AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

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

SCHEDULED RECESS 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.GPC220613M.pdf

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday 2022-JUN-13 at 1:00 p.m.

5.
AGENDA PLANNING:
 

a.
Governance and Priorities Committee Agenda Planning
This item has attachments. 

1.2022 GPC Agenda Planning.pdf

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

6.
REPORTS:
 

a.
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE:
 

b.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY:
 

c.
ECONOMIC HEALTH:
 

1.
Current Construction Market Conditions
This item has attachments. 

1.RPT_GPC220627_CurrentConstructionMarketConditions.pdf
2.RPT_GPC220627_CurrentConstructionMarketConditions_AttA.pdf

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


Purpose:  To provide Council with information on the current construction market conditions and the impact on capital projects.


Presentation:


1. Phil Stewart, Manager, Engineering Projects.

d.
COMMUNITY WELLNESS/LIVABILITY:
 

1.
Affordable Housing Strategy - Annual Implementation Update
This item has attachments. 

1.RPT_GPC220627AffordableHousingStrategy-AnnualImplementationUpdate.pdf
2.AttA_Link_AffordableHousingStrategy_RPT_GPC220627.pdf
3.AttB_ImplementationTable_AffordableHousingStrategy_RPT_GPC220627.pdf
4.AttC_ HousingInitiatives_AffordableHousingStrategy_RPT_GPC220627.pdf
5.PowerPoint_AffordableHousingStrategy_RPT_GPC220627.pdf

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


Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with the third annual update on the implementation of the Nanaimo Affordable Housing Strategy.


Presentations:


1. Christy Wood, Social Planner, Community Planning.


2. Andrea Blakeman, Chief Executive Officer, Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society.


3. John Brendan McEown, Director Regional Development Vancouver Island Region, BC Housing.

2.
Proposed 2023 Initiatives to Increase Affordable Housing
This item has attachments. 

1.RPT_GPC220627Proposed2023InitiativesToIncreaseAffordableHousing.pdf
2.AttA_HousingInitiativesFromOtherMunicipalities_Proposed2023InitiativesToIncreaseAffordableHousing_RPT_GPC220627.pdf

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


Purpose:  To present the Governance and Priorities Committee with a proposed 2023 list of projects intended to increase affordable housing in the City of Nanaimo.


Presentation:


1. Christy Wood, Social Planner, Community Planning, presentation continued from Affordable Housing Strategy - Annual Implementation Update.


Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council endorse the Staff recommended projects for 2023 to support and increase affordable housing in the City of Nanaimo as presented in the report dated 2022-JUN-27 by Christy Wood, Social Planner and Lisa Brinkman, Manager of Community Planning.

7.
QUESTION PERIOD:
 

8.
ADJOURNMENT:
 

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