MINUTES OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022
Record of a special meeting focusing on correspondence regarding camping in parks and the tabling of Bylaw No. 1095.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022
VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL OFFICE – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PRESENT WERE:
- Mayor Tobias
- Councillor Brown
- Councillor Kowalewich
- Councillor Lemon
- Councillor MacKenzie
- Councillor Mattson
- Councillor Rogers
REGRETS:
PRESENT ALSO:
- K. Anema, Chief Administrative Officer
- S. Jones, Director of Corporate Administration
- I. Leung, Director of Engineering and Parks
- D. Christenson, Director of Finance
- L. Taylor, Director of Development Services
- P. Hurst, Director of Protective Services
- S. Scory, Community Planner
- E. Bolster, Deputy Corporate Officer
- 3 members of the public
- 0 members of the press
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Tobias called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOVED BY: Councillor Brown SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT agenda be amended to include items 9.2(h-i);
AND THAT the agenda be approved as amended. CARRIED
MINUTES, RECEIPT & ADOPTION OF
MAYOR’S REPORT
PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD
BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
REPORTS
8.1 STAFF REPORTS
8.2 COMMITTEE REPORTS
8.3 OTHER REPORTS
- CORRESPONDENCE
9.1 FOR ACTION
9.2 FOR INFORMATION
a) Email dated December 7, 2022 from D. Thomlinson, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 7, 2022 from D. Thomlinson, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
b) Letter received December 7, 2022 from a resident, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 7, 2022 from a resident, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
c) Email dated December 6, 2022 from D. Scott, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 6, 2022 from D. Scott, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
d) Email dated December 6, 2022 from D. & P. McCooey, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 6, 2022 from D. & P. McCooey, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
e) Email dated December 6, 2022 from J. Novotny, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 6, 2022 from J. Novotny, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
f) Email dated December 6, 2022 from M. Allen, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 6, 2022 from M. Allen, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
g) Letter dated December 5, 2022 from D. Thomas, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 5, 2022 from D. Thomas, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
h) Email dated December 9, 2022 from J. Racz, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 9, 2022 from J. Racz, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
i) Email dated December 13, 2022 from K. Cass, Re: Camping in Parks
MOVED BY: Councillor MacKenzie SECONDED BY: Councillor Lemon
THAT the email dated December 13, 2022 from K. Cass, Re: Camping in Parks be received for information. CARRIED
- BYLAWS
a) Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 986, 2018, Amendment Bylaw No. 1095, 2022 A Bylaw to Amend Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 986, 2018
Council and staff discussed distance from property lines and trails, hours for camping in parks, analysis of geospatial information, and availability of toilet facilities.
The Chief Administrative Officer noted amendments to the bylaw will come forward in January and a map can be included as a schedule to the bylaw.
MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Brown
THAT adoption of the Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 986, 2018, Amendment Bylaw No. 1095, 2022 be tabled to the January 17, 2023 Council meeting. TABLED Councillors Lemon, MacKenzie, and Mattson opposed
b) Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 1094, 2022 A Bylaw to Amendment Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007
MOVED BY: Councillor Brown SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers
THAT third reading of Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 1094, 2022 be rescinded. CARRIED
MOVED BY: Councillor Brown SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers
THAT Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 1094, 2022 be amended to remove Column 5 from Schedule 3. CARRIED
MOVED BY: Councillor Brown SECONDED BY: Councillor Rogers
THAT Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 1094, 2022 be given third reading as amended. CARRIED
NEW BUSINESS
RISING REPORT
QUESTION PERIOD
a) A person from the audience asked how or if the Town’s bylaw enforcement capacity would increase in the near future and what the anticipated need for bylaw enforcement may be in the longer term.
b) M. Wiltshire, 14 Erskine Lane, questioned whether the Town could do a comparison with other municipalities in the region regarding camping in parks for consistency.
The Mayor assured M. Wiltshire that this work had been part of the bylaw’s development over the past three years.
MOTIONS & NOTICES OF MOTION
CLOSED MEETING RESOLUTION
MOVED BY: Councillor Lemon SECONDED BY: Councillor Brown
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)(c) – labour. CARRIED
MOVED BY: Councillor Rogers SECONDED BY: Councillor Mattson
THAT this meeting now recess at 7:41 p.m. CARRIED
- TERMINATION
MOVED BY: Councillor SECONDED BY: Councillor
THAT this meeting terminate. Time: 7:39 p.m. CARRIED
MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
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