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From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Universal fluoridation is not on the cards yet in the Ashburton District, but is certainly bubbling on the horizon.
A law change last year has given the authority to instruct councils whether or not to fluoridate their water to the director-general of… View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Universal fluoridation is not on the cards yet in the Ashburton District, but is certainly bubbling on the horizon.
A law change last year has given the authority to instruct councils whether or not to fluoridate their water to the director-general of health, currently Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Ashburton District Council infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said so far the district was not on the fluoride radar.
“Not at this stage but we may be considered again toward end of the calendar year,” he said.
“Council was advised in June this year that we were not included in a list of 14 territorial authorities that were being considered to receive a direction to fluoridate some supplies under their control.”
Ashburton stopped fluoridation across all its supplies in 2002, which was reconsidered in 2007 but not reintroduced, and Methven is currently the only drinking water supply that is fluoridated in the district.
But mandatory fluoridation is in the pipeline.
Universal chlorination of council drinking water supplies will come in from November under Taumata Arowai, the national water services regulator, but Ashburton supplies are already chlorinated.
Fluoridation is not a water quality issue but a health concern so, after the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act came into force in December 2021 the decision was taken off councils and given to the director-general of health.
It is understood 14 councils throughout the country have been selected to begin working on fluoridating their water supplies, and others are sure to follow.
A Ministry of Health spokesperson said the director-general of health had not yet issued any local authorities with directions to fluoridate, but it was likely they would commence issuing directions this year.
"Implementation of community water fluoridation will likely take a staged approach. If directions are issued, timeframes for compliance will be based on the individual circumstances of each supply."
Other than Methven, McCann said no other council supplies have the infrastructure to fluoridate the supply and as they are awaiting Government direction there is no provisions to do so either.
“We haven’t made specific budget provision for fluoridation, however, we are considering space requirements for fluoridation equipment as part of future planning,” McCann said.
It’s a similar case in Selwyn.
Water services asset manager Murray England said the Selwyn district had no supplies with fluoride and none of its schemes were currently able to be fluoridated, nor was there any budget for installing the necessary equipment.
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From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Drinking and waste water options for the rapidly developing areas around Ashburton could be on the table in the next long-term plan (LTP).
The Ashburton District Council has a $200,000 budget to investigate extending its drinking water and wastewater… View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Drinking and waste water options for the rapidly developing areas around Ashburton could be on the table in the next long-term plan (LTP).
The Ashburton District Council has a $200,000 budget to investigate extending its drinking water and wastewater networks which will feed into planning for the next LTP.
Council infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said there was $100,000 funding for the 2022-23 financial year to investigate the possibility of providing a wastewater service to Residential D zoned land around Ashburton.
Then there was $100,000 allocated from the 2021-22 year to carry out detailed design for potable water supply in the north east of Ashburton, which McCann said was now planned to be done in conjunction with the wastewater investigations.
“This funding was established to investigate the feasibility of providing wastewater services to the north east Ashburton and other areas on the periphery of Ashburton zoned Residential D.
“Whilst the water funding includes detailed design, the wastewater funding doesn’t include design of any extensions at this stage.”
The feasibility study would determine options for servicing the areas, the likely rough order cost of each option, and how any extension might be funded, he said.
“The main difficulty with extensions of this nature is that the landowners interested in developing their land may see the benefit of the service and be prepared to pay, but landowners who already have a satisfactory onsite disposal system and no interest in development may not want to pay.”
McCann said a council workshop would use the findings of the investigative work to guide the next steps in the process.
For the northwest area of Ashburton, there was already a $4.9 million wastewater servicing project this year.
McCann said the project would provide the physical infrastructure necessary for wastewater servicing to an area bounded by Farm Rd, Racecourse Rd, Allens Rd, and Mill Creek.
“This area has a higher priority, as it is zoned Residential C, typical urban residential development.”
It was suggested at a recent council meeting that, with the impending handover of assets and projects to the new Three Waters entities, it would make sense to have the three waters water projects in the pipeline as soon as possible to avoid them being put to the back of a long line of proposed projects across the country.
McCann said it remained unclear how any planned works would be programmed and progressed in the transition to the new entities.
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From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Councillors had mixed views on if food trucks were welcome attractions or eyesores at a central spot in Ashburton.
Baring Square East was the focal point of debate around where mobile vendors can operate during the hearings for the Trading in Public … View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Councillors had mixed views on if food trucks were welcome attractions or eyesores at a central spot in Ashburton.
Baring Square East was the focal point of debate around where mobile vendors can operate during the hearings for the Trading in Public Places by-law review.
The square in the centre of Ashburton will get a makeover as part of the new civic centre and library project, and as the building will contain a café it triggered the by-law review being brought forward.
The proposed changes to the by-law had looked to remove Havelock St and East St at Baring Square East as permitted sites.
A proposed alternative site on East St opposite the old post office was considered not a suitable option as it did not have a power supply and would be opposite the newly opened Bel Air Dairy.
The hearing panel, consisting of six councillors, circled around whether to reinstate the sites around Baring Square East.
Councillor Lynette Lovett supported retaining the food trucks as they add flavour to the destination.
“If we are developing this park, we want people to go sit there and spend time in it,” Lovett said.
“If the food vendors are there it adds to the vibrancy of the area."
Councillor Rodger Letham totally opposed having any food trucks parked along East Street by the clock tower and preferred them on Havelock Street.
“To have food wagons dotted down [East Street] I think destroys the image of our town as people come into it,” Letham said.
Councillor Stuart Wilson had concerns as Havelock St will become a “premium parking area” for the new library and civic centre.
The panel landed on having three permitted sites along East St and retaining the three sites on Havelock St but will consider a time limit of after 5:30pm.
The by-law proposes introducing other sites, including two permitted sites at Lake Hood and two in Rakaia but a proposed site on Lochead Cres in Methven was removed.
Ashburton Citizens Association secretary Donna Favel said in her submission there were other options to consider, such as Argyle Park and the Ashburton Airport, but there was nothing on the east side of Ashburton, which “highlights the fact there is a lack of reserves on the east side”.
Another change in the by-law is extending trading hours to 10pm.
A final draft of the by-law will come back to council on July 27.
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Why not Baring Square West?
Tu Meke BBQ’s Andrew Poswillo proposed creating a permamnet food truck spot in town.
He said Ashburton needed something like Nelson’s Kirby Lane, an open-air community space frequented by food trucks and stall holders.
In his submission Poswillo opposed the proposed new site on East Street, and if Baring Square East was off the table he had proposed Baring Square West.
“There is ample parking, lighting, and away from CBD businesses,” Poswillo said.
With the simple addition of a power connections at Baring Square West, Poswillo said the site could be transformed into a food truck destination the town needed.
“We believe this is what Ashburton needs to add vibrancy and a point of difference to the CBD.”
Councillor Stuart Wilson put Poswillo’s suggestion to former mayor Donna Favel, who was presenting on behalf of the Ashburton Citizens Association.
In her personal opinion she said the area “demands a certain amount of reverence with the cenotaph”.
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From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
A study into the districts sport facilities could renew the plans for a sports hub centred around the EA Networks Centre.
Ashburton’s Sport Canterbury regional manager, Jan Cochrane, said with the Ashburton District Council and sporting bodies … View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
A study into the districts sport facilities could renew the plans for a sports hub centred around the EA Networks Centre.
Ashburton’s Sport Canterbury regional manager, Jan Cochrane, said with the Ashburton District Council and sporting bodies looking at planning ahead, it could be time to revisit the green field development at EA Network Centre but any decisions would depend on the findings in the utilisation study.
“It’s the time for everyone to collaborate, look at what the vision is and how sports are currently situated,” Cochrane said.
Council’s community services group manager, Steve Fabish, said the utilisation study of the EA Networks Centre and district sports fields would take place later this year.
“The utilisation study is about identifying the current usage of the activities within the EA Networks Centre and, where we have issues with peak periods and times of low usage, where there are other opportunities to increase the usage,” Fabish said.
“A similar study will analyse usage of our district’s existing developed sports fields.
“All of the information will be of high value in supporting any council decisions in the upcoming 2024-34 long-term plan, with regards to any expansion or the EA Networks Centre and development of additional sports fields.”
The council owns a large tract of land, about 15 hectares, to the west of the sports centre.
Securing additional land to futureproof the stadium site by providing room for the stadium to be extended and space for a variety of outdoor sports to become part of the sports hub, was critical for the council when it signed off the project.
“When the site was chosen that EA Networks Centre is now built on, the land surrounding it was identified as a vision for it to become a sports hub in the future,” Cochrane said.
Whether that time was now would be determined by the findings of the council study, she said.
Other councils in Canterbury have established sports hubs, such as the Selwyn District’s Foster Park in Rolleston and Waimakariri setting up a sports hub in Rangiora next to Mainpower Oval.
“We have seen in other regions the positive benefits of having a sports hub in one place,” Cochrane said.
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