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City Council Meeting Minutes February 16, 2021 Page 3 of 8 REGULAR BUSINESS LIFE IN LOUISVILLE AWARDS Assistant City Manager Hogan stated 48 Front Range residents submitted photographs depicting "Life in Louisville" for the13th Annual Photography Contest. These photos chronicle events and daily life in Louisville, Colorado from January 1 to December 31, 2020 and, will be added to the City's archives to serve as a cultural reference for future generations. All images are available for public viewing on the City's website and all photographers have given the City permission to utilize the photos for City publications and marketing including the City website, social media, and outside publications. Hogan presented the winners. Mayor Stolzmann thanked all the participants for the entries. RESOLUTION NO. 11, SERIES 2021 — A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF AND DISCONTINUING THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Director Pierce stated the Economic Vitality Committee (EVC) was asked to review the ongoing role of the Business Retention & Development (BRaD) Committee. The EVC was originally established to create the Economic Vitality Strategic Plan, which was adopted on November 10, 2020. Members of EVC felt the Council Committee had been a successful addition and the consensus was to keep it in place. Members then considered the overlap of BRaD with the EVC and other stakeholder groups as well as the workload multiple committees creates for staff. EVC members discussed BRaD's role and options for alternative committee structures at two meetings. BRaD also had the opportunity to review the possible dissolution and offer alternatives at two regular meetings and BRaD submitted a letter to City Council for consideration. Since the EVC was discussing the future of BRaD the board has been in a holding pattern with no new members appointed in 2021. Currently BRaD has five members as two have resigned. Additionally, the board has no current projects. The EVC recommends the BRaD Committee be dissolved and the EVC remain in place. The EVC invites the participation of the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Business Association if they wish to have regular representatives attend meetings. The EVC also desires to have four non -voting business representatives appointed to participate regularly on the Committee. The selection and structure of the businesses representation would be informal and at the discretion of the EVC, since the structure of the group would still be a City Council Committee.