Palmerston North City Council
Minutes of
the Economic Development Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council
Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston
North on 12 June 2017, commencing at 9.00am
Members
Present:
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Councillor Adrian Broad (in the Chair),
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel
Bowen, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie
Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor and Bruno
Petrenas.
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Apologies:
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Councillors Duncan McCann (early
Departure) and Tangi Utikere (lateness).
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Councillor Tangi
Utikere entered the meeting at 9.29am during consideration of clause 22. He was not present for clause 21.
Councillor Duncan McCann left the meeting at 9.39am at the
conclusion of clause 22.
He was present for clause 21.
The meeting
adjourned at 9.01am
The meeting resumed
at 9.20am
21-17
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Apologies
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Moved
Adrian Broad, seconded Leonie Hapeta.
The COMMITTEE RESOLVED
1. That the Committee receive the apologies.
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22-17
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Presentation - RACE Group
Presentation from Mr Alasdair Robertson,
Chief Executive, RACE Group
Councillor Tangi
Utikere entered the meeting at 9.29am
The Norwood Farm Machinery Centre City of Palmerston North Gold
Cup Festival had been a successful event that attracted over 500 people to
the opening in the Square, over 3,000 people attended the Jimmy Barnes
concert and there were 4,000 attendees at both the Friday night Harness and
Saturday race meetings.
The suspension of racing over the December months caused
significant communication confusion and disruption, however many of the
performance KPIs were met and without the disruption they could have been
exceeded. There were two main learnings for when the event is held in
2018; a need for stronger local marketing and radio focus and the need to
keep to the proposition and focus on the three targeted days.
Planning has started for the festival in 2018, with the launch
being on 28 March 2018 and the final day 31 March 2018.
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Moved
Adrian Broad, seconded Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation
for information.
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Councillor
Duncan McCann left the meeting at 9.39am
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Presentation - NZ Young Farmers Grand
Final Committee
Presentation from Stephanie Sloan and Paul
Olsen, co-convenors, NZ Young Farmers Grand Final Committee
The FMG NZ Young Farmer was divided by seven regions and was in
its 49th year of competition. There were regional
competitions held prior to the national final which in 2017 is being held in
the Manawatu with contestants arriving on 5 July 2017.
The National final begins on 6 July and finishes with the Grand
Final being held at the Racecourse on 8 July, which will be
livestreamed. On Sunday 9 July the NZ Young Farmer Annual General
Meeting will be held at Orlando Country.
Over the five days of activities the region will be showcased with
events being held at multiple locations and opportunities for local students
to attend to learn what is involved in agribusiness.
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Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Rachel
Bowen.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation
for information.
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Presentation – CEDA
Presentation from Janet Reynolds, Marketing
Senior, CEDA and Peter Crawford, Economic Policy Advisor, Palmerston North
City Council.
A visitor statistics update was provided, showing origin of
visitor spend, actual visitor spend and visitor nights for year ended
March 2017. It was noted that Manawatu RTO (Regional Tourism
Organisation) spend included figures for Rangitikei and Tararua. Whist
there were no statistics for Airbnb bookings there an been an observation of
increased bookings in this area.
CEDA had commissioned research from UMR regarding perception of
the city by other regions. The three main terms used to describe what
people know of Palmerston North were “Massey University”, “Unsure”
and “Nothing” which was seen as a neutral starting point and not
negative to the city.
It was noted that Palmerston North does not have a large amount of
commissionable product, but a large number of free offerings which was a part
of the attraction to the city for families.
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Moved Adrian Broad, seconded Vaughan
Dennison.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation
for information.
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Presentation – CEDA
Presentation from Julia Giles, Event
Co-ordinator and Linda Stewart, Chief Executive, CEDA
The Sort it Careers Expo had been held on 18 May 2017 with 70
organisations exhibiting. Over 4,000 visitors had attended, being
predominantly secondary school students from 21 schools. The new
evening session had proved popular and this would continue for future expos.
The organisers would continue to work with Talent Central for the
2018 event and it was suggested that work could be done with Accelerate25 to
attract regional businesses as well as Local Authorities.
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Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Tangi
Utikere.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That the Economic Development Committee receive the presentation
for information.
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26-17
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Confirmation of Minutes
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Moved
Adrian Broad, seconded Tangi Utikere.
The COMMITTEE RESOLVED
That the minutes of the Economic Development Committee meeting of
8 May 2017 Part I Public be confirmed as a true and correct record.
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Summary Report on March 2017 Manawatu
Quarterly Economic Monitor and Major Developments
Memorandum,
dated 25 May 2017 from the Economic Policy Advisor, Peter Crawford and the
Chief Executive, CEDA, Linda Stewart.
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Moved Leonie Hapeta, seconded Adrian
Broad.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That
the Manawatū
Quarterly Economic Monitor – March 2017 and Major Developments Report
is received.
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28-17
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Committee Work Schedule
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Moved Rachel Bowen, seconded Vaughan
Dennison.
The COMMITTEE
RESOLVED
1. That the Economic Development Committee receive its Work Schedule
dated June 2017.
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The meeting finished at 11.14am
Confirmed 7 August 2017
Chairperson