I hereby give notice that a meeting of the

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES SUB-COMMITTEE

will be held as follows:

Members:

Ex Officio:

1. APOLOGIES

   An apology has been received from Councillor Sefuiva for non-attendance.

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   The minutes of the Creative Communities Sub-Committee meeting held on Friday, 25 May 2007 to be confirmed as a true and correct record.

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   "An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
   (a)	The local authority by resolution so decides; and
   (b)	The presiding member explains at the meeting at a time when it is open to the public,-
   	(i)	The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
   	(ii)	The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting."
   Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   "Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
   (a)	That item may be discussed at that meeting if-
   	(i)	That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
   	(ii)	The presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
   (b)	no resolution, decision, or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion."

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   A period of time (approximately 20 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 5 minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

   At the close of the agenda no requests to speak had been received.

5. CREATIVE COMMUNITIES FUNDING ROUND OCTOBER 2007

   F Letcher
   Arts and Funding Advisor	24 September 2007

   Reporting on the first of two funding rounds for the 2007/2008 financial year. 96 applications were received requesting funding totalling $305,386.11.

   Assessment team recommendations total $111,639.87 with $111,935.90 available to allocate. As in previous rounds, the fund was significantly over-subscribed and worthy applications were declined. Also for the consideration of the Subcommittee is a grant application of $3,363 for Tara Jahn Werner towards the running of Business of Arts seminars at AUT from February to April 2008.

   Recommending that the Creative Communities Subcommittee approve the recommendations.

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