AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

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SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS AT 3:00 P.M.

1.
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

 

[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

2.
INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

 

3.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:

 

4.
ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

 

5.
PRESENTATIONS:

 

a.
Drug Toxicity Data

This item has attachments. 
1.Nanaimo MHO presentation_Dec 2023.pdf

Dr. Shannon Waters, Medical Health Officer, Dr. Roger Walmsley, Island Health Addiction Medicine Physician, Amanda Lemon, MHSU Manager of Community Services in Nanaimo and Area, and Dana Leik, Director, Island Health, to provide a presentation on Drug Toxicity Data.

b.
Solutions to Addiction, Mental Illness and Homelessness

 

Dr. Julian Somers, SFU Professor of Health Sciences and Clinical Psychologist, to provide a presentation on Solutions to Addiction, Mental Illness and Homelessness.


[Note:  PowerPoint to be distributed on the Addendum.]

c.
Nanaimo Community Action Team

 

Serena Klaver, Coordinator, and Qui Sepulveda, Peer Coordinator, Nanaimo Community Acton Team, to provide a presentation on the Nanaimo Community Action Team.


[Note:  PowerPoint to be distributed on the Addendum.]

6.
AGENDA PLANNING:

 

7.
REPORTS:

 

a.
Prosperous Nanaimo:

 

1.
2024 Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Resolutions

This item has attachments. 
1.RPT_GPC231211AssociationofVancouverIslandandCoastalCommunitiesResolutions2023.pdf
2.ATTARequiredFormatForAVICCResolutions_GPC231211.pdf

To be introduced by Karen Robertson, Deputy Corporate Officer.


Purpose:  To request that the Governance and Priorities Committee identify topics and forward draft resolutions and backgrounders to Staff to compile, prior to approval by Council and submission to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) 2024 Annual General Meeting and Convention.


Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee:

  1. Identify resolutions and background material as necessary; and,
  2. Recommend that at their January 15, 2024, Regular Council meeting, Council direct Staff to submit resolutions and backgrounders to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities for consideration at the 2024 Annual General Meeting and Convention.

8.
QUESTION PERIOD:

 

9.
ADJOURNMENT:

 
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