2016-08-31 Growth Committee Agenda PacketWednesday, August 31, 2016
11:00 am
8th Floor Boardroom, City Hall
1. Call to Order
Pages
1.1 Approval of Agenda
1.2 Approval of Minutes - August 24, 2016 1 - 2
1.3 Review of Feedback collected during August 24, 2016 Session 3 - 4
1.3.1 Key Themes
1.3.2 Proposed High -Level Sequencing
1.4 Discussion on Key Outcomes
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1.4.1 Review of each possible Growth Indicator
1.4.2 Growth Committee: Indicators (Presentation by P. Ouellette) 6-36
1.5 Scheduling of Next Meeting
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MINUTES - OPEN SESSION GROWTH COMMITTEE MEETING
AUGUST 24, 2016 AT 12:00 P.M.
Stn FLOOR BOARDROOM, CITY HALL
Present: Mayor D. Darling
Deputy Mayor S. McAlary
Councillor B. Armstrong
Councillor G. Lowe
Councillor J. MacKenzie
Absent: Councillor R. Strowbridge
Also
Present: City Manager J. Trail
Commissioner of Growth and Community Development J. Hamilton
Deputy Commissioner of Growth and Community Development P. Ouellette
Deputy Common Clerk P. Anglin
Administrative Officer R. Evans
1. Meeting Called To Order
Mayor Darling called the Growth Committee open session meeting to order.
1.1 Appointment of Chair and Vice -Chair
Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor MacKenzie:
RESOLVED that the Mayor sit as a voting member on the Growth Standing Committee.
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Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor MacKenzie:
RESOLVED that Mayor Don Darling be appointed Chair of the Growth Standing Committee and
that Councillor Lowe be appointed as Vice -Chair.
MOTION CARRIED.
1.2 Review and recommendation for Approval of Draft Terms of Reference
The committee discussed the proposed Terms of Reference for the Growth Standing
Committee.
Mr. Trail commented that it is up to the Committee to make a recommendation to Common
Council for approval of the Draft Terms of Reference; if it is the Committee's will to take a
Moved by Councillor MacKenzie, seconded by Councillor Lowe:
RESOLVED that the Growth Standing Committee recommends to Common Council approval of
the City of Saint John Growth Standing Committee Draft Terms of Reference as amended in
section 2.2(b) as follows: Mayor sits as an ex -officio and voting member.
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1.3 Discussion of Priorities for next six month: Attached Staff report
Mr. Ouellette presented the following discussion topics:
• top 3 priorities for the Growth Committee in the coming 6 months
• information that would benefit the Committee's pursuit of its objective
• definition of success for Committee after 6 months.
The Mayor lead a round table discussion to receive input from each Committee member on the
three topics listed above.
The City Manager commented that there is a lot of focus being put on the development side of
growth. He noted that there are different types of growth to look at such as: population,
immigration/migration, revenue and job creation. He stated that it is important to identify the
types of targets/measures so that the correct activities can be undertaken to accomplish
identified goals.
Mr. Ouellette recorded the Committee member's input on the discussion topics. A work plan
for the next 6 months capturing the member's input for each topic will be presented at the next
committee meeting.
1.4 Direction on Meetiniz Schedule
It was decided that the next meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 12 p.m. in
the 8t" floor boardroom.
Adjournment
Moved by Councillor Lowe, seconded by Councillor Armstrong:
RESOLVED that the Growth Standing Committee open session meeting held on Wednesday,
August 24, 2016 be adjourned.
MOTION CARRIED.
The Growth Committee meeting held on August 24, 2016 was adjourned at 1:35 p.m.
Deputy Common Clerk
Growth Committee Meeting: Feedback Session Notes
Wednesday August 241h 2016
8'h Floor City Hall, City of Saint John
Participants: Mayor Don Darling, Deputy Mayor Shirley McAlary, Councilor Gerry Lowe,
Councilor John McKenzie, Councilor Blake Armstrong
Regrets: Councilor Ray Strowbridge
Question 1.: What should be the top 3 priorities of the Committee for the coming 6 months?
• Flexibility to consider opportunities that fall outside of Plan SJ (5 year review)
• More focus on unlocking opportunity areas within the Primary Development Area (eg. land -
banking & swaps, expansion of development incentives, non-financial tools, infrastructure
investment strategic engagement with landowners)
• Institute a Growth Officer /champion— with capacity to follow-up/follow-through on
development opportunities... who can take development opportunities through the entire
process
• Invite developments that are at -risk to understand challenges (troubleshooting)
• Investigate obstacles and perceptions about Saint John (surN-ey)
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• Communication service improvements to development community (2 similar comments):
new strategy/marketing
• Great need to focus more specifically on Saint John's economic needs
• Understand and communicate metrics and what is in the pipeline/dashboard (building
permits/value of construction
• What available land within PDA is ripe for development (3 similar comments)
• Growth Committee needs to be engaged (frequent meetings) to support staff
• Teams working on growth must be passionate about Saint John
• Defining growth -what aspects to target and measure
• Made in SJ work plan for growth: make sure the system is working
• Investigate the strongest value for the City's $2 million investment into economic
development: cross-reference with incentive program
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Question 2: What infoimat on would benefit the Committee's pursuit of its objectives?
• Committee Members to collect/engage on obstacles/ opportunities as it relates to
development and growth
• Feedback from developers and investors
• What is in the development pipeline/dashboard
• Engagement -focused -on -goals (not repetition of ABC's)
Question 3: What/How do you define success of the Growth Committee after 6 months?
• Growth Plan presented to Common Council in 6 months
• What do we want to target and what outcomes are we seeking (committee needs to
investigate)
o See Attachment #1 for additional details
Developer perception of City Hall/ Rothesay Ave / City in general
o updated service -level standards
o collecting feedback/surveying of developers/investors
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Attachment #1
Staff breakdown of possible targets/outcomes as it relates to Growth Committee:
Develo went Indicators
• Number Building Permits
• Value of Building Permits
• Tax base growth
o Residential
o Commercial/Retail
o Industrial
o Institutional
Employment Indicators
Unemployment Rate
• Emplo ment Rate
• Number of jobs created
Net jobs created
Internal Budget Indicators
• Reduced reliance on unconditional/ equalization grant
• Leveraged capital funding
Demographic Indicators
• Population Growth
• Immigration attraction/retention
• Outmigration
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• Targeted geographic growth (PDA/Intensification areas/etc)
o _almost every indicator identified above can be tracked according to specific
relevance to particular geographic area found within the City
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