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Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 the Following Documents Have Been Included in This Release Proactive Release The following Cabinet material has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, on behalf of Hon Poto Williams, Associate Minister of Greater Christchurch Regeneration: Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 The following documents have been included in this release: Title of Paper: Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 (CAB-20-SUB-0409 refers) Title of Minute: Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 (CAB-20-MIN-0409 refers) Title of Paper: Facilitation of Christ Church Cathedral’s Reinstatement (DEV-20-SUB-0058 refers) Title of Minute: Facilitation of Christ Church Cathedral’s Reinstatement (DEV-20-MIN-0058 refers) Report on Decisions Made in Approving the Draft Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 Including the following submissions documents: Summary of Written Comments Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Order 2020 – Written Comments Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Review Panel’s Recommendations on the draft Order Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant section of the Act that would apply has been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it. Key to redaction code: • 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons. • 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinion. • 9(2)(i), to enable commercial activities to be carried out by Ministers or the Crown, without prejudice or disadvantage. © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Proposed Order in Council to modify the resource consent process to facilitate the reinstatement of the Christ Church Cathedral #1 COMPLETE Collector: Main Collector (Web Link) Started: Friday, May 29, 2020 3:08:08 PM Last Modified: Friday, May 29, 2020 3:17:51 PM Time Spent: 00:09:42 Page 1: Written Comment FormPlease submit by 5pm Monday, 22 June 2020 Q1 Name and Contact Details (required)Providing your email address will help us update you. Name s9(2)(a) Address s9(2)(a) ZIP/Postal Code s9(2)(a) Email Address s9(2)(a) Q2 Yes Do you agree with the proposed Order to streamline the process for resource consent for work on the reinstatement of the Christ Church Cathedral? Q3 Why do you agree/disagree? The order would appear to safeguard the heritage of the Cathedral and surrounds - as it is a significant icon of Christchurch this is vital. Despite protections of heritage being removed by the order it introduces appropriate controls (heritage professional and engineer involvement) to ensure it's still managed appropriately. Q4 Do you have any other comments about the proposed Order? (optional) Keeping the public informed is vital - existing RMA processes may require public notification which it would appear wouldn't occur under this order. Although it might not be required, perhaps publically notifying anyway would be a good way to ensure transparency about what is happening. This wouldn't require a consent process, it would just be a way of ensuring the same level of transparency without the added costs and delay that the consent process would add. Q5 Respondent skipped this question Please note: Your written comment, including your name and contact details, may become public Releasedinformation. Ifby you theconsider Associate there are compelling Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration reasons why your name and contact details and/or comments should be kept confidential please outline below. 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If you consider there are compelling reasons why your name and contact details and/or comments should be kept confidential please outline below. I am happy for it to be public. Released by the Associate Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Released by the Associate Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration From: s9(2)(a) Sent: Friday, 29 May 2020 1:50 PM To: Poto Williams <[email protected]> Cc: Hon David Parker <[email protected]> Subject: Tree removal for cathedral restoration Dear Minister Williams, Thank you for your call for input into the proposal to allow the removal of trees for the Releasedcathedral by the restoration, Associate via the OIC Minister process. for Greater Christchurch Regeneration I wish to register my strong objection to this proposal. The rationale for the trees removal is that they may make the restoration more dangerous. It is said that CCRL would only utilise the consent to remove the trees if there was no other way to restore the cathedral without doing so. There will definitely be a way to restore the cathedral without removing the trees. It is just that it may cost a bit more. It is obvious that CCRL will conclude that extra cost = impossible. They won’t have any incentive to conclude otherwise. Trees and nature are essential to mental health, especially old mature trees. These trees are irreplaceable, or at least it would 140 years to replace them. It would be a short sighted travesty to remove them just to save a little money. They survived the ravages of earthquakes and war, only to fall to the accountants. The Christchurch community will end up paying in other ways, and to a more significant degree. Has there been a cost benefit analysis? What is the cost of restoring the cathedral while also leaving the trees intact? Has this work even been costed out? If CCRL do not have the funds, and central/local govt are too shortsighted to help then I am sure that a privately organised fundraising effort would easily raise enough money to save the trees. Of course it should not fall to private individuals to raise the cash, but if govt is incapable then they should be given the opportunity to do so. To conclude, I think the main problem here is that there has not been a cost benefit analysis. Before making any decision the govt needs to determine/estimate what the cost of saving the trees would be, and it needs to make this public. If the decision is left to CCRL then they will inevitably take the cheapest option, which will be to destroy the trees. Thank you for your consideration s9(2)(a) Released by the Associate
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