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:

 

a.
Minutes

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1.GPC231127M.pdf

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday, 2023-NOV-27, at 1:00 p.m.

b.
Minutes

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1.GPC231211M.pdf

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday, 2023-DEC-11, at 12:59 p.m.

5.
AGENDA PLANNING:

 

a.
Upcoming Topics and Initiatives

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1.GPC - Upcoming Topics Initiatives (003).pdf

To be introduced by Sheila Gurrie, Director, Legislative Services. 

6.
PRESENTATIONS:

 

7.
REPORTS:

 

a.
Connected Nanaimo: 

 

1.
Roadway Asphalt Asset Management and Maintenance Plan 

 

To be introduced by Bill Sims, General Manager, Engineering and Public Works. 


Presentation:

  1. David Thompson, Manager, Roads and Traffic Services.

[Note:  Report to be distributed on the addendum.]

b.
Empowered Nanaimo:

 

1.
2024 AVICC Resolutions

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1.RPT_GPC240122_2024AVICC Resolutions.pdf

To be introduced by Sheila Gurrie, Director, Legislative Services. 


Purpose:  To seek Council direction on the proposed resolutions for the 2024 Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities 2024 Annual General Meeting. 


Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council: 

  1. provide direction regarding the resolutions proposed by members of Council and,
  2. direct staff to submit the following resolution to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities for consideration at their 2024 Annual General Meeting:

WHEREAS many communities are experiencing a crisis-level influx of homeless individuals and the existence of emergency shelters is critical to addressing the safety of people experiencing homelessness;


AND WHEREAS, due to the urgent nature of the need and the lack of suitable building stock in many communities, emergency shelters are frequently operating from buildings that do not meet the major occupancy classification requirements of the BC Building Code, nor the requirements of the BC Fire Code, placing local governments at risk of incurring liability if they do not enforce the codes and risking shutting down emergency shelters if they do enforce the codes:


THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request the Province work with the Building Safety Standards Branch to establish some reasonable variances to the BC Building Code and BC Fire Code to enable emergency shelters to remain open.

8.
QUESTION PERIOD:

 

9.
ADJOURNMENT:

 
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