MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AVONDALE COMMUNITY BOARD HELD ON TUESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2007 AT 6:00PM

1. APOLOGIES

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Vern Walsh

   That the apology from Councillor Leighton for non-attendance be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Noelene Raffills

   That the minutes of the Avondale Community Board meeting held on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   [Secretarial note: 167 Whitney Street to be reported back to the September Board meeting.]

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   4.1. AVONDALE SOUTH DOMAIN - ELIZABETH PERALES AND KERRY ALLINGTON

   Elizabeth Perales and Kerry Allington tabled and spoke to their submissions regarding the Avondale South Domain. The Board undertook to follow up the issues raised by the submitters and provide an update at the next meeting.

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Kathryn Davie

   That Elizabeth Perales and Kerry Allington be thanked for their presentation and that the Slips coordinator be requested to liaise with the fore-mentioned and provide the Board with an update including resolution options at the next meeting.

   CARRIED

   [ATTACHMENT 4.1]

   4.2. LOCATION OF CRECY PLACE - ALBY WOOD

   Mr Alby Wood spoke to the Board about the need for Crecy Place to be recognised as being in New Windsor. The Board undertook to refer the matter to officers for investigation and action.

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Vern Walsh

   That Mr Alby Wood be thanked for his presentation and that the Board consider the correspondence received at item 5.

   CARRIED

   4.3. AVONDALE CENTRAL RESERVE - POI TEEI AND JAE STOWERS, SHIRKHAN TIGERS

   Poi Teei and Jae Stowers gave a progress report on Avondale Netball Centre and answered questions from Board members.

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Noelene Raffills

   That Poi Teei and Jae Stowers from Shirkhan Tigers be thanked for their presentation and the information provided.

   CARRIED

5. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED - LOCATION OF CRECY PLACE - ALBY WOOD

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Vern Walsh

   1. That the correspondence from Mr Alby Wood regarding the location of Crecy Place be received.
   2. That the request from Mr Alby Wood for Crecy Place, New Windsor to be recognised as being in New Windsor be referred to the Group manager, ACE for investigation and action with acknowledgement to be sent to Mr Alby Wood.

   CARRIED

6. BLOCKHOUSE BAY BEACH REPLENISHMENT PROJECT

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Noelene Raffills

   1. That the report of the Group manager, Transport infrastructure delivery, dated 8 August 2007, be received and that Lorenzo Canal be thanked for his presentation.
   2. That the Board strongly endorses sand replenishment of Blockhouse Bay Beach and requests public notification to be undertaken.

   CARRIED

7. CHILDREN'S WRITING COMPETITION - AVONDALE AND BLOCKHOUSE BAY LIBRARIES

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Lynlie Walsh

   1. That the report of the Community libraries manager, dated 21 August 2007, be received.
   2. That the Board grants $2,000 funding to be spilt equally between Avondale and Blockhouse Bay libraries for the 2007 children's writing competitions at these libraries.

   CARRIED

8. REQUEST FOR LOCAL EVENT FUNDING - ETHIOPIAN SPORT AND CULTURAL CLUB

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Catherine Farmer

   1. That the Local Event Funding application from the Ethiopian Sport and Cultural Club seeking funding towards the cost of an Ethiopian Family Fun Day to be held in December 2007 at Allen Wood Park, Mt Albert, be received.
   2. That the Board grants $200 from its 2007/2008 Local Event Funding budget to the Ethiopian Sport and Cultural Club to be used for set up equipment, e.g. volleyball net, balls and sport equipment for an event to be held in December 2007 at Allen Wood Park, Mt Albert.
   3. That the Ethiopian Sport and Cultural Club be requested to provide an accountability statement to the Board following expenditure of the Local Event Funding grant of $200.

   CARRIED

9. PROPOSED ISTHMUS DISTRICT PLAN REVIEW AND IMPACT ON LIVEABLE COMMUNITY PLAN PROCESS

   Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Noelene Raffills

   That the report of the Group manager, City planning, dated 16 July 2007, be received and that the resolutions of the Urban Strategy and Governance Committee, dated 2 August 2007, be noted.

   CARRIED

10. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT

    Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Catherine Farmer

    That the Chairperson's report for the month of August be received.

    CARRIED

11. COUNCILLORS' REPORTS

    Councillor Raffills and Councillor Walsh had nothing to report.

12. BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS

    Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Duncan Macdonald

    1. That the verbal report of Board Member Davie, regarding the following, be received:
       • Maintenance and cleaning of footpaths.
    2. That the verbal report of Board Member Macdonald, regarding the following, be received:
       • Graffiti event

    CARRIED

13. REPORTS REQUESTED

    Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Lynlie Walsh

    That the report by the Democracy advisor, dated 21 August 2007, be received.

    CARRIED

14. GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS

    Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Lynlie Walsh

    That the group activity reports for the month of July 2007 be received.

    CARRIED

15. COMMUNITY BOARDS' ACHIEVEMENT REGISTER

    Moved: Lorraine Wilson/Lynlie Walsh

    That the following achievements be included in the Achievement Register:

    • Re-sanding of Blockhouse Bay beach
    • Location of Crecy Place, New Windsor

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 7.25 pm.