The City is considering extending the Community Improvement Plan for the Downtown Core areas and Simpson street Business Improvement Area. It's been in place the past 10 years and is scheduled to end on December 31st. City staff are recommending to council to keep the program with its financial incentives for businesses in place for another year. Meanwhile, City staff are putting a couple of subjects that were set to be discussed this month on the back burner. A report on what other communities are doing to deal with the number of pets a person can own is now going to be discussed in the New Year. Another report on what the City will do with the Royal Edward Arms in the future is now going to be discussed in the first half of 2014.