Minutes of the Community Development Advisory Committee Meeting

MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL OFFICE- COUNCIL CHAMBERS

PRESENT: S. Ali D. Faulks A. Hanes J. O’Grady D. Pauls K. Porter J. Skrlac S. Tobias, Chair Councillor Rast, Council Liaison

REGRETS: Councillor Mattson

ALSO PRESENT: D. Miles, Recording Secretary J. Rosenberg, Director of Engineering 0 members of the public 0 members of the press

1. CALL TO ORDER – S. Tobias, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOVED BY: S. Ali SECONDED: A. Haines THAT the agenda be approved as presented. CARRIED

3. MINUTES, RECEIPT & ADOPTION OF a) Minutes of the Community Development Advisory Committee meeting held July 26, 2016 MOVED BY: J. Skrlac SECONDED: S. Ali

THAT the minutes of the Community Development Advisory Committee meeting held July 26, 2016 be adopted. CARRIED

4. CHAIR’S REPORT The Chair gave an update to the Committee in regard to the informal meeting of some Committee members held September 8, 2016 across from the Public Safety Building to discuss the installation of public art at that location.

The Director of Engineering noted that this area is dedicated for road and will be largely used for the planned road alignment on Island Highway. Accordingly, the Committee concurred that this location would not be suitable for a public art installation.

The Chair noted that he will not be returning for another term once his term expires in spring 2017.

5. PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS

6. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES a) Public Art Policy The Committee discussed the various public art policies from different municipalities that could be used as examples for a View Royal public art policy; and the “Esquimalt Art Policy” and “Calgary Public Art Policy” were distributed.

The Committee discussed the inclusion of criteria; maintenance; siting; a vision statement; and goals in the View Royal policy.

Several members of the Committee will meet on December 6, 2016 to review the “Esquimalt Art Policy” and provide feedback to the Recording Secretary by December 9, 2016.

Once compiled, a draft View Royal policy will be distributed to the Committee by December 16, 2016 for comment and a subsequently amended policy forwarded to the January 2017 Community Development Advisory Committee meeting for discussion.

b) McKenzie Overpass Project - Update The Director of Engineering gave an update to the Committee regarding the McKenzie Overpass Project with direction to the Provincial website that will provide general information and updates on the progress of the Project.

7. REPORTS 8.1 STAFF REPORTS a) Action List The Committee reviewed the action list; at this time no further action items were added to the list.

8.2 COUNCIL REPORTS a) Minutes of the Council meeting July 5, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held July 5, 2016 be received. CARRIED

b) Minutes of the Council meeting July 19, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held July 19, 2016 be received. CARRIED

c) Minutes of the Council meeting September 6, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held September 6, 2016 received. CARRIED

d) Minutes of the Council meeting September 20, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held September 20, 2016 received. CARRIED

e) Minutes of the Council meeting October 4, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held October 4, 2016 received. CARRIED

f) Minutes of the Council meeting October 18, 2016 MOVED BY: A. Hanes SECONDED: K. Porter THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held October 18, 2016 received. CARRIED

8. CORRESPONDENCE

9. NEW BUSINESS a) Community Event - Canada 150 The Committee discussed community events that other municipalities have planned for the Canada 150 celebration and the possibility of a partnership with them.

The potential for other community celebration alternatives was discussed, specifically:

• restoration of the totem pole at the Portage Inlet Linear Connector Park;
• murals and pictures around the Town;
• engagement of children and youth; and
• exploration of opportunities with the Town’s Archivist to celebrate the past 150 years in View Royal.

10. CLOSED MEETING RESOLUTION

11. TERMINATION MOVED BY: A. Haines SECONDED: J. Skrlac THAT this meeting now terminate at 8:07 p.m. CARRIED

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CHAIR RECORDING SECRETARY