I am astounded by the assertions made in Mr Frank Begley's (TCC of City Partners Manager) response to the Stevenson and Harlen revelations on the application of Building Acts 1991 and 2004 relating to Baypark Stadium. The matters raised in the Beca Carter Report of November 2006 on the purchase of the Stadium by Council (TCVL) raised questions about Building Consents, Code Compliance Certificate as built plans. This was of such concern to me that I personally attended Tauranga City Council Customer Services Desk to check through details of various consents as they related to Baypark Stadium and that site generally. I was unable to get any information from that section and it was suggested a request be made to the Building Services for the information required.
That was actioned in June 2010 and the response came back from ex-CEO Town, not the Building Department itself, which was quite strange. This response indicated some outstanding matters had been addressed when Council acquired the Stadium and some were not yet attended to. It is ridiculous for Mr. Begley to suggest that consent and compliance matters were cleared up before Council purchased the Stadium. That is in my view both misleading and incorrect. In any event, it is a red herring because the fact that no consents or compliance certificates existed which is the breach, not whether or not they are fixed up later by Council. Certificates shouldn't be retrospectively granted anyway and TCC invariably refuse to do so. (abridged) R. Paterson, Matapihi.