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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 1465
Flower Boxes - Manuka
Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Urban Services - In relation to the large cement flower boxes which were positioned on Franklin Street, Manuka, outside the Down Town Milk Bar, My Cafe and Caphs Restaurant and Coffee Lunge, and which have recently been removed
(1) What were the reasons for the removal of these boxes.
(2) Was a request made to the Government to remove the boxes; if so, from whom
did the request come and what were their reasons.
(3) Given the extra space now available, what will the proprietors of each above mentioned shop, as well as any others concerned, be charged for the use of the extra space outside their shops.
(4) What was the cost of the removal of the boxes and how many hours of labour
were required to remove them.
(5) Did the proprietors concerned contribute to the cost of removal; if so what was
their contribution.
(6) Is there any plan to replace the boxes with anything else; if not, why not.
(7) If there is a plan to replace the boxes, (a) what is it and (b) what will be the cost of this replacement.
Mr Lamont - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) City Parks Section of the Department of the Environment, Land and Planning supported the request from Mr Ken Bennett of My Cafe. There had been problems with vandalism and littering in the boxes, and maintenance could not keep up the flower supply. Thus they were empty for a considerable part of the time.
(2) On 25 July 1994 Mr Ken Bennett, of My Cafe, applied to use the footpath
adjacent to his premises for an outdoor cafe. He requested consideration be
given to the removal of the large concrete flower box across the Manuka Arcade
entry and his frontage; the rubbish bin adjacent; and an empty tree surround
with seats. The reasons were not clearly stated, but can be inferred from the
letter to be for maximising the area available for an outdoor cafe at the frontage
by providing a treatment similar to that provided previously to rectify problems
near the newsagency.
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