Economic Development Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Economic Development Committee held in Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 3 August 2016 at 1:30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Ross Clow

Until 3.00pm, Item 12

Members

Cr Cameron Brewer

Until 3.31pm, Item 12

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Member Precious Clark

Until 3.06pm, Item 11

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

From 1.37pm, Item 5.1

Until 2.08pm, Item 10

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

From 3.24pm, Item 12

 

Cr Denise Krum

From 1.47pm, Item 5.1

 

Member Kris MacDonald

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr GS Wood, From 2.55pm, until 3.05pm

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Steve Armitage, GM External Relations, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, ATEED)

 

Patrick McVeigh, GM, Business Innovation & Skills, ATEED

 

Jennah Wootten, CE WMG 2017 Ltd, ATEED

 


Economic Development Committee

03 August 2016

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/7

MOVED by Chairperson AJ Anae, seconded by Cr W Cashmore:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr CE Fletcher for lateness on council business, from Cr LA Cooper for lateness and from Member P Clark for early departure.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/8

MOVED by Cr W Cashmore, seconded by Member P Clark:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday 16 February 2016, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Public Input - Pacific Business Trust

 

Cr LA Cooper entered the meeting at 1.37 pm.

Cr DA Krum entered the meeting at 1.45 pm.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/9

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Cr W Cashmore:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      receive the presentation regarding the Pacific Business Trust and thank Murphy Su’a, Fa’amatuainu Tino Pereira, and Kenina Court for their attendance.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee -Item 5.1 - Pacific Business Trust PowerPoint presentation

 

 

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.

 

 

Precedence of Business

Resolution number ECO/2016/10

MOVED by Chairperson AJ Anae, seconded by Member K MacDonald:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)       agree that Item 10 – Auckland’s attendance at the World Cities Summit in Singapore: 10 – 13 July 2016,  be accorded precedence at this time.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

10

Auckland's attendance at the World Cities Summit in Singapore: 10 - 13 July 2016

 

Cr LA Cooper left the meeting at 2.08 pm.

 

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/11

MOVED by Cr C Brewer, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      receive the World Cities Summit presentation from Jim Quinn, Chief of Strategy. 

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 10 - World Cities Summit PowerPoint presentation

 


 

 

9

Tripartite Economic Alliance - Auckland Summit 2016

 

Steve Armitage, GM External Relations, ATEED was present for this item.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/12

MOVED by Cr DA Krum, seconded by Member P Clark:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      note that six of the nine Key Performance Indicators for the Summit have been achieved, with the remaining three in progress.

b)      note that Guangzhou will host the next Tripartite Economic Summit in 2017.

c)      note that the three year term of the Tripartite Alliance expires in November 2017. The Tripartite Alliance will be reviewed and options reported to the Governing Body in the new year.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 9 - Tripartite Economic Alliance PowerPoint presentation

 

 

Note:   Item 10 was considered prior to Item 9.

 

 

11

Techweek Update

 

Patrick McVeigh, GM, Business Innovation & Skills, ATEED, was present for this item.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/13

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Cr DA Krum:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      receive the presentation regarding Techweek and thank Patrick McVeigh for his attendance.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2013 - Economic Development Committee - Item 11 - Techweek Update PowerPoint presentation

 


 

 

12

Countdown to World Masters Games

 

Deputy Chairperson R Clow left the meeting at 3.00 pm.

Member P Clark left the meeting at 3.06 pm.

Cr CE Fletcher entered the meeting at 3.24 pm.

 

Jennah Wootten, Chief Executive, WMG 2017 Ltd, ATEED was present for this item.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. A video presentation was also displayed.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/14

MOVED by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr MP Webster:   

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      receive the presentation regarding the World Masters Games 2017 and thank Jennah Wootten for her attendance.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 12 - Countdown to World Masters Games PowerPoint presentation

 

 

 

13

Pacific Entrepreneurship in Auckland Project

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/15

MOVED by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)      receive the Pacific Entrepreneurship in Auckland project presentation from Penelope Tuatagaloa, Senior Research Economist, Research and Evaluation Unit.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     3 August 2016 - Item 13 - Pacific Entrepreneurship in Auckland Project PowerPoint presentation

 


 

  

Motion of thanks

It was acknowledged that this was the last meeting of the Economic Development Committee in the 2013 – 2016 term and a motion of appreciation of the work of the Chairperson was proposed.

 

Resolution number ECO/2016/16

MOVED by Cr CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr DA Krum:  

That the Economic Development Committee:

a)         thank Chairperson Anae Arthur Anae for his leadership of the Economic Development Committee over this political term.

 

CARRIED

 

 

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

3.50 pm                                              The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND LEAD OFFICER UNDER STANDING ORDER 8.1.4 ON

 

 

 

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