Rebuild Library Say Residents
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL
To: Chief Reporter /
Council Reporter
From: David Gee - Journalist
Media
statement 29 October 1999
REBUILD LIBRARY SAY RESIDENTS
Spreydon residents favour rebuilding the Spreydon Library in Barrington Street, but are closely followed by those who favour putting a new library in the nearby mall.
This emerges from submissions to the
Spreydon-Heathcote Community Board following a public
meeting on the replacement of the present library.
More
than 150 submissions were received and 62 of them favoured a
new purpose-built library behind the present building.
However, 55 wanted the library placed in the Barrington
Mall.
Nearly 20 were not in favour of relocating to the
mall but did not indicate they wanted a new building
erected.
The community advocate at the Beckenham Service
Centre, Nick Chapman, says the matter will go before the
board again in November.
Consideration of expanding the
library was first mooted in 1993 and plans were moved
forward in 1996 and since then many options have been
considered.
The Christchurch City Council narrowed the
options down to four as being the most practical for
“achieving its library service delivery objectives.”
The
options were a single-storey addition at the rear of the
library; demolition of the library and replacing it with a
new, single, storey-level library at the rear of the present
site; demolition of the library and replaced with a
two-storey building in the same position; and moving into
the mall.
Submissions closed on 22 October and followed a
public meeting on 11 October.
Cr Carole Anderton has been
critical of rebuilding further in the park, as it will mean
the removal of trees in the park, which were donated in
1924.
Further information:
Nick Chapman, community
advocate 337 4508.
Cr Carole Anderton: 366
9628.