APOLOGIES
Moved: Desley Simpson/Paul Goldsmith
That the apologies from Board member Tim Woolfield for non attendance be
accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved: Desley Simpson /Fried Yu
That the minutes of the Hobson Community Board meeting held on Tuesday,
16 September 2008 be confirmed as a true and correct record.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
Secretarial note: Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar declared a possible conflict of
interest, being the Chairperson of the City Development Committee, and excused
himself from the meeting during items 4.1 and 4.6.
4.1. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB - CHRIS WEAVER
Moved: Desley Simpson /Hinu te Hau
That Chris Weaver, CEO of the Auckland Racing Club, be thanked for his
presentation and the information provided.
CARRIED
Item 4.6 was taken at this stage.
4.2. PARNELL TRUST - TROY CHURTON AND PHILLIPPA PITCHER
Moved: Desley Simpson /Clint Bowerman
That the Parnell Trust Chair, Troy Churton and General Manager, Phillippa
Pitcher be thanked for their presentation.
CARRIED
4.3. PARNELL HERITAGE INCORPORATED SOCIETY - RENDELL MCINTOSH
Moved: Desley Simpson /Hinu te Hau
That Rendell McIntosh, from the Parnell Heritage Incorporated Society, be
thanked for his presentation and that the Board consider the application at item
5.1.
CARRIED
4.4. CITY FARMERS' MARKET - CLAIRE BUCHANAN
Claire Buchanan, from the City Farmers' Market, was unable to attend the
meeting.
4.5. CROSS STREET CARNIVAL TRUST - GENISTA JURGENS AND JEROME BIHAN
Moved: Desley Simpson /Hinu te Hau
That Sean Munro, Haley Williams, Joseph Jowitt and Jerome Bihan, from Cross
Street Carnival Trust, be thanked for their presentation and that the Board
consider the application at item 6.
CARRIED
4.6. ELLERSLIE RACECOURSE - DANIEL MACLAREN
Moved: Desley Simpson /Clint Bowerman
That Daniel Maclaren be thanked for his presentation.
CARRIED
REQUEST FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING
5.1. PARNELL HERITAGE INCORPORATED SOCIETY
Moved: Desley Simpson /Ken Baguley
- That the discretionary funding application
from the Parnell Heritage Incorporated Society, seeking funding towards the cost
of purchasing a collection of Susanna Burton's original "one off" or copied
prints taken in 1978 for a collection to be displayed in Parnell, be received.
- That the Board defers this
application and requests the Parnell Heritage Incorporated Society to contact
the Board prior to its February 2009 meeting and provide an update of funding
they have secured.
CARRIED
5.2. CITY FARMERS' MARKET
Moved: Desley Simpson /Aaron Bhatnagar
- That the discretionary funding application
from the City Farmers' Market, seeking funding towards the cost of ongoing
marketing of the City Farmers' Market, be received.
- That the Board declines the request for
funding and requests the City Farmers Market to submit a new application in 2009
for more tangible costs.
CARRIED
REQUEST FOR LOCAL EVENT FUNDING - CROSS STREET CARNIVAL TRUST
Moved: Paul Goldsmith / Ken Baguley
- That the local event funding application from
the Cross Street Carnival Trust, seeking funding towards the cost of organising
the Cross Street Carnival, to be held on 14 February 2009, be received.
- That the Board grants $2,000 from its
2008/2009 local event fund budget to the Cross Street Carnival Trust, seeking
funding towards the cost of organising the Cross Street Carnival, to be held on
14 February 2009.
- That the Cross Street Carnival Trust be
requested to provide an accountability statement to the Board following
expenditure of the local event funding grant of $2,000.
CARRIED
DELEGATIONS REGISTER REVIEW
Moved: Desley Simpson /Aaron Bhatnagar
That the report from Dan McGregor, Project team leader, be received and that the
Board provide feedback to the delegations review project team through the
Chairperson by 31 October 2008 on:
- current community board delegations as
passed by council on
28 February 2008; and
- any issues relating to delegations not
affected by the 28 February 2008 changes.
CARRIED
SLIPS PROGRAMME UPDATE OCTOBER 2008
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron Bhatnagar
- That the report from the SLIPs programme
leader and SLIPs manager, dated 8 October 2008, be received.
- That the Board allocate the remaining $84,200
of their Opex budget no later than 17 March 2009 to ensure these projects can de
delivered in the 2008/2009 financial year, which ends on 30 June 2009.
- That the Democracy advisor be requested to
contact parks and transport officers with a view to them identifying projects
that contain an element of Opex and could be funded from SLIPs in the 2008 /
2009 financial year and specifically the following:
- That the $84,200 in unallocated Opex funding
be allocated to Wharua Road Reserve Children's playground replacement and
upgrade, including potential allocation towards planting or screening to assist
in shading playground to reduce risk of health issues associated with excessive
sun exposure.
- That a new children's playground be scoped
near or beside the Parnell Cricket playgrounds in Thomas Bloodworth / Shore Road
Reserve, noting the following:
- A general lack of playgrounds in Remuera, noting the results of public
consultation earlier this year (Waiata Reserve Playground and desirability of
new playgrounds for children)
- Existing man made objects in the park (cricket club buildings and cricket
nets)
- Convenience of parking and available restroom facilities
- Heavy use of park on weekends for active sports throughout the year means a
playground could be used by other family members at the same time
- Other improvements for Shore Road Reserve over next few years (related
construction and environmental upgrades at Shore Road Reserve East)
CARRIED
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUNDING REVIEW UPDATE
Moved: Desley Simpson /Hinu te Hau
That the Board provide feedback on the Community Assistance Funding Review
Update report to the Board chairperson by 3 November 2008.
CARRIED
COMMUNITY CENTRES, HALLS AND OFFICES STOCKTAKE
Moved: Desley Simpson /Paul Goldsmith
That the information regarding the Community Facilities and Libraries Plan be
considered.
CARRIED
GOOD CITIZENS AWARDS
Moved: Desley Simpson / Aaron Bhatnagar
That the Board agree with the concept of presenting good citizen awards
certificates early in 2009 noting that the cost will need to be funded from its
discretionary funding budget.
CARRIED
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
12.1. PARNELL TRUST
Moved: Desley Simpson /Diane Gribben
That the correspondence from the Parnell Trust thanking the Board for its
2008/2009 local event funding grant of $1,000 towards the cost of the Parnell
Trust Farmers' Market First Anniversary, to be held on
1 November 2008, be received.
CARRIED
12.2. PARNELL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE INC.
Moved: Desley Simpson / Diane Gribben
- That the correspondence from the Parnell
Community Committee Inc. informing the Board that they wish to be able to feed
into the council's scoping remedial and enhancement work for Judges Bay, be
received.
- That the request be forwarded to the Group
manager, ACR Policy for her consideration and action.
CARRIED
12.3. AUCKLAND CITY STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT WORKS - MARTYN WILSON RESERVE
Moved: Desley Simpson /Diane Gribben
- That the correspondence from Andrew Stewart
Limited informing the Board of updates on the upcoming stormwater improvement
works planned at Remuera Stream within the Martyn Wilson Reserve, be received.
- That Board member Hinu te Hau provide a
response to Andrew Stewart Limited in support of the improvement work within
Martyn Wilson Reserve.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Moved: Desley Simpson /Clint Bowerman
That the verbal report of the Chairperson regarding the following be received:
- Neighbourhood Week - 31 October 2008 to 9 November 2008;
- LTCCP
process update;
- St
Kentigens School "Travel Wise" plan launch - 14 November 2008;
- CBD
Waterfront Masterplan community meeting - 20 October 2008;
- Attendance at Remuera, Newmarket and Parnell Mainstreet AGMs;
- Congratulations to Cr
Aaron Bhatnagar for becoming chairperson of the City Development Committee;
- Congratulations to
Remuera Business Association for a very successful Spring Carnival on 18
October 2008.
CARRIED
COUNCILLORS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson /Clint Bowerman
- That the written report of Councillor Ken Baguley be received.
- That the verbal report of Councillor Paul
Goldsmith regarding the following be received:
- Community Services reviews
- LTCCP Meetings and issues
- That the verbal report of Councillor Aaron Bhatnagar regarding the following be received:
- Regulatory issues
- Orakei
Plan update
CARRIED
BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson /Paul Goldsmith
- That the verbal report of Board member Clint Bowerman regarding the following be received:
- 2 SLIPs projects signed off - Anzac steps / Albert Park Hoggin project
- That the verbal report of Board member Hinu te
Hau regarding the following be received:
- Parnell Mainstreet Strategic Review starting
- Height
to boundary issues
- Parnell Trust
- That the verbal report of Board member Fried
Yu regarding the following be received:
- Complaints re 30 kmph in Queen street - ethnic consultation
- Rates
/ revaluation questions
- CBD
loading zones - time increased from 5 to 10 mins.
- That the verbal report of Board member Diane Gribben regarding the following be received:
- Weta
project signed off
- Remuera Business Association Strategic Plan done
- Remuera Business Association Market Day - Spring Festival
CARRIED
GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson /Aaron Bhatnagar
That the activity reports for the month of September 2008 be received.
CARRIED
There being no further business the Chairperson declared
the meeting closed at 8:07 pm.
