Regional council moves meeting to Otago Museum

So much interest surrounds an Otago Regional Council decision on whether or not to proceed with its Land and Water Regional Plan, against Government advice, next Wednesday’s council meeting will need a bigger venue.

ORC’s next full council meeting will be held at a room in Otago Museum in Dunedin next Wednesday, ORC chief executive Richard Saunders says.

“There’s only limited capacity and no over-flow option to host members of the public at Philip Laing House, so we decided it was prudent to switch to a larger more accommodating venue.

"While there is a full agenda to work through for the day-long meeting," Mr Saunders says.

ORC is due to decide on October 23 whether to go ahead and publicly notify its proposed Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) later this month or consider pausing its progress.

Mr Saunders says the Wednesday meeting will be split into two parts.

The first part of the meeting, starting at 9am, and will include all non-LWRP related public forum and general papers. The second part will start at 1pm and include any LWRP related public forum requests and the decision paper on the LWRP.

Main image: ORC chief executive Richard Saunders has been scoping bigger venues for next week's council meeting.