APOLOGIES
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Catherine Farmer
That the apologies from Councillor Noelene Raffills
and Councillor Graeme Mulholland for non attendance be accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the minutes of the Avondale Community Board
meeting held on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 be confirmed as a true and correct
record.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
[Secretarial note: Board member Paul Davie requested that
the following matter be considered as extraordinary business:
§ Avondale Community Centre Committee - declined by the Chairperson.]
PUBLIC FORUM
4.1. ENDEAVOUR STREET RESERVE - EILEEN
RUSDEN
Mrs Eileen Rusden, Blockhouse
Bay Historical Society Inc, spoke to the Board about her concerns about
Endeavour Street Reserve.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily
Ho
That Eileen Rusden,
Blockhouse Bay Historical Society Inc, be thanked for her presentation regarding
Endeavour Street Reserve.
CARRIED
4.2. AVONDALE COMMUNITY CONSTABLE
Avondale Community Constable,
Meagan Halstead has recently taken up this position and introduced herself to
the Board.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That Meagan Halstead,
Avondale Community Constable, be thanked for her presentation.
CARRIED
REQUEST FOR LOCAL EVENT FUNDING -
AVONDALE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
Moved: Lily Ho / David Hay
- That the Local Event Funding application from Avondale Business
Association seeking funding towards the cost of holding a fun day for the
community on 15 March 2008, be received.
- That the Board grants $2000 from its 2007/2008 Local Event Funding
budget to Avondale Business Association for funding towards the cost of holding
a fun day for the community on 15 March 2008.
- That Avondale Business Association be requested to provide an
accountability statement to the Board following expenditure of the Local Event
Funding grant of $2000.
CARRIED
[Secretarial note: The
Chairperson declared a conflict of interest, being Chairman of the Avondale
Business Association, and Deputy Chairperson Lily Ho took the chair for this
item.]
REQUEST FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING -
CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF WEST AUCKLAND
Moved: Lily Ho / Catherine Farmer
- That the Discretionary Funding application from the Chinese
Association of West Auckland seeking funding towards the cost of holding a
Chinese New Year celebration for the Chinese community in Avondale, be received.
- That the Board grants $500 from its 2007/2008 Discretionary Funding
budget to the Chinese Association of West Auckland for funding towards the cost
of holding a Chinese New Year celebration for the Chinese community in Avondale.
- That the Chinese Association of West Auckland be requested to provide
an accountability statement to the Board following the expenditure of the
Discretionary Funding grant of $500.
CARRIED
AUCKLAND REGION COMMUNITY BOARDS
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
This item was deferred to the 25 March 2008
meeting.
2008/2009 ANNUAL PLAN POLITICAL
PROCESS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / David Hay
That the report of the Democracy services Team manager
for transport and finance, dated 30 November 2007, be received.
CARRIED
AVONDALE SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the information regarding the Avondale School
Travel Plan be received.
CARRIED
URGENT DECISION - DISCRETIONARY
FUNDING - BLOCKHOUSE BAY CHINESE ASSOCIATION
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the urgent decision taken on 9 January 2008
relating to the application for Discretionary Funding by the Blockhouse Bay
Chinese Association towards the cost of holding a Chinese New Year celebration
at Iona Church, Blockhouse Bay, on 22 January 2008, be noted.
CARRIED
NOTICES OF MOTION
11.1. AVONDALE WARD
RECREATIONAL PRECINCT
Moved: Paul Davie / Kathryn
Davie
That Avondale Community Board
investigate the concept of a Recreational Precinct within the Avondale ward, to
incorporate major recreational facilities at a site that best meets the
community needs.
Duncan Macdonald moved the
following amendment, which was seconded by Lily Ho:
That the Avondale Community
Board requests a scoping report, to be prepared by Council officers, on
recreational facilities within Avondale including how future demands will be
met. This report is requested to be available at the 25 March 2008 meeting of
the Board.
CARRIED
11.2. AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO
COMMUNITY BOARDS IN REGIONAL GOVERNANCE REVIEW
This notice of motion was
deferred to the 25 March 2008 meeting.
11.3. AVONDALE SWIMMING POOL - LTCCP PROJECT
Moved: Paul Davie / Kathryn
Davie
That the Avondale Community
Board recommend the Avondale swimming pool be reinstated to the Auckland City
Council LTCCP.
Deputy Mayor David Hay moved
the following amendment, which was seconded by Lily Ho:
That officers be requested to
report back to the 26 February 2008 meeting of the Avondale Community Board on
the status of the Avondale swimming pool and the LTCCP.
A division was called for,
voting on which was as follows:
| For the
Amendment: |
Against the
Amendment: |
| Deputy Mayor David Hay |
Mrs Kathryn Davie Mr Paul Davie
Ms Catherine Farmer |
Ms
Lily Ho and Mr Duncan Macdonald abstained from voting.
Cr Noelene Raffills was absent.
The amendment was declared
LOST by 1 vote to 3.
The Chairperson put the
following substantive motion:
That the Avondale Community
Board recommend the Avondale swimming pool be reinstated to the Auckland City
Council LTCCP.
CARRIED
[Secretarial note: Deputy
Mayor, David Hay, Duncan Macdonald and Lily Ho abstained from voting.]
11.4. CANAL ROAD FOOTPATH UPGRADE
Moved: Paul Davie / Kathryn
Davie
That Avondale Community
Board request officers of Roading and Transport to report to Avondale Community
Board elected representatives, roading and traffic spokesperson on the proposed
upgrade of all footpaths in the Avondale ward in the 2008/2009 schedules.
CARRIED
11.5. ENDEAVOUR STREET SLIPS PROJECT
Moved: Paul Davie / Kathryn
Davie
That the SLIPs project
'Endeavour Street Road Reserve Upgrade' be terminated.
Deputy Mayor, David Hay moved
the following amendment, which was seconded by Paul Davie:
That Auckland City Council
officers advise the Board on how the $6400 allocated from SLIPs to the Endeavour
Street project can be better spent on seating and landscaping rather than a
scoping plan.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the verbal report of the Chairperson regarding
the following be received:
CARRIED
COUNCILLORS' REPORTS
Deputy Mayor, David Hay had nothing to report.
BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the verbal report of Board member Lily Ho
regarding the following be received:
- Correspondence received from a member of the public regarding the
condition of the public toilets on Blockhouse Bay Road.
CARRIED
There being no further business the Chairperson declared
the meeting closed at 8:20pm.
