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<p><font face="Calibri">Why would we offer opinions/suggestion to
the Planning Department? Because that's where the ED Planner
resides? Thanks.</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/12/2016 1:45 PM, Lawrence Assoc of
Neighborhoods via Electronic-lan wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">The following
is an overview of the position LAN has taken with regard to
public monies
funding the Chamber. Included are a copy of the “<i>Agreement
for the use of City general funds</i>” that the City has
with
the Chamber and a copy of the letter LAN sent to the City in
June. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">LAN previously
expressed a desire to evaluate whether the City should
continue to support the
Chamber of Commerce and offered suggestions. The City
Commission recently
approved giving the Chamber $220,000 for this coming year. How
does the existing
City/Chamber “<i>Agreement</i>” hold the
Chamber accountable for the use of these funds? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">Please read and
offer your
opinions or suggestions to LAN, the City Manager, the Planning
Department or
the City Commission. The City will be reviewing the <i>Agreement</i>
in the coming months and consider meaningful updates. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">Questions/Concerns:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">1) The Chamber
is a private advocacy organization. Would they continue to
carry out their goals
for their members without public funding?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">2) Is there a
conflict of interests between private and public funding? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">3) The Chamber
does not have the professional training to conduct routine
economic analysis or
to carry out the work called for by the existing <i>Agreement</i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">4) The <i>Agreement</i>
contains no objective
benchmarks or measurable performance metrics against which to
evaluate if the
Chamber is meeting the expectations of the <i>Agreement</i>.
How much economic development would happen without the
Chamber’s effort? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt">5) On what
basis will we know that public money is being used in the
public’s best
interest? Does the City have adequate oversight of the
Chamber?</p>
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