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