Arts, Culture and Events Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Arts, Culture and Events Committee held in the Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Reception Lounge, Level 2, Auckland on Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 9.34am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Alf Filipaina

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

John Watson

 

 

 

Members

Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

 

 

Member Precious Clark

 

 

 

 

Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

 

 

Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

 

 

Wayne Walker

 

 

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

Mayor

Len Brown, JP

 

 

Councillor

Ross Clow

 

 

Deputy Mayor

Penny Hulse

 

 

Member

Liane Ngamane

 

 

Cr

George Wood, CNZM

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Board Member

Angela Fulljames

Franklin Local Board

 

 

 


Arts, Culture and Events Committee

17 September 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number ART/2014/31

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Member Clark:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse, Cr GS Wood, Cr RI Clow  and Mbr L Ngamane for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number ART/2014/32

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Deputy Chairperson J Watson:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Q Theatre

 

A presentation was given in support of the item.

 

 

 

A copy of the presentation is attached to the original of these minutes and can be found at the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ART/2014/33

MOVED by Member WD Walker, seconded by Member  Clark:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)      receive the public input presentation by James Wilson, Chief Executive of Q Theatre regarding the Q Theatre.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     14 September 2014, Arts, Culture and Events Committee, item 13 What's Your Flavour Trail Youth Event, tabled Youth Event

 


 

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.

 

9

Long Term Funding Provision - TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre

 

Resolution number ART/2014/34

MOVED by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Chairperson AM Filipaina:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)            receive the report.

b)            request staff explore possible options, excluding a general admission charge, to create a more sustainable operating model for Pah Homestead in the medium term, and provide advice around possible options for consideration as part of the Long Term Plan.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Preview of Auckland Heritage Festival 2014

 

Resolution number ART/2014/35

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr CM Casey:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)            receive the report.

b)            express thanks to staff for their role in coordinating the Heritage Festival Programme and recognise the considerable volunteer and community group investment in the festival.

c)            recommend that council officers provide an update back to this committee on how the Auckland Heritage Festival will be developed to include Auckland Maori heritage.

CARRIED

 

 

11

Arts & Culture and Events Calendar - Sept-Dec 2014

 

Resolution number ART/2014/36

MOVED by Member Clark, seconded by Chairperson AM Filipaina:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)            receive the report.

b)            request that council officers report back to the committee regarding how council is addressing the priority area of Maori events going forward.

CARRIED

 

 

 

12

Events Survey Results 2013/2014

 

A presentation was given in support of the item by Colmar Brunton.

 

 

 

A copy of the presentation is attached to the original of these minutes and can be found at the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ART/2014/37

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Deputy Chairperson J Watson:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)         receive the report and presentation.

b)        thank Terrance Priggin from Colmar Brunton for his presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     14 September 2014, Arts, Culture and Events Committee, item 12 - Events Survey Results 20132014, tabled CDAC Event Evaluation

 

 

13

"What's your Flavour" Trial Youth Event

 

A presentation was given in support of the item.

 

 

 

A copy of the presentation is attached to the original of these minutes and can be found at the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ART/2014/38

MOVED by Cr LA Cooper, seconded by Member WD Walker:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)      thank David Burt and Leilana Meredith for their presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     20140917 - item 13 What's Your Flavour - Youth Event

  

 

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  


 

 

 

15        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number ART/2014/39

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Member WD Walker:  

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)      exclude the public 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 follows.

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, as follows:

 

C1       Q Theatre Update

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

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.

s7(2)(b)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive financial performance data of Q Theatre..

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive financial performance data of Q Theatre..

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.

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

12.01pm          The public was excluded.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

12.15pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Q Theatre Update

 

That the Arts, Culture and Events Committee:

a)      receive the report.

b)      agree that the report only remain confidential

 

  

 

 

12.15 pm                                            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 Arts, Culture and Events Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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