The Wanganui District Council is working with the Wanganui Resene PaintWise Programme. Wanganui residents can return unwanted paint (no solvents accepted) and paint packaging to the Resene Colour Shop. It is then mixed into varying shades of grey paint. Resene donates the resulting good quality waterborne Resene paint to community groups in Wanganui.

Residents can return up to 10 packs of any brand of paint free of charge.

Where: Resene Colour Shop, 17 Wilson Street, Wanganui; phone (06) 348 0048
When: Deliver it on the last Friday of every month
Time: Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm

Diary these dates
Friday, 31 October 2008
Friday, 28 November 2008
Friday, 19 December 2008

You can also help by reporting graffiti as and when it happens. Telephone the Graffiti Hotline (06) 349 0500 for removal of graffiti in highly visible areas of Wanganui.

Opus, on behalf of the Minister of Education, gives notice of its requirement for an alteration to a designation for a public work.

The site to which the requirement applies is as follows:
The Notice of Requirement is for a designation for Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Tupoho on Cross Street, Castlecliff, Wanganui. The site adjoins the existing Designation of the District Plan. This additional land is described as follows:

1. 18 Cross Street, Pt Lot 2 DP 323552

The nature of the proposed work is:
To incorporate an additional 8700m² of land into the existing designation covering Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Tupoho to provide for school purposes.

The effects that the public work will have on the environment, and the ways in which any adverse effects will be mitigated, are:

Visual: The land subject to this Notice will be playing fields. Effects on the visual environment of the neighbourhood will be no more than minor. The grounds will be well kept as they will be used as playing fields for children who attend the school.

Noise: There is the potential for increased noise levels for neighbouring properties due to children playing sport on the field closer to residential properties. However, this level will be consistent with other primary schools. Any noise created will consist mostly of voices from some students and teachers participating in physical outdoor activity, and are generally accepted as part of a school's operation. Although the use of the school cannot be restricted to the normal teaching hours of 8.30am to 3.30pm, due to the common use of schools for extra curricular activities that may take place outside of these hours and during weekends, these hours are when noise is likely to be emitted from the grounds on a regular basis.

Cultural: There are no archaeological or scientific sites identified on the District Plan maps within the project area. However, if artefacts are uncovered during construction and development, appropriate mitigation measures have been proposed.

Traffic: There shall be no traffic entering the new land as it is going to be used for playing fields and any traffic will be contained within the existing designated site.

Lighting: No lighting of the site is proposed.

Alternative sites, routes and methods that have been considered to the following extent:
Alternative sites have not been considered given that the site is owned by the Ministry of Education and is adjacent to the existing school.

The public work and designation are reasonably necessary for achieving the objectives of the territorial authority because:
The Notice of Requirement for the designation is required to provide for the on-going use and reasonable needs of the school in order to meet the educational needs of the community. The designation is required to apply to the entire school site so that the school can be planned and used in an integrated manner on an ongoing basis, with an appropriate legal status under the Resource Management Act.

The following consultation has been undertaken with parties that are likely to be affected:
Affected parties immediately adjacent to the proposed school extension were informed of the proposed designation by post and were invited to comment.

The Notice of Requirement may be inspected at the Wanganui District Council offices during normal office hours. Please contact Genevieve Doube on (06) 349 0001 ext 8168 if you have any questions about the requirement.

Any person may make a submission on the requirement. You may do so by sending a written submission to the Chief Executive, Wanganui District Council, PO Box 637, Wanganui. The submission must be in Form 21. Copies of this form are available from the Customer Services Counter, Wanganui District Council Municipal Building.

Submissions close at 4.00pm on Thursday, 27 November 2008.

Possum poison bait stations will be laid in the 'green belt' from Victoria Park to the Deer Park from Friday, 29 August 2008, to Sunday, 30 November 2008.

When in these areas, please keep dogs under control at all times or muzzled. Should they consume any carcasses or parts please seek veterinary advice.

For further information please phone Richard Terrey, Wanganui District Council, during normal work hours, phone (06) 349 0001.

The Wanganui District Council has received an application from Urbis Ashburton Limited for a Resource Consent as described below.

Description of application:
The application is to establish and operate a 24 unit motel complex and manager's residence at 55a/57 Heads Road, Wanganui.

The breaches to the District Plan are as follows:

1. Visitor accommodation is a commercial activity and the site is zoned residential. Commercial activities in the residential zone are an unrestricted discretionary activity.
2. The Height Recession Plane will be breached on the western and eastern boundaries (road boundaries) by the motel units and by the signage.
3. The signage on Heads Road will be 2.6m². Advertising in the residential zone for travellers' accommodation is restricted to 2.0m².
4. The sign will also be neon, which is a restricted discretionary activity in the residential zone.
5. The garage for the manager will be located in front of the motel complex on State Highway 3 and will not be of the same design and construction as the motel complex. This breaches the accessory building rule for the residential zone.
6. At full capacity the motel could contain 58 people.Because the motel can be accessed from a local road, the traffic generation limit is 50 people at any one time.

The activity is deemed to be an Unrestricted Discretionary Activity in accordance with the Wanganui District Plan.

Location of the proposed activity:
55a/57 Heads Road, Wanganui, being legally described as Lots 1, 2 & 6 DP 81353.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.

The application may be inspected at the Wanganui District Council offices during normal office hours. Please contact Rachael Pull, phone (06) 349 0001 ext 8131, if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on the application by sending a written submission to the Chief Executive, Wanganui District Council, PO Box 637, Wanganui. The submission must be in Form 13. Copies of this form are available from the Customer Services Counter, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Submissions close on Friday, 14 November 2008, at 4pm.

You must also serve a copy of your submission on Urbis Ashburton Limited (the applicant), whose address for service is Urbis Ashburton Limited, PO Box 603, Ashburton 7740, as soon as practicable after serving your submission on the Wanganui District Council.

Tenders are invited for the supply of New Colour Digital Urban Photography for the Wanganui District Council's GIS System.

Tender documents are available from the Customer Services Counter, Wanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui between 8.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, phone (06) 349 0001, fax (06) 349 0523.

Tenders close with the Secretary, Tenders Board, Wanganui District Council, PO Box 637, Wanganui, at 4.00pm on Tuesday, 25 November 2008. Tenders are to be submitted in accordance with the Conditions of Tendering which includes the requirement that tenders shall be enclosed in the sealed envelope marked on the outside with the Contract number, and title and endorsed with the Tenderer's name and address.

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Wanganui District Council, for the purpose of a hill climb event by the Wanganui Car Club, proposes to close the following road to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

During the proposed period of closure, the following provision will be made for ordinary vehicular traffic which would otherwise use Brunswick Road:
The Wanganui Car Club will allow controlled access through Brunswick Road.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds thereof in writing before 16 November 2008 at the office of the Wanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Roads proposed to be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic:
Brunswick Road from 1km from the bridge at the bottom to the intersection with Blueskin Road.

Period or periods of proposed closure:
Sunday, 14 December 2008, from 9.00am to 6.00pm.