Economic Development Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Economic Development Committee held in the Auckland Town Hall Reception Lounge, Level 2, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 9.30am.
Chairperson |
Cr Anae Arthur Anae |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Cr Ross Clow |
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Members |
Cr Cameron Brewer |
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Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Member Precious Clark |
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Cr Denise Krum |
From 9:36am, Item 8 |
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Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
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Cr Hon Chris Fletcher, QSO |
From 9:56am, Item 9 |
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Member Kris MacDonald |
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Cr Dick Quax |
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Cr Penny Webster |
From 9:40am, Item 9 Until 10:45am, Item 10 |
ALSO PRESENT
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Cr Cathy Casey |
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Cr Calum Penrose |
From 9:57am |
Item 9 |
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Cr Sharon Stewart |
From 10:02am |
Item 9 |
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Mark Thomas – Orakei Local Board |
Until 9:55am |
Item 9 |
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Angela Dalton – Manurewa Local Board Chairperson |
Until 9:55am |
Item 9 |
Economic Development Committee 18 December 2013 |
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
There were no minutes to confirm.
4 Petitions
There were no petitions.
5 Public Input
There was no public input.
6 Local Board Input
There was no local board input.
7 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
8 Notices of Motion
There were no notices of motion.
Cr DA Krum entered the meeting at 9.36am.
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Auckland Economic Development Strategy Overview, 2012/13 achievements and work programme for 2013/14 |
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Cr MP Webster entered the meeting at 9.40am. Cr CE Fletcher entered the meeting at 9.56am. |
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Resolution number ECO/2013/1 MOVED by Cr AJ Anae, seconded by Deputy Chairperson RI Clow: That the Economic Development Committee: a) note the activities and achievements against the Auckland Economic Development Strategy for the 2012/13 period and the work programme for 2013/14.
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Cr MP Webster left the meeting at 10.45am. Cr CE Brewer left the meeting at 10.49 am. Cr CE Brewer returned to the meeting at 10.59 am. Cr CE Fletcher left the meeting at 11.01 am. A presentation was given in support of this item. A copy of the presentation is attached to the official copy of these minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website. |
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Resolution number ECO/2013/2 MOVED by Member Clark, seconded by Deputy Chairperson RI Clow: That the Economic Development Committee: a) thank Patrick McVeigh for his presentation. b) request that ATEED report back to a future meeting of the Economic Development Committee regarding: i) specific action points that give effect to the cost-cutting theme: ‘Facilitating an iwi/Maori Economic Powerhouse’; ii) budget for the action points referred to in the presentation; iii) who will be delivering the action points referred to in the presentation; iv) tmeframes for the action points referred to in the presentation; v) involvement of the IMSB Secretariat.
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a ATEED Presentation |
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Forward work programming for the Economic Development Committee |
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Resolution number ECO/2013/3 MOVED by Cr WB Cashmore, seconded by Cr LA Cooper: That the Economic Development Committee: a) agree to the proposed strategy/policy/information item approach to the Committee’s meetings. b) provide any feedback on how the Committee would like to work with Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited and the independent Economic Development Panel. c) provide any feedback on who the Committee would like to connect with in central government. d) provide any feedback on items for the proposed 2014 work programme that will contribute towards the achievement of Auckland’s economic goals, which could also be brought before the Committee (subject to delegations). e) note the Auckland Economic Development Strategy mid-course assessment workshop in late January 2014.
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Cr CE Fletcher returned to the meeting at 11.28am. Cr CE Fletcher left the meeting at 11.31am. Cr LA Cooper left the meeting at 11.40am. Cr CE Fletcher returned to the meeting at 11.41am. Cr LA Cooper returned to the meeting at 11.52am. |
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A PowerPoint Presentation was given in support of the item. A copy of the presentation is attached to the official copy of these minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website. |
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Resolution number ECO/2013/4 MOVED by Cr DA Krum, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore: That the Economic Development Committee: a) thank Mike Taitoko for his presentation.
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a Maori Economic Development Strategic Framework Presentation |
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Secretarial Note: The Chairperson recommended that this item be deferred to a future meeting of the Committee. |
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Resolution number ECO/2013/5 MOVED by Cr AJ Anae, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore: That the Economic Development Committee: a) request that Geoff Cooper provide his presentation to members electronically and that the verbal update be deferred to a future meeting of the Committee.
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14 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
11.58am The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Economic Development Committee HELD ON
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