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REPORT TOMAYOR AND COUNCIL
PRESENTED:
JUNE 15, 2009 - SPECIAL MEETING
REPORT:
09-84
FROM:
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
FILE:
0540-20
SUBJECT:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE2009 WORK PLAN
RECOMMENDATIONS:
That
Council receive the report entitled “Economic Development Advisory Committee 2009Work Plan” for information; and further
That
Council endorse the Economic Development Advisory Committee’s 2009 Work Plan aspresented in this report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Staff continually track and report the progress of implementing the 2002 Economic DevelopmentStrategy (EDS) to the Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC). In addition,Council’s Economic Development Advisory Committee conducted comprehensive prioritizingsessions of the 2002 EDS in 2006, 2007, and 2008. While there are several actions in the 2002EDS that have not yet been completed, it is the opinion of the current EDAC with staff support,that implementation of the 2002 Economic Development Strategy is essentially complete.Should Council concur, EDAC is recommending a process be initiated to create a new draftEDS for Council’s consideration and endorsement. EDAC’s 2009 Work Plan (attached) wouldcreate a process, timeline, budget, and framework for the new EDS and the 2010 Work Planwould result in creation of the actual draft document for Council’s consideration.EDAC respectfully requests that, as part of its 2010 budget deliberations, Council provide one-time funding to cover the costs of facilitators/consultants needed to help facilitate expert panelsessions and public information workshops and to compile research data toward a new draftEconomic Development Strategy for Council’s consideration.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this report is to present the Economic Development Advisory Committee’s 2009Work Plan for Council’s endorsement including the initiation of a process in 2009 for theestablishment of a new Economic Development Strategy in subsequent years.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2009 WORK PLAN
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BACKGROUND/HISTORY:
The first Economic Development Strategy (EDS) was adopted by Council in June 1989. In2001, the Economic Development Advisory Committee embarked on an 18-month, $45,000process that culminated in Council adopting the 2002 EDS. In January 2004, an EconomicDevelopment Officer was hired to implement the 2002 EDS. Since then, staff has reported onthe progress toward completion of the 2002 EDS at the end of each year.Based on the latest status report the implementation of the 2002 EDS was as follows:
Township of Langley 2002 Economic Development StrategySummary of Progress on Actions Contained in the Strategy as at December 31, 2008
Focus Area Not StartedIn ProgressOngoingCompleted TOTALCommunity Image 1192 13Education & Training 2193 15Tourism 1073 11Agriculture 4274 17Horse Industry 2130 6Heritage & the Arts 3043 10Commercial Development 0182 11Business/Industrial Parks 1073 11Infrastructure 0280 10Film Industry 4156 16Convention Centre 2114 8TOTAL 20(16%)10(8%)68(53%)30(23%)128(100%)
Status:NS –
Action Not Started
IP –
Action In Progress (started, and can be completed)
OG –
Action Ongoing (started, but perpetual nature of the action means ithas been added to the annual work program)
C –
Action CompletedThus, after five years, there are only 20 of the 128 actions of the 2002 EDS that have not beenstarted (representing 16% of the total actions). As a result of deliberations of the EconomicDevelopment Advisory Committee (EDAC) during 2006, 2007 and 2008, six of these not startedactions have been deemed to be the direct responsibility of an outside organization and areexpected to be completed within the next five years with no Township staff intervention required.That reduces the number of not started actions to 14 (or 11%) of the total Strategy.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2009 WORK PLAN
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DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
At its April 1, 2009 meeting, EDAC decided that the 2002 EDS was essentially completed andthat it was the top priority of the Committee to embark on a process that will result in a new EDSfor the Township of Langley. At its May 6, 2009 meeting, EDAC passed the followingrecommendations related to the 2009 EDAC Work Plan.
That the Economic Development Advisory Committee advise Council that the 2002 Economic Development Strategy is essentially complete; and further,That Item 2 of the draft 2009 Work Plan “commence and develop a 5- year Economic Development Strategy for the Township with appropriate economic indicators” form the 2009 EDAC Work Plan.
That G. MacKinnon e-mail the draft EDAC Work Plan and a draft report to Council to members, and on approval of EDAC members by e-mail, authorize him to forward it for Council’s consideration.
Attachment A to this report is a copy of the 2009 EDAC Work Plan – which initiates a processfor the establishment of a new EDS – including an expectation of what will be accomplished ateach of the remaining meetings in 2009. EDAC members have reviewed this 2009 Work Planand agree with its content. EDAC is asking Council to endorse the Work Plan as per section17.3 of Bylaw 2008 No. 4700:
Every year … the Advisory Committees shall present to Council their proposed and prioritized work plan for the following year for Council’s review and ratification.
Staff agrees with the EDAC recommendations that implementation of the 2002 EDS isessentially complete and that now is a good time to create a process for developing a new EDS.Staff has recommended to EDAC that, in creating a new EDS, the Committee should considereach of the not started actions in the 2002 EDS regarding relevance to the future economicdevelopment of the Township and either include, exclude or revise the action accordingly for thenew EDS.
Financial Implications
The cost to create the 2002 EDS was approximately $45,000. The bulk of the costs to create anew EDS will occur in 2010. At this time, it is anticipated that any required funding for 2009 cancome from the Economic Development Strategy Implementation account for 2009.
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