2011/09/14 Economic Development Committee Meeting Part 1

00:00:00	1. Call to Order
00:00:11	2. Attendance (John Close, Janice Jackson, Matt Standen)
00:00:20	3. Declaration of Pecuniary Interest
00:00:35	4. Adoption of Minutes
00:01:03		- adopted
00:01:12	5. Action Items from Last Meeting
00:01:25		- report bluewater ad hoc, airport, business cards
00:01:55		- terms of reference
00:02:09		- advertise for recruitment
00:02:19		- letter to chambers after terms of reference
00:03:22	6. Revised Terms of Reference
00:08:05		- motion, carried
00:08:28	7. Budget and Workplan discussion
00:09:43		- Dave how constrained are committee members
00:10:30		- Mike says that is purpose of Terms of Reference
00:11:15		- Dave small budget to accommodate mileage and or per diem
00:12:35		- Municipal act and EDC spending money
00:14:20		- John Close speaks to budget - mileage would need to be authorized
00:16:00		- Danielle no success in getting funding from councils
00:17:17		- expertise on EDC
00:17:48		- Janice suggests Danielle ask for money in her budget
00:18:30		- put timelines and resources on action plans
00:20:57		- budget timeline
00:22:00		- decide to get together in another meeting to work out budget
00:24:40		- September 28th, 9am - 12 noon
00:28:30	8. Chair's Update
00:29:06		- Don had discussion with CAO and she indicated the EDC is a stakeholder in the Strategic Plan process
00:29:54		- Creating Our Future press release, community questionare, community events, interviews with staff and council
00:31:50		- Danielle indicates January 2012 is completion date for plan
00:32:53		- people want no change in certain areas - if not wanting development in all areas should resign from committee
00:34:30		- chair wants people on committee members that are pro-development
00:34:50		- airport meeting