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S3pm - 9-Economic Development Advisory Committee Minutes
S3pm - 9-Economic Development Advisory Committee Minutes
MINUTES
PRESENT:
MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVE:
Councillor Jordan Bateman
STAFF:
G. MacKinnon, Economic Development Co-ordinator
P. Crawford, Manager, Long Range Planning
S. Carneiro, Recording Secretary
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mayor Rick Green, Councillor Grant Ward and Ramin Seifi of staff
INTRODUCTION
A. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Moved by R. Martin,
Seconded by J. Zaccaria,
That the Economic Development Advisory Committee approve the Agenda of the
April 1, 2009 meeting.
CARRIED
April 1, 2009
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B. ELECTIONS
1. Elections – 2009
There were two nominations for the position of Chair for 2009, E. Kolla and
A. Robinson. The committee members were, therefore, requested to cast their vote
in favour of one of the candidates. Members agreed that the unsuccessful Chair
candidate would be the Vice-Chair for 2009.
E. Kolla received the highest number of votes and was, therefore, elected Chair and
A. Robinson Vice-Chair of the Economic Development Advisory Committee for 2009.
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Moved by G. Tingley,
Seconded by J. Zaccaria,
That the Economic Development Advisory Committee adopt the Minutes of the
November 5, 2008 meeting.
CARRIED
Bylaw 4700
G. MacKinnon gave a brief overview of Bylaw 4700 that was adopted by Council in
September 2008.
• Member Attendance: Section 4.5 states that if a member fails to attend three
consecutive committee meetings without leave, he will be notified by the
Advisory Committee Chair and if the member fails to attend four consecutive
regular meetings and has not provided the Chair with a request for leave, the
Chair shall advise Council of the situation and request that the member be
removed from the Advisory Committee.
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• Task Force: Each Advisory Committee may establish a Task Force for specific
purposes that have a maximum duration of 90 days without Council’s prior
approval
• Communication: All Advisory Committee Chairs shall meet with the Mayor and
available members of Council two times per year to share information about
work of the Advisory Committee and related Council issues.
G. MacKinnon also advised the new members that the EDAC Binders handed out at
the beginning of the meeting were intended to provide the bulk of background
information required to get “up to speed” on EDAC progress in the recent past.
The members indicated that they would like to be reminded, via e-mail from staff, of
the time-frame for adding items to the agenda. The draft agenda has to be compiled
by the Chair a week before it goes out to the members and therefore, agenda items
should be forwarded to the Chair two weeks prior to the meeting.
E. PRESENTATIONS
F. REPORTS (WRITTEN)
F. REPORTS (WRITTEN)
• The contract for conducting the Employment Lands Study in the Township has
been awarded to a consultant. The tentative schedule for the report is as
follows:
G. REPORTS (VERBAL)
H. CORRESPONDENCE
The Economic Development Advisory Committee would like the following items to be
included in the Draft Work Plan for 2009.
Task
1. Review remaining portion of 2002 Council-endorsed Economic
Development Strategy. Decide whether to recommend to Council that
2002 Strategy is essentially implemented and it is time to consider
development of a new Economic Development Strategy for the Township.
The members requested that the Draft Work Plan be emailed to them as soon as
possible with a column for priority ranking and it would be discussed in detail at the
next meeting.
COUNCIL
Moved by A. Robinson,
Seconded by C. Robin,
That Council endorse the following statement of the Economic Development
Advisory Committee, which, if approved, would form part of the Committee’s Terms
of Reference:
“That the Economic Development Advisory Committee may make recommendations
to Council on economic aspects of activities affecting the economic development of
the Township of Langley.”
CARRIED
K. SUB-COMMITTEE UPDATES
1. Farmers’ Market
G. MacKinnon informed the members that the Langley Community Farmers Market
will be starting up this summer in the Kwantlen Polytechnic University parking lot.
2. Tourism Langley
G. MacKinnon reported that Tourism Langley has two new members on its board
and is expected to sign a lease for the Langley Events Centre shortly.
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Moved by C. Paulson,
Seconded by J. Zaccaria,
That the Economic Development Advisory Committee receive Items for Information.
CARRIED
The Aldergrove Walking Tour was discussed under Item I.1 – 2009 Work Plan.
M. OTHER BUSINESS
N. ROUND TABLE
3. C. Paulson would like to know the difference between “doing” and “advising”.
O. NEXT MEETING
P. TERMINATE
Moved by J. Zaccaria,
Seconded by R. Martin,
That the meeting terminate at 9:05 p.m.
CARRIED
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
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Chair, Ed Kolla