• April 14 Full Agenda Package - Part 1 - Pages 1 to 26
• April 14 Full Agenda Package - Part 2 - Pages 27 to 55
• April 14 Full Agenda Package - Part 3 - Pages 56 to 84
• April 14 Full Agenda Package - Part 4 - Pages 85 to 110

1. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

a) of the March 26, 2008 minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting - Pages 1 to 4

a) Neil Malbon / Doug Backhouse - Alberni Pacific Railway / Island Corridor Foundation - Update on Arrowsmith Explorer, including current funding status and economic impact - Page 5

b) Bud Shelly & Murray LaPlante - Shelly Enterprises Ltd. - Present City Council with a petition that has been circulated through out the City regarding the removal of their lands from the ALR - Pages 6 to 29

c) Michele Deakin - Mid-Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society - Presentation regarding Shelly Farm to be removed from the ALR - Page 30

a) Oceanside Development & Construction Association - Consideration of Implementation of Mandatory Provision of Affordable Housing Units - Page 31

Recommendation: THAT the correspondence from the Oceanside Development & Construction Association, dated February 28, 2008 regarding consideration of implementation of mandatory provision of affordable housing units, be received for information.

a) Director of Community Planning - Consideration of Amendments to Secondary Suite Zoning Regulations - Pages 32 to 44

Recommendation: THAT Staff be directed to advertise the current regulations so as to make it known that secondary suites are currently permitted on a wide spread basis and re-evaluate the impact of this in 12 months time.

b) Director of Community Planning - Status of Affordable Housing Policy Strategy Initiatives - Pages 45 to 50

Recommendation: THAT the report from the Director of Community Planning dated March 6, 2008 regarding the status of affordable housing policy strategy be received for information.

c) Manager of Current Planning - Implementation of Watercourse Protection Development Permit Areas Consistent with the Riparian Areas Regulation - Pages 51 to 64

Recommendation: THAT Council direct Staff to commence the statutory process to amend the Official Community Plan for the inclusion of a watercourse protection development permit areas consistent with the provincial Riparian Areas Regulation.

d) Planner - Taking Downtown Revitalization Plan Details From Concept to Specification - Pages 65 to 95

Recommendation: THAT the report from the Planner dated April 8, 2008 regarding design development of downtown revitalization details be received for information.

e) Director of Community Planning - Consideration of Options to Reduce or Eliminate New Single Family Subdivisions - Pages 96 to 103

Recommendation: THAT Council maintain the status quo for considering single family subdivisions at this time;
AND THAT the general topic of "sustainability" be considered as part of an Official Community Plan (OCP) review;
AND FURTHER THAT the consideration of the timing of an OCP review be done during the 2008 budget deliberations

f) Director of Community Planning - Quarterly Report (verbal report)

g) Chief Administrative Officer - Consideration of Development Cost Charges (DCC) Waiver for Non Profit Rental and Supportive Living Housing - Pages 104 to 107

Recommendation: THAT Staff be directed to prepare a bylaw, for Council's consideration, which, pursuant to Section 933 (12) of the Local Government Act, implements a reduction or waiver of development cost charges at a rate to be determined by Council for not for profit rental housing including supportive housing projects.

h) Chief Administrative Officer - Consideration of Development Process Review Proposed By the Oceanside Development and Construction Association (ODCA) - Pages 108 to 110

Recommendation: THAT Council direct staff to inform the ODCA that in view of their abandonment of their request for the development process review, the City will not be pursuing the issue any further.

i) Director of Administration - Quarterly Report (verbal report)

6. ADJOURNMENT