MERGED 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

This item has attachments. 
1.GPC250414M.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, 2025-APR-14, at 1:00 p.m.

5.
AGENDA PLANNING:

 

a.
Upcoming Topics and Initiatives

This item has attachments. 
1.GPC - Upcoming Topics Initiatives.pdf

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

6.
REPORTS:

 

a.
Healthy Nanaimo:

 

1.
Basic Needs Services Overview

This item has attachments. 
1.RPT_GPC250512BasicNeedServicesOverview.pdf
2.GPC250512_AttachmentA_Meal_Services.pdf
3.GPC250512_AttachmentB_Hygiene_Services.pdf
4.GPC250512_AttachmentC_Daytime_Services.pdf
5.GPC250512_AttachmentD_Emergency_Shelter_Services.pdf
6.GPC250512_AttachmentE_Supportive_Housing_Services.pdf
7.GPC250512_AttachmentF_Health_Services.pdf
8.GPC250512_AttachmentG_Social_Services_Mngt_Mapping_Project_Sample_Map.pdf
9.PPT_RPT_GPC250512BasicNeedsServicesOverview.pdf
10.PPT_RPT_GPC250512_IslandHealthPresentation.pdf
11.PPT_RPT_GPC250512_VIRLPresentation.pdf
12.PPT_RPT_GPC250512_SPOPresentation.pdf

To be introduced by Dave LaBerge, Director, Public Safety.


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with an overview of the basic needs services available for people experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo.   


Presentations:

  1. Christy Wood, Manager, Social Planning, and Rosalie Sawrie, Social Planner
  2. Marina White, Health Director, Snuneymuxw First Nation
  3. Allison Dunnet, Executive Director and Strategic Advisor, Homelessness, Jennifer Fox, Director of Operations, and Jerry Michael, Coordinated Access and Assessment Manager, BC Housing 
  4. Lisa Murphy, Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Clinical Operations, and Mike Kirby, Manager of Mental Health and Substance Use, Island Health
  5. Eileen Gillette, Director of Public Services and Planning, Vancouver Island Regional Library
  6. John McCormick, Executive Director, Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization

[Note:  PowerPoint presentation from BC Housing to be distributed on the Addendum.]

7.
QUESTION PERIOD:

 

8.
ADJOURNMENT:

 
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