Tauranga City Council is reminding people who have a stormwater drain on or near their property to be careful when doing outside chores.

To help keep the beaches and waterways clean and fresh for the summer, the council is asking these people to wash their car on grass, rinse paintbrushes in the sink (so the water goes to the treatment plant), watch that outdoor cleaning chemicals don't go down the stormwater drain and put cigarette butts for the rubbish bin. Water and anything else that goes into stormwater drains isn't treated – it goes straight out into the environment.

This information from Tauranga City Council weekly bulletin for the week beginning Monday, November 9, published below.

Water Supply:

• Water shutdowns occurring in Cambridge Road, Waihi Road, Lebannon Street and Caernarvon Rise, residents notified by letter drop.
• Otumoetai Watermain Upgrade: Waihi Road/Lebanon Street have been connected up. The 100mm pipe in Otumoetai Road and Linley Street is installed ready for testing. Pipe being thrust in Pillans Road from Pine Avenue to Maxwells Road. Pipe has been thrust in Maungawhare Place
• Maintenance on water main and bellows on the Taipari Street overbridge is finished and the site is now being tidied up. This will be completed next week.
• Fire hydrant marking and servicing continues in the Judea area and throughout the city over the coming year.
• Plans are currently being drawn up for water main replacement in Apollo Street and a section of Cameron between Elizabeth Street and Spring Street.
• Council staff ran a successful 'Wise Water Use in the Garden' session in the Willow Street Library last week, with the help of the Naturally Native team.

Drainage:

• Further drain work within the Otumoetai golf course is scheduled for cleaning and weed whacking.
• Annandale pond drain outlet is scheduled for clearing to remove the vegetation.
• Maranui drain swale, along SH2 is scheduled for cleaning to remove vegetation growth.
• Oriental Parade drain along length of Bucklands Crescent to the farmland is scheduled to be cleaned.
• The open drain along Vale Street near Andrew Place is scheduled to be cleaned.
• A tomo is being investigated off Welcome Bay Road shopping centre. CCTV has been completed and showed the sewer pipe has deformed and sagged and will be scheduled for replacement, preferably in the summer period as the ground is known to be very wet in this area.
• The replacement of approximately 60m of pipeline that was damaged by recent thrusting on a sewer main in Elizabeth Street (between Cameron and Durham Street) has been completed with only final clean up of site to be done.
• Five sewer blockage were reported this week. None of which caused overflow to any open water ways. In Marsh Street a sewer pipe had been thrust damaged following some cabling work associated with the Harbour bridge works. The others sites were in were Courtney /Wilrose Place area, Maggie Place, Ngatai Road( Carlton Reserve area) and Ascott Road.
• In Waterside Drive a plumber connecting to the service connections found these to be damaged by the owner when installing a retaining wall. City Care have repaired these damaged pipes. The owner will pay the repair cost.
• A joint letter from TCC and EBOP is being prepared to be sent to Auto Wreckers as a follow up on the recent audits.

• Follow up inspections on service stations sites audited 2 months ago is scheduled to begin.
• One pollution incident of a diesel spill on the road in Willow Street was reported and required a clean up.

Waiari Water Supply Project:

• Three appeals have been received against the resource consents for the construction and operation of a new water intake and treatment plant to serve the Papamoa urban growth area. Tauranga City Council is in discussions with the appellants and parties must report progress to the Environment Court by 26 February 2010.

Southern Pipeline:

• Work is continuing on the new 1,300m3 wastewater storage tank and pump station site at Maleme Street with excavation of the tank occurring.
• The first section of pipeline being between Maleme and Memorial is programmed to start in the middle of 2010.
• Work is starting on detailed investigation for the Judea Link emergency management option.

Inflow Reduction Project:

• Gully trap inspections at Royal Palms are nearing completion. A small number of properties still need to be accessed and Council are following up with those customers who have yet to be visited.
• Inspections in the Bethlehem triangle area between Cambridge Road, Moffat Road and SH2 are now planned to begin in late January 2010. Affected customers will receive a letter advising this before inspections begin. Staff have in the meantime successfully trialled a more efficient process of inspection data collection and administration, which means next year's work can be undertaken in a quicker turnaround time.
• The Meadowlands area of Matua has recently been identified as a problem area for stormwater infiltration and will likely be inspected later in 2010.

Parks and Leisure

• Mauao visitor numbers for October: Base track 59632 and Mauao's summit 10684.
• Expect the Oruahine track to be closed at time next week for weed control. Signs will be in place.
• Whareroa Marae beach replenishment project is to go ahead.
• A large garden will be removed outside 165 Totara St (Orica Chemnet Complex) as the vegetation is now encroaching into the 11Kv power lines as well as causing issues to pedestrians on the adjacent footpath. Initially only the northern most garden will be upgraded, however as the other gardens become problematic they will also require renewal. Asplundh Tree Services will be undertaking the works this week, with City Care then replanting with more appropriate species of hedging plants and shrubberies afterwards.

City Projects

• Work is continuing for the water supply for the Tauranga Indoor Sports and Exhibition Centre (TISEC) for firefighting and general use, and the new loop road to access the facility.
• A new carpark access road is currently being constructed at the old Cambridge Road tip site. The road will eventually stop at a public car park, but will also provide access for trucks depositing fill for the Tauranga BMX Club's new track. As part of the development of the reserve a new public car park and toilet facility are proposed to be constructed this year.

Rates

• Rates revaluations have been done and letters will be sent out to property owners from Monday 9 November. More information is on our website in the Rating Information Database section.

Transportation

• Parton Road: Work to reconstruct the road between Te Okuroa Drive and Papamoa Beach Road is continuing. A one way system is in place this week outside the Council reserve area so please take care and watch for traffic control and temporary speed limits.
• Cameron Road: Routine maintenance and reconstruction work on Cameron Road between Pooles Road and Maleme Street continues. There is a 30km speed restriction through the site so please expect delays, especially at peak times.
• Takitimu Drive: Work on Takitimu Drive continues on the north bound lanes between the Waihi Road overbridge and Chapel Street. Lane changes and a 30km speed limit are in place so please expect delays, particularly at peak times.
• Footpath Programme: The annual footpath construction programme is continuing. Work is now underway on Commons Avenue. About 4km of new footpaths will be built between now and Christmas in various parts of the city.

Libraries

• The Papamoa Library and Community Centre Open Day is this Saturday from 10.00am - 2.00pm. The day will include a variety of live demonstrations including belly dancing, kick boxing, art displays, pilates, kindy fit and more. The usual arts and crafts sale will also be in the centre on this day.
• Lynley Dodd, Hairy Maclary's creator, is receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Waikato next week. As support Tauranga City Libraries has offered to display entries from 'the new friend for Hairy MacLary competition,' which the University organised with schools. Tauranga Library will be the venue for the awards ceremony on Friday 6 November at 3.00pm where Lynley Dodd will present prizes to the winners of the competition.

Venues and Events
The Arts Festival is complete with Venues and Events involved in assisting with Ticketing, Event Crew and Technical services at the events at Baycourt, Tauranga Boys' College, Memorial Hall, 16th Ave Theatre and Sebel Trinity Hotel. Feedback at this stage is that the Arts Festival ran very smoothly and the Festival organisers are pleased with our service level.

Event Activity enquiries over the summer period are increasing. All of the processes to decide on which operators will operate on the Mount Beaches have been decided, including the 6 mobile trader sites.

There is an increase in the number of 'underage youth events' being proposed for this time of the year. The TCC Event Planning Team (which includes representation from NZ Police) is considering these fortnightly to ensure that they meet all compliance issues, and have considered all of the risks associated with their event.

Recruitment for this years Summer Ambassadors is underway.

Temporary road side signage and Red Square are now booked through the Venue Booking Officer with compliance of the booking monitored by Environmental Monitoring.