Special Meeting of Council
Addendum Package

Meeting #:
Date:	Thursday, August 13, 2020
Time:	Immediately Following the Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk & Accountability Committee meetingting
Location:	Members participating remotely (virtual)

Due to COVID-19 this meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting, with no public attendance. Only the Deputy Mayor, along with a clerk and audio/visual technician, will be in council chambers, with all other staff and members of council participating in the meeting by calling in remotely. The meeting will be live web streamed, as usual, and archived on the city website.

5.
Items to be considered at the Special Meeting of Council:

5.5
COVID 19 Response - Main Street Business Support (BEDC-05-20)

Receive and file Burlington Economic Development Corporation report BEDC-05-20 regarding Main Street Business Support; and

Direct the Chief Financial Officer to earmark $125,000 in funds as a COVID-19 expense to support main street business and complement the Digital Main Street and Provincial Safe Restart COVID-19 programs; and

Request that the Region of Halton match the City of Burlington’s contribution of $125,000 and earmark these funds to support main street businesses in Burlington; and

Request that Burlington Economic Development work with City of Burlington to recommend a Main Street Business Support Program and appropriate delivery partners, subject to receiving details on the Provincial Safe Restart COVID-19 program and a suitable program being permitted under municipal legislation; and

Direct the Executive Director of Burlington Economic Development to report back verbally to Council on the next steps during the September COVID-19 update, in keeping with the above recommendations; and

Approve an additional $125,000 be earmarked for an immediate and timely small business relief grant program for COVID 19 reopening costs. The grant program is subject to criteria to be defined to ensure broad equality and eligibility that meets the intent of the Municipal Act to prevent municipalities from giving unfair assistance to business to the detriment of the local taxpayers and competing businesses, and not contingent on funding from Halton Region; and

Request that the Region of Halton match the City of Burlington’s additional contribution of $125,000 for an immediate and timely small business relief grant program for COVID 19 reopening costs; and

Direct the Mayor to work with Council, Team Burlington and Burlington Economic Recovery Network on an advocacy campaign to the Province and the Region regarding funding for small business relief, including a resolution to the Council meeting on Thursday August 13, 2020.