APOLOGIES
There were no apologies.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved: Desley Simpson/Diane Gribben
That the minutes of the Hobson Community Board meeting held on Tuesday, 21 April
2009 be confirmed as a true and correct record.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
4.1. FUTURE PLANNING FRAMEWORK - DAVID HAIGH
Moved: Desley Simpson/Aaron Bhatnagar
That David Haigh, Chair of the Grafton Residents Association
and Grafton resident, Sally Gallagher, be thanked for their presentation.
CARRIED
4.2. EDMUND RICE CAMPS AUCKLAND INCORPORATED - ANNA NORCROSS
Moved: Desley Simpson/Tim Woolfield
That Anna Norcross and Chris Merrick, Edmund Rice Camps
Auckland Incorporated, be thanked for their presentation and that the Board
consider the application at item 10.1.
CARRIED
4.3. ELLERSLIE AFC - FREDERIK POELMAN
Moved: Desley Simpson/Paul Goldsmith
That Frederik Poelman, Ellerslie AFC, be thanked for his
presentation.
CARRIED
DEPUTATION - LUKE NIUE AND DEBBIE HARKNESS
Moved: Desley Simpson/Hinu te Hau
That
Luke Niue, a member of the Parnell Community Committee and Debbie Harkness,
Manager Parnell Mainstreet, be thanked for their presentation.
CARRIED
NAMING OF NEW NEWMARKET TOWN SQUARE
Moved: Desley Simpson/Diane Gribben
That the Hobson Community Board recommends to the Chairperson of
the Arts, Culture and Recreation Committee that the new Newmarket town square
located between the retail premises fronting Broadway and the proposed Newmarket
rail station be named Station Square.
CARRIED
NORTH PLACE TEAM SIX MONTHLY REPORT
Moved: Desley Simpson/Frieda Yu
That the report of the Place manager, Arts, Community and
Recreation Services, dated 1 May 2009, be received and Mik Smellie be thanked
for his attendance and the information provided.
CARRIED
SLIPS DECISIONS REPORT MAY 2009
Moved: Desley Simpson/Paul Goldsmith
- That the report of the SLIPs Project Portfolio
Leader, dated 6 May 2009, be received.
- That the board recommends the following new proposals from stage 1
which should proceed for vetting by relevant Council officers and allocates the
named spokespersons to the proposals:
| Project Name |
Spokesperson |
| Karangahape Road Mainstreet Palms |
Ken Baugley and Tim Woolfield |
| Little Rangitoto Reserve Shade Sail |
Aaron Bhatnagar and Diane Gribben |
| Lower Gladstone Road Cliff Beautification |
Hinu te Hau and Desley Simpson
|
| Parnell Park and Heritage Signage Wayfinder |
Hinu te Hau and Desley Simpson |
| Platina Reserve Upgrade |
Paul Goldsmith and Diane Gribben |
- That the board delegates authority to the spokesperson to provide
guidance and advice to the SLIPs team regarding their allocated proposals and
delegates authority to the spokesperson and chair of the board, to be exercised
together, to make additional funding decisions where a variation to a project
scope is needed due to unforeseen circumstances.
- That the board allocates a scoping budget to the following
proposal on the stage 2 scoping list so that the proposal can proceed to be
scoped:
| Project Name |
Indicative Scoping Cost |
| Shore Road Playground Phase 1 of 2 |
$1,000 - $2,000 |
- That the board notes the projects pending proposals and their
status when allocating funding.
- That the board deletes the following proposals that it does not
intend to take forward.
- Albert Park Berm
New Hoggin
- History of Central
City Library and Maori Manifestations Graphic Art Work and Pamphlet.
- That the board allocates the budget of $32,820 capex funding to
the Alberon Reserve Walkway Upgrade project.
- That the board allocates the budget of $15,787 capex funding to
the Hobson Bay Accessways project.
- That the board allocates the budget of $107,458 to the Martyn
Wilson Fields Upgrade project.
- That the board notes that the Orakei Basin Weed Removal
Continuation project has been scoped for works to be carried out to a maximum of
$41,333 and allocates any unspent opex funding for 2008/09 to the project.
CARRIED
SLIPS PROGRAMME UPDATE MAY 2009
Moved: Desley Simpson/Ken Baguley
- That
the memorandum of the SLIPs Programme Leader, dated 8 May 2009, be received.
- That the board
notes the recorded deficit of $333,699 against the 3 year capex funding.
- That the board
notes the opex budget for 2008/2009 has been fully committed.
- That the board
notes $11,800 opex budget has been committed for 2009/2010 leaving a balance of
$159,200 opex funding.
CARRIED
REQUEST FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING
10.1. EDMUND RICE CAMPS AUCKLAND INCORPORATED
Moved: Desley Simpson/Ken Baguley
- That the
discretionary funding application from the Edmund Rice Camps Auckland
Incorporated, seeking funding towards the cost of running a camp for 9-12 year
old children from 5 - 10 July 2009, be received.
- That the Board grants $878
from its 2008/2009 discretionary fund budget to the Edmund Rice Camps Auckland
Incorporated, seeking funding towards the cost of running a camp for 9-12 year
old children from 5 - 10 July 2009.
- That the Edmund Rice Camps
Auckland Incorporated be requested to provide an accountability statement to the
Board following expenditure of the discretionary funding grant of $878.
CARRIED
10.2. AUCKLAND FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Moved: Desley Simpson/Aaron Bhatnagar
That the discretionary funding application
from the Auckland Festival of Photography towards the cost of running the
Auckland Festival of Photography 2009, be received and declined.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Moved: Desley Simpson/Paul Goldsmith
That the written report of the Chairperson be received.
CARRIED
COUNCILLORS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson/Tim Woolfield
- 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 Committee - Gambling in the community;
-
Citizens Advice Bureau funding;
-
Use of libraries have increased in times of the recession;
-
Readers and Writers Festival opening.
- That the verbal report of Councillor Aaron
Bhatnagar regarding the following be received:
-
CCTV for Remuera Mainstreet being investigated.
CARRIED
BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson/Aaron Bhatnagar
- That the written report of Board
member Clint Bowerman regarding the following be received:
- LTCCP meeting
- CCTV
- Viaduct
- Heart of the City Business Association
- That the written report of Board member Hinu
te Hau regarding the following be received:
- Events and meetings attended
- Parnell Mainstreet
- Parnell Community Committee
- Parnell Heritage
- Parnell Trust
- Community issue
- That the verbal report of Board member Diane
Gribben regarding the following be received:
-
Orakei Peninsula meeting
-
Orakei Basin Walkway project
-
Remuera Mainstreet meeting
- That the written report of Board member Tim
Woolfield regarding the following be received:
- Activities/Events attended
- Parking in Wynyard Quarter
- Community Patrols
- School Travel Plans
- Manukau Road Shops.
CARRIED
GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS
Moved: Desley Simpson/Paul Goldsmith
That the activity reports for the month of April 2009 be
received.
CARRIED
There being no further business the Chairperson declared
the meeting closed at 8:08 pm.
