AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, March 15, 2021

4:30 p.m. to Proceed In Camera, Reconvene Regular Council Meeting 7:00 p.m.

SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE

80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS 9:00 P.M.

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1.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

2.

PROCEDURAL MOTION:

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

Section 90(1) A part of the Council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is one or more of the following:

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
(n) the consideration of whether a Council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2); and,

Section 90(2):

(b) the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

3.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

4.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:

5.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

a.

Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday, 2021-FEB-22, at 3:31 p.m.

b.

Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday, 2021-MAR-01, at 4:30 p.m.

6.

MAYOR'S REPORT:

7.

RISE AND REPORT

8.

PRESENTATIONS:

9.

COMMITTEE MINUTES:

a.

Minutes

Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2021-FEB-24, at 4:00 p.m.

10.

CONSENT ITEMS:

a.

Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting 2021-FEB-24

[Note:  A link to the Agenda for the 2021-FEB-24 Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting is attached for information.]

1.

Live Closed Captioning Service

That Council direct Staff to implement a live captioning service for all future Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness meetings with the potential to expand to all meetings of Council and Council’s committees.

2.

2020 Annual Report for Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness

That the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness approve and provide to Council their 2020 Annual Report for information. 

b.

Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting 2021-MAR-08

[Note:  A link to the Agenda for the 2021-MAR-08 Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting is attached for information.]

1.

Community Amenity Contribution Policy

[Note:  Please see the attached document for the Community Amenity Contribution Policy Motion from the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting 2021-MAR-08.]

c.

Separately Addressed Consent Items

1.

Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting 2021-FEB-24

[Note:  At the request of Councillor Armstrong, the wording of the original motion "That Council immediately ban conversion therapy within the City of Nanaimo" has been changed to include direction for a Staff report.]

That Council direct Staff to prepare a report outlining options to ban conversion therapy within the City of Nanaimo.

11.

DELEGATIONS:

12.

REPORTS:

a.

Memorandum of Understanding Between Island Health and BC Housing - Navigation Centre

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

Purpose:  To provide Council with an update on the status of a Memorandum of Understanding between Island Health and BC Housing relating to Nanaimo hosting a Navigation Centre for people experiencing long-term homelessness. 

b.

Situation Table Update

To be introduced by Lisa Fletcher, Acting Officer in Charge, RCMP, Nanaimo Detachment.

[Note:  Report to be distributed on the Addendum.]

c.

Mid-Island Region Child Care Action Plan

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

Purpose:  To present the Mid-Island Region Child Care Action Plan to Council and request that it be included as formal stakeholder input into the REIMAGINE NANAIMO process.

Recommendation:  That Council:

1. receive the Mid-Island Region Child Care Action Plan;
2. endorse the child care space targets for the city of Nanaimo included in the report; and
3. include the Action Plan as formal stakeholder input into the REIMAGINE NANAIMO process.

d.

Allocation of Unallocated Pedestrian Funds - Part 1

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

Purpose:  To provide Council with options for a portion of the 2021 Pedestrian Unallocated Budget, along with background information on pedestrian safety improvements.

Recommendation:  That Council allocate $505,000 of the Pedestrian Unallocated Funds to all projects listed under Intersection Upgrades and Sidewalk Item (1) Needham Street north.

13.

BYLAWS:

a.

"Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2020 No. 4500.177"

That “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2020 No. 4500.177” (To rezone 30 Lorne Place from Duplex Residential [R4] to Low Density Residential [R6]) be adopted.

14.

NOTICE OF MOTION:

15.

OTHER BUSINESS:

16.

ADJOURNMENT: