AGENDA
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, May 25, 2020 at 2:30 P.m. - 4:00 P.m.

SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE

80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER:

2.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS

3.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:

4.

REPORTS:

a.

City Spark - Public Engagement Strategy

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

Purpose:  To provide Council with an update on the status of the City Spark (Coordinated Strategic Policy Review 2020-2021) process and obtain Council approval to proceed with implementation of the proposed Public Engagement Strategy.

Presentation:

1. Jana Zelenski, Principal, Lanarc; Kate Evans, Principal, Lanarc, and David Reid, Principal, Lanarc.

Recommendation:  That Council receive the report titled “City Spark – Public Engagement Strategy” dated 2020‑MAY-25, and direct Staff to proceed with implementation of the proposed Public Engagement Strategy.

b.

Short Term Solutions for Cleanliness in Public Spaces

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

Purpose:  To update Council regarding the impacts of social disorder on orderliness and cleanliness in public spaces, the City’s response to these impacts, and to propose some short-term solutions for 2020.

Presentation:

1. Charlotte Davis, Manager, Recreation Facilities and Custodial Services; David LaBerge, Manager of Community Safety, and Taaj Daliran, Manager, Sanitation, Recycling and Cemeteries.

Recommendation:  That Council fund up to $187,000 for the provision of the City of Nanaimo “Social Disorder Response Team”, from the Special Initiatives Reserve to run five days a week until 2020-DEC-31.

5.

CORRESPONDENCE:

a.

Correspondence from Old City Quarter, dated 2020-MAY-19, re:  Request that the City work with the Old City Quarter Association to develop a framework and funding strategy for restoring security in the Old City Quarter

6.

OTHER BUSINESS:

7.

ADJOURNMENT: