HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDAC 2011-01-26ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Janua 2fi 2011 Ci of Kitchener
The Economic Development Advisory Committee met this date, with the following
members were in attendance: Councillor Bii loannidis, Councillor Paul Singh,
Councillor Scott Davey, Brian Bennett, Adrian Conrad, Darren Shaw, Mark
Bingeman, Steven Voll, Rebecca Short, Len Carter, Jeremy Auger, Shawn
DeBruyn, Kelly Vieira, Ashley Reid, Lisa Polonski, Glenn Koehler, Amr Kebbi, Ian
Cook, Peter Benninger, Dr. Takhar
Staff in attendance: Silvia Di Donato, Valerie Machado, Colin Goodeve, Jenn
Grein and Tracey DeVille
New Business:
2.1 Introductions
The new Committee members were welcomed and asked that everyone
introduced themselves.
2.2 Co-Chair Nominations
The Committee was asked to put forward any nominations for position of Co-
Chair: The following names were nominated:
Councillor Paul Singh
Jeremy Auger
Adrian Conrad
The members asked if #hey could vote by email. Tracey DeVilfe advised she will
follow up with an email vote.
2.3 Committee Orientation
Galin Goodeve provided the committee with an orientation of the committee
structure, including their roles and responsibilities. Jenn Grein also provided an
overview of the City of Kitchener strategy and how each committee fits into that
picture. The committee was advised that the preseritation is also loaded an their
flash drives along with the Terms of Reference and Code of Conduc#.
2.4 2011 Economic Development Advisory Committee Priorities
Silvia Di .Donato, provided an overview of the current version of the Economic
Development Strategic Plan and the direction going forward.
The committee outlined the following for potential discussion in 2011:
• Talent attraction and retention
• Small business success (geographically)
• Area promotion
• Continue with business attraction
• Signage on the 401 1 Business sponsorship on the landscape
• Rapid transit
1suture meetings:
• Communitech and CTT to provide presentations on who they are and
what they do
• Passibility of a marketing sub-committee
On mo#ion, the meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.