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DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL MASTER PLAN - PATTY XENOS DESIGN
WHEREAS, the City of Barrie's 20 year Strategic Plan, Foundation for our Future recognizes the need for a strong downtown with links to the waterfront as an important element of our Community Economic Development Plan;
AND WHEREAS City Council's Top 10 Strategic Priorities for 2004 - 2006 include both Developing and Implementing a Strategy to Revitalize the Downtown and Increasing the investment in and development of the waterfront, including linkage to Tourism;
AND WHEREAS, Council has approved both a Downtown Revitalization Plan and a Community Improvement Plan entitled The Next Wave for the City's historic downtown area and adjacent waterfront which together have generated significant interest in the area;
AND WHEREAS, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs has approved the Community Improvement Plan under Section 28 of the Planning Act and the City now has the legal authority to assemble lands and enter into joint venture agreements for the purpose of implementing the Plan, and offer an attractive financial incentive package to facilitate downtown revitalization;
AND WHEREAS, the City of Barrie has retained Ted Handy and others to undertake the preparation of a Cultural Master Plan for the City of Barrie, and cultural activities have been identified in the research on downtowns as one of the key success factors of healthy downtowns;
AND WHEREAS, the Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal has identified the City of Barrie as an Urban Growth Centre and expressly identified Downtown Barrie as a key element of an urban growth strategy in the Draft Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe;
AND WHEREAS both the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario have programs and funding available for brownfield (re)development and the City's historic downtown and waterfront area contains such opportunities;
NOW THEREFORE THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BARRIE RESOLVES AS FO...
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