AGENDA

FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING

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SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

Minutes of the Finance and Audit Committee Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC on Wednesday, 2018-JUN-13, at 9:00 a.m.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To obtain Council approval for a Heritage Façade Grant for the Parkin Block (155 Commercial Street).

Recommendation:  That the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council:

  1. approve a $8,683.50 Heritage Façade Grant for the Parkin Block located at 155 Commercial Street to repaint the building exterior and recover its existing awnings; and,
  2. provide for the $7,978.04 Heritage Façade Grant shortfall through a budget transfer from the Heritage Home Grant Program.

To be introduced by Richard Harding, Director of Parks and Recreation.

Purpose:  To obtain Council approval of a request for a Community Program Development Grant.

Recommendation:  That the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council approve the request from the Mid-Island Youth and Community Development Cooperative for a Community Program Development Grant in the amount of $2,665 to assist in funding a community-based arts and food festival, Food-Art Fun.

[Note:  The following motion was deferred to the Finance and Audit Committee during the 2018-JUN-25 Committee of the Whole Meeting following a request for funding from the Nanaimo Deep Discovery Association.]

“It was moved and seconded that the City of Nanaimo would match contributions towards the Nanaimo Deep Discovery Association, with the Nanaimo Hospitality Association, up to a maximum joint contribution of $127,575.”