The proposed $285,000 redevelopment of the trust's Chelmer St recovery park was denied funding by the Waitaki District Council in September last year until the trust had done work to avoid, remedy or mitigate neighbours' concerns about the negative effect the sound of breaking glass had on their residential amenity value.
Mr Clare said the park had been ''very proactive'' and was ''progressing'' on the issue. Acoustic testing had shown the 25mm-thick rubber lining installed in the glass collection bins on site had reduced the noise by ''about 50%''.
In September, councillors were told noise from the park was not to exceed 55 decibels from Monday to Saturday, and 40 decibels on Sundays and public holidays.
''We have now had a total of four acoustic reports done, and we comply,'' Mr Clare said this week.
''I am confident myself that the redevelopment will go ahead because of the results of the acoustic tests.''
Also, glass was no longer emptied from the collection bins on Sundays or public holidays, he said.
He would ask the council this month to revisit the issue, Mr Clare said.
The report tabled at the council's assets committee meeting in August, which recommended council approval for the funding, stated that the redevelopment of the park would ''[enhance] the community experience'' and address health and safety issues as well as the general ''deterioration'' of the buildings at the recycling centre.
The council earmarked the spending in September but the cost of the proposed redevelopment was changed from ''a maximum budget sum'', to ''an initial budget sum'' of $285,000 for the work in light of possible changes to the proposed plan to resolve the issue of noise from breaking glass.
The owners of the Oamaru Top 10 Holiday Park, across the street, opposed the funding: Shayne Kirk told councillors at the August 31 meeting that the noise of breaking glass resulted in ''massive complaints'' from the park's guests, and he was concerned about negative reviews damaging the reputation of his business and the town.
His partner, Tracy Kirk, said this week she believed the acoustic testing was ''all rigged up'' because the park had been told when the monitoring would occur.
''A noticeable difference'' in noise levels at the park was apparent during testing - but only during testing, she said.
Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher said that he was aware that the trust had taken steps to mitigate the noise created by its glass operations at the recovery park. He understood more efforts were proposed, and he hoped for an ''amicable solution'', Mr Kircher said.
''I accept the results of the tests, that they are within the rules for the site, but it would be great to minimise the noise as much as possible so that they are good neighbours as well,'' Mr Kircher said.
''Fundamentally, both the Top 10 Holiday Park and the resource trust are tenants of the council. And obviously it's in our interests to make sure they co-exist as well as possible,'' Mr Kircher said.
Douglas Moffat, who works at the resource recovery park, said the lining of the bins had made a difference over the holiday period, which had been very busy.
On the Wednesday after Christmas the park collected 5tonnes of glass, more than its average of 1.3tonnes a day.
Mr Clare said through the holidays the park had averaged between 400 to 500 ''vehicle movements'' during work hours, which he said, equated to ''one every 45 seconds''.
