AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

4:30 p.m. To Proceed In Camera, Reconvene Regular Council Meeting 7:00 p.m.
SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS AT 9:00 P.M.


That the meeting be closed to the public in order to deal with agenda items under the Community Charter:


Section 90(1) A part of the Council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is one or more of the following:


(b) personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity;


(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;


(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; and,


(n) the consideration of whether a Council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2)


Section 90(2):


(b) the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

To be presented by Damon Johnston, Manager, Recreation Services, and Amanda Daly, Recreation Coordinator.

Mayor Krog to present Aidan Madsen with the 2023 Quest Pursuit of Excellence Award. 

To be presented by Kathy Gonzales, Manager, Aquatics, and Michele Duerksen, Assistant Manager, Aquatics.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, General Manager, Development Services/Deputy CAO.


Purpose:  To update Council on options to regulate the consumption of controlled substances in public places following Provincial decriminalization.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, General Manager, Development Services/Deputy CAO.


Purpose:  To provide Council with a review of rent supplements provided in Nanaimo, including City funded initiatives, and to recommend expanding City contributions to rent supplement programs in Nanaimo.


Presentation:

  1. Christy Wood, Social Planner

Recommendation:  That Council direct $150,000 from the Online Accommodation Platform fund to be used to support rent supplement programs in Nanaimo, targeting key areas of housing need identified in the Housing Needs Report, as attached to the Governance and Priorities Committee Agenda dated 2023-JUN-12, and that the funds be distributed to service agencies through a Request for Proposal or Expression of Interest process.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, General Manager, Development Services/Deputy CAO.


Purpose:  To provide Council a review of the Nanaimo Region Rent Bank program and to recommend bridge funding to the program until March 2024.


Recommendation:  That Council:

  1. allocate $75,000 from the Online Accommodation Platform fund to the Nanaimo Region Rent Bank program, administered by Connective Society, as bridge funding for rent bank loan capital for City of Nanaimo residents, until 2024-MAR-31; and,
  2. direct Staff to work with BC Rent Bank to further review the program and to ensure rent bank loans are being directed to key areas of housing need as identified in the Nanaimo Housing Needs Report 2023.

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