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Notices will be posted on buildings with information about their potential performance in a medium earthquake, their rating, and the date by which reinforcement or other solution must be completed.

It will still be possible to use the facilities, Volzky said, but they will legally need to address their issues.

Stratford War Memorial Centre. Image: Stratford County Council/Provided

“Effectively, that means the process is on, the clock is ticking, and depending on what buildings are used for how long you have to fix it, it could be as long as 12 and a half years or as long as 25 years.

“So there’s a fair amount of time but once you’ve seen that information – the board – I think we have a responsibility to move this forward as quickly as we can.”

The problem was particularly pressing for Memorial Hall, Volesky said.

“It’s being used on a daily basis and there are some very large congregations of people out there, so while we don’t expect it to fall on anyone, the legislation requires us to move forward with enhancing that and do it as quickly as we can.”

What the ratings board wants to lift buildings could also be important, Wolowsky said.

“If you are going to use it for civil defense purposes, the need to go to 100 per cent (of the new building standard) and that would probably apply to Memorial Hall or TET Stadium.

“And if we were to choose one of those, it would most likely be the stadium because it is a new structure.”

The next question, Wolowsky said, will be how to pay for seismic reinforcement.

“Well, that’s the big elephant in the room and things are pretty tight right now as we all know, and I would suggest that because of the amount of money needed for the loan would be the way we’re going to deal with those.”

“We don’t have to do it all at once – it can be done in stages, and those are decisions we’ll have to make going forward.”

The Board Audit and Risk Committee discussed the valuation at its meeting this week.

Mayor Neil Volesky’s photo: RNZ / Robin Martin

It asked council officials to investigate the costs of strengthening the War Memorial Center and the TET Multi Sport Center and agreed to conduct a detailed seismic assessment of the Glockenspiel to better understand the options available to it.

It also requested that cost investigations of the War Memorial Center and TET Multi Sport Center include an option for improvements to meet the required standards for designated civil defense centers, and to identify alternative facilities within the area (existing or new) that could be used for a civil defense response.

The TSB Pool, which was not currently in use, also had an initial assessment carried out which indicated that 34 percent of the existing building standard was also unlikely to be achieved.

The committee asked the staff to provide an estimate for demolishing this building and restoring the land to ground level.

These cost estimates and any additional information will be submitted to the Full Board for consideration later this year and form part of the 2024-34 Long Term Plan process.

Stratford County Council has also begun work to identify earthquake-prone buildings across the region. The Building Services team will be in touch with the property owners regarding these valuations from August 2023.

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