AGENDA
SPECIAL GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, April 12, 2021

1:00 P.M.

SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE

80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS 3:00 P.M.

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1.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

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

2.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

3.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:

4.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

a.

Minutes

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-22, at 1:00 p.m.

5.

REIMAGINE NANAIMO:

a.

Reimagine Nanaimo Update - PowerPoint Presentation

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

Presentation:

1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

6.

AGENDA PLANNING:

a.

Governance and Priorities Committee Agenda Planning Matrix

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

7.

REPORTS:

a.

COMMUNITY WELLNESS/LIVABILITY:

1.

Downtown Nanaimo - Council Update

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

Purpose:  To provide the Governance and Priorities Committee with an update on the various initiatives that are planned or underway in the downtown core.

1.

Public Realm Improvements and Beautification

Presentation:

1. Bill Corsan, Director, Community Development.

2.

Downtown Active Transportation

Presentation:

1. Jamie Rose, Manager, Transportation.

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

3.

Safety and Security

Presentation:

1. Dave Laberge, Manager, Bylaw Services.

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

8.

PROCEDURAL MOTION:

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.

9.

ADJOURNMENT: