Posts by Glenn Pearce
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Ah, the illusion of Democracy
Have you got a link to that?
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The Unitary Plan will increase the number of multi level buildings as well as reducing the separation between dwellings that in itself increases risk.
As long as building standards are sufficient and applied correctly there should be no problem?
By all accounts the Grenfell cladding met "standards"
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Agreed, but the Resident Board members hold a majority of 8 seats.
To me it just seems extraordinary to hold responsibilty for the maintenance of 10,000 properties in an unpaid volunteer position.
But it appears to be a structure the Tenants/Residents wanted back in 1996 and fought to put in place
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This is interesting too, if I'm interpreting this correctly the tenants themselves are effectively responsible for the management and capital works on 10,000 properties
http://www.kctmo.org.uk/main/8/about-us
Seems like a big job/responsibility for unpaid Board members
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Some lessons for Auckland Council here with the Unitary Plan and the push to rapidly increase construction of dwellings in Auckland.
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Hard News: Rugby Now, in reply to Tom Semmens,
+1
I think at the end of this winter I'll be ditching my Sky subscription and joining the local bowling club so I have somewhere to go to watch the odd game.
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I saw on One News last night that the Lions touring party expanded to include 4 extra players at an additional cost of $1m. On that basis the overall cost of the touring party must be in excess of $10m.
It doesn't make me feel any better but does go some way to explaining why my Sky subscription costs so much.
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There's also this in the pipeline for the area.
That piece of MOTAT land is crucial
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Someone said to me a while back, "when you earn the average wage but you can't afford the average house something is screwed"
Simple really when you think about it.
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Hard News: A tale of two festivals, in reply to Russell Brown,
One other thing that bears noting: the lack of a proper plan to deal with waste at George in the Park (and ideally, get people to take theirs home). I gather it was a mess in more than one way.
There is a certain irony in this that anyone who has tried to organise an event in an Auckland Council Park will testify. The waste management plan (along with Traffic, Risk management plans etc.) you have to submit for an event consent is really quite onerous.
They clearly don't apply the same rigour to their own events as they do to a school fundraiser.