ADDENDUM

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
4:00 p.m. to Proceed "In Camera", Open Meeting to Reconvene at 7:00 p.m.
Location:
SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

​SCHEDULED RECESS AT 9:00 P.M.


8.
ADMINISTRATION:

[Note:  link to committee reports are available for reference on attached page.]

Finance and Audit Committee Recommendations - 2018-JUN-13. 

It was moved and seconded that the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council approve the request from the Vancouver Island Premier League Upper Island Storm U18 Boys Soccer for a Travel Assistance Grant in the amount of $250 for five (5) players to attend the BC Provincials Soccer Championships in Richmond, BC, to be held 2018-JUL-05 through 2018-JUL-08.

It was moved and seconded that the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council approve the request from Vancouver Island Premier League Upper Island Storm U17 Girls Soccer for a Travel Assistance Grant in the amount of $550 for eleven (11) players to attend the BC Provincials Soccer Championships in Richmond BC, to be held 2018-JUL-05 through 2018-JUL-08.

It was moved and seconded that the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council approve the request from the Haven Society for a Community Program Development Grant in the amount of $656 to assist in funding summer 2018 recreational activities for outreach clients.

It was moved and seconded that the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council approve a $9,715.13 Heritage Façade Grant for the Merchant’s Bank of Canada building located at 499 Wallace Street to repaint the building’s exterior and install exterior lighting and wrought iron window boxes.

It was moved and seconded that the Finance and Audit Committee recommend that Council

  1. award a Permissive Tax Exemption for the 2019 tax year to the Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO) for property that it leases at 60 Needham Street;
  2. award a Permissive Tax Exemption Cash Grant for the 2018 tax year (pro-rated for the period from 2018-MAR-01 to 2018-DEC-31) to the Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO) for the property that the organization began to lease on 2018-MAR-01. The value of the cash grant is approximately $12,715, of which $5,000 will be provided through a Permissive Tax Exemption Cash Grant and the residual $7,715 coming from Council’s Contingency; and,
  3. award a Permissive Tax Exemption for the 2019 tax year to the Felice Cavallotti Lodge for property that it owns at 2060 East Wellington Road.

10.
PUBLIC SERVICES:

e.
Proposed Property Disposition of 897 Albert Street, 474 and 478 Pine Street to Habitat for Humanity, Mid-Vancouver Island Society

Rob Hallam, Habitat for Humanity, Mid Vancouver Island Society, to provide Council with a presentation regarding the Habitat for Humanity model and request for Council to dispose of the City-owned land at Pine/Albert Street for a Habitat for Humanity development of 12 units of affordable housing.

Paul Chapman, Nanaimo and Area Land Trust, to speak regarding the environmental values of the properties being considered for disposition at 897 Albert Street, 474 and 478 Pine Street to Habitat for Humanity, Mid-Vancouver Island Society.