Rebuild steering group put together
Four community members will join a councillor and a community board member on the steering committee to rebuild the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre, which was destroyed in a spectacular blaze on Waitangi Day.
At Thursday's Teviot Valley Community Board meeting in Roxburgh, chairman Norman Dalley said 11 people had put themselves forward for four external stakeholder places on the steering group.
The board had discussed the options before the meeting and were happy with the four selected.
"We believe they have the skill set that will benefit the community," Mr Dalley said.
The four were businesswoman Sally Smith, teacher Sarah More, musician Alistair Monteath, and businessman and volunteer firefighter David Weatherall.
The Central Otago District Council has nominated councillor Martin McPherson as the council representative on the steering group, and Teviot Valley board member Curtis Pannett would represent the board.
Council property officer Tara Bates presented a report to the meeting on the rebuild.
While there was no budget for the rebuild, the insurance payout was expected to fund the construction of a new entertainment centre, the report said.
Any additional budget would require council approval, Ms Bates said.
Council property and facilities manager Garreth Robinson said the steering group would be the conduit of information to the community.
The biggest stakeholders in the entertainment centre would be engaged in the design process, Mr Robinson said.
Council community experience manager David Scoones said, for example, the Roxburgh entertainment centre improvement and promotions group, which operated the cinema in the building, would be directly involved with the steering group and design team to put across everything they would want in the new building.
Other groups would have focused workshops and sessions, with all information going to the steering group to understand how it would all work together.
Mr Robinson said he recommended community drop-in sessions once concept designs were available. That had worked well in Cromwell, with the designer of its new hall using virtual reality to allow people to "walk through" the planned spaces.
Mr Dalley said it was important the steering group was able to make decisions on behalf of the community using the feedback they received.
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