Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee  held in the Albert Eden Local Board Office, 135 Dominion Road, Mt Eden on Wednesday, 14 October 2015 at 2.06pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Glenda Fryer

 

Members

Helga Arlington

 

 

Graeme Easte

 

 

Peter Haynes

 

 

Margi Watson

 

 

ABSENT

 

Deputy Chairperson

Lee Corrick

 

Members

Rachel Langton

 

 

Tim Woolfield

 

 

 


Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee

14 October 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/19

MOVED by Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Member PD Haynes:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)         accepts the apologies from Deputy Chairperson Corrick and Members Langton and Woolfield for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/20

MOVED by Member PD Haynes, seconded by Member H Arlington:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)         confirm the minutes of its ordinary meeting, held on Wednesday, 16 September 2015, true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

12

Albert-Eden Local Board Quick Response: Round Two 2015 - 2016

 

Danielle Hibson, Community Grants Advisor, and Sonia Parra-Beltran, Senior Environmental Grants Advisor, were in attendance to speak to this report.

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/21

MOVED by Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Member MJ Watson:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)      receives the Albert-Eden Local Board Quick Response Grants: Round Two 2015-2016 report.

b)      approves the following applications for funding from Round Two of the 2015-2016 Albert-Eden Local Board Community Grants Fund:

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Notes

Crafternoon-Tea

Crafternoon-Tea Market

$1,000

$300

Towards advertising and workshop instructor costs.

The Board requests its logo to appear in the events advertising material.

Elizabeth Knox Home & Hospital

Mobility dog Olive connects the community

$2,475.88

$800

Towards vet appointments, yearly vaccinations and pet insurance costs.

1st Mt Albert St Judes Scout Group

GPS Personal Locator Beacons

$599

$599

Towards the purchase of a GPS Personal beacon.

United Sri Lanka Association (Auckland) Incorporated

Miyurasa-youth concert associated with arts exhibition and radio quiz programme related to environment

$3,513

$588

Towards venue hire costs at Mt Albert Senior Citizens hall.

TOTAL

$7,588.00

$2,287

 

 

c)         declines the following applications for funding from Round Two of the 2015-2016 Albert-Eden Local Board Community Grants Fund:

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Reason for decline

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand

DANZ Auckland digital dance project

$2,400

Decline due to insufficient funds to support applications for lower priority costs as stated in the local board grant programme 2015/2016 activities that primarily benefit communities outside of the Albert-Eden area.

Kay Wooff

 

$4,000

Decline noting the application is for the same project that was funded in Round One of the 2015-2016 Albert-Eden Local Board Quick Response Grants.

Pt Chevalier Community website

Pt Chevalier Community website launch

$5,000

Decline due to insufficient funds to support applications for lower priority costs as stated in the local board grant programme 2015/2016 - commercial entities.

OnBoard Skate Incorporated

Skatesafe Learn to skateboard hub events

$1,700

Decline due to insufficient funds to support applications for lower priority costs as stated in the local board grant programme 2015/2016 - ticketed events.

Requests officers to refer the applicants to the Events Portfolio leads.

Ian Sutcliffe

Chimney Restoration

$4,000

Decline due to fund being oversubscribed and application scoring a lower priority.

Western Springs College

Te Whakamanu fitness centre

$5,000

Decline due to fund being oversubscribed and application scoring a lower priority and outside the local board area.

Earth Action Trust

Resource Recovery & Creative Sewing

$4,000

Applicant is located outside the Albert-Eden Local Board area.

Officers to refer the applicant to the Puketapapa Local Board.

Jeannie & Johnny Books Limited

Discover the Amazing World of Bugs

$4,000

Decline due to insufficient funds to support applications for lower priority costs as stated in the local board grant programme 2015/2016 - activities that primarily benefit communities outside of the Albert-Eden area.

Vibracorp Productions

HeteroPerformative

$2,150.60

Declined due to the event being based outside the Albert-Eden Local Board and the applicant is a limited liability company.

TOTAL

$32,251.00

 

 

 

d)         notes that the following applications have been withdrawn:

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Yogi Divine Society (NZ) Incorporated

Ratri Before Navratri

$10,000

Citizens Advice Bureau Auckland City (CABAC) Incorporated

Waiting Room maintenance

$4,677.04

Orakei Community Association

Market at Orakei Community Centre

$3,000

New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF)

2016 LYC Big Gay Out

$4,000

 

 

e)         defers the following application to Round Three of the 2015-2016 Albert-Eden Local Board Community Grants Fund:

 

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Notes

Bluegreens

 

Plants

 

 

 

 

 

$2,763.25

Request officers to work with the application to provide further details in their next application and to discuss with the Environmental portfolio leads.

 

f)          thanks Danielle Hibson, Community Grants Advisor, and Sonia Parra-Beltran, Senior Environmental Grants Advisor, for their attendance.

 

CARRIED

  

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

2.40 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 Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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