Robyn Swale said councillor John Bezett called her at 8.30am yesterday after reading the Otago Daily Times article about her having until June 18 to return keys of her Taieri Rd flat for feeding ducks.
''He couldn't believe what had happened.''
Cr Bezett assured her that he would talk to the council CEO.
He had called back in the afternoon to tell her the eviction notice had been ''squashed''.
''It is great, because physically and mentally, I don't think I could have coped with shifting.''
Cr Bezett told her the council would send a letter offering her ''another chance'' but the offer would come with a condition.
''I'd say that would be not to feed the ducks,'' she said.
She had promised her neighbouring tenants that she would never feed the ducks that lived in the nearby reserve and behind the tenpin bowling alley.
However, Cr Bezett said the 90-day period notice was still valid while her tenancy was being reconsidered.
''I have talked to [council] staff and they have agreed to look at the issue, nothing has been squashed as yet.''
A letter would be sent to Ms Swale and a new tenancy condition would be included, he said.
''If she's happy with it, that will be the end of it.''
Acting CEO Dr Sue Bidrose said after talking to Cr Bezett she contacted council city property manager Robert Clark.
''My understanding was that, she [Ms Swale] has said she will stop feeding the ducks. That was the issue, and that as a consequence they've had a discussion which was very productive, which I'm pleased about.''
Mr Clark said Ms Swale's tenancy would be reviewed and the 90-days notice had not stopped.
Although Ms Swale's current tenancy agreement did not include a direct rule prohibiting the feeding of ducks, by feeding them she was breaking the rule that tenants must not be a nuisance to any tenant in the complex, Mr Clark said.
Mr Clark said the claims by council tenants that housing officer Graeme Dixon was a bully were ''absolute, unsubstantiated nonsense''.
