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>> Okay. I'd like to call this regular

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council meeting of Monday, July 27th,

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2026 to order. I'm the acting mayor for

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the month of July. Um, Mayor Leonard may

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or may not be able to join us depending

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on where where he is on his vacation.

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so the as we open the meeting, I'd like

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to acknowledge with gratitude that we

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live and work on the traditional

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unseated territory of the Squamish

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nation whose people have been stewards

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of these lands and waters surrounding

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Nqualikum Bone Island. Um and be do you

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want to make a few comments before we

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>> Um I did if you wouldn't mind the

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opportunity.

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>> Thank you. I just um I'm Kristen Watson.

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I'm the acting CEO for Bowen Island

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Municipality. I just wanted to take this

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opportunity to thank staff, thank

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council. We had a very um significant

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interruption in our last council

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meeting. It arose from a situation where

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um some nefarious players entered our

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online council meeting and chose to um

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expose themselves on live uh YouTube

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which uh resulted in the fact that our

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council meeting uh was taken down

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immediately by YouTube. They canled our

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account for a short time until we were

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able to successfully get it back. Uh I

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just wanted to thank the public for the

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opport for the um understanding of our

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new uh meeting registration procedures

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which are requiring that people register

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in advance in order to keep our future

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meetings secure and not have a

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reoccurrence of that event. So, I just

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wanted to dispel any rumors or about

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what happened there, but certainly it

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was uh beyond the control of staff,

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beyond the control of uh uh council, and

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their understanding going forward with

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our new meeting registration procedure.

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>> So, you mean that you need to be

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registered online in order to speak

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online? Is that what you're trying to

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participate online and you want to

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speak, you'll have to re uh register in

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advance for the new meeting.

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>> So, I think the new instructions are up

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anybody is online and wanting to um

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register to speak, they're going to have

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to follow through the new processes for

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this particular meeting. Thank you.

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So I forgot to introduce the council

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members that are sitting here at the

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table. So we have councelor Su Ellen

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Fast, councelor Judy Getty, our uh

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acting CEO and CFO

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corporate officer, Tim Wake, counselor

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Saunders. Thank you. Okay, approval of

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the agenda. Is there any late items,

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Sophie?

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this afternoon. First is 7.1A

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correspondence from neighbors of 1639

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relation to item 7.2 there is a replaced

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attachment to the staff report and that

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is the amended islands trust policy

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checklist. Item 7.2E

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new correspondence from Heather Miller.

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Frankfare Shalot.

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Can I have a motion for approval of the

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agenda, please? As amended.

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Thank you. And a seconder, Judy. Um, all

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Steph, do you have um councelor

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Jurgensson in the waiting room?

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» He sent a text indicator and that's

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registration process.

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» Uh, so just to note, our deputy

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corporate officer is here. uh assisting

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assisting with the um with the Zoom

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don't see him online either.

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who are here. Uh so that's an Frank

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So I'm going to read the letter that I

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sent and is part of your you know

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whatever it was on table package. Your

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worship and counselors first I would

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like to apologize for being so late at

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giving you my fe feedback about item 272

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on today's agenda.

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On May 26, I provided you with a report

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titled The Future of the Riley's

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Heritage Apple Orchard. It gives a

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detailed description of the orchard, its

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creation, history,

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maintenance notes, ulticultural notes,

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and the conclusion is as follow. I

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quote, "It is evident that the Ry's

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heritage apple orchard needs to be

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preserved. Any potential solution has to

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take into account the legacy that led to

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the creation of this unique and

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extraordinary treasure. And so a proper

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perpetual conservation covenant is

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needed. Such a perpetual conservation

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covenant has to fulfill two

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The Riley's Heritage Apple Orchard has

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to be integrated into a land trust that

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will monitor the orchard twice or three

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times annually and provide BIM with

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assessments of the health and

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maintenance of the orchard.

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be tailored to this particular heritage

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orchard as practiced by the Whan

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community orchard. The Whan community

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orchard h have the expertise to give

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guidance for the preservation of the

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Riley's Heritage Apple Orchard. The

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purpose is to allow for the production

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of apples at a rate where the health of

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the trees is preserved for a long time.

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exceptionally long longe longevity

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50 years. This is in complete

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contradiction to Mr. Pertie's assession

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of apple trees living only 30 years. The

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challenge appears to be the write up of

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such a perpetual conservation covenant

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that will assure that the orchard will

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to prevent the decline and well into the

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future in order to preserve this unique

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and extra generate born island treasure.

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» Uh thank you. Next on the list, we have

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» Thank you. This is about 620 Laura Road,

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of course. Um and as we reported to

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council in May when the neighbors

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the concept of um the resoning proposal,

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we were reluctantly agreed with with the

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resoning proposal with restrictions on

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the retail and picnic area size and a

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conservation covenant to protect the

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orchard. The relationship of the cery to

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the heritage orchard has been emphasized

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by applicants and councils for five and

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a half years. The latest wrinkle, the

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proposal to change the cidery definition

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again after five and a half years of the

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existing definition would not require

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any on-site apple input. What effect

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will this have on a conservation

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covenant and the future of the heritage

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orchard? If this proposal was in a

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letter dated July 21st, as indicated in

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Mr. Martin's report the same date as the

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applicant's submission to the APC. Why

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wasn't this proposal re revealed to the

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the percentage of apples required from

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the 620 property. The planner's

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presentation at the APC meeting still

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no mention of a new proposal. This is

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disturbing at this advanced stage of the

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process. Thank you very much.

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vehicle charger upgrade project for the

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library in the community center. We have

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Phil Garber? Thank you.

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community relations manager for Bone

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a couple months ago to pick up uh, a

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the presentation um if if that is

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EV PC hydro public charging program.

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it's its mandate, it's its mission, its

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program we're at right now. And then

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come to to Bowen Island as well. Um what

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community of Bowen Island. So BC Hydro's

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been in the public EV charging space for

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over a decade now. One one of the first

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networks and longest standing networks

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in North America. Uh it started with a

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site in Animo and Cam Loops and a few

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others. And over the last few years,

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province. So we in 2024

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electric highway, BC's electric highway,

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which essentially connected

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folks in the entire province. You you

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with a charger every 150 kilometers or

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so and and BC Hydro contributed to that.

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charger the sites are. So to date we

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operate 190 sites almost a little over

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900 charging ports across the province

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and the electric highway the mandate was

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make sure that it's doable driving

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across the province. So uh a

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geographically geographically connected

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corridor that meant that communities

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like Bowen Island were close enough to

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feasibly to to let's say a charger on

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the Northshore to not necessarily be

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prescribed that we build a charge site

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here. We didn't have that opportunity

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under that buildout. Uh now just last

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week the province announced a an

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expanded mandate for BC Hydra's charging

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program to grow this network from 900

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ports to 3,500 ports. Uh a quadruple

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almost quadrupling at least a tripling

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um a major major investment

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provincewide. And that allowed us to

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revisit communities like Bowen Island

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where that we had on our kind of on our

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higher priority list where we say, "Hey,

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it is it is a community that has

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electric vehicles. It is an a sign

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sizable stock. It is a community that

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has a sizable um visitor traffic too.

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Even even today, I was surprised how

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busy that ferry was on Monday morning."

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Um turns out I shouldn't be. Um, so

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that's that's kind of where we're coming

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to in the next evolution of our program.

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So if we click click to the next slide,

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um, it it should speak to or illustrate

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what some of our sites look like. Our

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classic branding, uh, equipment gets

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better every year. If we go to the next

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slide, it should tell us kind of what we

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look for in a site. So we have

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requirements put on us by the regulator

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BC utilities commission requirements put

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on us by our funding partners that's the

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federal NRCAN program and the provincial

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clean BC program those include 247 365

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unrestricted access uh they include a

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minimum number of chargers which is now

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a minimum number of two chargers in our

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case that's four charging stalls four

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charging ports they include um

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requirements for accessibility. So you

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see in that picture, this is a site in

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at a at a the Suriri Art Center at Berry

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Creek Park. You can see an accessibility

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lane and wheelchair accessible. We've

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actually worked with manufacturers to

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make sure the the screen is a at an

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appropriate level as as a major

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purchaser of this kind of equipment.

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We've been able to to work with

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manufacturers on that. So it is uh those

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are some of the requirements. A 10-year

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location commitment is also a

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requirement that we have from our

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funding partners and we do um all that

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in mind we we come to communities saying

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this is what we need to make an

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investment. Um we understand the context

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here that land is scars especially in

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hightra areas where the amenities are.

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So this is an offer we'd like to make.

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Right. So we if we go to the next slide

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um we

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one of the benefits of working with us

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is that PC hydro carries the entirety of

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the capital and operational costs

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related to the site to to the chargers.

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So it is a sizable investment to install

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the service connection, the transformer

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infrastructure, the chargers themselves,

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and maintain the chargers so that if

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there's one of the two chargers goes

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down, which happens not that often, but

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it does happen, you have to plan for it.

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Um, we bring crews out to to to repair

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those. Now the typically the site host

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partner will maintain the stalls the way

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they already maintain the stalls today.

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So,

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it's nothing above and beyond on the

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site host partner. That would be what

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we're offering here is the the

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municipality and we could provide some

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information, some data on how many users

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there's been per per month or per year

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for your own reporting, your own goals.

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Um, so

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all that said, I think I have some

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slides on the locations we looked at.

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So, this is what the charges look like.

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40 cents a kilowatt hour, 180 kilow. So

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what that means a full like a a car will

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now be able to charge in 20 30 minutes

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or average charge is 30 minutes. A top

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up can be 15 minutes sometimes 45

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minutes depending on this how empty the

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tank is and essentially and how big the

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battery is the tank is. Um so that's a

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significant upgrade from the flow

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chargers that are currently in place at

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your sites.

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And if we click along do we have is it

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in the same presentation? Yes. So

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we looked at a few sites

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um working with the municipality and

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again

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we absolutely know that parking is

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scarce. We we understand that. So what

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we came to is are looking to offer is

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building the site at at the library site

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property. So you currently have two

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level two chargers, two stalls dedicated

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to EVs. With the accessible stall, that

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would unfortunately turn into five from

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two to five. Um my understanding that's

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probably the biggest hurdle is to to

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overcome that. Um

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we looked at a few other sites and I can

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speak to those too. But in terms of the

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our requirements to as mentioned before

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with the accessibility with with the

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safety with um keeping the construction

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costs feasible as well is is is critical

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because we we do have to stretch these

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investment dollars that we have across

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the entire province. So we have metrics

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to hit and on a small site those are

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kind of tough to hit. So, uh, this is

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where we're offering and and if council

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and community are supportive, we can

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look to build that this winter um before

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next summer.

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If council and community would like to

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deliberate further or say maybe let's uh come back another time, we can

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come back another time, but I can't

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speak to how quickly we can slot that

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into the construction schedule because

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again, come summer, we we can build in

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the whole province. We need to build

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sites elsewhere in the province when

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there's no snow on the ground.

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So that's

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I I'll leave it with this and and

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welcome uh questions and feedback and

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comments.

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>> Councelor Saunders,

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>> thank you. Thanks for showing us. I um

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you said you looked at sites or

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>> what other sites did you look at? Yeah.

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So, we we when we first started

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screening two years ago, um we uh worked

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with with the CEO at the time um to

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explore different areas in the in the on

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the island and quickly narrow aligned

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that Snug Cove would be the place to

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make sense because this is where traffic

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everyone comes through here, right?

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Also, when there's a power outage is

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Snug Cove is usually

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less affected than the rest of the

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island, right? as you would know better

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than I do. Um,

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so sites that we looked at were

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municipally owned. So this is one.

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Another one is right out front of here.

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Um, that at the municipal hall, we we

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costed that out. Uh, significant

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additional cost related to to this site

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here. And my understanding and speaking

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with council gate gate Getty

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>> is that these stalls here are even more

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um constrained or more popular than down

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by the library.

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>> Uh so in terms of I we also explored an

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early stage two years ago the artisan

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square. Um,

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however,

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I mean, it's it's

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technically probably most sites are

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doable. It's the way the layout is

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there, you understand, is is less

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efficient here. Here's five stalls for

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four ports. There it might be seven or

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eight stalls for four ports because we

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have to place all the equipment and in

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the parking stalls here, we have some

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green space to place the equipment. Um,

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>> this is this is the best option. This is the the the least

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>> difficult option. Yeah. [laughter]

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» Municipally owned option.

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>> Anybody else got any questions?

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Councelor Fast,

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>> thank you. I'm um I'm wondering if we

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have um data from the flow stalls and I

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don't know if this is a question for mo

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municipal staff or whether you know but

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the um uh I'm wondering if those

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existing stalls which I gather are

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slower charging uh how what's the use

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pattern there? Are they being used or

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are people sort of squatting in them and

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pretending to charge? I wonder

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um through the marriage and counselor

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fast. Uh certainly we can um pull the

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data that's available from flow um from

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the corporation themselves that's

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accessible to us. can see what kind of

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statistics we can get from that. And uh

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we can also have a chat with bylaw to

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see what kinds of tickets may have been

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issued for violations of parking and not

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being um an EV parking in the EV stall.

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So um I can certainly request that data

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from staff and get back to you at a

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later council meeting in September.

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>> Thank you. because I'm I'm wondering

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about the need and uh what data we might

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have uh about those and uh I think you

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know [clears throat]

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I'm just do we want to attract more

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cars? I saw in your uh slide deck the words more sustainable future and um

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Bowen has been heading towards that

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direction as well obviously uh

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partly by not trying to attract more

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vehicles here. However, I'm uh I think

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this is a great offer to explore. Do you

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do bike charging? because we have two um

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bike sheds down at the uh at the public

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warf that are set up to perhaps at some

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point charge bicycles.

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>> At at the current point, our program

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focuses on cars and larger vehicles than

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that. Um

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>> Okay. Thank you,

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>> Councelor Saunders.

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>> Thank you to the chair. Just one more

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thing. when you uh in your presentation

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you indicated you know there's budget

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and a plan to move ahead with a bunch

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you know another 2500 or whatever it was

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and we'd certainly be considered and

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then you said um to be done next you

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know next spring or during the winter

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ready for next summer

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which implies to me there's a deadline

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here and you didn't indicate what that

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meant what do you need if we were to say

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yeah this is a great plan we want to do

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it What's our time frame?

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>> Yeah, it's tighter than I'd like. Um,

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especially considering just how involved

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the community seems to be here. Um, I

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would need to we would need to move this

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into detail design by the end of this

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month. So,

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>> next week

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>> I would need to come out from this

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presentation and from this conversation

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with you and and have strong confidence

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that that there will be support to move

545
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forward. If not, we we look our

546
00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:48,559
program's going to be around. We don't

547
00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:50,559
want to say this is it's this or never

548
00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:52,240
going to happen, right? Our programs

549
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,240
around. PC Hydro is around. We don't go

550
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,799
anywhere. Um

551
00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:59,760
we I mean the hydro just bought invested

552
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,720
in the community here. So it's it's

553
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,039
we can come back, we can have another

554
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,919
conversation. Um

555
00:25:07,919 --> 00:25:10,400
we'll slot it in at a later time. So

556
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,120
strong confidence means a motion from

557
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,840
council or like an a past motion from

558
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,080
council or just listening to our

559
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,360
response here. You go, "No, I think

560
00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:20,480
they're going to do it."

561
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,120
>> No, I a motion would be great. Yeah.

562
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,559
>> Yeah. And if that's not realistic,

563
00:25:24,559 --> 00:25:26,320
that's fair. That's totally fair.

564
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,120
Usually timelines aren't this tight by

565
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,159
any means.

566
00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:30,559
>> Thank you.

567
00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:32,720
>> I understand that. Councelor

568
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,120
>> We thank you through the chair. Um,

569
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,679
following up on council fast question.

570
00:25:39,679 --> 00:25:42,720
So, currently we have just uh level two

571
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:48,480
chargers and they take hours. Um, and a

572
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,559
lot of people who have EVs on Bowen have

573
00:25:50,559 --> 00:25:52,799
their own level two chargers at home.

574
00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:54,000
I'm just wondering if it would make it

575
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,720
more sense and safe some parking stalls

576
00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:01,279
if we just had fast chargers there and maybe the numbers that we're going

577
00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:03,039
to get will show us how much those have

578
00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:04,720
actually been utilized.

579
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,880
>> Yeah. So the the the proposal here would

580
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,159
actually free up those level two

581
00:26:08,159 --> 00:26:10,240
chargers, municipally owned level two

582
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,080
chargers to be deployed elsewhere. There

583
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,679
will be only two fast charges down

584
00:26:13,679 --> 00:26:15,120
there. Four that could charge four

585
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,480
vehicles at once.

586
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,240
>> Oh, I see. Okay. Thank you,

587
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,760
>> Council Getty.

588
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,159
>> So, um council was given an invitation

589
00:26:24,159 --> 00:26:26,799
to meet up with Mr. Gerber and um

590
00:26:26,799 --> 00:26:29,200
earlier this morning. So, um I took

591
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,159
advantage of that with the um the li the

592
00:26:32,159 --> 00:26:36,320
chief librarian and um we talked about

593
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,080
uh how basically the the from BC Hydro's

594
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,320
point of view the the space by the and

595
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,559
correct me if I'm wrong on this. Okay,

596
00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:48,080
summarizing but I remember um that it's

597
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,559
almost shovel ready so that uh we don't

598
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,240
have the detailed plans but we can get

599
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,360
into that process if if we agree on um

600
00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,799
the library and we talked about um the

601
00:26:58,799 --> 00:27:01,440
real estate being at uh and parking

602
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,480
spaces being so difficult in the cove

603
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,559
and that that's not getting any better

604
00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:08,000
and we haven't been able to figure out

605
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,880
other spaces that we might be able to um

606
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,320
use as uh some sort of municipal

607
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,799
government leverage to get more space.

608
00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:20,799
Um, and the um

609
00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:22,080
I'm sorry, I'm forgetting the

610
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,880
librarian's name.

611
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,159
>> Thank you. Um, she suggested u

612
00:27:28,159 --> 00:27:30,640
possibility of the lot that's below the

613
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,960
general store, which means a whole lot

614
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,200
of negotiating and contacts with other

615
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,960
people, but I didn't think it would be

616
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,640
that difficult to um have have those

617
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,640
conversations. that that was an area

618
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,080
that um we were we had a lot of good

619
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,240
reception from the the owners of that

620
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,360
property. So that's one possibility um

621
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:54,399
that is only just come onto the radar so

622
00:27:54,399 --> 00:27:57,840
that there's no even preliminary um

623
00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,760
discussions but we did a walkound and

624
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,000
there's potential for getting power into

625
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,799
it and potential space and um you know

626
00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,679
it might it might be feasible. Um

627
00:28:07,679 --> 00:28:09,919
there's the problems with the artisan

628
00:28:09,919 --> 00:28:11,520
square is that the areas that are

629
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,520
parallel parking there's a cliff behind

630
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,760
it. So it's very very difficult in terms

631
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,360
of providing all the um requirements in

632
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:22,640
terms of what VC Hydro wants. Um,

633
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,320
there's the fire hall, but that's too

634
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,559
far away and it's not around the

635
00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:29,200
amenities and it's quite isolated. And

636
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,600
there's other parts on the the west side

637
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,440
that were looked at earlier two years

638
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,360
ago that uh basically are are don't fit

639
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,960
the requirements in terms of being on

640
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,279
the other side of the world and not

641
00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:43,440
having any of the amenities that uh we

642
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,679
might get in 10 years. And the other

643
00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:48,880
thing is that if this if we I think the

644
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,880
decision today from my perspective is

645
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,480
are we gung-ho and we want to um push

646
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:59,200
this um amenity at the library or do we

647
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,799
think about things and come up with some

648
00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:02,880
other plans because the the program

649
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,679
isn't going away. the funding is like to

650
00:29:05,679 --> 00:29:08,880
stay the same or increase and um you

651
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,559
know

652
00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:13,760
do we want more options um and not that

653
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:14,799
they're necessarily going to be

654
00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:17,120
available but do we want to look at them

655
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,440
so um it you know it might be a

656
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,360
disappointment but I don't think we're

657
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,039
losing the opportunity so

658
00:29:25,039 --> 00:29:27,200
thought I'd put all that on the table

659
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,000
fair enough

660
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,159
>> so I just had a couple for first round

661
00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:33,360
and then um I I was wondering if you had

662
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,799
looked at the area up by um on Dorman

663
00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:40,320
Road by Village Square. There's par

664
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,840
angle parking there and that's where the

665
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:48,000
main line comes in. Um cuz I'm the

666
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,279
library is already well used and

667
00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:54,399
overused and not able to get into most

668
00:29:54,399 --> 00:29:56,559
days, especially when the library is

669
00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:59,760
open. So, um I'd be concerned about

670
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,880
taking away another two spots.

671
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,399
Um,

672
00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:06,559
and do you have to have the two together

673
00:30:06,559 --> 00:30:08,960
or could you do two in one one charger

674
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,120
in one place and one charger in another

675
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,880
place? And then my last question I guess

676
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,960
is this isn't on the agenda for

677
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,440
discussion today and we don't normally

678
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,480
pass motions with delegations. So it

679
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,840
would be and we're not going to meet

680
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,720
again until September. So if we were to

681
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,960
discuss it in a meeting in September, is

682
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,640
that too late for your time frame?

683
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,360
>> Yeah. So the September question is if we

684
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,799
want to build it this winter. September

685
00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:39,440
is too late. Uh however if you don't if

686
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,919
I'm sure you can reach me by email too

687
00:30:41,919 --> 00:30:43,760
or we can set up a call later this week

688
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,840
either with some folks or or or you can

689
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,720
debrief with the CEO with staff and and

690
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,960
get back to us that way too. I mean I

691
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,640
get that having the sprung on to you is

692
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,360
Yeah. No, I I get it. You want a ton to

693
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,159
deliberate. So that's one two. Uh the

694
00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:02,399
question is one and one split them up.

695
00:31:02,399 --> 00:31:04,159
Unfortunately that's not an option

696
00:31:04,159 --> 00:31:05,600
because it [snorts] doubles the

697
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,440
construction cost which is most of the

698
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,799
cost of this

699
00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:11,919
>> construction and design and three

700
00:31:11,919 --> 00:31:15,760
village square to me is would be

701
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,559
something new to look at. Uh angle

702
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:20,799
parking

703
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:23,200
is from experience from an organization

704
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,679
that's run 190 sites. angled parking is

705
00:31:25,679 --> 00:31:28,960
not great because uh EVs have their

706
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,360
ports, their charging ports or their fuel tanks on various sides and

707
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:38,080
they might back in an angled area which

708
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,720
don't back in an angle stall is there

709
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,320
signs exist for a reason. Um it it just

710
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,240
causes traffic headaches. We've done it.

711
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,840
We have those sites. They're not great.

712
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,919
They exist. You can do it, but they're

713
00:31:49,919 --> 00:31:50,960
not good.

714
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,919
>> Okay. And um if we didn't go ahead now,

715
00:31:55,919 --> 00:31:58,000
we're not saying goodbye forever to the

716
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:58,720
opportunity.

717
00:31:58,720 --> 00:31:59,279
>> Absolutely.

718
00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:01,600
>> Um Councelor Jurgensson, I believe, has

719
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:07,590
um some questions.

720
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,120
» Low audio unmuted.

721
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,440
>> Yes. Thank you, uh Council Morris. Um

722
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,440
through the chair.

723
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,440
Um, so if I understand correctly, the

724
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,760
accessibility features that you uh

725
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,760
mentioned on this are uh wheelchair

726
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,360
height. Is that correct?

727
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,720
>> That's right.

728
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,840
>> Is there any other accessibility

729
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,679
features that have been included uh on

730
00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:30,880
these modules?

731
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,480
>> It's more it's more around the site

732
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,000
design, right? Making [clears throat]

733
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,679
sure every that our sites that are paved

734
00:32:37,679 --> 00:32:41,039
is a big one, right? Gravel and

735
00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:43,679
wheelchairs is can be challenging. Um

736
00:32:43,679 --> 00:32:45,600
that's one. two is how we space the

737
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,440
ballards to make sure that they're a

738
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:48,480
little wider apart.

739
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:49,840
>> Name is changed to counselor Alex

740
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,360
Jurgensson.

741
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,760
the the the the charger.

742
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,519
>> I'd have to go back to to and look at

743
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:01,600
exactly what other specs we incorporated

744
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,760
or or already are incorporated, but

745
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,600
essentially we've worked with the

746
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,480
manufacturers, the the access the adv

747
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,960
advocacy groups and and to make sure

748
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,039
everything's aligned and and we meet certain features

749
00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:16,399
or requirements.

750
00:33:16,399 --> 00:33:18,720
>> Thank you. Um and also my second

751
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,799
question is

752
00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:24,720
do you have um an idea of when if we

753
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,960
don't go forward this winter when we

754
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,120
might be able to uh have another

755
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,960
opportunity or is it just kind of

756
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,240
rolling opportunity?

757
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,440
>> It's a rolling opportunity. It's I'll

758
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,640
say when this pro announcement was made

759
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,039
last week right for the the program to

760
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:43,919
be scaled up internally we've been

761
00:33:43,919 --> 00:33:45,279
working towards that for the last few

762
00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:48,159
months. So we looked at various looked

763
00:33:48,159 --> 00:33:50,559
at our pipeline and said which sites

764
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:52,559
could we build this winter right because

765
00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:55,039
to to to make them happen and Bone

766
00:33:55,039 --> 00:33:57,679
Island was on that list um going forward

767
00:33:57,679 --> 00:34:00,159
it's a rolling intake. So if we align on

768
00:34:00,159 --> 00:34:03,039
something in November then we look at

769
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:05,039
when probably the following winter would

770
00:34:05,039 --> 00:34:08,399
be my guess. If if and if following if

771
00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:10,159
all construction slots are taken then it

772
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:11,679
might be the next winter. So, it's it's

773
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:15,839
not like it's never we're here until

774
00:34:15,839 --> 00:34:18,000
mandates change again, but [laughter]

775
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,399
we're here. BC Hydro is here.

776
00:34:20,399 --> 00:34:22,079
>> Okay. Councelor Fast, you had a second

777
00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:24,159
question. Yeah, thank you. Um, and this

778
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:25,760
sort of follows on uh Councelor

779
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,159
Jurgensson's question, but I I'm looking

780
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:32,159
at the um drawing for the hydro

781
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:34,480
proposal, and it looks like it would be

782
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,639
adding another pole to the multi-use

783
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:37,520
pathway.

784
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,359
>> That's right. in in line with the other

785
00:34:39,359 --> 00:34:39,679
polls

786
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:41,280
>> with in line with the other polls. But

787
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,040
okay, it's another poll in the multi-use

788
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,040
pathway. All right. And I'm glad to hear

789
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:48,159
about um uh the program not going away

790
00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:49,280
and uh hope so

791
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,119
>> because I think it is one of the roots

792
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:53,679
towards a sustainable future. Um I will

793
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:56,000
note that Bowen rarely has snow in the

794
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,640
winter. So if you have any cancellations

795
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,200
maybe you could um fit but I would love

796
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,560
to see the data and I I wouldn't uh I

797
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,760
think it's very complex you know the the

798
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,560
cove and how many multiple uses

799
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,480
including ferry marshalling and the uh p

800
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,760
passenger drop off and the um buses and

801
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,000
everything that's concentrated in that

802
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,839
uh small area. would there I'd like to

803
00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:26,480
think about whether the buses could be

804
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,440
included in electrification, you know,

805
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:33,680
um looking further down the uh um down

806
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:38,960
the way and uh so I'm

807
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,119
thank you for coming with your ideas.

808
00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:43,280
I'm I'm excited about the possibilities.

809
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,720
I'd like to think about it a bit more

810
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,720
and have some more information and hear

811
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:48,160
from the library board and or the

812
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,760
library too. Thank you.

813
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,599
>> Absolutely.

814
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:54,320
Any more questions? So, thank you very

815
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,079
much for your presentation and we'll be

816
00:35:56,079 --> 00:35:58,240
adding it to an agenda item for

817
00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:00,320
discussion at a council future council

818
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,839
meeting when we read come back to again

819
00:36:03,839 --> 00:36:05,760
after our August break.

820
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,440
>> Okay. Thanks so much. Thanks for the

821
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:07,839
opportunity.

822
00:36:07,839 --> 00:36:12,230
>> Thank you.

823
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:17,990
» Okay. Who's next?

824
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,680
» And we've got the Hearth delegation

825
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:39,910
next.

826
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,599
ready.

827
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:43,359
>> Okay. Uh, good afternoon to Mayor and

828
00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:45,440
Council and thank you for welcoming us

829
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,760
to present today. I'm Samantha Brett.

830
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,359
I'm the programming and production

831
00:36:49,359 --> 00:36:51,119
manager for the hearth arts and I'm

832
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:53,440
joined by Gail Lutenberg who is what are

833
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:54,480
your are your full

834
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,440
>> chair of the performing arts committee

835
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,440
um the hearth arts on Bowen through the

836
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,960
efforts of our performing arts committee

837
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,640
which we refer to as the pack is

838
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,160
celebrating the first full year of the

839
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:07,920
hearth arts on Bowen present series at

840
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,000
the Bowen theater. This work has been

841
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,599
done with the support of the Bone Island

842
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:13,839
Municipality and a very large group of

843
00:37:13,839 --> 00:37:15,359
volunteers who have contributed their

844
00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:17,280
time and resources to this inaugural

845
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,440
program. Our goal is to build on the

846
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:20,800
success of this first year both

847
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,640
programmatically and financially as we

848
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,599
look towards the 2627 season. We intend

849
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:27,520
to increase both earned revenue and

850
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,200
fundraising revenue over the next 12

851
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,440
months to largely offset the expense of

852
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,960
the programming and production manager

853
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,800
position while we maintain a strong

854
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,640
community focus and accessible

855
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,040
programming. Uh in accordance with the

856
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,560
conditional grant agreement, the hearth

857
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,079
arts is providing our third and final

858
00:37:42,079 --> 00:37:44,079
report today. The purpose of this report

859
00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:46,640
is to fulfill the reporting requirements

860
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,200
um in person as we are. Uh we want to

861
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,160
talk to you a little bit about

862
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,960
programming and community impact. Uh we

863
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,359
uh specifically the arts survey summary.

864
00:37:55,359 --> 00:37:57,040
We have a brief financial overview for

865
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,599
you today for our 2526 fiscal year.

866
00:37:59,599 --> 00:38:01,200
We've got a grant update for you today

867
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,200
and we have some miscellaneous updates

868
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,359
on technical committee and concession

869
00:38:05,359 --> 00:38:07,119
plans. And of course, finally, we are

870
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,880
requesting continued funding for the

871
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,320
programming and production manager

872
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,079
position.

873
00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:14,480
>> So, I'll take over from there and start

874
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,160
by talking a little bit about

875
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,880
programming and community impact.

876
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,960
Starting with the 20 2526 season um

877
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,160
which ended in June, the Hearth Arts on

878
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,560
Bowen proudly showcased a wide variety

879
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,160
of music and dance as the presenter and

880
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,520
also as a co-production partner. Over

881
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,960
1,200 guests attended performances and

882
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,040
represented a wide range of the island

883
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,839
community. And as an independent artist,

884
00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:46,320
I created a community work entitled Come

885
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,160
Dance with Me in conjunction with the

886
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,800
first year anniversary of this center.

887
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,440
And it was with a pleasure to create a

888
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,760
collaboration between BIM and the

889
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,480
Heartharts and myself to bring the piece

890
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,040
to the community. Plus, we were the

891
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,119
first beneficiaries of the community

892
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:04,800
discounted rental rate for the

893
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,280
presentation of indigenous dancer Alex

894
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,160
Wells. And together, these two events

895
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,320
offered meaningful and joyful free

896
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,640
experiences for the Bowen Island

897
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,400
community.

898
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,000
Upcoming programming for the 2026 27th

899
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
season. It's always hard to decide

900
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,240
whether we start in July or we start in

901
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,240
September. So, I'll just start this one

902
00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,040
in July from a granting perspective. We

903
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,119
had a show this past weekend which was a

904
00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:33,599
sellout show of Asanav

905
00:39:33,599 --> 00:39:36,400
um a indigenous artist but very

906
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,560
contemporary indigenous artist from

907
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,079
Ontario. It was a soldout show and it's

908
00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:44,800
a new concept um part of something

909
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,640
called our headliner series that

910
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,440
Samantha with um some members of the

911
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,599
performing arts committee have really

912
00:39:51,599 --> 00:39:54,960
are are are bringing to bear. And the

913
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,440
idea is to bring big name acts at a

914
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,000
slightly higher ticket price so that we

915
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,680
might be able to provide surplus

916
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,720
revenues to support an annual local

917
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,119
showcase plus partial funding for the

918
00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:08,640
programming and production manager

919
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,760
position. Up next in September will be

920
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,160
Dan Mangan, also part of that headliner

921
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,160
series, a very big name that we can

922
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,119
charge a higher um higher ticket price

923
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:21,119
and the tickets sold out in three hours

924
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,040
to give you an idea of the scale of this

925
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,119
person's recognition.

926
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:27,359
In October, we'll be having a show which

927
00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:30,400
is a second co-production with Comedy

928
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,000
Underground, a local comedy space in

929
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,680
Vancouver. And this is that

930
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,920
co-production model, co-pro model where

931
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,880
we take almost no financial risk and we

932
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,680
create a partnership to bring uh work

933
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:47,839
from Vancouver to Bowen's uh theater. We

934
00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:50,240
then have Marcus Mosley, a local R&B

935
00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,480
sensation from Vancouver. He'll be on

936
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,520
stage in November and that that project

937
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,440
has funding already secured from

938
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,400
Creative BC. And then we go into our

939
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,800
2027 year, still part of the same

940
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,640
season, and we're going to launch our

941
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,760
first January show as a family show.

942
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,160
Last year, we didn't find the best date

943
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:11,920
in the fall in the spring. So, we're

944
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,920
going to try a a third weekend in

945
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,040
January, which on the docks around the

946
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,680
national programming can be a very good

947
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,520
weekend for family programming. So,

948
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,800
we're going to give it a try with a um

949
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,000
cause and effect circus act for families

950
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,560
called Luminarium. And then we have in

951
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,839
March a Canadian jazz pianist of huge

952
00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:36,079
renown. His name is Michael Caseammer to

953
00:41:36,079 --> 00:41:39,040
play and feature our grand piano.

954
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,400
In April, um Company 605, a contemporary

955
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,480
dance company out of Vancouver, but with

956
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,440
roots in urban dance. And the idea here

957
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,880
is to try and keep growing um an

958
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,119
audience development strategy for youth

959
00:41:53,119 --> 00:41:55,119
to attend contemporary dance. We seem to

960
00:41:55,119 --> 00:41:57,119
be doing really well with youth and so

961
00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:58,800
we thought this might be a way of kind

962
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,200
of leveraging that interest and growing

963
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:05,760
it. Um we have the Aurora Piano Trio in

964
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,800
May and it's just an aside for those of

965
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,880
you who remember Victor Chan who lived

966
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,720
on Bowen for many many years. It's his

967
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,960
daughter who is the featured pianist of

968
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,520
that trio and one of the reasons why we

969
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,400
selected that company. And finally in

970
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,200
June, we'll end the season with in a

971
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,920
collaboration with Bowen Pride Society

972
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,920
to present That's Gay Comedy. So comedy,

973
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,640
but um with a a the pride theme.

974
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,440
We're currently in conversation with

975
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,400
larger Canadian artists um to round out

976
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,280
that season to fill out the headliner

977
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,599
season and some of them hopefully will

978
00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:48,000
be from a national um this sort of

979
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,839
national scene and I'll talk more about

980
00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:52,720
why that's relevant in a in a later in

981
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:54,400
the presentation.

982
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,240
Um so now together we're going to move

983
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,400
on to discuss the Bowen Island Art

984
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,880
Survey. It was the first attempt our

985
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,960
organization has ever undertaken to get

986
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,160
a read on our community's preferences

987
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,839
and um there were 30 I'm sorry 46 unique

988
00:43:09,839 --> 00:43:12,560
respondents and we felt it was a

989
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,680
positive experience. Um the survey's

990
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,839
goal was to measure the success of our

991
00:43:17,839 --> 00:43:21,040
year 1 theater programming our ongoing

992
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,960
visual arts work and our general

993
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,119
promotion and marketing of all arts

994
00:43:25,119 --> 00:43:28,240
efforts on Bowen. We also saw were

995
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,079
seeking to identify barriers for

996
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:33,040
residents to participate in the arts and

997
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,599
encourage programming suggestions moving

998
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:37,520
forward.

999
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:38,880
Response to the survey was

1000
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,960
overwhelmingly positive. Nearly all

1001
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,440
respondents report having attended a

1002
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,599
performance at the Bowen Theater and

1003
00:43:45,599 --> 00:43:49,040
intend to return. Music and theater are

1004
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,599
the most frequently cited favorites,

1005
00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:54,240
followed closely by visual arts, dance,

1006
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,800
festivals, and workshops. Many

1007
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,880
respondents took the opportunity to

1008
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,200
praise the current programming, while

1009
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,440
others raised specific actionable

1010
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,319
concerns around cost, timing,

1011
00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:09,359
transportation, and child care. So, I'll

1012
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:12,000
jump in here as well. Um, council can

1013
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,240
read u the feedback and the detailed

1014
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:17,040
feedback um at your leisure. will say

1015
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,359
that, you know, mostly support for what

1016
00:44:19,359 --> 00:44:21,760
we're doing is is what we got. Um, in

1017
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,599
terms of I'd like to talk to barriers to

1018
00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:25,839
attendance. So, we're always mindful of

1019
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:27,599
the cost. You know, as we look at a

1020
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:29,200
headliner series where we will have a

1021
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,119
more expensive ticket to bring larger

1022
00:44:31,119 --> 00:44:33,440
names, a series like that, uh, to Gail's

1023
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,040
point, will support us to do things that

1024
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,880
are more accessible, a more accessible

1025
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,640
price tag so that we can offset our

1026
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,040
costs to holding things here. Timing.

1027
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:45,119
We've got um uh quite a few um uh mats

1028
00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:47,040
happening. So that helps to address that

1029
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,440
as well as the transportation. Um child

1030
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,040
care, we hear that, which is why we're

1031
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,720
doing some family programming and

1032
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:56,079
accessibility. I will point out that um

1033
00:44:56,079 --> 00:44:57,520
uh hearing and mobility was mentioned,

1034
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,839
but one respondent specifically pray uh

1035
00:44:59,839 --> 00:45:02,319
praised the improved accessible parking,

1036
00:45:02,319 --> 00:45:03,920
which in conjunction with Lee from the

1037
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,520
municipality, we took care of earlier

1038
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,480
this season. So that was great. Um we

1039
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,319
had notable concerns and suggestions.

1040
00:45:10,319 --> 00:45:12,000
Two respondents independently raised

1041
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,400
privacy concerns about the survey um at

1042
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,480
the last council presentation uh

1043
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,720
requiring saying that requiring name and

1044
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:20,560
email uh they were concerned that this

1045
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,960
would discourage um honest or anonymous

1046
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:24,880
participation and in response we were

1047
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:26,640
able to immediately create an anonymous

1048
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,319
survey option for the last week of the

1049
00:45:28,319 --> 00:45:29,760
survey. So we were glad we could address

1050
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,079
that. Um we've also um received a couple

1051
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:33,920
of requests for more diverse artistic

1052
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,319
perspectives beyond Bowen or BCbased

1053
00:45:36,319 --> 00:45:38,400
artists. So, we're looking at that and

1054
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,240
we did have a call for more emotionally

1055
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,000
challenging or risk-taking programming

1056
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,640
rather than safe content. So, what I can

1057
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,000
tell you is that the hearth and the

1058
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,599
performing arts committee are working

1059
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:48,960
with all of these suggestions and

1060
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,359
concerns um to improve access and

1061
00:45:51,359 --> 00:45:53,119
programming for everybody. So, um

1062
00:45:53,119 --> 00:45:55,359
overall for a first foray into a survey,

1063
00:45:55,359 --> 00:45:56,960
we're pretty pleased at the response

1064
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,560
that we got and of course it's something

1065
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,319
that we will do again at the appropriate

1066
00:46:00,319 --> 00:46:03,040
time. Um I'll move on here to give you a

1067
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,560
little bit of a financial snapshot now

1068
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,119
of the year. Um, Hearthart's fiscal year

1069
00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:09,359
runs July 1 through June 30th. We're

1070
00:46:09,359 --> 00:46:11,200
still in the process of reconciling this

1071
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,359
fiscal year. Um, so the the figures that

1072
00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:14,880
you're seeing here were provided by our

1073
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,359
finance person to me at the time that I

1074
00:46:17,359 --> 00:46:19,040
submitted this proposal two weeks ago to

1075
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,800
council. As far as I know, they haven't

1076
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,000
changed. Um, right now, this is about as

1077
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,400
granular as the accounting gets. I will

1078
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:27,760
tell you that we are working with our

1079
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,079
accounting folks and um finance on our

1080
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:32,319
board to uh change up our chart of

1081
00:46:32,319 --> 00:46:33,680
accounts so it's a little bit more

1082
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:35,760
granular and we can actually really take

1083
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,400
a look at sort of in and out of expenses

1084
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:39,920
uh to do with the theater. So we're

1085
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,280
making those changes now. They have been

1086
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,040
approved by the finance folks on our

1087
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:44,960
board. But for right now, you basically

1088
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,359
can see that, you know, we broke even.

1089
00:46:47,359 --> 00:46:48,960
Uh we put a couple of thousand dollars

1090
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,359
in the bank, which is great. Uh so we're

1091
00:46:51,359 --> 00:46:53,200
very pleased that the first year um

1092
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,359
ended in uh ended in a little bit of a

1093
00:46:55,359 --> 00:46:57,680
surplus. Um I will point out

1094
00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,839
specifically two figures I've pulled for

1095
00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:02,319
you. Um total rental and custodial fees

1096
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:04,240
paid to the Bowen Island municipality

1097
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,960
were just over $6,000. This is from a

1098
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,920
report that um uh Sienna Valley kindly

1099
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,599
provided to me um from it's a receipt

1100
00:47:13,599 --> 00:47:15,839
audit report she provided on July 3rd.

1101
00:47:15,839 --> 00:47:17,680
So I'm taking the municipalities numbers

1102
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,680
when it comes to that reporting. And I

1103
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,760
will just also pull out the contract

1104
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,920
marketing expenses. So, our marketing

1105
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:25,440
manager not only works with Hearth

1106
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,720
Productions, but as you all know,

1107
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:27,760
because I'm sure you all get the

1108
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:29,119
newsletters and see the posters and

1109
00:47:29,119 --> 00:47:32,240
whatnot, um we support and promote all

1110
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:34,160
arts organizations on the island that

1111
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,760
provide us with the content to do so.

1112
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,319
our expenditure uh to support all of

1113
00:47:38,319 --> 00:47:40,800
those efforts was $9,000 um over the

1114
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,790
course of the year.

1115
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:51,280
um to add uh financial um revenue to our

1116
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:55,119
season, we are involved in lots of grant

1117
00:47:55,119 --> 00:47:59,200
writing and um we have been successful

1118
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,599
in three out of the four grants to which

1119
00:48:01,599 --> 00:48:03,760
we are um we've applied and are

1120
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,359
eligible.

1121
00:48:05,359 --> 00:48:08,240
uh June 15th, we apply every year before

1122
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:10,800
we even opened the Bowen the new

1123
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,640
community center. We applied for our

1124
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,520
first year of funding from BC Live and

1125
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,599
we were successful which is why we were

1126
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:20,000
able to put um shows on the stage in the

1127
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,480
first season starting in April 20 24.

1128
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,680
Did I get that 2025? Okay. Um and then

1129
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,480
we received it again in um the the

1130
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:31,839
following year and we've put in an

1131
00:48:31,839 --> 00:48:34,079
application what we'll hear in the fall.

1132
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:36,640
But I think we're well um entrenched in

1133
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,520
that program. I think we can um likely

1134
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,480
will see success on an annual basis.

1135
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,119
October 1st is the deadline for Creative

1136
00:48:45,119 --> 00:48:47,440
BC. We were successful in our first year

1137
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,200
of application to that which was a

1138
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,520
surprise to all of us. Not many grant,

1139
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,760
not many arts organizations in British

1140
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,920
Columbia have thought to apply to that

1141
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,599
small little program with create

1142
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:00,720
creative BC. And somehow we managed to

1143
00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:03,040
figure that one out and we're in. And

1144
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,839
let's hope, fingers crossed, we'll be um

1145
00:49:05,839 --> 00:49:08,319
it will be an annual. And on October

1146
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:10,720
15th, we applied to Canadian Heritage

1147
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:13,760
for the first time. It took many um it

1148
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,359
took a lot of steps to get to

1149
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:17,760
eligibility for that. We did put in a

1150
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,240
strong application, but it was denied.

1151
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:22,400
And we spoke with the program officer

1152
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,680
who told us that it is very rare for a

1153
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,240
firsttime applicant to be accepted. They

1154
00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:29,920
were happy with the application except

1155
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,599
that their only caveat was that they

1156
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:34,880
felt we didn't have very much national

1157
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:39,119
um um representation of artists. And so

1158
00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:40,319
that's something that's going to have to

1159
00:49:40,319 --> 00:49:41,920
go back to the performing arts committee

1160
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:43,920
and to see how far we want to stray in

1161
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,000
our programming. Not just not from

1162
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,880
Bowen, but not from British Columbia. Do

1163
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,520
we want to get into more national recog

1164
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,400
um um more nationally recognized

1165
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,040
artists, but it is a grant that could

1166
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,839
bring a considerable revenue stream of

1167
00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:01,839
18,000 is what we applied for in our

1168
00:50:01,839 --> 00:50:04,720
first year. Um

1169
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:08,240
we uh did receive our first um we

1170
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:10,559
received just in this year alone in the

1171
00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:15,440
2526 season we received $19,000 as well

1172
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,319
from the BC Arts Council and that was an

1173
00:50:18,319 --> 00:50:20,720
infrastructure grant the exact same

1174
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,960
grant that bought the retractable

1175
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:27,119
seating for the theater and it is a

1176
00:50:27,119 --> 00:50:31,440
grant um it was it was um infrastructure

1177
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,760
purchased through a grant but became an

1178
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,720
asset of the municipality. So that was

1179
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:39,359
the um retractable seating and in this

1180
00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:42,640
year it was 19,000 for theater lighting

1181
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,440
inventory that again is now um a

1182
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,920
municipally owned asset.

1183
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:52,240
Um I think that's all I need to present.

1184
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:55,359
>> Yeah. Um I'll jump into miscellaneous

1185
00:50:55,359 --> 00:50:57,760
updates. So, uh, a couple of the other

1186
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:58,960
things that we've worked on over the

1187
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:00,480
course of the last year is we have a

1188
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,720
technical committee and this is a group

1189
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:05,440
of volunteers once again made up of some

1190
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,839
BIM representatives. We have, um, Lee

1191
00:51:07,839 --> 00:51:09,280
Vincent and Doug Woods from the

1192
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,599
municipality and then community members

1193
00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:13,280
who have technical expertise and

1194
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,640
background. Um, they've formed uh they

1195
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,720
formed a technical committee and so they

1196
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:20,880
work on purchasing together, organizing

1197
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,440
equipment, maintaining equipment, um,

1198
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,119
running the equipment for the shows.

1199
00:51:25,119 --> 00:51:26,640
That is a paid thing, just so you're

1200
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:28,319
aware. When we bring in the technicians,

1201
00:51:28,319 --> 00:51:30,160
they get paid for their time to work the

1202
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:31,280
shows, which is great because they're

1203
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,920
all Bowen based. So, um that's a revenue

1204
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,160
generating thing for those folks. Um

1205
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:37,920
they they've been working sort of

1206
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:44,319
steadily as volunteers on um various um user manuals for the different

1207
00:51:44,319 --> 00:51:45,599
equipment that's in the theater. It's

1208
00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:47,200
quite complicated. I mean, the theater's

1209
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,640
technical. There's a full lighting

1210
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,800
system. There's a full sound system. So,

1211
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:52,240
slowly but surely, they've been putting

1212
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:54,480
it together. Um we have I have a

1213
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:55,760
commitment from the committee that we're

1214
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,440
going to meet as a group in late

1215
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,680
September to complete that work on the

1216
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,680
various so we've got a lighting manual

1217
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:03,520
started we have sound manuals started

1218
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,200
and we just have basic sort of user

1219
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:06,880
manuals so someone coming into the

1220
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,559
theater for the first time for example

1221
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:10,079
we're developing the manuals that they

1222
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:11,839
would use to be able to do basic

1223
00:52:11,839 --> 00:52:14,000
operations. Um so this is a resource

1224
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,800
we're creating um alongside BIM but for

1225
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:18,880
BIM and for the community that uses the

1226
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,640
theater. So, I'm pleased to report that

1227
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:22,720
we've got a date to get that work done.

1228
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:24,880
Um, theater concession planning, this

1229
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:26,720
has been the toughest nut to crack over

1230
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:28,880
the last year. So, there's quite a bit

1231
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:30,079
of challenges when it comes to

1232
00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:32,000
concession, but just to sum it up for

1233
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,680
you, there just not a lot of money in

1234
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:35,520
the concessions. Um, you know, by the

1235
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,359
time you get if you're serving alcohol,

1236
00:52:37,359 --> 00:52:38,800
by the time you get a legal liquor

1237
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:42,880
license, you get the insurance, etc., we've only made over the course of

1238
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,839
the whole year about $500 in revenue,

1239
00:52:45,839 --> 00:52:48,079
and that's from multiple concessions.

1240
00:52:48,079 --> 00:52:50,559
So, um, staffing is a challenge.

1241
00:52:50,559 --> 00:52:52,720
Technology with, uh, because people

1242
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,240
don't always bring cash, of course, they

1243
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:56,800
want an e payment option. Um, lack of

1244
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,520
ample storage to be able to to do stuff.

1245
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,040
So, all of that said, that sounds very

1246
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:02,559
negative, but it's a nut I'm still

1247
00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:04,559
working to crack. Um, and I do think

1248
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:06,240
that there's some things that we can do

1249
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:08,079
from maybe, you know, securing some more

1250
00:53:08,079 --> 00:53:10,000
permanent storage to coming up with some

1251
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,079
things with local folks, but at very

1252
00:53:12,079 --> 00:53:13,839
least to break even because I think a

1253
00:53:13,839 --> 00:53:16,160
concession really adds to all the things

1254
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,839
that happen in the theater, regardless

1255
00:53:17,839 --> 00:53:19,520
of who the organization is that's using

1256
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:21,280
the theater, we'd like to be able to

1257
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:23,280
come up with something so that at very

1258
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,440
least uh they can break even and provide

1259
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:26,800
a better experience, guest experience

1260
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:28,480
for their guests. So, that's sort of a

1261
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,720
stand stand by and know that we're still

1262
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:32,800
working on all of that.

1263
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,079
Um conclusions uh theater programming

1264
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:37,760
has demonstrated strong attendance,

1265
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:39,280
community support and financial

1266
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,319
performance. Um the hearth uh is very

1267
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:45,119
happy to contribute to municipal revenue

1268
00:53:45,119 --> 00:53:47,200
through rentals fees and external grant

1269
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,760
funding. Uh my role, the programming and

1270
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:51,760
production manager role has really been

1271
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:53,520
essential in achieving operational and

1272
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,520
programming goals to date. and we're

1273
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,119
really hoping for continued investment

1274
00:53:57,119 --> 00:53:59,359
to support the further growth and

1275
00:53:59,359 --> 00:54:02,400
long-term financial um sustainability. I

1276
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,079
would just like to add some personal

1277
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:06,319
thoughts. Um I've been with you guys

1278
00:54:06,319 --> 00:54:08,160
over the last year and I've really

1279
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,000
enjoyed my time with the hearth. Um

1280
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,160
thanks to our amazing volunteers. It's

1281
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:13,920
been a great year of learning and growth

1282
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,839
and ultimately success. I think everyone

1283
00:54:15,839 --> 00:54:17,280
can sort of give themselves a pat on the

1284
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:19,200
back. Uh I believe we're now in an

1285
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,119
excellent position to significantly grow

1286
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,680
programming and revenue into the future.

1287
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,119
And I want to just finally thank

1288
00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:26,640
everyone who supported me with all my

1289
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,160
work. I mean, I've run around the

1290
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,920
island. I've met with dozens of people.

1291
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,119
I've uh yeah, it's it's been quite a an

1292
00:54:33,119 --> 00:54:34,880
immersive experience, but it's been a

1293
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,280
good one, and I feel like um yeah, I

1294
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:38,240
feel like our efforts have really

1295
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:39,839
benefited the community here. So, thank

1296
00:54:39,839 --> 00:54:42,559
you so much for all your support and uh

1297
00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:44,720
recommendations. Uh hoping you'll

1298
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:46,960
approve the funding for this position.

1299
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:49,599
We would also like to um have mayor and

1300
00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:51,359
council direct the appropriate uh

1301
00:54:51,359 --> 00:54:53,280
municipal staff to work with us to

1302
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:54,960
refine uh this role and the

1303
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,559
responsibilities and performance

1304
00:54:56,559 --> 00:54:57,839
measures for the position. I think

1305
00:54:57,839 --> 00:55:00,160
that's important as we go into year two.

1306
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,079
And finally, um thank you for receiving

1307
00:55:02,079 --> 00:55:04,880
this report for information.

1308
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,559
>> Thank you. Does anybody have any

1309
00:55:06,559 --> 00:55:08,079
questions for the presentation? And

1310
00:55:08,079 --> 00:55:11,359
thank you for an excellent presentation,

1311
00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:13,599
Council Getty.

1312
00:55:13,599 --> 00:55:17,440
>> Okay. Um, thank you and uh through the

1313
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:21,440
mayor or the delegate. Um,

1314
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:24,480
so I think that it's uh I'm a little bit

1315
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:26,160
worried in terms of the sustainability

1316
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,079
of the position. Okay. So that it's

1317
00:55:28,079 --> 00:55:30,720
grantheavy in terms of this budget. I'd

1318
00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:32,319
be very very interested in all of the

1319
00:55:32,319 --> 00:55:34,880
granular details in terms of you know

1320
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:38,079
where we can uh try and help sort things

1321
00:55:38,079 --> 00:55:40,640
out so that it uh without raising ticket

1322
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:44,079
prices beyond um what our audience is

1323
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:47,119
used to and what they are you know

1324
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:49,920
willing to pay um and if they you know

1325
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:51,440
this whole thing in terms of wanting

1326
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,280
something that's a little edgier whether

1327
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,200
or not we can afford it to have it in

1328
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,440
this theater. Um yeah, it was our

1329
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,559
problem with you know the open house um

1330
00:56:00,559 --> 00:56:02,720
>> theater production that we that was

1331
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,319
touchandgo in terms of whether or not we

1332
00:56:04,319 --> 00:56:05,599
were going to break even in terms of

1333
00:56:05,599 --> 00:56:09,599
it's a big space for um a I think that

1334
00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:11,920
was an edgy production that uh you know

1335
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,920
some people were um it wasn't the

1336
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,359
typical audience comedy light you know

1337
00:56:17,359 --> 00:56:20,960
costumeheavy kind of thing that our um

1338
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,040
our audience seems to enjoy the most.

1339
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:27,760
So, um, in terms of, uh, figuring out,

1340
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,760
um, first of all, my question is the

1341
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,920
theater expenses, does that in that's

1342
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,720
about 38,000. Does that include the

1343
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:36,400
payments to the performers?

1344
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,000
>> Yes, that's the majority of that is

1345
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:38,720
artist fees.

1346
00:56:38,720 --> 00:56:41,520
>> Yeah. Okay. And then the um the payroll

1347
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:45,280
would be whatever you're paid and the um

1348
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:47,599
the 9,000 for the um

1349
00:56:47,599 --> 00:56:49,520
>> Correct. Yeah. Because that is just the

1350
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:51,920
portion of work she does related to the

1351
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:52,319
theater.

1352
00:56:52,319 --> 00:56:54,400
>> Yeah. and not to the the gallery.

1353
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:57,839
>> Okay. So then the um in terms of

1354
00:56:57,839 --> 00:57:01,680
figuring out without it uh the theater

1355
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,280
revenue that would be mostly ticket

1356
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:05,920
sales, a little bit of concession, any

1357
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:08,480
merchandise that's sold and um things

1358
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:11,119
like that. So uh in terms of increasing

1359
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:14,000
that so that that would cover

1360
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:15,680
>> um your position.

1361
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:16,480
>> Yes. Yeah. Exactly.

1362
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:17,760
>> That would be the ideal.

1363
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,440
>> Correct. And so if I could just speak a

1364
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:20,480
little bit further to that and give you

1365
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,400
some granular information. So, you know,

1366
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:24,480
it's really important to us uh to as the

1367
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:26,240
pack to ensure that there's programming

1368
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,000
for everybody and that there's ticket

1369
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,160
prices that are accessible. So, that was

1370
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:31,839
sort of this one year that we've just

1371
00:57:31,839 --> 00:57:33,920
done. We are programming the same level

1372
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:36,480
into next year. However, the the concept

1373
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:38,240
of this headliner, these headliner

1374
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,480
shows, just to give you an idea, if we

1375
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:42,559
could hold four or five Dan Mangan level

1376
00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:44,880
shows a year, that will offset almost

1377
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:46,720
the full cost of the grant for the

1378
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,440
position. So

1379
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:51,760
Boweners will always have full. So for

1380
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,359
example, when Dan Mangan tickets were

1381
00:57:53,359 --> 00:57:55,040
released, they were released on Bowen

1382
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:57,440
Island first. They sold out on Bowen

1383
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:58,799
Island. We did not release them to the

1384
00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:00,799
mainland. We release them to Boweners

1385
00:58:00,799 --> 00:58:03,040
first. So the idea with this headlining

1386
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,040
group, these headlining acts, is we do

1387
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:06,559
that first. It's a benefit to the

1388
00:58:06,559 --> 00:58:08,400
community. If the community, if the

1389
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:09,680
ticket price is something the community

1390
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:13,440
won't bear, a 6070 $80 ticket for for

1391
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,079
quite a well-known name performer, these

1392
00:58:16,079 --> 00:58:17,680
performers will be able to draw from the

1393
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:19,440
mainland. There's no question in our

1394
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:20,880
mind that this programming will sell

1395
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:23,040
out. And as long as it sells out, we

1396
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:24,640
know we're in a revenue position.

1397
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,000
Thankfully, I've had a year to track

1398
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,599
finances. I didn't have anything to go

1399
00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:29,359
on because we didn't have programming.

1400
00:58:29,359 --> 00:58:31,599
So, I've granularly tracked every

1401
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:33,760
expense related to every show. And we

1402
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,280
feel really confident with this approach

1403
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,200
moving forward. We hope that it will

1404
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,040
offset at least the majority of the

1405
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,119
position. Um, you know, we would like to

1406
00:58:41,119 --> 00:58:42,720
ensure that we can we're self-

1407
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:44,480
sustaining. So, you know, we just need

1408
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:46,079
another year to to be able to work

1409
00:58:46,079 --> 00:58:48,160
towards that. So, so yeah, to your

1410
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,000
point, we are focused exactly where you

1411
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:51,839
are, Judy, in making sure that this

1412
00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:52,960
position can pay for itself.

1413
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:55,920
>> Great. And with respect to the grants,

1414
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,400
the other grants. So if if BIM is

1415
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:01,280
included in your grant revenue line, the

1416
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:04,160
whatever 4040 I think it was, then um

1417
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:08,000
the other grants from BC Arts and and um

1418
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,760
I can't remember the you had two or

1419
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:10,960
three that you were

1420
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:12,960
>> those are regular and you've been the

1421
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:15,520
hearth has been getting those maybe not

1422
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,440
for performing arts, but the I mean

1423
00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:20,240
that's fairly secure right now as far as

1424
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:21,040
grants go.

1425
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:24,160
>> I didn't mention the BC Arts Council. Um

1426
00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:26,559
that one is secure. That's an operating

1427
00:59:26,559 --> 00:59:28,240
grant. That's correct. I didn't mention

1428
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,480
it because it's an operating grant. So

1429
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,599
BC Live, Creative BC, and Canadian Arts

1430
00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:36,079
Presentation Fund are not operational

1431
00:59:36,079 --> 00:59:38,720
grants and so they are performing arts

1432
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:40,559
specific and only began with the

1433
00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:42,559
initiation of the Bowen Theater.

1434
00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:44,960
>> Right. But in terms of their

1435
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:49,359
availability and our um ability to to

1436
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:52,000
get those, that's fairly steady and

1437
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,681
secure.

1438
00:59:54,681 --> 00:59:55,920
[laughter]

1439
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:59,839
Is that possible to say with grants

1440
00:59:59,839 --> 01:00:03,200
>> to the two that we um I think BC live I

1441
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,920
feel I mean I I don't want to give us a

1442
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,720
you know a negative um omen thing but um

1443
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:10,480
I think BC Live we have a secure

1444
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:12,160
position and we keep delivering what we

1445
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:14,480
say we will creative BC it's our first

1446
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,400
year and we've offered them free tickets

1447
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:19,520
to the Dan Mangan show to help uh

1448
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:22,319
nourish nurture that relationship and

1449
01:00:22,319 --> 01:00:24,559
the Canadian Arts Presentation Fund with

1450
01:00:24,559 --> 01:00:26,880
Canadian Heritage. We have not cracked

1451
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:29,680
it yet. We had a positive response. It's

1452
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:31,200
the one that they want to see more

1453
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:33,520
national representation to think that

1454
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:36,240
we're part of the national conversation.

1455
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,079
That's because it's a Canadian heritage

1456
01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:39,599
federal organization.

1457
01:00:39,599 --> 01:00:41,119
>> And just to be clear, none of these

1458
01:00:41,119 --> 01:00:43,040
grants pay for the programming and

1459
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:44,559
production manager position, right?

1460
01:00:44,559 --> 01:00:46,640
>> They're all related to artists artist

1461
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:47,680
fees.

1462
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:49,440
>> Um Yeah.

1463
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,319
>> Which is the big theater expense. Okay.

1464
01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:54,400
So in terms of sustainability of the

1465
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:57,040
position which has been fabulous and

1466
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:00,160
it's you know very very essential in

1467
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,880
terms of getting this kind of program um

1468
01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:04,880
both with respect to all of the work

1469
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:06,559
that the performing arts committee is

1470
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:08,799
doing to support that but all of the

1471
01:01:08,799 --> 01:01:11,040
work that you've been doing in in terms

1472
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,200
of making that sustainable it seems to

1473
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,799
me that we can't necessarily rely on the

1474
01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:18,640
grants although they help pay for

1475
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:20,960
farmers but we do have to figure out how

1476
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,520
to get the revenues is up.

1477
01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:25,599
>> Yeah. And it's and it's the head it's

1478
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:27,440
this headlining approach that we're

1479
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:28,960
taking. And we're in conversations right

1480
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:30,400
now because of the fact that none of

1481
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,160
them are contracted. I can't share the

1482
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:33,599
names with you, but they were all Dan

1483
01:01:33,599 --> 01:01:35,359
Bangan level. And for those that

1484
01:01:35,359 --> 01:01:37,280
attended the show on Saturday night, you

1485
01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:39,599
know, Asabi is a four-time Juno Award

1486
01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:41,920
winner who headlined the Folk Fest in

1487
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:44,720
Vancouver and here he is performing for

1488
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:47,359
179 people on Bowen Island a week later.

1489
01:01:47,359 --> 01:01:49,520
So, you know, we feel the other thing

1490
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:51,520
that we're we're really doing is um you

1491
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,200
know, we care about artists a great

1492
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:55,520
deal. Uh most of our organizations

1493
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:57,119
volunteers are artists themselves in

1494
01:01:57,119 --> 01:01:59,440
their own right. And I think that the um

1495
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:01,680
artistic community in Canada is getting

1496
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,920
to know us. We're dealing with agents,

1497
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,000
major agents across the country. And I

1498
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:07,359
think people are really starting to twig

1499
01:02:07,359 --> 01:02:09,200
that this is a very cool place to to

1500
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:10,880
come and perform and that the support is

1501
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,960
really here. So I feel like the momentum

1502
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:15,119
is on our side, Judy, when it comes to

1503
01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:17,119
programming in a way that will be

1504
01:02:17,119 --> 01:02:18,720
financially remunerative.

1505
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:20,640
>> Yeah, we're going to have to start maybe

1506
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:21,920
not this council, but we're going to

1507
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,240
have to start talking about budget. So,

1508
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:26,559
you know, if there's if it's not

1509
01:02:26,559 --> 01:02:28,480
sustainable and keep in terms of keeping

1510
01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:32,000
$35,000 in our budget for that position,

1511
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:35,119
then the $2,000 profit has to increase

1512
01:02:35,119 --> 01:02:37,280
considerably and that's absolutely

1513
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:38,640
that's going to be ticket sales.

1514
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:39,920
>> Absolutely.

1515
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:42,880
a realistic discussion in terms of, you

1516
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:44,400
know, whether or not this is going to be

1517
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:47,280
limited to a two two-year term or

1518
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,359
whether or not council, the future

1519
01:02:49,359 --> 01:02:51,440
council is going to have to consider,

1520
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,119
you know, do we want to support this

1521
01:02:53,119 --> 01:02:54,559
program and if so, why?

1522
01:02:54,559 --> 01:02:56,160
>> Yeah. And I will tell you that our hope

1523
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,160
is that we greatly offset it. Yeah.

1524
01:02:58,160 --> 01:02:59,920
>> That if we come back to council for year

1525
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:02,400
three, it would be for a significantly

1526
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:04,000
lower amount

1527
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,240
>> um just to support the the growth of the

1528
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:08,319
program. So that is where our focus is

1529
01:03:08,319 --> 01:03:11,040
and uh again after a year of finance we

1530
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,599
now have we now have data financial data

1531
01:03:13,599 --> 01:03:14,960
which really really helps us when it

1532
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,960
comes to to programming and planning.

1533
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:19,280
>> And councelor Jurgensson has his hand

1534
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:20,880
up.

1535
01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:22,160
>> Press the Andy.

1536
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:24,720
>> Hi. Uh this is not a question councelor

1537
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:26,640
Morris but uh I just wanted to let you

1538
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:29,760
know uh I've been here since the

1539
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:32,160
beginning of the meeting but not been uh

1540
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:33,359
doing well and I'm going to have to step

1541
01:03:33,359 --> 01:03:36,073
away from the meeting. [gasps and sighs]

1542
01:03:36,073 --> 01:03:36,240
>> [clears throat]

1543
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:37,520
>> Thank you.

1544
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:41,270
>> And lower.

1545
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,599
» Any more questions? Well, thank you for

1546
01:03:43,599 --> 01:03:45,680
your presentation. That was very, very

1547
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:48,880
interesting. And the agenda item on uh

1548
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,359
renewing the contract is uh coming up

1549
01:03:51,359 --> 01:03:52,960
under the consent agenda.

1550
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:54,079
>> Wonderful. Thank you so much for your

1551
01:03:54,079 --> 01:03:54,319
time.

1552
01:03:54,319 --> 01:03:57,910
>> Thank you all.

1553
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:01,029
» Okay.

1554
01:04:01,039 --> 01:04:03,039
» Given that we're now on to the consent

1555
01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:05,599
agenda. Is there anything anybody wants

1556
01:04:05,599 --> 01:04:08,799
to pull? Councelor Getty.

1557
01:04:08,799 --> 01:04:14,390
>> Um 12.3 and 12.5, please.

1558
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:20,230
Anybody else?

1559
01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:23,760
Give you a minute to shuffle the pages.

1560
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,559
All right, that's it.

1561
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:31,109
Okay.

1562
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:36,240
» I didn't pull anything. Um okay so um we

1563
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,599
will deal with 12.3 then

1564
01:04:39,599 --> 01:04:42,079
>> 12.3 is a letter from the islands trust

1565
01:04:42,079 --> 01:04:45,440
to the minister of uh jobs and economic

1566
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,799
growth rather kalan and uh it's

1567
01:04:48,799 --> 01:04:53,920
supporting an upgrade of the um

1568
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,640
oh what is it the islands trust no

1569
01:04:56,640 --> 01:05:00,000
island's coastal economic trust IC tea

1570
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,880
and um I we're part of the islands

1571
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:05,200
trust. So, we're signitories to this

1572
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:09,280
underneath the chairman or the chair and

1573
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,119
but I would I was wondering whether or

1574
01:05:11,119 --> 01:05:13,920
not because the map for ICE tea

1575
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:17,119
specifically goes around Bowen and we're

1576
01:05:17,119 --> 01:05:20,559
part of the trust but we're not um we're

1577
01:05:20,559 --> 01:05:22,720
carved out of this ic tea whether or not

1578
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:26,240
we want to renew and emphasize that it

1579
01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:28,240
would be extremely wonderful for us if

1580
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:30,640
we could be part of this um economic

1581
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:33,839
trust. um they do have excellent funding

1582
01:05:33,839 --> 01:05:36,640
and um they do have excellent programs

1583
01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:39,680
that we could um quite happily

1584
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:42,160
participate in. So I'm wondering if we

1585
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:44,480
want to supplement and augment this in

1586
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,359
terms of asking the minister again to

1587
01:05:47,359 --> 01:05:51,039
consider um a slight amendment to their

1588
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:54,400
map to include Bowen Island.

1589
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:58,000
Um we have had grants from ICT

1590
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,280
>> and we have had we've had to get

1591
01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:03,440
permission to apply but we've not had a

1592
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:06,160
problem but um it's an ongoing thing.

1593
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:08,240
So, I guess if you want to make a motion

1594
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:09,280
that we

1595
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:13,039
>> All right. Then I would move that um

1596
01:06:13,039 --> 01:06:17,680
staff draft a letter to Minister Kalan

1597
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:19,520
uh or the Minister of Jobs and Economic

1598
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:23,359
Growth um to uh

1599
01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:25,760
supplement the letter from Islands Trust

1600
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:31,440
dated July the 9th, 2026 to um request

1601
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:35,920
that the uh map of the Island Coastal

1602
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:38,400
Economic Trust be

1603
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:41,200
amended to include Bowen island. So, we

1604
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:44,160
have many of the same needs and features

1605
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:46,319
and uh interests as all of the other

1606
01:06:46,319 --> 01:06:47,839
islands in the west. And

1607
01:06:47,839 --> 01:06:49,359
>> are you wanting all of that last bit in

1608
01:06:49,359 --> 01:06:50,319
the motion?

1609
01:06:50,319 --> 01:06:51,280
>> Sorry. Okay.

1610
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,200
>> Okay.

1611
01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:55,920
Um seconder.

1612
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:59,440
Is there any further discussion?

1613
01:06:59,440 --> 01:07:01,200
All in favor?

1614
01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:04,309
>> I

1615
01:07:04,319 --> 01:07:07,200
» And Alex Councelor Jurgensson left the

1616
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:08,960
meeting, right? So, yeah.

1617
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:12,880
>> Okay. Thank you. Okay. 12.4.

1618
01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:13,760
>> 12.5.

1619
01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:14,400
>> 12.

1620
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:16,079
>> Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said 12.

1621
01:07:16,079 --> 01:07:17,280
Oh, sorry. 12.

1622
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:20,720
>> This is a letter from um

1623
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:24,960
Sue Rickett uh to um mayor and council

1624
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:28,160
asking for reconsideration of the uh

1625
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:31,520
fires smart bin that was uh out of the

1626
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:32,400
um

1627
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:35,440
>> fire hall number two. hall and um how

1628
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,480
useful it was to uh lots of members of

1629
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:41,039
the community. Um, and I think what's

1630
01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:42,880
happened is that it may be more

1631
01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:45,839
complicated than just having people put

1632
01:07:45,839 --> 01:07:47,680
um

1633
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:50,720
un well there was garbage that was put

1634
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:53,280
in with the green waste and u the I

1635
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:55,599
think the excuse that was made public

1636
01:07:55,599 --> 01:07:57,839
was that that had contaminated it so

1637
01:07:57,839 --> 01:08:01,839
that um it was not accepted by the um

1638
01:08:01,839 --> 01:08:04,720
recycling. But I think it might be a

1639
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:06,480
little bit more complicated in terms of

1640
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:09,680
funding sources and um the amount of

1641
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,480
time and energy that it took. So, I

1642
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:16,640
would like staff to investigate um and I

1643
01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,359
um I meant to mention this, ask Carla

1644
01:08:19,359 --> 01:08:20,799
whether or not this was possible in

1645
01:08:20,799 --> 01:08:24,159
terms of our um environmental um

1646
01:08:24,159 --> 01:08:27,279
planning to see what the barriers would

1647
01:08:27,279 --> 01:08:29,920
be and then the feasibility of us um

1648
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:33,600
somehow working with funding sources and

1649
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,279
um other people in the community to

1650
01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:37,199
reinstate this because it is a really

1651
01:08:37,199 --> 01:08:40,880
good service. So, um, I've being living

1652
01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:42,480
out in that side of the island, I

1653
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:46,799
actually did inquire and the problem was

1654
01:08:46,799 --> 01:08:49,279
people were contaminating the container.

1655
01:08:49,279 --> 01:08:52,080
And I know from our strata, having

1656
01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:54,480
gotten a container once, they will not

1657
01:08:54,480 --> 01:08:57,679
accept it at the recycling at the um,

1658
01:08:57,679 --> 01:09:00,400
transfer station if it's got anything

1659
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:01,920
other than green waste in it.

1660
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:02,480
>> Y,

1661
01:09:02,480 --> 01:09:05,440
>> so that was the problem that it was

1662
01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:06,799
being contaminated. So,

1663
01:09:06,799 --> 01:09:10,080
>> well, I had a very brief conversation on

1664
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:13,040
the street with um Steven and he sort of

1665
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:14,560
said that there were other problems as

1666
01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:16,239
well, but I didn't get into what those

1667
01:09:16,239 --> 01:09:17,120
were.

1668
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:20,239
>> So, um it would be interesting to follow

1669
01:09:20,239 --> 01:09:21,759
up and see whether or not we

1670
01:09:21,759 --> 01:09:24,000
>> what the barriers would be to reinstate

1671
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,080
this.

1672
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,159
>> Okay. So,

1673
01:09:28,159 --> 01:09:29,440
can you

1674
01:09:29,440 --> 01:09:31,440
>> um I'd also just like to add to that the

1675
01:09:31,440 --> 01:09:33,199
funding source for this is of limited

1676
01:09:33,199 --> 01:09:35,040
time. It's coming from the fires smart

1677
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:36,719
grant which should provide funding

1678
01:09:36,719 --> 01:09:38,560
through till about the month of March

1679
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:41,839
next year. So um the fact that it was

1680
01:09:41,839 --> 01:09:44,640
pulled back was um yeah dumping of a lot

1681
01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:46,560
of construction waste drywall and things

1682
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:50,880
which is absolutely uh rejected by the

1683
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:52,799
land transfer station not from only the

1684
01:09:52,799 --> 01:09:54,480
green waste but from the garbage itself.

1685
01:09:54,480 --> 01:09:56,800
So, unfortunately, it's an unmonitored

1686
01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:01,040
bin and um it was uh not respected by

1687
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:02,560
certain people in the community and

1688
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:05,120
we're just not able to put a bin out

1689
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:07,760
there that's not monitored and and we've

1690
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:10,080
had to pull it back. Um, additionally,

1691
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,840
as I said, the funding for this service

1692
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:16,709
would have run out by the end of March.

1693
01:10:16,719 --> 01:10:18,239
» So, do you want to move receipt of the

1694
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:19,840
letter?

1695
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,159
>> No. I'd like staff to to investigate

1696
01:10:22,159 --> 01:10:23,600
whether or not there's another place for

1697
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:25,440
it or there's some way of you know to

1698
01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:28,159
get it monitored or to uh figure out if

1699
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:31,040
there's other funding sources so that uh

1700
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:34,640
and if it's not a huge uh

1701
01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:36,480
amount that whether or not we include it

1702
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:39,040
in the tax base

1703
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:41,040
it's you know instead of our recycling

1704
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:43,920
or the green waste recycling we've got a

1705
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:46,719
bin so drop in the

1706
01:10:46,719 --> 01:10:49,520
>> a motion along the lines of um council

1707
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:53,520
request staff to look into providing a

1708
01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:56,560
green bin in a more secure location.

1709
01:10:56,560 --> 01:11:00,960
>> Okay, thank you. I'll move that

1710
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:05,990
sec. Anybody want to second that?

1711
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,960
All in favor?

1712
01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:12,070
Okay.

1713
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:13,920
Um,

1714
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,640
so back to the motion to approve the

1715
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:26,790
consent agenda. Council

1716
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:28,480
fast.

1717
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:30,560
>> Uh, I thought Judy had her hand up

1718
01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:31,840
first. I was going to second.

1719
01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:32,480
>> Oh, okay.

1720
01:11:32,480 --> 01:11:35,199
>> Others.

1721
01:11:35,199 --> 01:11:37,040
>> Okay. So, the motion is that council

1722
01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:38,560
approve the items as outlined in the

1723
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:42,239
July 27th, 276 regular council meeting

1724
01:11:42,239 --> 01:11:43,920
agenda.

1725
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:44,960
>> Consent agenda. Yes.

1726
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:47,840
>> Consent agenda. Yeah. Okay. So if Judy

1727
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:49,600
moves it. Okay. Moved by councelor

1728
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:51,440
Getty, seconded by councelor Fast. All

1729
01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:54,239
in favor? I.

1730
01:11:54,239 --> 01:12:00,159
>> Okay. So that skips us right through to

1731
01:12:00,159 --> 01:12:01,760
Is the hearth still here? Because their

1732
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:05,760
programming funding just got approved.

1733
01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:08,159
Okay, we are down to new bits. Where are

1734
01:12:08,159 --> 01:12:11,440
we? Too many pages.

1735
01:12:11,440 --> 01:12:16,229
Bylaws 7.1

1736
01:12:16,239 --> 01:12:24,149
» 1639 Mount Gardener Road.

1737
01:12:24,159 --> 01:12:26,640
» Thank you, council. Um, sorry, a quick

1738
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:28,719
technical issue. Uh, didn't realize what

1739
01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:30,320
presenting in person that be affected by

1740
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:31,760
the new Zoom rules. So, if I can be led

1741
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:33,360
into the meeting, I'll be able to screen

1742
01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:34,880
share. If not, I got the presentation

1743
01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:37,840
saved in uh council for if you could

1744
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:38,239
open that up.

1745
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:39,840
>> Oh, you've got a PowerPoint you want to

1746
01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:41,920
present? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I can run the

1747
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:42,320
presentation.

1748
01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:43,600
>> Okay. Thanks so much. Doesn't matter

1749
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:45,280
what uh speed up until you get to

1750
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:46,880
propose conservation areas. Then just

1751
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:55,110
sit there and I'll let you know.

1752
01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:56,560
» I'm just getting it up here.

1753
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:58,719
>> Sorry about that.

1754
01:12:58,719 --> 01:13:00,690
>> You just have to remember to remind for

1755
01:13:00,690 --> 01:13:02,480
[clears throat] prompting turning pages.

1756
01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:06,630
>> Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

1757
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:17,430
Perfect.

1758
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:18,560
So, like I said, it doesn't matter how

1759
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:19,920
fast it go till the proposed

1760
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:22,480
conservation area.

1761
01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:24,880
So, thank you. Uh, so this report is to

1762
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:26,320
present the amending bylaw for first

1763
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,480
reading to amend the zoning of 1658

1764
01:13:28,480 --> 01:13:30,239
Mount Gardner Road for the purpose of

1765
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:31,840
establishing a smaller lot size and

1766
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:34,080
allowing this land to be subdivided from

1767
01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:36,880
1639 Mount Gardner Road. So the bylaw is

1768
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:39,679
attached as by number 723 20226 and it

1769
01:13:39,679 --> 01:13:41,280
will reszone the property to a new zone

1770
01:13:41,280 --> 01:13:44,239
variation called SR2F.

1771
01:13:44,239 --> 01:13:45,679
So a new item that's committed to

1772
01:13:45,679 --> 01:13:47,840
support this application u is a plan of

1773
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:50,480
proposed conservation areas prepared by

1774
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:52,480
Michael Florendo uh to satisfy the

1775
01:13:52,480 --> 01:13:54,080
nature needs half requirement of the

1776
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,159
conservation development policy. So

1777
01:13:56,159 --> 01:13:57,760
there are two conservation areas that

1778
01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:00,239
are proposed u that are they're the most

1779
01:14:00,239 --> 01:14:01,920
densest and most undisturbed areas of

1780
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:03,840
forest in the property. Um there's

1781
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:05,440
they're only separated by an access

1782
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:06,719
easement that also prohibits

1783
01:14:06,719 --> 01:14:08,000
development. So essentially it is one

1784
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:10,400
big no development area. Uh the largest

1785
01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:12,080
pond on the property as well as multiple

1786
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:14,159
water courses will be captured uh within

1787
01:14:14,159 --> 01:14:16,400
that conservation area.

1788
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:18,880
Um the total area proposed for

1789
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:22,480
conservation is 25,400 m. That's

1790
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:24,880
equivalent to 47% of the property. Uh

1791
01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:26,960
but combined with the that access

1792
01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:28,480
easement I mentioned uh which already

1793
01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:30,320
prohibits development. So the amount of

1794
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:31,600
the property under protection from

1795
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:34,080
further development will be 50%. So

1796
01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:36,719
meeting the nature needs half.

1797
01:14:36,719 --> 01:14:40,239
Um of note the conservation area will

1798
01:14:40,239 --> 01:14:43,600
include a rock cliff/outcrop in the

1799
01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:46,960
southwest area of the the lot. Um

1800
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:49,520
uh sorry if you can flip forward uh one

1801
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:52,800
or two. One more. Perfect. Thanks much.

1802
01:14:52,800 --> 01:14:55,040
Um, so those areas are considered

1803
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:57,199
important as nesting sites for bats as

1804
01:14:57,199 --> 01:14:58,719
well as snakes and lizards to shelter

1805
01:14:58,719 --> 01:15:00,320
over winter. And then combined with the

1806
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:02,159
nearby pond, uh, that which attracts

1807
01:15:02,159 --> 01:15:04,000
insects that bats and birds then feed

1808
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:05,440
on. This means that the conservation

1809
01:15:05,440 --> 01:15:07,280
area will provide habitat, feeding

1810
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:08,560
grounds, and more for a variety of

1811
01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:12,880
species. Um, next slide.

1812
01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:14,560
And there's one more finding since

1813
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:15,679
writing this report that I need to share

1814
01:15:15,679 --> 01:15:17,040
with council, which is to confirm the

1815
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:18,880
status of the roadway, which bisects

1816
01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:20,960
lease Kummenuk's property. Uh so what's

1817
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:22,480
shown on bow maps is not correct and the

1818
01:15:22,480 --> 01:15:23,920
legal plan is not saved with the land

1819
01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:25,520
titles authority but now that I've

1820
01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:26,880
managed to find that plan and it

1821
01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:28,719
confirms that this roadway is in fact

1822
01:15:28,719 --> 01:15:30,320
private property. It belongs to the

1823
01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:32,159
adjacent property to the west. Uh if you

1824
01:15:32,159 --> 01:15:34,800
want to go to the next slide uh you can

1825
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:36,159
there you can see the the large property

1826
01:15:36,159 --> 01:15:37,440
on the west. So that's what it belongs

1827
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:41,199
to. Um

1828
01:15:41,199 --> 01:15:42,719
so then yeah then there are municipal

1829
01:15:42,719 --> 01:15:44,159
eastments that provide access to lease's

1830
01:15:44,159 --> 01:15:45,600
property as well as to the adjacent

1831
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:47,679
neighbors. Um so my apologies to bring

1832
01:15:47,679 --> 01:15:49,280
us up now. uh this but this will not

1833
01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:51,040
affect the main staff recommendation.

1834
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:52,880
Instead, it does affect the first of the

1835
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:55,679
alternative recommendations. Um go go to

1836
01:15:55,679 --> 01:16:00,320
the next slide there. Uh so the um in

1837
01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:03,040
the report that that alternative stated

1838
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:04,400
the council will seek a public beach

1839
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:06,000
access as well as a public trail right

1840
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:08,080
away for access to the crownlands as

1841
01:16:08,080 --> 01:16:10,159
well as a rightaway for the water line

1842
01:16:10,159 --> 01:16:12,159
crossing Mount Carter Road. So instead

1843
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:13,760
with that that strip being private

1844
01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:15,199
property, that last item about the water

1845
01:16:15,199 --> 01:16:16,880
line is no longer necessary. However,

1846
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:18,080
there would be an additional easement

1847
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:20,800
needed for the public beach access. Uh

1848
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:23,040
so that's alternative number one would

1849
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:26,000
now read um that council directs staff

1850
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:28,080
to seek a public beach access as well as

1851
01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:30,480
a public right of way leading to it. Uh

1852
01:16:30,480 --> 01:16:32,000
in addition to a public trail right

1853
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:34,080
ofway for access south to the crown

1854
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:36,320
lands and a new right ofway access to

1855
01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:39,199
1658 mountainer road the proposed lot as

1856
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:41,360
a condition of approval.

1857
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:43,840
Um and go to the next slide. So

1858
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:45,440
ultimately staff feel that this resoning

1859
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:47,120
request is low impact but that the

1860
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:48,480
municipality stands to gain valuable

1861
01:16:48,480 --> 01:16:50,239
environmental protections and a possible

1862
01:16:50,239 --> 01:16:52,400
trail connection. Uh staff recommend

1863
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:55,120
that bylaw number 723 20226 is read a

1864
01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:56,880
first time and that the bylaw and policy

1865
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,159
checklist are referred to the islands

1866
01:16:58,159 --> 01:17:01,040
trust. Thank you.

1867
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:04,960
>> Do we have any questions for the planner

1868
01:17:04,960 --> 01:17:07,440
councelor Fast and Councelor Getty?

1869
01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:09,280
>> Um thank you. That's really interesting

1870
01:17:09,280 --> 01:17:11,199
to know about the that it's a private

1871
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:15,199
road uh there. So if uh public beach

1872
01:17:15,199 --> 01:17:18,480
access was to be proposed

1873
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:20,800
uh would it

1874
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:23,679
would the municipality need to arrange

1875
01:17:23,679 --> 01:17:28,080
that through another property owner?

1876
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:29,120
>> It looks that way. That's that's

1877
01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:30,000
correct. Yeah.

1878
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:35,840
>> Okay. Uh thank you. And then um uh just

1879
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:38,320
confirming that that's all

1880
01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:40,239
uh shoreline is public below the high

1881
01:17:40,239 --> 01:17:41,679
tide line.

1882
01:17:41,679 --> 01:17:42,480
>> That's correct.

1883
01:17:42,480 --> 01:17:44,080
>> Okay. There's no crown strips or

1884
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:44,960
anything around there?

1885
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:45,360
>> No.

1886
01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:48,080
>> Okay. Thank you,

1887
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:49,360
Council Getty.

1888
01:17:49,360 --> 01:17:52,159
>> So the public access um or sorry the

1889
01:17:52,159 --> 01:17:55,679
trail that is marked in the in between

1890
01:17:55,679 --> 01:17:58,880
the two um proposed

1891
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:00,719
um ecological

1892
01:18:00,719 --> 01:18:03,520
protected areas. Is there any way that

1893
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:06,400
the municipality can put a covenant on

1894
01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:09,440
that trail so that it is not I mean it

1895
01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:10,880
may become part of the public trail

1896
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:14,000
system but can we do anything in terms

1897
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:17,040
of motorized vehicles at this point so

1898
01:18:17,040 --> 01:18:19,760
that it if it's between two protected

1899
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:22,560
areas that it not have that kind of

1900
01:18:22,560 --> 01:18:25,199
traffic through it. Is there any way we

1901
01:18:25,199 --> 01:18:26,640
can

1902
01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:28,239
>> Good question. Um I would want to reread

1903
01:18:28,239 --> 01:18:30,080
that easement. Uh I can't recall off the

1904
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,719
top of my head if it was if if so so

1905
01:18:32,719 --> 01:18:34,320
basically what that easement uh allows

1906
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:36,000
access to is some further further lots

1907
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:38,560
down to the southwest and I can't recall

1908
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:39,440
off the top of my head if it was

1909
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:41,360
motorized access or by foot probably

1910
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:42,800
motorized because that's a long ways to

1911
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:45,520
go. Um so yeah I would have to review

1912
01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:47,360
that the the implications of that if if

1913
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:50,320
we can stack something on top of that would kind of supersede that in

1914
01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:51,840
terms of it preventing motorized

1915
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:53,280
vehicles. Yeah, I'll have to look into

1916
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:55,679
that further. So that's an access

1917
01:18:55,679 --> 01:18:58,080
easement between

1918
01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:01,360
the property owner on and another

1919
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:02,800
property to the other side.

1920
01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:03,600
>> That's correct.

1921
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:06,480
>> Okay. So it's a different access

1922
01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:08,400
counselor fast.

1923
01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,960
>> Uh is that the [clears throat] same

1924
01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:14,880
property beyond that also owns the road?

1925
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:17,600
>> No. Uh though the one the one that this

1926
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:18,880
roadway is part of is directly to the

1927
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,040
west whereas this trail leads to the one

1928
01:19:21,040 --> 01:19:22,640
to the southwest.

1929
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:23,760
>> Yes.

1930
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:27,840
Thank you. I have um um I have comments

1931
01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:30,320
about alternative number one which I

1932
01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:32,960
would like to move. So, thank you for

1933
01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:34,640
adjusting the wording, but when you get

1934
01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:35,280
when you're ready

1935
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:36,239
>> when you're ready.

1936
01:19:36,239 --> 01:19:40,560
>> Um did were you able to put up the um to

1937
01:19:40,560 --> 01:19:46,320
get the um map the b the bow map ortho

1938
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:47,840
map up?

1939
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:49,840
>> I have it up on my computer and then

1940
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:51,040
sorry I didn't put it on the slide. I

1941
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,120
didn't didn't uh foresee this issue with

1942
01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:57,040
me not connecting. Um

1943
01:19:57,040 --> 01:19:58,239
is there any way we can go and bow map

1944
01:19:58,239 --> 01:19:59,600
and zoom in there? Sorry about that,

1945
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,239
guys.

1946
01:20:02,239 --> 01:20:03,760
>> So, you'd like me to pull up the bow

1947
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:05,040
map? Um

1948
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:08,640
>> yeah, maybe if if um corporate officer

1949
01:20:08,640 --> 01:20:12,560
could pull up bow map and type in the uh

1950
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:15,920
address. It's 1639, right?

1951
01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:17,040
>> 1658.

1952
01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:19,360
Okay.

1953
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:22,870
>> Working on it.

1954
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:24,880
We'll give the

1955
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:26,640
members of the public a demonstration of

1956
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:28,400
bow map that for those that haven't used

1957
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,400
it. Okay. And then when you go on the

1958
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:34,080
layers, click on or

1959
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:40,790
now. Click on oro

1960
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:42,480
» and then if you just turn on the Oh, you

1961
01:20:42,480 --> 01:20:42,880
got it.

1962
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:47,280
>> There we go. So, um I'm asked to have

1963
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:49,440
this put up because there is already a

1964
01:20:49,440 --> 01:20:53,600
public beach access on the um I guess

1965
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:56,960
it's on everybody's left um beside the

1966
01:20:56,960 --> 01:20:59,679
public dock that we already can use at

1967
01:20:59,679 --> 01:21:02,000
Mount Gardener. And you can see that

1968
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:04,080
there is a fair amount of sand and nice

1969
01:21:04,080 --> 01:21:08,400
little access on that beach. So, um, and

1970
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,640
given the planner's comments about the,

1971
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:13,920
um, if we turned on the contours layer,

1972
01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:16,480
you would see how steep and difficult

1973
01:21:16,480 --> 01:21:19,280
any sort of beach access would be there

1974
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:22,400
and very expensive to build. And the

1975
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:26,159
other is because there is no um, parking

1976
01:21:26,159 --> 01:21:27,679
or anything around there, that's an

1977
01:21:27,679 --> 01:21:29,679
impossibility as well. It's not

1978
01:21:29,679 --> 01:21:31,199
something that would be a destination

1979
01:21:31,199 --> 01:21:33,760
beach and all the local neighbors can

1980
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:37,280
walk to and get to a beach right now.

1981
01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:40,560
So, I'm certainly not in favor of the

1982
01:21:40,560 --> 01:21:44,709
option number one.

1983
01:21:44,719 --> 01:21:48,640
Councor Fast, thank you. Um, if I can

1984
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:52,080
speak to option number one. Um, and if

1985
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:54,639
maybe if you could u bring that up on

1986
01:21:54,639 --> 01:21:58,800
the screen. um Sophie from the planner's

1987
01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:00,719
presentation,

1988
01:22:00,719 --> 01:22:03,440
he had revised wording for alternative

1989
01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:05,679
number one. And [clears throat] uh so

1990
01:22:05,679 --> 01:22:08,639
I'm going to speak to why I still think

1991
01:22:08,639 --> 01:22:12,320
it's worth uh creating a safer uh public

1992
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:15,840
access to the beach. Um, right now, as

1993
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:17,760
uh, councelor Morris has pointed out,

1994
01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:21,280
there is public access. If you go down

1995
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:23,679
beside the Mount Gardener dock, uh,

1996
01:22:23,679 --> 01:22:26,639
where the boats are stored and, um, uh,

1997
01:22:26,639 --> 01:22:29,280
and across the rocks, you can get out to

1998
01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:33,199
the, um, beach. Um, and, uh, it's

1999
01:22:33,199 --> 01:22:36,320
slippery rocks. It's not the safest. I

2000
01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:38,159
have to confess I haven't swam there so

2001
01:22:38,159 --> 01:22:41,440
I can't remember uh exactly but I'm

2002
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:44,080
pointing I'm looking at um the islands

2003
01:22:44,080 --> 01:22:47,120
trust uh directives checklist and number

2004
01:22:47,120 --> 01:22:49,440
5.5

2005
01:22:49,440 --> 01:22:53,040
which I see on I I believe in your uh

2006
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:55,600
checklist doesn't have a check mark

2007
01:22:55,600 --> 01:22:57,760
there it says um local trust committees

2008
01:22:57,760 --> 01:22:59,280
and island municipalities shall in their

2009
01:22:59,280 --> 01:23:00,880
official committed plans and regulatory

2010
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:03,920
bylaws which this would be as a resoning

2011
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:07,120
it's changing in our land use bylaw.

2012
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:11,199
Right. Okay. Um address the uh

2013
01:23:11,199 --> 01:23:13,440
identification of sites providing safe

2014
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:15,440
public access to beaches, the

2015
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:17,199
identification and designation of areas

2016
01:23:17,199 --> 01:23:20,560
of regional significance da and um

2017
01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:22,719
locations for community and public boat

2018
01:23:22,719 --> 01:23:25,360
launches, docks and anchorages as well.

2019
01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:28,560
So mostly I think the Mount Gardner dock

2020
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:31,360
public access is used for uh boats and

2021
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:34,400
people to go out on the docks and um I'm

2022
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:38,320
not sure and and to store their private

2023
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:41,679
uh little boats under the docks and uh

2024
01:23:41,679 --> 01:23:44,000
access the water that people do, but I'm

2025
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:45,520
not sure that I've ever seen swimmers

2026
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:47,840
there. And uh I'm not sure how much it's

2027
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,639
used and I'd like to uh investigate

2028
01:23:50,639 --> 01:23:54,000
that. I note in the parks plan uh which

2029
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:56,480
is also not referred to in the planners

2030
01:23:56,480 --> 01:23:58,000
uh comments. Maybe it was in your

2031
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:00,960
earlier uh report. I don't know. Um but

2032
01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:03,360
it speaks to the official community plan

2033
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:05,520
includes recommendations to guide the

2034
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:06,960
development of municipal parks, trails,

2035
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,679
and beach areas on Bowen. Parks plan

2036
01:24:09,679 --> 01:24:12,159
expands on this. And I won't go into

2037
01:24:12,159 --> 01:24:15,760
huge detail, but just to um mention that

2038
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:19,199
some of the goals on the park's plan are

2039
01:24:19,199 --> 01:24:21,120
uh promote walking, hiking, cycling,

2040
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:23,120
horseback riding, and trail. We're

2041
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:26,159
talking about trails. Um and this is a

2042
01:24:26,159 --> 01:24:28,639
publicly maintained, taxpayermaintained

2043
01:24:28,639 --> 01:24:32,000
road up until this lot. I thought it was

2044
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:35,280
all the way along, but apparently not.

2045
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:39,360
Uh up to the edge of uh this resoning.

2046
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:44,000
Correct. Yeah. Okay. And um so uh across

2047
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:46,880
the island to facilitate commuting uh

2048
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:51,199
access and um uh recreation. Uh number

2049
01:24:51,199 --> 01:24:54,400
three goal is beaches and uh so there's

2050
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:56,800
three goals there about all ages and

2051
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,480
opportunities to experience the islands

2052
01:24:58,480 --> 01:25:01,600
beaches protect shoreline da da da da um

2053
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:03,679
support non-motorized water-based

2054
01:25:03,679 --> 01:25:06,639
recreational opportunities. And then um

2055
01:25:06,639 --> 01:25:09,600
goal f four is to acquire beach

2056
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:12,960
accesses. And uh this one I wanted to uh

2057
01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:15,440
point out doesn't come often this

2058
01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:18,480
opportunity to acquire a beach access.

2059
01:25:18,480 --> 01:25:21,840
And um [clears throat] I think that um

2060
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:25,040
some homeowners in this uh area,

2061
01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:29,360
including the prospective uh private lot

2062
01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:30,880
uphill,

2063
01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:33,920
um might like to walk down to the beach

2064
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,880
and uh swim at some point in the future.

2065
01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:39,440
Um people on Bowen enjoy swimming. I

2066
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:42,320
think it's worth exploring um these

2067
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:45,120
ideas that are in our uh major guiding

2068
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:49,440
documents and um uh and the idea of

2069
01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:52,560
safer public access to beaches. I think

2070
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:54,880
people swim from the Mount Gardener

2071
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:56,880
dock, which I don't know how safe that

2072
01:25:56,880 --> 01:26:00,719
is, and those slippery um rocks going

2073
01:26:00,719 --> 01:26:03,440
down to the water um below the Mount

2074
01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:05,840
Gardener dock. Um,

2075
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:08,960
having watched my uh some family members

2076
01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:11,120
sort of teetering on the top of them,

2077
01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:13,199
um,

2078
01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:16,159
I'm I think a safer uh public beach

2079
01:26:16,159 --> 01:26:21,199
access um at a lower uh that's easier to

2080
01:26:21,199 --> 01:26:23,360
get down to the water uh might be

2081
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:26,800
worthwhile. And uh so I just wanted to

2082
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:30,560
um suggest that it might add uh be

2083
01:26:30,560 --> 01:26:32,800
something that other property owners

2084
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:34,960
around in the neighborhood might enjoy,

2085
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:37,760
particularly if they've got um dock

2086
01:26:37,760 --> 01:26:39,440
that's going to take several years to

2087
01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:41,040
replace or something like that. They

2088
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:42,960
want to get down to the water. Uh of

2089
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:46,000
course there's the Mount Gardner dock um

2090
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:48,880
beach access, but it's my

2091
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:50,880
feeling that that's getting busier with

2092
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:52,960
smaller boats and people coming and

2093
01:26:52,960 --> 01:26:55,760
going. So, I um I just uh would like to

2094
01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:59,600
move the motion that's on um

2095
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:03,760
the screen as the alternate one. I move

2096
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:06,239
that council direct staff to seek seek a

2097
01:27:06,239 --> 01:27:08,400
public beach access as well as public

2098
01:27:08,400 --> 01:27:10,639
right ofway leading to it from Mount

2099
01:27:10,639 --> 01:27:13,280
Gardner Road in addition to a public

2100
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:16,000
trail right ofway for access south to

2101
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:18,880
the crownlands and a new right ofway

2102
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:22,159
access to 1658 Mount Gardner Road as a

2103
01:27:22,159 --> 01:27:25,360
condition of approval.

2104
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:28,080
>> Have a question.

2105
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:30,080
Council Getty

2106
01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:32,960
>> um before this gets um seconded and we

2107
01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:35,280
have a discussion on that motion. The

2108
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,920
recommendation that was in the agenda

2109
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:41,199
was to have first reading and refer that

2110
01:27:41,199 --> 01:27:44,639
to the trust with the checklist. So does

2111
01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:49,440
this motion to have staff explore

2112
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:52,560
um some other beach access and rights

2113
01:27:52,560 --> 01:27:56,800
away delay that process? It it would um

2114
01:27:56,800 --> 01:27:59,280
it could uh it could be worded that like

2115
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:00,719
that could be stuck in at the end of all

2116
01:28:00,719 --> 01:28:01,920
those other processes so we can move

2117
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:05,120
ahead with um referring the bylaw and

2118
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:07,360
checklist to the island trust but also

2119
01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:08,800
continue working on setting up these

2120
01:28:08,800 --> 01:28:13,761
rightways.

2121
01:28:13,771 --> 01:28:14,480
[clears throat]

2122
01:28:14,480 --> 01:28:16,080
>> Question two,

2123
01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:18,480
>> um just because I'm first it's my first

2124
01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:21,440
time seeing this alternative text. Uh we

2125
01:28:21,440 --> 01:28:27,270
didn't have it before. Um,

2126
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:30,400
regarding the island's trust checklist,

2127
01:28:30,400 --> 01:28:34,159
uh, you've got a not applicable beside

2128
01:28:34,159 --> 01:28:37,440
5.5 and that's because the beach access

2129
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,920
wasn't included in the proposal that's

2130
01:28:39,920 --> 01:28:40,880
recommended.

2131
01:28:40,880 --> 01:28:42,400
>> Exactly. So, council motions on that,

2132
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:44,080
then I can check because it'll now be

2133
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:45,040
part of the application.

2134
01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:46,960
>> Thank you. Yeah. So, just so people

2135
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:48,960
understand, this is just so that this

2136
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:51,360
step could take place before. I just um

2137
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:53,920
I had a clarifi clarification question

2138
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:56,159
on the motion um and then we'll look to

2139
01:28:56,159 --> 01:28:58,639
see if anybody wants to second it. Um it

2140
01:28:58,639 --> 01:29:00,639
says in addition to a public trail right

2141
01:29:00,639 --> 01:29:03,760
away for access. That's already in the

2142
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:05,199
proposal, isn't it?

2143
01:29:05,199 --> 01:29:05,920
>> Correct.

2144
01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:08,239
>> Okay. So basically what this motion

2145
01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:11,840
wants to do is is just the first um two

2146
01:29:11,840 --> 01:29:14,960
lines up to the comma

2147
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:16,639
because the other is already covered off

2148
01:29:16,639 --> 01:29:18,000
in your package.

2149
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:18,560
>> True.

2150
01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:19,920
>> Yeah. Thank you.

2151
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,760
So, is there a second for the motion?

2152
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:24,480
>> There's three. There's beach access.

2153
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:28,080
There's um rightway access to 1658 Mount

2154
01:29:28,080 --> 01:29:30,239
Garner, and there's access south to

2155
01:29:30,239 --> 01:29:31,679
Crown Labs, right?

2156
01:29:31,679 --> 01:29:33,679
>> But those, from what I'm understanding

2157
01:29:33,679 --> 01:29:36,159
from the planner, are already covered

2158
01:29:36,159 --> 01:29:40,400
off in in the in the

2159
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:42,000
>> package. Sorry, I guess only the middle

2160
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:42,639
one.

2161
01:29:42,639 --> 01:29:43,840
>> Only only the middle one,

2162
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:45,280
>> the public trail right away for access

2163
01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:46,560
south to crown lands. that that's

2164
01:29:46,560 --> 01:29:48,159
included in the applicants amenity

2165
01:29:48,159 --> 01:29:49,679
package. But I guess so sorry. So So

2166
01:29:49,679 --> 01:29:52,480
yeah, the first and third of the

2167
01:29:52,480 --> 01:29:57,760
uh lines there would be the ones to add.

2168
01:29:57,760 --> 01:30:02,400
>> Okay. So there's no access to 1658 Mount

2169
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:04,880
Gardner Road in the package.

2170
01:30:04,880 --> 01:30:08,790
>> Uh no.

2171
01:30:08,800 --> 01:30:12,639
» Sorry. And but is that needed because of

2172
01:30:12,639 --> 01:30:14,320
the fact that the road isn't a public

2173
01:30:14,320 --> 01:30:15,840
road all the way along?

2174
01:30:15,840 --> 01:30:18,080
>> Exactly. Yeah. So they already do have

2175
01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:21,679
easement to uh can't remember the six

2176
01:30:21,679 --> 01:30:22,880
sorry can't remember the name of the

2177
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:24,560
address the large portion of the south.

2178
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:26,880
So at the moment this is one one legal

2179
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:28,320
parcel. So they they had their legal

2180
01:30:28,320 --> 01:30:30,400
access but now now they'll be se severed

2181
01:30:30,400 --> 01:30:31,520
um and that that will be a private

2182
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:33,360
roadway separating them. Yeah. Will need

2183
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:39,199
public access to sorry um to get to that new northern portion 1658. So you

2184
01:30:39,199 --> 01:30:41,280
really have three things. So in which

2185
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:43,120
case I might want to ask to have it

2186
01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:49,110
severed into three separate motions.

2187
01:30:49,120 --> 01:30:55,669
So is there a seconder for the motion?

2188
01:30:55,679 --> 01:30:57,360
Okay. Then I'm going to ask to have it

2189
01:30:57,360 --> 01:31:03,110
separate into three separate motions.

2190
01:31:03,120 --> 01:31:03,280
You

2191
01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:05,440
>> do that after it's seconded or is that

2192
01:31:05,440 --> 01:31:06,000
before?

2193
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:15,910
>> No, you do it after.

2194
01:31:15,920 --> 01:31:17,520
So, we've got a motion that's moved and

2195
01:31:17,520 --> 01:31:20,080
seconded and separate into three parts,

2196
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:22,880
which corporate officer might have a

2197
01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:47,430
little fun trying to do.

2198
01:31:47,440 --> 01:31:49,520
Okay. So, on the first clause, the

2199
01:31:49,520 --> 01:31:51,280
council directs staff to seek a public

2200
01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:53,679
beach access as well as a public right

2201
01:31:53,679 --> 01:31:55,679
ofway leading to it from Mount Gardner

2202
01:31:55,679 --> 01:31:57,920
Road.

2203
01:31:57,920 --> 01:32:01,910
All in favor?

2204
01:32:01,920 --> 01:32:05,590
Opposed?

2205
01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:07,760
Councelor Getty, you

2206
01:32:07,760 --> 01:32:10,400
>> um I'm not keeping up. So, um I've

2207
01:32:10,400 --> 01:32:12,000
abstained which counts as a positive.

2208
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:16,870
>> You can't. Yeah. Okay.

2209
01:32:16,880 --> 01:32:20,000
» Okay. Um in the second one, in addition

2210
01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:23,280
to a public trail right away for access

2211
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:26,000
south to Crown Lands,

2212
01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:28,239
and is that already covered in the

2213
01:32:28,239 --> 01:32:32,960
package now? No. Okay. So, um maybe that

2214
01:32:32,960 --> 01:32:34,719
so

2215
01:32:34,719 --> 01:32:37,520
um a public do we leave the word

2216
01:32:37,520 --> 01:32:40,480
addition in there if we severed it or

2217
01:32:40,480 --> 01:32:43,760
does it matter?

2218
01:32:43,760 --> 01:32:47,750
>> Um

2219
01:32:47,760 --> 01:32:49,440
you severed it. Okay. You're going to

2220
01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:51,920
put council direct staff in front of

2221
01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:57,990
each one. Okay.

2222
01:32:58,000 --> 01:32:59,760
All right. So, the council directs staff

2223
01:32:59,760 --> 01:33:02,000
to seek a public trail right of way for

2224
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:07,910
access south to the crown lands.

2225
01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:11,910
All in favor?

2226
01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:16,880
Opposed? Nobody's here. And a new right

2227
01:33:16,880 --> 01:33:20,480
of way across access.

2228
01:33:20,480 --> 01:33:22,560
And that one you've got in your report,

2229
01:33:22,560 --> 01:33:24,719
right? This last one.

2230
01:33:24,719 --> 01:33:27,280
>> No, sorry, this is this is new. um

2231
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:31,600
because we just found that uh that's a private roadway. So a need that

2232
01:33:31,600 --> 01:33:32,239
was identified.

2233
01:33:32,239 --> 01:33:34,239
>> So you need this one. The council direct

2234
01:33:34,239 --> 01:33:36,320
staff to seek a new rightway access to

2235
01:33:36,320 --> 01:33:38,560
1658 Mount Gardner Road as a condition

2236
01:33:38,560 --> 01:33:41,600
of approval.

2237
01:33:41,600 --> 01:33:42,320
>> All in favor?

2238
01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:44,320
>> Favor

2239
01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:50,229
opposed. Nobody's else is here. Okay.

2240
01:33:50,239 --> 01:33:52,639
All right.

2241
01:33:52,639 --> 01:33:54,320
So

2242
01:33:54,320 --> 01:33:58,560
now your main one is first reading.

2243
01:33:58,560 --> 01:34:00,800
>> Okay.

2244
01:34:00,800 --> 01:34:02,960
So would somebody like to move that

2245
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:06,239
bylaw number 723 cited as mun bone

2246
01:34:06,239 --> 01:34:08,960
municipality land use bylaw number 57

2247
01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:12,400
2002 amendment bylaw number 723 2026 be

2248
01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:15,679
read a first time.

2249
01:34:15,679 --> 01:34:20,639
Second. Thank you. All in favor?

2250
01:34:20,639 --> 01:34:22,960
I

2251
01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:26,629
okay

2252
01:34:26,639 --> 01:34:28,159
» okay or carried you

2253
01:34:28,159 --> 01:34:30,719
>> if the staff investigate the other

2254
01:34:30,719 --> 01:34:33,520
rights away and it's attached to this

2255
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:36,560
then does this come back with those

2256
01:34:36,560 --> 01:34:40,320
amendments those if they are organized

2257
01:34:40,320 --> 01:34:41,840
then come back as an amendment or

2258
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:42,480
something

2259
01:34:42,480 --> 01:34:44,719
>> they go back to trust after that

2260
01:34:44,719 --> 01:34:46,480
>> so we'd be referring these bylaws and

2261
01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:48,000
checklisted on as trust and then

2262
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:49,840
ultimately those those would be those

2263
01:34:49,840 --> 01:34:51,199
ements rightways would be a condition of

2264
01:34:51,199 --> 01:34:52,639
approval. So, we'd have have them set up

2265
01:34:52,639 --> 01:34:54,800
before this bile is ultimately adopted.

2266
01:34:54,800 --> 01:34:56,320
That it' only be this bio at the end of

2267
01:34:56,320 --> 01:34:57,600
the process would only be adopted if

2268
01:34:57,600 --> 01:35:00,159
those things have been secured.

2269
01:35:00,159 --> 01:35:02,000
>> Would that have to go back to trust?

2270
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:02,880
>> No.

2271
01:35:02,880 --> 01:35:04,320
>> At the end of the process, um yeah,

2272
01:35:04,320 --> 01:35:07,840
after after uh final reading, but before

2273
01:35:07,840 --> 01:35:09,440
adoption, this goes back to that trust.

2274
01:35:09,440 --> 01:35:12,470
Yeah.

2275
01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:15,679
» Okay. We on to seven. We're on to 7.2

2276
01:35:15,679 --> 01:35:17,679
now.

2277
01:35:17,679 --> 01:35:20,320
>> Oh, sorry. I believe uh the the second

2278
01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:22,400
and third part of the motion on the

2279
01:35:22,400 --> 01:35:26,159
agenda uh needs to be voted on.

2280
01:35:26,159 --> 01:35:26,480
>> Oh,

2281
01:35:26,480 --> 01:35:28,400
>> so it's that that council refer by

2282
01:35:28,400 --> 01:35:29,040
number 7.

2283
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:30,480
>> I'm sorry I didn't flip the page and

2284
01:35:30,480 --> 01:35:31,840
read that.

2285
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:33,760
>> Did we vote on the first one?

2286
01:35:33,760 --> 01:35:35,520
>> Yeah, we did. And I didn't flip the page

2287
01:35:35,520 --> 01:35:37,440
to add um

2288
01:35:37,440 --> 01:35:40,400
>> the it be referred. Um, so we need to

2289
01:35:40,400 --> 01:35:42,880
move that council refer bylaw number 723

2290
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:44,960
20226 and the attached islands trust

2291
01:35:44,960 --> 01:35:47,040
policy statement checklist to the

2292
01:35:47,040 --> 01:35:48,560
islands trust and the council direct

2293
01:35:48,560 --> 01:35:50,320
staff to return with the results of that

2294
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:51,199
referral.

2295
01:35:51,199 --> 01:35:52,320
>> Can I ask a question?

2296
01:35:52,320 --> 01:35:57,360
>> Yeah. Um, since we've

2297
01:35:57,360 --> 01:35:59,679
passed this uh motion about the public

2298
01:35:59,679 --> 01:36:05,760
beach access be explored um number 5.5

2299
01:36:05,760 --> 01:36:08,239
on the trust uh directives checklist.

2300
01:36:08,239 --> 01:36:10,400
Would you put that in a note on there or

2301
01:36:10,400 --> 01:36:12,639
how does will that be included in the

2302
01:36:12,639 --> 01:36:14,239
referral to the islands trust?

2303
01:36:14,239 --> 01:36:15,600
>> I'll include it and I'll tweak the like

2304
01:36:15,600 --> 01:36:19,840
specifically the 5.55.5 section. I'll confirm that one when I send it to

2305
01:36:19,840 --> 01:36:22,719
>> Thank you.

2306
01:36:22,719 --> 01:36:24,800
All in favor

2307
01:36:24,800 --> 01:36:28,000
or do we have a mover in a second or

2308
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:29,360
we it was moved and seconded.

2309
01:36:29,360 --> 01:36:31,440
>> It was moved and seconded. Okay. All in

2310
01:36:31,440 --> 01:36:32,639
favor?

2311
01:36:32,639 --> 01:36:36,790
>> I

2312
01:36:36,800 --> 01:36:37,360
thank you.

2313
01:36:37,360 --> 01:37:20,709
>> Okay. Now we're on to 7.2.

2314
01:37:20,719 --> 01:37:36,470
Eat this thing.

2315
01:37:36,480 --> 01:37:37,840
Are you ready?

2316
01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:39,520
>> Yes. Thank you, Council Mor. So, I'm

2317
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:42,960
here today um to bring you um a resoning

2318
01:37:42,960 --> 01:37:44,960
application at 620 Laura Road and a

2319
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:46,560
bylaw for consideration of first

2320
01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:49,119
reading. Um so, by way of background,

2321
01:37:49,119 --> 01:37:51,280
this is an application at 620 Laura

2322
01:37:51,280 --> 01:37:52,480
Road. It's at the intersection of

2323
01:37:52,480 --> 01:37:55,040
Westside Road and Laura Road on the west

2324
01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:57,760
side of Bowen Island. And the

2325
01:37:57,760 --> 01:37:59,280
application that is before you is to

2326
01:37:59,280 --> 01:38:03,600
seek the cider use at 620 Laura Road.

2327
01:38:03,600 --> 01:38:05,040
By way of background, this was last

2328
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:07,360
before you May 25th. Um, and at that

2329
01:38:07,360 --> 01:38:09,360
point, we brought a revised application

2330
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,600
to you that council referred to two

2331
01:38:11,600 --> 01:38:13,760
advisory committees. Um, and directed

2332
01:38:13,760 --> 01:38:15,840
staff to prepare bylaws to amend the

2333
01:38:15,840 --> 01:38:17,760
land use bylaw to allow the development

2334
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:20,080
proposal and directed staff to provide

2335
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,719
notice of first reading of the land use

2336
01:38:22,719 --> 01:38:24,639
um bylaw amendment bylaw as required

2337
01:38:24,639 --> 01:38:26,800
under section 467 of the local

2338
01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:28,159
government act. And that's the section

2339
01:38:28,159 --> 01:38:30,800
that is to provide notice in lie of to

2340
01:38:30,800 --> 01:38:32,239
provide notice of first reading when a

2341
01:38:32,239 --> 01:38:35,600
public hearing is not being held.

2342
01:38:35,600 --> 01:38:37,520
Um just some background on the property.

2343
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:39,520
is zoned rural residential

2344
01:38:39,520 --> 01:38:43,119
2. Um and that allows the uses that are

2345
01:38:43,119 --> 01:38:44,880
allowed in all of our rural residential

2346
01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:46,480
zones. So that includes dwelling,

2347
01:38:46,480 --> 01:38:48,719
agriculture, stable, kennel. It allows a

2348
01:38:48,719 --> 01:38:50,480
list of accessory uses. It includes

2349
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:52,159
residential guest accommodation and home

2350
01:38:52,159 --> 01:38:54,560
occupation.

2351
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:56,480
Um and then agriculture definition is

2352
01:38:56,480 --> 01:38:58,159
here. It means the use of land buildings

2353
01:38:58,159 --> 01:38:59,920
or structures for the growing, rearing,

2354
01:38:59,920 --> 01:39:01,679
producing, harvesting of crops, plants,

2355
01:39:01,679 --> 01:39:04,159
livestock and other animals. It includes

2356
01:39:04,159 --> 01:39:05,679
the processing and sale of products

2357
01:39:05,679 --> 01:39:07,920
harvested, reared or produced on that

2358
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:11,280
lot as well. Um and then in our current

2359
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:14,800
OCP, this property is designated R1

2360
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:18,480
rural is the designation. So this is um

2361
01:39:18,480 --> 01:39:21,199
this this designation is described as

2362
01:39:21,199 --> 01:39:23,199
including large lots that provide rural

2363
01:39:23,199 --> 01:39:25,040
resource value such as agriculture and

2364
01:39:25,040 --> 01:39:27,040
forestry and properties that have been

2365
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:28,719
maintained for purposes of a rural

2366
01:39:28,719 --> 01:39:30,960
lifestyle.

2367
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:32,880
Um and then on this page I just have a

2368
01:39:32,880 --> 01:39:34,400
number of objectives that are identified

2369
01:39:34,400 --> 01:39:36,400
in our current OCP regarding

2370
01:39:36,400 --> 01:39:38,159
agriculture.

2371
01:39:38,159 --> 01:39:40,320
Um so supporting commercial and domestic

2372
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:42,400
agriculture in suitable locations and to

2373
01:39:42,400 --> 01:39:44,639
encourage local food production to

2374
01:39:44,639 --> 01:39:47,040
preserve lands that are used or or are

2375
01:39:47,040 --> 01:39:50,080
suitable for agriculture activity and

2376
01:39:50,080 --> 01:39:52,159
there's a number here. So 88 to provide

2377
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:53,840
for supporting infrastructure necessary

2378
01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:55,119
to maintain and strengthen the

2379
01:39:55,119 --> 01:39:57,760
agriculture economy or encourage land

2380
01:39:57,760 --> 01:39:59,520
uses that are compatible with farming to

2381
01:39:59,520 --> 01:40:00,880
be established in conjunction with

2382
01:40:00,880 --> 01:40:03,360
agriculture activity. Um and so the

2383
01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:06,080
report um that you have goes over the

2384
01:40:06,080 --> 01:40:08,159
OCP our current OCP designations

2385
01:40:08,159 --> 01:40:09,679
concludes that this application is

2386
01:40:09,679 --> 01:40:11,199
consistent with the official community

2387
01:40:11,199 --> 01:40:13,600
plan. Um, just for context, I've

2388
01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:14,960
included a couple slides just on our

2389
01:40:14,960 --> 01:40:17,119
draft 2026 OCP, knowing we're at the

2390
01:40:17,119 --> 01:40:18,560
sort of in between stage where we have a

2391
01:40:18,560 --> 01:40:21,520
circulated draft of an updated OCP, but

2392
01:40:21,520 --> 01:40:23,600
not a obviously a bylaw to enact that

2393
01:40:23,600 --> 01:40:27,760
OCP yet. Um, but for context, that draft

2394
01:40:27,760 --> 01:40:30,639
um that draft would place this land

2395
01:40:30,639 --> 01:40:32,400
designation in the rural residential

2396
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:35,520
transition designation,

2397
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:37,360
um, which has roughly the same the same

2398
01:40:37,360 --> 01:40:41,760
densities. Um and our 2026 OCP has um

2399
01:40:41,760 --> 01:40:42,880
some additional policies around

2400
01:40:42,880 --> 01:40:45,679
agriculture. So 2.6.67

2401
01:40:45,679 --> 01:40:48,159
is to protect and expand existing farms

2402
01:40:48,159 --> 01:40:50,000
and orchards, especially heritage fruit

2403
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:52,639
trees to enhance historical as historic

2404
01:40:52,639 --> 01:40:56,159
aspects of the island's food production.

2405
01:40:56,159 --> 01:40:58,239
Um okay, final one on context for this

2406
01:40:58,239 --> 01:41:00,400
site. Um there is a temporary use permit

2407
01:41:00,400 --> 01:41:02,400
on this site that was issued initially

2408
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:05,760
in 2021 and then renewed in 2023. and

2409
01:41:05,760 --> 01:41:07,600
that is to permit cider use on the

2410
01:41:07,600 --> 01:41:11,264
property um with some restrictions.

2411
01:41:11,264 --> 01:41:11,920
[gasps]

2412
01:41:11,920 --> 01:41:13,760
Where we are in the overall process,

2413
01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:15,760
this was this application was introduced

2414
01:41:15,760 --> 01:41:17,440
to council in May. It was referred to

2415
01:41:17,440 --> 01:41:18,960
committees and I'll I'll talk about them

2416
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:20,400
later and then we are here at the

2417
01:41:20,400 --> 01:41:23,360
presentation for first reading. Um as

2418
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:26,719
currently um slated, this would get

2419
01:41:26,719 --> 01:41:28,239
referred to the islands trust and come

2420
01:41:28,239 --> 01:41:30,000
back for presentation for second and

2421
01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:31,600
third reading and then considered for

2422
01:41:31,600 --> 01:41:34,239
adoption.

2423
01:41:34,239 --> 01:41:35,920
All right. The parks environment climate

2424
01:41:35,920 --> 01:41:38,960
action committee met to do it meant to

2425
01:41:38,960 --> 01:41:41,440
consider this application. So they

2426
01:41:41,440 --> 01:41:43,920
recommended that the proponent meet

2427
01:41:43,920 --> 01:41:46,000
BIM's conservation development policy.

2428
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:48,239
So protecting 50% or greater of the

2429
01:41:48,239 --> 01:41:50,000
property for conservation purposes

2430
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:52,719
including using conservation covenants

2431
01:41:52,719 --> 01:41:55,119
to include the heritage orchard Murray

2432
01:41:55,119 --> 01:41:57,440
Creek riparian areas

2433
01:41:57,440 --> 01:41:59,440
um indicating on the map where it is.

2434
01:41:59,440 --> 01:42:01,280
They were seeking an assessment from a

2435
01:42:01,280 --> 01:42:03,600
professional hydrogeeologist

2436
01:42:03,600 --> 01:42:05,360
um and a registered on-site wastewater

2437
01:42:05,360 --> 01:42:07,199
practitioner and looking for

2438
01:42:07,199 --> 01:42:09,600
clarification on quantity and

2439
01:42:09,600 --> 01:42:12,560
composition of solid and liquid waste.

2440
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:14,639
Uh and consider restriction on or a

2441
01:42:14,639 --> 01:42:17,199
limit on cery output

2442
01:42:17,199 --> 01:42:20,159
if um if dilitterious effects are

2443
01:42:20,159 --> 01:42:21,760
anticipated with a significant increase

2444
01:42:21,760 --> 01:42:24,400
in cery production. Um and then the

2445
01:42:24,400 --> 01:42:26,080
advisory planning commission met last

2446
01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:27,920
week to discuss and they provided

2447
01:42:27,920 --> 01:42:30,320
recommendations regarding envir

2448
01:42:30,320 --> 01:42:32,239
environmental waste management

2449
01:42:32,239 --> 01:42:35,280
assessment be required. Um they

2450
01:42:35,280 --> 01:42:36,719
recommended consideration of the

2451
01:42:36,719 --> 01:42:38,320
reasoning be deferred pending completion

2452
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:39,920
of the graft and lake watershed

2453
01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:42,159
management plan. They wanted

2454
01:42:42,159 --> 01:42:44,400
consideration to

2455
01:42:44,400 --> 01:42:46,560
um through the conservation development

2456
01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:48,320
policy preserve the diversity of the

2457
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:50,480
existing heritage orchard and they

2458
01:42:50,480 --> 01:42:51,920
recommended council should still

2459
01:42:51,920 --> 01:42:53,360
consider having a public hearing for

2460
01:42:53,360 --> 01:42:56,480
this application.

2461
01:42:56,480 --> 01:42:58,800
Um so then as directed by council staff

2462
01:42:58,800 --> 01:43:00,880
have prepared a bylaw to amend the land

2463
01:43:00,880 --> 01:43:03,119
use bylaw to enable this development

2464
01:43:03,119 --> 01:43:05,920
proposal. So it would reszone 620 Laura

2465
01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:09,520
Road to be in a zone variation. So R R2A

2466
01:43:09,520 --> 01:43:12,639
um so zone variation works by

2467
01:43:12,639 --> 01:43:14,480
um varying the zone in certain ways but

2468
01:43:14,480 --> 01:43:16,639
leaving the rest of the zoning the same.

2469
01:43:16,639 --> 01:43:18,719
So um this zone variation would allow

2470
01:43:18,719 --> 01:43:20,880
cidery as a permitted use. It would say

2471
01:43:20,880 --> 01:43:22,480
the cidery may not have a lounge

2472
01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:25,199
endorsement which is a um a thing that's

2473
01:43:25,199 --> 01:43:26,960
open for ceries in BC. Essentially it

2474
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:28,719
functions like a restaurant would be a

2475
01:43:28,719 --> 01:43:31,440
lounge endorsement. M you would set

2476
01:43:31,440 --> 01:43:33,360
maximum floor area of the retail space

2477
01:43:33,360 --> 01:43:35,280
at 25 square meters which is about the

2478
01:43:35,280 --> 01:43:37,600
actual size of the retail area and the

2479
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:39,520
maximum area of the exterior patio space

2480
01:43:39,520 --> 01:43:41,520
at 80 square meters which again matches

2481
01:43:41,520 --> 01:43:43,119
what's there on site and it would set

2482
01:43:43,119 --> 01:43:44,960
the same hours as as in the temporary

2483
01:43:44,960 --> 01:43:46,800
use permit 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

2484
01:43:46,800 --> 01:43:48,960
daily.

2485
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:51,040
Um and then the the bylaw itself would

2486
01:43:51,040 --> 01:43:52,480
include these two definitions. So the

2487
01:43:52,480 --> 01:43:54,480
cidery is the same definition that's in

2488
01:43:54,480 --> 01:43:56,480
the temporary use permit. um with the

2489
01:43:56,480 --> 01:43:57,840
difference being I think the temporary

2490
01:43:57,840 --> 01:44:00,000
use permit just says lounge area and

2491
01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:01,520
then we felt like if we were calling it

2492
01:44:01,520 --> 01:44:03,199
out as something that's not allowed we

2493
01:44:03,199 --> 01:44:05,119
wanted a definition so we've included a

2494
01:44:05,119 --> 01:44:07,600
definition of lounge endorsement as well

2495
01:44:07,600 --> 01:44:09,840
that matches what's from the um I think

2496
01:44:09,840 --> 01:44:13,990
the LCB

2497
01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:16,639
says um this notice was given at first

2498
01:44:16,639 --> 01:44:18,400
reading so within properties of 300

2499
01:44:18,400 --> 01:44:21,199
meters of the property it was included

2500
01:44:21,199 --> 01:44:23,040
in the undercurrent and on our municipal

2501
01:44:23,040 --> 01:44:25,679
website and so you've heard from two of

2502
01:44:25,679 --> 01:44:27,360
the neighbors today and we have letters

2503
01:44:27,360 --> 01:44:28,880
in the the package from those neighbors.

2504
01:44:28,880 --> 01:44:31,360
We also have letters from um people

2505
01:44:31,360 --> 01:44:33,679
outside of the the notice area as well

2506
01:44:33,679 --> 01:44:35,520
or from any person outside of the notice

2507
01:44:35,520 --> 01:44:38,000
area.

2508
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:40,080
Um some additional staff discussions. So

2509
01:44:40,080 --> 01:44:41,760
water. So you'll see in your package the

2510
01:44:41,760 --> 01:44:44,320
Riley Cider provided a hydrogeeologist

2511
01:44:44,320 --> 01:44:46,480
report that was completed in 2021 as

2512
01:44:46,480 --> 01:44:48,000
part of the application for a permit

2513
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:50,239
from Vancouver Coastal Health. And this

2514
01:44:50,239 --> 01:44:52,400
report um gives details on water supply

2515
01:44:52,400 --> 01:44:56,560
for the property. Um noting um water

2516
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:58,320
coming from a surface water license for

2517
01:44:58,320 --> 01:44:59,840
irrigation of the orchard and an

2518
01:44:59,840 --> 01:45:01,920
existing well for wash water in its

2519
01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:04,239
commercial operations. And just noting

2520
01:45:04,239 --> 01:45:05,840
water is not used in the production of

2521
01:45:05,840 --> 01:45:08,880
the cider itself.

2522
01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:11,440
Um and secondly for septic. So in my

2523
01:45:11,440 --> 01:45:13,760
initial staff report in April, I brought

2524
01:45:13,760 --> 01:45:15,360
comment from Vancouver Coastal Health

2525
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:16,800
and at that point the application was

2526
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:18,960
for cery and guest house use and

2527
01:45:18,960 --> 01:45:20,239
Vancouver Coastal Health were

2528
01:45:20,239 --> 01:45:22,719
recommending that we seek a registered

2529
01:45:22,719 --> 01:45:24,560
on-site wastewater practitioner letter

2530
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:27,360
of assurance for that application. So

2531
01:45:27,360 --> 01:45:29,119
when the applicant revised their

2532
01:45:29,119 --> 01:45:30,719
application, I re-referred it to Coastal

2533
01:45:30,719 --> 01:45:32,080
Health and asked specifically about the

2534
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:34,320
recommendation and said um if this is

2535
01:45:34,320 --> 01:45:36,000
just for the side is that does that

2536
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:38,400
recommendation still hold? So this was

2537
01:45:38,400 --> 01:45:40,159
the reply from Vancouver Coastal Health

2538
01:45:40,159 --> 01:45:42,159
saying no, they don't think a letter of

2539
01:45:42,159 --> 01:45:44,000
assurance from a registered on-site

2540
01:45:44,000 --> 01:45:45,760
wastewater practitioner is required for

2541
01:45:45,760 --> 01:45:47,840
this revised application and partly

2542
01:45:47,840 --> 01:45:51,040
noting the original um the sewage system

2543
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:52,480
filing for the septic system for the

2544
01:45:52,480 --> 01:45:54,080
cery and that's included in your

2545
01:45:54,080 --> 01:45:57,600
application as well.

2546
01:45:57,600 --> 01:45:59,440
Uh and then finally discussion on the

2547
01:45:59,440 --> 01:46:01,600
conservation development policy. So

2548
01:46:01,600 --> 01:46:03,360
council's familiar with this policy. The

2549
01:46:03,360 --> 01:46:05,280
goal of the policy is a minimum of 50%

2550
01:46:05,280 --> 01:46:06,719
of the total land subject to the

2551
01:46:06,719 --> 01:46:08,400
resoning application is protected from

2552
01:46:08,400 --> 01:46:10,400
further development priority to be given

2553
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:11,760
to protection of any identified

2554
01:46:11,760 --> 01:46:13,199
environmentally sensitive areas and

2555
01:46:13,199 --> 01:46:16,080
green space. So staff note areas of the

2556
01:46:16,080 --> 01:46:18,480
property suitable for protection include

2557
01:46:18,480 --> 01:46:20,159
riparian areas of Murray Creek and

2558
01:46:20,159 --> 01:46:22,080
existing farmland.

2559
01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:24,960
Um

2560
01:46:24,960 --> 01:46:26,639
yeah and I'll just say I think through

2561
01:46:26,639 --> 01:46:27,920
discussion with the applicant the

2562
01:46:27,920 --> 01:46:30,400
applicant is hesitant to encumber the

2563
01:46:30,400 --> 01:46:33,679
property with with covenants that would

2564
01:46:33,679 --> 01:46:35,679
place further restrictions on their

2565
01:46:35,679 --> 01:46:37,600
operations. And so one of the things

2566
01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:39,119
staff is looking for is direction from

2567
01:46:39,119 --> 01:46:41,679
council in terms of um council's desire

2568
01:46:41,679 --> 01:46:43,920
to seek protective covenants of riparian

2569
01:46:43,920 --> 01:46:49,280
area and um and the orchards.

2570
01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:51,119
Uh and the staff report itself lists

2571
01:46:51,119 --> 01:46:54,960
alternatives. So one you would see a um

2572
01:46:54,960 --> 01:46:57,199
a cery definition that was provided by

2573
01:46:57,199 --> 01:46:59,040
the applicant to better align with the

2574
01:46:59,040 --> 01:47:02,639
liquor distribution branch. And so that

2575
01:47:02,639 --> 01:47:06,239
definition um ties the cery definition

2576
01:47:06,239 --> 01:47:08,560
to a minimum size of orchard but not to

2577
01:47:08,560 --> 01:47:12,239
production from the lot. Um, so part of

2578
01:47:12,239 --> 01:47:14,080
the discussion from the applicant is

2579
01:47:14,080 --> 01:47:16,560
that this would is that the current

2580
01:47:16,560 --> 01:47:19,040
definition may provide incentives for a

2581
01:47:19,040 --> 01:47:21,040
future owner to, you know, maximize

2582
01:47:21,040 --> 01:47:22,960
apple production in the orchard rather

2583
01:47:22,960 --> 01:47:25,600
than the diversity of of apple species

2584
01:47:25,600 --> 01:47:29,119
in the orchard. Um,

2585
01:47:29,119 --> 01:47:31,040
but the flip is that the current

2586
01:47:31,040 --> 01:47:33,920
definition limits production to that

2587
01:47:33,920 --> 01:47:35,920
produced on the lot. So that may, you

2588
01:47:35,920 --> 01:47:37,280
know, seem like that's the goal, the

2589
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:39,600
goal of it is you're you're tying it to

2590
01:47:39,600 --> 01:47:42,320
specific production on the lot.

2591
01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:46,000
Um, second alternative is, um, so

2592
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,080
council in May directed staff to bring

2593
01:47:48,080 --> 01:47:50,000
this for first reading and not to a

2594
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:51,679
future public hearing. So just noting as

2595
01:47:51,679 --> 01:47:53,679
an alternative, council can still, as we

2596
01:47:53,679 --> 01:47:55,199
discussed at that meeting, council could

2597
01:47:55,199 --> 01:47:57,440
still at this point say we want to refer

2598
01:47:57,440 --> 01:47:58,960
to a future public hearing following a

2599
01:47:58,960 --> 01:48:00,880
second reading. Um, the third

2600
01:48:00,880 --> 01:48:02,800
alternative is the one brought forward

2601
01:48:02,800 --> 01:48:05,360
by the APC. So, council could direct

2602
01:48:05,360 --> 01:48:07,119
staff to not pursue the proposal any

2603
01:48:07,119 --> 01:48:08,960
further until the Grafton Lake watershed

2604
01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:11,520
management plan is complete. Um, so I

2605
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:12,880
think I have another report on this

2606
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:14,560
agenda that notes that that's likely to

2607
01:48:14,560 --> 01:48:17,199
be the end of this year. And so that

2608
01:48:17,199 --> 01:48:18,800
just with that alternative just noting

2609
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:21,119
for council um that that would mean that

2610
01:48:21,119 --> 01:48:23,280
TUP has expired before the graft and

2611
01:48:23,280 --> 01:48:25,440
lake management plan is ant anticipated

2612
01:48:25,440 --> 01:48:28,159
to be complete.

2613
01:48:28,159 --> 01:48:29,679
Um, so with all that in mind, the

2614
01:48:29,679 --> 01:48:32,080
recommendation from staff is to grant

2615
01:48:32,080 --> 01:48:33,920
first reading to the amendment bylaw to

2616
01:48:33,920 --> 01:48:36,080
refer the bylaw and the islands trust

2617
01:48:36,080 --> 01:48:37,360
policy statement checklist to the

2618
01:48:37,360 --> 01:48:39,199
islands trust and direct staff to return

2619
01:48:39,199 --> 01:48:41,280
with the results of that referral. Thank

2620
01:48:41,280 --> 01:48:44,000
you.

2621
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:47,119
>> Any questions? Council fast, counselor

2622
01:48:47,119 --> 01:48:52,000
wait um just uh to confirm that the

2623
01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:54,000
referral to the islands trust is the one

2624
01:48:54,000 --> 01:48:56,159
that's in our ontable that's correct

2625
01:48:56,159 --> 01:48:58,639
>> package. Okay.

2626
01:48:58,639 --> 01:49:00,480
Thank you. Because I was going to ask

2627
01:49:00,480 --> 01:49:05,440
about the um agricultural uh directive

2628
01:49:05,440 --> 01:49:11,199
policies and uh so they're in this other one. Thank you.

2629
01:49:11,199 --> 01:49:14,320
>> And uh so would the wording for that be

2630
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:16,880
instead of the attached

2631
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:18,400
islands trust policy statement would

2632
01:49:18,400 --> 01:49:19,760
just say [clears throat] the island's

2633
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:21,760
trust policy statement checklist in the

2634
01:49:21,760 --> 01:49:24,880
on table agenda or something like that.

2635
01:49:24,880 --> 01:49:28,159
Anyway, I'll let Sophie think about that. She's probably the one to do

2636
01:49:28,159 --> 01:49:30,639
that. Okay, never mind. Thank you.

2637
01:49:30,639 --> 01:49:32,560
>> Okay, now you've confused me. Do you

2638
01:49:32,560 --> 01:49:34,639
have a revised island stress checklist

2639
01:49:34,639 --> 01:49:36,000
in our package?

2640
01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:38,320
>> It's in the on table. Um,

2641
01:49:38,320 --> 01:49:40,719
>> okay. Cuz that that wasn't clear, I

2642
01:49:40,719 --> 01:49:41,040
guess.

2643
01:49:41,040 --> 01:49:42,639
>> The one Yeah, the one in the published

2644
01:49:42,639 --> 01:49:44,880
agenda was the duplicate of Mount

2645
01:49:44,880 --> 01:49:47,520
Gardner Road.

2646
01:49:47,520 --> 01:49:48,560
Sorry.

2647
01:49:48,560 --> 01:49:50,480
>> Um

2648
01:49:50,480 --> 01:49:53,440
and the other I guess is

2649
01:49:53,440 --> 01:49:57,280
the um definition that the applicant

2650
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,040
wants

2651
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,280
versus the definition you've got in the

2652
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:03,280
bylaw.

2653
01:50:03,280 --> 01:50:06,080
Is there a comparison of those?

2654
01:50:06,080 --> 01:50:08,239
What's the difference? Just going back

2655
01:50:08,239 --> 01:50:08,560
again.

2656
01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:11,600
>> Yeah, I believe it's in my report. I

2657
01:50:11,600 --> 01:50:14,560
didn't bring here.

2658
01:50:14,560 --> 01:50:16,320
I'm having trouble flipping between

2659
01:50:16,320 --> 01:50:21,030
documents.

2660
01:50:21,040 --> 01:50:33,590
» Okay.

2661
01:50:33,600 --> 01:50:35,199
I guess I'm thinking that the liquor

2662
01:50:35,199 --> 01:50:38,800
distribution branch might be a better

2663
01:50:38,800 --> 01:50:41,119
definition just so we don't they don't

2664
01:50:41,119 --> 01:50:46,709
end up running a follow of them.

2665
01:50:46,719 --> 01:50:49,360
» This is legible. Okay. So with the

2666
01:50:49,360 --> 01:50:51,520
liquor distribution branch for landbased

2667
01:50:51,520 --> 01:50:54,000
winery requirements say 100% of the

2668
01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:55,679
product must be made from fruit grown or

2669
01:50:55,679 --> 01:50:57,600
produced in British Columbia which is in

2670
01:50:57,600 --> 01:50:59,920
our definition. They talk about at least

2671
01:50:59,920 --> 01:51:02,080
25% of the fruit used in production must

2672
01:51:02,080 --> 01:51:04,080
come from acreage owned or leased by the

2673
01:51:04,080 --> 01:51:07,199
license whereas we seek it to be on the

2674
01:51:07,199 --> 01:51:08,000
lot.

2675
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:08,480
>> Okay.

2676
01:51:08,480 --> 01:51:10,159
>> And at least 2 acres of fruit orchard

2677
01:51:10,159 --> 01:51:12,239
must be maintained. So the difference

2678
01:51:12,239 --> 01:51:15,360
being that currently we would say 25% of

2679
01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:18,719
the fruit is produced on the lot. Um

2680
01:51:18,719 --> 01:51:20,080
they would not have that requirement.

2681
01:51:20,080 --> 01:51:21,280
Instead they would have a requirement

2682
01:51:21,280 --> 01:51:27,910
that they maintain 2 acres of orchard.

2683
01:51:27,920 --> 01:51:30,400
» Okay. Councelor Wake, I think you had

2684
01:51:30,400 --> 01:51:35,199
>> uh Yes. Thank you. Um so both the parks

2685
01:51:35,199 --> 01:51:37,679
environment and climate action advisory

2686
01:51:37,679 --> 01:51:39,679
committee and advisory planning

2687
01:51:39,679 --> 01:51:43,840
commission have uh stipulated that there

2688
01:51:43,840 --> 01:51:47,199
should be protective covenants on the

2689
01:51:47,199 --> 01:51:49,199
orchard

2690
01:51:49,199 --> 01:51:52,080
uh portion and they there's a I'm not

2691
01:51:52,080 --> 01:51:55,520
sure if it if it's a heritage covenant

2692
01:51:55,520 --> 01:52:00,880
or just a protective covenant but um

2693
01:52:00,880 --> 01:52:02,639
are are that was part of your

2694
01:52:02,639 --> 01:52:05,840
recommendation. I don't I don't see

2695
01:52:05,840 --> 01:52:08,239
>> um I I think I would seek council

2696
01:52:08,239 --> 01:52:10,239
direction if that's desired to be

2697
01:52:10,239 --> 01:52:12,960
included. I think in terms of you know

2698
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:15,760
the riparian area covenant is is fairly

2699
01:52:15,760 --> 01:52:17,520
straightforward. It's a small portion of

2700
01:52:17,520 --> 01:52:19,280
the lot that's outside the agriculture

2701
01:52:19,280 --> 01:52:22,880
area that is riparian. Um and then in

2702
01:52:22,880 --> 01:52:26,880
terms of agriculture covenant

2703
01:52:26,880 --> 01:52:28,000
um I guess there's different ways

2704
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:29,760
council could want to go. So one is to

2705
01:52:29,760 --> 01:52:31,920
say that we protect this area as

2706
01:52:31,920 --> 01:52:34,239
agricultural land is fairly

2707
01:52:34,239 --> 01:52:35,679
straightforward, right? You you draw it

2708
01:52:35,679 --> 01:52:37,760
on a map, you say this is agriculture.

2709
01:52:37,760 --> 01:52:39,360
It has to be agriculture can't be used

2710
01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:41,360
for residential purposes or whatever

2711
01:52:41,360 --> 01:52:44,560
else it could be. Um

2712
01:52:44,560 --> 01:52:46,560
and that would protect it as you know

2713
01:52:46,560 --> 01:52:49,520
orchard or other farmland something. And

2714
01:52:49,520 --> 01:52:51,840
then if you want to go the step of you

2715
01:52:51,840 --> 01:52:54,480
know protecting the heritage orchard

2716
01:52:54,480 --> 01:52:56,960
that's a more involved process. I think

2717
01:52:56,960 --> 01:52:58,639
you heard from the public comment, you

2718
01:52:58,639 --> 01:53:00,560
know, somebody proposing it it being a a

2719
01:53:00,560 --> 01:53:02,639
land trust, you would need some way to

2720
01:53:02,639 --> 01:53:04,320
regulate it. If the covenant is supposed

2721
01:53:04,320 --> 01:53:06,400
to say we want to protect the heritage

2722
01:53:06,400 --> 01:53:08,560
trees that they are maintained, that the

2723
01:53:08,560 --> 01:53:10,320
biodiversity is maintained, then you

2724
01:53:10,320 --> 01:53:12,880
then you're looking at okay, who's who's

2725
01:53:12,880 --> 01:53:14,880
monitoring that on a regular basis and

2726
01:53:14,880 --> 01:53:16,480
ensuring follow-up and that's a much

2727
01:53:16,480 --> 01:53:20,000
more comp complicated covenant

2728
01:53:20,000 --> 01:53:22,080
um and more involved.

2729
01:53:22,080 --> 01:53:23,920
Well, it may be much more complicated,

2730
01:53:23,920 --> 01:53:26,080
but I think

2731
01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:27,760
what I'm understanding is that's what we

2732
01:53:27,760 --> 01:53:29,280
should be doing. We should be protecting

2733
01:53:29,280 --> 01:53:35,520
the diversity and um the the specific uh

2734
01:53:35,520 --> 01:53:40,239
heritage of that orchard. Um then the

2735
01:53:40,239 --> 01:53:43,520
question came up, well so if we if we

2736
01:53:43,520 --> 01:53:46,880
don't do that, what's to pre prevent a a

2737
01:53:46,880 --> 01:53:50,080
future owner from basically just keeping

2738
01:53:50,080 --> 01:53:51,920
his agriculture land but letting the

2739
01:53:51,920 --> 01:53:54,560
orchard fail?

2740
01:53:54,560 --> 01:53:56,719
And so I mean my thought would be we

2741
01:53:56,719 --> 01:54:05,350
should be protect

2742
01:54:05,360 --> 01:54:06,793
» through the chair. Thanks.

2743
01:54:06,793 --> 01:54:07,360
[clears throat]

2744
01:54:07,360 --> 01:54:09,760
I I understand the arguments about

2745
01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:12,320
protecting the orchard and the heritage

2746
01:54:12,320 --> 01:54:15,840
of the orchard, but it's also private

2747
01:54:15,840 --> 01:54:18,560
property and telling people what to do

2748
01:54:18,560 --> 01:54:21,199
with private property. I I realize

2749
01:54:21,199 --> 01:54:23,760
there's there certain things we must

2750
01:54:23,760 --> 01:54:27,040
tell them what to do, but telling the

2751
01:54:27,040 --> 01:54:29,520
owner or a potential future owner, you

2752
01:54:29,520 --> 01:54:32,480
must grow apples. You must maintain this

2753
01:54:32,480 --> 01:54:34,880
orchard here.

2754
01:54:34,880 --> 01:54:37,040
We're basically,

2755
01:54:37,040 --> 01:54:39,280
well, not basically, we are telling them

2756
01:54:39,280 --> 01:54:41,520
this is the use of your property, like

2757
01:54:41,520 --> 01:54:44,480
it or not. And and I'm I'm troubled by

2758
01:54:44,480 --> 01:54:48,800
that approach to private property.

2759
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:50,880
That's my comment.

2760
01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:54,480
>> Councelor Fast. Um, thank you and I

2761
01:54:54,480 --> 01:54:58,560
appreciate the comments. I too um like

2762
01:54:58,560 --> 01:55:00,719
uh councelor wake am interested in a

2763
01:55:00,719 --> 01:55:04,000
conservation covenant for the heritage

2764
01:55:04,000 --> 01:55:07,040
orchard apple trees and uh that's

2765
01:55:07,040 --> 01:55:09,199
because I see them their value more as a

2766
01:55:09,199 --> 01:55:15,119
gene bank and uh as a uh heritage

2767
01:55:15,119 --> 01:55:18,800
um value uh to Canada and beyond. Some

2768
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:22,159
of that um uh genetic material was

2769
01:55:22,159 --> 01:55:25,119
collected from down in the United

2770
01:55:25,119 --> 01:55:27,440
States. As I understand it, this is a

2771
01:55:27,440 --> 01:55:30,800
international kind of uh gene bank uh

2772
01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:34,400
for our changing climate uh future. Um

2773
01:55:34,400 --> 01:55:35,920
and I would look at in terms of the

2774
01:55:35,920 --> 01:55:38,560
private property part, um I would look

2775
01:55:38,560 --> 01:55:42,400
at it as a uh like a heritage building.

2776
01:55:42,400 --> 01:55:46,800
Um this is a heritage uh property or an

2777
01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:48,480
heritage part of the property that's

2778
01:55:48,480 --> 01:55:52,560
been uh developed and uh by planting

2779
01:55:52,560 --> 01:55:54,239
these her collecting and planting these

2780
01:55:54,239 --> 01:55:56,800
heritage trees and maintaining them uh

2781
01:55:56,800 --> 01:56:01,520
so that they can share the um cutings uh

2782
01:56:01,520 --> 01:56:04,800
the the the twigs with other um people

2783
01:56:04,800 --> 01:56:07,199
because you can't reproduce these

2784
01:56:07,199 --> 01:56:11,760
heritage varieties from seeds. Um and um

2785
01:56:11,760 --> 01:56:17,589
I appreciate the um uh

2786
01:56:17,599 --> 01:56:19,040
conversations that have happened with

2787
01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:22,560
the neighborhood and with the uh ideas

2788
01:56:22,560 --> 01:56:25,119
coming forward from uh people including

2789
01:56:25,119 --> 01:56:28,400
the uh Wellland Community Orchard and

2790
01:56:28,400 --> 01:56:30,560
any others that uh people come up with

2791
01:56:30,560 --> 01:56:33,520
as examples for how such a covenant uh

2792
01:56:33,520 --> 01:56:37,760
or uh arrangement could happen.

2793
01:56:37,760 --> 01:56:39,599
As I recall earlier in the process,

2794
01:56:39,599 --> 01:56:43,119
there was uh interest from prospective

2795
01:56:43,119 --> 01:56:45,920
land owners at the time to working with

2796
01:56:45,920 --> 01:56:49,920
the community to find way um to uh

2797
01:56:49,920 --> 01:56:52,239
involve the community to to care for the

2798
01:56:52,239 --> 01:56:54,880
trees, that kind of thing. And uh so I'm

2799
01:56:54,880 --> 01:56:57,199
in favor of a conservation covenant on

2800
01:56:57,199 --> 01:57:01,119
the heritage apple tree um varieties

2801
01:57:01,119 --> 01:57:06,709
that orchard. Yeah. Thank you

2802
01:57:06,719 --> 01:57:08,080
» councelor Sonnage here.

2803
01:57:08,080 --> 01:57:11,599
>> Um I I want to make sure that my

2804
01:57:11,599 --> 01:57:14,480
positions on this is clear is I I fully

2805
01:57:14,480 --> 01:57:18,080
understand the concept of heritage and I

2806
01:57:18,080 --> 01:57:20,800
and um

2807
01:57:20,800 --> 01:57:23,199
councelor F comments about the genetic

2808
01:57:23,199 --> 01:57:25,920
seedlings. I I get that and and I agree

2809
01:57:25,920 --> 01:57:28,080
with you on that. I I think there's real

2810
01:57:28,080 --> 01:57:32,400
value in that. Um, my concern about it,

2811
01:57:32,400 --> 01:57:34,560
I'm if we're particularly that

2812
01:57:34,560 --> 01:57:37,199
interested in maintaining this, maybe we

2813
01:57:37,199 --> 01:57:39,280
should own it if we're going to have to

2814
01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:41,040
if we're going to tell other people what

2815
01:57:41,040 --> 01:57:42,960
to do with that specific area of the

2816
01:57:42,960 --> 01:57:46,400
property. It just sounds like it sounds

2817
01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:49,119
like an imposition from government that

2818
01:57:49,119 --> 01:57:57,119
isn't warranted um without what without us supporting it in

2819
01:57:57,119 --> 01:58:02,159
uh in some way. Um I I just I struggle

2820
01:58:02,159 --> 01:58:03,840
with the private property part of it

2821
01:58:03,840 --> 01:58:06,159
understanding the uh the comments that

2822
01:58:06,159 --> 01:58:08,480
have been raised already and and

2823
01:58:08,480 --> 01:58:10,320
appreciating them and agreeing with many

2824
01:58:10,320 --> 01:58:12,719
of them. But I I think at its core I

2825
01:58:12,719 --> 01:58:15,599
struggle with the telling people

2826
01:58:15,599 --> 01:58:17,040
more about what to do with their

2827
01:58:17,040 --> 01:58:18,880
property than we already do in many

2828
01:58:18,880 --> 01:58:21,440
cases. I I know I understand the need

2829
01:58:21,440 --> 01:58:24,800
for it. You can't um you know like in a

2830
01:58:24,800 --> 01:58:26,960
lot of cases don't be building your

2831
01:58:26,960 --> 01:58:28,960
building right up against the sea coast

2832
01:58:28,960 --> 01:58:31,040
and things. I understand that. I think

2833
01:58:31,040 --> 01:58:34,159
this one is possibly going beyond that.

2834
01:58:34,159 --> 01:58:35,840
Just my thoughts. Thank you,

2835
01:58:35,840 --> 01:58:38,159
>> Cathery.

2836
01:58:38,159 --> 01:58:41,119
Um, okay. Two or three points. Um, I

2837
01:58:41,119 --> 01:58:44,159
think that the, um, if what we're doing

2838
01:58:44,159 --> 01:58:47,040
is trying to send this off to trust and

2839
01:58:47,040 --> 01:58:49,599
to get through their checklist, then

2840
01:58:49,599 --> 01:58:52,320
that's that's one part of the process.

2841
01:58:52,320 --> 01:58:56,239
And I understand that the um in terms of

2842
01:58:56,239 --> 01:58:59,520
um the timeline and that the um that

2843
01:58:59,520 --> 01:59:02,320
this is being rushed to a certain extent

2844
01:59:02,320 --> 01:59:05,840
um to accommodate the um the owners in

2845
01:59:05,840 --> 01:59:08,880
terms of the continuation of the side

2846
01:59:08,880 --> 01:59:11,199
can't renew the temporary use program.

2847
01:59:11,199 --> 01:59:16,000
They have to have had it uh reszoned. um

2848
01:59:16,000 --> 01:59:18,880
and that they've left that application

2849
01:59:18,880 --> 01:59:20,560
late in the process so that they were

2850
01:59:20,560 --> 01:59:23,520
now trying to push up against that

2851
01:59:23,520 --> 01:59:28,400
timeline. Um so what um the material

2852
01:59:28,400 --> 01:59:30,400
that I've been reading um that was

2853
01:59:30,400 --> 01:59:33,280
attached to this item in the agenda uh

2854
01:59:33,280 --> 01:59:35,520
from Heather Miller in particular but

2855
01:59:35,520 --> 01:59:38,560
also um Margaret Underh Hill and she

2856
01:59:38,560 --> 01:59:41,040
spoke uh Margaret spoke earlier in the

2857
01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:47,440
public thing um uh public statements um

2858
01:59:47,440 --> 01:59:50,400
raise issues and I'm not sure that the

2859
01:59:50,400 --> 01:59:52,400
referral to the island's trust and

2860
01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:54,320
getting it through first reading

2861
01:59:54,320 --> 01:59:56,800
is um

2862
01:59:56,800 --> 01:59:58,320
uh

2863
01:59:58,320 --> 02:00:01,280
necessarily going to interfere with the

2864
02:00:01,280 --> 02:00:02,800
questions that are raised. But I would

2865
02:00:02,800 --> 02:00:04,800
like to put it on record that having

2866
02:00:04,800 --> 02:00:06,880
read this material, I think that it's

2867
02:00:06,880 --> 02:00:09,599
rational and reasonable and sounds fair

2868
02:00:09,599 --> 02:00:12,639
and it's something that I need more time

2869
02:00:12,639 --> 02:00:16,320
on. Um so I'm not prepared to go um I'll

2870
02:00:16,320 --> 02:00:18,000
put the proponents on notice. I'm

2871
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:20,480
certainly nowhere close to prepared to

2872
02:00:20,480 --> 02:00:22,880
go to second or third reading uh unless

2873
02:00:22,880 --> 02:00:24,400
a whole lot of those questions are

2874
02:00:24,400 --> 02:00:27,280
answered. Um and the question that was

2875
02:00:27,280 --> 02:00:29,679
raised at the APC in terms of and in

2876
02:00:29,679 --> 02:00:31,520
this correspondence with respect to the

2877
02:00:31,520 --> 02:00:34,880
definition of cery and the amount of

2878
02:00:34,880 --> 02:00:37,360
juice that can be brought in. Whether

2879
02:00:37,360 --> 02:00:39,280
that protects the heritage orchard or

2880
02:00:39,280 --> 02:00:42,800
whether that um you know turns it into

2881
02:00:42,800 --> 02:00:45,520
manufacturing instead of agriculture is

2882
02:00:45,520 --> 02:00:47,440
a question that I think needs much

2883
02:00:47,440 --> 02:00:51,280
deeper um conversation. And I think that

2884
02:00:51,280 --> 02:00:53,520
actually that for me opens up the whole

2885
02:00:53,520 --> 02:00:55,360
issue of there being an open house on

2886
02:00:55,360 --> 02:00:57,920
this um and whether or not we should

2887
02:00:57,920 --> 02:01:00,480
resend that decision that we made in May

2888
02:01:00,480 --> 02:01:02,800
before we had a lot of this other

2889
02:01:02,800 --> 02:01:04,800
information on the table. So I think

2890
02:01:04,800 --> 02:01:07,040
that's up in the air as well.

2891
02:01:07,040 --> 02:01:10,400
um the the business of the heritage and

2892
02:01:10,400 --> 02:01:12,800
protecting a heritage asset. Um that's

2893
02:01:12,800 --> 02:01:15,040
the what uh councelor Saunders is

2894
02:01:15,040 --> 02:01:16,880
talking about. That's the struggle that

2895
02:01:16,880 --> 02:01:18,719
goes on with every heritage property.

2896
02:01:18,719 --> 02:01:21,360
It's an interference by the community in

2897
02:01:21,360 --> 02:01:23,040
the private property interests of

2898
02:01:23,040 --> 02:01:25,679
somebody that wants to change things. So

2899
02:01:25,679 --> 02:01:28,560
that's the whole point of heritage

2900
02:01:28,560 --> 02:01:32,080
protection. And um you know, yes, it the

2901
02:01:32,080 --> 02:01:35,199
legislation clearly allows for that kind

2902
02:01:35,199 --> 02:01:37,199
of interference. And it is unusual and

2903
02:01:37,199 --> 02:01:39,440
it's unique and it's a special section

2904
02:01:39,440 --> 02:01:42,239
of the local government act, but it's it

2905
02:01:42,239 --> 02:01:45,840
is allowed and it's a a public community

2906
02:01:45,840 --> 02:01:48,239
definition or decision in terms of yes,

2907
02:01:48,239 --> 02:01:50,239
that's an asset that we think needs to

2908
02:01:50,239 --> 02:01:53,199
be without having to buy it. Um that you

2909
02:01:53,199 --> 02:01:55,119
can put certain conditions on it in

2910
02:01:55,119 --> 02:01:57,119
terms of you know it's something that a

2911
02:01:57,119 --> 02:01:58,560
whole lot of effort was put into

2912
02:01:58,560 --> 02:02:00,480
creating it in the beginning or however

2913
02:02:00,480 --> 02:02:04,960
long ago that was. So um I would say

2914
02:02:04,960 --> 02:02:07,920
that if we move to u a referral to

2915
02:02:07,920 --> 02:02:10,320
islands trust that's one thing in terms

2916
02:02:10,320 --> 02:02:13,440
of this checklist but it's quite an a a

2917
02:02:13,440 --> 02:02:16,800
much more difficult process I think once

2918
02:02:16,800 --> 02:02:19,040
it comes back from trust and we have to

2919
02:02:19,040 --> 02:02:20,800
deal with second and third reading I'm

2920
02:02:20,800 --> 02:02:23,360
nowhere close to being and I'm changing

2921
02:02:23,360 --> 02:02:27,760
my position from when was this last year

2922
02:02:27,760 --> 02:02:28,239
May

2923
02:02:28,239 --> 02:02:29,199
>> May

2924
02:02:29,199 --> 02:02:32,000
>> um so you know I at that point. I

2925
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:35,040
thought that the problem was that the um

2926
02:02:35,040 --> 02:02:38,320
the neighbors had reconciled to the

2927
02:02:38,320 --> 02:02:40,960
operation of a commercial cery and

2928
02:02:40,960 --> 02:02:47,280
without the bed and breakfast and that major issue had been resolved. And

2929
02:02:47,280 --> 02:02:51,199
now at the you know the 11 11 and a half

2930
02:02:51,199 --> 02:02:53,040
hours there's a whole bunch of other

2931
02:02:53,040 --> 02:02:54,880
material that comes in with respect to

2932
02:02:54,880 --> 02:03:00,560
water in particular and um uh septic and

2933
02:03:00,560 --> 02:03:03,599
um green waste and uh whether or not all

2934
02:03:03,599 --> 02:03:08,159
of that has been put to um Vancouver

2935
02:03:08,159 --> 02:03:09,679
Coastal Health. if I had them here

2936
02:03:09,679 --> 02:03:11,440
today, I'd be asking them some questions

2937
02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:14,000
in terms of whether or not they had

2938
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:15,679
taken some of these other things into

2939
02:03:15,679 --> 02:03:17,440
consideration and I would certainly hope

2940
02:03:17,440 --> 02:03:20,239
that um staff would take the

2941
02:03:20,239 --> 02:03:22,159
correspondence seriously and maybe ask

2942
02:03:22,159 --> 02:03:23,679
those questions on our behalf of

2943
02:03:23,679 --> 02:03:26,400
Vancouver Coastal Health, but um we

2944
02:03:26,400 --> 02:03:27,920
don't have that material in front of us

2945
02:03:27,920 --> 02:03:30,719
today. So, um

2946
02:03:30,719 --> 02:03:34,480
I'm I don't think that our decision

2947
02:03:34,480 --> 02:03:36,159
today to refer it to trust would

2948
02:03:36,159 --> 02:03:38,719
necessarily change in terms of it having

2949
02:03:38,719 --> 02:03:41,119
going back to trust. So, you know, if we

2950
02:03:41,119 --> 02:03:43,920
can have some of our concerns

2951
02:03:43,920 --> 02:03:47,840
alleviated, that's fine. But, um I agree

2952
02:03:47,840 --> 02:03:51,360
with the very detailed uh conservation

2953
02:03:51,360 --> 02:03:53,679
covenant and protection of a heritage

2954
02:03:53,679 --> 02:03:56,800
value asset in the community. And I'm

2955
02:03:56,800 --> 02:03:58,480
very concerned about the definition of

2956
02:03:58,480 --> 02:04:01,520
the cidery and

2957
02:04:01,520 --> 02:04:04,239
um yeah some of these other water

2958
02:04:04,239 --> 02:04:07,040
concerns that are raised in the the

2959
02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:08,719
correspondence.

2960
02:04:08,719 --> 02:04:11,840
I don't appreciate getting 14 pages of

2961
02:04:11,840 --> 02:04:15,280
detailed um argument on the day of a

2962
02:04:15,280 --> 02:04:17,520
meeting. It's really hard to digest it.

2963
02:04:17,520 --> 02:04:21,360
But that's beside the point.

2964
02:04:21,360 --> 02:04:24,880
So, um, myself and the speakers list,

2965
02:04:24,880 --> 02:04:28,800
too. Um, as a point of information, um,

2966
02:04:28,800 --> 02:04:30,880
all of those detailed letters have come

2967
02:04:30,880 --> 02:04:33,280
from somebody who no longer, as far as

2968
02:04:33,280 --> 02:04:36,400
we can tell, resides on Bowen Island or

2969
02:04:36,400 --> 02:04:40,159
owns property on Bowen Island. Um, and

2970
02:04:40,159 --> 02:04:43,440
those were all sent to us

2971
02:04:43,440 --> 02:04:45,760
directly earlier.

2972
02:04:45,760 --> 02:04:48,639
I mean, my my inbox has been inundated

2973
02:04:48,639 --> 02:04:50,719
with them, so I'm assuming yours has,

2974
02:04:50,719 --> 02:04:54,000
but the other is um is there a way to

2975
02:04:54,000 --> 02:04:57,440
with the definition of apples on the

2976
02:04:57,440 --> 02:05:00,560
lot? Um

2977
02:05:00,560 --> 02:05:02,560
I mean, I'm everybody wants to protect

2978
02:05:02,560 --> 02:05:05,040
the existing trees, but if we had a huge

2979
02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:06,880
awful winter storm and they all died,

2980
02:05:06,880 --> 02:05:08,560
well, they all died and then what do you

2981
02:05:08,560 --> 02:05:11,040
do? Um you can't build something else.

2982
02:05:11,040 --> 02:05:14,639
But could could we put in the word um

2983
02:05:14,639 --> 02:05:16,000
something along the lines in the

2984
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:17,840
definition of cery that the production

2985
02:05:17,840 --> 02:05:21,920
comes from uh the existing trees from

2986
02:05:21,920 --> 02:05:23,920
fruit grown on the existing trees on the

2987
02:05:23,920 --> 02:05:27,679
lot unless those trees die.

2988
02:05:27,679 --> 02:05:30,080
Um you know so that they could be

2989
02:05:30,080 --> 02:05:32,159
replaced with I mean what happens if

2990
02:05:32,159 --> 02:05:35,440
those trees did get wiped out?

2991
02:05:35,440 --> 02:05:36,080
I mean

2992
02:05:36,080 --> 02:05:37,760
>> they had to replant if there was a

2993
02:05:37,760 --> 02:05:39,840
covenant saying you had to keep those

2994
02:05:39,840 --> 02:05:41,440
trees.

2995
02:05:41,440 --> 02:05:43,040
>> Yeah. To the chair. I mean I think

2996
02:05:43,040 --> 02:05:44,800
that's a question more for the the

2997
02:05:44,800 --> 02:05:47,440
covenant than the cidery definition

2998
02:05:47,440 --> 02:05:49,520
which is more supposed to be like an an

2999
02:05:49,520 --> 02:05:52,320
islandwide definition for the the cidery

3000
02:05:52,320 --> 02:05:53,199
land use.

3001
02:05:53,199 --> 02:05:55,440
>> Okay. So my other question is if we gave

3002
02:05:55,440 --> 02:05:58,480
it first reading today

3003
02:05:58,480 --> 02:06:01,280
and referred it to the trust,

3004
02:06:01,280 --> 02:06:05,199
could the covenant be explored

3005
02:06:05,199 --> 02:06:09,599
um after and be a condition of going you

3006
02:06:09,599 --> 02:06:12,000
know ask staff to explore the covenant

3007
02:06:12,000 --> 02:06:14,000
and then

3008
02:06:14,000 --> 02:06:16,480
at second reading we make it a condition

3009
02:06:16,480 --> 02:06:20,719
of second or third or final reading.

3010
02:06:20,719 --> 02:06:23,920
>> Um I mean yes it can be. So I me and the

3011
02:06:23,920 --> 02:06:25,199
corporate officer had drafted some

3012
02:06:25,199 --> 02:06:26,800
wording of of council wanting to move

3013
02:06:26,800 --> 02:06:29,920
that forward. Um I think the one piece I

3014
02:06:29,920 --> 02:06:31,280
guess would be if if the island trust

3015
02:06:31,280 --> 02:06:33,199
comes back and says well our approval

3016
02:06:33,199 --> 02:06:35,280
would be you know conditional on there

3017
02:06:35,280 --> 02:06:36,800
being a covenant which they've done for

3018
02:06:36,800 --> 02:06:38,560
some reasoning applications then we

3019
02:06:38,560 --> 02:06:40,400
would be saying okay well then clearly

3020
02:06:40,400 --> 02:06:42,079
you know the trust's expectations this

3021
02:06:42,079 --> 02:06:45,840
is this is included as well. Um, but

3022
02:06:45,840 --> 02:06:48,719
definitely, you know, council can amend

3023
02:06:48,719 --> 02:06:52,560
the application at second reading.

3024
02:06:52,560 --> 02:06:54,880
>> Council passed. Thank you. I'd be

3025
02:06:54,880 --> 02:06:57,119
interested in seeing the draft wording

3026
02:06:57,119 --> 02:06:59,360
that uh you and the corporate officer

3027
02:06:59,360 --> 02:07:07,189
have uh talked about.

3028
02:07:07,199 --> 02:07:09,520
Okay. So you've just called it ongoing

3029
02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:12,400
protection of

3030
02:07:12,400 --> 02:07:14,639
>> yeah we written yeah in terms of ongoing

3031
02:07:14,639 --> 02:07:16,159
protection of the biodiversity of the

3032
02:07:16,159 --> 02:07:17,920
heritage orchard. So it's not about

3033
02:07:17,920 --> 02:07:19,840
protection of the agriculture land but

3034
02:07:19,840 --> 02:07:21,599
about but the the idea of ongoing

3035
02:07:21,599 --> 02:07:23,119
protection is saying it's beyond just

3036
02:07:23,119 --> 02:07:24,800
saying you know you can't you can't

3037
02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:26,960
build a house here but there needs some

3038
02:07:26,960 --> 02:07:29,040
provision for ongoing protection.

3039
02:07:29,040 --> 02:07:31,440
>> Well I like that because it doesn't mean

3040
02:07:31,440 --> 02:07:33,119
that it has to be a conservation

3041
02:07:33,119 --> 02:07:34,560
covenant. There could there's other

3042
02:07:34,560 --> 02:07:35,760
tools

3043
02:07:35,760 --> 02:07:38,719
>> uh potentially. Um

3044
02:07:38,719 --> 02:07:41,520
but if that's the wording from staff, if

3045
02:07:41,520 --> 02:07:43,760
I move that now, can we still move on to

3046
02:07:43,760 --> 02:07:48,480
the um uh giving it first reading and um

3047
02:07:48,480 --> 02:07:50,159
>> I I would see those two as sort of

3048
02:07:50,159 --> 02:07:52,079
happening and then and then the

3049
02:07:52,079 --> 02:07:55,199
recommendation if council wishes. So

3050
02:07:55,199 --> 02:07:56,159
yes.

3051
02:07:56,159 --> 02:07:59,119
>> Okay. Then I move that council direct

3052
02:07:59,119 --> 02:08:01,840
staff to seek protection of the riparian

3053
02:08:01,840 --> 02:08:03,440
areas as a condition of reasonzoning

3054
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:06,079
approval and that council direct staff

3055
02:08:06,079 --> 02:08:07,920
to seek ongoing protection of the

3056
02:08:07,920 --> 02:08:10,480
biodiversity of the heritage orchard as

3057
02:08:10,480 --> 02:08:16,470
a condition of reasonzoning approval.

3058
02:08:16,480 --> 02:08:21,669
» Second.

3059
02:08:21,679 --> 02:08:23,679
» All in favor?

3060
02:08:23,679 --> 02:08:25,679
All right.

3061
02:08:25,679 --> 02:08:27,280
>> Okay.

3062
02:08:27,280 --> 02:08:29,840
>> Um and then

3063
02:08:29,840 --> 02:08:31,520
are you going to move the second part of

3064
02:08:31,520 --> 02:08:32,239
the motion?

3065
02:08:32,239 --> 02:08:36,159
>> I would be delighted to. Um

3066
02:08:36,159 --> 02:08:38,000
this is the same as it's in our package,

3067
02:08:38,000 --> 02:08:41,760
I think. Okay. um that bylaw number 726

3068
02:08:41,760 --> 02:08:43,840
cited as Bowen Island Municipality Land

3069
02:08:43,840 --> 02:08:47,520
Use bylaw number 57, 2002, amendment

3070
02:08:47,520 --> 02:08:50,159
bump number 726,2026

3071
02:08:50,159 --> 02:08:53,440
be read a first time and that council

3072
02:08:53,440 --> 02:08:58,079
refer uh bylaw number 726206

3073
02:08:58,079 --> 02:09:02,400
and the wording from Sophie about the on

3074
02:09:02,400 --> 02:09:06,639
the um islands trust policy statement

3075
02:09:06,639 --> 02:09:09,199
checklist. list.

3076
02:09:09,199 --> 02:09:09,599
Uh,

3077
02:09:09,599 --> 02:09:12,079
>> sorry, just go. It's on the It's on the

3078
02:09:12,079 --> 02:09:12,480
screen.

3079
02:09:12,480 --> 02:09:15,280
>> Oh, thank you. Uh, checklist included in

3080
02:09:15,280 --> 02:09:18,639
the on table items package of the July

3081
02:09:18,639 --> 02:09:20,480
27 regular council meeting to the

3082
02:09:20,480 --> 02:09:23,440
island's trust and that council uh

3083
02:09:23,440 --> 02:09:25,280
direct staff to return with the results

3084
02:09:25,280 --> 02:09:26,320
of the referral.

3085
02:09:26,320 --> 02:09:29,840
>> Do we have a seconder? Council Saunders.

3086
02:09:29,840 --> 02:09:31,840
All in favor?

3087
02:09:31,840 --> 02:09:33,599
I [clears throat]

3088
02:09:33,599 --> 02:09:38,229
Good. I have a quick question.

3089
02:09:38,239 --> 02:09:39,199
Do you have a question?

3090
02:09:39,199 --> 02:09:42,639
>> Yeah. Okay. Um Daniel, don't disappear.

3091
02:09:42,639 --> 02:09:44,880
>> U just a quick question for the planner.

3092
02:09:44,880 --> 02:09:49,119
Um and do any of these um resolutions

3093
02:09:49,119 --> 02:09:50,960
preclude council from moving to public

3094
02:09:50,960 --> 02:09:54,079
hearing at a later date um as this

3095
02:09:54,079 --> 02:09:55,760
application proceeds.

3096
02:09:55,760 --> 02:09:56,960
>> Thank you. That's a great great

3097
02:09:56,960 --> 02:09:58,400
question. I was going to raising it for

3098
02:09:58,400 --> 02:10:01,599
council Getty. Um so typically when when

3099
02:10:01,599 --> 02:10:04,159
there's no public hearing required and

3100
02:10:04,159 --> 02:10:05,599
where council's given the notice, we

3101
02:10:05,599 --> 02:10:07,840
would come back as staff um for the

3102
02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:09,520
bylaw for consideration of second and

3103
02:10:09,520 --> 02:10:11,440
third reading. We would bring an

3104
02:10:11,440 --> 02:10:12,880
alternative which would be council would

3105
02:10:12,880 --> 02:10:14,639
give second reading and refer to a

3106
02:10:14,639 --> 02:10:17,520
public hearing at that time.

3107
02:10:17,520 --> 02:10:18,239
>> Okay,

3108
02:10:18,239 --> 02:10:19,040
>> if that's clear.

3109
02:10:19,040 --> 02:10:20,400
>> So if we want to proceed to public

3110
02:10:20,400 --> 02:10:22,560
hearing, we do it after second.

3111
02:10:22,560 --> 02:10:23,119
>> Correct.

3112
02:10:23,119 --> 02:10:25,119
>> Okay.

3113
02:10:25,119 --> 02:10:29,510
>> Thank you.

3114
02:10:29,520 --> 02:10:31,040
Okay.

3115
02:10:31,040 --> 02:10:34,159
Oops. Have we lost everybody here? Uh,

3116
02:10:34,159 --> 02:10:36,000
staff report solid waste service

3117
02:10:36,000 --> 02:10:45,990
agreement. Christina Cali.

3118
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:48,159
Thank you, council. I haven't prepared a

3119
02:10:48,159 --> 02:10:49,760
presentation, but I can walk you through

3120
02:10:49,760 --> 02:10:51,920
the staff report.

3121
02:10:51,920 --> 02:10:54,079
Okay. So staff are seeking council

3122
02:10:54,079 --> 02:10:55,840
direction to issue a notice of intent

3123
02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:57,679
for a proposed 2-year solid waste

3124
02:10:57,679 --> 02:10:59,360
services agreement with Bowen Waste

3125
02:10:59,360 --> 02:11:01,599
Solutions. This is for the period of

3126
02:11:01,599 --> 02:11:04,639
January 1st, 2027 to December 31st,

3127
02:11:04,639 --> 02:11:06,239
2028.

3128
02:11:06,239 --> 02:11:08,079
Bowen Waste Solutions is is the

3129
02:11:08,079 --> 02:11:10,320
municipality's current contractor and

3130
02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:12,079
has provided continuous solid waste

3131
02:11:12,079 --> 02:11:15,119
services on Bowen Island since 1994.

3132
02:11:15,119 --> 02:11:16,880
Their proposed agreement would maintain

3133
02:11:16,880 --> 02:11:18,639
existing service levels for garbage,

3134
02:11:18,639 --> 02:11:21,119
organics, recycling, collection, as well

3135
02:11:21,119 --> 02:11:23,280
as operation of the bird facility,

3136
02:11:23,280 --> 02:11:25,280
ensuring uninterrupted service while the

3137
02:11:25,280 --> 02:11:27,199
municipality completes a comprehensive

3138
02:11:27,199 --> 02:11:29,440
review of its long-term solid waste

3139
02:11:29,440 --> 02:11:31,360
system.

3140
02:11:31,360 --> 02:11:32,800
In addition to maintaining current

3141
02:11:32,800 --> 02:11:34,960
services, the negotiated agreement

3142
02:11:34,960 --> 02:11:36,639
includes a commitment from Bow and Waste

3143
02:11:36,639 --> 02:11:38,880
Solutions to work collaboratively with

3144
02:11:38,880 --> 02:11:41,040
the municipality, Recycle BC, and

3145
02:11:41,040 --> 02:11:43,440
potentially other extended uh producer

3146
02:11:43,440 --> 02:11:45,840
responsibility recycling programs in

3147
02:11:45,840 --> 02:11:47,599
order to inform the development of an

3148
02:11:47,599 --> 02:11:49,760
updated solid waste strategy for Bowen

3149
02:11:49,760 --> 02:11:52,000
Island. This work will support

3150
02:11:52,000 --> 02:11:54,800
evaluation of future opportunities which

3151
02:11:54,800 --> 02:11:56,719
could include potential participation in

3152
02:11:56,719 --> 02:11:59,599
recycle BC assessment of depot versus

3153
02:11:59,599 --> 02:12:02,320
curbside recycling models analysis of

3154
02:12:02,320 --> 02:12:05,199
recycling revenues and costs possible on

3155
02:12:05,199 --> 02:12:06,960
island solid waste or composting

3156
02:12:06,960 --> 02:12:09,040
solutions as well as the identification

3157
02:12:09,040 --> 02:12:10,880
of long-term service delivery options

3158
02:12:10,880 --> 02:12:13,679
that maximize both environmental and

3159
02:12:13,679 --> 02:12:16,320
financial benefits.

3160
02:12:16,320 --> 02:12:18,800
The negotiated contract value is 1.434

3161
02:12:18,800 --> 02:12:21,840
434 million annually. This is

3162
02:12:21,840 --> 02:12:24,400
representing a 14.5% increase over the

3163
02:12:24,400 --> 02:12:26,719
current agreement. This increase

3164
02:12:26,719 --> 02:12:28,400
reflects higher labor, fuel,

3165
02:12:28,400 --> 02:12:30,320
transportation, equipment, maintenance,

3166
02:12:30,320 --> 02:12:32,719
and regulatory costs experienced by

3167
02:12:32,719 --> 02:12:34,079
Bowen Waste over the term of the

3168
02:12:34,079 --> 02:12:36,719
existing contract.

3169
02:12:36,719 --> 02:12:38,400
The two-year term was intentionally

3170
02:12:38,400 --> 02:12:40,159
selected to provide a short-term cost

3171
02:12:40,159 --> 02:12:42,320
certainty while preserving flexibility

3172
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:44,079
to implement recommendations from the

3173
02:12:44,079 --> 02:12:47,199
forthcoming solid waste strategy.

3174
02:12:47,199 --> 02:12:49,119
Uh preliminary analysis indicates that

3175
02:12:49,119 --> 02:12:50,960
participation in recycle BC could

3176
02:12:50,960 --> 02:12:53,119
provide significant financial benefits

3177
02:12:53,119 --> 02:12:55,520
as well as enhance recycling performance

3178
02:12:55,520 --> 02:12:56,800
which would make it important that the

3179
02:12:56,800 --> 02:12:58,560
municipality retain flexibility while

3180
02:12:58,560 --> 02:13:00,639
these opportunities are fully evaluated

3181
02:13:00,639 --> 02:13:02,960
over the next two years.

3182
02:13:02,960 --> 02:13:05,119
Issuing a notice of intent would support

3183
02:13:05,119 --> 02:13:06,880
the transparency and compliance with

3184
02:13:06,880 --> 02:13:09,840
procurement uh requirements by providing

3185
02:13:09,840 --> 02:13:11,599
an opportunity for other qualified

3186
02:13:11,599 --> 02:13:13,440
suppliers to demonstrate their ability

3187
02:13:13,440 --> 02:13:16,400
to deliver comparable services. If no

3188
02:13:16,400 --> 02:13:18,880
valid changes or challenge is received,

3189
02:13:18,880 --> 02:13:20,719
staff will proceed with finalizing the

3190
02:13:20,719 --> 02:13:22,639
agreement and return to council for

3191
02:13:22,639 --> 02:13:25,119
approval. If a valid challenge is

3192
02:13:25,119 --> 02:13:26,480
received, staff will undertake

3193
02:13:26,480 --> 02:13:28,960
competitive procurement process.

3194
02:13:28,960 --> 02:13:30,159
>> Thank you.

3195
02:13:30,159 --> 02:13:32,960
>> Would somebody like to move the motion

3196
02:13:32,960 --> 02:13:35,440
or has questions?

3197
02:13:35,440 --> 02:13:40,470
>> I'll move the motion.

3198
02:13:40,480 --> 02:13:41,280
» Want me to read it?

3199
02:13:41,280 --> 02:13:42,800
>> Yeah. [laughter]

3200
02:13:42,800 --> 02:13:46,079
Uh the council directs staff to post a

3201
02:13:46,079 --> 02:13:48,480
notice of intent to proceed with a

3202
02:13:48,480 --> 02:13:50,800
direct award to Bowen Waste Solutions,

3203
02:13:50,800 --> 02:13:53,360
Inc. for a solid waste services

3204
02:13:53,360 --> 02:13:56,000
agreement and that upon expiry of the

3205
02:13:56,000 --> 02:13:58,960
notice period without receipt of a valid

3206
02:13:58,960 --> 02:14:00,960
challenge that staff will be authorized

3207
02:14:00,960 --> 02:14:03,280
to enter a 2-year contract beginning

3208
02:14:03,280 --> 02:14:06,239
January 1st, 2027 with Bowen Waste

3209
02:14:06,239 --> 02:14:11,030
Solutions, Inc. for1,443

3210
02:14:11,040 --> 02:14:13,520
434,112

3211
02:14:13,520 --> 02:14:15,920
per year and further that should the

3212
02:14:15,920 --> 02:14:18,880
notice be successfully challenged staff

3213
02:14:18,880 --> 02:14:20,400
will be directed to undertake a

3214
02:14:20,400 --> 02:14:22,880
competitive procurement process

3215
02:14:22,880 --> 02:14:25,840
including a request for proposals in

3216
02:14:25,840 --> 02:14:27,440
accordance with the applicable

3217
02:14:27,440 --> 02:14:29,520
procurement policies and legal

3218
02:14:29,520 --> 02:14:33,199
requirements. Seconder council Getty.

3219
02:14:33,199 --> 02:14:35,920
Any questions, discussion? All those in

3220
02:14:35,920 --> 02:14:40,470
favor?

3221
02:14:40,480 --> 02:14:40,880
» Thank you.

3222
02:14:40,880 --> 02:14:43,199
>> Can I take a two-minut break or I'm

3223
02:14:43,199 --> 02:14:44,480
going to disappear for

3224
02:14:44,480 --> 02:14:52,069
>> couple minutes?

3225
02:14:52,079 --> 02:14:53,199
» Have we still got?

3226
02:14:53,199 --> 02:14:54,560
>> Yeah, we've got four. Well, I don't

3227
02:14:54,560 --> 02:14:56,719
know. We've lost two two members right

3228
02:14:56,719 --> 02:14:59,520
now. I think just roll everybody.

3229
02:14:59,520 --> 02:18:50,709
>> I think we're taking a twominut break.

3230
02:18:50,719 --> 02:18:53,679
Everyone, my name is Mer Bornia. I'm the

3231
02:18:53,679 --> 02:18:56,160
new manager of infrastructure with Roy

3232
02:18:56,160 --> 02:18:57,760
Municipality.

3233
02:18:57,760 --> 02:19:00,080
Today I will provide an update on the

3234
02:19:00,080 --> 02:19:03,040
emergency repairs at the Snove North and

3235
02:19:03,040 --> 02:19:06,319
South WS. This is an information update

3236
02:19:06,319 --> 02:19:09,439
only and I'm not asking council for any

3237
02:19:09,439 --> 02:19:11,760
direction or approval. I will just

3238
02:19:11,760 --> 02:19:14,160
explain what we have found, what we have

3239
02:19:14,160 --> 02:19:18,559
done so far and what happens next.

3240
02:19:18,559 --> 02:19:20,319
This is the agenda [clears throat] of my

3241
02:19:20,319 --> 02:19:22,880
today's presentation. I will begin with

3242
02:19:22,880 --> 02:19:25,120
some background on why why these warves

3243
02:19:25,120 --> 02:19:27,519
are important. I will then explain what

3244
02:19:27,519 --> 02:19:29,760
the structural assessment have found the

3245
02:19:29,760 --> 02:19:32,160
immediate the immediate safety measures

3246
02:19:32,160 --> 02:19:35,599
that you have taken the periscope

3247
02:19:35,599 --> 02:19:38,559
how the work will be completed approval

3248
02:19:38,559 --> 02:19:42,160
costs schedule and risk and last but not

3249
02:19:42,160 --> 02:19:43,920
least the long-term plan for these

3250
02:19:43,920 --> 02:19:46,880
warfs.

3251
02:19:46,880 --> 02:19:49,359
Um the area photo that you see on this

3252
02:19:49,359 --> 02:19:53,120
slide u has been taken by my drone. It

3253
02:19:53,120 --> 02:19:56,800
shows north and south bars um are next

3254
02:19:56,800 --> 02:20:00,000
to BC Ferris terminal. These barves

3255
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:02,880
support public access, vessel morage,

3256
02:20:02,880 --> 02:20:05,920
municipal operations and the ambulance

3257
02:20:05,920 --> 02:20:08,640
and emergency vehicle access.

3258
02:20:08,640 --> 02:20:12,000
The warves are supported on timber piles

3259
02:20:12,000 --> 02:20:15,040
in salt water and are exposed to tides

3260
02:20:15,040 --> 02:20:17,359
and marine borers which damage the

3261
02:20:17,359 --> 02:20:20,640
timber from the inside.

3262
02:20:20,640 --> 02:20:23,120
When the concerns were identified, we

3263
02:20:23,120 --> 02:20:25,840
have acted quickly and emergency

3264
02:20:25,840 --> 02:20:28,800
inspection was completed on June 12th

3265
02:20:28,800 --> 02:20:30,880
followed by a detailed assessment on

3266
02:20:30,880 --> 02:20:32,720
June 16.

3267
02:20:32,720 --> 02:20:35,760
So what did the assessment found in

3268
02:20:35,760 --> 02:20:38,960
summary? Widespread marine border damage

3269
02:20:38,960 --> 02:20:42,640
and localized advanced deterioration.

3270
02:20:42,640 --> 02:20:45,359
The photos on this slide show the main

3271
02:20:45,359 --> 02:20:48,319
concern better than I can explain. Some

3272
02:20:48,319 --> 02:20:51,439
piles might appear reasonably solid from

3273
02:20:51,439 --> 02:20:54,319
the outside but contain large internal

3274
02:20:54,319 --> 02:20:57,840
cavities. The assessment also found

3275
02:20:57,840 --> 02:21:01,600
timber decay, splitting, the

3276
02:21:01,600 --> 02:21:04,640
deterioration of the pile caps and the

3277
02:21:04,640 --> 02:21:08,479
stringers. In total, 12 structure

3278
02:21:08,479 --> 02:21:10,960
components were identified for immediate

3279
02:21:10,960 --> 02:21:13,439
repair or replacement.

3280
02:21:13,439 --> 02:21:16,399
Other components identified will need

3281
02:21:16,399 --> 02:21:18,479
require will require near-term

3282
02:21:18,479 --> 02:21:23,910
rehabilitation and ongoing monitoring

3283
02:21:23,920 --> 02:21:27,120
immediate safety measures. So we did not

3284
02:21:27,120 --> 02:21:29,760
wait for the perimeter repair design

3285
02:21:29,760 --> 02:21:31,920
before taking action.

3286
02:21:31,920 --> 02:21:34,080
Temporary full height timber support

3287
02:21:34,080 --> 02:21:36,479
post were installed beside the two most

3288
02:21:36,479 --> 02:21:38,960
deteriorated part. This is what you see

3289
02:21:38,960 --> 02:21:42,880
in this photo here. We also introduced

3290
02:21:42,880 --> 02:21:45,600
operating restrictions.

3291
02:21:45,600 --> 02:21:48,319
Only essential municipal emergency

3292
02:21:48,319 --> 02:21:51,120
vehicles are permitted with a maximum

3293
02:21:51,120 --> 02:21:53,359
speed of 5 kilometer per hour and only

3294
02:21:53,359 --> 02:21:56,640
one vehicle at a time. We train access

3295
02:21:56,640 --> 02:21:58,960
remains available and emergency and

3296
02:21:58,960 --> 02:22:04,550
ambulance access is maintained.

3297
02:22:04,560 --> 02:22:08,399
So in this slide I have briefly shown

3298
02:22:08,399 --> 02:22:11,520
the the repaircope.

3299
02:22:11,520 --> 02:22:14,880
The repair scope includes replacement of

3300
02:22:14,880 --> 02:22:17,920
severely deteriorated timber piles,

3301
02:22:17,920 --> 02:22:21,359
replacement of deteriorated timber uh

3302
02:22:21,359 --> 02:22:28,080
timber pile caps, localized stringer and structural connection repairs, rehab

3303
02:22:28,080 --> 02:22:30,080
rehabilitation of piles with large

3304
02:22:30,080 --> 02:22:32,560
cavities with grafted steel jacket to

3305
02:22:32,560 --> 02:22:35,600
restore part capacity in locations where

3306
02:22:35,600 --> 02:22:38,240
pile placement is not feasible. So if

3307
02:22:38,240 --> 02:22:41,600
contractor cannot get access to fully

3308
02:22:41,600 --> 02:22:43,439
replace a pile, what they do is that

3309
02:22:43,439 --> 02:22:44,880
they're going to fill the cavity with

3310
02:22:44,880 --> 02:22:47,200
grout and then protect it with steel

3311
02:22:47,200 --> 02:22:49,040
jacket. This is what this detail is

3312
02:22:49,040 --> 02:22:53,280
showing here. Um removal of deteriorated

3313
02:22:53,280 --> 02:22:56,800
or marine infested timber from site and

3314
02:22:56,800 --> 02:22:58,960
reinstatement of decking and other

3315
02:22:58,960 --> 02:23:03,110
temporary removed components.

3316
02:23:03,120 --> 02:23:07,200
A common question that might be asked is

3317
02:23:07,200 --> 02:23:10,319
how the construction will be done.

3318
02:23:10,319 --> 02:23:12,399
Um most of the answer to that question

3319
02:23:12,399 --> 02:23:15,439
is that the most of the work will be

3320
02:23:15,439 --> 02:23:18,399
completed from the water side. The dark

3321
02:23:18,399 --> 02:23:21,280
areas on these slide show the

3322
02:23:21,280 --> 02:23:24,399
approximate barge positioning.

3323
02:23:24,399 --> 02:23:27,920
Um the red area is pile driving

3324
02:23:27,920 --> 02:23:30,319
equipment on top of the barge. We have

3325
02:23:30,319 --> 02:23:33,760
retained a specialized marine contractor

3326
02:23:33,760 --> 02:23:36,479
who is equipped with a specialized wars.

3327
02:23:36,479 --> 02:23:39,760
that uh have pile driving equipment

3328
02:23:39,760 --> 02:23:42,319
and they also have boats that can go in

3329
02:23:42,319 --> 02:23:44,319
between the piles that are underneath

3330
02:23:44,319 --> 02:23:52,469
the the the pier structure.

3331
02:23:52,479 --> 02:23:55,439
What one thing that is um important to

3332
02:23:55,439 --> 02:23:57,439
note on this slide is that during the

3333
02:23:57,439 --> 02:24:00,240
active construction we plan to install

3334
02:24:00,240 --> 02:24:04,160
operable gates. The operable gates will

3335
02:24:04,160 --> 02:24:06,800
keep public out of the active

3336
02:24:06,800 --> 02:24:09,600
construction zone but it will let the

3337
02:24:09,600 --> 02:24:12,080
emergency vehicle and ambulance to go

3338
02:24:12,080 --> 02:24:15,439
through the gate. Um that also includes

3339
02:24:15,439 --> 02:24:17,840
the owners of these um boats that are

3340
02:24:17,840 --> 02:24:19,920
parked here. So it's going to be closed

3341
02:24:19,920 --> 02:24:22,319
to public but it will allow the

3342
02:24:22,319 --> 02:24:24,880
necessary people to pass through. The

3343
02:24:24,880 --> 02:24:27,600
other thing that's important to mention

3344
02:24:27,600 --> 02:24:29,680
is that and this is going to be a phased

3345
02:24:29,680 --> 02:24:32,080
operation. Phase one would be the

3346
02:24:32,080 --> 02:24:34,560
southwarf and that's where the

3347
02:24:34,560 --> 02:24:36,880
contractor is is planning to position

3348
02:24:36,880 --> 02:24:38,960
their barge to do the repair from the

3349
02:24:38,960 --> 02:24:41,920
water side. Phase two is going to be the

3350
02:24:41,920 --> 02:24:44,160
north pier and that's where the

3351
02:24:44,160 --> 02:24:46,160
contractor is planning to position their

3352
02:24:46,160 --> 02:24:48,800
barge to do the repairs. So these gates

3353
02:24:48,800 --> 02:24:50,560
will be installed when there's going to

3354
02:24:50,560 --> 02:24:52,479
be active construction on each of these

3355
02:24:52,479 --> 02:24:54,640
wars

3356
02:24:54,640 --> 02:24:56,640
where we stand with approvals and a

3357
02:24:56,640 --> 02:24:58,880
stakeholder coordination. We have

3358
02:24:58,880 --> 02:25:01,439
submitted an application to DFO because

3359
02:25:01,439 --> 02:25:04,399
we are doing work over over and inside

3360
02:25:04,399 --> 02:25:06,720
the water. The application is currently

3361
02:25:06,720 --> 02:25:09,840
in review pending approval. We have

3362
02:25:09,840 --> 02:25:11,920
submitted the documentation to our own

3363
02:25:11,920 --> 02:25:14,880
building department. We have coordinated

3364
02:25:14,880 --> 02:25:17,280
with transport Canada. They have

3365
02:25:17,280 --> 02:25:20,080
confirmed that this work doesn't require

3366
02:25:20,080 --> 02:25:22,800
navigation program approval mainly

3367
02:25:22,800 --> 02:25:25,359
because it meets the requirement

3368
02:25:25,359 --> 02:25:27,040
uh mainly because it meets the

3369
02:25:27,040 --> 02:25:29,439
definition of repair as opposed to

3370
02:25:29,439 --> 02:25:32,080
rebuild. We have also had a meeting with

3371
02:25:32,080 --> 02:25:34,880
BC fairies on last Friday. They have

3372
02:25:34,880 --> 02:25:38,800
raised some concern about the size and

3373
02:25:38,800 --> 02:25:40,720
dimension of the barge. Therefore, they

3374
02:25:40,720 --> 02:25:42,720
has asked the contractor to submit a

3375
02:25:42,720 --> 02:25:45,680
drawing that shows exactly where they're

3376
02:25:45,680 --> 02:25:52,560
going to um position their equipment in in respect to BC Fair's operational

3377
02:25:52,560 --> 02:25:56,550
envelope.

3378
02:25:56,560 --> 02:25:59,520
Uh the total cost of the project at this

3379
02:25:59,520 --> 02:26:03,439
point is estimated at $260,000.

3380
02:26:03,439 --> 02:26:07,040
The cost includes the the contractor's

3381
02:26:07,040 --> 02:26:09,920
fee as well as consulting cost which

3382
02:26:09,920 --> 02:26:12,800
includes a structural and environmental.

3383
02:26:12,800 --> 02:26:15,520
We have used emergency procurement to

3384
02:26:15,520 --> 02:26:17,600
procure the contractor and consultant

3385
02:26:17,600 --> 02:26:20,080
mainly because when the concerns were

3386
02:26:20,080 --> 02:26:23,200
identified the the time of failure could

3387
02:26:23,200 --> 02:26:25,520
not be reliably predicted. So that's why

3388
02:26:25,520 --> 02:26:30,160
we went ahead and um and hired both the

3389
02:26:30,160 --> 02:26:32,880
consultant and contractor.

3390
02:26:32,880 --> 02:26:35,280
In terms of project timeline, uh as you

3391
02:26:35,280 --> 02:26:37,920
can see on this slide, things have moved

3392
02:26:37,920 --> 02:26:40,080
pretty quickly since we since the

3393
02:26:40,080 --> 02:26:42,960
concerns were identified. Uh we are

3394
02:26:42,960 --> 02:26:45,280
currently here. We had our meeting with

3395
02:26:45,280 --> 02:26:47,600
BC Fairies. We will submit the

3396
02:26:47,600 --> 02:26:50,160
documentation that they have um asked us

3397
02:26:50,160 --> 02:26:52,640
to provide. The construction is

3398
02:26:52,640 --> 02:26:57,200
anticipated to begin mid August pending

3399
02:26:57,200 --> 02:26:59,600
receiving approvals from DFO and

3400
02:26:59,600 --> 02:27:01,520
approval of BC fairies to move forward

3401
02:27:01,520 --> 02:27:04,240
with the work. The target completion

3402
02:27:04,240 --> 02:27:08,080
date is September 15. However, if we can

3403
02:27:08,080 --> 02:27:10,880
start earlier in August, uh we are

3404
02:27:10,880 --> 02:27:12,800
aiming to complete everything before the

3405
02:27:12,800 --> 02:27:16,630
month of September.

3406
02:27:16,640 --> 02:27:19,359
Risks and mitigation. So like every

3407
02:27:19,359 --> 02:27:21,680
construction project, this project has

3408
02:27:21,680 --> 02:27:24,399
its own risks. It's important to

3409
02:27:24,399 --> 02:27:27,439
identify them and have appropriate

3410
02:27:27,439 --> 02:27:30,240
response for each identified risk. I'm

3411
02:27:30,240 --> 02:27:32,160
not going to go over all the risk that

3412
02:27:32,160 --> 02:27:35,120
we have identified. But to give you just

3413
02:27:35,120 --> 02:27:37,760
one example, an example of the risk that

3414
02:27:37,760 --> 02:27:41,040
was identified was a risk of internal

3415
02:27:41,040 --> 02:27:44,080
damage not visible from surface. And the

3416
02:27:44,080 --> 02:27:46,800
proper risk respond for that was

3417
02:27:46,800 --> 02:27:50,080
resistorraph testing by the structural

3418
02:27:50,080 --> 02:27:51,760
consultant before the construction

3419
02:27:51,760 --> 02:27:54,640
begins. And then field verification and

3420
02:27:54,640 --> 02:27:56,960
engineering review during construction.

3421
02:27:56,960 --> 02:28:00,240
So if contractor comes across piles that

3422
02:28:00,240 --> 02:28:03,120
he seems suspicious of needing to be

3423
02:28:03,120 --> 02:28:05,120
replaced, you're going to bring us bring

3424
02:28:05,120 --> 02:28:07,040
us to our attention and we will move

3425
02:28:07,040 --> 02:28:11,200
forward with replacing those as well.

3426
02:28:11,200 --> 02:28:13,920
Long-term wolf management. I want to be

3427
02:28:13,920 --> 02:28:16,560
very clear about what these repels will

3428
02:28:16,560 --> 02:28:19,120
and will not achieve. The project

3429
02:28:19,120 --> 02:28:21,040
addresses the highest priority

3430
02:28:21,040 --> 02:28:22,560
deficiencies.

3431
02:28:22,560 --> 02:28:25,359
However, marine border activity is

3432
02:28:25,359 --> 02:28:28,000
present at several location across both

3433
02:28:28,000 --> 02:28:31,200
WS and will continue.

3434
02:28:31,200 --> 02:28:34,000
Because of this, we need a long-term

3435
02:28:34,000 --> 02:28:36,479
asset management program. Their

3436
02:28:36,479 --> 02:28:39,680
recommended future measures are regular

3437
02:28:39,680 --> 02:28:42,560
tide structural inspection, targeted

3438
02:28:42,560 --> 02:28:45,200
resistorraph testing for piles that are

3439
02:28:45,200 --> 02:28:47,680
suspicious of having cavities inside

3440
02:28:47,680 --> 02:28:50,479
them, monitoring of the repaired and

3441
02:28:50,479 --> 02:28:53,439
previously identified piles, removal of

3442
02:28:53,439 --> 02:28:56,399
infested timber debris from site, pile

3443
02:28:56,399 --> 02:28:58,560
encapsulation or jacket system at

3444
02:28:58,560 --> 02:29:01,200
priority locations. a phase

3445
02:29:01,200 --> 02:29:04,560
rehabilitation and renewal strategy and

3446
02:29:04,560 --> 02:29:07,760
future capital planning um for these

3447
02:29:07,760 --> 02:29:09,760
bars to make sure every year there's

3448
02:29:09,760 --> 02:29:13,280
budget to do the proper measures for for

3449
02:29:13,280 --> 02:29:16,479
these barbs.

3450
02:29:16,479 --> 02:29:19,920
With this I conclude uh my presentation

3451
02:29:19,920 --> 02:29:22,640
and I am open to questions from council

3452
02:29:22,640 --> 02:29:24,960
and the public. Thank you.

3453
02:29:24,960 --> 02:29:29,439
>> Any questions councelor Getty? Um so

3454
02:29:29,439 --> 02:29:31,200
somewhere in your report you talk about

3455
02:29:31,200 --> 02:29:33,520
uh trying to find measures to prevent

3456
02:29:33,520 --> 02:29:34,880
the marine borers.

3457
02:29:34,880 --> 02:29:38,240
>> That's correct. Um, and my

3458
02:29:38,240 --> 02:29:40,319
vague knowledge is that they used to use

3459
02:29:40,319 --> 02:29:43,680
creassote on the pilings, but that was

3460
02:29:43,680 --> 02:29:47,280
um considered to um put unnecessary

3461
02:29:47,280 --> 02:29:50,479
chemicals into the water, which um was

3462
02:29:50,479 --> 02:29:52,240
part of the cleanup of house sound in

3463
02:29:52,240 --> 02:29:54,560
terms of wrapping the piles with I think

3464
02:29:54,560 --> 02:29:56,960
it was something as simple as netting to

3465
02:29:56,960 --> 02:29:59,120
keep the maybe it was the muscles, not

3466
02:29:59,120 --> 02:30:04,160
the bores. But um in in terms of

3467
02:30:04,160 --> 02:30:06,880
whatever preventative measures um are

3468
02:30:06,880 --> 02:30:09,040
going to be considered um then I think

3469
02:30:09,040 --> 02:30:11,600
we have to talk about the environmental

3470
02:30:11,600 --> 02:30:14,640
protection at the same time. Um, so I'd

3471
02:30:14,640 --> 02:30:16,160
like you to keep that in mind. And I'm

3472
02:30:16,160 --> 02:30:17,920
wondering if there's any alternatives in

3473
02:30:17,920 --> 02:30:20,240
terms of the materials that are can be

3474
02:30:20,240 --> 02:30:25,120
used for ponds like possibly cement or

3475
02:30:25,120 --> 02:30:28,240
um some metal although it's salt water

3476
02:30:28,240 --> 02:30:30,080
but

3477
02:30:30,080 --> 02:30:32,640
through the chair. Um in terms of

3478
02:30:32,640 --> 02:30:35,760
protection um the protection methodology

3479
02:30:35,760 --> 02:30:39,359
that BCeries has also lose on their

3480
02:30:39,359 --> 02:30:42,160
piles is the use of I think HTTP

3481
02:30:42,160 --> 02:30:45,120
membrane to cover this piles to protect

3482
02:30:45,120 --> 02:30:47,920
them against marine activity. However,

3483
02:30:47,920 --> 02:30:51,600
we need to compare the cost of that with

3484
02:30:51,600 --> 02:30:53,840
full replacement of the pile because it

3485
02:30:53,840 --> 02:30:55,760
could be that the cost associated with

3486
02:30:55,760 --> 02:30:58,880
that repair is higher than the full

3487
02:30:58,880 --> 02:31:00,960
replacement of the P. We have the cost

3488
02:31:00,960 --> 02:31:03,120
associated with full replacement as a

3489
02:31:03,120 --> 02:31:04,560
result of the work that we are doing

3490
02:31:04,560 --> 02:31:07,680
now. But that's a good um subject to

3491
02:31:07,680 --> 02:31:09,760
discuss with the structural engineer and

3492
02:31:09,760 --> 02:31:12,479
contractor to find out what's the best

3493
02:31:12,479 --> 02:31:15,200
solution for our situation.

3494
02:31:15,200 --> 02:31:18,319
>> And um I've got two other questions. Is

3495
02:31:18,319 --> 02:31:20,240
there going to be a fairly complete

3496
02:31:20,240 --> 02:31:22,080
assessment done before construction

3497
02:31:22,080 --> 02:31:24,479
starts so that we have while we've got

3498
02:31:24,479 --> 02:31:26,880
the equipment on site um if we if it's

3499
02:31:26,880 --> 02:31:29,280
within budget that we can do as much

3500
02:31:29,280 --> 02:31:31,280
protection as possible.

3501
02:31:31,280 --> 02:31:34,160
>> So a full assessment was completed

3502
02:31:34,160 --> 02:31:36,800
>> but the scope of assessment was to

3503
02:31:36,800 --> 02:31:39,200
identify the immediate concerns which

3504
02:31:39,200 --> 02:31:42,640
were safety issue. the ones the what

3505
02:31:42,640 --> 02:31:46,319
cons um consultant has recommended

3506
02:31:46,319 --> 02:31:48,560
they are basically safety issues and we

3507
02:31:48,560 --> 02:31:50,960
need to take care of them immediately.

3508
02:31:50,960 --> 02:31:54,160
However, we can I I will discuss with

3509
02:31:54,160 --> 02:31:56,880
the consultant whether um there are

3510
02:31:56,880 --> 02:31:59,040
protection measures that we can take

3511
02:31:59,040 --> 02:32:02,080
during the construction if that is if

3512
02:32:02,080 --> 02:32:04,960
that is considered feasible.

3513
02:32:04,960 --> 02:32:10,720
And lastly on the um south dock um the

3514
02:32:10,720 --> 02:32:13,120
float that's attached to it that's

3515
02:32:13,120 --> 02:32:15,120
heavily used by visitors.

3516
02:32:15,120 --> 02:32:15,520
>> Yes,

3517
02:32:15,520 --> 02:32:17,359
>> boat visitors. So how do we keep them

3518
02:32:17,359 --> 02:32:18,399
off?

3519
02:32:18,399 --> 02:32:21,680
>> And second part of that is that that's

3520
02:32:21,680 --> 02:32:24,240
notifying the public. How do we notify

3521
02:32:24,240 --> 02:32:26,160
and and is there a plan to notify the

3522
02:32:26,160 --> 02:32:28,319
bed and breakfast operators that are in

3523
02:32:28,319 --> 02:32:31,439
the area that are going to be disturbed

3524
02:32:31,439 --> 02:32:34,080
by the pile driving?

3525
02:32:34,080 --> 02:32:37,840
My understanding is that um

3526
02:32:37,840 --> 02:32:43,200
the communication will be done through staff to public and they will be

3527
02:32:43,200 --> 02:32:46,000
informed of these upcoming operations.

3528
02:32:46,000 --> 02:32:49,600
In terms of visitors going over the um

3529
02:32:49,600 --> 02:32:53,439
dock, we are going to put operable gates

3530
02:32:53,439 --> 02:32:55,439
there and we're going to put signage

3531
02:32:55,439 --> 02:32:58,240
there that the public are not allowed

3532
02:32:58,240 --> 02:33:00,880
and people who are allowed are basically

3533
02:33:00,880 --> 02:33:03,840
the ambulance and the owners of the

3534
02:33:03,840 --> 02:33:07,120
boats who are park on that dock. It's a

3535
02:33:07,120 --> 02:33:10,319
risk measurement. It's a riskmanagement

3536
02:33:10,319 --> 02:33:13,439
um effort to limit public access to make

3537
02:33:13,439 --> 02:33:16,720
sure during active construction we don't

3538
02:33:16,720 --> 02:33:18,560
have public wandering around those

3539
02:33:18,560 --> 02:33:21,040
ducks. So that's why we're going to put

3540
02:33:21,040 --> 02:33:24,000
a upper gate with proper signage that

3541
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:28,720
can be accessed by um by um authorized

3542
02:33:28,720 --> 02:33:30,800
personnel.

3543
02:33:30,800 --> 02:33:32,960
>> So we don't really have any we're not

3544
02:33:32,960 --> 02:33:34,880
closing down the float for tourists

3545
02:33:34,880 --> 02:33:36,640
coming in.

3546
02:33:36,640 --> 02:33:39,040
I would say for tourists we have to

3547
02:33:39,040 --> 02:33:42,479
close it down. Only the people who have

3548
02:33:42,479 --> 02:33:44,640
u boats parked there

3549
02:33:44,640 --> 02:33:47,200
>> should go through because if you think

3550
02:33:47,200 --> 02:33:49,040
about it this is going to be an active

3551
02:33:49,040 --> 02:33:51,600
construction zone. The contractor knows

3552
02:33:51,600 --> 02:33:53,600
that once they leave the site they have

3553
02:33:53,600 --> 02:34:00,720
to um put the condition of the site in a in a condition that the ambulance

3554
02:34:00,720 --> 02:34:03,680
can go through. But I would not

3555
02:34:03,680 --> 02:34:06,800
recommend giving general public access

3556
02:34:06,800 --> 02:34:08,960
to these docks during the construction

3557
02:34:08,960 --> 02:34:10,800
especially that the construction

3558
02:34:10,800 --> 02:34:13,680
duration is not that long.

3559
02:34:13,680 --> 02:34:15,200
>> I think the one to two weeks

3560
02:34:15,200 --> 02:34:16,800
>> CAO had a comment.

3561
02:34:16,800 --> 02:34:18,000
>> Uh thank you through the mayor to

3562
02:34:18,000 --> 02:34:20,000
counselor Getty I can add to that too.

3563
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:22,560
We have had a coordinating meeting with

3564
02:34:22,560 --> 02:34:24,800
um a large number of staff to try and

3565
02:34:24,800 --> 02:34:26,720
identify all of the different um

3566
02:34:26,720 --> 02:34:28,560
interest holders who would need to be

3567
02:34:28,560 --> 02:34:31,439
notified ahead of time. um talking about

3568
02:34:31,439 --> 02:34:33,760
notification of the the those residents

3569
02:34:33,760 --> 02:34:35,920
right in Snug Cove was part of that

3570
02:34:35,920 --> 02:34:39,359
conversation. Um the manager of

3571
02:34:39,359 --> 02:34:41,520
infrastructure did indicate that it was

3572
02:34:41,520 --> 02:34:43,120
his understanding that all of the

3573
02:34:43,120 --> 02:34:44,640
construction activity would be taking

3574
02:34:44,640 --> 02:34:46,800
place during daylight hours. However, he

3575
02:34:46,800 --> 02:34:49,760
is going to follow up with that because

3576
02:34:49,760 --> 02:34:51,520
of course it's working in the water with

3577
02:34:51,520 --> 02:34:54,000
tides and if there is to be nighttime

3578
02:34:54,000 --> 02:34:56,319
construction then absolutely members of

3579
02:34:56,319 --> 02:34:58,800
the community need advanced and

3580
02:34:58,800 --> 02:35:00,720
significant knowledge about that

3581
02:35:00,720 --> 02:35:02,880
potential. We are planning on closing

3582
02:35:02,880 --> 02:35:07,280
the float to um to tourists. So, we are

3583
02:35:07,280 --> 02:35:09,200
going to be contacting two of the

3584
02:35:09,200 --> 02:35:12,000
marinas in Horseshoe Bay and in West

3585
02:35:12,000 --> 02:35:14,880
Vancouver that often send their tourists

3586
02:35:14,880 --> 02:35:16,640
to say, "Hey, it's a great trip to come

3587
02:35:16,640 --> 02:35:18,880
on over to Bowen for the day." We are

3588
02:35:18,880 --> 02:35:21,120
going to do a very big advanced

3589
02:35:21,120 --> 02:35:23,120
communication plan ahead of time to make

3590
02:35:23,120 --> 02:35:26,000
sure that all of the relevant parties

3591
02:35:26,000 --> 02:35:28,080
that we can identify ahead of time have

3592
02:35:28,080 --> 02:35:30,319
advanced knowledge of this um activity

3593
02:35:30,319 --> 02:35:31,680
going on.

3594
02:35:31,680 --> 02:35:32,960
>> Okay. Councelor Saunders.

3595
02:35:32,960 --> 02:35:34,880
>> Thank you to the chair. Um, you may have

3596
02:35:34,880 --> 02:35:36,960
addressed this in your presentation and

3597
02:35:36,960 --> 02:35:39,280
I missed it. Is there any reason to

3598
02:35:39,280 --> 02:35:41,280
expect that ferry schedules might be

3599
02:35:41,280 --> 02:35:44,240
impacted during operations or should be

3600
02:35:44,240 --> 02:35:46,000
non-issue

3601
02:35:46,000 --> 02:35:50,160
>> to the chair? Um, no. No impact on ferry

3602
02:35:50,160 --> 02:35:52,240
schedule is expected unless something

3603
02:35:52,240 --> 02:35:54,319
unforeseen happens that is beyond

3604
02:35:54,319 --> 02:35:56,240
everybody's control. [laughter] But the

3605
02:35:56,240 --> 02:35:58,479
contractor has confirmed that they can

3606
02:35:58,479 --> 02:36:00,800
work from the water side and they will

3607
02:36:00,800 --> 02:36:05,040
stay out of F's operational envelope and

3608
02:36:05,040 --> 02:36:06,960
we had a coordination meeting on Friday

3609
02:36:06,960 --> 02:36:09,840
with them and uh also BC fairies did not

3610
02:36:09,840 --> 02:36:12,560
mention anything about any disruptions

3611
02:36:12,560 --> 02:36:14,800
in their operation as a result of our

3612
02:36:14,800 --> 02:36:15,280
voters.

3613
02:36:15,280 --> 02:36:17,600
>> Thank you.

3614
02:36:17,600 --> 02:36:20,399
>> Anybody else? Councelor Wake

3615
02:36:20,399 --> 02:36:23,120
>> through the chair. Uh thank you for a a

3616
02:36:23,120 --> 02:36:26,240
very thorough report. This this gives me

3617
02:36:26,240 --> 02:36:28,960
confidence. Um just following up on the

3618
02:36:28,960 --> 02:36:31,520
question about materials. Um where were

3619
02:36:31,520 --> 02:36:34,560
replacing piles? Is there any option for

3620
02:36:34,560 --> 02:36:40,000
steel or something that uh wouldn't rot?

3621
02:36:40,000 --> 02:36:43,439
>> To the chair. Um the plan is like for

3622
02:36:43,439 --> 02:36:46,080
leg replacement, but that's a good

3623
02:36:46,080 --> 02:36:48,800
question. I can uh ask that question

3624
02:36:48,800 --> 02:36:51,760
from the structural engineer and provide

3625
02:36:51,760 --> 02:36:54,560
reasoning about why we can move forward

3626
02:36:54,560 --> 02:36:56,479
with the steel.

3627
02:36:56,479 --> 02:36:57,520
>> Thank you.

3628
02:36:57,520 --> 02:37:00,160
>> And I had a question sort of along the

3629
02:37:00,160 --> 02:37:03,120
same lines I guess. um if all of the

3630
02:37:03,120 --> 02:37:05,600
piles are in say one side or one corner

3631
02:37:05,600 --> 02:37:07,439
or something like that. I mean has

3632
02:37:07,439 --> 02:37:09,040
anybody thought about just making the

3633
02:37:09,040 --> 02:37:13,920
war smaller on the north dock, not uh

3634
02:37:13,920 --> 02:37:15,520
you know not replacing the whole thing

3635
02:37:15,520 --> 02:37:17,760
if the piles are all in one particular

3636
02:37:17,760 --> 02:37:19,760
area. And I I know the dock dance for

3637
02:37:19,760 --> 02:37:22,560
the fire chief would be

3638
02:37:22,560 --> 02:37:24,800
impacted, but other than that, you know,

3639
02:37:24,800 --> 02:37:28,640
I mean, do we need that big a north dock

3640
02:37:28,640 --> 02:37:31,280
>> through the chair? um on the north or

3641
02:37:31,280 --> 02:37:33,200
even south dock. We don't plan to

3642
02:37:33,200 --> 02:37:35,920
replace all piles. It's only 12 members

3643
02:37:35,920 --> 02:37:37,920
that are identified for emergency

3644
02:37:37,920 --> 02:37:38,319
replacement

3645
02:37:38,319 --> 02:37:40,960
>> and they're interspersed throughout the

3646
02:37:40,960 --> 02:37:42,960
they're not all along the one side or

3647
02:37:42,960 --> 02:37:43,520
something like that.

3648
02:37:43,520 --> 02:37:45,760
>> They're they're scattered to some

3649
02:37:45,760 --> 02:37:48,720
extent, but on the south dock luckily

3650
02:37:48,720 --> 02:37:52,240
most of them are on one end of the pier

3651
02:37:52,240 --> 02:37:54,560
which allows the contractor to to do

3652
02:37:54,560 --> 02:37:56,960
their repair work from the water side.

3653
02:37:56,960 --> 02:37:59,200
they're not in kind of in the middle

3654
02:37:59,200 --> 02:38:01,200
that requires basically taking out the

3655
02:38:01,200 --> 02:38:03,520
deck and do the work. There one or two

3656
02:38:03,520 --> 02:38:06,080
piles that are in the middle and for

3657
02:38:06,080 --> 02:38:07,600
those

3658
02:38:07,600 --> 02:38:09,600
what the contractor will do is that

3659
02:38:09,600 --> 02:38:11,120
they're going to temporarily support

3660
02:38:11,120 --> 02:38:13,439
everything from the bottom and they do

3661
02:38:13,439 --> 02:38:15,600
the replacement from the steel from

3662
02:38:15,600 --> 02:38:16,399
below.

3663
02:38:16,399 --> 02:38:18,080
>> Yeah. No, I was more thinking of you

3664
02:38:18,080 --> 02:38:22,790
know the north dock cert.

3665
02:38:22,800 --> 02:38:25,120
So I was just thinking if all the piles

3666
02:38:25,120 --> 02:38:27,040
were the one end of the north dock then

3667
02:38:27,040 --> 02:38:28,800
make it smaller

3668
02:38:28,800 --> 02:38:30,479
>> through through the mayor to your

3669
02:38:30,479 --> 02:38:32,880
question. Uh there's actually not a

3670
02:38:32,880 --> 02:38:34,560
significant amount of work that has to

3671
02:38:34,560 --> 02:38:36,080
take place on the north dock. There's I

3672
02:38:36,080 --> 02:38:38,080
think two piles is

3673
02:38:38,080 --> 02:38:40,000
>> there's much limited the extent of

3674
02:38:40,000 --> 02:38:44,399
damage to the north pier is much smaller

3675
02:38:44,399 --> 02:38:45,920
than the

3676
02:38:45,920 --> 02:38:47,920
>> than the south than the south beer.

3677
02:38:47,920 --> 02:38:51,280
>> Okay. So, it's only a pile cap and I

3678
02:38:51,280 --> 02:38:53,600
think maybe one or two columns that need

3679
02:38:53,600 --> 02:38:54,560
to be replaced.

3680
02:38:54,560 --> 02:38:59,670
>> Yeah. Okay, great. Any more questions?

3681
02:38:59,680 --> 02:39:02,080
» Um, sure. Since you're looking at me, I

3682
02:39:02,080 --> 02:39:04,479
just uh thank you. I'm really happy to

3683
02:39:04,479 --> 02:39:07,680
see the safety of that uh do of the

3684
02:39:07,680 --> 02:39:11,040
docks addressed and uh I always wondered

3685
02:39:11,040 --> 02:39:13,120
about the dock dance and all the people

3686
02:39:13,120 --> 02:39:15,439
jumping up and down at the same time and

3687
02:39:15,439 --> 02:39:18,479
uh would like to be sure that we've been

3688
02:39:18,479 --> 02:39:20,080
as careful as possible. So, thank you

3689
02:39:20,080 --> 02:39:21,600
very much.

3690
02:39:21,600 --> 02:39:23,040
>> Okay, thank you for your presentation.

3691
02:39:23,040 --> 02:39:26,550
It was great.

3692
02:39:26,560 --> 02:39:48,389
» Okay, who's up next? Oh, Daniel's back.

3693
02:39:48,399 --> 02:39:50,080
Thank you. Yes, I'm back again. I don't

3694
02:39:50,080 --> 02:39:51,680
have a presentation with this. This is

3695
02:39:51,680 --> 02:39:54,399
an update on the septic um septic

3696
02:39:54,399 --> 02:39:56,319
maintenance bylaw implementation plan.

3697
02:39:56,319 --> 02:40:00,240
And so what is in the report is just um

3698
02:40:00,240 --> 02:40:01,680
essentially status update on where we

3699
02:40:01,680 --> 02:40:03,280
are in providing more information that

3700
02:40:03,280 --> 02:40:04,479
would form the basis of that

3701
02:40:04,479 --> 02:40:06,800
implementation plan. Um specifically the

3702
02:40:06,800 --> 02:40:08,880
Grafton Lake management plan and our

3703
02:40:08,880 --> 02:40:10,560
work with Vancouver Coastal Health to

3704
02:40:10,560 --> 02:40:12,720
get data on existing septic fields on

3705
02:40:12,720 --> 02:40:15,040
Bowen Island. Um so the recommendation

3706
02:40:15,040 --> 02:40:17,840
is that council receive this report for

3707
02:40:17,840 --> 02:40:19,439
information and then I'm open for any

3708
02:40:19,439 --> 02:40:21,680
questions you might have.

3709
02:40:21,680 --> 02:40:23,520
>> Does anybody have any questions on the

3710
02:40:23,520 --> 02:40:27,190
report?

3711
02:40:27,200 --> 02:40:32,309
Can we have a motion to receive?

3712
02:40:32,319 --> 02:40:34,560
» Okay, you're going to make the motion to

3713
02:40:34,560 --> 02:40:35,439
receive. Motion

3714
02:40:35,439 --> 02:40:36,880
>> to receive.

3715
02:40:36,880 --> 02:40:39,680
>> Thank you. A seconder. Thank you. Um,

3716
02:40:39,680 --> 02:40:41,200
all in favor?

3717
02:40:41,200 --> 02:40:43,600
>> I.

3718
02:40:43,600 --> 02:40:45,760
>> Well done. [laughter]

3719
02:40:45,760 --> 02:40:48,399
>> Sophie, can you bring up the key?

3720
02:40:48,399 --> 02:40:51,840
>> Okay. Um, the next one is uh 8.4, 4

3721
02:40:51,840 --> 02:40:54,399
which is our quarterly um municipal

3722
02:40:54,399 --> 02:40:58,960
report and then 8.5 and 8.6

3723
02:40:58,960 --> 02:41:02,800
our acting CEO and CFO have those three.

3724
02:41:02,800 --> 02:41:04,560
>> Uh thank you mayor through the mayor to

3725
02:41:04,560 --> 02:41:06,080
the rest of council. I just wanted to

3726
02:41:06,080 --> 02:41:08,160
take the opportunity to thank staff for

3727
02:41:08,160 --> 02:41:11,040
putting together the Q2 spring update to

3728
02:41:11,040 --> 02:41:14,319
council. Um this report it covers a very

3729
02:41:14,319 --> 02:41:16,240
uh busy time for staff. These are

3730
02:41:16,240 --> 02:41:18,240
activities reported from the month of

3731
02:41:18,240 --> 02:41:20,160
April through the month of June. It's

3732
02:41:20,160 --> 02:41:22,000
typically a busy time for all of our

3733
02:41:22,000 --> 02:41:24,160
staff. Uh in the corporate services

3734
02:41:24,160 --> 02:41:27,200
department, uh the ongoing work to

3735
02:41:27,200 --> 02:41:29,760
review and update bylaws, policies, and

3736
02:41:29,760 --> 02:41:32,240
procedures is ongoing. The big project

3737
02:41:32,240 --> 02:41:34,000
for this reporting period of course

3738
02:41:34,000 --> 02:41:35,920
includes managing the procurement and

3739
02:41:35,920 --> 02:41:37,840
installation of the new audiovisisual

3740
02:41:37,840 --> 02:41:40,399
equipment in this the conference room.

3741
02:41:40,399 --> 02:41:43,520
Uh this was also supported um with an

3742
02:41:43,520 --> 02:41:45,200
accessibility component that was funded

3743
02:41:45,200 --> 02:41:49,359
with a $25,000 uh spark grant. Ongoing

3744
02:41:49,359 --> 02:41:51,280
support is provided by the corporate

3745
02:41:51,280 --> 02:41:53,040
services department to municipal

3746
02:41:53,040 --> 02:41:56,720
projects such as the OCP review um and

3747
02:41:56,720 --> 02:41:58,399
all of that work that is undertaken by

3748
02:41:58,399 --> 02:42:00,720
the communications and the deputy

3749
02:42:00,720 --> 02:42:03,439
corporate officers work following up

3750
02:42:03,439 --> 02:42:05,520
with our finance department. Uh work on

3751
02:42:05,520 --> 02:42:08,000
the 2025 audit was wrapped up during

3752
02:42:08,000 --> 02:42:11,120
this period. Um, we had acceptance of

3753
02:42:11,120 --> 02:42:13,680
council's acceptance of the 2025 audited

3754
02:42:13,680 --> 02:42:15,920
financial statements as well as

3755
02:42:15,920 --> 02:42:18,160
submission of all required government

3756
02:42:18,160 --> 02:42:20,240
reports to the province which were

3757
02:42:20,240 --> 02:42:22,800
submitted and approved. Uh, this period

3758
02:42:22,800 --> 02:42:26,399
also marked the approval of the 2026

3759
02:42:26,399 --> 02:42:29,520
5-year financial plan and setting of the

3760
02:42:29,520 --> 02:42:31,359
annual tax rates and sending out of all

3761
02:42:31,359 --> 02:42:33,840
the tax notices and collection of the

3762
02:42:33,840 --> 02:42:36,640
annual property taxes. So Q2 marks a

3763
02:42:36,640 --> 02:42:38,560
very busy period in the financial

3764
02:42:38,560 --> 02:42:41,200
services department. The engineering and

3765
02:42:41,200 --> 02:42:43,280
public works department has been busy

3766
02:42:43,280 --> 02:42:45,439
with a new project that's begun. As you

3767
02:42:45,439 --> 02:42:48,720
just learned, the um the docks located

3768
02:42:48,720 --> 02:42:51,680
in Snug Cove as well. A large culvert

3769
02:42:51,680 --> 02:42:53,520
replacement on Dorman Road has been

3770
02:42:53,520 --> 02:42:55,920
started at Davies Creek and that will

3771
02:42:55,920 --> 02:42:59,280
move um forward as well as work that was

3772
02:42:59,280 --> 02:43:01,920
undertaken um up on Taylor Road at

3773
02:43:01,920 --> 02:43:05,120
Dallas at Dallas Drive was completed

3774
02:43:05,120 --> 02:43:07,280
which resulted in improved drainage and

3775
02:43:07,280 --> 02:43:10,240
road structure there. Um work on the

3776
02:43:10,240 --> 02:43:12,000
wastewater treatment plant. So within

3777
02:43:12,000 --> 02:43:14,399
the sewer system uh currently there has

3778
02:43:14,399 --> 02:43:16,160
been a technical review of the sewer

3779
02:43:16,160 --> 02:43:18,800
inflow and infiltration project. So

3780
02:43:18,800 --> 02:43:21,520
council can expect an update uh results

3781
02:43:21,520 --> 02:43:24,000
from that project next quarter as that

3782
02:43:24,000 --> 02:43:26,720
review is taking place over the summer.

3783
02:43:26,720 --> 02:43:30,080
Um a lot of uh work was undertaken in

3784
02:43:30,080 --> 02:43:32,479
quarter 2 on a new bylaw to update the

3785
02:43:32,479 --> 02:43:35,040
sewer regulations addressing the fog,

3786
02:43:35,040 --> 02:43:37,520
the fats, oil and grease going into the

3787
02:43:37,520 --> 02:43:39,840
wastewater treatment plant. And work on

3788
02:43:39,840 --> 02:43:43,200
the sewer outfall um I'm happy to report

3789
02:43:43,200 --> 02:43:45,359
is still progressing albeit at a snail's

3790
02:43:45,359 --> 02:43:49,200
pace. A lot of the um the hold up in

3791
02:43:49,200 --> 02:43:50,960
that project moving that forward has to

3792
02:43:50,960 --> 02:43:53,120
do um beyond factors of our control.

3793
02:43:53,120 --> 02:43:54,880
It's around permitting approvals and

3794
02:43:54,880 --> 02:43:56,319
things that are done at the provincial

3795
02:43:56,319 --> 02:43:58,800
level. Uh staff have completed

3796
02:43:58,800 --> 02:44:01,200
significant program of ongoing flushing

3797
02:44:01,200 --> 02:44:04,240
and PRV pressure reducing valve uh

3798
02:44:04,240 --> 02:44:06,080
maintenance throughout all seven of our

3799
02:44:06,080 --> 02:44:09,120
water systems. And um as we move into

3800
02:44:09,120 --> 02:44:11,680
the summer and implementation of our uh

3801
02:44:11,680 --> 02:44:14,319
water conservation and restriction uh

3802
02:44:14,319 --> 02:44:16,720
requirements though we are monitoring

3803
02:44:16,720 --> 02:44:19,120
those and making sure that uh that

3804
02:44:19,120 --> 02:44:21,439
people are abiding by those uh water

3805
02:44:21,439 --> 02:44:23,840
conservation regulations.

3806
02:44:23,840 --> 02:44:25,680
Routine maintenance is going on at the

3807
02:44:25,680 --> 02:44:29,040
wells and pump stations and um lots of

3808
02:44:29,040 --> 02:44:31,760
work going on around installation of

3809
02:44:31,760 --> 02:44:34,319
backflow prevention devices in several

3810
02:44:34,319 --> 02:44:36,960
of the systems. Parks and trail work is

3811
02:44:36,960 --> 02:44:38,800
going on underway during this period,

3812
02:44:38,800 --> 02:44:40,720
especially when the spring when we have

3813
02:44:40,720 --> 02:44:42,720
the combination of sun and warm

3814
02:44:42,720 --> 02:44:45,760
temperatures and rain. Um, a lot of

3815
02:44:45,760 --> 02:44:47,760
really kickstarted vegetation growth.

3816
02:44:47,760 --> 02:44:50,000
So, you see a lot of activity around the

3817
02:44:50,000 --> 02:44:52,720
island on brushing maintenance programs.

3818
02:44:52,720 --> 02:44:55,040
Significant progress made as well in the

3819
02:44:55,040 --> 02:44:56,479
public works department on the

3820
02:44:56,479 --> 02:44:58,319
implementation of their software, new

3821
02:44:58,319 --> 02:45:00,319
asset management systems software which

3822
02:45:00,319 --> 02:45:03,040
was acquired and is being implemented.

3823
02:45:03,040 --> 02:45:05,359
And I hopefully you've all seen the new

3824
02:45:05,359 --> 02:45:07,520
citizen request portal that's up and

3825
02:45:07,520 --> 02:45:09,200
operational. And that's an opportunity

3826
02:45:09,200 --> 02:45:12,080
for citizens to um directly enter their

3827
02:45:12,080 --> 02:45:13,520
own service requests. You know, if they

3828
02:45:13,520 --> 02:45:15,920
see a pothole, they can notify the

3829
02:45:15,920 --> 02:45:17,359
public works department. And we'll get

3830
02:45:17,359 --> 02:45:19,520
that into our worklist and a work order

3831
02:45:19,520 --> 02:45:22,399
created for that. Um this report, it

3832
02:45:22,399 --> 02:45:24,560
also contains some nice looking graphs

3833
02:45:24,560 --> 02:45:26,399
there that report publicly on the

3834
02:45:26,399 --> 02:45:29,120
numbers and the types of uh service

3835
02:45:29,120 --> 02:45:30,560
requests that have been logged during

3836
02:45:30,560 --> 02:45:33,359
the period. and the team has been busy

3837
02:45:33,359 --> 02:45:35,200
managing and prioritizing those

3838
02:45:35,200 --> 02:45:37,600
requests. Uh moving on to fire and

3839
02:45:37,600 --> 02:45:39,279
emergency department. They've been busy

3840
02:45:39,279 --> 02:45:41,120
with ongoing firefighter training

3841
02:45:41,120 --> 02:45:43,439
opportunities uh including a lot of

3842
02:45:43,439 --> 02:45:45,520
wildland firefighting rural water

3843
02:45:45,520 --> 02:45:48,720
supply. You may have noticed a recent um

3844
02:45:48,720 --> 02:45:51,279
notification that the department has

3845
02:45:51,279 --> 02:45:53,920
achieved water shuttle accreditation uh

3846
02:45:53,920 --> 02:45:56,720
through the fire underwriters surve uh

3847
02:45:56,720 --> 02:45:59,359
fire underwriters survey recently. So,

3848
02:45:59,359 --> 02:46:01,279
this is great news for our residents as

3849
02:46:01,279 --> 02:46:02,800
it provides the opportunity to

3850
02:46:02,800 --> 02:46:04,640
potentially review their home insurance

3851
02:46:04,640 --> 02:46:07,600
policies and perhaps uh receive some

3852
02:46:07,600 --> 02:46:10,000
discounts to their premiums as the new

3853
02:46:10,000 --> 02:46:12,640
um underwriter survey accredititation uh

3854
02:46:12,640 --> 02:46:15,200
the benefits of achieving that kick in.

3855
02:46:15,200 --> 02:46:17,040
Um I should note too that firefighter

3856
02:46:17,040 --> 02:46:19,600
volunteers responded to 54 callouts and

3857
02:46:19,600 --> 02:46:22,240
attended a whopping 555 hours of

3858
02:46:22,240 --> 02:46:24,319
training during the second quarter of

3859
02:46:24,319 --> 02:46:27,920
2026. Our emergency program has hosted a

3860
02:46:27,920 --> 02:46:30,479
successful um emergency preparedness

3861
02:46:30,479 --> 02:46:32,399
week speaker event. Um they've

3862
02:46:32,399 --> 02:46:34,240
undertaken a do-it-yourself fresh air

3863
02:46:34,240 --> 02:46:36,960
filter construction project and this is

3864
02:46:36,960 --> 02:46:38,880
particularly meaningful at this time of

3865
02:46:38,880 --> 02:46:40,880
the year where residents can learn how

3866
02:46:40,880 --> 02:46:42,880
to improve their own indoor air quality

3867
02:46:42,880 --> 02:46:46,399
through a a cheap and fun project. Um

3868
02:46:46,399 --> 02:46:47,840
it's a necessary way to make

3869
02:46:47,840 --> 02:46:49,760
improvements to our air quality and we

3870
02:46:49,760 --> 02:46:52,080
should all be mindful and cognizant of

3871
02:46:52,080 --> 02:46:54,560
the wildfire risk um at this time

3872
02:46:54,560 --> 02:46:56,800
especially in um many of areas of our

3873
02:46:56,800 --> 02:46:59,359
province at the at this time. Uh the

3874
02:46:59,359 --> 02:47:01,120
recreation department has reported

3875
02:47:01,120 --> 02:47:04,319
hosting over 6,000 v uh visitors to the

3876
02:47:04,319 --> 02:47:06,560
community center this quarter. Um our

3877
02:47:06,560 --> 02:47:09,840
fitness center visits are up 31%. They

3878
02:47:09,840 --> 02:47:12,399
have an average of about 18 to 20 users

3879
02:47:12,399 --> 02:47:15,760
per day in the weight room. We had 915

3880
02:47:15,760 --> 02:47:18,800
program registrants along with 321

3881
02:47:18,800 --> 02:47:22,560
drop-in participants and 1659

3882
02:47:22,560 --> 02:47:24,560
fitness center visits this quarter

3883
02:47:24,560 --> 02:47:26,720
alone. So the usage by the community of

3884
02:47:26,720 --> 02:47:29,760
this facility is strong and it speaks to

3885
02:47:29,760 --> 02:47:32,319
the support that the community has um of

3886
02:47:32,319 --> 02:47:34,960
this facility. Events that were held

3887
02:47:34,960 --> 02:47:37,359
included the moonflower screening of the

3888
02:47:37,359 --> 02:47:39,359
Bowen Island filmmaker in support of

3889
02:47:39,359 --> 02:47:41,760
World Oceans Day. Skate days are

3890
02:47:41,760 --> 02:47:43,760
continuing for the youth programming um

3891
02:47:43,760 --> 02:47:45,920
in partnership with IPS down at the

3892
02:47:45,920 --> 02:47:54,080
fieldhouse and um completion has uh the sorry the bike barn mural has been

3893
02:47:54,080 --> 02:47:56,800
completed down um at the cove with the

3894
02:47:56,800 --> 02:47:58,319
work going on at the dock. We're going

3895
02:47:58,319 --> 02:48:00,319
to hold off on any kind of unveiling of

3896
02:48:00,319 --> 02:48:01,920
that mural until the fall when the

3897
02:48:01,920 --> 02:48:04,000
work's completed down there in the

3898
02:48:04,000 --> 02:48:06,319
theater. Uh the report you'll see in

3899
02:48:06,319 --> 02:48:07,920
there that it sets out the events that

3900
02:48:07,920 --> 02:48:11,200
have taken place. It's also um been

3901
02:48:11,200 --> 02:48:13,120
noted that staff have arranged for

3902
02:48:13,120 --> 02:48:15,040
installation of the handrails in the

3903
02:48:15,040 --> 02:48:16,640
theater which have been which have

3904
02:48:16,640 --> 02:48:18,399
proven to be a real important and

3905
02:48:18,399 --> 02:48:20,800
necessary safety upgrade. Uh

3906
02:48:20,800 --> 02:48:23,840
installation of a new donated orac

3907
02:48:23,840 --> 02:48:27,359
broadcast system um from Sky. This is a

3908
02:48:27,359 --> 02:48:29,600
system that was donated from Sky and it

3909
02:48:29,600 --> 02:48:34,160
will um assist in a new hearing um uh

3910
02:48:34,160 --> 02:48:36,560
system that's more robust and easier to

3911
02:48:36,560 --> 02:48:39,439
use. Lastly, uh I'm proud to announce

3912
02:48:39,439 --> 02:48:41,760
that BIM received a KMA award for

3913
02:48:41,760 --> 02:48:44,640
innovation for design of this facility

3914
02:48:44,640 --> 02:48:48,479
and uh this award took place in May and

3915
02:48:48,479 --> 02:48:50,479
we won it in the category for small

3916
02:48:50,479 --> 02:48:52,800
municipalities under 20,000 for this

3917
02:48:52,800 --> 02:48:55,359
building. In the parks department,

3918
02:48:55,359 --> 02:48:57,760
there's been new signage for indigenous

3919
02:48:57,760 --> 02:49:00,080
names um that have been gifted to the

3920
02:49:00,080 --> 02:49:01,840
beaches on the west side of the island.

3921
02:49:01,840 --> 02:49:03,840
It's been ordered and the province has

3922
02:49:03,840 --> 02:49:06,160
recently approved those proposed name

3923
02:49:06,160 --> 02:49:09,359
changes. Swimmer safety upgrades uh were

3924
02:49:09,359 --> 02:49:11,840
undertaken by the installation of a life

3925
02:49:11,840 --> 02:49:14,880
boy that was uh installed at Sandy Beach

3926
02:49:14,880 --> 02:49:17,200
and new uh handles to assist swimmers

3927
02:49:17,200 --> 02:49:19,359
from getting out of the water have been

3928
02:49:19,359 --> 02:49:21,520
installed on the Mount Gardener dock.

3929
02:49:21,520 --> 02:49:23,920
We've been um exploring options of

3930
02:49:23,920 --> 02:49:26,080
community forest models to expand

3931
02:49:26,080 --> 02:49:28,720
stewardship over crown lands. And the

3932
02:49:28,720 --> 02:49:31,120
big event in June, of course, um if you

3933
02:49:31,120 --> 02:49:33,760
missed it, you can still uh go online

3934
02:49:33,760 --> 02:49:35,600
and and view it. It was a wildlife

3935
02:49:35,600 --> 02:49:38,319
safety education event with wildlife

3936
02:49:38,319 --> 02:49:40,399
experts and the Metro Vancouver parks,

3937
02:49:40,399 --> 02:49:42,640
the RCMP conservation officers all

3938
02:49:42,640 --> 02:49:44,399
taking part. And I recommend everybody

3939
02:49:44,399 --> 02:49:47,120
go online and and watch that event. Um

3940
02:49:47,120 --> 02:49:50,000
it was a a busy time for our planning

3941
02:49:50,000 --> 02:49:51,359
department. Of course, they're still

3942
02:49:51,359 --> 02:49:53,040
working on several initiatives. Most

3943
02:49:53,040 --> 02:49:54,960
importantly, of course, is the OCP

3944
02:49:54,960 --> 02:49:57,840
review. just that has just recently

3945
02:49:57,840 --> 02:50:00,240
closed the round two engagement process

3946
02:50:00,240 --> 02:50:02,319
and those results will be delivered to

3947
02:50:02,319 --> 02:50:05,120
council in the fall. The ongoing

3948
02:50:05,120 --> 02:50:07,439
initiative to reszone municipal lands as

3949
02:50:07,439 --> 02:50:10,000
parks um is wrapping up and that will

3950
02:50:10,000 --> 02:50:11,680
help to ensure that public lands are

3951
02:50:11,680 --> 02:50:14,240
held and protected for recreational,

3952
02:50:14,240 --> 02:50:16,479
environmental and community purposes in

3953
02:50:16,479 --> 02:50:19,040
perpetuity. the work of the septic

3954
02:50:19,040 --> 02:50:21,680
maintenance program review as um planner

3955
02:50:21,680 --> 02:50:22,560
Martin [clears throat] has just

3956
02:50:22,560 --> 02:50:26,800
indicated it is uh just kind of on hold

3957
02:50:26,800 --> 02:50:29,200
while we uh work through this OCP

3958
02:50:29,200 --> 02:50:31,120
process but uh we're going to pick this

3959
02:50:31,120 --> 02:50:33,120
one up again um in the new year once the

3960
02:50:33,120 --> 02:50:36,640
OCP review has concluded um bylaw has

3961
02:50:36,640 --> 02:50:38,160
been very busy supervising and

3962
02:50:38,160 --> 02:50:40,479
overseeing the fairy marshalling program

3963
02:50:40,479 --> 02:50:42,080
um we're halfway through the summer the

3964
02:50:42,080 --> 02:50:44,720
program has proven to be very successful

3965
02:50:44,720 --> 02:50:47,920
uh adding to the safe and orderly

3966
02:50:47,920 --> 02:50:49,920
marshalling of vehicles and pedestrians

3967
02:50:49,920 --> 02:50:53,279
in Snugo. The work um again I'd like to

3968
02:50:53,279 --> 02:50:56,080
commend their work publicly. It's very

3969
02:50:56,080 --> 02:50:58,319
important to assist keeping that ferry

3970
02:50:58,319 --> 02:51:00,720
loading on time, hassle-free, and

3971
02:51:00,720 --> 02:51:02,880
contributing to on-time operations of

3972
02:51:02,880 --> 02:51:05,359
the ferry. Um other work within the

3973
02:51:05,359 --> 02:51:08,000
bylaw department has been to support the

3974
02:51:08,000 --> 02:51:10,960
uh development of the new um fog, fat,

3975
02:51:10,960 --> 02:51:12,880
oil, and grease regulation in the sewer.

3976
02:51:12,880 --> 02:51:16,800
So, uh, Doug has been out taking many,

3977
02:51:16,800 --> 02:51:20,399
um, samples of, uh, water from grease

3978
02:51:20,399 --> 02:51:22,080
traps throughout all of the food service

3979
02:51:22,080 --> 02:51:23,920
establishments, and we'll be working

3980
02:51:23,920 --> 02:51:25,840
with those businesses quite closely in

3981
02:51:25,840 --> 02:51:28,000
order to implement those recommendations

3982
02:51:28,000 --> 02:51:30,160
beginning um, you know, beginning this

3983
02:51:30,160 --> 02:51:32,240
month. there there's going to be ongoing

3984
02:51:32,240 --> 02:51:34,479
checking and compliance and requirements

3985
02:51:34,479 --> 02:51:37,439
for making sure that that um that the

3986
02:51:37,439 --> 02:51:39,359
fog going into our wastewater treatment

3987
02:51:39,359 --> 02:51:42,000
system is kept to a minimum which we

3988
02:51:42,000 --> 02:51:44,399
anticipate is going to help to address

3989
02:51:44,399 --> 02:51:46,240
the smell.

3990
02:51:46,240 --> 02:51:48,399
Uh lastly in bylaw they've got a new

3991
02:51:48,399 --> 02:51:50,479
violation ticket maintenance module that

3992
02:51:50,479 --> 02:51:53,279
has been implemented. So that software

3993
02:51:53,279 --> 02:51:54,560
has been acquired. It's going to

3994
02:51:54,560 --> 02:51:56,640
streamline the violation ticket tracking

3995
02:51:56,640 --> 02:52:00,000
and monitoring process going forward. HR

3996
02:52:00,000 --> 02:52:02,479
is busy uh new hires for the manager of

3997
02:52:02,479 --> 02:52:05,279
infrastructure role. So uh we welcome

3998
02:52:05,279 --> 02:52:07,359
our new manager of infrastructure. Of

3999
02:52:07,359 --> 02:52:08,960
course there's ongoing recruitment

4000
02:52:08,960 --> 02:52:11,439
opportunities for ferry marshallers um

4001
02:52:11,439 --> 02:52:13,600
ongoing opportunities for auxiliary

4002
02:52:13,600 --> 02:52:16,720
custodial staff as well as um new meter

4003
02:52:16,720 --> 02:52:18,880
readers in the public works department.

4004
02:52:18,880 --> 02:52:21,840
We're supplementing their staff capacity

4005
02:52:21,840 --> 02:52:25,040
by hiring casual meter readers. And

4006
02:52:25,040 --> 02:52:27,359
there's always ongoing uh recruitment,

4007
02:52:27,359 --> 02:52:30,080
interviewing and and posting and filling

4008
02:52:30,080 --> 02:52:33,760
work going on there. Um

4009
02:52:33,760 --> 02:52:37,359
should be noted uh when we look at the

4010
02:52:37,359 --> 02:52:39,680
section of the report on the library, uh

4011
02:52:39,680 --> 02:52:42,000
the library bid a bond farewell to our

4012
02:52:42,000 --> 02:52:44,160
30 plus year chief librarian, Tina

4013
02:52:44,160 --> 02:52:46,800
Nielsen. Staff and council wish Tina a

4014
02:52:46,800 --> 02:52:48,560
happy and fulfilling retirement after

4015
02:52:48,560 --> 02:52:50,800
years of dedicated service in that role.

4016
02:52:50,800 --> 02:52:53,120
And I would like to take the opportunity

4017
02:52:53,120 --> 02:52:55,040
to welcome Jennifer Strechman to the

4018
02:52:55,040 --> 02:52:57,520
role as Bowen's new chief librarian.

4019
02:52:57,520 --> 02:52:59,760
She's working hard to develop new

4020
02:52:59,760 --> 02:53:01,760
programming and services to fill those

4021
02:53:01,760 --> 02:53:04,560
big shoes left behind by Tina and

4022
02:53:04,560 --> 02:53:06,319
Jennifer's here in attendance today. So,

4023
02:53:06,319 --> 02:53:09,359
thank you. Um, lastly, the work of the

4024
02:53:09,359 --> 02:53:11,040
strategic initiatives officer is

4025
02:53:11,040 --> 02:53:13,680
ongoing. Projects worked on and advanced

4026
02:53:13,680 --> 02:53:15,680
this quarter include the drafting of the

4027
02:53:15,680 --> 02:53:18,240
new purchasing policy, uh development of

4028
02:53:18,240 --> 02:53:20,640
a systemic ferry traffic data collection

4029
02:53:20,640 --> 02:53:23,200
process which is being used to gather

4030
02:53:23,200 --> 02:53:27,359
information uh about uh numbers of cars,

4031
02:53:27,359 --> 02:53:28,720
numbers of overloads that are left

4032
02:53:28,720 --> 02:53:32,319
behind. All pieces of data that we um we

4033
02:53:32,319 --> 02:53:34,479
can only really collect from this side

4034
02:53:34,479 --> 02:53:36,880
and that BC fairies I'm sure will be

4035
02:53:36,880 --> 02:53:40,160
keen to share um as we move forward.

4036
02:53:40,160 --> 02:53:42,560
There's initiation of a new solid waste

4037
02:53:42,560 --> 02:53:44,720
contract that will be kicking off the

4038
02:53:44,720 --> 02:53:46,880
two-year period where the municipality

4039
02:53:46,880 --> 02:53:48,720
will investigate the potential to join

4040
02:53:48,720 --> 02:53:50,800
with recycle BC in managing our

4041
02:53:50,800 --> 02:53:53,680
recycling streams. Discussions have been

4042
02:53:53,680 --> 02:53:55,920
taking place and are ongoing with Circle

4043
02:53:55,920 --> 02:53:58,479
Fairies to explore the feasibility of

4044
02:53:58,479 --> 02:54:00,240
new passenger onlyly ferry service in

4045
02:54:00,240 --> 02:54:02,800
the Cove. very high level discussions at

4046
02:54:02,800 --> 02:54:05,040
this point, but um they certainly have

4047
02:54:05,040 --> 02:54:07,359
indicated a keen interest to include

4048
02:54:07,359 --> 02:54:09,840
Bowen um as a stop off for their new

4049
02:54:09,840 --> 02:54:11,760
service.

4050
02:54:11,760 --> 02:54:15,279
Um and lastly, the library included a

4051
02:54:15,279 --> 02:54:17,120
summary of the programming and events

4052
02:54:17,120 --> 02:54:19,359
that have been taking place um at the

4053
02:54:19,359 --> 02:54:21,600
library, including very successful

4054
02:54:21,600 --> 02:54:24,080
summer reading club, implementation of

4055
02:54:24,080 --> 02:54:26,479
accessibility improvements to assisted

4056
02:54:26,479 --> 02:54:28,000
technology, including some new

4057
02:54:28,000 --> 02:54:30,640
computers, uh dedication of new spaces

4058
02:54:30,640 --> 02:54:33,359
for large print books, and it was

4059
02:54:33,359 --> 02:54:35,040
interesting, they provided comparative

4060
02:54:35,040 --> 02:54:37,680
statistics on business um on sorry, on

4061
02:54:37,680 --> 02:54:40,160
visits on the lending of books and the

4062
02:54:40,160 --> 02:54:41,680
man material. sales and electronic

4063
02:54:41,680 --> 02:54:44,080
lending, as well as the new items added

4064
02:54:44,080 --> 02:54:46,160
to the collection, which showed an

4065
02:54:46,160 --> 02:54:49,120
impressive year-over-year increase. So,

4066
02:54:49,120 --> 02:54:51,040
this report is included in the agenda.

4067
02:54:51,040 --> 02:54:53,040
It's comprehensive, it's easy, it's fun

4068
02:54:53,040 --> 02:54:54,960
to read, and I recommend taking a look

4069
02:54:54,960 --> 02:54:56,720
at it to learn about what is happening

4070
02:54:56,720 --> 02:54:58,960
and the work taking place by both

4071
02:54:58,960 --> 02:55:01,120
municipal staff, uh, department

4072
02:55:01,120 --> 02:55:03,279
managers, and our communications staff.

4073
02:55:03,279 --> 02:55:05,279
I thank them all for their work in

4074
02:55:05,279 --> 02:55:07,279
putting the report together and I would

4075
02:55:07,279 --> 02:55:09,040
like to give council the opportunity to

4076
02:55:09,040 --> 02:55:11,359
ask any questions of the senior managers

4077
02:55:11,359 --> 02:55:14,560
here today should you seek clarity or in

4078
02:55:14,560 --> 02:55:16,640
addition to the information on any of

4079
02:55:16,640 --> 02:55:19,680
the items included in that report.

4080
02:55:19,680 --> 02:55:21,359
>> Anybody got questions? Council for

4081
02:55:21,359 --> 02:55:22,560
Getty.

4082
02:55:22,560 --> 02:55:25,359
>> Um sorry with respect to the report on

4083
02:55:25,359 --> 02:55:27,600
recreation and in particular the bike

4084
02:55:27,600 --> 02:55:30,800
barn mural. Um, I want to give a shout

4085
02:55:30,800 --> 02:55:32,800
out to uh Jamie Schffer because this

4086
02:55:32,800 --> 02:55:36,000
young artist um Simeon Deutsch

4087
02:55:36,000 --> 02:55:37,600
Deutschinov

4088
02:55:37,600 --> 02:55:41,359
um came to the hearth and uh wanted to

4089
02:55:41,359 --> 02:55:43,920
replace a wall full of graffiti with uh

4090
02:55:43,920 --> 02:55:47,520
some of his art and um you may not it's

4091
02:55:47,520 --> 02:55:49,840
on page 12 of this report and the what

4092
02:55:49,840 --> 02:55:51,920
the mural it actually says the word

4093
02:55:51,920 --> 02:55:56,560
Bowen so it's it's contemporary art that

4094
02:55:56,560 --> 02:55:58,080
you might need a little help with but

4095
02:55:58,080 --> 02:56:00,080
it's one of our little symbols, the

4096
02:56:00,080 --> 02:56:02,880
deer, right in the middle of it. So, um,

4097
02:56:02,880 --> 02:56:05,600
both Jamie and Simeon figured out how to

4098
02:56:05,600 --> 02:56:07,520
go through the process. Um, this was

4099
02:56:07,520 --> 02:56:09,200
when the public art advisory committee

4100
02:56:09,200 --> 02:56:11,920
was was up and running. And, uh, it's it

4101
02:56:11,920 --> 02:56:14,399
was almost exciting to see it in the

4102
02:56:14,399 --> 02:56:17,040
report. It had been finished. So, shout

4103
02:56:17,040 --> 02:56:20,240
out to the artist and to, um, Jamie in

4104
02:56:20,240 --> 02:56:25,190
terms of getting this one completed.

4105
02:56:25,200 --> 02:56:28,800
» Whoops. Counselor F. Um, thank you. I

4106
02:56:28,800 --> 02:56:31,760
um, this is a question for the CEO. I

4107
02:56:31,760 --> 02:56:34,960
think did I hear you mention that the

4108
02:56:34,960 --> 02:56:38,240
electric circle ferry exploring circle

4109
02:56:38,240 --> 02:56:43,040
ferry in the cove or did you mean?

4110
02:56:43,040 --> 02:56:45,760
>> Uh, no. I I meant the cove. They

4111
02:56:45,760 --> 02:56:48,399
initially had a plan to head out to

4112
02:56:48,399 --> 02:56:52,479
Seymour Bay. I think with um the timing

4113
02:56:52,479 --> 02:56:54,720
of that development probably doesn't

4114
02:56:54,720 --> 02:56:58,160
align with their wish to um get some

4115
02:56:58,160 --> 02:56:59,760
kind of service going. So in the

4116
02:56:59,760 --> 02:57:02,800
interimm they're keen to look at Snug

4117
02:57:02,800 --> 02:57:04,960
Cove as a drop off point for foot

4118
02:57:04,960 --> 02:57:07,359
passenger air um service only. Thank

4119
02:57:07,359 --> 02:57:09,200
you.

4120
02:57:09,200 --> 02:57:11,920
>> Anybody else?

4121
02:57:11,920 --> 02:57:14,240
So, I can't resist

4122
02:57:14,240 --> 02:57:16,013
um asking the manager of environment,

4123
02:57:16,013 --> 02:57:17,200
[laughter]

4124
02:57:17,200 --> 02:57:19,359
has she had any confirmation on the

4125
02:57:19,359 --> 02:57:21,252
cougar?

4126
02:57:21,252 --> 02:57:27,190
[laughter]

4127
02:57:27,200 --> 02:57:29,040
» Thank you, chair, for the question. No,

4128
02:57:29,040 --> 02:57:31,279
we have not received any confirmation

4129
02:57:31,279 --> 02:57:34,720
about the um cougar's presence on the

4130
02:57:34,720 --> 02:57:38,479
island. Um currently, the last update we

4131
02:57:38,479 --> 02:57:42,319
gave was on July 8th. there is a um news

4132
02:57:42,319 --> 02:57:45,359
release that everyone can read to uh

4133
02:57:45,359 --> 02:57:47,120
that's that's the last update we've

4134
02:57:47,120 --> 02:57:50,080
received from conservation and um

4135
02:57:50,080 --> 02:57:51,920
nothing further on that.

4136
02:57:51,920 --> 02:57:54,560
>> Thank you.

4137
02:57:54,560 --> 02:57:58,160
>> Anybody else? So um we need um a motion

4138
02:57:58,160 --> 02:58:01,200
that uh council I I'll move that council

4139
02:58:01,200 --> 02:58:03,760
receive the 2026 quarter 2 quarterly

4140
02:58:03,760 --> 02:58:06,000
report as presented at its July 27th

4141
02:58:06,000 --> 02:58:08,399
2026 meeting for information.

4142
02:58:08,399 --> 02:58:09,040
>> Second.

4143
02:58:09,040 --> 02:58:10,880
>> Thank you. All in favor?

4144
02:58:10,880 --> 02:58:13,990
>> I.

4145
02:58:14,000 --> 02:58:15,200
» Okay.

4146
02:58:15,200 --> 02:58:16,160
>> Budget update.

4147
02:58:16,160 --> 02:58:19,279
>> Uh, thank you. Item 8.5 is a quarter 2

4148
02:58:19,279 --> 02:58:23,840
budget update. Um, I will like to start

4149
02:58:23,840 --> 02:58:25,760
this presentation off just with a quick

4150
02:58:25,760 --> 02:58:27,760
review of property tax collection

4151
02:58:27,760 --> 02:58:32,080
statistics. Um, in 2026, the total taxes

4152
02:58:32,080 --> 02:58:35,120
levied were just over $18.2 million. And

4153
02:58:35,120 --> 02:58:38,160
as of uh July 2nd, the due date, we had

4154
02:58:38,160 --> 02:58:42,880
collected um about 17.1 million. So

4155
02:58:42,880 --> 02:58:46,000
that's a collection rate of about 94%

4156
02:58:46,000 --> 02:58:48,880
which is um in line with previous years.

4157
02:58:48,880 --> 02:58:52,160
We range about 93% um of our taxes

4158
02:58:52,160 --> 02:58:53,840
collected by the due date. So that's

4159
02:58:53,840 --> 02:58:55,600
really good news. It shows that people

4160
02:58:55,600 --> 02:58:59,279
are um not not paying their taxes in

4161
02:58:59,279 --> 02:59:01,680
favor of paying other bills. they are

4162
02:59:01,680 --> 02:59:04,640
maintaining their um priority on paying

4163
02:59:04,640 --> 02:59:06,720
those property taxes of course because

4164
02:59:06,720 --> 02:59:08,800
it is a significant penalty for late

4165
02:59:08,800 --> 02:59:14,000
payments. So um I'm happy to see that is uh staying high. Um kind of

4166
02:59:14,000 --> 02:59:16,000
handinhand in that is the property tax

4167
02:59:16,000 --> 02:59:18,479
deferment statistics. Um it was very

4168
02:59:18,479 --> 02:59:20,080
interesting this year with the changes

4169
02:59:20,080 --> 02:59:21,760
to the provincial government's interest

4170
02:59:21,760 --> 02:59:24,960
rate on the deferment program. Um, last

4171
02:59:24,960 --> 02:59:27,760
year we had 293

4172
02:59:27,760 --> 02:59:29,600
uh applicants for the property tax

4173
02:59:29,600 --> 02:59:31,439
deferment program. This year it was

4174
02:59:31,439 --> 02:59:36,240
dropped way down by 43%. We had only 168

4175
02:59:36,240 --> 02:59:39,279
um applicants for the program this year.

4176
02:59:39,279 --> 02:59:41,279
Uh last year the amount deferred was

4177
02:59:41,279 --> 02:59:44,160
just over almost $1.9 million in

4178
02:59:44,160 --> 02:59:46,720
property taxes and this year it's with

4179
02:59:46,720 --> 02:59:48,240
the fewer number of applicants it's

4180
02:59:48,240 --> 02:59:50,479
dropped down to 1.1 million. So that's a

4181
02:59:50,479 --> 02:59:53,840
decline of as I said 43%.

4182
02:59:53,840 --> 02:59:56,080
um residents participating in the

4183
02:59:56,080 --> 02:59:59,120
program. And you can only chalk that up

4184
02:59:59,120 --> 03:00:02,080
to the change in the um very favorable

4185
03:00:02,080 --> 03:00:04,000
interest rate that until now the

4186
03:00:04,000 --> 03:00:06,800
provincial government had um had applied

4187
03:00:06,800 --> 03:00:09,600
to that program. Uh average deferral is

4188
03:00:09,600 --> 03:00:13,670
about $6,987.

4189
03:00:13,680 --> 03:00:18,000
Um so looking at our uh financial

4190
03:00:18,000 --> 03:00:22,160
results up till second quarter um we

4191
03:00:22,160 --> 03:00:24,960
have our taxation revenue taxation

4192
03:00:24,960 --> 03:00:26,479
revenue is very much in line with

4193
03:00:26,479 --> 03:00:29,200
budget. Um there was a change in the

4194
03:00:29,200 --> 03:00:31,439
number of folios between the preliminary

4195
03:00:31,439 --> 03:00:33,520
budget and the final budget. So there

4196
03:00:33,520 --> 03:00:36,240
was an overestimation of a few folios.

4197
03:00:36,240 --> 03:00:38,399
So, our our solid waste parcel tax

4198
03:00:38,399 --> 03:00:41,520
revenue is down by about $7,700

4199
03:00:41,520 --> 03:00:44,160
than what we had budgeted for. Um, there

4200
03:00:44,160 --> 03:00:47,520
are no other um property tax appeals

4201
03:00:47,520 --> 03:00:50,000
that are underway at the moment that um

4202
03:00:50,000 --> 03:00:52,240
that would indicate that we should be

4203
03:00:52,240 --> 03:00:54,319
concerned in any way about the property

4204
03:00:54,319 --> 03:00:57,359
tax revenue figure that we will um that

4205
03:00:57,359 --> 03:01:00,880
we will uh receive for this year. Other

4206
03:01:00,880 --> 03:01:02,880
fees and charges of course are

4207
03:01:02,880 --> 03:01:04,720
categories such as development fees and

4208
03:01:04,720 --> 03:01:06,720
business licenses, recreation revenue

4209
03:01:06,720 --> 03:01:10,080
and warf fees. Um I do believe that that

4210
03:01:10,080 --> 03:01:12,000
possibly could be a little bit lower

4211
03:01:12,000 --> 03:01:15,040
than budget. A couple of things um that

4212
03:01:15,040 --> 03:01:17,439
are driving that of course with this big

4213
03:01:17,439 --> 03:01:19,439
warf project that's going on and the

4214
03:01:19,439 --> 03:01:21,359
closure of the dock. I'm assuming that

4215
03:01:21,359 --> 03:01:24,000
we're going to have reduced um warf

4216
03:01:24,000 --> 03:01:25,520
revenue this year. So I put a provision

4217
03:01:25,520 --> 03:01:29,920
in for that as well as um we do have we

4218
03:01:29,920 --> 03:01:33,200
are noticing again a slowdown in b in

4219
03:01:33,200 --> 03:01:35,680
building activities. So I do believe

4220
03:01:35,680 --> 03:01:37,920
there's a possibility that we will not

4221
03:01:37,920 --> 03:01:41,200
meet our um our building permit revenue

4222
03:01:41,200 --> 03:01:43,600
target for this year but uh I do believe

4223
03:01:43,600 --> 03:01:45,840
that we should be close maybe about

4224
03:01:45,840 --> 03:01:48,880
$10,000 under. So uh all in all we'll be

4225
03:01:48,880 --> 03:01:50,880
very close on that line item. Our

4226
03:01:50,880 --> 03:01:53,040
federal grant revenue is typically tied

4227
03:01:53,040 --> 03:01:56,720
to specific projects. Um I do believe

4228
03:01:56,720 --> 03:01:59,600
that the OCP review process, we may need

4229
03:01:59,600 --> 03:02:03,439
to access some potential uh housing

4230
03:02:03,439 --> 03:02:05,200
potentially if we can access the housing

4231
03:02:05,200 --> 03:02:08,880
accelerator funds to fund any overages.

4232
03:02:08,880 --> 03:02:12,319
Um I do believe that we could uh require

4233
03:02:12,319 --> 03:02:15,040
use of almost up to $20,000 of that

4234
03:02:15,040 --> 03:02:17,279
funds in order to complete the OCP

4235
03:02:17,279 --> 03:02:20,880
review project. Other um uses of the

4236
03:02:20,880 --> 03:02:22,960
housing accelerator funds this year will

4237
03:02:22,960 --> 03:02:26,080
be 120,000 to complete the wastewater

4238
03:02:26,080 --> 03:02:28,000
treatment plant inflow and infiltration

4239
03:02:28,000 --> 03:02:30,960
program. We are um committed to

4240
03:02:30,960 --> 03:02:34,319
providing birch with $150,000 of funding

4241
03:02:34,319 --> 03:02:37,600
and as well uh they we do have set aside

4242
03:02:37,600 --> 03:02:40,800
$20,000 to complete the sewer DCC bylaw

4243
03:02:40,800 --> 03:02:44,560
project. Um fed provincial grants that

4244
03:02:44,560 --> 03:02:46,399
we'll be receiving this year. There's

4245
03:02:46,399 --> 03:02:49,279
about $132,000 left of Fires Smart

4246
03:02:49,279 --> 03:02:50,960
funding to support the coordinator

4247
03:02:50,960 --> 03:02:52,640
position as well as the assessments and

4248
03:02:52,640 --> 03:02:54,160
the rebates and the community events

4249
03:02:54,160 --> 03:02:56,319
that take place under that program.

4250
03:02:56,319 --> 03:02:59,279
$230,000 of funding approximately is

4251
03:02:59,279 --> 03:03:01,120
remaining towards the Eagle Cliff water

4252
03:03:01,120 --> 03:03:04,000
main portion of the project. Uh there's

4253
03:03:04,000 --> 03:03:08,000
about $50,000 funds remaining in the OCP

4254
03:03:08,000 --> 03:03:10,319
development approvals grant project.

4255
03:03:10,319 --> 03:03:13,120
About 25,000 of Spark grant funding was

4256
03:03:13,120 --> 03:03:14,800
received and used to finance the

4257
03:03:14,800 --> 03:03:17,439
accessibility component of this room and

4258
03:03:17,439 --> 03:03:20,479
$150,000 of Translink funding has been

4259
03:03:20,479 --> 03:03:22,240
included in the budget in order to

4260
03:03:22,240 --> 03:03:24,880
undertake the upcoming project to

4261
03:03:24,880 --> 03:03:27,760
improve trunk road.

4262
03:03:27,760 --> 03:03:29,920
Um I'll talk a little bit about our

4263
03:03:29,920 --> 03:03:32,560
other revenues. They include things like

4264
03:03:32,560 --> 03:03:34,960
late pay late payment penalties or

4265
03:03:34,960 --> 03:03:37,840
interest on unpaid taxes. Uh we do

4266
03:03:37,840 --> 03:03:39,439
believe that that should come in at

4267
03:03:39,439 --> 03:03:42,640
approximately 144,000 this year. Last

4268
03:03:42,640 --> 03:03:46,080
year it came in at 153,000. So not a

4269
03:03:46,080 --> 03:03:47,760
significant amount of variance

4270
03:03:47,760 --> 03:03:49,359
year-over-year.

4271
03:03:49,359 --> 03:03:53,040
And as well we do have um a couple of

4272
03:03:53,040 --> 03:03:55,040
other items in this revenue category

4273
03:03:55,040 --> 03:03:57,120
where there we we anticipate that we'll

4274
03:03:57,120 --> 03:03:59,120
have variances. One of them of course is

4275
03:03:59,120 --> 03:04:00,960
the fact that we are collecting money

4276
03:04:00,960 --> 03:04:02,800
and setting aside for the Knickknack

4277
03:04:02,800 --> 03:04:04,720
Nook building project. We've received

4278
03:04:04,720 --> 03:04:07,680
approximately $31,000 there, which we

4279
03:04:07,680 --> 03:04:09,760
are holding aside for the new building

4280
03:04:09,760 --> 03:04:12,080
replacement at the Knickknack Nook. And

4281
03:04:12,080 --> 03:04:15,120
we have approximately 16,000 of new

4282
03:04:15,120 --> 03:04:16,479
revenue that came through the public

4283
03:04:16,479 --> 03:04:19,200
works department as we are um

4284
03:04:19,200 --> 03:04:20,960
undertaking agreements with homeowners

4285
03:04:20,960 --> 03:04:23,279
who are encroaching on public property

4286
03:04:23,279 --> 03:04:26,960
to um um collect annual fees for the for

4287
03:04:26,960 --> 03:04:29,520
the right to continue that encroachment.

4288
03:04:29,520 --> 03:04:32,319
So that's um unbudgeted revenue and it's

4289
03:04:32,319 --> 03:04:34,640
a new program started this year. Our

4290
03:04:34,640 --> 03:04:37,200
investment revenue uh potentially could

4291
03:04:37,200 --> 03:04:40,000
be down. Um interest rates have stayed

4292
03:04:40,000 --> 03:04:43,840
lower than maybe um anybody anticipated

4293
03:04:43,840 --> 03:04:45,920
this year given the fact that there is

4294
03:04:45,920 --> 03:04:49,439
ongoing turmoil uh with tariffs with war

4295
03:04:49,439 --> 03:04:53,920
in Iran. um interest rates are likely to

4296
03:04:53,920 --> 03:04:55,600
increase for the second half of the

4297
03:04:55,600 --> 03:04:57,600
year, but so far they have managed to

4298
03:04:57,600 --> 03:04:59,920
stay quite low um for the first half of

4299
03:04:59,920 --> 03:05:02,160
the year. So I am putting a provision in

4300
03:05:02,160 --> 03:05:04,319
there that it is possible that we could

4301
03:05:04,319 --> 03:05:06,160
um not reach our investment income

4302
03:05:06,160 --> 03:05:08,319
target of 250 this year for the general

4303
03:05:08,319 --> 03:05:10,880
fund and and I've uh projected that to

4304
03:05:10,880 --> 03:05:14,720
perhaps be as low as 200. So um putting

4305
03:05:14,720 --> 03:05:17,840
those um you know those conservative

4306
03:05:17,840 --> 03:05:21,359
estimates in there means that we are

4307
03:05:21,359 --> 03:05:23,680
probably going to come in quite close on

4308
03:05:23,680 --> 03:05:25,760
our revenue targets

4309
03:05:25,760 --> 03:05:27,760
and nothing certainly that is going to

4310
03:05:27,760 --> 03:05:31,359
put us in any kind of financial um cons

4311
03:05:31,359 --> 03:05:35,279
concern if we um if we

4312
03:05:35,279 --> 03:05:37,040
nothing that's expected to put us in any

4313
03:05:37,040 --> 03:05:39,200
kind of financial concern. Our

4314
03:05:39,200 --> 03:05:42,399
operations expenses are um uh quite

4315
03:05:42,399 --> 03:05:44,960
close to budget uh for the most part our

4316
03:05:44,960 --> 03:05:46,640
fire and emergency which has a

4317
03:05:46,640 --> 03:05:48,319
significant potential budget variance

4318
03:05:48,319 --> 03:05:50,399
there. It's mostly related to the fact

4319
03:05:50,399 --> 03:05:53,040
that we have not received the grant

4320
03:05:53,040 --> 03:05:56,000
funding for the EOC program this year

4321
03:05:56,000 --> 03:05:57,920
nor the grant funding for the ESS

4322
03:05:57,920 --> 03:06:01,680
program this year. So um we're planning

4323
03:06:01,680 --> 03:06:03,520
uh to be under budget because we're not

4324
03:06:03,520 --> 03:06:05,279
going to be incurring the expenses

4325
03:06:05,279 --> 03:06:07,439
related to those grant-f funded programs

4326
03:06:07,439 --> 03:06:09,520
as well. So, we are taking a hit on the

4327
03:06:09,520 --> 03:06:10,800
revenue side, but we're taking an

4328
03:06:10,800 --> 03:06:13,359
offsetting hit on the um expense side as

4329
03:06:13,359 --> 03:06:16,399
well. Um public works has uh a little

4330
03:06:16,399 --> 03:06:18,640
bit of a delay in hiring. It's got some

4331
03:06:18,640 --> 03:06:21,680
other savings that we've um managed to

4332
03:06:21,680 --> 03:06:24,960
achieve from um like for example the ice

4333
03:06:24,960 --> 03:06:26,960
and snow purchases. Our we had a very

4334
03:06:26,960 --> 03:06:29,120
mild winter where we didn't do very much

4335
03:06:29,120 --> 03:06:31,279
plowing or sanding and we managed to

4336
03:06:31,279 --> 03:06:33,200
save some money there. there's potential

4337
03:06:33,200 --> 03:06:35,520
that we are not going to be spending all

4338
03:06:35,520 --> 03:06:37,920
of our arborous budget these years. I've

4339
03:06:37,920 --> 03:06:40,479
just estimated some some savings in some

4340
03:06:40,479 --> 03:06:43,359
of those line items and and all in all

4341
03:06:43,359 --> 03:06:44,880
adding all of those up, we could

4342
03:06:44,880 --> 03:06:47,359
possibly come in at about $100,000

4343
03:06:47,359 --> 03:06:49,279
savings in that budget line item this

4344
03:06:49,279 --> 03:06:52,000
year. Um

4345
03:06:52,000 --> 03:06:54,240
what else is a significant variance

4346
03:06:54,240 --> 03:06:55,760
there?

4347
03:06:55,760 --> 03:06:58,240
uh strategic planning is under that of

4348
03:06:58,240 --> 03:07:00,080
course has our contingency of

4349
03:07:00,080 --> 03:07:02,319
approximately $80,000

4350
03:07:02,319 --> 03:07:04,560
um included within that budget line item

4351
03:07:04,560 --> 03:07:08,160
and we have not um currently identified

4352
03:07:08,160 --> 03:07:11,279
a need for that contingency. So um if

4353
03:07:11,279 --> 03:07:14,800
all goes well to the end of the year, we would expect to be under budget in

4354
03:07:14,800 --> 03:07:19,840
that line item. Um as well in our

4355
03:07:19,840 --> 03:07:21,680
community and facility management

4356
03:07:21,680 --> 03:07:25,439
program uh we do budget for uh provision

4357
03:07:25,439 --> 03:07:27,920
for backfilling of the community center

4358
03:07:27,920 --> 03:07:32,160
manager. We um estimate that that all

4359
03:07:32,160 --> 03:07:35,040
sickness or vacation leaves will be will

4360
03:07:35,040 --> 03:07:37,760
be backfilled and um we've just managed

4361
03:07:37,760 --> 03:07:40,319
to kind of um do a minimum amount of

4362
03:07:40,319 --> 03:07:42,479
backfilling for those. So, we we do

4363
03:07:42,479 --> 03:07:45,120
potentially uh will see some savings in

4364
03:07:45,120 --> 03:07:47,520
that line item as well. Contributions to

4365
03:07:47,520 --> 03:07:49,760
reserves, they've all been posted as

4366
03:07:49,760 --> 03:07:52,319
budgeted. Um at the end of the year, any

4367
03:07:52,319 --> 03:07:55,920
unspent um any unspent operations will

4368
03:07:55,920 --> 03:07:58,319
also get posted to uh contribution to

4369
03:07:58,319 --> 03:08:00,800
accumulated surplus. I'll talk a little

4370
03:08:00,800 --> 03:08:02,560
bit about our capital expenditures. You

4371
03:08:02,560 --> 03:08:03,920
know, we spend the first three months

4372
03:08:03,920 --> 03:08:05,920
kind of developing our budget still. We

4373
03:08:05,920 --> 03:08:07,279
spend the next three months approving

4374
03:08:07,279 --> 03:08:09,840
the budget and we really get into the

4375
03:08:09,840 --> 03:08:11,840
bulk of the capital work in this period

4376
03:08:11,840 --> 03:08:15,200
right now. So, um I will have a much

4377
03:08:15,200 --> 03:08:18,080
more comprehensive expenditure report to

4378
03:08:18,080 --> 03:08:20,000
provide you at the end of Q3 when the

4379
03:08:20,000 --> 03:08:22,000
summer work um starts taking out.

4380
03:08:22,000 --> 03:08:24,000
There's a lot of RFPs that have recently

4381
03:08:24,000 --> 03:08:26,399
gone out are right in the process of

4382
03:08:26,399 --> 03:08:28,800
being awarded and we're going to be

4383
03:08:28,800 --> 03:08:31,120
undertaking significant portion of our

4384
03:08:31,120 --> 03:08:33,120
capital spending um at that time. So

4385
03:08:33,120 --> 03:08:35,680
next quarterly variance you will see um

4386
03:08:35,680 --> 03:08:38,560
the roll out of our capital program. Um

4387
03:08:38,560 --> 03:08:41,279
so I don't have anything else. I'm happy

4388
03:08:41,279 --> 03:08:44,080
to take questions about the report or um

4389
03:08:44,080 --> 03:08:51,110
provide any other information.

4390
03:08:51,120 --> 03:08:53,760
you commented on one thing in there that

4391
03:08:53,760 --> 03:08:57,680
we hadn't received the grants both for

4392
03:08:57,680 --> 03:09:01,200
um emergency ESS and

4393
03:09:01,200 --> 03:09:02,640
>> but they were both related to the

4394
03:09:02,640 --> 03:09:03,600
emergency program.

4395
03:09:03,600 --> 03:09:05,279
>> That's right. [clears throat] So every

4396
03:09:05,279 --> 03:09:08,479
year we apply for um an EOC an emergency

4397
03:09:08,479 --> 03:09:10,720
operations center grant of about between

4398
03:09:10,720 --> 03:09:12,960
30 and $40,000.

4399
03:09:12,960 --> 03:09:16,319
that was not um approved this year and

4400
03:09:16,319 --> 03:09:18,880
nor was the $30,000 grant that we

4401
03:09:18,880 --> 03:09:21,359
applied for to support our emergency

4402
03:09:21,359 --> 03:09:23,359
social support uh volunteer.

4403
03:09:23,359 --> 03:09:26,720
>> But none of that has any impact on um

4404
03:09:26,720 --> 03:09:27,520
>> bottom line

4405
03:09:27,520 --> 03:09:31,760
>> on on the um staffing or positions that

4406
03:09:31,760 --> 03:09:34,479
are in that emergency operations

4407
03:09:34,479 --> 03:09:37,120
section. No, we fund all of the staffing

4408
03:09:37,120 --> 03:09:39,600
um out of the municipal taxation budget

4409
03:09:39,600 --> 03:09:42,000
and the grants are extra events,

4410
03:09:42,000 --> 03:09:44,080
workshops, tabletop exercises, those

4411
03:09:44,080 --> 03:09:45,600
sorts of things that we would normally

4412
03:09:45,600 --> 03:09:46,640
undertake.

4413
03:09:46,640 --> 03:09:49,600
>> Anybody else got any questions?

4414
03:09:49,600 --> 03:09:52,479
So, I will move that um council receive

4415
03:09:52,479 --> 03:09:57,279
the 2026 quarter 2 quarterly report. Am

4416
03:09:57,279 --> 03:09:59,600
I getting the right one? At its as

4417
03:09:59,600 --> 03:10:02,640
presented at its July 27 No, just a

4418
03:10:02,640 --> 03:10:04,640
minute. Am I in the right one? No, I'm

4419
03:10:04,640 --> 03:10:06,560
not. Um, I would move that council

4420
03:10:06,560 --> 03:10:09,600
receive the 2026 quarterly 2 budget

4421
03:10:09,600 --> 03:10:13,200
update as provided at its July 27, 2026

4422
03:10:13,200 --> 03:10:14,319
meeting for information.

4423
03:10:14,319 --> 03:10:15,359
>> Yeah, second.

4424
03:10:15,359 --> 03:10:17,760
>> Second. Okay, we'll give councelor wake

4425
03:10:17,760 --> 03:10:20,080
that one. All in favor?

4426
03:10:20,080 --> 03:10:23,510
>> I

4427
03:10:23,520 --> 03:10:26,640
so 8.6. Lastly, uh the last update

4428
03:10:26,640 --> 03:10:29,040
report for council. Uh I just wanted to

4429
03:10:29,040 --> 03:10:32,160
give you uh a bit of an oversight of

4430
03:10:32,160 --> 03:10:34,240
where you're at with your strategic plan

4431
03:10:34,240 --> 03:10:36,880
objectives uh for this point in your

4432
03:10:36,880 --> 03:10:39,920
council term. Um

4433
03:10:39,920 --> 03:10:43,680
looking at the first uh area of

4434
03:10:43,680 --> 03:10:46,080
priority, those objectives related to

4435
03:10:46,080 --> 03:10:48,960
diverse and resilient community. Um

4436
03:10:48,960 --> 03:10:52,000
several of the objectives are going to

4437
03:10:52,000 --> 03:10:54,240
be complete are complete now or will

4438
03:10:54,240 --> 03:10:57,120
reasonably be complete um by the end of

4439
03:10:57,120 --> 03:10:59,600
the council term in the fall. Um for

4440
03:10:59,600 --> 03:11:02,080
example, the MRDT bylaw, you'll be

4441
03:11:02,080 --> 03:11:04,160
looking at a recommendation from the

4442
03:11:04,160 --> 03:11:05,760
planner coming forth at your first

4443
03:11:05,760 --> 03:11:08,479
meeting back in September as to whether

4444
03:11:08,479 --> 03:11:11,680
or not to move forward with that uh

4445
03:11:11,680 --> 03:11:14,080
municipal regional district taxation

4446
03:11:14,080 --> 03:11:15,760
bylaw.

4447
03:11:15,760 --> 03:11:19,359
um the wastewater DCC bylaw will be uh

4448
03:11:19,359 --> 03:11:21,520
we'll be looking at getting that done by

4449
03:11:21,520 --> 03:11:24,080
the fall. There is a developer meeting

4450
03:11:24,080 --> 03:11:25,359
uh a meeting with the development

4451
03:11:25,359 --> 03:11:28,720
community scheduled for September 21st

4452
03:11:28,720 --> 03:11:31,680
and that of course is um a bylaw that is

4453
03:11:31,680 --> 03:11:35,600
set to collect uh funds from new people

4454
03:11:35,600 --> 03:11:37,600
joining the wastewater system. So that's

4455
03:11:37,600 --> 03:11:39,680
been in the works for quite a long time

4456
03:11:39,680 --> 03:11:42,240
and that developer meeting is a key part

4457
03:11:42,240 --> 03:11:46,240
of that bylaw. Um ongoing and updating

4458
03:11:46,240 --> 03:11:50,240
things. Um we will be looking uh

4459
03:11:50,240 --> 03:11:52,319
probably in the new council term to

4460
03:11:52,319 --> 03:11:55,200
update uh the agreement with the hearth.

4461
03:11:55,200 --> 03:11:58,399
Um do a new agreement with family place

4462
03:11:58,399 --> 03:12:00,720
and as well as tourism bowen. That of

4463
03:12:00,720 --> 03:12:03,439
course is um dependent on the results of

4464
03:12:03,439 --> 03:12:06,000
the MRDT bylaw process. [clears throat]

4465
03:12:06,000 --> 03:12:09,520
So at the same time we are hoping to um

4466
03:12:09,520 --> 03:12:12,479
continue to work with BC fairies uh

4467
03:12:12,479 --> 03:12:16,319
moving towards um uh we do have of

4468
03:12:16,319 --> 03:12:18,720
course we do have a bylaw that has been

4469
03:12:18,720 --> 03:12:21,840
uh moved by council to three readings.

4470
03:12:21,840 --> 03:12:25,760
Um that is uh just on the on the council

4471
03:12:25,760 --> 03:12:28,560
agenda be looking at uh what council

4472
03:12:28,560 --> 03:12:30,880
wants to do with that bylaw in the fall.

4473
03:12:30,880 --> 03:12:33,439
But again, we are hoping to work with BC

4474
03:12:33,439 --> 03:12:35,920
fairies as our partner to improve safe

4475
03:12:35,920 --> 03:12:37,600
and orderly ferry marshalling in the

4476
03:12:37,600 --> 03:12:39,920
cove. Um, moving to the next area

4477
03:12:39,920 --> 03:12:41,520
priorities are the strong and

4478
03:12:41,520 --> 03:12:43,760
infrastructure asset management. A lot

4479
03:12:43,760 --> 03:12:47,920
of policy work um is going on there.

4480
03:12:47,920 --> 03:12:51,040
I have uh quite a few policies that are

4481
03:12:51,040 --> 03:12:53,680
um on my work plan. Most importantly,

4482
03:12:53,680 --> 03:12:55,760
redoing the planning and budgeting

4483
03:12:55,760 --> 03:13:01,840
decision-making policy. Um I expect that work will begin over the summer. Um

4484
03:13:01,840 --> 03:13:05,920
may not likely be uh complete by um

4485
03:13:05,920 --> 03:13:08,240
September. Um but that will be a new one

4486
03:13:08,240 --> 03:13:09,920
for council consideration in the new

4487
03:13:09,920 --> 03:13:13,279
term. Um work to roll out those asset

4488
03:13:13,279 --> 03:13:15,920
report cards. Um a significant amount of

4489
03:13:15,920 --> 03:13:18,720
work has been included um in that

4490
03:13:18,720 --> 03:13:21,520
project and we do believe that the uh

4491
03:13:21,520 --> 03:13:24,000
the road condition assessment will be

4492
03:13:24,000 --> 03:13:26,640
complete by the end of October 2026. So

4493
03:13:26,640 --> 03:13:29,520
having that report um will be um

4494
03:13:29,520 --> 03:13:31,680
instrumental in informing the director

4495
03:13:31,680 --> 03:13:35,840
of engineering's uh road plan for 2027.

4496
03:13:35,840 --> 03:13:38,319
Uh water master plan, the RFP is being

4497
03:13:38,319 --> 03:13:41,120
finalized. that will be going out um and

4498
03:13:41,120 --> 03:13:43,920
posted uh looking for submissions on

4499
03:13:43,920 --> 03:13:51,840
that um in the fall. and as will the um the report for

4500
03:13:51,840 --> 03:13:54,000
uh the

4501
03:13:54,000 --> 03:13:56,399
asset management plan. The overall asset

4502
03:13:56,399 --> 03:13:59,359
management plan RFP is also currently in

4503
03:13:59,359 --> 03:14:01,200
review and that will be posted very soon

4504
03:14:01,200 --> 03:14:03,920
in the next couple of weeks and um we'll

4505
03:14:03,920 --> 03:14:06,560
be looking to award that um in the fall

4506
03:14:06,560 --> 03:14:09,279
and work be um be underway on that

4507
03:14:09,279 --> 03:14:10,800
initiative.

4508
03:14:10,800 --> 03:14:13,520
Um

4509
03:14:13,520 --> 03:14:16,479
I think the new term can look forward to

4510
03:14:16,479 --> 03:14:18,319
development of the new solid waste

4511
03:14:18,319 --> 03:14:20,800
management strategy. The sewer outfall

4512
03:14:20,800 --> 03:14:22,800
project as I mentioned is underway

4513
03:14:22,800 --> 03:14:24,640
waiting for a permitting process but

4514
03:14:24,640 --> 03:14:27,439
that is probably one that that capital

4515
03:14:27,439 --> 03:14:29,840
project will be undertaken and and well

4516
03:14:29,840 --> 03:14:32,000
underway into the new council term in

4517
03:14:32,000 --> 03:14:35,760
the fall. And as well uh something that

4518
03:14:35,760 --> 03:14:39,760
is really um great to for me to be

4519
03:14:39,760 --> 03:14:41,279
reporting on is the work that's been

4520
03:14:41,279 --> 03:14:44,720
done on Cove Bay. So everything that we

4521
03:14:44,720 --> 03:14:47,920
can do internally given the plant as its

4522
03:14:47,920 --> 03:14:51,439
existing um capacity is working as

4523
03:14:51,439 --> 03:14:54,720
optimally as we can get it to get it to

4524
03:14:54,720 --> 03:14:57,920
operate. Um the work on the intake flush

4525
03:14:57,920 --> 03:15:00,080
has been completed which is creating a

4526
03:15:00,080 --> 03:15:01,760
much cleaner source of water going in

4527
03:15:01,760 --> 03:15:03,520
which produces a cleaner source of water

4528
03:15:03,520 --> 03:15:06,160
going out. Um work that needs to be

4529
03:15:06,160 --> 03:15:09,760
undertaken now is to develop some uh

4530
03:15:09,760 --> 03:15:11,840
potential technology for pre-treatment

4531
03:15:11,840 --> 03:15:14,880
and that um amount of work is what will

4532
03:15:14,880 --> 03:15:17,600
be going on and starting with the next

4533
03:15:17,600 --> 03:15:20,319
council in the new term. So, um looking

4534
03:15:20,319 --> 03:15:24,640
at improvements and upgrades to um to

4535
03:15:24,640 --> 03:15:26,160
address the quality of the water that

4536
03:15:26,160 --> 03:15:31,680
goes into the plant will, um we'll be

4537
03:15:31,680 --> 03:15:35,279
looking at ways to fund that, ways to uh

4538
03:15:35,279 --> 03:15:38,640
come up with options and will be part of

4539
03:15:38,640 --> 03:15:40,640
the budget process for the director of

4540
03:15:40,640 --> 03:15:43,359
engineering um come the fall. And

4541
03:15:43,359 --> 03:15:46,399
lastly, engaged community and infect and

4542
03:15:46,399 --> 03:15:49,520
effective government. Um these are items

4543
03:15:49,520 --> 03:15:53,040
that are really ongoing things. Um we

4544
03:15:53,040 --> 03:15:56,880
can always uh undertake programs and

4545
03:15:56,880 --> 03:15:59,920
practices that continuously uh you know

4546
03:15:59,920 --> 03:16:01,840
for continuous improvement to ensure

4547
03:16:01,840 --> 03:16:04,880
that the um community is engaged in our

4548
03:16:04,880 --> 03:16:06,880
government are more effective. So, one

4549
03:16:06,880 --> 03:16:09,520
of the things that has recently been um

4550
03:16:09,520 --> 03:16:11,520
adopted just today by council was

4551
03:16:11,520 --> 03:16:13,120
adoption of the new procurement

4552
03:16:13,120 --> 03:16:17,200
purchasing policy um as well as the

4553
03:16:17,200 --> 03:16:19,200
projects to install the interpretive

4554
03:16:19,200 --> 03:16:21,760
signage um on the westside beaches.

4555
03:16:21,760 --> 03:16:24,880
These are things that are complete tick

4556
03:16:24,880 --> 03:16:26,399
we can mark those off and then the

4557
03:16:26,399 --> 03:16:29,600
ongoing work of course cons um continues

4558
03:16:29,600 --> 03:16:31,840
to do the relationship building with

4559
03:16:31,840 --> 03:16:34,560
Squamish Nation. Uh we're looking at

4560
03:16:34,560 --> 03:16:36,880
moving the project forward to um

4561
03:16:36,880 --> 03:16:38,880
construct the welcome figure outside the

4562
03:16:38,880 --> 03:16:42,000
front of the um community center and as

4563
03:16:42,000 --> 03:16:45,200
well um implementation of accessibility

4564
03:16:45,200 --> 03:16:47,200
um uh implementation of the

4565
03:16:47,200 --> 03:16:49,359
accessibility plan is always going to be

4566
03:16:49,359 --> 03:16:52,000
an ongoing um project. Building

4567
03:16:52,000 --> 03:16:54,000
accessibility features into every new

4568
03:16:54,000 --> 03:16:56,319
project that we that we take on is just

4569
03:16:56,319 --> 03:16:58,000
going to be a new filter, a new lens

4570
03:16:58,000 --> 03:17:00,160
through which every project is is looked

4571
03:17:00,160 --> 03:17:02,479
at. Um

4572
03:17:02,479 --> 03:17:05,680
and for the last point, your responsible

4573
03:17:05,680 --> 03:17:08,800
ecosystem protection objectives. Um if

4574
03:17:08,800 --> 03:17:10,720
you want to mark off in the complete

4575
03:17:10,720 --> 03:17:14,880
box, we've got the um the MRDT tax which

4576
03:17:14,880 --> 03:17:18,160
will drive that tourism sector um to

4577
03:17:18,160 --> 03:17:25,269
develop new modes of of um

4578
03:17:25,279 --> 03:17:28,319
sorry uh finalizing the municipal land

4579
03:17:28,319 --> 03:17:30,479
zoning designation is the second point

4580
03:17:30,479 --> 03:17:33,040
that um council could put a check mark

4581
03:17:33,040 --> 03:17:35,520
box in complete and as well as

4582
03:17:35,520 --> 03:17:37,840
completion of the builder's workshop.

4583
03:17:37,840 --> 03:17:39,439
Then the ongoing things that will

4584
03:17:39,439 --> 03:17:41,279
probably carry forward into the new

4585
03:17:41,279 --> 03:17:44,239
council includes as I said ongoing

4586
03:17:44,239 --> 03:17:46,080
engagement with Squamish Nation

4587
03:17:46,080 --> 03:17:49,200
regarding the OCP um the septic the new

4588
03:17:49,200 --> 03:17:52,399
septic management bylaw and as well

4589
03:17:52,399 --> 03:17:54,960
looking at options to manage graywater

4590
03:17:54,960 --> 03:17:59,520
reuse. All of those uh little projects,

4591
03:17:59,520 --> 03:18:01,920
not little, but um all of those projects

4592
03:18:01,920 --> 03:18:04,960
will uh be ongoing things that the new

4593
03:18:04,960 --> 03:18:08,080
council will uh continue to work on in

4594
03:18:08,080 --> 03:18:12,479
the new term starting in 2026.

4595
03:18:12,479 --> 03:18:14,560
>> Any questions?

4596
03:18:14,560 --> 03:18:15,680
Councelor Gettys

4597
03:18:15,680 --> 03:18:18,080
>> on the last page under forest landscape

4598
03:18:18,080 --> 03:18:21,840
management um this is uh there's a word

4599
03:18:21,840 --> 03:18:24,800
at the very last under status of July 26

4600
03:18:24,800 --> 03:18:27,520
it says complete um but staff will

4601
03:18:27,520 --> 03:18:30,160
continue to explore alternative options

4602
03:18:30,160 --> 03:18:32,399
for stewardship of crownlands. I was at

4603
03:18:32,399 --> 03:18:34,319
one meeting and it was very interesting

4604
03:18:34,319 --> 03:18:37,680
and productive and um but there was a

4605
03:18:37,680 --> 03:18:40,720
lot of uh followup and homework. So I

4606
03:18:40,720 --> 03:18:42,319
would ask that you remove the word

4607
03:18:42,319 --> 03:18:44,080
complete

4608
03:18:44,080 --> 03:18:47,279
in that

4609
03:18:47,279 --> 03:18:47,920
>> one point.

4610
03:18:47,920 --> 03:18:49,920
>> I think it said complete because the

4611
03:18:49,920 --> 03:18:52,160
staff report had come back to council um

4612
03:18:52,160 --> 03:18:54,960
to uh provide the information about the

4613
03:18:54,960 --> 03:18:57,359
community for us. Um that's not to say

4614
03:18:57,359 --> 03:18:58,960
that that there aren't more.

4615
03:18:58,960 --> 03:19:02,479
>> I thought that was the start. [laughter]

4616
03:19:02,479 --> 03:19:03,520
>> Does the manager of parks and

4617
03:19:03,520 --> 03:19:05,120
environment have anything to add to that

4618
03:19:05,120 --> 03:19:07,520
one?

4619
03:19:07,520 --> 03:19:11,920
Um, thanks for asking. I think we just

4620
03:19:11,920 --> 03:19:15,279
put complete because we thought that uh

4621
03:19:15,279 --> 03:19:17,439
in terms of the council direction to

4622
03:19:17,439 --> 03:19:23,040
look into forest landscape plans that portion of the research was done

4623
03:19:23,040 --> 03:19:25,040
and that council had decided not to move

4624
03:19:25,040 --> 03:19:27,279
forward with the forest landscape plan

4625
03:19:27,279 --> 03:19:30,239
or a community forest and that the um

4626
03:19:30,239 --> 03:19:32,080
direction from council was then to kind

4627
03:19:32,080 --> 03:19:35,359
of shift into looking at different uh

4628
03:19:35,359 --> 03:19:39,040
methods for community uh stewardship of

4629
03:19:39,040 --> 03:19:40,560
properties.

4630
03:19:40,560 --> 03:19:42,800
Um I [clears throat]

4631
03:19:42,800 --> 03:19:45,120
though that the other that um the

4632
03:19:45,120 --> 03:19:47,520
meeting that we did have moved back a

4633
03:19:47,520 --> 03:19:49,439
little bit into community forest but I

4634
03:19:49,439 --> 03:19:51,520
think uh in terms of the council

4635
03:19:51,520 --> 03:19:55,359
direction that's not um what I have

4636
03:19:55,359 --> 03:19:56,880
currently

4637
03:19:56,880 --> 03:19:58,880
um so I would I would say for this

4638
03:19:58,880 --> 03:20:04,319
strategic plan that that item is

4639
03:20:04,319 --> 03:20:06,800
>> that's my recollection.

4640
03:20:06,800 --> 03:20:07,920
Anybody [clears throat]

4641
03:20:07,920 --> 03:20:12,239
else? Okay. So, I will move that council

4642
03:20:12,239 --> 03:20:15,120
receive the strategic plan status update

4643
03:20:15,120 --> 03:20:17,920
as presented at its July 27th, 2026

4644
03:20:17,920 --> 03:20:20,640
regular council meeting for information.

4645
03:20:20,640 --> 03:20:24,000
Second. All in favor? I.

4646
03:20:24,000 --> 03:20:28,479
>> Okay. All right. We're on new business.

4647
03:20:28,479 --> 03:20:31,920
Um Mayor Leonard isn't here on the Metro

4648
03:20:31,920 --> 03:20:34,399
Vancouver board meeting. Um but

4649
03:20:34,399 --> 03:20:36,000
interestingly there was a press release

4650
03:20:36,000 --> 03:20:38,640
that came out right after that and they

4651
03:20:38,640 --> 03:20:40,479
are going forward to the province for

4652
03:20:40,479 --> 03:20:43,760
the reduction of the size of the board

4653
03:20:43,760 --> 03:20:45,439
not the number of votes each

4654
03:20:45,439 --> 03:20:47,600
municipality has and I very quickly

4655
03:20:47,600 --> 03:20:50,080
looked at it. The board size will go

4656
03:20:50,080 --> 03:20:53,120
from 41 to 34 which means the city of

4657
03:20:53,120 --> 03:20:55,520
Vancouver is losing four representatives

4658
03:20:55,520 --> 03:20:58,080
but no no loss of votes and Siri is

4659
03:20:58,080 --> 03:21:02,239
losing three. So it it we and I think we

4660
03:21:02,239 --> 03:21:04,479
all saw the mayor of Suriri was on the

4661
03:21:04,479 --> 03:21:08,319
news I think not happy with that. Um so

4662
03:21:08,319 --> 03:21:11,040
that's all I know about that and anybody

4663
03:21:11,040 --> 03:21:13,760
know anything about Translink meeting?

4664
03:21:13,760 --> 03:21:19,359
No. Okay. Um islands trust update.

4665
03:21:19,359 --> 03:21:21,920
>> Nothing new for me. and the um the link

4666
03:21:21,920 --> 03:21:23,760
that was in the agenda of all of the

4667
03:21:23,760 --> 03:21:25,600
different little meetings of the um

4668
03:21:25,600 --> 03:21:28,399
local trust committees and um there

4669
03:21:28,399 --> 03:21:30,160
really isn't a whole lot of activity

4670
03:21:30,160 --> 03:21:35,279
going on with um with the trust um

4671
03:21:35,279 --> 03:21:37,680
for July and and parts of August.

4672
03:21:37,680 --> 03:21:39,359
There's some meetings coming up in terms

4673
03:21:39,359 --> 03:21:42,640
of planning things, but um it's a

4674
03:21:42,640 --> 03:21:44,640
summer. So,

4675
03:21:44,640 --> 03:21:46,504
>> I have a couple of things I can add.

4676
03:21:46,504 --> 03:21:47,200
[clears throat]

4677
03:21:47,200 --> 03:21:50,239
um uh trust council tried to hold a

4678
03:21:50,239 --> 03:21:53,120
committee the whole uh meeting last week

4679
03:21:53,120 --> 03:21:56,880
uh but we were short one of a quorum. So

4680
03:21:56,880 --> 03:22:01,600
that uh it was sort of um reviewing the

4681
03:22:01,600 --> 03:22:04,000
input received from agencies from the

4682
03:22:04,000 --> 03:22:08,000
formal referrals about the um update of

4683
03:22:08,000 --> 03:22:10,160
the trust policy statement. So that

4684
03:22:10,160 --> 03:22:12,800
meeting didn't happen. Uh we did have a

4685
03:22:12,800 --> 03:22:14,880
trust programs committee that um meeting

4686
03:22:14,880 --> 03:22:18,319
that I was in on um the Thursday and of

4687
03:22:18,319 --> 03:22:21,600
interest might be that uh islands trust

4688
03:22:21,600 --> 03:22:24,960
put together a webinar for realtors

4689
03:22:24,960 --> 03:22:28,160
about what is the island's trust so that

4690
03:22:28,160 --> 03:22:29,680
they can communicate that with people

4691
03:22:29,680 --> 03:22:32,880
wishing to purchase property and uh so

4692
03:22:32,880 --> 03:22:37,200
to reduce surprises and um uh and then

4693
03:22:37,200 --> 03:22:40,160
um I haven't looked at it yet. I've just

4694
03:22:40,160 --> 03:22:42,239
found out about it and uh financial

4695
03:22:42,239 --> 03:22:45,040
planning committee um is having a

4696
03:22:45,040 --> 03:22:47,040
meeting in mid August and uh I'll be

4697
03:22:47,040 --> 03:22:48,319
chairing that but I don't have any

4698
03:22:48,319 --> 03:22:52,630
information yet.

4699
03:22:52,640 --> 03:22:56,319
» Nobody else. All right.

4700
03:22:56,319 --> 03:22:58,560
>> I could just add to update council that

4701
03:22:58,560 --> 03:23:01,040
the work between the islands trust CFO

4702
03:23:01,040 --> 03:23:03,840
and myself is ongoing. We meet um

4703
03:23:03,840 --> 03:23:06,160
usually every Friday for an hour or two

4704
03:23:06,160 --> 03:23:08,560
and we're going over the Islands Trust

4705
03:23:08,560 --> 03:23:10,720
requisition allocation formula. So that

4706
03:23:10,720 --> 03:23:13,120
is um a very detailed process. It's a

4707
03:23:13,120 --> 03:23:14,640
good learning opportunity for the

4708
03:23:14,640 --> 03:23:16,399
Islands Trust CFO because they are new

4709
03:23:16,399 --> 03:23:18,479
in their role this year. So really

4710
03:23:18,479 --> 03:23:22,160
taking uh an opportunity to review all

4711
03:23:22,160 --> 03:23:23,840
of those budget line items and really

4712
03:23:23,840 --> 03:23:26,479
understand what's in them and help to

4713
03:23:26,479 --> 03:23:28,479
decide if that is something that should

4714
03:23:28,479 --> 03:23:30,160
appropriately be allocated to the

4715
03:23:30,160 --> 03:23:32,880
municipal pool or not. And um I just I

4716
03:23:32,880 --> 03:23:34,399
think that's very positive work that's

4717
03:23:34,399 --> 03:23:35,200
going on there.

4718
03:23:35,200 --> 03:23:38,720
>> Thank you. All right, I think we're down

4719
03:23:38,720 --> 03:23:41,200
to question period. I don't think

4720
03:23:41,200 --> 03:23:43,760
there's anybody in the audience. Nobody

4721
03:23:43,760 --> 03:23:44,560
online.

4722
03:23:44,560 --> 03:23:45,040
>> No.

4723
03:23:45,040 --> 03:23:48,800
>> Um motion to adjourn. John, Councelor

4724
03:23:48,800 --> 03:23:52,000
Saunders, Councelor Wake. Okay, the

4725
03:23:52,000 --> 03:23:54,880
meeting is adjourned. We've got a closed

4726
03:23:54,880 --> 03:23:59,359
meeting. Um, so 4:30