Tauranga City Council is asking you - the ratepayer - to approve dismantling the four present council buildings and spending about $70 million for new buildings.

I asked them three questions regarding the existing admin, council, customer and library buildings, because they had employed Inspectors to evaluate them.

They were: What instructions did TCC give to the building inspectors? What conclusions did they produce? And what did councillors understand from these reports?

Responses from the inspectors confirm that the buildings are all structurally sound!

However, the inspectors found - and I quote - 'there is a significant risk of liquefaction which may cause foundation failure”.

Using Christchurch as an example, it would be madness to propose new buildings on land that is earthquake prone to collapse!

That is what they want you to approve.

K Evans, Tauranga City.