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YEAR ROUND DOWNTOWN PUBLIC MARKET (WARD 2)
1. That the Downtown Barrie Permanent Public Market Business Plan prepared by Three Sixty Collective dated October 2016 be received for planning purposes as a guiding document in the development of the project as illustrated in Appendix "A" and "B" of Staff Report FCT001-17.
2. That staff advance the Barrie Permanent Public Market Project by procuring a consultant team for an estimated cost of $100,000 (this request to be included as an addendum to the 2017 Capital Plan) to complete a financial and technical validation of the Downtown Barrie Permanent Public Market Business Plan, including common programming factors, development components and interrelated costs that could potentially be located at the Transit Terminal consistent with the Market Precinct Concept, and report back to General Committee prior to summer recess of 2017 with a comprehensive execution plan.
3. That the Sandbox Entrepreneurship Centre and Business Knowledge Exchange concept as presented to General Committee on December 12, 2016 be approved in principle, and used to guide the development of a business plan.
4. That staff in Invest Barrie continue discussions with the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Community and Business Partners and prepare a project business plan for the establishment of an entrepreneurship centre and business knowledge exchange on the 2nd floor of the Transit Terminal, in collaboration with the market business plan relative to common matters such as facility maintenance and other operating synergies, and report back to General Committee with recommendations and associated costs.
5. That staff undertake a process to obtain proposals for the lease of the existing food service space on the 1st floor, and office space on the 2nd floor of the Transit Terminal building and report back to General Committee.
6. That staff explore potential options for relocating Transit Ticket Sales, (Customer Service counter, and the parcel st...
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