• July 14 Full Agenda Package - Pages 1 to 25

1. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

a) of the June 23, 2008 minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting - Pages 1 to 4

b) of the July 7, 2008 minutes of the Special Committee of the Whole meeting - Page 5

3. CORRESPONDENCE

4. DISCUSSION RELATED TO DELEGATIONS OR CORRESPONDENCE

5. STAFF PRESENTATIONS

a) Planner - Bench Placement in the Downtown Core (verbal)
Presentation on the overall design philosophy and specific design considerations for street furnishings associated with current pedestrian upgrade works along the Alberni Highway corridor.

b) Manager of Current Planning - Consideration of a Small-Lot Residential Zone - Pages 6 to 10
Staff has been directed by Council to investigate the possibility of the inclusion of a small lot residential zoning within the existing Zoning and Development Bylaw.

Recommendation: THAT the small lot residential template, attached as Schedule "A" to the report from the Manager of Current Planning dated July 3, 2008 entitled "Consideration of a Small-Lot Residential Zone", be accepted;
AND THAT staff make the small lot residential template available to interested parties.

c) Director of Community Planning - Official Community Plan (OCP) Development Permit Guidelines - Pages 11 to 13
Council, through the budget process, endorsed consideration of a review and enhancement of the OCP's development permit guidelines as a major 2008 project. The budget assigned to the project is $50,000.00 but the applicant responding to the call for proposal has determined that their projected cost with GST will be $68,900.00. This report is to consider reallocation of funds in order to increase the OCP Development Permit Guidelines update project cost to $80,000.00.

Recommendation: THAT the report from the Director of Community Planning dated June 19, 2008 for consideration of budget increase for the Official Community Plan Development Permit Guideline project be received;
AND THAT a reallocation of funds in order to increase the OCP DP Guideline update project cost to $80,000.00, be approved.

d) Director of Community Planning - Consideration of Implementations of Mandatory Provision of Affordable Housing Units within all Future Multiple Family Developments - Pages 14 to 17
Council requested that Staff consider the topic of mandating that all future housing projects contain some affordable housing units. Preliminary investigations indicate that some projects would not have the financial capability to do so, which would result in one-off relaxation requests. A better approach may be an evaluation of rezoning applications against the criteria.

Recommendation: THAT the report from the Director of Community Planning dated June 19, 2008 for consideration of implementation of mandatory provision of affordable housing units within all future multiple family developments be received;
AND THAT an Official Community Plan policy that makes mandatory affordable housing inclusion an evaluation consideration for future rezonings, be considered.

e) Manager of Engineering - Highway 19A - Shelly Road to the Englishman River Bridge Pedestrian Facilities Upgrade - Pages 18 to 20
Project includes installing a wide concrete sidewalk from the Englishman River Bridge to Shelly Road; upgrading the pedestrian crosswalk at Martindale with overhead solar-powered pedestrian activated warning lights, and; installing traffic medians for the purpose of pedestrian refuge, a dedicated left turn lane onto Martindale Road and a protected turning lane onto Highway 19A (westbound) from Martindale Road.

Recommendation: THAT the tender for the "Highway 19A - Shelly Road to the Englishman River Bridge Pedestrian Facilities Upgrade", in the amount of $490,449.83 (including GST), be awarded to Nash Excavating Ltd.

f) Director of Administrative Services - Consolidation Authorization Bylaw No. 1447 - Pages 21 to 25
Under the provisions of the Community Charter the Corporate Officer may be authorized to consolidate the bylaws of a municipality. This is required in order to give legal effect to the City's consolidated bylaws, as currently the bylaws are consolidated only for convenience.

Recommendation: THAT the report dated June 24, 2008 from the Director of Administrative Services entitled "Consolidation Authorization Bylaw No. 1447" be received for information;
AND THAT the "Consolidation Authorization Bylaw, 2008, No. 1447" be advanced for reading consideration.

g) 2009 Provisional Budget - Comments & Questions from Council (Please bring packages circulated at July 7, 2008 Special Committee of the Whole Meeting)

7. ADJOURNMENT