MERGED AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

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

SCHEDULED RECESS 2:45 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-MAR-08, at 1:00 p.m.

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with the Building Permit Function Review draft report by Neilson Strategies Inc. for consideration and recommendation to Council.

Presentation:

  1. Allan Neilson, Neilson Strategies.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee receive the March 2021, Building Permit Function Review draft report by Neilson Strategies Inc. and recommend that Council:

  1. refer the additional Staff positions recommended in the draft report to the Finance and Audit Committee for consideration in the 2021-2025 Financial Plan;
  2. direct Staff to proceed with implementation of the remaining six recommended changes outlined in the draft report; and
  3. direct Staff to submit a grant application to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities’ Local Government Development Approvals Program to support the implementation of established best practices and to test innovative approaches to improve development approvals processes.

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

Presentation:

  1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

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

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

To be introduced by Lynn Wark, Director, Recreation and Culture.

Purpose:  To propose a process to form an Art in Public Spaces Working Group and Guidelines for their work.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council endorse the Art in Public Spaces Working Group Guidelines and Call for Applications and direct Staff to proceed.

To be introduced by Lynn Wark, Director, Recreation and Culture.

Purpose:  To provide for Council’s consideration the proposed deaccession of three artworks from the City of Nanaimo’s Public Art Collection.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priority Committee recommend that Council approve the de-accession of the following artworks from the City of Nanaimo Public Art collection:

  1. Dan Richey, Dungeness Crab (2013);
  2. Yvonne Vander Kooi and students of Bayview Elementary, The Hummingbird Project (2013); and,
  3. Yvonne Vander Kooi, At Play (2007).

To be introduced by Shelley Legin, General Manager, Corporate Services.

Purpose:  Consistent with the Mayor’s Task Force on Recovery and Resilience Recommendation, present options to Establish a Mayor’s Leaders’ Table to Advise, Inform and Collaborate Across the Community to further Nanaimo’s opportunities and address challenges.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council establish the Mayor’s Leaders’ Table with representation of: Mayor and two Council members; key social, cultural, educational, healthcare, technology, labour, arts, tourism and business organizations; and, chaired by the Mayor and subject to applicable Legislative Support and oversight.

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

Purpose:  To present Mayor and Council with a citizen-directed campaign concept consistent with Nanaimo BUILDS, one of six recommendations that came from the Mayor’s Task Force on Recovery and Resilience.

Presentation:

  1. Farnaz Farrokhi, Manager, Communications.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council direct staff to develop the 100,000 Voices Campaign Concept and report back to Council with the marketing and communications plan, including a budget.