Economic Development Subcommittee Agenda
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A G E N D A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUB COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, ͯͭ July ͮͬͭʹ, ͵.ͬͬam in the Council Chambers, William Street, Paeroa Membership Committee Members: Cr R Harris (Chairperson) Cr G R Leonard (Deputy Chairperson) Cr D Adams Cr P A Milner Cr A Rattray D Taipari (Appointee) Mayor J P Tregidga Staff: L D Cavers S Fabish A de Laborde D Peddie P Thom D Fielden R Jenks Council Secretary Public copies: Paeroa Office Plains Area Office Waihi Area Office Hauraki District Council, P O Box ͭͳ, William Street Paeroa, New Zealand P: ͬͳ ʹͲͮ ʹͲͬ͵ or ͬʹͬͬ ͳͯͰ ʹͯͰ (within the District) E: [email protected] www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz Delegations: Economic Development Subcommittee Membership Five Councillors and one Council appointee. On the Tuesday, two weeks prior to the Community Services and Development Meeting frequency Committee, commencing at ͵.ͬͬam The Council delegates to the Economic Development Sub- committee the Delegations following powers, duties and responsibilities: Authority to approve expenditure up to ͈ͱ,ͬͬͬ per project within the existing approved Community Growth budget subject to reporting the expenditure to the next available Community Services and Development Committee meeting. To report to the Community Services and Development Committee any recommended changes required to the Economic Development Strategy. To review and develop the Economic Development Action Plan required by the Economic Development Strategy and to monitor and report to the Community Services and Development Committee on its implementation. To receive and review reports from the Economic Development Manager on economic development matters. To review and recommend to the Community Services and Development Committee the budget for the Community Growth activities and the priorities for expenditure. To receive and review reports on Community Growth Activities and make recommendations to the Community Services and Development Committee. Community Growth Activities include: Economic Development Visitor Information Centre’s Town Promotion Hauraki Rail Trail Destination Coromandel Development Assistance/Grants ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE AGENDA Tuesday, 31 July 2018 – 9.00am - Council Office, William Street, Paeroa Order of Business Pages 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of Late Items 3. Declarations of Interests 4. Confirmation: Economic Development Subcommittee Minutes - 26-06-18 5 (2404544) 5. Waihi i-SITE - Funding Report June 2018 (2411936) 8 Mr Eddie Morrow – General Manager – Waihi Discovery Centre will be in attendance at 9.05am 6. Destination Coromandel Annual Funding Accountability Report- Financial Year 10 2017-18 (2411934) John Sandford- Chairman – Destination Coromandel and Hadley Dryden - General Manager – Destination Coromandel will be in attendance at 9.30am 7. Annual Funding Accountability Report -Positive Paeroa - July 2018 (2412405)) 17 8. Paeroa Information Services Annual Report (2412645) 36 9. Business Growth Services Promotion (2412327) 40 10. Economic Development Manager's Report for July 2018 (2412320) 43 11. Economic Development Subcommittee - 2018 Work Programme (2412444) 47 1 EDS Agenda – 31-07-18 Doc. Ref: 2412780 EDS Agenda - 31-07-18 Page 5 HAURAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WILLIAM STREET, PAEROA ON TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 2018 COMMENCING AT 9.00AM PRESENT Crs R Harris (In the Chair), D A Adams, G R Leonard, P A Milner, A Rattray and D Taipari IN ATTENDANCE Messrs L D Cavers (Chief Executive) P A Thom (Group Manager, Planning and Environmental Services), A De Laborde (Group Manager – Engineering Services), S B Fabish (Group Manager – Community Services & Development), D Fielden (Economic Development Manager), Ms R Jenks (Economic Development Officer) and Ms C Black (Council Secretary) APOLOGIES RESOLVED THAT the apology of His Worship the Mayor, J P Tregidga be received and sustained. EDS18/56 Adams/Leonard CARRIED DECLARATION OF LATE ITEMS There were no late items. DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS There were no declarations. In Attendance Sara-Ann Howell (Go Waihi - Chairperson) Alex Quinn (Positively Promoting the Plains – Chairperson) Jo Tilsley (Positive Paeroa) Hadley Dryden (Destination Coromandel). CONFIRMATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES - 29-05-18 (2391649) RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Economic Development Subcommittee held on 29 May 2018 be confirmed and are a true and correct record. EDS18/57 Taipari/Milner CARRIED 1 EDS Minutes – 26-06-18 – Doc Ref: 2404544 EDS Agenda - 31-07-18 Page 6 UPDATE ON RURAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE PHASE 2 - MOBILE BLACK SPOTS FUND PROGRAMME (2398459) The Economic Development Officer presented a report which provided an update on the coverage and deployment schedule for the Rural Broadband initiative phase two mobile black spots fund programme. RESOLVED THAT the report be received. EDS18/58 Leonard/Rattray CARRIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER'S REPORT FOR JUNE 2018 (2398415) The Economic Development Manager presented his monthly report for June 2018 which covered economic development activities to date. RESOLVED THAT the report be received. EDS18/59 Leonard/Taipari CARRIED PRESENTATION: Waikato Innovation Park - Business Growth Hub (Doc# 2401428 and Waikato Regional Economic Development Agency (Doc. # 2401432) Peter Davey, Business Growth Advisor of the Waikato Innovation Park was in attendance and provided presentations on the support services the Business Growth Hub and the Waikato Regional Economic Development Agency offers to businesses in the Waikato Region. The meeting adjourned at 10.10am. The meeting reconvened at 10.30am. PRESENTATION: MBIE - Provincial Growth Fund Doc. # 2401430) Ms Neasa Carroll, Waikato Region Lead, Provincial Development Unit, MBIE was in attendance and provided a presentation on Central Government’s - Provincial Growth Fund which was launched in February 2018 providing $1 billion p.a. over three years. The fund aims to lift productivity potential in the region’s supporting the objectives of: • Job creation and sustainable economic development • Boost social inclusion and participation • Maori economic development • Building resilient communities • Help meet New Zealand climate change targets ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE - 2018 WORK PROGRAMME (2398417) The Economic Development Officer presented the current 2018 work programme for the member’s information and consideration. 2 EDS Minutes – 26-06-18 – Doc Ref: 2404544 EDS Agenda - 31-07-18 Page 7 RESOLVED THAT the report be received. EDS18/60 Rattray/Leonard CARRIED It was requested that the Economic Development team work together with the Business Growth Advisors and Town Promoters to develop a plan for increasing local business’ awareness of what is available to them through the Business Growth Advisors to be presented at the July Economic Development Subcommittee meeting. Add the list of projects discussed at the Provincial Growth Fund meeting at the Thames Valley Economic Development Workshop on 22 June 2018 be included in the work programme for July Economic Development Subcommittee meeting. The meeting closed at 11.30am. CONFIRMED R G Harris Chairperson 31 July 2018 3 EDS Minutes – 26-06-18 – Doc Ref: 2404544 EDS Agenda - 31-07-18 Page 8 Waihi i-SITE Visitor Centre Hauraki District Council Report – June 2018 Overview: This report provides an overview of operations and outputs for the Waihi i-SITE as per the requirements of the Service Level Agreement held with Hauraki District Council. The Waihi i- SITE operation last reported to the council in March 2018 on the activities carried out through the first quarter of 2018. The Waihi i-SITE continues to offer a friendly and professional service to visitors to Waihi, the Hauraki District. Encouraging visitors to stay longer, do more activities and spend more money within the district and region remains a key priority for the Gold Discovery Centre and Waihi i-SITE operation. Total visitors to the Waihi i-SITE for the first half of 2018 was approximately 43,000 people and as per our previous report remains a little behind the same period last year. The graphs within this report provide an overview of monthly visitor numbers and seasonal fluctuations across the year. We have now reached the low season time of year and as usual visitor numbers started to slow in May. And while June is a traditionally slow month for visitors and business in general it does seem that the past month or so had been slower than normal. Discussions with other Waihi and wider regional operators indicates that consumer confidence may be a bit low or cautious currently. It’s worth noting that we are still seeing a few international visitors and in recent weeks both French and German visitors have been noticeable. With the July school holidays about to commence we are hoping to see a small lift in domestic visitors around the area. The Waihi i-SITE maintains its membership with i-SITE New Zealand and participates in the networks activities and various communication forums available. Senior staff will attend the annual i-SITE New Zealand conference in September to maintain important network connections and relationships. The Waihi i-SITE also actively participates in the wider Waikato regional cluster group and Waihi will host i-SITE staff from around the region at the next regional meeting on 1 August 2018. Destination Coromandel manager Hadley Dryden will also attend this meeting to provide updates on Coromandel tourism