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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE EDEN/ALBERT COMMUNITY BOARD HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY 2007 AT 6.30 PM

PRESENT:

Ms

Lindsey

Rea, JP

[Chair]

 

Ms

Wendy

Davies

[Deputy Chair]

 

Mr

Philip

Chase

 

 

Mrs

Virginia

Chong, JP

 

 

Ms

Gillian

Dance

 

 

Mr

Christopher

Dempsey

 

 

Cr

Neil

Abel

 

 

Cr

Dr Cathy

Casey

 

  1. Top APOLOGIES

    Moved: Rea/Casey

    That the apology of Councillor Fryer be accepted.

    CARRIED

  2. Top CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

    Moved: Dance/Dempsey

    That the minutes of the Eden/Albert community board meeting held on 27 June 2007 be received.

    CARRIED

  3. Top EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

    There was no extraordinary business.

  4. Top PUBLIC FORUM

    There were no requests to speak in public forum.

  5. Top POLICE ACT REVIEW - PRESENTATION

    Senior Sergeant Mike MacDonald answered questions from the Board on the review of the Police Act and other policing issues raised by members.

    Moved: Rea/Dempsey

    1. That Senior Sergeant Mike MacDonald be thanked for his attendance and advice regarding the Police Act review.
    2. That Councillor Casey, the Board chair and Board Member Chase be delegated to draft a submission on the Police Act Review and circulate it to Board members for their comment prior to the closure of submissions on 31 July 2007.

    CARRIED

  6. Top CHILD PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION IN RELATION TO PLANNING

    Jennifer Parlane and Jym Clark, on behalf of a group of year 3 Bachelor of Planning students, presented their involvement with a class of 9 and 10 year olds from Owairaka District Primary School and their learnings from this project.

    Moved: Davies/Dempsey

    That Jym Clark and Jennifer Parlane be thanked for their presentation regarding child participation and consultation in relation to planning.

    CARRIED

  7. Top APPLICATION FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING - KINGSLAND BUSINESS SOCIETY

    Moved: Chong/Rea

    1. That the discretionary funding application from the Kingsland Business Society be received.
    2. That the Board approves the allocation of $1,337.50 from its 2007/2008 discretionary funding budget to the Kingsland Business Society towards costs in running the business group.
    3. That the Kingsland Business Society provide an accountability statement following expenditure of the $1,500 allocated to the group.

    A show of hands was called for, resulting in the motion being CARRIED by 5:3.

  8. Top LOCAL EVENT FUNDING APPLICATION - MT ALBERT KINDERGARTEN

    Moved: Chong/Davies

    1. That the local event funding application from the Mt Albert kindergarten be received.
    2. That the Board approves the allocation of $300 from its 2007/2008 local event funding budget to the Mt Albert kindergarten towards the kindergarten's gala day being held on 15 September 2007 tagged to costs for a face painter and balloon wrangler, and subject to Auckland City branding being available at the event.
    3. That the Mt Albert kindergarten provide an accountability statement following expenditure of the $300.

    CARRIED

  9. Top NOTIFICATIONS OF LIQUOR LICENCES

    Moved: Chase/Dempsey

    That the Board notes and endorses the information provided by the Manager Environmental Health and Licensing on proposed changes to the process for informing community board liquor spokespersons.

    CARRIED

  10. Top BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS IDENTIFICATION

    Moved: Rea/Dempsey

    1. That the Board notes the assessment criteria set out in Council's resolution to remove billboards, as advised to community boards via a memorandum from the Group Manager Democracy Services dated 18 July 2007.
    2. That the attention of the Group Manager City Planning be drawn to the following billboards in the Eden/Albert ward and requests their removal:
      • Large billboard on the top of building at 317-319 New North Road, Kingsland
      • Over-sized billboards on railway land on the corner of Sandringham Road/New North Road adjacent to the historic Kingsland Methodist church

    CARRIED

  11. Top AIRPORT SHARES

    Moved: Chong/Rea

    1. That the resolution from the Finance and Corporate Business Committee's 12 July 2007 meeting be received.
    2. That Board Member Dempsey be delegated to draft a submission on the airport shares for circulation to the Board prior to its submission.

    CARRIED

    Councillors Abel and Casey did not speak nor vote on this item.

    The meeting adjourned at 8.02 pm and reconvened at 8.12 pm.

  12. Top UPDATE ON YOUTH GANG ISSUES IN AUCKLAND

    Moved: Davies/Chase

    That the report and resolutions from the 11 July 2007 Community Development and Equity committee be received.

    CARRIED

  13. Top MT ALBERT SHOPPING CENTRE SAFETY ISSUES AND NEED FOR A MAINSTREET INITIATIVE

    Moved: Dempsey/Rea

    1. That the resolutions from the 15 June 2007 meeting of the Public Safety and Community Order committee be received.

    CARRIED

    Moved: Rea/Dance

    1. That the Board recognises the benefits of a business association for Mt Albert and requests that the Community Development and Equity committee and the Economic Development and Sustainable Business committee explore a partnership, which includes the Eden/Albert community board, to fund a facilitator to set up a business association in the Mt Albert shopping centre.
    2. That the Board's resolution B be conveyed to the Public Safety and Community Order committee for its information.

    CARRIED

  14. Top COUNCILLORS' REPORTS

    Moved: Dance/Rea

    1. That the verbal report of Councillor Abel regarding the following be received:
      • Maungawhau issues
    2. That the verbal report of Councillor Casey regarding the following be received:
      • Chair's letter to the NZ Herald

    CARRIED

  15. Top BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS

    Moved: Rea/Dance

    1. That the tabled report of the Board chair be received.

    CARRIED

    1. That the written report of Board Member Chase be received.
    2. That the verbal report of Board Member Chong regarding the following be received:
      • Notice of Auckland Region and Far North Community Boards Association annual general meeting on 25 August at 9.15 pm
    3. That the verbal report of Board Member Dance regarding the following be received:
      • Tree applications
      • Comments on response re Adshel bus shelters
    4. That the verbal report of Board Member Davies regarding the following be received:
      • Kerr Taylor Reserve, Roy Clements Treeway and related issues
    5. That the verbal report of Board Member Dempsey regarding the following be received:
      • Adshel bus shelters

    CARRIED

    [ATTACHMENT 15A]

  16. Top GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS

    Moved: Rea/Casey

    That the group activity reports be received.

    CARRIED

  17. Top REPORTS REQUESTED/PENDING

    Moved: Rea/Casey

    That the list of reports requested/pending as at July 2007 be received.

    CARRIED

    There being no further business, the chair declared the meeting closed at 8.50 pm.
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