been declared abandoned by virtue of an Invercargill District Court Order dated 14 May 2010:

 

1.         That property situated at 90 Tinkertown Road, Tinkertown in the name of Stephen Gordon Trounson containing 4,227 m2 and being Section 358 Blk IV Wairio SD and being the land contained in C/T SL 9D/459.

 

2.         That property situated at 61 Sinclair Avenue, Nightcaps in the name of Peter Julian Nelson and Shirley Nelson containing 2,084 m2 and being Lot 1 DP 5657 and being the land contained in C/T SL 235/99.

 

3.         That property situated at 13 Moffat Street, Nightcaps in the name of Athol Brian  Longley  and Olivia Isabel Scaletti-Longley containing 1,053 m2 and being Lot 3 DP 11229 and being the land contained in C/T SL 7D/782.

 

4.         That property situated at 72 Hastings Street, Ohai in the name of Verna Wareware Jackson containing 1,012 m2 and being Lot 35 DP 2656 and being the land contained in C/T SL 165/224.

 

5.         That property situated at 25 Birchwood Road, Ohai in the name of
Ernest Graham McCreath containing 911 m2 and being Section 261 Blk III Wairio SD and being the land contained in C/T SL 204/70.

 

6.         That property situated at 15 Milton Street, Ohai in the name of
Brian Peter Vercoe containing 1,012 m2 and being Lot 26 DP 2186 and being the land contained in C/T SL 132/161.

 

7.         That property situated at 19 Mary Street, Otautau in the name of Phillip Webb and Rochelle Flemming containing 1,012 m2 and being Lot 14 DP 682 and being the land contained in C/T SL 197/69.

 

Particulars and conditions of tender

Particulars of the properties and Conditions of Tender are available from any of the Southland District Council Offices.

 

Tender documents are also available from Council’s website at: www.southlanddc.govt.nz

 

Enquiries

Queries should be referred to Property Officer, Virginia Dillon at Council’s Invercargill office, 15 Forth Street.   Telephone 0800 732 732.  E-mail:  virginia.dillon@southlanddc.govt.nz

 

Lodging tenders

All tenders must be lodged on the prescribed form of tender and received at the Southland District Council Office, 15 Forth Street, P O Box, 903, Invercargill before 2.00 pm on Monday, 5 July 2010 in a sealed envelope marked:

 

Property Officer

Tender 10/04 - Abandoned Land

 

Council is not bound to accept the highest or any tender.

 

08/06/2010 Notification of Weight (and/or Speed) Limits on Bridges Pursuant to Regulation 11 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Southland District Council has fixed the following maximum weight and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridges described on our Bridge Restriction page.

 

31/05/2010 Proposed Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2010

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002, notice is hereby given that the Southland District Council has initiated a review of its Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2005 and has drafted the Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2010 to replace it.

 

A copy of the draft Fire Prevention (Vegetation) Bylaw 2010 and Statement of Proposal is available from any Council office.

 

Submissions in respect of this draft are invited, closing at 4pm on Tuesday 29 June. Submissions should be lodged in writing and addressed to:

 

The Southland District Council

P O Box 903

Invercargill 9840

 

Submitters will be provided with the opportunity of appearing before Council in support of their submissions.

 

For further information contact the following Council staff on 0800 732 732:

 

The draft Bylaw – Mike Grant

Lodging a submission – Virginia Dillon

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

31/05/2010 Registration of Interest Contract 10/9 Road Signs Maintenance - 2010-2015

Registrations of Interest are called for from suitably experienced Contractors for road signs maintenance work within the Southland District.  The work will involve the inspection, supply, maintenance and erection of road signs, as well as reporting on and management of the road signs database.

 

Tender documents for the above Contract will be available on TenderLink  www.lgtenders.co.nz from Friday, 4 June 2010.

 

Tenders close at 4.00 pm on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 at the office of Southland District Council, Forth Street, Invercargill.

 

Please register your interest in tendering by telephoning Bronwyn Clark of MWH on 03 211 0251.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

28/05/2010 Notice of Hearing Submissions - Proposed Plan Changes

          Te Anau Industrial Resource Area Expansion - Proposed Plan Change 5

 

          Te Anau Urban Resource Area Expansion - Proposed Plan Change 6

 

          Te Anau Lakeside Protection Area - Proposed Plan Change 7

 

Venue of Hearings:

 

Distinction Te Anau Hotel & Villas, 64 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau.

 

Time and Date of Hearings:

 

Commencing Tuesday, 1 June 2010 at 9.00 am and continuing Wednesday, 2 June 2010 at 9.00 am, and may continue on Thursday, 3 June 2010, at 9.00 am (if necessary).

 

It is anticipated that the hours of the Hearing each day will be approximately from 9.00 am - 5.00 pm, with lunch breaks scheduled from 12.30 pm - 1.15 pm each day.

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

24/05/2010 Cancellation of Meeting

The Resource Management Committee meeting that was previously advertised to have been held on Friday, 28 May 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business. 

24/05/2010 10% Penalty on Fourth Instalment 2009/2010 Rates

Ratepayers in the Gore and Southland Districts are reminded that the last day for payment of the fourth instalment of the 2009/2010 rates is Friday, 28 May 2010.  Rates which remain unpaid after 5.00 pm on that date will have the statutory 10% penalty added.

24/05/2010 Nicholson Subdivison and Land Use Resource Consent

Public Notice of Application concerning Resource Consent

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006)

Sections 95, 95A, 95D, 95E and 127, Resource Management Act 1991

Southland District Council, P O Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

Mr Brent William Nicholson for the following resource consents:

1. Subdivision consent to create:

  • Lot 1 comprising 2.49 hectares of bare rural-residential land;
  • Lot 2 comprising 2.42 hectares of bare rural-residential land;
  • Lot 3 comprising 2.29 hectares of bare rural-residential land;
  • Lot 4 comprising 3.37 hectares of bare rural-residential land;
  • Lot 5 comprising 2.4 hectares of rural-residential land containing an existing shed; and
  • Lot 6 comprising 0.7 hectares of bare rural land to be utilised an access for Lots 1 - 5.

2. Land use consent to:

  • erect a dwelling within a proposed:
    -  30 metre x 20 metre building platform to be located on Lot 1;
    -  30 metre x 30 metre building platform to be located on Lots 2, 3, and 4; and
    -  30 metre x 24 metre building platform to be located on Lot 5;
  • undertake a maximum volume of 3,000 m3 of earthworks for the purposes of constructing the proposed access road to be located within Lot 6,

with an unlimited timeframe in which to exercise the land use consent.

Location:                    15 Sinclair Road, Te Anau

Legal Description:     Lot 4, DP 329111, Certificate of Title 118882

Zoning:                      The site to which the application relates is located within the "Plains Rural Resource Area" under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

The application may be inspected during normal office hours at:

Southland District Council Head Office
15 Forth Street
Invercargill;
and

Southland District Council Te Anau Area Office
116 Town Centre
Te Anau

Please contact Tracey Morse, Graduate Resource Management Planner telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on the application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, P O Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill 9840, Fax 0800 732 329. The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council.

Submissions close on Monday, 21 June 2010.

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

Mr B W Nicholson (the applicant)

whose address for service is:

C/- Bonisch Consultants
PO Box 1262
Invercargill 9840

Attention: Ms Christine McMillan

Telephone:   03 218 2546
Fax:              03 214 4285

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council.


B G Halligan
Group Manager - Environment and Community
Southland District Council

 

10/05/2010 Notification of Weight and Speed Limit on Bridge Pursuant to Regulation 11 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974

Notice is herby given that pursuant to regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Southland District Council has fixed the following maximum weight and speed limit for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridge described hereunder:

Structure Number: 3582.001

Name of Road: Mararoa

Name of Waterway: Mararoa River

Gross Weight (% Class I): 20%

Max Speed Limit (KM/HR): 10

This restriction is due to damage caused by recent flooding and will remain in place until further notice. Extreme care must be exercised in crossing the bridge as the full extent of the damage is yet to be assessed.

David Adamson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

10/05/2010 Draft Annual Plan 2010/2011

Residents, ratepayers and interested persons are invited to comment on the Southland District Council’s Draft Annual Plan 2010/2011.

 

The Draft Annual Plan describes what Council is proposing to do in the community from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.  It includes the cost of delivering Council’s proposed activities, how it intends to fund these (including the amount of rates required), how progress will be measured and explains any differences from what was proposed for that period in its Ten Year Plan 2009-2019. 

 

A summary of what is proposed has been distributed to all District resident and non-resident ratepayers. Further copies of the summary as well as a copy of the full draft document can be obtained free of charge from any Council office or inspected at any of the District’s libraries. They can also be viewed online at www.southlanddc.govt.nz.

 

Details on how to make a submission are set out in the Draft Plan and summary. Submissions should be received by Council by Wednesday, 19 May 2010.

 

For those that wish to speak to their submission, a meeting to hear and consider submissions will be held on 15/16 June 2010. 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

03/05/2010 Temporary Road Closure - Old Snow Pole Track

That Council, pursuant to section 342(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1974 and clause 13 of the tenth schedule thereto, hereby resolves to temporarily close and prohibit traffic using that section of road commencing at the point where Old Snow Pole track joins Canton Road and continuing along that section of Old Snow Pole track to the boundary of the Southland District Council with the Central Otago District Council for the period 14th may 2010 to 21st October 2010 owing to climatic conditions because the use of that section of road may cause damage to the road.

 

That prohibition shall apply to all motor vehicular traffic such that it will be an offence for any unauthorised vehicle to use the above described section of road during the period of prohibition.  Authorised vehicles shall be those belonging to adjacent run holders and those to whom written authorisation has been given after special application to the Council.

 

 

Dave Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

03/05/2010 Proposed 'The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2010'

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002, notice is hereby given that the Southland District Council has initiated a review of its ‘The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2005’ and has drafted ‘The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2010’ to replace it.

 

A copy of the draft ‘The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2010’ and Statement of Proposal is available from any Council office.

 

Submissions in respect of this draft are invited, closing at 4pm on Tuesday 1 June. Submissions should be lodged in writing and addressed to:

 

The Southland District Council

P O Box 903

Invercargill 9840

 

Submitters will be provided with the opportunity of appearing before Council in support of their submissions.

 

For further information contact the following Council staff on 0800 732 732:

 

The draft Bylaw – Michael Sarfaiti,

Lodging a submission – Virginia Dillon

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

29/04/2010 Cancellation of the Forestry Committee Meeting

The Forestry Committee meeting that was previously advertised to have been held on Wednesday, 12 April 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business.

29/04/2010 Public Notice of Intention to Introduce a Local Bill

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives that the Southland District Council intends to introduce a Local Bill into Parliament entitled the Southland District Council (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill.

 

This is the second notification of the intention to introduce this Bill.

 

The purpose of this Bill is to provide for a levy on visitors to Stewart Island/Rakiura.

 

To this end the Bill allows for bylaws enabling the Southland District Council on behalf of the Stewart Island/Rakiura community to set and collect levies in respect to any person travelling to or from Stewart Island/Rakiura.

 

The Bill sets out the governance and administrative arrangements for the levy, including the process for setting and reviewing the levy.  The Bill provides power for the District Council to define any person who is not a resident or ratepayer of Stewart Island/Rakiura as being a visitor for the purpose of the levy. 

 

The levy will be administered by a subcommittee of the Southland District Council consisting of community, industry and District Council representatives.

 

The Bill is available for public inspection for 10 working days from Thursday, 22 April, to Friday, 7 May 2010, during office hours at the following locations:

 

15 Forth Street, Invercargill

18 Diana Street Lumsden

176 Main Street, Otautau

117 Palmerston Street, Riverton

9 Ayr Street, Stewart Island

116 Town Centre, Te Anau

1 Wemyss Street, Winton

24 Balaclava Street, Wyndham

 

The Bill can be viewed here (PDF x kb)

 

You can also obtain a copy of the Bill from the Southland District Council

 

This notice is given by the Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill.

 

All correspondence should be addressed to:

Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy Bill

C/- David Adamson

Chief Executive

Southland District Council

PO Box 903

Invercargill 9840

 

 

 

David Adamson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

28/04/2010 Office Closures - Staff Training - Thursday, 29 April 2010

Due to staff training purposes on Thursday, 29 April 2010, the Southland District Council Offices and Libraries that are normally open that day, will close at the following times:

 

Invercargill Office                                                                       12.00 pm

Winton Office/Library                                                                 11.30 am

Te Anau Office                                                                           10.00 am

Otautau Office/Library                                                                11.00 am

Riverton Office/Library                                                               11.00 am

Lumsden Office/Library                                                              Closed

 

The Te Anau Library will remain open and the Book bus will operate as usual.

 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

28/04/2010 Revocation of Restricted Fire Season - Zone A

The Southern Rural Fire Committee as Fire Authority for Southern Rural Fire District gives notice to the public that the Restricted Fire Season currently in force in the District will be revoked from 8.00 am, Wednesday 28 April 2010 in Zone A only (including towns). 

 

1.         The public is reminded that a Restricted Fire Season will remain in place in Zone B and a Prohibited Fire Season will remain in place in the Naseby zone. 

 

2.         No fire shall be lit in the open air within Southern Rural Fire District during the Restricted Fire Season without a written permit from a Rural Fire Officer of the District, except for the following that do not require permits as long as the following conditions are met:

 

(a)        Incinerators; conditions – the incinerator is designed to prevent the escape of fire and ashes, is no closer than 5 metres to any building, tree, hedge, fence or other combustible material, a water supply sufficient to control any spread of fire is available, all embers and ashes are totally extinguished after burning and before dark.

 

(b)       BBQ/Cooking Fires; conditions – the fire is no closer than 5 metres to any building, fence, hedge or other combustible material, a water supply sufficient to control any spread of fire must be available, all embers and ashes are totally extinguished after burning and the BBQ is not left unattended, (gas BBQs are preferred).

 

(c)        Offal Hole; conditions - there must be a cleared area of at least 30 metres from any other combustible material, a water supply sufficient to control any spread of fire must be available, no burning is to be undertaken in winds above 15 Kph or 11 Kph if within 100 metres of tussock or 5 Kph if within 100 metres of scrub or wetland areas.

 

(d)       Hedge/Tree Trimmings; conditions – the fire is 30 metres away from and on the downward side of any shelter belt, trees, fences, buildings or other combustible material and the wind is blowing away from the above, no burning is to be undertaken in winds above 15 Kph or 11 Kph if within 100 metres of tussock or 5 Kph if within 100 metres of scrub or wetland areas.

 

 

No fires are to be lit when conditions are such or are predicted, (eg strong winds) that the fire is likely to spread.

 

3.         It is the responsibility of people lighting fires to make sure they are safe at all times and cannot spread.  It is no legal defence that the fire was of a type or lit at a time permitted by this notice.

 

4.         People seeking further information or wishing to obtain fire permits can contact the Southern Rural Fire Authority during work hours on 0800 773 363.  Please allow
5 working days to process permit applications and undertake inspections of the area concerned.

 

This notice is issued pursuant to Section 22(2) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 this 28th day of April 2010.

 

Michael C Grant

PRINCIPAL RURAL FIRE OFFICER

SOUTHERN RURAL FIRE AUTHORITY

23/04/2010 Allen Subdivision and Land Use Consent Application - 10/87

Public Notice of Application concerning

Resource Consent

 

(Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures)

Regulations 2003)

 

Sections 95A - 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991

 

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

 

Cyril Edwin Allen and Jan Allen

 

seeking the following resource consents:

 

1.         Subdivision consent to create two new allotments as follows:

 

            -           Lot 1 comprising 1.217 hectares of bare land, in which a 859 m2 building platform is proposed to be identified for the construction of an unspecified dwellinghouse

 

            -           Lot 2 comprising 2.4989 hectares of land, containing an existing dwellinghouse and associated buildings

 

2.         Land use consent to construct an unspecified dwellinghouse on proposed Lot 1 within the specified 859 m2 proposed building platform.

 

            A 10 year timeframe is sought in which to undertake the land use consent.

 

Location:                   209 Manapouri Te Anau Highway, State Highway 95, Te Anau

 

Legal Description:    Lot 2, DP 331768, being the land comprised in Certificate of Title CFR 130474, and Valuation Reference 30431/572/19

 

Zoning:                      The site to which the application relates in located within the “Plains Rural Resource Area” under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

 

The application includes an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE).

 

The application may be inspected at the nearest Southland District Council Office, being the Te Anau Office, 116 Town Centre, Te Anau, from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday, and at the Southland District Council Invercargill Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill during normal office hours.

 

Please contact Sarah Barnes, Resource Management Planner or a Resource Management Customer Services Officer on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

 

Any person may make a submission on this application. 

 

You may do so by sending a written submission to the Southland District Council at the following address:

 

Southland District Council

PO Box 903

15 Forth Street

Invercargill  9840

 

Fax 0800 732 329

 

The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003.  Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council and on our website www.southlanddc.govt.nz/resource-consent-forms/

 

Submissions close on Friday, 21 May 2010 at 5.00 pm.

 

You must also serve a copy of your submission on the applicants:

 

C E and J Allen

 

whose address for service is:

 

C E and J Allen

C/- Bonisch Consultants

PO Box 1262

Invercargill  9840

 

Attention:  Christine McMillan

 

Telephone:      03 218 2546

Fax:                 03 214 4285

 

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving you submission on the Southland District Council.

 

Bruce Halligan
Group Manager - Environment and the Community
Saturday, 24 April 2010

23/04/2010 Temporary Road Closure - Branxholme - Makarewa Road

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is given that Council will close Branxholme Makarewa Road from Winton Lorneville Highway to North Makarewa-Grove Bush Road to normal traffic between the hours of 8.00am on Saturday 8th May 2010 until 12 Noon on Sunday 9th May 2010.

 

The purpose of the closure is to enable maintenance to be carried out on the Rail Over bridge.

 

A detour will be available via North Makarewa Grove Bush Road.

 

It will be an offence for vehicles to use the road during the period of closure without the prior written approval of the Group Manager Services and Assets.

 

23/04/2010 Change of Meeting Times

The following amendments have been made to the meetings listed below:

 

The Tokanui Community Development Area Subcommittee meeting that was previously advertised for Monday 17 May 2010 will now be held at the later date of Monday 24 May at 7.30 pm. 

 

The Resource Management Committee meeting that was previously advertised for Friday, 30 April 2010 will now be held at the earlier date of Wednesday, 28 April at 3.30 pm following the Council Executive Committee meeting.

 

22/04/2010 Public Notice of Intention to Introduce a Local Bill

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives that the Southland District Council intends to introduce a Local Bill into Parliament entitled the Southland District Council (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill.

 

This is the first notification of the intention to introduce this Bill.

 

The purpose of this Bill is to provide for a levy on visitors to Stewart Island/Rakiura.

 

To this end the Bill allows for bylaws enabling the Southland District Council on behalf of the Stewart Island/Rakiura community to set and collect levies in respect to any person travelling to or from Stewart Island/Rakiura.

 

The Bill sets out the governance and administrative arrangements for the levy, including the process for setting and reviewing the levy.  The Bill provides power for the District Council to define any person who is not a resident or ratepayer of Stewart Island/Rakiura as being a visitor for the purpose of the levy. 

 

The levy will be administered by a subcommittee of the Southland District Council consisting of community, industry and District Council representatives.

 

The Bill is available for public inspection for 10 working days from Thursday, 22 April, to Friday, 75 May 2010, during office hours at the following locations:

 

15 Forth Street, Invercargill

18 Diana Street Lumsden

176 Main Street, Otautau

117 Palmerston Street, Riverton

9 Ayr Street, Stewart Island

116 Town Centre, Te Anau

1 Wemyss Street, Winton

24 Balaclava Street, Wyndham

 

The Bill can be viewed here on this website under - Your Council - Community Boards and Local Committees - Community Boards - Stewart Island.

 

You can also obtain a copy of the Bill from the Southland District Council

 

This notice is given by the Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill.

 

All correspondence should be addressed to:

Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy Bill

C/- David Adamson

Chief Executive

Southland District Council

PO Box 903

Invercargill 9840

 

16/04/2010 Hall Land Use Consent Application

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

Tony Douglas Hall and Tracey Elizabeth Hall, for the following resource consent:

- Land use consent to displace a maximum volume of 55,000 m³ of material (being 5,000 m³ of overburden and 50,000 m³ of gravel), over a time period of
10 years. The application states approximately 5,000 m³ of gravel will be utilised on site for private use, the remaining 45,000 m³ will be sold off site.

• It is intended that the proposed new extraction activity will have a maximum cut of 14 metres in depth.

• Approximately 5,000 m³ of overburden will be displaced during the exercising of this resource consent.

• It is intended to transport 45,000 m³ of gravel extracted under this resource consent off-site, via Rakahouka Hedgehope Road.

• The proposed hours of operation are Monday - Friday, 8.00 am - 5.00 pm and Saturday, 9.00 am - 12 noon.

• The site will not be progressively reinstated back into pasture during the extraction activity - all reinstatement will be undertaken upon conclusion of the resource consent.

• It is anticipated to have an average of 20 heavy vehicle movements (including ingress and egress) and a maximum of 40 heavy vehicle movements (including ingress and egress) in any one day.

Location: 902 Rakahouka Hedgehope Road, Grove Bush - Mabel Bush

Legal Description: Section 22, Block IV, Mabel Bush Hundred, being Certificate of Title SL6B/266

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the "Plains Rural Resource Area" under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

The application may be inspected at the Southland District Council Invercargill Head Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill, or the Winton Area Office, 1 Wemyss Street, Winton during normal office hours.

Please contact Marcus Roy, Graduate Resource Management Planner, telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to the Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill 9840, Fax 0800 732 329. The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003.
Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council.

Submissions close on Monday, 17 May 2010.

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

Tony Douglas and Tracey Elizabeth Hall

whose address for service is:

C/- TrueSouth Survey Services Limited
PO Box 534
Invercargill 9840

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council.

 

15/04/2010 Temporary Road Closure - Palmerston Street, Riverton

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is given that Council will close Palmerston Street from Princess Street to Osborne Street to normal traffic between the hours of 10.00am to 11.00am on Sunday 25th April 2010.

The purpose of the closure is to enable the Annual ANZAC Parade.

A detour will be available via Havelock Street and Jetty Street.

It will be an offence for vehicles to use the road during the period of closure without the prior written approval of the Group Manager Services and Assets

15/04/2010 Dog and Animal Control Rangers sought

Do you care about the welfare of animals?

The Southland District Council is looking for contract dog and animal control rangers based in our communities throughout our District.

Council has at present 7 rangers within the Southland District Council area.

We are seeking expressions of interest from people wanting to be a ranger in the Southland District Council area.

Council has a statutory obligation to undertake dog and animal control duties throughout the province.

The contract is on an as-and-when required basis and runs for a 12-month period with possible roll-overs.

Please apply in writing to the Animal Control Department, Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 by Friday 14 May 2010. The contract will begin on 1 July 2010.

If anyone has any questions please contact Animal Control at Council on 0800 732 732.

 

15/04/2010 Taramea (Howells Point) Draft Management Plan

Public comment is sought on the Taramea (Howells Point) Draft Management Plan, which has just been released by the Taramea Management Committee.

The plan is open for consultation for six weeks from 17 April 2010. Copies of the plan are available for perusal at the Southland District Council Riverton Office, 117 Palmerston Street, Riverton, between the hours of Monday-Friday 8.00 am to 4.30 pm and also the Oraka-Aparima Runaka, 115 Palmerston Street, Riverton, between the hours of 8.30 am to 5.00 pm.

 

 

15/04/2010 Nistaben Partnership Land Use Consent Application

Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from:

Nistaben Partnership

For the following resource consent:

Land use consent to erect a rural building that breaches the maximum permitted activity height for the Southland District Council - District Plan - Plains Resource Area - Rule PRA.9

The proposed development will be developed in two stages and includes the following elements:

Stage One

• Construction of "southern wintering barn" having the following dimensions: 40 metres wide x 103 metres long x 16.4 metres high.

• The wintering barn will be white and green in colour.

Stage Two

• Construction of "northern wintering barn" of the same dimensions and colours as "southern wintering barn", being 40 metres wide x 103 metres long x 16.4 metres high.

• The "northern wintering barn" is proposed to be connected to the "southern wintering barn" by a 10 metre wide, covered link.

• Construction of a covered yard area being 17 metres wide x 40 metres long x 9.2 metres high.

• Construction of a 56-bail rotary milking shed being 19 metres x 20 metres x 9.2 metres high, also connected to the covered yard area and wintering barn.


Location: The site is located approximately six kilometres north west of Otautau, at 48 Lower Scotts Gap Road, 49 Waikouru Shortcut Road and 514 Otautau Tuatapere Road.

Legal Description: Part Sections 29 and 31 and Section 30, Block IV, Aparima Hundred (Computer Freehold Register SL189/260); and Lot 1 Deposited Plan 4894, Block IV, Aparima Hundred (Computer Freehold Register SL189/259

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the Rural Resource Area under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

The application may be inspected at the Southland District Council Invercargill head office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and Winton Area Office, 1 Wemyss Street, Winton during normal office hours.

Please contact Matt Hunter - Resource Management Planner on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill 9840, Fax 0800 732 329. The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council.

Submissions close on Friday, 14 May 2010.

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

The applicant

Nistaben Partnership

whose address for service is:

Nistaben Partnership
C/- Bonisch Consultants
PO Box 1262
Invercargill 9840

Attention: Mr G Gilder

As soon as reasonably practicable, after serving your submission on Southland District Council.

 

12/04/2010 SDC land use consent application

The Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill has received an application from:

Southland District Council (Roading Asset)

seeking the following resource consents:

Land use consent to remove 400m² of indigenous vegetation during the widening of Leask Bay Road, Stewart Island and construction of slip remediation works at Slips 1, 2, 3 and 5 Leask Bay Road, Stewart Island

Land use consent to construct gabion retaining walls at Slips 1, 2 and 5 Leask Bay Road, Stewart Island


Locations: Slips 1, 2 and 3 - legal road reserve adjoining 28 Leask Bay Road, Stewart Island - grid reference E48 399569 to E48 401570

 

Slip 5 - legal road reserve adjoining 10 Leask Bay Road, Stewart Island and 4 Ringaringa Road, Stewart Island - grid reference E48 398568

 

Legal Description: Legal road reserve adjoining Lot 17 DP 471 (CT 5B/265 -
No. 10 Leask Bay Road), legal road reserve adjoining Lot 18 DP 471 (CT 7D/149 - No. 4 Ringaringa Road), and legal road reserve adjoining Section 51 Block I, Paterson Survey District (CT 121/77 - No. 28 Leask Bay Road).

 

Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the Coastal Resource Area and partly within the Urban Resource Area under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001.

 

The application includes an Assessment of Environmental Effects.

The application may be inspected during normal office hours at:

Southland District Council's Invercargill Office

15 Forth Street

Invercargill 9810

and

Southland District Council's Stewart Island Area Office

9 Ayr Street

Halfmoon Bay

Stewart Island 9846

Please contact Dianne Williams, Resource Management Customer Services Officer on telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to:

Southland District Council

PO Box 903

15 Forth Street

Invercargill 9840

Fax 0800 732 329

The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council and downloadable on www.southlanddc.govt.nz.

Submissions close on Friday, 7 May 2010.

You must serve a copy of your submission on:

Southland District Council (Roading Asset)

whose address for service is:


MWH New Zealand Limited

PO Box 649

Queenstown 9348

Attention: Simon Beale - Senior Environmental Planner

as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on the Southland District Council.

 

 

07/04/2010 Change of Meeting Time

Notice is given that the Stewart Island Community Board meeting, scheduled for Monday 12 April 2010, that was previously advertised to start at 8.45 am will now commence at the later time of 9.45 am.  This meeting will be held in the Oban Fire Station, Stewart Island.

29/03/2010 Easter Office/Library Closures, Refuse Site Hours and Refuse Collection

Southland District Council Offices/Libraries will be closed on Friday, 2 April 2010 (Good Friday) and will re-open as follows:

 

Invercargill                                                Wednesday, 7 April                                8.30 am

Otautau                                                     Wednesday, 7 April                                8.00 am

Riverton                                                    Wednesday, 7 April                                8.00 am

Winton                                                       Wednesday, 7 April                                8.30 am

Stewart Island                                           Wednesday, 7 April                                9.00 am

Lumsden                                                   Wednesday, 7 April                              10.00 am

Wyndham                                                 Thursday, 8 April                                    2.00 pm

 

Te Anau                                                    Wednesday, 7 April                                8.30 am

* Te Anau Library will be open:                 Wednesday, 7 April                                9.00 am

Bookbus Service                                      As per Timetable

 

* Closed on Saturday 3 April 2010 to implement a new Library Management System.

 

 

REFUSE SITE HOURS

All Southland District Council refuse sites and transfer stations will be closed on Good Friday, 2 April 2010 and Easter Sunday, 4 April 2010.

 

 


REFUSE COLLECTION

Refuse collection within the Southland District Council area will alter as follows:

 

Thursday, 1 April                     -           Normal Service

Friday, 2 April                          -           No Service - rescheduled to Thursday 1 April 2010

Monday, 5 April                       -           Normal Service

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

22/03/2010 Grazing Part of Tuatapere Reserve

Tenders are called for grazing of part of the Tuatapere Recreation Reserve.  The areas to be grazed contain 12.1405 hectares and the term of the Licence to Graze is for five years commencing on 1 May 2010.

 

Tender forms and draft Licence documentation are available from the Council, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill or Kaylene Bennett, 6 Terrace Road, RD 1, Tuatapere. .  Enquiries should be directed to Property Officer, Virginia Dillon 0800 732 732 or Mrs Bennett on 03 226 6380.

 

The highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.

 

Tenders must be lodged at the office of the Southland District Council, P O Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill no later than 4.00 pm on Friday, 9 April 2010 and should be marked “Tender 10/02 - grazing part Tuatapere recreation reserve. 

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

22/03/2010 Tender for Lumsden Pressure Improvements: Contract 09/43

This contract is for installation of approximately 3.5 km of predominantly 63mm PN12 MDPE PE80 water main, together with associated valves and fittings, domestic connections, sterilisation, flushing and testing. Installation will be within in road reserve.

 

Tender documents are available from www.lgtenders.co.nz

 

Tenders close at 3.00 pm on Wednesday 7th April 2010 with:

 

Tenders Secretary

Southland District Council

15 Forth Street

INVERCARGILL, 9810

 

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

15/03/2010 Resource Management Committee Hearing: Fonterra Application

A meeting of the Southland District Council Resource Management Committee will be held on Monday 29 March 2010 at 9.30 am at the Southland District Council Chambers, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill to hear the application by Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited for resource consent to construct and operate a railway line to serve the Edendale Dairy Plant. 

 

If necessary, Tuesday 30 March 2010 is a reserve day should it be necessary to continue the hearing for a second day in order to complete the hearing.  The same commencement time of 9.30 am will apply.

 

David Adamson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

 

 

08/03/2010 Application for Land Use Consent

Public Notice of Application concerning Resource Consent (Form 12 under Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Amendment Regulations 2006) Sections 95, 95A, 95D, and 95E, Resource Management Act 1991 Southland District Council, PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840 has received an application from: Mr Gavin and Mrs Raewynne Evans - Land use consent to extract a maximum volume of 100,000 Bench Cubic Metres (BCM) of gravel and a maximum volume of 1,220 BCM of overburden, over a time period of 10 years. • The gravel extraction includes a cut of up to 22 metres in total depth. • No blasting, crushing, screening, or washing of material on-site is proposed as part of this application. • The intended use of the gravel material is for off-site sales to interested parties. • The proposed hours of operation are Monday - Friday, 7.30 am - 6.00 pm. • It is anticipated to have an average of 126 heavy vehicle movements (i.e. 63 heavy vehicle movements into the site and 63 heavy vehicle movements exiting the site) per day. • It is proposed to progressively reinstate the site into productive pasture, by recontouring and oversowing the extraction site. Location: 375 Jewitt Road, Dunsdale Legal Description: Lot 2, DP 303940, Certificate of Title 15735 Zoning: The site to which the application relates is located within the “Hills Rural Resource Area” under the Operative Southland District Plan 2001. The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. The application may be inspected during normal office hours at: Southland District Council Head Office 15 Forth Street Invercargill; and Southland District Council Winton Area Office 1 Wemyss Street Winton Please contact Tracey Morse, Graduate Resource Management Planner telephone 0800 732 732 if you have any questions about the application. Any person may make a submission on this application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Southland District Council, PO Box 903, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill 9840, Fax 0800 732 329. The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 under the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003. Copies of this form are available from the Southland District Council. Submissions close on Wednesday, 7 April 2010. You must serve a copy of your submission on: Mr G D and Mrs R H Evans (the applicants) whose address for service is: 11 Domain Road Hedgehope RD 2 Invercargill 9872 as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Southland District Council. B G Halligan Group Manager - Environment and Community Saturday, 6 March 2010 Signature on behalf of Southland District Council Date

01/03/2010 Cancellation of Meeting: Policy Review Committee

The Policy Review Committee meeting that was previously advertised to have been held on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 has been cancelled due to the lack of business.

24/02/2010 Southland District Council Funding Deadlines

Grants are available for arts and cultural projects and initiatives, which stimulate and strengthen local arts activity and participation. This includes, but is not limited to, art and cultural activities such as subsidies for workshops and seminars, drama, music and dance projects, including materials and personnel costs, visual arts and crafts initiatives. School based projects are generally not eligible but call us to discuss your ideas. Phone Angela on (03 2111 412) or Bronwyn on (03 211 1426). SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND Grants are available for the development of community programmes, facilities or resources, sport and recreational o