APOLOGIES
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron
Bhatnagar
That the apologies from Councillor
Paul Goldsmith for early departure and Board member Clint Bowerman for
non-attendance be accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF
MINUTES
Moved: Desley Simpson / Tim Woolfield
That the minutes of the Hobson
Community Board meeting held on Tuesday, 22 January 2008 be confirmed as a true
and correct record.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
4.1.
WAIATA RESERVE PLAYGROUND - STEWART
WALKER AND PETER WRIGHT
Stewart
Walker and Peter Wright tabled a petition opposing a playground in Waiata Reseve
and spoke about their concerns regarding the location and size of the reserve,
future maintenance of any possible playground fixtures and the impact of the
off-leash dog exercise area.
Moved:
Desley Simpson / Aaron Bhatnagar
- That Stewart Walker and Peter Wright be thanked
for their presentation.
- That the petition be referred to officers currently
undertaking the survey on the proposed playground at Waiata Reserve.
- That this matter be considered at item 9.
CARRIED
Item 9 was taken at this stage.
4.2. WIGS ON THE WATERFRONT - WAYNE NICHOLAS
Wayne
Nicholas, Wains Agencies, spoke to the Board in support of the application for
Local Event Funding.
Moved:
Desley Simpson / Paul Goldsmith
That
Wayne Nicholas, Wains Agencies, be thanked for his presentation and that the
Board consider the application at item 6.2.
CARRIED
4.3. PARNELL EXTENSIONS TO THE HOBSON BAY
WALKWAY - TOM MULLEN AND CHRIS WOOLCOTT
Tom Mullen
and Chris Woolcott spoke to the Board about extensions to the Hobson Bay
walkway.
Moved:
Desley Simpson / Ken Baguley
That Tom
Mullen and Chris Woolcott, Parnell Community Committee, be thanked for their
presentation and the questions they raised be referred to the appropriate
officers for a response.
CARRIED
COMMUNITY ADVISOR UPDATE
This item was not considered.
REQUESTS FOR LOCAL
EVENT FUNDING
6.1.
ANZAC DAY SERVICES 2008
Moved:
Desley Simpson / Tim Woolfield
- That the Board consider allocating funding from
its 2007/2008 Local Event Funding budget to the Auckland Returned Services
Association towards the costs of this years ANZAC day services, be received.
- That the Board grants $1000 from its 2007/2008
Local Event Funding budget to the Auckland Returned Services Association towards
the costs of this years ANZAC day services.
- That the Auckland Returned Services Association be
requested to provide an accountability statement to the Board following
expenditure of the Local Event Funding grant of $1000.
CARRIED
6.2.
WIGS ON THE WATERFRONT
Moved:
Desley Simpson / Diane Gribben
- That the Local Event Funding application from Wains Agencies seeking funding towards the cost of holding a 'Wigs on the
Waterfront' event on 16 March 2008, be received.
CARRIED
Moved:
Aaron Bhatnagar / Ken Baguley
- That the Local Event Funding application from Wains
Agencies seeking funding towards the cost of holding a 'Wigs on the Waterfront'
event on 16 March 2008, be declined.
CARRIED
REQUEST FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING - EPSOM
CHINESE ASSOCIATION
Moved: Desley Simpson / Frieda Yu
- That the Discretionary Funding application from
Epsom Chinese Association seeking funding towards the set up costs of holding
daily exercise mornings and celebrating festivals for the Chinese community, be
received.
- That the Board grants $300 from its 2007/2008
Discretionary Funding budget to Epsom Chinese Association for funding towards
the set up costs of holding daily exercise mornings and celebrating festivals
for the Chinese community.
- That Epsom Chinese Association be requested to
provide an accountability statement to the Board following the expenditure of
the Discretionary Funding grant of $300.
CARRIED
BYLAW REVIEW - HEALTH AND ANIMAL RELATED
BYLAWS
Moved: Desley Simpson / Hinu te Hau
- That the report that was considered by the City
Development Committee at its meeting on Thursday, 14 February 2008, be
received.
- That the following Board members are appointed
to a working party to prepare the Board's submission to the dog control bylaw:
- Councillor Ken Baguley
- Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar
- Desley Simpson
CARRIED
PROPOSED WAIATA RESERVE PLAYGROUND
Moved: Desley Simpson / Diane Gribben
That the Board await the result of
the Council survey and make a decision at the 18 March 2008 meeting based on all
the information received.
CARRIED
LITTLE RANGITOTO RESERVE
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron
Bhatnagar
That the Board request officers to
prepare a SLIPs proposal form for a toilet in Little Rangitoto Reserve to be
considered at the 15 April 2008 meeting along with other potential 2008/2009
SLIPs projects.
CARRIED
NOTICE OF
MOTION
Board member Tim Woolfield spoke to
this item and provided an update. The process to have the issue resolved is
already underway and so the notice of motion is no longer required.
JUDGES BAY INFORMATION
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron
Bhatnagar
Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar spoke to
this item and updated the Board.
That the information from the
Parnell Community Committee regarding Judges Bay be received.
CARRIED
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED - CENTRAL CITY
BASEBALL CLUB INC
Moved: Desley Simpson / Tim Woolfield
That the correspondence from
Central City Baseball Club Inc be received.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron
Bhatangar
That the verbal report of the Chairperson regarding the
following be received:
- Chairperson's training documentation.
- Notes from chairs forum .
- Attendance at Newmarket Business Association
meeting.
CARRIED
COUNCILLORS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson / Diane Gribben
- That the verbal report of Councillor Baguley
regarding the following be received:
- Central corridor contract has been met and
Grafton Bridge will be closed for approximately 18 months.
- Remuera Road bus lanes.
- Queen Street bus lanes .
- 30k speed limit on Queen Street has been
approved.
- Red light camera trial ongoing at 10 sites
and is being monitored by the police.
- Go by bike breakfast in support of cycle
lanes.
- In discussion with Transit regarding the
SH20 Waterview connection.
- That the verbal report of Councillor Bhatnagar
regarding the following be received:
- Regional Governance Committee - community
boards will be able to go to and make submissions to the Royal Commission and a
workshop is being held on 4 March 2008.
- Finance and Strategy Committee have
identified areas of savings.
- Spokesperson's roles are being finalised and
will be put to the City Development Committee shortly.
- Council is examining solutions to customer
aggravators such as consents and looking at how this can be improved.
CARRIED
BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron
Bhatnagar
- That the verbal report of Board member Diane Gribben regarding the following be received:
- Will be attending the upcoming Remuera
Business Association meeting.
- That the verbal report of Board member Hinu te Hau regarding the following be
received:
- Attendance at Parnell Mainstreet meeting at
which a number of council issues were raised.
- Will be attending the next meeting of the
Parnell Community Committee.
- That the verbal report of Board member Tim Woolfield regarding the following be
received:
- Attendance at K' Road Business Association
meeting last week.
- Attended a meeting led by Ontrack regarding
the Newmarket rail development project to keep local groups and residents
informed on what is happening.
- Central connector update from Council with
the initial stages of looking at car parking in the university area. Further
information will follow shortly.
- Has had a briefing on the Remuera cycle and
walking study and officers will be coming to present to the board in the next
few months.
- That the verbal report of Board member Frieda Yu
regarding the following be received:
- Invitations have gone out to the public for
the upcoming Lantern Festival and this year there will be a translator in
attendance.
- Weekly article in Chinese newspaper.
- Attended Ellerslie Chinese celebration.
CARRIED
There being no further business the
Chairperson declared the meeting closed at 8:20 pm.
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