6TH REPORT OF THE
Investment
and Economic Prosperity Committee
meeting held on March
27, 2012, commencing at 3:35 PM, in Committee Room # 5, Second Floor, London
City Hall.
PRESENT: Councillor J.B. Swan (Chair), Mayor
J.F. Fontana, Councillors D. Brown, M. Brown, B. Polhill, S. Orser and P. Van
Meerbergen and C. Saunders (Secretary).
ALSO PRESENT: T. Dobbie, J.
Braam, M. Hayward, R. Armistead, J.P. Barber, B. Campbell, A. Dunbar, J.M.
Fleming, E. Gamble, K. Graham, C. Howard, T.A. Johnson and P. White.
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No pecuniary interests were disclosed.
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Recommendation: That, on the
recommendation of the City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and the
Managing Director – Corporate Assets the report dated March 27, 2012 with
respect to the “People in the City” artwork BE RECEIVED for
information.
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Recommendation: That, on the
recommendation of the City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and the
Director of Corporate Communications, the following actions be taken with
respect to the development of Council’s Economic and Investment Economic
Prosperity Plan and the associated communications plan:
a)
the
approach,
process, timetable and next steps for the development of a
10-year Plan
identified within the revised attached presentation entitled
“Developing Council’s Investment and Economic Prosperity Plan”, dated March
27, 2012 from the City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, BE APPROVED; and,
b)
the
next steps for the development of an associated communications plan
identified within the presentation entitled “Investment & Economic
Prosperity Plan - Communicating the Plan; Engaging the Public”, dated March
27, 2012 from the Director of Corporate Communications, BE APPROVED.
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IV.
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ITEMS FOR DIRECTION
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Recommendation: That the communication
dated March 2, 2012 from the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors,
with respect to Housing and the Economy, BE RECEIVED.
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5.
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Tools and Incentives to Attract Businesses
to London
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Recommendation: That the Civic
Administration BE DIRECTED to bring back a report with recommended
tools and incentives to attract businesses to London.
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The meeting adjourned at 4:46 PM.