WL Council Meeting Highlights - September 21st

Present:

Mayor Cook and Councillors Bourdon, Hebert, Rathor, Walters, Zacharias and Barr (via teleconference)

Staff Present:

Brian Carruthers - CAO
Cindy Bouchard - Manager of Legislative Services
Lilliana Dragowska - Planner
Tom Chung - IT Manager
Wendy Dalman - Corporate Services Clerk
Cindy Walters - Planning Clerk
Annie McKitrick - Acting Social Development Manager

Meeting called to order at 6:00pm
Minutes from September 7th meeting, as amended, approved

Delegations/Presentations:

1) Mayor Cook, on behalf of Council, presented a “Community Hero Award” to Zachariah Jeff

2) WL RCMP Detachment Commander (Staff/Sgt) Warren Brown appeared before Council to present crime stats.  See his presentation here

Business:

1) Council approved the annual Halloween Fireworks show & bonfire on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 at the Williams Lake Stampede Grounds and the community was encouraged to attend

2) Council approved a reduction in the speed limit on Duncan Road from 50km/h to 30km/h.

3) Council received for information a report from the City’s Transportation & Building Manager regarding an upgrade to the WL Regional Airport fuel supply system to meet Ministry of Forests air tanker base requirements

4) Council agreed to enter into several tax revitalization agreements with:

• Dr. Rudy Wassenaar - 249 Barnard Street

• Freedom DSJ Enterprises Inc – 112 4th Avenue North

• Pioneer Glass & Aluminum Ltd – 113 Yorston Street

Council asked Staff to bring forward Tax Revitalization Bylaw #2077 for review at a future Committee of the Whole meeting. As well, Staff will bring forward a report on financial implications of tax revitalization agreements at a future Committee of the Whole meeting

5) Council gave 3rd reading and adoption to Zoning Amendment Bylaw #2119 (Westridge Ventures Ltd)

6) Council adopted several Committee of the Whole recommendations, as follows:

• Council declared redundant 34 Council Policies

• Council received the Final Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report containing the City's Corporate Greenhouse Gas inventory results, recommended reduction targets, and next steps and Council committed to reducing the City's greenhouse gas emissions from the baseline year of 2008 by 33 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050, these targets being consistent with BC's Climate Action Plan pursuant to the Provincial Government's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, Bill 44, in order to complete both Climate Action Charter Step 2 and Partners for Climate Protection Milestone 2.

• Council approved the enactment of a task force comprised of representatives from the public, private and community sectors to explore the possibility of the redevelopment of the Cariboo Lodge Site; and City Staff were asked to report back with a proposed Terms of Reference.

• Council approved the Community Garden Policy and the Model of a Lease for the use of City property for Community Gardens and staff were authorized to work with the Food Policy Council committee of the Social Planning Council to finalize the lease for the properties located on the Cariboo Lodge site and at the bottom of Williams Lake Secondary School on Carson Drive

7) Council received an email from Rick Roy requesting a letter of support for an grant application to the Williams Lake & District Credit Union for a video biography documentary series and agreed to give Mr. Roy a letter of support in his application to the WL & District Credit Union

8) Council proclaimed the week of November 14th to November 21st as “Restorative Justice Week” in the City of Williams Lake

9) Council proclaimed the week of October 3rd to 9th as “Fire Prevention Week” in the City of Williams Lake

Council members’ then made oral reports on issues/events occurring in the City

Meeting adjourned at 8:05pm

Council then convened an In-Camera (Closed) Meeting, in accordance with Section 90(1)(b) of the Community Charter –

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