Outstanding Council Directives Tracking Log

Updated:1/30/2020

Meeting Date Motion/ Resolution Report Number CLT Member/ Executive Director Action Status

June 5, 2017
CR348/2017
C 83/2017
City Treasurer 		That City Council  RECEIVE the results of the Vacancy Rebate Program review for information; and,That City Council  DIRECT that Administration make application to the Ministry of Finance requesting regulatory authority to restrict the vacancy rebate as it relates to individual annual applications within the Downtown Business Improvement Area as follows:Rebate for Main Street, Ground level Commercial Properties: (non-office towers)
  • Year One – 100% of the 30%
  • Year Two – 50% of the 30%
  • Year Three – 0% of the 30%That Administration  BE DIRECTED to bring forward, for consideration any savings, as attributed to changes in the vacancy rebate program, as part of the 2019 Operating Budget process for discussion; and,
    That subject to Ministerial consent, Administration  BE DIRECTED to monitor the economic impact of the change to the vacancy rebate program within the Downtown Business Improvement Area for a period of five years and bring a report back to City Council for information; and,
    That City Council  DIRECT Administration report back in 2018 as to the feasibility and potential impacts of limitations to the city-wide vacancy rebate program including:
  • Application within the other 8 City Business Improvement Area’s
  • Other properties located throughout the City where there are multi-year applications
  

June 5, 2017
CR351/2017
C 83/2017
City Treasurer 		That the specific savings from the Vacancy Rebate Program (currently within the DWBIA)  BE REPORTED BACK to Council with explicit options (within the DWBIA boundaries) for projects and/or possibilities for programs that would contribute to combating the empty storefronts, such as CIP’s or other mechanisms like facade grant programs; and further, that in future years as this is rolled out in other BIA’s, that the same /or similar explicit options within the respective BIA’s, be explored and reported back to Council.