https://barrie.ca.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4302362&GUID=E81FC4BF-E24A-4204-B278-0848E18EDCD8Legistar15https://barrie.ca.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4302362&GUID=E81FC4BF-E24A-4204-B278-0848E18EDCD8E81FC4BF-E24A-4204-B278-0848E18EDCD8-2020-01-10-20-36-01Title: OPEN DELEGATION REQUEST BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DOWNTOWN BARRIE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR FREE ON-STREET AND LOT PARKING WITHIN THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA UNTIL PHASE 1B OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED Teresa Woolard and Denise Tucker, Chair of the Downtown Barrie Business Improvement Area provided an open delegation concerning a request for free on street and lot parking within the Business Improvement Area unit Phase 1 B of the construction is completed. Ms. Woolard and Ms. Tucker thanked the Committee for allowing the BIA and its 400 members the ability to bring forth concerns related to parking in the downtown during the phases of the sidewalk reconstruction on Dunlop Street and the financial impact on their businesses. Ms. Woolard and Ms. Tucker discussed slides concerning the following topics: · The statistics of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB); · A chart illustrating the CFIB survey results related to business affected by construction; · The statistics associated with Canadian small businesses affected by construFri, 10 Jan 2020 20:36:01 GMT