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Musical treat at Winter Gardens this weekend Make the most of our parks and reserves - visit the Winter Gardens at Virginia Lake this weekend and enjoy a special performance. The Fordell Band will be playing outside the Gardens on Saturday and Sunday from about 2pm. In the past, special events at the Winter Gardens have attracted large numbers of out-of-town visitors but have not been so well supported by Wanganui residents. So this weekend, why not make the most of the opportunity to hear local musicians and visit one of our premier parks.
At Your Service - Parks and Reserves We provide parks and reserves To provide people opportunities for passive recreation e.g. walking or picnicking, and active recreation e.g. playing sport. To add to the overall pleasantness and image values of the District. To conserve local historic features and significant natural areas. How this service is provided Premier parks (6) - a total area of 123 hectares - Virginia Lake, Queens Park, Kowhai Park, Bason Botanic Gardens, Castlecliff Coastal Reserve and the upgraded Central City area. These high profile parks are maintained to high standards and provide a wide variety of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. They are significant to Wanganui's cultural heritage. Neighbourhood reserves (32) - a total area of 17 hectares e.g. Lorenzdale Park, Hutton Park. These local areas provide safe, informal, active recreation opportunities with easy family access in suburban areas. Open space reserves (25) - a total area of 42 hectares e.g. Moutoa Gardens and Mowhanau Beach Reserves. They provide pleasant green areas for passive recreation activities while protecting Wanganui's historic features. Sports grounds (15) - a total area of 113 hectares e.g. Cooks Gardens, Springvale Park, Wembley Park. The intention is to supply sufficient ground space for organised sports where codes do not provide it themselves. In addition, sports and leisure programmes are provided through community contracts e.g. junior cricket. Wilderness reserves (27) - a total area of 1016 hectares e.g. Matipo Park, Hylton Pit and Ototoka Beach. These semi-natural areas have minimal development or facilities and provide for active recreation opportunities such as orienteering and mountain biking. Conservation reserves (26) - a total area of 469 hectares e.g. Plimmer Reserve (Kauarapaoa Road), Westmere Lake and Hogg Park (Brunswick Road). These reserves provide for the conservation of the natural environment. Road reserves - on almost every urban street (includes 10,000 street trees, planting on roundabouts, traffic islands and typically includes the grass verges between the road and the footpath). They maintain the safe visibility of the roads while beautifying the streets and providing areas for recreation opportunities such as walking and jogging. Service standards The following standards are common to all of Wanganui's parks and reserves: Public access, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The exception to this is Bason Botanic Gardens, which has specific opening hours. Where toilets (25 in total) are provided, a high standard of cleanliness is maintained. For example, the toilets on the western edge of Virginia Lake are cleaned three times a day during the weekend and twice a day during the week. Structures, including bridges, park benches and signs, are maintained as required with safety the priority. The Council has a target 80 percent satisfaction level for all services. Specific maintenance standards include: Premier parks - grass is mown using a catcher in specific areas of high presentation and kept to a height between 40mm to 75mm in other areas. All sealed paths and edged shrub and flowerbeds are to be kept weed free. All other work, including tree maintenance, is undertaken to maximise visitor safety and maintain a pleasing appearance. Neighbourhood reserves - are to be highly visible from adjoining properties and users should be able to play games like kicking a ball around. Grass is maintained to a height of 40mm to 75mm. Plants are maintained to keep reserves highly visible. Play equipment and safety surfacing is maintained to New Zealand Safety Standards. Weeds are controlled as necessary. Open space reserves - the pleasant open space values are retained. Grass is maintained to a height between 40mm to 75mm. Trees and shrubs are maintained to retain the pleasantness of the area. Sports grounds - are maintained to the requirements that each code demands (costs above basic open space maintenance standards are charged to the sporting bodies). Wilderness reserves - the semi-natural environment is maintained by all necessary weed and pest control and grass is mown monthly. Conservation reserves - maintenance focuses on conservation including management of pests and weeds and maintenance of visitor access, where provided. Road reserves - pleasantness and visibility is maintained by planting selected roundabouts and traffic islands with colourful displays of flowering plants and a street tree maintenance programme to ensure trees remain in good condition and do not become dangerous. Cost Premier parks cost the ratepayer an average of $59 per year. Neighbourhood reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $8 per year. Open space reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $20 per year. Sports grounds cost the ratepayer an average of $41 per year in addition to the user charges. Debt servicing of Cooks Gardens makes up $6 of this cost. Wilderness reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $3 per year. Conservation reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $2 per year. Road reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $16 per year. Further information about parks and reserves is available from Mark Daniels at the Council office, phone 349 0001 or email markd@wanganui.govt.nz. This information is part of the At Your Service booklet, which gives details on all of the Council's services. You can pick up a copy of the booklet from the Council's Help Desk, or ring the Help Desk on 349 0001 and we will post a copy to you, or email us at wdc@wanganui.govt.nz to request a copy. You can view information about each of the Council's services on our Services pages.
Mowhanau Beach Holiday Park Pat and Ivan Horn, the new managers of the Mowhanau Beach Holiday Park, are getting ready for a busy summer season. Pat and Ivan are looking forward to welcoming campers and providing a friendly, safe and relaxing environment where young and old can enjoy their holiday. They still have sites available over the Christmas and New Year period. They would like to hear from you if you have made a booking for this summer and they have not yet confirmed it with you. For enquires and bookings phone Pat and Ivan on (06) 342 9658, or write to them at PO Box 7250, Wanganui.
Fortnightly Rural Bag Collection Contract November 2001 - April 2002 The Council's new contractor, Budget Waste, took over the rural rubbish bag collection from Tuesday, November 6. Collection days remain the same, but bags will be collected fortnightly not weekly. Correctly packaged recyclables will be collected. The Papaiti bin site has been closed and a bag pick-up point established on Papaiti Road. Yellow stickers will not be valid in the rural area after November 1. The urban area is not affected by this change. The Budget Waste system offers the options of pink stickers, or blue or yellow prepaid bags. Rural residents with excess yellow stickers are welcome to exchange these for pink stickers at the Wanganui District Council office, Treasury Services counter, 101 Guyton Street. This exchange offer is available until the end of November. Rural residents will receive Budget Waste leaflets about the collection dates. If you have not received a leaflet please contact Budget Waste. The Budget Waste help telephone number is 344 4201. If you would like more information, please contact Larry Jones at the Council on 349 0001.
Committee and Council Meetings 26 November 2001 - 13 December 2001 Emergency Management and Civil Defence Monday, November 26 Works and Transport (1.00pm) Tuesday, November 27 Community Services Wednesday, November 28 Finance and Administration Thursday, November 29 Council Meeting (Council Chamber) Monday, December 10 Strategy Thursday, December 13 Agendas are available for inspection two working days before the scheduled meeting, at the Help Desk, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui and the Wanganui District Library. Commencement times may be changed. Therefore, members of the public intending to attend any meeting should check the agenda or contact the Committee Co-ordinator on telephone (06) 349 0001, extension 8032, to confirm the start time. Except as noted, all meetings will be convened in Committee Room 2, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Musical treat at Winter Gardens this weekend

Make the most of our parks and reserves - visit the Winter Gardens at Virginia Lake this weekend and enjoy a special performance.

The Fordell Band will be playing outside the Gardens on Saturday and Sunday from about 2pm.

In the past, special events at the Winter Gardens have attracted large numbers of out-of-town visitors but have not been so well supported by Wanganui residents.

So this weekend, why not make the most of the opportunity to hear local musicians and visit one of our premier parks.

At Your Service - Parks and Reserves

We provide parks and reserves

To provide people opportunities for passive recreation e.g. walking or picnicking, and active recreation e.g. playing sport.
To add to the overall pleasantness and image values of the District.
To conserve local historic features and significant natural areas.

How this service is provided

Premier parks (6) - a total area of 123 hectares - Virginia Lake, Queens Park, Kowhai Park, Bason Botanic Gardens, Castlecliff Coastal Reserve and the upgraded Central City area. These high profile parks are maintained to high standards and provide a wide variety of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. They are significant to Wanganui's cultural heritage.

Neighbourhood reserves (32) - a total area of 17 hectares e.g. Lorenzdale Park, Hutton Park. These local areas provide safe, informal, active recreation opportunities with easy family access in suburban areas.

Open space reserves (25) - a total area of 42 hectares e.g. Moutoa Gardens and Mowhanau Beach Reserves. They provide pleasant green areas for passive recreation activities while protecting Wanganui's historic features.

Sports grounds (15) - a total area of 113 hectares e.g. Cooks Gardens, Springvale Park, Wembley Park. The intention is to supply sufficient ground space for organised sports where codes do not provide it themselves. In addition, sports and leisure programmes are provided through community contracts e.g. junior cricket.

Wilderness reserves (27) - a total area of 1016 hectares e.g. Matipo Park, Hylton Pit and Ototoka Beach. These semi-natural areas have minimal development or facilities and provide for active recreation opportunities such as orienteering and mountain biking.

Conservation reserves (26) - a total area of 469 hectares e.g. Plimmer Reserve (Kauarapaoa Road), Westmere Lake and Hogg Park (Brunswick Road). These reserves provide for the conservation of the natural environment.

Road reserves - on almost every urban street (includes 10,000 street trees, planting on roundabouts, traffic islands and typically includes the grass verges between the road and the footpath). They maintain the safe visibility of the roads while beautifying the streets and providing areas for recreation opportunities such as walking and jogging.

Service standards

The following standards are common to all of Wanganui's parks and reserves:

Public access, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The exception to this is Bason Botanic Gardens, which has specific opening hours.
Where toilets (25 in total) are provided, a high standard of cleanliness is maintained. For example, the toilets on the western edge of Virginia Lake are cleaned three times a day during the weekend and twice a day during the week.
Structures, including bridges, park benches and signs, are maintained as required with safety the priority.

The Council has a target 80 percent satisfaction level for all services.

Specific maintenance standards include:

Premier parks - grass is mown using a catcher in specific areas of high presentation and kept to a height between 40mm to 75mm in other areas. All sealed paths and edged shrub and flowerbeds are to be kept weed free. All other work, including tree maintenance, is undertaken to maximise visitor safety and maintain a pleasing appearance.
Neighbourhood reserves - are to be highly visible from adjoining properties and users should be able to play games like kicking a ball around. Grass is maintained to a height of 40mm to 75mm. Plants are maintained to keep reserves highly visible. Play equipment and safety surfacing is maintained to New Zealand Safety Standards. Weeds are controlled as necessary.
Open space reserves - the pleasant open space values are retained. Grass is maintained to a height between 40mm to 75mm. Trees and shrubs are maintained to retain the pleasantness of the area.
Sports grounds - are maintained to the requirements that each code demands (costs above basic open space maintenance standards are charged to the sporting bodies).
Wilderness reserves - the semi-natural environment is maintained by all necessary weed and pest control and grass is mown monthly.
Conservation reserves - maintenance focuses on conservation including management of pests and weeds and maintenance of visitor access, where provided.
Road reserves - pleasantness and visibility is maintained by planting selected roundabouts and traffic islands with colourful displays of flowering plants and a street tree maintenance programme to ensure trees remain in good condition and do not become dangerous.

Cost

Premier parks cost the ratepayer an average of $59 per year.
Neighbourhood reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $8 per year.
Open space reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $20 per year.
Sports grounds cost the ratepayer an average of $41 per year in addition to the user charges. Debt servicing of Cooks Gardens makes up $6 of this cost.
Wilderness reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $3 per year.
Conservation reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $2 per year.
Road reserves cost the ratepayer an average of $16 per year.

Further information about parks and reserves is available from Mark Daniels at the Council office, phone 349 0001 or email markd@wanganui.govt.nz.

This information is part of the At Your Service booklet, which gives details on all of the Council's services. You can pick up a copy of the booklet from the Council's Help Desk, or ring the Help Desk on 349 0001 and we will post a copy to you, or email us at wdc@wanganui.govt.nz to request a copy. You can view information about each of the Council's services on our Services pages.

Mowhanau Beach Holiday Park

Pat and Ivan Horn, the new managers of the Mowhanau Beach Holiday Park, are getting ready for a busy summer season.

Pat and Ivan are looking forward to welcoming campers and providing a friendly, safe and relaxing environment where young and old can enjoy their holiday. They still have sites available over the Christmas and New Year period.

They would like to hear from you if you have made a booking for this summer and they have not yet confirmed it with you. For enquires and bookings phone Pat and Ivan on (06) 342 9658, or write to them at PO Box 7250, Wanganui.

Fortnightly Rural Bag Collection Contract
November 2001 - April 2002

The Council's new contractor, Budget Waste, took over the rural rubbish bag collection from Tuesday, November 6.

Collection days remain the same, but bags will be collected fortnightly not weekly. Correctly packaged recyclables will be collected.

The Papaiti bin site has been closed and a bag pick-up point established on Papaiti Road.

Yellow stickers will not be valid in the rural area after November 1. The urban area is not affected by this change.

The Budget Waste system offers the options of pink stickers, or blue or yellow prepaid bags.

Rural residents with excess yellow stickers are welcome to exchange these for pink stickers at the Wanganui District Council office, Treasury Services counter, 101 Guyton Street. This exchange offer is available until the end of November.

Rural residents will receive Budget Waste leaflets about the collection dates. If you have not received a leaflet please contact Budget Waste. The Budget Waste help telephone number is 344 4201.

If you would like more information, please contact Larry Jones at the Council on 349 0001.

Committee and Council Meetings
26 November 2001 - 13 December 2001

Emergency Management and Civil Defence
Monday, November 26

Works and Transport (1.00pm)
Tuesday, November 27

Community Services
Wednesday, November 28

Finance and Administration
Thursday, November 29

Council Meeting (Council Chamber)
Monday, December 10

Strategy
Thursday, December 13

Agendas are available for inspection two working days before the scheduled meeting, at the Help Desk, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui and the Wanganui District Library.

Commencement times may be changed. Therefore, members of the public intending to attend any meeting should check the agenda or contact the Committee Co-ordinator on telephone (06) 349 0001, extension 8032, to confirm the start time. Except as noted, all meetings will be convened in Committee Room 2, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.