Minutes of Civic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Te Hui o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga

Hastings District Council: Civic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Ngā Miniti
Minutes

Kua Tae ā-tinana:
Present:

Chair: Councillor Malcolm Dixon

Ngā KaiKaunihera

Councillors: Michael Fowler, Damon Harvey, Henry Heke, Renata Nepe, Wendy Schollum and Kevin Watkins

Two Youth Council appointees: Esta Chaplin and Nikki Mnyanyi

Kei Konei:
Also present:

City Centre Activation Officer – Andrea Taaffe

Democracy & Governance Advisor - Christine Hilton

1. Apologies – Ngā Whakapāhatanga

Councillor Schollum/Councillor Heke

That an Apology for Absence from Councillor Kellie Jessup and Apologies for Lateness from Youth Council appointees: Esta Chaplin and Nikki Mnyanyi be accepted.

CARRIED

2. Conflicts of Interest - He Ngākau Kōnatunatu

There were no declarations of conflicts of interest.

3. Confirmation of Minutes - Te Whakamana i Ngā Miniti

There were no previous minutes ready to be confirmed.

Vibrancy Fund Applications

(Document 23/151)

The City Centre Activation Officer, Andrea Taaffe, spoke to the agenda report, giving a brief background to each of the applications and responded to questions from the Subcommittee.

The meeting was advised that the Vibrancy Fund Criteria was circulated as part of the application form so applicants were aware of these details. The bullet points within the criteria were not set out in order of priority.

The Subcommittee members addressed each of the applications in turn, with the City Activation Officer being asked to give feedback to some of the applicants, as directed by the meeting.

There were no declarations of Conflicts of Interest in regard to any of the applications.

The meeting was advised that Application #1 “Chris Lambourne – Rainbow Mural” had been withdrawn.

Youth Council Appointee: Esta Chaplin joined the meeting at 9.05am.

Youth Council Appointee: Nikki Mnyanyi joined the meeting at 9.25am.

Councillor Heke/Councillor Harvey

A) That the Civic Development Subcommittee receive the report titled Vibrancy Fund Applications dated 16 May 2023.

B) That having reviewed the applications against the criteria for the Vibrancy Fund, the Civic Development Subcommittee allocates funds to those applicants whom it considers will best assist Council to achieve its desired community outcomes, from the total funding available of $25,000.00.

App ID	Organisation Name	Brief Project Description	$ Allocated
CCVF23111	Chris Lambourne	Rainbow Mural	Withdrawn
CCVF23114	Sacha Miriama van den Berg	The Colourful People workshop	$3,000.00
CCVF23115	Lucinda Perry	Community Piano	$4,000.00
CCVF23117	Shayne Jeffares	FOTOFEST 2023	$15,000.00
		TOTAL GRANTED	$22,000.00

Declined Application
CCVF23116	Katie Baptiste & Amy Lynch	Container Gallery	$0.00

CARRIED

5. Minor Items - Ngā Take Iti

There were no additional business items.

6. Urgent Items - Ngā Take Whakahihiri

There were no extraordinary business items.

The meeting closed at 9.45am

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Chairman:

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