We had long meeting Monday, over 5 hours not including our afternoon Workshop session or the closed portion. There was a fair amount on the agenda , but the bulk of the discussion was on only a few topics. We talk about our successes over the last year, and provide financial and statistical data for the province. There is much to be proud of, and I appreciate the extra effort Staff undertook to guide us through that transition and keep the City recovering from the Pandemic response to more of a normal operation through it all.
The bulk of the work of the last year was initiated under their watch. They are the strides we have made in Reconciliation and in Climate Action. However, the progress and commitments we made in have us on a path to success and moved us further along that path than any previous year. You can read the Annual Report and see all the numbers here. The Provincial Government responded to some calls to step in in various cases by doing the quite literally least they could do: requiring Councils to consider whether they need a Code of Conduct.
Working with a subject matter expert one of the few people in the region who has served in the role of Ethics Commissioner for a local government , Staff and Council worked to develop a model for review. There are four major components:. This is first reading of the empowering Bylaw, and we made a few recommendations to inform a second and subsequent readings. More to come here, but we are on a good path.
If you have opinions, let us know. Official Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development Permit Application: Boyd Street β Preliminary Report The owner of Queensborough Landing wants to build a 4-storey self-storage building on a part of their property that is not currently very active. This is a preliminary report, if you have opinions, let us know. We asked Engineering to review if there were engineering controls that could be reasonable installed here to improve safety in the area.
Staff reviewed several years of crash data and found this was a one-off incident. Cars leave roadways; that is only one of the ways they pose danger in urban areas. However, we cannot install jersey barriers on every road to prevent this, as it would cause significant knock-off effects for everyone from pedestrians to emergency responders. This seems to be an intervention concomitant with the risk posed by the curb geometry at the site. Additional Public Consultation Events Summary Report: Sixth Street At the request of the majority of Council, there were public engagement sessions held on the proposed supportive affordable housing project at Sixth Street, one on-line and one in-person.
