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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL

HELD ON MONDAY, 21 APRIL 2008 AT 4:30PM

PRESENT:		Sam	Beanland	Chairman
		Catherine	Tamaseu-Russell	Deputy Chairperson
		Kate	Boersen	[Until 4.38pm item 5]
		Dexter	Henderson
		Jayran	Mansouri
		Kathryn	Mitchener
		Nive	Sharat Chandran
		Natasha	Sim
		Xinan	Zhang
ALSO PRESENT:	Councillor	Richard	Northey	[Until 4.45pm item 5]
	Eastern Bays Community Board Member	Kate	Cooke
	Avondale Community Board Member	Kathryn	Davie	[From 4.46pm item 6]
	Prospective Youth Council member	Simon	Mafatai

1. APOLOGIES

   Moved: Beanland / Tamaseu-Russell

   That apologies from council members Rebecca Kennedy, Alice Wang and Victor Li for non-attendance be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   Moved: Beanland / Mansouri

   That the minutes of the Auckland City Youth Council meeting held on 31 March 2008 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   There were no requests to speak in public forum.

5. COMMUNITY BOARD REPRESENTATIVES UPDATE

   Moved: Beanland / Tamaseu-Russell

   That the verbal reports from Councillor Richard Northey from the Maungakiekie Community Board and Kate Cooke from Eastern Bays Community Board be received and that they be thanked for their presentations.

   CARRIED

6. SWIMMING POOL PLAN CONSULTATION

   Moved: Beanland / Mitchener

   1. That the memorandum of the Recreation Planner - Facilities Partnership, dated 14 April 2008, be received.
   2. That Auckland City Youth Council provide feedback on the development of the new Swimming Pool Plan and provide general comment on council's swimming pools, through the Chairman, to be fed back to the Recreation Planner - Facilities Partnership.
   3. That Ken Maplesdon, Recreation Planner - Facilities Partnership and Doug Cole, Senior Recreation Planner, be thanked for their attendance.

   CARRIED

7. CAYAD: RED FROG UNIVERSITY "O" WEEK HARM MINIMISATION PROJECT PRESENTATION

   Moved: Beanland / Mitchener

   That the information regarding the Red Frog University "O" week Harm Minimisation Project be noted and that Zubin Sen-Gupta, Community Facilitator be thanked for his presentation.

   CARRIED

8. PROGRAMME ADVISOR - YOUTH REPORT

   Moved: Beanland / Mitchener

   That the memorandum of the Programme Advisor, Youth, dated March 2008, be received.

   CARRIED

9. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL PROJECTS 2008

   9.1. ANNUAL PLAN SUBMISSION

   Moved: Beanland / Tamaseu-Russell

   That the information regarding the Youth Council's Annual Plan submission and forum be noted.

   CARRIED

   9.2. ANZAC DAY 2008

   Moved: Beanland / Mitchener

   That the information regarding the ANZAC Day 2008 project be noted and that the participants be congratulated for their work.

   CARRIED

   9.3. CONVERSE 2008

   Moved: Beanland / Henderson

   That the information regarding the Converse 2008 Summit project be noted.

   CARRIED

10. CHAIRMAN'S UPDATE

    Moved: Beanland / Sharat Chandran

    That the verbal and written report of the Chairman, dated 14 April 2008, be received.

    CARRIED

11. MEMBERS' UPDATES

    Verbal updates were presented at Youth Council by:

    • Dexter Henderson regarding involvement with sports
    • Kathryn Mitchener regarding involvement with 'Poppy Day'
    • Jayran Mansouri regarding attendance at the Youth Declaration Conference
    • Nive Sharat Chandran regarding involvement in a school production
    • Xinan Zhang regarding involvement with 'Poppy Day'
    • Natasha Sim regarding involvement in film making
    • Catherine Tamaseu-Russell regarding:
      • involvement with 'Poppy Day'
      • involvement with 'Rise up and Represent ' youth group
      • involvement with the Family Planning Council
      • Youthtown

    Moved: Beanland / Henderson

    That the member's verbal and written updates be received.

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5:25 pm.