Economic Development Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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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.
Chairperson |
Cr Anae Arthur Anae |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Cr Ross Clow |
Until 3.00pm, Item 12 |
Members |
Cr Cameron Brewer |
Until 3.31pm, Item 12 |
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Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Member Precious Clark |
Until 3.06pm, Item 11 |
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Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
From 1.37pm, Item 5.1 Until 2.08pm, Item 10 |
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Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO |
From 3.24pm, Item 12 |
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Cr Denise Krum |
From 1.47pm, Item 5.1 |
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Member Kris MacDonald |
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Cr Dick Quax |
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Cr Penny Webster |
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ALSO PRESENT
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Cr GS Wood, From 2.55pm, until 3.05pm |
IN ATTENDANCE
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Steve Armitage, GM External Relations, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, ATEED) |
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Patrick McVeigh, GM, Business Innovation & Skills, ATEED |
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Jennah Wootten, CE WMG 2017 Ltd, ATEED |
Economic Development Committee 03 August 2016 |
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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. |
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. |
4 Petitions
There were no petitions.
5 Public Input
5.1 |
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Cr LA Cooper entered the meeting at 1.37 pm. Cr DA Krum entered the meeting at 1.45 pm. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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.
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Auckland's attendance at the World Cities Summit in Singapore: 10 - 13 July 2016 |
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Cr LA Cooper left the meeting at 2.08 pm.
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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.
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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.
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a 3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 10 - World Cities Summit PowerPoint presentation |
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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.
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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.
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a 3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 9 - Tripartite Economic Alliance PowerPoint presentation |
Note: Item 10 was considered prior to Item 9.
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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.
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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. |
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a 3 August 2013 - Economic Development Committee - Item 11 - Techweek Update PowerPoint presentation |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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a 3 August 2016 - Economic Development Committee - Item 12 - Countdown to World Masters Games PowerPoint presentation |
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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.
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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.
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a 3 August 2016 - Item 13 - Pacific Entrepreneurship in Auckland Project PowerPoint presentation |
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.
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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.
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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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