PROPOSED CATCHME DISTRICT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14637, 5 April 1948, Page 2

PROPOSED CATCHME DISTRICT

WHAKATANE BOBOH | ea AND, COUNT! *o |pic . Attitude Defined Bj y Council of i p Case For Submission |s Commission & - 9,0 A resolution ’ re-affirming list Whakatane County Council iBP sidered opinion that the BmP Plenty Catchment District dp comprise only the Whakatandwough and county areas, was jw at the last monthly meeting i»council. The resolution also ißp that 'if a catchment districlHlf established in this area the tane County Council would take, at the pleasure o.fJhe.BL ment Board, the administrate engineering work of the board cost of such service not to i excess of the |d catchment i istrative rate. A copy of the resolution is It sent to ' all the local authorities the proposed catchment district the council also decided that County Chairman, Mr J. LJiffl with Crs L. W. Luxton and B. Butler, with the County Egi and the County Clerk be H mittee to collaborate with theK taiki Drainage Committee, W tane Borough Council, andotfc terested parties for the purpoS preparing the case for submit the Local Government Cornua on this question. , The Commission is to Whakatane County Chaog April 28 and 29 to.conflg question of a proposed ca district to embrace the whole J counties of Tauranga and", tane, part of the -counties o ?f and Opotiki, small portion counties of Waikohu, W Matamata. and also the bo Opotiki, Whakatane, Te W ranga • and Mount Mmji B 3 • ( Drainage Associations j * Mess^ s s - withy W. R. Boon and * the council as a depute o, senting the Rangitailki age Association. The d j payers did not desire to additional rating would result from the a Catchment Board aA jt stated. They said it the authorities we^ e , h ° determined that a Cat ai s { r j::. * should operate in th^ d ßan gil the circumstances, inteC drainage ratepayers in the area which S trict claimed,a catchment was so because of the ■ $ for the Rangitaiki dr . have some say in the Catchment Board. . It could be said that . of the Rangitaiki P lainS J s «ct* the continued existcnc ■ {faf as a farming district.lg m that if a Catchment m /s £ come into existence Catchment Board w 0 :„ o rk’ able funds for river a c S trol which might be i the RangitCfiki. ;. ,w[oi Assuming then that , of a Catchment Boaidin | was inevitable, the i ar mittee felt that wit j oo representation would and favoured the W and _ borough bein& •• Catchment area. . j so rf The Commission wih a , a proposed alteratio . a pL daries ol the WhaMt»' s(tl tiki counties by area situated apP lO . the ® western boundary . c oip Harbour from the P the Whakatane county 0. The council as J Burke and Mr t senting the Europ®" * petitioners respectl J £ on * of the sitting of the that in sunport of i<outpo rt .j Harbour Board s , the v ( “ posals the chairm jj e »invh: tane Harbour give evidence to q o licito r A( and that the County W sent the council at A P ril 30.