1307 - KBA minutes 9 July 2013

Kaikohe Business Association

Chairperson: Steve Sangster – Secretary: Elodie Vujcich – Treasurer: Joe Nol

PO Box 497 – KAIKOHE

Ph: 09 4011099 – steve@guardians.org.nz; elodie@computer.co.nz; joenol@xtra.co.nz

Minutes of the meeting of the association held, Tuesday 9 July 2013 at

Northern News. The meeting commenced at 5:15pm after the AGM

Present: Brian Warren, Lynne Popham, Ngaire Powdrill, Elodie Vujcich, Steve Sangster Mike Shaw, Earl Clifford, Ngawai Grey , John Schollum, Lorraine Cochrane, Alan Puru, Melody Witehira, Steven Sanson (FNDC), Shaun Reilly (late), Kelly van Gaalen (late)

Apologies:

Joe Nol, Kathryn Starr, Keri Molloy, Liz Ford, Sally Macauley, Jill Reilly, Wayne Brown, Noel Birchall, David Williams, John Vujcich

Moved: Minutes of the last meeting be accepted MikeS/ Elodie U

Financial Report: as per AGM

Correspondence Out:

Correspondence In:

Membership: Ngawai suggests that members visit 5 businesses each to offer membership of the KBA.

Mike Shaw: report on Economic Development Group meeting two weeks ago. Want to form cooperative, build on tourism opportunities, align strategically, and setting targets. Looking at industry spinoffs from Top Energy. How bring industries in to town..

Moved: that Mike’s report be accepted Steve/ Ngawai U

(Notes of the last EDG meeting attached)

Steve Sanson FNDC Planning Department

Review of district signage: this is a section of District Plan that is on rolling review to be completed by 2017.

Kelly: Guy Road landscaping ready to go, with small car park area. I-site at Station Rd cycleway entry complete, ready for signage, Taheke Road ready soon. Proof for first set of flags ready. Had first meeting at prison to get carving project under way – 13 carvings to come for the Guy Road area. Cycle stands requests. Artworks through Northland College for after school holidays – 25 faces for the Library Square project.

Moved: that the KBA write to the FNDC to support the acquisition of the ’Kaikohe Hotel’ property for town use and as a community asset if at all possible.

Shaun/ Steve U

The next meeting of the KBA will be 13^th August, venue to be advised, at 5:40pm.

The meeting closed at 7.15pm.

Kaikohe Economic Group (Subcommittee of Kaikohe Business Association) Report

Co-op (Leif): needs rough plan/ style – vege co-op, or for business succession eg Lyttelton co-op. Need to get it right first time. Different range of membership – eg in Australian small towns: active members, donators; Gary has legal drafting for all to go ahead; options - Hammer Hardware, producer co-op linked to NorthFresh; saw Russell McVeagh (Fonterra lawyers) to work out as a framework for small communities – specific; the longer we can keep the dollar circulating in our community the better, potentially work to remove big box movers. Eg Maleny in Queensland, and Gunnardar, NSW, Australia. So: mainly to enable business succession, and to offer a model for new businesses, make a profitable option – eg sports shop with cycle repairs. Sales pitch – long term investment, that is ‘PR job’, could attract as discussed last time investment from old Kaikohe-ites and from others internationally. Co-ops growing at 25%$ p.a. in NZ. Ready to register a co-op. When Leif goes: hopefully this EDG, Mike Edmonds, John Maurice? Ramsey Margolis is the NZ Co-operatives man.

Moved: That KBA Economic Development Group become a member of NZ Cooperatives - Elodie / Mike U

John Key visits: Steve Sangster Report. Summary - KBA to help foster revival, help anchor resurgence of Far North as a whole. Make Kaikohe destination of choice for small manufacturers; horticultural potential, reliable electricity supply etc, require favourable policy from government, level playing field for businesses in the UFBB

Northland Inc; John Vujcich Report. Northland Economic Action Group (chairman Shane Lloyd) started by Mike Sabin, feeding in to Northland Inc (combo of 3 groups, under NRC). Ask to be informed re minutes etc/ be on mailing list of both groups. Northland performs better in primary sector than the rest of NZ, there is potential for growth in dairy. Tourism flat for 20 years; low in manufacturing eg raw logs (growth potential here). Northland Inc has clear vision and goals – towards economic strategy for Northland. Eg Data Centre in Kaikohe for Northland businesses. Ask be copied to communications please.

Top Energy: Steve Sangster update: Russell Shaw adamant that Top Energy does not have a large electricity user lined up; land banking in the Ngawha area, 3x size of Wairakei. Invite Russell Shaw to 13 August KBA meeting (Sally). Heat swimming pool, kiln dry timber, tunnel houses, dairy factory heat supply. We need to sit with eg Top Energy for strategic plan that pushes for location of industry based in Kaikohe. Very good fibre networks already running between stations. Will donate power poles for lighting at Lindvart Park and then lights. Would like to set up cooperative power company in partnership with Top Energy for community power.

Tourism NZ Presentation: Mike Shaw Report $158m for tourism in next 3 years from government. Culture next after visuals/landscape for what tourists come to see. Get overseas and promote the ‘product’ – cycle trail, offer fishing

KBA Strategic Plan:

a. SWOT analysis. Moved: “THAT THE KAIKOHE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PAGES 26-71 AND APPENDIX 2 ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY BOARD IN JULY 2011 BE ADOPTED AS THE KEDG SWOT ANALYSIS.” Mike / Steve U

b. Moved: that the 2018 Kaikohe Key Outputs (tangible and can be measured objectively) to align with NEAG.

http://www.northlandinc.co.nz/regional-partnerships/northland-economic-advisory-group-neag

i. Create 60 new sustainable jobs, i.e an average of 12 per year.

ii. To increase the Kaikohe median household weekly income to at least the Northland average from $17900 to $20900

iii. To increase the home ownership rate from 43.3% to 50%

Sally/ Mike U

cf from Northland Inc

create 10000 new jobs

lift the GDP of Northland by $2 billion

lift the median Northland household income to at least the NZ median

Next meeting Tuesday 30^th July (last Tuesday of each month) at FNDC, 5:30pm

Meeting closed with prayer 7:05pm