WDC RATEPAYER WASTED MONEY - Parua Bay Community Rubbish & Recycling Transfer Station
Does the Parua Bay, Whangarei Heads need a WDC Ratepayers funded Community Lead Transfer Station? Its been over 12 months since the Parua Bay Transfer Station closed and the Community were given extra rubbish collection runs. This provides that this community does need one.
Melissa's dream goal & mission is to deliver community benefits and work towards zero waste to landfill.
So why doesnt Melissa buy some land and build her business to get Parua Bay Resident to pay to get rid of their waste why does WDC have to support this? The location is not suitable.
Melissa's guiding principles with a handful of paid self elected maori representatives are to follow principles proposed to guide their business paid by ratepayers:
1. To work with local hapu/iwi and embrace principles of kaitiakitanga and sustainability.
(Ngati Tu and surrounding landowners oppose this location).
2. Address all legislative requirements.
(Why don't need a transfer station next to waterways?)
WHY is a RATEPAYER starting a business using WDC Funding and continued Funding Revenue from WDC and also leasing WDC Land which is a site of significance for the Ngati Tu people (other Hapu Trusts and individuals support it with a MOU)?
Proposed Resource Consent Application before the Whangarei District Council Applicant: Whangarei Heads Community Resource Recovery Charitable Trust
Location: 35 Pataua South Road, Whangarei
Reference: LU2000054
The reporting officers David Badham & Kaylee Kolkman
Consultant Planner, RMA Consents on the above resource consent application to establish a resource recovery centre on the subject site. DAvid & Kaylee, the Parks Department and the Whangarei District Council Development Engineer have now assessed the application and advise that in order for the Council to better understand the nature of the proposal, the effects the proposal will have on the environment or the ways in which any adverse effects may be mitigated, further information is requested.
Melissa Arseneault, 35 Pataua South Road, Parua Bay, Whangarei, mobile: 021 550 249 and email: grassroots63@outlook.com made a resource consent application in May 2020.
Whangarei Heads Community Resource Recovery Charitable Trust (WHCRRCT) was given $20,000 from WDC for a feasibility study.
With the closure of the Parua Bay Transfer Station, (April 2019) the setting up of Whangarei’s first Community-led and operated Resource Recovery Centre (CRRC) is well timed to deliver a new approach to waste minimisation with a focus on zero waste to landfill.
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