If the council voted to restore the memorial items, and "consult openly and meaningfully with the community regarding the return of the correct name of the building, you will be remembered, hopefully for the right reasons."
His appeal appears answered - yesterday council unanimously agreed to reinstall the items at the Floral Clock site, and to consult with the community on the process going forward - including memorial design concepts, the roll of honour plaques, and the building's name.
This consultation was included in five new recommendations put forward by councillor Kirsten Wise.
"The message I have received loud and clear is that [the community] are unhappy with the decisions that have been made," she said.
"It is our responsibility I believe as elected representatives to consult and listen to what our community is telling us, and I don't believe we should be rushing into any decisions going forward.
"We need to get this right, and we need to get the whole of our community and certainly stakeholders such as Guy Natusch, the original architect of this building, involved."
This was echoed by deputy mayor Faye White, who said "sometimes we need to undo our mistakes".
"Today is about putting right what has gone wrong. We didn't start off to make it wrong but unfortunately it did go wrong."
When asked if the new recommendations had any disadvantages, Napier Mayor Bill Dalton said undertaking a full consultation process would take time, and would add to the workload of staff, who were already working on other "major" consultation processes.
In response, Ms Wise said she appreciated people wanted the memorial back, but time was not an issue.
She understood once the design concepts were completed consultation could begin - which could occur in the new year.
Cheers rang out from the 20-person audience when council agreed to include the new recommendations.
It was known the council would restore the memorial items, however some remained upset about "War Memorial" being removed from the Napier Conference Centre title as they saw the building and memorial as linked.
Ms Wise's recommendation would see the building's name consulted on. The original recommendation was to rename the centre's ballroom as the "War Memorial Hall".
It was also suggested this name could be restored this name to the outside of the centre directly above the new memorial site, although Napier Conference Centre would be used for branding.
The new recommendations also meant the existing roll of honour plaques would remain in storage until the community were consulted on how they could be incorporated into the new memorial.
And, additional funding would be allocated to the project once design concepts and project costs were completed. About $50,000 had been allocated for the relocation of the war memorial.
The floral clock would be relocated to the sunken gardens. The Hurst family had been consulted and had agreed with that.