Committee of the Whole
Meeting Overview
The Committee of the Whole met to discuss routine administrative items, including the adoption of prior meeting minutes and the monthly departmental reports (Building, Bylaw, RCMP). Key business items included the recommendation to Council for the 2010 Financial Plan and Property Tax Rates, and the award of five-year Road and Drain Maintenance and Boulevard Landscape Maintenance contracts to VCMMC. In the evening session, the Committee recommended advancing the Draft View Royal Park Plan, initiatives regarding invasive species at Knockan Hill Park, and consideration of a No Smoking Bylaw near tot lots. Several development permits and variances were also recommended for approval, including a Temporary Commercial Use Permit for a mobile food concession at Thetis Lake Park (carried 4-1) and a Development Variance Permit for 284 Helmcken Road (carried 4-1).
Key Decisions
- The minutes of the Budget Committee of the Whole meeting from February 15, 2010, were adopted.
- The minutes of the Budget Committee of the Whole meeting from February 22, 2010, were adopted.
- The minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting from March 9, 2010, were adopted.
- The minutes of the Budget Committee of the Whole meeting from March 15, 2010, were adopted.
- The minutes of the Budget Committee of the Whole meeting from March 22, 2010, were adopted.