Council recreation planning and facilities manager Jendi Paterson said the council-contracted work to remove the unsafe parts of the wharf finished on January 9 and cost $46,080.
The decking and material situated above the seabed was salvaged and stored by the council at a facility at Tahuna Park at no cost.
Council staff had talked to the Department of Conservation on the concession process and would work with the Otago Regional Council on the permits required for the ''current and any future structures''.
The council would work with the Aramoana Pilot Wharf Restoration Charitable Trust on the future ownership models, she said.
Trust member Tracey Densem said the trust was ''moving ahead'' with the wharf restoration project.
The trust was fundraising the project cost of $120,000, she said.
The trust was looking forward to the wharf restoration and working with the council as a partnership venture.
The restoration was ''a win for the community and a win for council''.
The trust had local surveyors pinpoint the original wharf with lasers before the timber was removed.
The wharf would be restored within its existing footprint.
Once restored, the trust wanted the wharf to be reinstated on the Otago Harbour reserves management plan and the council to maintain it, she said.
''It has been a travesty not being able to use this Otago Harbour asset.''
The community was excited to be able to start thinking about the future of the wharf and using it for salmon fishing, watching wildlife and waving to cruise ships, Mrs Densem said.
