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  1. Dec 2023
    1. The municipality and the city also benefited from the self-organised management of public servicesthat are the responsibility of the municipality.
      • for: community groups - incentives for municipal government support

      • Comment

        • Municipalities have a vested interest to partner with local community groups. They benefit because community groups can take a part of the workload off the shoulders of municipal workers including:
          • increased security leading to less crime
          • sharing un-needed items reduces waste
          • taking responsibility for public spaces can reduce fire hazard, reduce city labor costs, improve tourism
      • comment

        • In a South African context
          • helping neighbors in disenfranchised communities can
            • reduce conflict
            • increase security
            • increase food security
            • save money through donation of unused items
  2. Jul 2020
  3. May 2020
  4. Apr 2020
  5. Sep 2018
    1. share agreement

      Adoption of mechanisms like the "Fair Share Agreement" in B.C. or similar to get funds for improving infrastructure in municipalities and regions.

    2. availability of housing

      Improve the need of affordable housing in host, hub and source communities

    3. Lack of metrics

      Develop or strengthen statistical information of new industry developments, ups and downs of existing industries.

    4. welfare support

      Implement a timely response of welfare support linked to slow-downs of industries that involve numerous workers in given communities

    5. medical care

      Improve medical care infrastructure and inter-provincial agreements to be able to cover LC-LD workers and their families in source, host and hub communities in a timely manner. the improvement of such services should be flexible enough to adapt to the ups and downs of the predominant industries.

    6. environmental impacts

      Improve environmental assessments in the planning stages of industrial and housing developments in source, host and hub communities

    7. community participation

      Establishment of bodies and paths for community participation in the development of new industrial activities and the assessments of their needs imposed by the labour market linked to the industry and its ups and downs.

    8. prior preparation

      Anticipation through planning of community needs due to new developments and ups and downs of predominant industries for example mining.

    9. transportation in Greater Toronto

      Improve urban and peri-urban transportation for LC workers particularly those with low income

    10. improving infrastructure

      Improve infrastructure in the host and hub communities according to the needs imposing by industrial developments

    11. child care

      Improve child care services for LC workers particularly those with low income

    12. Child and elder care

      Improve in a timely manner services of child and elder care according to the needs imposed by the labour market (work shifts; LD-LC work).

    13. Transportation

      Improve in a timely manner transportation services according to the needs of LDLC workers taking into account those with low income.

    14. LDLC workers and their needs

      Develop or strengthen statistics regarding LDLC workers and their needs

    15. housing, infrastructure

      Anticipation to fulfill housing needs and assessment of the ups and downs of the industry that affect the housing needs. Decisions should be taken about short, medium and long term needs.

    16. infrastructure

      Timely response for the maintenance of roads and development of new routes when needed according to the traffic needs due to industrial developments and labour market that involve drive-in drive-out mobility and heavy transit during construction phase

  6. Apr 2018
    1. Upon Unanimous Roll Call Vote,the City Council adopted Resolution 2018-0014to establish a working group to provide recommendations to City Council regarding municipal broadband solutions for the City of Spokane.