MERGED AGENDA
GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

, 1:00 P.M.
SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS AT 3:00 P.M


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

Minutes of the Special Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC on Monday, 2021-APR-12, 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 second annual update on the implementation of Nanaimo’s Affordable Housing Strategy.

Presentation:

  1. Karin Kronstal, Social Planner.

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

Purpose:  To amend Schedule D of the “City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500” to provide density bonusing points for rental and affordable housing developments.

Presentation:

  1. Caleb Horn, Planner

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council pass two readings to “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2021 No. 4500.180” (To amend Schedule D of the Zoning Bylaw to provide density bonusing points for rental and affordable housing developments). 

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with options for City recognition, support, and engagement of neighbourhood associations, and propose a new way in which the City can better incorporate community-identified investment priorities into its community development processes, with a renewed focus on implementation.

Presentation:

  1. Chris Sholberg, Community Heritage Planner.

Recommendation:  That the Governance and Priorities Committee recommend that Council direct Staff to:

  1. formally support neighbourhood associations that meet and maintain the following organizational criteria:
    1. Have an elected executive that meets on a regular basis;
    2. Have a membership structure (not necessarily fee paying);
    3. Hold an annual general meeting (AGM);
    4. Keep minutes for executive and general membership meetings;
    5. Engage with its neighbourhood for input prior to responding to City development referrals such as rezoning, Official Community Plan amendment, and development permits;
    6. Provide periodic updates to members related to the activities of the group; and
  2. develop a detailed Partners in Community program and annual budget for consideration.

To be introduced by Jake Rudolph, Chief Administrative Officer.

The following motion was deferred from the 2021-APR-19 Council Meeting for further discussion:

"That Council direct Staff to prepare a report on the options available to support permanent recreation vehicle accommodation."

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

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;

(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public;

(n) the consideration of whether a Council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2); and,

Community Charter 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.

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