General Meeting of the Kaikohe Business Association held on 12^th July 2016 at the RSA

1. House keeping

Apologies: J Carter, Samantha Mills, D Maxwell

Resolved: “THAT THE APOLOGIES BE ACCEPTED.”

S Sangster/N Birchall

Carried

Present: L Bracken, N Birchall, A Harris, K van Gaalen, M Pickery, J Nol, S Reilly, M Edmonds, M Pickering, J Vujcich, E Vujcich, S Macauley, K Remetis, C Wilkie, J Poutsma, Colin, M Shaw, Te Awhi Ashby and S Sangster

2. Presentation to the members of the Association from the Chair power point presentation

· Business advocacy

· Residents advocacy

· Residents projects

· Are we doing enough as business owners?

· Business Owner Projects 2016-17

· Mural depictions

· Place making – what is it?

· Promotional launch

· Business Plan – Report from Sally Macauley. Spoke to the funding plan and budget. Approximate budget $110, 000.

3. Karen Remetis

Gave a summary of her background. Business Improvement District (BID) is what she is presenting tonight. Infometric data on Kaikohe Hokianga area shows that there are a lot of professionals with disposal income. BID is an economic development strategy. A BID enables an organization like the KBA come become self-funding. Structure, landscape, heritage, environment and urban design, marketing and generating other sources of income for the BID group. Business owners need to see the benefit of the BID. Increases momentum, membership and influence. The information about a proposed BID must be accurate before it is promoted.

Karen took questions and comments from the floor.

4. Meeting August 9^th 2016. Meeting closed at 7:20pm