Your submission on Council’s Long Term Plan can help determine the future of the Clyde Museum
Council’s Long Term Plan (2025 -2034) includes a proposal to divest a number of community facilities – including the Clyde Museum on Blyth Street. Please support Clyde Museum by making a submission to Council on the Long Term Plan.Â
Museums play a vital role in communities by preserving local heritage, fostering lifelong learning, and nurturing a shared sense of identity and belonging. The Clyde Museum’s submission to the Long Term Plan reaffirms a commitment to the community: to protect and preserve our collection, share our stories, and provide an inclusive space where people can connect with their history and culture- now and for generations to come.
Clyde Museum’s key submission points are summarised below. You can also download these key points to include with your submission.
To make a submission online, you will need to register on the CODC website. Alternatively, you can download and complete the paper submission form below and either email it to [email protected] or drop it off at the Council.
You can also visit the Clyde Museum to pick up or drop off a submission form and have a chat with the museum volunteers to find out more.
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Submissions close on 1 May 2025 – Every submission counts!
Clyde Museum’s key submission points:
1. Divestment of Clyde Museum on Blyth Street
We oppose divestment of the Clyde Historical Museum at 5 Blyth Street. We strongly recommend that the museum continues to operate at this site under a long-term lease agreement (preferably 10 + 10 + 10 years). This arrangement would provide the long-term security and certainty needed for the museum’s sustainable future.
- Ensuring a Fit for Purpose Facility: Under a long-term lease agreement, the Clyde Museum would anticipate an agreed approach by Council to covering ongoing capital expenses to ensure the building is fit for purpose. Improvements to heating, electrical upgrades and improvements to toilet facilities would help create a warm, safe and welcoming all-year-round facility.
- Equitable Support and Funding: Clyde Museum requests parity with other Central Otago museums in receiving annual operational funding as a budgeted line item within the CODC budget. This request is grounded in Council’s resolution passed at the meeting on 30 October 2024.
- Right of First Refusal: If a decision is made by Council to divest the Clyde Museum on Blyth Street, we request that the museum should have the right of first refusal (ROFR) to acquire for a $1 payment.
2. Divestment of the Police Lock Up: Clyde Museum is the current owner of the Police Lockup. The museum would like to relocate this historic building to the rose garden area at the Blyth St Clyde Museum Site.
3. Divestment of the Former Clyde Museum Stables & Goods Shed: We oppose divestment of the Goods Shed, located within the Council Reserve area in Clyde. The Clyde Museum relies on this historic building for collection storage. The museum requests a similar long-term lease agreement as recommended for the Blyth St Museum above. If the goods shed were to be divested, the museum requests the right of first refusal (ROFR) on purchasing this building.
4. Divestment of the Former Clyde Briar Herb Factory and Cottage: Before any divestment decision is made regarding the buildings, a review is required to clarify the ownership of the land upon which both the rented cottage and the historic Holden’s Cottage are located.
5.Divestment of the Clyde Railway Station: We oppose divestment of this heritage building and support SheBikesHeBikes continuation as a tenant, and the Clyde Museum continuing to have a presence in the building.
6. Divestment of the Clyde Hall: We oppose divestment of this well-used community facility.
7. Council Facilities Strategy: We strongly recommend that CODC develops a comprehensive facilities strategy to ensure a more coordinated, efficient, and future-focused approach to the management, use and investment in Council-owned buildings and spaces.