Regional Economic Development Strategy

"THAT Mayor Screech be appointed to sit as a voluntary member of the Funding Partners' Council to represent the Town of View Royal for an initial three year term."

"THAT the Town of View Royal support in principle the proposed Regional Strategy and Model for Economic Development in South Vancouver Island (the Strategy) provided that a majority of municipalities in the Capital Region (7 out of 13 at minimum) also participate in the Strategy."

"THAT $11,221 be allocated in the 2016 budget year to cover start-up and Year 1 (2016- 2017) of the funding required to create a new regional economic development organization, subject to municipal inclusion on the Funding Partners' Council as laid out in the presentation from the Greater Victoria Development Agency titled "A New Regional Strategy and Model for Economic Development in South Vancouver Island"."