MERGED 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.


[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

Minutes of the Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Monday, 2021-JUL-26, at 2:00 p.m.

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

[Note:  The Governance and Priorities Committee Matrix will be distributed on the Addendum.]

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with an overview of how political signage is currently regulated and how the process may be streamlined going forward, including information and implications on possible options for limiting the number of signs or locations.  

Presentation:

  1. Karen Robertson, Deputy City Clerk.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council:

  1. direct staff to draft amendments to “Sign Bylaw 1987 No. 2850” and “Traffic and Highways Regulation Bylaw 1993 No. 5000” to remove references to political signage and incorporate the regulations into a single comprehensive Political Signage Bylaw.
  2. include the following provision within the new Political Signage Bylaw:
    Election/political signage, as authorized by the Corporate Officer, may be placed on public or private property 30 days prior to an election or referendum and must be removed by the next working day following the electoral event.
  3. That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council direct staff to:
    1. include a provision in the political signage bylaw that limits the number of election signs to (insert number of signs here) per candidate, subject to the Ministry of Transportation and Highways approval to include “MoTI highways within Nanaimo” to its prohibited list in the Election and Referendum Signs and Posters Policy; or
    2. retain the status quo of not limiting the number of political signs per candidate.

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

Presentation:

1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.