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Monday, 20 February 2012 22:35 |
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The Mayor's Standing Committee on Business reported its findings to Council last night. The Committee was struck to look at where the City is succeeding in being more business-friendly and ways to improve current practices. The Committee's final report contained six areas where City Hall is doing well. Specifically at looked at a fresh focus on being "open for business" and some of the incentive programs to attract investment. However, the report also contained 16 recommendations for improvement. Some of them include a review of the current portfolio of City-owned vacant land and developing an action plan for those properties, ensuring fiscal responsibility and addressing service levels around development approval. Council has directed the report to staff to consider which recommendations are already underway, where work needs to be done and what timelines exist for addressing the report.
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