MINUTES

BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
PRESENT:
  • Councillor W. Sutherland, Chair
  • Councillor J. Davison, Vice-Chair (Remote Participation)
  • City Manager Designate S. Sharp (Remote Participation)
ALSO PRESENT:
  • Legislative Advisor J. Palaschuk
  • Legislative Advisor A. de Grood

1.
CALL TO ORDER
 

Councillor Sutherland called the Meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL:

Councillor Sutherland, Councillor Davison, and City Manager Designate Sharp.

2.
OPENING REMARKS
 

Councillor Sutherland provided opening remarks and acknowledged St. Patrick's Day and the Irish Cultural Society of Calgary Club. 

3.
CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA
 

  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That the Agenda for today's Meeting be amended by adding the following item of Urgent Business:

    • Industrial Stakeholder What We Heard Report (Verbal), BAC2021-0467
    MOTION CARRIED
  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That the Agenda for the 2021 March 17 Regular Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee be confirmed, as amended.

    MOTION CARRIED

4.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
 

4.1
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, 2020 December 07
This item has attachments. 

1.Unconfirmed Minutes-2020 December 07-Business Advisory Committee.pdf
  • Moved byCity Manager Designate Sharp

    That the Minutes of the 2020 December 07 Regular Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee be confirmed.

    MOTION CARRIED

5.
CONSENT AGENDA
 

6.
POSTPONED REPORTS
 

None

7.
ITEMS FROM OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES
 

7.1
Restaurant and Brewery Industry Business Experience Improvement Program - BAC2021-0195
This item has attachments. 

1.Restaurant and Brewery Industry Business Experience Improvement Program - BAC2021-0195.pdf
2.Attachment 1-Previous Council Direction and Background-BAC2021-0195.pdf
3.Attachment 2-Business Experience Improvement Program Deliverables-BAC2021-0195.pdf
4.Distrib-Presentation-BAC2021-0195.pdf

A presentation entitled "Restaurant and Brewery Industry Business Experience Improvement Program" was distributed with respect to Report BAC2021-0195.

  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That with respect to Report BAC2021-0195, the following be approved:

    That the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) direct Administration to return to BAC no later than Q2 2022 to provide a full progress update on all of the focus areas.

    MOTION CARRIED

    Committee then dealt with Item 10.1.1.


8.
ITEMS DIRECTLY TO COMMITTEE
 

9.
URGENT BUSINESS
 

9.1
Industrial Stakeholder What We Heard Report (Verbal), BAC2021-0467
This item has attachments. 

1.Distrib-Document-BAC2021-0467.pdf

This Item was dealt with following Item 10.1.1

A document entitled "Industrial Stakeholder Whiteboarding - What We Heard" was distributed with respect to Verbal Report BAC2021-0467.

  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That with respect to Report BAC2021-0467, the following be approved:

    That the Business Advisory Committee direct Administration to provide an update to the Business Advisory Committee no later than April 2021.

    MOTION CARRIED

    Committee then dealt with Adjournment.


10.
CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS
 

10.1
ITEMS FROM OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES
 

10.1.1
External Stakeholders of City Land Transactions - What We Heard Report (Verbal), BAC2021-0434
 

This Item was dealt with following Item 7.1.

  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That with respect to Report BAC2021-0434, the following be approved:

    That the Business Advisory Committee recommend that Council:

    1. Direct Administration to provide an update to the Business Advisory Committee no later than the end of July 2021.
    2. Direct that the confidential document be held confidential pursuant to Section 24 (Advice from officials) of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, to be reviewed by 2031 March 17
    MOTION CARRIED

    Committee then dealt with Item 9.1.


10.2
URGENT BUSINESS
 

None

11.
ADJOURNMENT
 

Adjournment was dealt with following Item 9.1.

  • Moved byCouncillor Davison

    That this meeting adjourn at 1:36 p.m.

    MOTION CARRIED

    The following item has been forwarded to the 2021 April 12 Combined Meeting of Council:

    CONSENT:

    • External Stakeholders of City Land Transactions - What We Heard Report (Verbal), BAC2021-0434

    The next Regular Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee is scheduled to be held at the Call of the Chair. 

    CONFIRMED BY COMMITTEE ON


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