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

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1.GPC230717M.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-JUL-17, at 1:00 p.m.

b.
Minutes

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1.sGPC230726M.pdf

Minutes of the Special Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2023-JUL-26, at 8:59 a.m.

5.
AGENDA PLANNING:

 

6.
REPORTS:

 

a.
Healthy Nanaimo:

 

1.
Nanaimo 2023-24 Warming Centres Recommendations

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1.Warming Centres Nanaimo DRAFT Report September 19 2023_10Cot2023_JMC FINAL[2].pdf

To be introduced by Jeremy Holm, Director, Planning and Development.


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with recommendations on the siting of warming centres in the upcoming year; and to suggest that correspondence being sent to key partners and stakeholders request that options be explored for mitigating the impacts of warming centres on the surrounding communities.


Presentation:

  1. John McCormick, Executive Director, Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization, and Andrew Thornton, Research and Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization.

b.
Prosperous Nanaimo:

 

1.
Municipal Development Corporation Background Report

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1.RPT_GPC231023MunicipalDevelopmentCorporationBackgroundReport.pdf
2.AttA_MunicipalDevelopmentCorporationBackgroundReport_GPC_231023.pdf

To be introduced by Bill Corsan, Director, Corporate and Business Development.


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with background information on Municipal Development Corporations.


Presentation:

  1. Allan Neilson, Neilson Strategies, Michael Geller, The Geller Group, and Dave Witty.

2.
Review of City Incentives and Tax Exemption

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1.RPT_GPC231023_ReviewofCityIncentivesandTaxExemption.pdf
2.AttA_ReviewofCityIncentivesandTaxExemption_GPC_C231023.pdf
3.PWPT_GPC231023_ReviewofCityIncentivesandTaxExemption.pdf

To be introduced by Bill Corsan, Director, Corporate and Business Development.


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with background information on the City of Nanaimo’s development incentive programs and to seek direction to proceed with a number of proposed revisions.


Presentation:

  1. Amrit Manhas, Economic Development Officer. 

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee provide direction on the proposed changes to the development incentive programs.

3.
Public Safety Committee Terms of Reference

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1.RPT_GPC231023_PublicSafetyCommitteeToR.pdf
2.AttA_PSToR_PublicSafetyCommitteeToR_GPC231023.pdf
3.PWPT_PublicSafetyCommitteeToR_RPT_GPC231023.pdf

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


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with a proposed Terms of Reference for a City of Nanaimo Public Safety Committee.


Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council adopt the Terms of Reference for a Public Safety Committee (as attached to the report dated 2023-OCT-23, titled “Public Safety Committee Terms of Reference”) and direct staff to commence with advertising for membership.

7.
QUESTION PERIOD:

 

8.
ADJOURNMENT:

 
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