AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, April 29, 2024 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, Nanaimo, BC on Monday, 2024-MAR-11 at 1:00 p.m. 

b.

Minutes

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC on Monday, 2024-MAR-25 at 12:59 p.m. 

5.

AGENDA PLANNING:

a.

Upcoming Topics and Initiatives

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

6.

REPORTS:

a.

Prosperous Nanaimo:

1.

Draft Monitoring Strategy

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

Purpose:  To introduce the Draft Monitoring Strategy, seek feedback, and propose next steps.

Presentation:

1. Ting Pan, Manager, Sustainability.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council endorse in principle the draft Monitoring Strategy and engagement framework and direct staff to proceed with next steps as outlined in the 2024-APR-29 Staff Report by the Manager, Sustainability.

b.

Healthy Nanaimo:

1.

Downtown Nanaimo Community Safety Action Plan Evaluation and Strategy Alignment

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with the Downtown Nanaimo Community Safety Action Plan Evaluation and Strategy Alignment Report.

Presentation:

1. Alana Best, Director, Public Sector Transportation, Deloitte Inc.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council direct Staff to proceed with a cost analysis of the preferred scenarios found in the Downtown Nanaimo Community Safety Action Plan Evaluation and Strategy Alignment Report, dated 2024-APR-29, for the expansion of the Community Safety Officer and Clean Team programs and to prepare a business case for 2025 budget deliberations.

2.

Keeping of Poultry in Residential Areas

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

Purpose:  To present to the Governance and Priorities Committee information on existing regulations for the keeping of poultry on residential properties within the City of Nanaimo and considerations for potential bylaw amendments to support the City’s goals of food security.

Presentation:

1. Lainya Rowett, Manager, Current Planning.

Delegation:

1. Collin MacQuarrie

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council direct Staff to prepare amendments to the City of Nanaimo “Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500”, as outlined in the Staff Report titled "Keeping of Poultry in Residential Areas" dated 2024-APR-29.

7.

QUESTION PERIOD:

8.

ADJOURNMENT: