MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013

1. CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Hill called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the agenda be amended to include 9.2 (b)

AND THAT the agenda be approved as amended. CARRIED

3. MINUTES, RECEIPT & ADOPTION OF

a) Minutes of the Council meeting held November 19, 2013

MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the minutes of the Council meeting held November 19, 2013 be adopted as presented. CARRIED

4. MAYOR'S REPORT

Mayor Hill recognized and thanked Mayor Hamilton, City of Colwood, and Chief Andy Thomas, Esquimalt First Nation, for their attendance at the meeting. He also acknowledged members of Council and thanked them for their hard work and dedication to the Town.

Mayor Hill gave his 25th anniversary address, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes.

a) Presentation of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal to Mayor Graham Hill

Councillor Screech presented the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal to Mayor Graham Hill, noting all his work and dedication to the Town of View Royal.

b) Appointment of Committee of the Whole for 2014

Mayor Hill announced his appointments to the Standing Committees of Council, as outlined in Schedule A, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes.

c) Appointment of Representatives to other Committees, Commissions and Boards for 2014

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the Appointment of representatives to other Committees, Commissions and Boards for 2014 as outlined in Schedule B, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes, be endorsed as amended. CARRIED

d) Miscellaneous Appointments

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the selection for miscellaneous appointments, as outlined in Schedule C, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes, be endorsed as amended. CARRIED

e) Approval of Tag Days

MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the selection for approved Tag Days for 2013-2014, as outlined in Schedule D, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes, be endorsed. CARRIED

f) Appointment of Liaison and Alternate to Advisory Committees - 2014

MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Screech

THAT the selection for Liaisons and Alternates to the Planning and Development; Parks, Recreation and Environment; and Transportation Advisory Committees for 2014, as outlined in Schedule E, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms a part of these minutes, be endorsed. CARRIED

5. PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS

25th Anniversary Dignitaries Present: a) Maurine Karagianis (not in attendance) b) Carol Hamilton, Mayor, District of Colwood Mayor Hamilton offered congratulations and best wishes on behalf of the District of Colwood's Council on the celebration of View Royal's 25th Anniversary. c) Chief Andy Thomas, Esquimalt First Nation d) Jane Mendum, Mayor, District of Highlands (not in attendance) e) Chief Ron Sam, Songhees First Nation (not in attendance)

6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD

7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES

8. REPORTS

8.1 STAFF REPORTS

a) Council and Committee of the Whole 2014 Meeting Schedule

1. Report dated November 18, 2013 from the Deputy Municipal Clerk

MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers

THAT the Council and Committee of the Whole 2014 meeting schedule be adopted. CARRIED

8.2 COMMITTEE REPORTS

8.3 OTHER REPORTS

a) Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society Board of Directors' meeting held October 10, 2013

MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED BY: Councillor Screech

THAT the minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society Board of Directors' meeting held October 10, 2013 be received. CARRIED

9. CORRESPONDENCE

9.1 FOR ACTION

a) Letter dated November 15, 2013 from S. Norton, Deputy Corporate Officer, Legislative Services, Capital Regional District, Re: CRD Bylaw No. 3918, Capital Regional Housing Trust Fund Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 8, 2013

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers

THAT consent be given to the adoption of CRD Bylaw No. 3918, Capital Regional Housing Trust Fund Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 8, 2013. CARRIED

9.2 FOR INFORMATION

a) Letter dated November 25, 2013 from R. Garrison, MP, Esquimalt Juan de Fuca, Re: 25th Anniversary Greetings

MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED BY: Councillor Screech

THAT the letter dated November 25, 2013 from R. Garrison, MP, Esquimalt Juan de Fuca, Re: 25th Anniversary Greetings be received for information. CARRIED

b) Letter dated November 29, 2013 from Mayor B. Desjardins, Township of Esquimalt, Re: 25th Anniversary Greetings

MOVED BY: Councillor Rast SECONDED BY: Councillor Screech

THAT the letter dated November 29, 2013 from Mayor B. Desjardins, Township of Esquimalt, Re: 25th Anniversary Greetings be received for information. CARRIED

10. BYLAWS

a) Bylaw No. 877-878, 2013 Being a Bylaw to Expend Monies in the DCC Reserves

1. Report dated November 27, 2013 from the Director of Finance

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rast

THAT the report dated November 27, 2013 from the Director of Finance titled "Bylaw No. 877-878, 2013 Being a Bylaw to Expend Monies in the DCC Reserves" be received. CARRIED

2. Development Cost Charge Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 877, 2013 A Bylaw to Authorize the Expenditure of Monies in the DCC Reserve Fund (Highway Facilities)

MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Screech

THAT Development Cost Charge Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 877, 2013 be given first, second and third reading. CARRIED

3. Development Cost Charge Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 878, 2013 A Bylaw to Authorize the Expenditure of Monies in the DCC Reserve Fund (Drainage)

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers

THAT Development Cost Charge Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No. 878, 2013 be given first, second and third reading. CARRIED

11. NEW BUSINESS

n/a

12. QUESTION PERIOD

n/a

13. MOTIONS & NOTICES OF MOTION

n/a

14. CLOSED MEETING RESOLUTION

15. RISING REPORT

16. TERMINATION

MOVED BY: Councillor Screech SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers

THAT this meeting now terminate. Time: 6:43 pm CARRIED

SCHEDULE A

STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL

1) COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Members: All members of Council

Chairs of Sub-committees:

• Mayor Graham Hill, Chair, Finance & Administration
• Councillor Heidi Rast, Chair, Protective Services & Community Services
• Councillor John Rogers, Chair, Planning & Development
• Councillor David Screech, Chair, Parks, Recreation & Environment
• Councillor Ron Mattson, Chair, Public Works & Transportation

SCHEDULE B

OTHER COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS

THAT the following be appointed as Directors, Representatives, Liaisons, Delegates and Alternates effective December 2013 to December 2014, except where the term is listed otherwise:

SCHEDULE C

MISCELLANEOUS APPOINTMENTS

1) ACTING MAYOR

2012

• December 2011 to February 2012: Councillor Rogers
• March 2012 to May 2012: Councillor Rast
• June 2012 to August 2012: Councillor Screech
• September 2012 to November 2012: Councillor Mattson

2013

• December 2012 to February 2013: Councillor Rogers
• March 2013 to May 2013: Councillor Rast
• June 2013 to August 2013: Councillor Screech
• September 2013 to November 2013: Councillor Mattson

2014

• December 2013 to February 2014: Councillor Rogers
• March 2014 to May 2014: Councillor Rast
• June 2014 to August 2014: Councillor Screech
• September 2014 to November 2014: Councillor Mattson

2) SIGNING OFFICERS Mayor Graham Hill or Councillor David Screech and Clerk or Deputy Clerk

3) AUDITORS Hayes Stewart Little & Co. Suite 1000 — 747 Fort Street Victoria, B.C. V8W 1G9

4) BANKERS Scotiabank Branch 02410 Nelson Square Victoria, BC

SCHEDULE D

TAG DAYS — 2013-2014

(Note: Tag Days are designated days for local clubs and organizations to fundraise within the municipality.)

• Big Brothers and Big Sisters
• Boy Scouts
• B.C. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society
• B.C. Lions Society
• B.C. and Yukon Heart Foundation
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Canadian Diabetes Society
• Child Find B.C.
• Girl Guides
• West Shore Chamber of Commerce
• Kinsmen Club (Mothers' March)
• Kiwanis Club
• Parents in Crisis
• Rotary Club
• Royal Canadian Legion (Poppy Drive)
• Salvation Army
• United Way
• Vancouver Island Multiple Sclerosis Society
• View Royal Firefighters' Association
• Any Cadet Group of the Armed Forces
• Any other Auxiliary to the Service Clubs herein stated

SCHEDULE E

ADVISORY COMMITTEES — 2014

THAT the following be appointed as Liaison and Alternates for the year 2014:

1) PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Liaison: Councillor John Rogers
• Alternate: Councillor Heidi Rast

2) PARKS, RECREATION & ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Liaison: Councillor David Screech
• Alternate: Councillor Heidi Rast

3) PUBLIC WORKS & TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Liaison: Councillor Ron Mattson
• Alternate: Councillor Heidi Rast

Mayor's Inaugural Address

December 3, 2013

This is a celebration.

This week, View Royal marks 25 years as a town — a silver anniversary. We consider this one of the best places to call home, but I imagine, on this stretch of coast that has nurtured and grown people for thousands of years, it has ever been thus.

25 years.

Said quickly, it slides away so easily. Yet when I reflect on the hundreds and thousands of choices made it's not been a short walk at all. Our community's earliest days are well documented.

The name View Royal first made its appearance 100 years ago when a new 80-acre development fronting Esquimalt Harbour was marketed for its view. Its royal view. Land was cheap, the travel from there to here was hard, but a realtor's vision took hold and View Royal was born.

Over the years, pioneer spirit and a community built by helping hands and enterprise became a draw as a great place to raise a family. For many years, the fire hall and community association were its centre, but its administration came from downtown — the CRD. That changed 25 years ago when View Royal asserted itself as a distinct community - enough to be a town and with that spirit, on December 5, 1988, the Town of View Royal emerged.

Today we celebrate that occasion and reflect on how far we have come as a community.

My own first involvement with the Town was as part of a committee to develop the first Official Community Plan — a learning experience for community, staff .... and me.

It was a tricky course to navigate. View Royal was a new town and still viewed as semi-rural by many. The views on what we should become as we ruminated on that OCP ran the gamut:

• some people wanted to adapt characteristics of other communities with big box stores and instant civic income
• some wanted no change at all in hopes that change that was happening all around could perhaps skip bucolic View Royal
• others were concerned the Town of View Royal would be a developer-led growth centre

Still, from wide ranging points of view, that first OCP emerged.

My second involvement was as a resident in the gallery protesting tree removal resulting from a new development. (And my goodness, I've seen many of those since.)

Third, came this great privilege of being elected the third mayor of View Royal and working these past 11 years with council colleagues who — despite often having differing views — are enterprising, hard working and smart. I respect and honour these people more than I can say.

Later in this meeting I'll be announcing council appointments and organizational responsibilities. Our council of five is among the smallest in the region — there are none smaller. Still, the responsibilities and issues are as large as in any other community. The workload is significant for councilors as they represent our interests in one of the most heavily shared sets of community-based services in BC.

Today, nearly 10,000 people call View Royal home. It is a town with its own persona and clear values.

Our approach has been:

• to build and invest using principles inherent to Healthy Communities;
• to build around established infrastructure, and nodes of community based character
• to protect our laneways; to foster trails, parks and green spaces wherever we can.

Our management values and approach have been to work through a Town Hall where we leverage a small and devoted core of staff with contracted resources from both surrounding communities and competitively selected private sector.

And it is a small staff, dealing often with big city issues. Their jobs are filled with finding new inventions, repairing old damage, responding to new surprises and all the time coping with an ever increasing work load resulting from more and more regulation and competing issues.

Our approach has been to encourage development that fits with our community based interests, sustains our Urban Containment Boundaries, investing in an ever-expanding network of trails, parks and amenities.

We are a town that puts out the welcome-mat without giving in to rampant development.

Our approach has been to define new standards and levels of service. We have invested in Fire, Rescue and ESS services that are recognized by the Fire Underwriters Association with high ratings that will translate into lower insurance costs for home owners and businesses.

Our streets and streetscapes are seen as people places, where the joy of walking and chatting with neighbours is a feature of what it's like to live here.

We have one of the lower tax regimes in the region, with real estate values keeping pace with the market situation.

View Royal is flourishing and 2014 will see us welcoming initiatives and long-awaited projects.

This coming spring will see completion of the replacement for the 80-year old Craigflower Bridge. This is a project funded largely by a gas tax grant and made possible by our strong relationship with the Region and an excellent partnership with Saanich. The bridge will not only restore a vital transportation link it will be a more traffic and pedestrian friendly structure; a lifeline bridge which will continue to be a regionally significant commuter route.

In the coming year the doors will open on the new public safety building now under construction. This new building, will better equip our View Royal Fire and Rescue troops in continuing to protect the lives and property of the citizens. As you drive by and see the huge amounts of steel and concrete going into this building, you can see the strength of purpose this represents and what a reassuring launch pad it will be when the call comes for help.

The coming year will see economic development swell as the $100 million development at Eagle Creek moves ahead. Eagle Creek Village will provide new residential, commercial and recreation opportunities for the region. With this development comes prospects for changing the shape of our tax ratios and redefining the hospital precinct into a distinctive hub that serves as an additional and strong gateway to our Town. So this is our town, 25 years on.

It is a town where people walk and cycle, where families and kids enjoy parks and playgrounds and there are defining reminders of our history and past.

It is a town where snow gets removed and boulevards are kept tidy, a town where the very best trained and devoted men and women respond to the call in an emergency. I am proud of this place.

As one prospective home owner said to me just last week..."This is a very good place to live." And that it is.

One of the best places to call home.