Issue - meetings

Received a report highlighting the potential benefits to London, should it be successful in its bid to host the Olympics in 2012, and the impact this will have on Barking and Dagenham.  London has been granted Candidate City Status

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community Priorities of “Raising General Pride in the Borough” and “Regenerating the Local Economy”, to:

1. Support the London Olympic bid on the basis that the Barking and Dagenham gains added value through the process, either by external funding opportunities, improved infrastructure and leisure facilities for the community that go beyond the Olympics in 2012, to improve the quality of life for the community that resides or works in the Borough; and

2. Include the Olympics as part of the Portfolio for the Lead Member for ‘Raising General Pride in the Borough’.