AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, February 13, 2023 at 1:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE

80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS AT 3:00 P.M.

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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

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street on Monday, 2023-JAN-23 at 1:00 p.m.

5.

REPORTS:

a.

COMMUNITY WELLNESS/LIVABILITY:

1.

Building Safer Communities Fund - Update and Consultation with Council

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

Purpose:  To provide Council with an update on the Building Safer Communities Fund and to receive input on risk and protective factors for children and youth connected to gun and gang violence.  

Presentation:

1. Damon Johnston, Manager, Recreation Services, Lisa Brinkman, Manager, Community Planning, and Christy Wood, Social Planner.

[Christiane Sadeler, More Better Solutions, in attendance via Zoom.]

b.

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE:

1.

Governance and Priorities Committee

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

Purpose:  To provide an overview of the current Governance and Priorities Committee (GPC) structure, and to present options for discussion and feedback that will guide future amendments to the GPC's Terms of Reference.

2.

Mayor's Leaders' Table Reimagined

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

Purpose:  To request that the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council endorse the terms of reference for the Mayor’s Leaders’ Table.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council endorse the Mayor’s Leaders’ Table terms of reference as attached to the staff report dated 2023-FEB-13. 

3.

Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness

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

Purpose:  To provide an overview of the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness (ACAI), and to present options for discussion and feedback that will guide future amendments to the ACAI’s Terms of Reference.

4.

Other Committees, Task Forces and Next Steps

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with information regarding other Council committees and task forces and receive feedback from Council in order to bring options for Council’s consideration to a future meeting.

5.

Council Representative Appointment to the Municipal Insurance Association of BC Board

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

Purpose:  To obtain a Council representative and two alternate representatives to the Municipal Insurance Association of BC Board.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council appoint a Council Representative until the end of the Council term, and appoint two alternates to represent the City’s interest at any meeting of the Municipal Insurance Association of British Columbia.

6.

QUESTION PERIOD:

7.

PROCEDURAL MOTION:

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

Section 90(1)

(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;

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

8.

ADJOURNMENT: