As presented by Councillors Fortin and Cormier:
WHEREAS The City’s 2019-2027 Strategic Plan includes a goal to revitalize Greater Sudbury’s Downtown and Town Centres with public investment that supports private investment;
AND WHEREAS it is a goal of the Strategic Plan to demonstrate the creative use of Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) to incentivize economic growth;
AND WHEREAS the Strategic Plan seeks to evaluate the potential to partner with private sector developers through CIPs or directly to increase or accelerate mixed-use rental housing projects;
AND WHEREAS The City regularly conducts service reviews to examine options for improving service levels and/or reducing the City’s net costs;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to return with a report by the end of Q2, 2024 outlining policy options, including but not limited to, the following parameters of the Strategic Core Areas Community Improvement Plan:
• Non-Commercial Façade Improvements
• Concurrent applications per property (owner and tenant)
• Business Improvement Areas Tenant Attraction (Loan) program
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT effective March 1, 2024, those portions of new applications to CIP programs which include non-commercial façade improvements, the loan program, or concurrent applications involving both an owner and tenant on the same property, will not be accepted by the City pending further direction from Council;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all other applications or portions of applications which do not include the above elements will be considered by the City per established processes.