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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE TAMAKI COMMUNITY BOARD HELD ON TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006 AT 6:02PM

PRESENT:

Ms

Kate

Sutton

[Chairperson]

 

Mr

Mike

Murray

 

 

Cr

Leila

Boyle

 

 

Cr

Bill

Christian, JP

 

ALSO PRESENT:

Cr

Richard

Northey

 

 

Mr

Stewart

Hall

Auckland City Youth Council member

  1. Top APOLOGIES

    Moved: Sutton/Murray

    That apologies from Board Members Jan Welch and Mary Bhalla and an apology from Cr John Hinchcliff be accepted.

    CARRIED

  2. Top CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

    Moved: Sutton/Murray

    That the minutes of the Tamaki Community Board meeting held on Wednesday 26 April 2006 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

    CARRIED

  3. Top EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

    Moved: Sutton/Murray

    That the Board notes the resignation of David Maka from the Board and thanks him for his past service to the Tamaki community.

    CARRIED

  4. Top PUBLIC FORUM

    4.1. OTAHUHU INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL – ALISON RUSHBROOK

    Alison Rushbrook from the Otahuhu Intermediate School addressed the Board regarding a request for funds for the school to cover the expenses relating to the school uniforms for families unable to meet these costs.

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the Board thanks Alison Rushbrook from the Otahuhu Intermediate School for her presentation to the Board regarding the funding request.

    CARRIED

    4.2. Nga hau maiangi inc society – marie anderson & vanessa PALMER

    Marie Andreson and Vanessa Palmer form the Nga Hau Maiangi Inc Society addressed the Board regarding their ongoing dialogue with the Council about a permanent club space for the Waka Ama Rowing Clubs in Ian Shaw Park.

    Moved: Sutton/Murray

    That the Board thanks Marie Anderson and Vanessa Palmer from the Nga Hau Maiangi Inc Society for their presentation to the Board regarding the project relating to Waka Ama rowing clubs in Ian Shaw Park.

    CARRIED

    4.3. YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE – STEWART hall

    Stewart Hall from the Auckland Youth Council was in attendance at the meeting to introduce himself to the Board and to talk to the Board about his vision for the youth.

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the Board thanks Stewart Hall for his attendance at the meeting and for introducing himself to the Board in his capacity as a Youth Councillor.

    CARRIED

  5. Top COMMERCIAL CENTRE FOOTPATH CLEANING

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    1. That the report from the Manager Streetscape Services regarding commercial centres footpath cleaning and resolutions of the Arts, Culture and Recreation Committee dated 1 March 2006 be received.
    2. That the Board recommends to the Arts, Culture and Recreation its support for option 1 in the report from Manager Streetscape Services dated 21 February 2006 as the new commercial centre cleaning regime in the interests of equity and creating world class street environments for Auckland.
    3. That the board requests the Manager Recreation and Community Services provide the Board with the further report relating to the result of the investigation into appropriate street cleaning methodologies and associated costs for the new commercial centre cleaning regime proposed to be introduced in 2007/08.

    CARRIED

  6. Top BOARD'S OTAHUHU MAINSTREET REPRESENTATIVE

    Moved: Sutton/Murray

    That the Board notes the appointment by the Council of Deputy Chair Jan Welch as the Tamaki Community Board Representative on the Otahuhu Mainstreet.

    CARRIED

  7. Top URGENT DECISION OF THE BOARD – ALLOCATION OF EVENT FUNDING TO AUCKLAND CENTRE FOR BUDDHIST LEARNING

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the Board notes the urgent decision regarding approval of funds for the Auckland Centre for Buddhist Learning.

    CARRIED

  8. Top DISCRETIONARY FUNDING 2005/06

    Moved: Murray/Boyle

    1. That the Board declines to fund the application from Otahuhu Intermediate School relating to school uniform and stationery costs for the families unable to meet these expenses as the Board prefers to support funding requests that benefit the community as a whole as opposed to the request in this instance which would benefit only a few students of the school.
    2. That the Board encourages Otahuhu Intermediate to further approach the Board with funding requests that support the school community as a whole.

    CARRIED

  9. Top CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    1. That the Chair's report tabled at the meeting be received.
    2. That the Board endorses the appointment of Board Member Mike Murray as a representative on the Otahuhu Town Hall Management Committee.
    3. That the Board requests the Manager Community Planning to include a project relating to Ian Shaw Park on its financial contributions projects list given the recent sale of 230A Panama Road (aka Panama Road Reserve) and the return of that funding to the Board's financial contributions account.

    CARRIED

  10. Top COUNCILLORS' REPORTS

    10.1. COUNCILLOR'S REPORT – CR LEILA BOYLE

    Moved: Boyle/Sutton

    That the verbal report of Cr Leila Boyle regarding the following be received:

    • Hon Annette King, Police Minister's visit to Tamaki
    • LTCCP youth forums
    • Pacific islands LTCCP forum
    • Request for service number process
    • AMETI steering group meeting
    • Opening of artwork in Onehunga community centre
    • Glen Innes network meeting
    • Meeting of Zoo Enterprise Board
    • St Heliers/Glendowie community committee meeting about crime in St Heliers and Glen Innes
    • Transport Committee meeting regarding footpath policy
    • Sister city celebrations with Fukuaka
    • Sylvia Park liveable communities

    CARRIED

    10.2. COUNCILLOR'S REPORT – CR BILL CHRISTIAN

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the verbal report from Cr Bill Christian regarding the following be received:

    • Transport Committee meeting regarding designation of Eastern Corridor on 29 May 2006
    • Otahuhu Highland Pipe Bands Annual General Meeting
    • Mayoral forum regarding 2011 Rugby World Cup
    • Zoo Enterprise Board meeting
    • Meeting regarding Khartoum Place Murals
    • New publication in the area, Tamaki Times
    • Otahuhu Historical Society Annual General Meeting

    CARRIED

    10.3. COUNCILLOR'S REPORT – CR RICHARD NORTHEY

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the verbal report from Cr Richard Northey regarding the following be received:

    • Civil defence exercise
    • Progress of AMETI projects in southern part of Panmure
    • Bus services in new Mt Wellington quarry development area
    • Auckland City submission to Auckland Regional Council Long Term Council Community Plan
    • Long Term Council Community Plan stakeholder meeting

    CARRIED

  11. Top BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS

    11.1. BOARD MEMBER'S REPORT – BOARD MEMBER MIKE MURRAY

    Moved: Murray/Christian

    1. That the verbal report from Board Member Mike Murrary be received.
    2. That the Board supports in principle the proposed works relating to construction of an access way for heavy vehicles to the pond edge at Van Dammes Lagoon to allow earthmoving equipments remove the sediments from the lagoon as required noting that the visual amenity of the reserve should be preserved.
    3. That the Board requests the Manager Community Planning and Metrowater provide a report to the Board detailing the options for the construction of the heavy vehicles access way to the Van Dammes Lagoon.

    CARRIED

  12. Top REPORTS REQUESTED / PENDING

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the reports requested/pending be received.

    CARRIED

  13. Top GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the group activity reports be received.

    CARRIED

  14. Top EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC : LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987

    Moved: Sutton/Boyle

    That the public be excluded from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

    The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under Section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

    Item No.

    General subject of each matter to be considered

    Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

    Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

    C1.

    Mayoral Living Legend Award

    Good Reason to withhold exists under section 7

    Section 48(1)(a)

    This resolution is made in reliance on Section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are as follows:

    Item No.

    Reason to withhold information under section 7

     

    C1.

    To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.

    [Section 7(2)(a)]

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 7:42 pm.

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