AGENDA

SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

Meeting #:
Date:
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Location:
Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

To be introduced by Jake Rudolph, Chief Administrative Officer.

Purpose:  To provide Council with survey results on Strategic Plan focus area priorities.

Recommendation:  That the Committee of the Whole:

  1. receive the report titled “Strategic Plan Survey Results” dated 2019-MAR-04 for information; and,
  2. recommend that Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a status and action report on the strategic themes and focus areas.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To provide Council information about the municipal response to health and social issues affecting the community.

Presentations:

  1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community & Cultural Planning, to provide an introduction to health and social issues.
  2. John Horn, Social Planner, to provide a presentation regarding municipal response to health and social issues.
  3. Dave LaBerge, Manager, Community Safety, to provide a presentation regarding municipal response to health and social issues.

Recommendations:  That the report titled “Municipal Response to Health and Social Issues” dated 2019-MAR-04 be received for information.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To provide Council with information regarding zoning bylaw regulations related to the siting of a Federally-approved Supervised Consumption Service and potential changes to “Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500”.

Presentations:

  1. Karin Kronstal, Social Planner, to provide a presentation regarding supervised consumption service zoning considerations.
  2. Dr. Hasselback, Medical Health Officer for Central Vancouver Island, to provide a presentation regarding Nanaimo Overdose Update.

Recommendation:  That the report titled “Supervised Consumption Service” dated 2019-MAR-04 be received for information.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To provide Council with an information update on options for the provision of a daytime drop‑in centre for homeless individuals in Nanaimo.

Presentations:

  1. John Horn, Social Planner, and Karin Kronstal, Social Planner, to provide a presentation regarding daytime drop-in resource centre update.
  2. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community & Cultural Planning, to provide a presentation regarding next steps.

Recommendation:  That the report titled “Daytime Drop-in Resource Centre Update” dated 2019-MAR-04 be received for information.