— List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1: A regional eccnonic Cevelopment body should be esteblished with the structure and functions identified in recomendations 2-9.

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Recocnendation 2: The goal of the regional econonic development body should be to expand the tax bese, the esployment base and generally enhance the eccnoaic developcent of the region. § [t must be inpartial and maintain the confidentiality of its clients and prospects. It must both react te the initiatives of businesscen and take its own initiatives to encourage business to Yocate and expand in the region. The body's specific functions should be:

@ to assexdle and provide conprehensive, impartial information on the region to refer businessmen requiring assistance to epprosriate Governzent departments or private trede organizations to supply other tyses of general assistance requested by businesses to promote the regicn externatly as a ccad place to do business to improve business confidence and pravide a regional voice for businass concerns to inprave the coordination, of eccnonic develogrent initiatives and to comment on the tapact of seneral Provincial, regional, or cunicipal policies on ecosonic developnent in Greater Vancouver . to identify and promote specific business opportunities. &

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Recommendation 3: The services of the cegional economic development bedy should be available to all types end sizes of firms.

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Recommendation 4: A GRO departaent should te created to carry oyt the econonic verelopcent function identified in recomendation 2. The Cepartacat should sork Closely with but be iedependent of the Planning Cepertrent. .

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Recocrendation 5: The head Gé the Econeaie Bevelorceat das rizen should be respoasible to the Comissisner of Region a scent for tha day to cay operation of the Cepartrent. The cepartrent should report to the G¥RD foard through a Standing Ecorenic Seveloment Conittee apoointed by the Board and consisting of five Board cecbers and four representatives fron the regional

velopment Comittee should resiew

Program recommendations of the densartment and

tions to the Berd. Committee cuchers ray also

te represent the departsent ja its interactions % Comunity and anicipal councils.

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Recomendation 6: A Uiaison Comittee on Ecenonie Develocrent Conposed of staff representatives froa soverscent 2nd private etencnic development organizations should be established tg provide advice on the sork of the Cepartcent asd to scrk twards better coordination of the activities of these bodies.

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Rececrendation 7: The regional eccnenic Cevelopmest darertrent should initially — consist of 8 ~§ departzent head, 2 Fesearch-develoseent officer, ant 2 Secreterz-public relations Person. If desand warrants, a full-tisa etcacnic Cezelomtent Officer could be aided at a later date. Additional staff should not be required and should aly be appointed if a clear reed can be demonstrated.

(F2g2 23) Recocmendatfon 8: &a annual bedget in the $130.225,090 renge {1629 dollars} should be tentatively apsroved fer ea initial peried of three years. Exact ennual Sudgets sould be resered by the Gepartrent head and the Econmic Develcment Cornittee and epproved by the regional Soard 2s @ part of the Cr23"s annyst budget. The operations and effectiveness of the ferction should be reviewed during its third year of cperation. Continued operation of the function stculd depend tn Satisfactery performance dering its first years. .

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Recommendation 9: eloprent function stsuld be supported sed valve

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