MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE ZOO ENTERPRISE BOARD HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2007 AT 9:37AM

1. APOLOGIES

   That the apology for lateness from Councillor Boyle be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   That the minutes of the Zoo Enterprise Board meeting held on Wednesday, 25 July 2007 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   4.1. ELISABETH RADFORD - REMOVAL OF WESTERN SPRINGS PINES

   That Elisabeth Radford, Annette Isbey, Chuck Joseph and Louise Rive, representing Friends of the Bush, be thanked for their presentation to the Zoo Enterprise Board regarding the removal of the Western Springs pines.

   CARRIED

5. REPORTS REQUESTED/PENDING

   That the Reports Requested/Pending report of the Democracy Advisor, dated 12 September 2007, be amended as follows:

   Row	Target Date	Report Title	Reason for Changing Target Date
   2	From Nov 07 now Mar 08	Auckland Zoo - Impact of Regional Funding Initiative	Report will now be considered by the Finance and Corporate Business Committee in March 2008.
   3	From Nov 07 now Mar 08	Aquarium/Function Centre Business Case	Additional time is required to complete this report.

   CARRIED

6. AUCKLAND ZOOLOGICAL PARK PROGRESS REPORT JULY - AUGUST 2007

   1. That the report of the Zoo Director (Acting), dated 1 September 2007, be received.
   2. That the Zoo Enterprise Board hold a workshop regarding the Auckland Zoo Impact of Regional Funding Initiative report once it becomes available.
   3. That the previous Zoo Director, Zoo Director (Acting), Senior Management Team, staff and volunteers be congratulated on their successful three years during the 2004-2007 term of Auckland City Council and be thanked for all their support to the Zoo Enterprise Board.
   4. That Democracy Services and previous Board members be thanked for all their support to the Zoo Enterprise Board.
   5. That Jane Buckley and the Auckland Zoo's Green Team be congratulated for receiving a GREATer award for their initiative to increase Zoo recycled waste from 50 to 85 percent.

   CARRIED

7. AUCKLAND ZOO'S WORK PROGRAMME SUMMARY

   That the report of the Sales and Marketing Manager, dated 30 August 2007, be received.

   CARRIED

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

   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	Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)	Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
   C1	Auckland Zoological Park Report on Financial Performance from 1 July to 31 August 2007	Public conduct of matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason to withhold exists under section 7.	Section 7(2)(h) To enable the Council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities. In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information, that if released, would have a negative impact on the operation of the entity.	S48(1)(a) The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

   CARRIED

   There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 11:26 am.