Minutes of Extraordinary Meeting of the Kaipātiki Local Board

Kaipātiki Local Board

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Kaipātiki Local Board held in the Kaipātiki Local Board Office, 90 Bentley Avenue, Glenfield on Wednesday, 15 April 2015 at 9.07am.

present

Chairperson	Kay McIntyre, QSM
Deputy Chairperson	Ann Hartley, JP
Members	Dr Grant Gillon
	John Gillon	[from 9.19am, item 11]
	Danielle Grant
	Richard Hills
	Lorene Pigg

APOLOGIES

	Lindsay Waugh	For absence
	John Gillon	For lateness

Kaipātiki Local Board

15 April 2015

1 Welcome

2 Apologies

Resolution number KT/2015/54

MOVED by Member L Pigg, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Hartley:

That the Kaipātiki Local Board:

a) accepts the apology from Member Lindsay Waugh for non-attendance.

b) accepts the apology from Member John Gillon for lateness.

CARRIED

3 Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

4 Leave of Absence

There were no leaves of absence.

5 Acknowledgements

5.1	Don Matheson
	The board acknowledged the recent passing of Don Matheson, noting his work for the Little Shoal Bay community. In particular, Mr Matheson was remembered for his work successfully opposing the dumping of spoil in to the Little Shoal Bay wetlands, and retaining grass land in Little Shoal Bay in public ownership.
	Resolution number KT/2015/55 MOVED by Member G Gillon, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Hartley: That the Kaipātiki Local Board: a) acknowledges the recent passing of Don Matheson and his work for the Little Shoal Bay community. CARRIED

6 Petitions

There were no petitions.

7 Deputations

There were no deputations.

8 Public Forum

There was no public forum.

9 Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

10 Notices of Motion

There were no notices of motion.

11	Local board advocacy and feedback on Long-term Plan 2015 – 2025 proposals
	Secretarial Note: Eric Perry, Relationship Manager, Paul Edwards, Senior Local Board Advisor, and Jerome Cameron, Graduate Advisor, were in attendance to speak to the report. A document entitled ‘Funding the Transport Plan’ to replace page 28 of the agenda was tabled at the meeting. A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official copy of the minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.
	Resolution number KT/2015/56 MOVED by Chairperson K McIntyre, seconded by Member D Grant: That the Kaipātiki Local Board: a) confirms the updated list of advocacy points for the discussions with the Budget Committee on 24, 28 and 29 April. b) delegates the Chairperson to approve the final advocacy points to incorporate the amendments and any further editorial changes following the meeting, noting that the final advocacy points will be reported back to the board at its next business meeting. CARRIED
	Attachments a Funding the Transport Plan

Developing the Empowered Communities Approach

Secretarial Note: Eric Perry, Relationship Manager, Paul Edwards, Senior Local Board Advisor, were in attendance to speak to the report.

Resolution number KT/2015/57

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson A Hartley, seconded by Member R Hills:

That the Kaipātiki Local Board:

a) supports the Thriving Communities Policy, which empowers our community, as adopted by local boards and the governing body last year.

b) supports our current system of devolving the delivery of community development, community services, arts and culture directly to our community, for example through our contract grants.

c) does not support direct delivery by council’s Community Development, Arts and Culture department in Kaipātiki, noting that the responsibility for developing and maintaining an accountability system should be a shared process with our community.

d) believes that Local Board Services have a key role in any accountability system as referenced in resolution c) above, noting that such accountability should address:

i) the local boards’ role and councils role;

ii) transparency, resource allocation, risk analysis, resource capture, innovation, capacity development, need assessment and evaluation; and

iii) professional standards of delivery.

CARRIED

13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

11.18am 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 Kaipātiki Local Board HELD ON

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