MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Minutes from the previous Council meeting covering secondary suite requirements, records management bylaws, and a closed meeting resolution.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL OFFICE - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PRESENT WERE:
- Mayor Hill
- Councillor Mattson
- Councillor Rast
- Councillor Rogers
- Councillor Screech
REGRETS:
PRESENT ALSO:
- K. Anema, Chief Administrative Officer
- S. Jones, Director of Corporate Administration
- L. Chase, Director of Development Services
- J. Rosenberg, Director of Engineering
- J. Davison, Planner
- E. Bolster, Deputy Municipal Clerk
- 35 members of the public
- 0 member of the press
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hill called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Mattson
THAT the agenda be approved as presented. CARRIED
3. MINUTES, RECEIPT & ADOPTION OF
a) Minutes of the Council meeting held January 21, 2014
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Mattson
THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held January 21, 2014 be adopted as presented. CARRIED
b) Minutes of the Public Hearing held January 21, 2014
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Mattson
THAT the minutes of the Public Hearing held January 21, 2014 be adopted as presented. CARRIED
4. MAYOR'S REPORT
The Mayor noted he had attended the opening of the Songhees Wellness Centre and received a book recognizing their history which he will circulate to Council members.
5. PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD
7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
8. REPORTS
8.1 STAFF REPORTS
a) AVICC Resolution Re. Owner-Occupancy Requirement for Secondary Suite
- Report dated January 28, 2014 from the Director of Development Services
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Mattson
C-01-14 THAT the Town of View Royal submit a resolution to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities regarding owner-occupancy of secondary suites as follows:
"WHEREAS communities want to see well-maintained residential neighbourhoods where neighbours are mutually respectful;
AND WHEREAS there is generally a higher duty of care shown to neighbours in communities with owner-occupied properties;
AND WHEREAS there is generally a higher duty of care shown by tenants when owners are present;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLOVED THAT the Province of British Columbia be required to amend Part 26 of the Local Government Act granting the authority to require secondary suites be permitted in owner-occupied homes only." CARRIED
8.2 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RESOLUTIONS
8.3 OTHER REPORTS
9. CORRESPONDENCE
9.1 FOR ACTION
9.2 FOR INFORMATION
a) Letter dated January 16, 2014 from S. Robinson, MLA, Official Opposition Critic for Local Government and Sports, Re: Local Elections Campaign Financing Act
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Rast
THAT the Town write to S. Robinson, MLA, Official Opposition Critic for Local Government and Sports, and to Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, reaffirming the Town’s position that donation and expense limits are an essential part of the election reform process. CARRIED
b) Letter dated January 7, 2014 from Mayor G. Taft, District of Invermere, Re: Urban Deer Management
MOVED BY: Councillor Mattson SECONDED: Councillor Rast
THAT the letter dated January 7, 2014 from Mayor G. Taft, District of Invermere, Re: urban deer management be received for information. CARRIED
10. BYLAWS
a) Records Management Bylaw No. 879, 2013 A Bylaw to Establish a Records Management System
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Rast
THAT Records Management Bylaw No. 879, 2013 be adopted. CARRIED
b) Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35, Amendment Bylaw No. 880, 2013 A Bylaw to Amend the Town of View Royal Land Use Bylaw with Respect to Creating the CD-9CS (Lakeside Village Low Density Suite Residential) Zone and with Respect to the Rezoning of 400, 404, 405, 409, 412, 413, 416, 417, 420, 424, 425, 428, 432, 433, 436, 440 and 444 Nursery Hill Drive
MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED: Councillor Rogers
THAT Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35, Amendment Bylaw No. 880, 2013 be given third reading. CARRIED Councillor Mattson voted in the negative
MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED: Councillor Rogers
THAT upon adoption of Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35, Amendment Bylaw No. 880, 2013, the Town offer the neighbouring non-participants in the rezoning application an opportunity for a Town initiated rezoning at the Town’s expense. CARRIED
c) Draft Soil Deposit and Removal Bylaw No. 869 - Bylaw Amendment and Repeal of Third Reading
- Report dated January 24, 2014 from the Planner
MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED: Councillor Screech
THAT third reading of Bylaw No. 869, 2013 be repealed. CARRIED
MOVED BY: Councillor Mattson SECONDED: Councillor Screech
THAT Soil Deposit and Removal Bylaw No. 869, 2013 be amended by:
- deleting subsection 11(a):
- The Town Staff and Council shall not issue a permit to an applicant if the proposed removal or deposit of Soil would: (a) In the opinion of a Professional Engineer based on soil test samples provided and analysed at the expense of the applicant, be likely to foul or pollute the water quality of any watercourse;
- adding a fee schedule (Schedule B: Fees) to the bylaw;
AND THAT staff be directed to obtain consent from the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development as amended in advance of third reading. CARRIED
11. NEW BUSINESS
12. QUESTION PERIOD
a) L. Pakos, 336 Glenairlie Drive, questioned Council in regard to decommissioned secondary suites and the development of secondary suites policies specific to strata titled properties.
13. MOTIONS & NOTICES OF MOTION
14. CLOSED MEETING RESOLUTION
MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED: Councillor Mattson
THAT there is a need to have a meeting closed to the public and persons other than the immediate members of Council, officers and employees of the Town, and those identified under Section 91 (2) of the Community Charter shall be excluded on the basis of Section 90 (1)(g) and Section 90 (2)(b) of the Community Charter. CARRIED
15. RISING REPORT
16. TERMINATION
MOVED BY: Councillor Mattson SECONDED: Councillor Rast
THAT this meeting terminate. Time: 7:33 p.m. CARRIED
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