Tauranga City Council is seeking expressions of interest from those who want to have seat on the Heart of the City Technical Advisory Group.

The TAG will have seven members, ideally with a range of expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, planning, engineering, building sustainability, arts and culture, place-making, governance and the Tauranga community.

The TAG will consider the design aspects of publicly delivered projects in the city centre, and will provide recommendations on the way forward. Some examples of projects include new streetscape and open space upgrades, and the civic precinct project.

The purpose of the TAG is to provide design advice that will maximise the delivery of a more vibrant safe and successful city centre, improved value for money for the community, local and regional economic development, to encourage more people to visit the city centre and stay longer.

A panel, which will include one elected member, one independent expert and a Council staff member, will make appointment recommendations for Elected Members to consider at March 21 Council meeting.

Successful TAG members will initially meet in March/April 2017, and will provide review advice to Council on an anticipated bi-monthly period.

Nominations close 5pm on February 14. The Expression of Interest form is available from.