[0:08] All right, and hello, and welcome everyone to today's special council meeting for Monday, August 17th. Before we begin, I just want to make a couple words.

[0:19] I'd like to take this time to acknowledge that the people and communities across British Columbia were facing a devastating impact of the wildfires.

[0:27] Our hearts and thoughts are with those who have been forced from their homes, living with uncertainty and wondering what they may find when they are able to return.

[0:35] I also want to recognize the extraordinary efforts of the BC Wal-Fi Service, emergency responders, and support crews who continue to work tirelessly under incredibly difficult conditions.

[0:47] Their courage, commitment, and sacrifice and protecting lives, homes, and communities deserve our deepest gratitude and respect.

[0:56] Do everyone affected by these fires? Please know that you are in our thoughts. We stand with you and hope us with return home for those who have been displaced.

[1:06] And to those who have been positioned to help, I encourage you to consider supporting really efforts through the Canadian Red Cross or the United Way of BC.

[1:14] In times like these, even small acts of generosity can make a meaningful difference.

[1:19] It's also a mindful of how we move about our community and recognize that one small

[1:24] thoughtless act can have devastating effects.

[1:28] Together, let's be diligent, follow local fire bands, and act responsibly when

[1:33] enjoying the tackler outdoors that we are privileged to have right on our doorstep.

[1:39] What I would also like to thank Lankard Farah Rescue and the Lankard Farah Smart team for

[1:43] ongoing dedication and expertise in helping protect our community every day. We are truly grateful

[1:50] for your service and for the commitment and professionalism you bring to this important work. It is

[1:55] a service that deserves respect and development. Thank you very much. And with that, I call this meeting

[2:04] the order. Councillor Garry, can we have our chair to our commencement please? Thank you, Mayor.

[2:10] The city of Linguford honors and acknowledges the traditional territories of the co-sealish

[2:15] peoples.

[2:16] Of course, absence on his and sheeninations, and the percentage of people's represents

[2:20] by the start-lip, bookage and see-out, seek-um, and malavatations.

[2:24] We thank them for sharing this beautiful land.

[2:26] Thank you very much.

[2:31] I'm Ms. Watmell.

[2:31] Good evening.

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[4:09] Can anyone improve with your agenda, please?

[4:11] Move the Councilor Curve the agenda as presented.

[4:14] Well, second.

[4:16] All those in favor?

[4:17] Post.

[4:18] That passes.

[4:21] All right.

[4:21] We are starting with item number five presentations.

[4:24] We have two today.

[4:25] The first being 5.1 draft climate action plan.

[4:29] Staff.

[4:30] I think you're going to take this away.

[4:32] Yes.

[4:32] Thank you, Mayor.

[4:33] We'll get the presentation loaded up here.

[4:36] This is why we're having that loaded up here.

[4:40] It's my pleasure to introduce the city's

[4:43] graphed climate action plan tonight. So with us tonight, we have our consultant represented by

[4:50] a shift collaborative, also in Trova, and liquor geospatial who has been doing the kind of

[4:57] ground mapping analysis, as well as our staff project team. So we're very happy to get into it tonight.

[5:05] So as we, oops over the past 10 months or so, staff and the consulting team have been working

[5:13] to that the plan together. So tonight we will run you through the body of work that has contributed

[5:19] to what you're going to see tonight. So this includes the project context and the planning process.

[5:24] So some of the background about why we're here and the different context that we've been looking

[5:31] at through the analysis process as well as some key insights from the engagement and the more

[5:36] technical modeling analysis that has been completed to date and overview of the plan itself.

[5:42] So what the components of the plan are, how it's structured,

[5:47] what everyone can expect to see when the full draft is released

[5:52] in the coming weeks, as well as the implementation process

[5:55] and next steps for the plan.

[5:58] So with that, I'm kicking us off tonight.

[6:00] We'll be the city's climate action planner.

[6:03] As you saw, Momyn, who will be starting off

[6:06] with the first components of the presentation,

[6:08] and then she will hand it over to our consultant

[6:10] for kind of the middle part and then we'll take it home. So over to you, Vegeta.

[6:20] Thanks, Liam.

[6:24] Let's start with the project context and planning process.

[6:29] We're living in a time of unprecedented climate impacts, communities here in British Columbia and

[6:35] around the world are facing the escalating impacts of climate change, from extreme heat and flooding

[6:42] to wildfires and emergency evacuations. In the last two weeks alone, Europe has faced its

[6:49] fifth heat wave of the year, with temperatures reaching nearly 41 degrees Celsius in arms.

[6:55] In different parts of France, Britain nurses have collapsed from heat exhaustion while

[7:00] carrying formations in hospitals. In Japan, record rainfall stranded thousands of travelers at

[7:07] Tokyo's Navidad Airport, while flooding disrupted transportation, and caused widespread

[7:13] power outages in surrounding areas.

[7:16] Close it to home, fast-moving wildfire in the Okanagan Valley has forced more than 20,000

[7:23] people to leave their homes overnight and prompting the province to speak more a state of

[7:29] emergency.

[7:30] My morning, about 130 wildfires, were burning throughout BC, most of them sparked by lightning.

[7:37] These events remind us that addressing climate crisis is no longer a future consideration.

[7:47] For local governments, climate action is about protecting people, infrastructure and quality of life.

[7:56] Building a community that can thrive in a changing climate.

[7:59] This means we need to slow down the climate change by reducing greenhouse gasry for missiles, which is called Megadleton.

[8:08] We also need to prepare for the impacts of climate change in climate, which are becoming more severe and frequent.

[8:17] Taking climate action today will help reduce future climate impacts, protect evil and places, and avoid costly damage and recovery efforts.

[8:29] As line-foot continues to grow rapidly alongside increasing climate impacts, today's

[8:35] decisions will have lasting impacts for generations to come.

[8:40] With the right plan, we can guide growth to build neighborhoods that are healthier,

[8:45] more connected, more affordable, and better prepared for the future.

[8:50] Line-foot's climate action plan provides a guide for these decisions.

[8:58] The most effective climate actions deliver multiple benefits at once.

[9:04] For example, Lancford's urban forest is estimated to be worth nearly $36 million.

[9:11] When broader positive outcomes are considered,

[9:14] settles their ability to cool streets, absorb carbon, improve air quality,

[9:19] improve impulse health, manage stormwater,

[9:22] And lower the energy costs, its value is substantially higher.

[9:29] These additional positive outcomes are called hopeless.

[9:33] Many of the actions in Langplitz Climate Action Plan include social, economic and environmental

[9:40] co-opinverts, malloking for actions with multiple benefits, Langford can make climate investments

[9:47] that also strengthen public health, resilience, affordability and quality of life.

[9:55] The plan has actions to guide the city on how we can reduce our emissions, which is called

[10:05] mitigation, how we can prepare for climate impacts, and also achieve additional positive

[10:10] outcomes.

[10:12] Planning approach that combines all of this is called low carbon resilience approach.

[10:20] The flow we move further, let's take a few minutes to understand how the city's rule fits

[10:26] within the broader context of climate action.

[10:30] The city has direct control over its own operations and services, such as how we feed

[10:36] municipal buildings, how we fuel the vehicles that are used from municipal operations

[10:42] and services.

[10:43] Beyond that, the city's authority is limited and shaped by legislation, specifically the

[10:50] local government act and the community charter.

[10:54] Within those limits, the city can guide climate action through tools such as

[10:58] land use planning, zoning by laws, or development permit guidelines, transportation policies, and so on.

[11:07] The city can also influence change, invariably through advocacy and education, and

[11:13] directly through incentives, development agreements and partnerships.

[11:18] The Climate Action Plan focuses on areas where the city can act directly, by decisions

[11:25] indirectly and willp on fluence proditions.

[11:32] It's also important to recognize that the city's level of influence varies across

[11:37] different areas.

[11:39] We have more ability to shape, brand use and transportation budgets, for example, when compared

[11:45] to food security and vehicle standards.

[11:48] That means municipal action is essential for climate action, but it cannot solve the climate

[11:55] crisis alone.

[11:58] Everyone has a role to play in climate action, addressing the climate crisis requires action

[12:04] from everyone including the moment of remembrance, businesses, health authorities,

[12:09] mobility providers, neighboring municipalities from levels of government.

[12:14] We need to do this together.

[12:20] The successful climate action plan requires climate considerations to be integrated into overall city planning, aspects, and this plan builds on and expands the city's existing master plans.

[12:36] Together these plans help align policies, programs, tools and resources across city operations.

[12:42] Our

[12:47] Life Langford's Climate Action Plan was developed with collaboration with a team of

[12:52] three consultants in Server, Fifth Collaborative, and because you're special.

[12:57] The project began by looking at Langford's existing plans and initiatives to understand

[13:03] what work was already underway and to see where we could build a climate action on.

[13:09] From there, the plan was shaped through three connected areas of work, which included engagement,

[13:16] The technical analysis that included climate risk and vulnerability assessment on emissions

[13:21] analysis and the third aspect of work was action planning which included setting the direction

[13:28] for the plan, developing the actions prioritizing them and looking into how they could be implemented.

[13:40] Throughout the planning process, city staff worked with consultants step-by-step to ensure

[13:45] are made in Langford approach while ensuring the plan is grounded in facts, data, and scientific

[13:51] evidence. The city also established an interdepartmental climate action working to coordinate

[14:00] climate action across multiple departments and to support a shared approach to implementation.

[14:08] We'll hand it over to Carey from Shift Collaborative to Resentress Luxex.

[14:18] Hi.

[14:19] Hello, good evening, Mayor, Council and staff.

[14:22] That's my name is Carey Klein and with Shift Collaborative.

[14:24] And we were supporting Interva on the engagement for this plan.

[14:28] So we'll start by just providing an overview of the engagement process.

[14:33] And then we'll talk a little bit about some of the key findings that emerged.

[14:37] As you can see on the screen, we wanted to engage a really broad and diverse group of people

[14:43] who live and work and own businesses and link for, and so to do that we had a number

[14:48] of methods that we used in the engagement process.

[14:51] We held an in-person workshop on how the community was being impacted by climate change.

[14:56] We had two focus groups in the spring.

[15:00] Private sector and infrastructure system actors. And then one was with community and environmental organizations. We also did workshop with high school students at Belmont High School, and then we had a public survey in the spring that was open to the public and to business owners in the community.

[15:17] So across all of that, we engaged 19 different organizations representing a variety of sectors in the community, and we had 233 responses to the public survey.

[15:31] You can see on the left-hand side just some representation of what kinds of organizations were engaged.

[15:37] We made an effort to invite organizations who work with populations and

[15:42] link for that or disproportionately impacted by things like wildfires and

[15:47] heat and flooding to understand what those experiences are like and how they're

[15:51] impacted.

[15:53] So the health authority organizations that work with children and families and

[15:57] youth organizations that work with urban indigenous populations and newcomers

[16:02] for example. As I mentioned, we engage with community and environmental organizations who are already

[16:08] taking action on the ground in neighborhoods and communities in lengthford. And then the

[16:14] private sector workshops included engaging the Chamber of Commerce and developers who are

[16:19] building in lengthford, industry associations. And then we also engaged with the university school

[16:26] district utility providers in the community.

[16:34] So this just pulls them direct both from some of the engagement from the survey and from the workshops.

[16:39] I won't read through it in detail, but I think something that really stood out just to give you

[16:46] the sense of what some of the emerging concerns and priorities are that we heard about

[16:51] our anxiety about some of the climate related events that are being experienced.

[16:55] So, for example, anxiety about a wildfire that's happening in this community, or feeling this comfort in homes related to some of the extreme heat, especially for those who live in older homes.

[17:06] We don't have air conditioning or multi-unit housing, where there's no air conditioning available.

[17:11] So we heard about transportation and the existing building stock as being opportunities for reducing emissions.

[17:21] So we heard that quite strongly across engagement and really support for systems based approaches where the built environment can support preparedness as well.

[17:33] Like thinking about urban urban heat and how trees can provide shade and also multiple benefits.

[17:42] So the what we heard report will be available for you to review in great detail that there are six cross-winning themes that are detailed in that report and we'll just speak to briefly today.

[17:53] One is that we really heard from people that when they think of climate action they associate it with other social and economic and environmental goals.

[18:01] So, they associated it with their own health and well being and safety, they associated

[18:06] it with mobility and how they get around the community and they associated it with some

[18:11] of the other economic and environmental challenges.

[18:14] So, rather than seeing climate action is something to be addressed in isolation, we really

[18:18] heard a call to address climate change in a way that is also accomplishing, as Vizgeta mentioned,

[18:25] some other benefits.

[18:27] Second is that we really strongly heard that climate is not considered something that needs

[18:33] to be addressed in a future but people are really already and businesses as well are experiencing

[18:37] the impacts of climate change today.

[18:40] We heard about impacts related to extreme heat related to on people's homes related to businesses

[18:47] related to emergency preparedness and so definitely something that people are already experiencing

[18:52] today.

[18:54] The third is as really recognizing that not everybody in like-for-will experience these impacts in the same way.

[19:00] So, there are some populations like older adults, for example, people with chronic health conditions, people on lower incomes,

[19:07] that will experience these impacts from climate change in a different way.

[19:10] And also at the same time, it's important that any actions that we're working with with the community are accessible,

[19:17] also that it's easy for people to do that. It's affordable, making it affordable to take our

[19:21] carbon actions. The fourth visit to spoke to, but people really saw the fact that

[19:27] Langford is growing as both an opportunity for climate action, as well as presenting

[19:32] some challenges. On the one hand, Langford is growing in the context of a change in climate.

[19:39] And so while there is more people and homes and the need for more infrastructure and

[19:43] community at the same time, the risk from things like wildfires and extreme heat for

[19:48] happening at the same time. So that means that community has the opportunity to be shaping

[19:55] and designing transportation systems and housing and building that can reduce emissions,

[20:00] but also needs to be thinking about how to build a community for the future climate that we

[20:05] will be experiencing and not some past trends that we might be used to.

[20:10] And the fifth one was you to spoke to already as well, but we really heard the recognition that the city of

[20:15] Langford on the Faso leadership role to play, and at the same time there's many actions in this climate action plan that are

[20:22] only possible by working in collaboration with different sectors and partners. So that partnership role is really critical.

[20:28] And then the last point here, people want to see really practical climate action that's building on lots of the good work that's already been started.

[20:36] So building on that work and also ensuring that there's really feasible and actions that can have measurable difference that can be kind of demonstrated over time.

[20:49] So I'm just going to speak a little bit about one key component of the climate action plan, which is the climate risk and vulnerability assessment.

[20:56] So what is that?

[20:57] It's really a structured way to identify where climate related hazards like heat and wildfire and flooding and drought are most likely to occur in the community.

[21:07] And then who and what is most vulnerable, so which populations and link for their most at risk,

[21:13] which assets, which infrastructure ecosystems are most at risk,

[21:18] and then therefore what actions make the most sense and need to be prioritized.

[21:22] There were a number of inputs that went into this climate risk and vulnerability assessment.

[21:27] There was climate projections and risk squaring of engagement with the staff and with council,

[21:32] as well as with the community, of course, there was a significant hazard mapping

[21:37] that was done and also reviewing existing plans and strategies.

[21:44] And so the climate risk and vulnerability assessment is a very key part of the climate action

[21:48] plan.

[21:49] It helps us to prioritize risks or the most critical in those where we're actions need to be

[21:56] prioritized.

[21:57] It's also really providing the foundation for the required emergency planning requirements under the

[22:04] you see provincial legislation for the Emergency and Disaster Management Act.

[22:12] Okay, so there were eight plus a multi-hazard.

[22:15] The hazards were assessed as part of this plan.

[22:19] You can see which ones are on the screen there.

[22:21] The multi-hazard circle there refers to the fact that some of these hazards.

[22:30] The current isolation from each other, so you can imagine a fight summer where there's drought and extreme heat and wildfire all occurring at the same time.

[22:38] So there's the potential for some of those impacts to be compounding. So really important to be considering that that potential for multi-hazard events.

[22:48] And then these hazards were assessed across a number of categories. So thinking about the social impact, so impacts to things like health and well-being, physical impacts to things like homes and built environment.

[22:59] and critical infrastructure, economic impacts, and of course, how these events would impact natural

[23:05] environment and lengthward.

[23:09] This is pretty small on the screen, but it really, I think,

[23:13] just illuminates how important the community engagement was to this climate risk and vulnerability

[23:18] assessment. This is just a snapshot from the public survey, which demonstrates what are some

[23:25] of the main ways that the public are already experiencing, some of these climate-related events.

[23:30] What we heard from the survey is that extreme heat and wildfires smoke, windstorms and heavy rainfall and flooding for the top.

[23:38] Once that emerged and there was lots of great anecdotes that were shared through that survey of how it's impacting people.

[23:47] Again, this is very small of the screen, but it just gives an example of the hazard and vulnerability mapping that was part of the project.

[23:53] And so that really helped to identify using a spatial lens, which parts of length are going to be more impacted by different hazards.

[24:03] So for example, on the right hand, the right hand map is referring to parts of length for that are more address to welfare.

[24:10] And then within those regions, who and what is most address.

[24:14] So taking the mapping plus the engagement together really gave us quite a good picture of where risk exists.

[24:24] And this is a key takeaway slide, I think.

[24:27] This shows that Linkford is not at risk equally from these different browsers.

[24:33] There's some that are more at risk in the community is more at risk too.

[24:37] So risk is determined by how likely an event is to occur in the community.

[24:42] And then if that event occurs with the consequences of that will be.

[24:45] So you can see in green, green boxes would be a lower risk and a way up to the top right hand corner,

[24:51] which is the higher risk. And you can see wildfire, screen heat, prayer, quality, landslide,

[24:58] flooding, are all kind of up towards that higher right-hand side. So those are the ones that

[25:03] really help us to prioritize how to be planning for those in the climate action plan.

[25:09] So I think I'll pause there and pass it. Look to Gujita. Thank you.

[25:19] Thanks, Katie.

[25:27] Well, we wanted to reduce our emissions. We need to first understand where our emissions

[25:31] come from and what activities tried them. So the project included in emissions analysis of both

[25:39] corporate and community emissions. Process included in analysis of historical emissions

[25:46] and then modeling of future emissions for Langford and also analysis of

[25:52] Langford's progress towards emissions reduction targets.

[25:59] To understand our historical trends

[26:01] in community emissions, the analysis considered emissions produced within

[26:06] lengthwork from 2007 to 2024.

[26:11] When a rapidly growing community like lengthwork and analyzing total emissions don't give

[26:15] the full picture of emissions trends, and increase in emissions could be because of

[26:21] the population growth rather than because of specific activities that lead to emissions.

[26:27] As a result, both total and per capita emissions were analyzed.

[26:33] Looking at both metrics side-by-side,

[26:35] helps us understand how efficiently the community is growing.

[26:40] Between 2007 and 2024,

[26:44] long-fits community emissions total community emissions in 3.5%

[26:48] however, over the same period,

[26:52] per capita emissions reduced by 35%.

[26:55] Which means, emissions have not increased at the same rate with population.

[27:01] In other words, Frankfurt is not a starting climate action from scratch.

[27:06] We've already made meaningful progress due to provincial combinations of provincial, federal and local climate actions.

[27:14] We have a strong foundation to build on.

[27:20] Next, the analysis looked at a breakdown of clinicians with this, I mean, taking into consideration the most

[27:28] clarinet emissions profile of rank-free.

[27:31] The base data comes from CRD's inventory and the most recent is the 2024.

[27:38] In 2024, more than 80% of the emissions come from buildings, transportation, and waste.

[27:45] That means focusing our emission reduction efforts in these sectors would be the most effective way to reduce emissions in landford, which is why these three sectors were the primary focus of landford's climate action film.

[28:04] In addition to analyzing the historical and current trends in

[28:08] community emissions in Langford, a project also included

[28:12] modeling future emissions. This graph shows the model future

[28:18] emissions for total community emissions in Langford,

[28:21] to help set the context. This is where we were in

[28:25] 2007, which is the baseline of emissions analysis.

[28:31] This is where we're now.

[28:32] And this is where we should be if we want to reach net zero emissions in 2050.

[28:40] The red dotted line here shows lengthless future emissions.

[28:45] If we change nothing and keep doing what we're doing today.

[28:52] You see that the bottom line, blue line shows lengthless future emissions

[29:00] when climate action plan is implemented.

[29:03] It shows about that emissions would be 21% below 27 levels in 2050.

[29:11] The multicolored layers show the breakdown of emissions reduction we could achieve in different sectors.

[29:18] If the actions in a plan were implemented, so you can see that the main focus of the actions were

[29:23] on reducing emissions from buildings, transportation, and waste.

[29:28] because as we saw those with the highest contributors in Langford's emissions profile.

[29:34] However, there's still a gap to reach net zero emissions and this could change in the future

[29:40] with more developments in technology or industry practices evolving or with more actions from senior levels of government

[29:49] and other factors that are not in the city's electric influence.

[29:55] In 2025, the city of Langford adopted.

[30:03] The Commission's Modelling conducted as part of this project, that is for the development of climate action plan, it was an opportunity to assess whether we're on track to achieving those targets.

[30:17] The results from the modelling showed that projected emissions do not align with CRD's emissions reduction pathway, which means we need to amend the OCP target to reflect lung-fetched projected growth.

[30:29] and Fuchsia climate conditions.

[30:34] The similar analysis was done to understand future

[30:37] per capita emissions. That is the average emissions per person in the

[30:42] community. Through this analysis there are expected emissions in 2035 and 2050

[30:49] were found through the analysis to help us update the city's emission reduction

[30:54] targets.

[30:58] The updated emission reduction targets for the city of Langford

[31:01] are, 80% per capita emissions reduction in 2050, with an interim target of 65% reduction in

[31:10] 20% growth.

[31:12] While this represents a departure from the CRD target, it doesn't mean that long-foot

[31:18] is stepping away from meaningful climate action.

[31:22] It's just that the CRD target reflects regional averages across multiple communities that

[31:29] different rates of population growth, different development,

[31:33] pleasures and emissions profiles.

[31:37] Line for will continue to strive towards net zero emissions,

[31:40] minting emissions, and contribute to regional emissions reduction

[31:44] by implementing the actions in the climate action plan,

[31:48] which is expected to significantly reduce community emissions over time.

[31:54] We can also look into further opportunities for reducing emissions

[31:59] when during the next iteration of the plan, we'll have a better idea of how we're going with the actions and then looking to that.

[32:13] So better understand and reduce emissions from municipal operations, the city also completed a corporate emissions analysis, just like we did for the community emissions analysis.

[32:23] And this includes buildings, vehicles, equipment, and so on that are used for municipal operations and contracted services.

[32:34] The emissions analysis found that in 2024 corporate emissions accounted for less than 1% of total community emissions.

[32:43] Although this is a very small portion of the total emissions in the community, the city recognizes the importance of reducing the emissions that are under its direct control.

[32:53] and also to lead by example on how we can reduce emissions.

[33:02] So similar to what we did for the community emissions,

[33:06] we dated the reduction targets for corporate emissions

[33:10] to based on modern.

[33:14] And these are the new targets.

[33:19] 40% reduction by 2030, right?

[33:21] And net zero by 2050.

[33:22] Now,

[33:26] that's the end of all the technical analysis and now we can go to the overview of the plan.

[33:33] The Climate Action Plan is intended to provide a clear direction for climate action in

[33:38] Landford, over the next five years and beyond. The key components of the plan are vision statement,

[33:45] big moves, strategies, and actions.

[33:50] The vision statement is meant to be the long-term aspiration

[33:54] for climate action in Langford that guides the plan. And this is the vision statement of Langford's

[34:00] climate action plan currently.

[34:04] Langford is the thriving, low-carbon resilient community,

[34:08] recognized for its strong leadership, collaborative partnerships on commitment to enhancing quality

[34:13] of life through climate action. We already suppose a vibrant economy and a healthy ecosystems,

[34:19] is well-prepared for time-adrusted and has embraced emissions reduction as an integral part of

[34:25] everyday life.

[34:30] We have six big moves which are the outcomes of priorities that guide the

[34:36] direction of the plant, climate emergency and community health, building the new structure,

[34:42] transportation choices, natural systems, circular economy and waste reduction and food security.

[34:51] The strategies and actions in the plan show all the city can achieve these big moves.

[35:00] These actions are intended to be initiated or advanced over the next five years,

[35:06] recognizing that some actions may need more or less time to complete,

[35:10] due to factors such as funding opportunities, partnership opportunities, and other such factors.

[35:17] So there are 61 actions right now, and they are categorized between 5 strategies.

[35:29] This is an excerpt of the draft plan, just to show the level of detail we have for each action in the plan.

[35:37] There will be a short statement or an action title, and then a description of the action which shows why we need the action.

[35:46] How it can be achieved? Big moves the action supports?

[35:51] traditional community benefits resulting from the action, and expected timeline to complete

[35:57] the implementation of the action.

[36:01] The format is slightly different for some actions, but the overall level of detail is

[36:05] the same for all.

[36:07] There are also additional details in the appendix, such as partnership and funding opportunities.

[36:12] Now,

[36:18] to the first strategy, which is plan and regulate, it includes actions that use

[36:24] land use planning tools and other regulatory tools that we saw earlier in the sphere of cities

[36:32] influenced, like zoning bylaws. Those kinds of tools can be used to advance climate action.

[36:39] For example, we have multiple actions in the plan, but address heat residents, like dating

[36:48] design standards for parks and public spaces, integrating climate resilience in development

[36:53] permit guidelines.

[36:55] There are also other actions, like, including incorporating climate risks based on the analysis

[37:03] that we've done for the project, incorporating that into asset management and capital planning.

[37:07] So, we're more informed about which infrastructure would need upgrades and we can prioritize

[37:15] the upgrades based on the greatest climate risks.

[37:23] The second strategy is to lead by example by reducing emissions and improving resilience in municipal.

[37:30] An example action is to integrate climate considerations in municipal decision making. That can include

[37:39] staff training, including certain sections of for climate considerations and the council report,

[37:48] having an interdependent maintaining the interdepartmental climate action working group that we started in this project. So all the departments can coordinate climate action.

[38:00] Then there are others like integrating resilience and mitigation when municipal buildings are built or renovated.

[38:08] This would help us to develop a network of climate resilient community facilities.

[38:14] For example, we'll space for people to go through for clean air when there's smoke during wildfire or a space for cooling when there's extreme heat.

[38:26] And it also helps us to demonstrate leadership in energy-efficient and look-up and construction.

[38:37] With third strategies to invest in municipal services and community infrastructure,

[38:42] some examples include establishing cost-departmental climate budget considerations working

[38:48] group to identify the climate priorities that might be common across different departments

[38:55] and to coordinate capital investments,

[38:58] look into funding opportunities and see how weak

[39:03] which projects can use certain funds and there might be ways in which different departments can work together.

[39:11] Another example is investing in restoration of lakes,

[39:15] aquatic systems and riparian areas,

[39:19] and prioritizing the projects that are most vulnerable to climate risks.

[39:24] The fourth strategy is to help make climate climate help the community by making climate-friendly

[39:32] choices easier, more affordable and more accessible.

[39:37] Some examples are supporting through neighborhood check-in networks, local adaptation hubs,

[39:44] provide education and explore finance and tools and incentives for building retrofits and

[39:50] what upgrades is Egypt coming up during our engagement sessions

[39:59] last but not the least strategy

[40:02] is to partner and advocate with community organizations with different levels of government,

[40:10] like CRD, province, federal government, partner agencies, first nations, utilities, so many

[40:18] of these organizations that we can part and advocate with.

[40:23] For example, factions to advocate for improved regional transit to increase service frequency coverage and accessibility.

[40:33] This is another thing that came up in many of our engagement sessions, even for Delmon's school sessions.

[40:41] land, lab rich to strengthen regional food system resilience by local food production and distribution and access to cultural food access.

[40:59] Implementation, the Climate Action Plan is expected to be reviewed and updated every five years with progress reported annually.

[41:10] Monitoring strategy will be developed to select indicators and frequency of monitoring.

[41:16] And that would hope us to measure the outcomes of the Plan's implementation and also understand

[41:23] how best to allocate resources.

[41:29] Next steps.

[41:32] So, after this meeting, like within the next two weeks, we expect to post the draft

[41:37] climate action plurum on its chat line for its public review. The review period would

[41:43] would most likely be for two weeks, and then we would return to Council after implementing the

[41:49] feedback that we receive from the public. Thank you.

[41:57] All right, thank you very much.

[42:00] Council, if you have any questions right there, we have some time.

[42:04] This has to be under presentation, not the overall climate plan and things that weren't discussed.

[42:09] So, is anyone have a question?

[42:14] How do you think that's a regular index?

[42:16] Thank you, Mayor.

[42:17] Thank you so much for the presentation.

[42:19] I just wanted to clarify one of the stats that was presented

[42:22] around the group of clinicians.

[42:25] So I saw that it was 1% of all of the community's emissions

[42:28] were contributed to our corporate operations.

[42:32] And I'm just wondering if that includes the operations

[42:35] from our private contractors.

[42:37] So I'm thinking specifically around waste and transportation, those are privately operated

[42:41] not necessarily municipal.

[42:44] That's thank you for the question, that is included in that as part of the local government

[42:49] climate action program reporting that we've been doing for the past 10 years or so, those

[42:56] contractive facilities are included in that reporting and it was included in the modeling for

[43:00] the plan.

[43:01] I'd be listening to you and I did have a separate question, you touched just at the end of the presentation on how we'll be monitoring and reporting out.

[43:09] I'm just wondering if you could provide a few sample indicators for what we might look to monitor in the future, just so I can kind of wrap my head around it if you can

[43:17] Think of any, sorry, that's putting you on the spot.

[43:22] Thank you for the question and through the chair, I will see if our consultant online from Interva will be able to take that question.

[43:32] Thank you. Hello everyone. I'm Georgia from Interva. The example indicators for monitoring

[43:42] reporting could be the amount of funding secured for certain investment projects or the number

[43:52] of, for example, environmental restoration projects, the number of projects underway over that

[44:00] year, or the number of participants involved in any education sessions throughout the

[44:08] or the number of educational sessions as examples.

[44:13] Thank you.

[44:14] So, just what I'm hearing is it would be more quantitative and qualitative.

[44:18] Thank you very much.

[44:20] Thank you.

[44:22] Thank you very exciting. Thank you for the presentation as a scientist and teacher.

[44:29] I think it's really great to see how much we're going to need to educate the

[44:33] community and all work together on this.

[44:35] I was actually a little surprised to see less than 1% is anything the city could do in a way.

[44:39] Of course, it makes total sense because life is a big city but we are not going to fix this

[44:45] city we need to all these together. So thank you for showing some of those details and I can't

[44:51] wait to dive into the plan. But I was curious. My question is about the financial modeling aspect of

[45:00] And other working groups within the city. I'm just wondering, is there a specific approach to look at cost savings? I guess we just know generally there's, you know, any money spent now may save seven to 10 to 14 to 20 future dollars. The numbers are quite staggering. How much you can save? Are we going to be able to put that into financial modeling to help us with decisions? Is there anything that specific? Or I mean, this is early days for our climate plan.

[45:29] but I'd just like to have sort of that cost benefit analysis.

[45:32] If you have anything to add on that angle, thanks.

[45:42] Thank you for the question.

[45:44] Through the mayor, I'm sorry for the rest of that question.

[45:49] So for the budgeting aspects,

[45:52] I mean, there is a lot of inaction templates

[45:55] that E. Clay has that cities and the devotees can use

[45:59] to understand what will happen if we don't

[46:03] and this communication. And how that can affect the infrastructure and people and overalls,

[46:09] there are some directions on how to do that. And this the monitoring aspects that will be

[46:17] part of this part of the first goal. And we will have to sit together with the, this

[46:23] and the plotments and it will definitely be a change in how budgeting has been done. But this

[46:29] as a different process added into it.

[46:32] So the bottom ends with the sit together and from how we can go

[46:36] forward.

[46:38] Thank you, that's helpful.

[46:40] I also had a follow-up question if I might

[46:42] similar line of questioning.

[46:44] Just thinking about we're talking about advocating

[46:46] and how the other levels of government in particular

[46:49] would need to take more action to get us where we need to go.

[46:53] They've just cut funding for the local government climate action plan.

[46:57] And there's other funding sources that we may look to, but I'm just thinking, funding

[47:04] trends are kind of going in their own direction, right when we need funding the most.

[47:08] And so is there one level of government or one partnership that you think should be emphasized

[47:13] as a priority?

[47:14] Again, is that level of detail in the plan, or is it kind of explore all options at this

[47:19] stage?

[47:20] Thank you through the mayor, there are funding opportunities identified within the categories

[47:26] of actions within the plan. As you say, this is a kind of a moving target at the present time,

[47:34] so there are a number of existing funding sources that staff are aware of and that the

[47:39] consultant team is aware of that. We have identified, but as we move forward with implementation,

[47:44] this will be something that we keep an eye on for opportunities that may emerge. This is an area

[47:49] that, you know, as some funding sources are taking away others emerge, so this is an area that will require, you know, constant vigilance to maintain our understanding of the current funding and grant opportunity context.

[48:17] Thank you.

[48:19] to go November. I think I saw that date there for the workshop for this. Sadly, incredibly timely

[48:25] as to the presentation of this, given what we're seeing in the province around us, just to

[48:32] build a little bit off of what was brought up about the cost of inaction, just to

[48:39] temper that, I guess, without the same time the cost of action and the fact that not just the

[48:44] in terms of climate action. But even as we approach net zero, my understanding of net zero

[48:51] is that doesn't wreck the problem. Net zero would just lock us in at some future.

[48:58] So if we are, and again, saying we as if globally, we're able to achieve net zero by 2050,

[49:05] that would continue to be another 24 years of worsening climate year after year and build that point

[49:11] time. So just for hopefully that view of it. My question though, that kind of I built into

[49:21] my understanding is that to hit net zero we would have to reduce emissions by I believe was

[49:27] 90 to 85% or a few numbers there was my understanding. Was that based off of our current

[49:34] emissions, which were approximately 210 kilotons, or was that based off of the 2007 emissions?

[49:44] Thank you for the question. It was the 2000's up and emissions. It's the baseline to that modeling.

[49:50] Amazing.

[49:52] Well, thank you.

[49:55] Thanks very much, anyone else?

[49:57] All right, I just want to thank everyone who is both staff in the gallery here and online

[50:02] for helping with the presentation.

[50:05] We're looking forward to the next steps and when we see you back here.

[50:12] We are on to our next President Basin,

[50:18] and that is 5.2, the graph housing strategy, as staff again.

[50:24] Yes, thank you, Mayor. So again, very pleased to have with us tonight, our consulting team from

[50:31] Modus, who will be familiar with from their recent work on our M&E cost charge and inclusionaries,

[50:37] zoning by-law. So we'd like to welcome them back, and over in a similar length of time,

[50:43] more, kind of in the sixth to eight months range, we have been working on

[50:48] Lainford's first housing strategy, so this has been an exciting body of work,

[50:53] building on the great work of the M&D cost charge and inclusionary zoning by-laws,

[50:58] so this is really laying out the strategy moving forward for identifying the gaps that

[51:06] Lainford residents are experiencing as far as they're access to the housing that they need

[51:12] that they can afford and what actions the city can take to help address and fill those gaps.

[51:18] So with us, tonight is Rob Bars from Modus. So he will be leading us through tonight's presentation.

[51:25] So we look forward to laying out all the great work that's occurred over the last six to eight months or so.

[51:31] Thank you. Great. Thank you so much, Leah, and good evening, Mary and Council. Thanks very much for

[51:37] the opportunity to go through the housing strategy with you tonight.

[51:41] So, I've got to remember to advance both of the things at the same time here.

[51:48] So our presentation tonight, I think overview, and then we'll talk about the Housing Strategy

[51:53] Purpose.

[51:54] We'll go through what we've learned through public engagement and stakeholder engagement,

[52:00] and then present the draft vision and goals for the strategy, the strategies themselves, and

[52:05] associated Athens, focusing on priority actions, and then we'll invite questions and comments

[52:11] from you.

[52:16] So, looking at the purpose.

[52:21] So, why a housing strategy? Well, the city is working

[52:24] on this strategy to respond to gaps and challenges in the housing continued.

[52:30] Go out that continuum in a second. So the idea is it provides clear guidance and actionable strategies

[52:36] and an implementation plan to meet the city's 20-year vision and goals for housing. So this

[52:43] follows honestly, I mentioned from the new, inclusive, rezoning and amenity, cost charge

[52:48] by laws, which were centered and adopted, like the moment ago, and they support the delivery

[52:56] of affordable housing and community amenities in alignment with new provincial legislation.

[53:03] The strategy also builds on your OCP, and the OCP has desired outcomes for housing,

[53:11] which are very relevant for what we're doing tonight, and the strategy also aligns with

[53:17] the transportation master plan and the parks and trails master plan, and as you'll hear later,

[53:22] a lot of the comments that came from stakeholders were really to make sure that housing

[53:28] aligns with transportation and amenities in the community.

[53:36] So just a note on that, here I'm the housing continuum.

[53:40] I'm going to turn that's used to describe the range of housing types and tenures

[53:44] that reflects people's changing needs through different life stages and different circumstances

[53:50] that they might find themselves in.

[53:52] So it's everything from fully market housing through to what we call below market housing,

[53:58] which is housing, which is still on the market, but it is more affordable than conventional

[54:05] market housing.

[54:06] And then there's also non-market or subsidized housing, and then right on the left-hand side

[54:12] can also include emergency shelters as well.

[54:15] So it's this strategy is dealing with almost all of that continuum and you'll hear references

[54:22] to different terms within the continuum tonight.

[54:29] So the housing strategy is essentially a roadmap to ensure there are enough right-sized

[54:34] and affordable homes for everyone in the community.

[54:38] So it will deliver a vision and goals that the translate local data into specific goals for

[54:43] It will include actionable policy tools that direct updates, designing, permitting processes and land use to get homes built faster.

[54:56] It will talk about partnership readiness that positions the municipality to secure provincial and federal funding,

[55:03] and also accountability to establish a trackable plan that can measure progress and respond to growth.

[55:12] So, of course, the city doesn't have control over everything in a housing market, and that's a challenge.

[55:20] And so, recognizing that the city's role is limited but very important.

[55:28] So, the city's housing strategy works within the city's spirit of influence,

[55:32] and recognizes that it will need to partner to deliver a lot of this housing.

[55:39] housing action in line for the will focus on what can be built and where. So you have a lot of control over land use policy over land use regulations and guidelines that control housing.

[55:51] You have control over how efficiently projects can move through the approvals process. And you've already done a lot of great work in that regard, but further work can be done there with regard to application reviews and approvals.

[56:05] And then the city can also invest its own resources and funding.

[56:11] So things like reserve funds, grants, fees and wavers and of fees and charges

[56:17] and then work in partnership with senior levels of government.

[56:21] So there's a lot the city can do, but it's also not everything that affects the market for housing.

[56:33] So line out, what are the current challenges for housing?

[56:36] Well, the city's housing needs report has projected a need for 17,000 to new units.

[56:44] I've crossed the housing continuum by 2045, so over the next, essentially 20 years.

[56:51] And Langford, as I've mentioned, has enabled a lot of new housing over the last two decades.

[56:56] But despite this success, we know you're not meeting all of the housing needs in the community currently.

[57:02] There is a need for more affordable family-friendly housing, especially, and we heard from

[57:08] various stakeholders, the importance of affordable housing that has three or more bedrooms.

[57:15] And there is also a strong demand, just region-wide, for housing, as you know.

[57:21] So even the line-foot is generating and producing a lot of housing that regional demand continues.

[57:28] And of course housing is expensive to deliver in really all markets in British Columbia, which provides a real challenge.

[57:38] So I'll talk now about what we've learned through the engagement process

[57:47] and just the planning process generally.

[57:51] So there are a number of trends and statistics that inform development of the housing strategy.

[57:58] And these are mainly from the 2021 census, and we acknowledge that, you know, this is now five years old, there was a new census this year.

[58:07] So, so the new census data may change or understanding a little bit, and we suggest a review and reflection when that, when that housing data comes out from the new census.

[58:18] But at the moment, from 2021 we know that 65% of residents own their own homes in lagford and 35% rent.

[58:27] And that number is up a little bit, 5% from the five years' privacy.

[58:32] So the number of renters in your community is growing.

[58:37] A lot of your housing is fairly recent, as you know, been built within the last 15 years, which means that you're not seeing a lot of turnover

[58:47] of all the rental stock, which is a challenge in many communities, less of a challenge here

[58:52] in line for because your housing is so new. You have close to the average provincial average

[58:58] of 2.4 people per household and 26% of people live in housing cost more than 30% of their income.

[59:07] So that's the typical measure of affordability is 30% of the full tax income.

[59:15] And 11% are in core housing need, which means they are living in housing that is either

[59:24] in adequate for their needs, but there is inadequate for their needs, and it would cost

[59:29] more than 30% for them to move into adequate housing.

[59:34] And 5% are actually an extreme core housing need, which means they're spending more than 50%

[59:39] of their income on housing.

[59:47] So from the housing needs report, there are 20 year projections for the numbers of homes.

[59:54] As I mentioned, it's close to 17,000 new homes over the next 20 years.

[1:00:00] And the province and city used the heart tool to misdemeat this number of new homes. And it's made up of a number of different streams.

[1:00:12] So most of it is made up of 14,000 homes to meet the anticipated growth needs within the community.

[1:00:20] And then there is also on top of that a demand buffer, a 5% demand buffer that allows for healthy housing market to make sure there are plenty of places available for folks to live in.

[1:00:36] 809 units to accommodate 4 housing need. As I mentioned, core housing need. Those folks who are living in housing that is inadequate and would plus more than 30% of their income to move somewhere more adequate.

[1:00:53] There are a number of people who live with room mates or parents, who want to form a household,

[1:00:59] but France of 301 units to address those needs.

[1:01:04] 232 to meet the needs of current and future people experiencing actual homelessness.

[1:01:10] And then finally, 174 to achieve and maintain a 3% vacancy rate, which is considered a healthy rental vacancy rate in the community.

[1:01:21] So those are the kind of error streams that make up the meter of a 20 years.

[1:01:30] And then the province has also provided a five year housing target to many municipalities,

[1:01:35] including landfill.

[1:01:38] And this total is 2993 unit.

[1:01:43] It's made up of various streams again.

[1:01:46] So we can look at the units by size.

[1:01:48] So you'll see the majority of need over the five years is actually in the studio and one bedroom size of unit, but also a number of two bedroom and three plus bedroom units required.

[1:02:04] The majority of these are rental rental units that are needed, so you can see that's the strong need within the community over the five years.

[1:02:15] And a balance between the below-market rental units and a market-level rental units.

[1:02:24] And then also 85 supported rental units, so these are units with onsite supports.

[1:02:36] So we held a few interest to hold a workshop in April, and also held a community survey

[1:02:43] and had 192 responses to a public survey on let's chat, landfill.

[1:02:50] Langford, so some of the key themes that we heard through those engagement exercises were, firstly, as I know,

[1:02:59] a real need for family-friendly housing. So while there is a lot of family-friendly housing in Langford,

[1:03:06] there is not so much affordable family-friendly housing, and so this is obviously a big challenge because larger units,

[1:03:13] with three or more bedrooms of very expensive to produce, but they are a real need for

[1:03:20] families, larger families, really any families. So this kind of mismatch between what the market

[1:03:28] is providing, what non-profit organizations can afford to provide and the need within the community.

[1:03:36] A second theme was that while we can focus on housing units, we really need to think about

[1:03:43] amenities within the community as well. So parks and green space, that access to quality outdoor

[1:03:49] space in the form of parks, trails, wooded air and community gardens is incredibly important

[1:03:55] to quality of life. So as well as thinking about the provision of housing, let's make sure

[1:04:00] we think about the quality of and livability of the neighborhoods that that housing is in.

[1:04:07] And that goes to complete communities as well, so can we provide homes that are close

[1:04:14] to walkable streets and cycling infrastructure, because not everyone can afford a vehicle.

[1:04:21] And also to shop services and amenities, so trying to locate that housing within complete communities.

[1:04:27] And your OCP already does a really strong job of working towards those complete communities.

[1:04:34] And then finally, intergovernmental collaboration. So the importance of a collaborative and synchronized

[1:04:42] effort between levels of government. So we heard from developers especially that it's really

[1:04:46] important that the municipality and senior governments are talking the same language, defining

[1:04:52] a affordable housing in the same way so that the access to those grants and funding can be

[1:05:01] can be streamlined.

[1:05:08] So you have a number of housing goals already in the OCP. It actually

[1:05:12] called desired outcomes. And so these are the three desired outcomes related to housing

[1:05:19] in your OCP. So firstly, Langford will offer a diverse range of housing choices that meet

[1:05:24] the needs of all residents. Secondly, homes addressing care is of housing need will be prioritized,

[1:05:30] significantly reducing core housing need in the city. And then thirdly, all new homes will

[1:05:36] well connected to transportation options, services, and amenities.

[1:05:42] And so the housing strategy really builds on and supports those three goals from the

[1:05:47] OCP.

[1:05:51] You also, in the OCP have a land use map with land use designations and those land use

[1:05:57] designations themselves, proactively support a range of housing types and densities.

[1:06:02] So you've got housing density directed to areas with services and amenities, you have housing

[1:06:11] directed towards key growth areas, the city centre, urban centres and the corridors.

[1:06:17] And then within the complete commuters designation, the OCP supports gentle and new mixed

[1:06:24] villages. So the OCP itself is probably your strongest tool to create a really good range of

[1:06:34] housing in the community and so the strategy really builds on that OCP.

[1:06:42] So if we look now at the

[1:06:44] vision and goals for housing strategy,

[1:06:50] so based on our understanding of what we've heard from

[1:06:54] from Council previously, from the community, from staff, from those interestholder workshops

[1:06:59] we've developed a graphed housing strategy vision, so I just quickly read that out.

[1:07:05] So, Langford is a community where every resident has access to a livable and affordable home

[1:07:11] in a complete neighborhood, with convenient access to services amenities, active transportation

[1:07:17] and transit, a range of housing options, support people of all ages needs and life stages,

[1:07:24] while housing supply keeps pace with the community's growth.

[1:07:33] We've also fore the housing strategy developed a number of objectives that really flesh out those OCP-desired outcomes that I mentioned previously.

[1:07:45] So, for the first design outcome, Langford will offer a diverse range of housing choices that meet the needs of all residents.

[1:07:51] We have objectives to, but housing is affordable to Langford's workforce and families.

[1:07:57] But there's a balance of rental ownership and other tenure options that meet a range of needs and desires.

[1:08:04] And there's more family-friendly units are built in a new, sorry,

[1:08:09] are built in new multi-unit housing, particularly within the city centre and other urban centres.

[1:08:19] For the second desired outcome, homes addressing tiers of housing need will be prioritized significantly,

[1:08:25] significantly reducing core housing need in the city.

[1:08:27] So we have objectives of there is housing for low-income seniors, single-parent families,

[1:08:34] newcomers, people with disabilities, as well as those at risk of homelessness.

[1:08:40] People are connected to the support of services they need and non-profit organizations

[1:08:45] are empowered to continue servicing the community.

[1:08:53] And then the third desire outcome, all new homes will be well connected to transportation

[1:08:57] option services and amenities. We have objectives of homes have access to ample private and public

[1:09:04] open space green space and natural light. There are strong connections to transit and safe

[1:09:09] infrastructure for walking, rolling and cycling, and there is convenient access to services

[1:09:15] amenities, employment opportunities, and community facilities that support daily life.

[1:09:21] So three desired outcomes and objectives to go with them.

[1:09:29] So now looking at the strategies and actions of the housing strategy.

[1:09:37] So overall, to meet its housing goals, we've developed four overall housing strategies.

[1:09:43] So the first one is to continue to remove barriers to building homes that align with the city's existing plans and policies.

[1:09:52] So as I mentioned, this is something that Langford has already done a really great job of,

[1:09:57] is removing those barriers, facilitating housing.

[1:10:01] There is more that can be done.

[1:10:04] Secondly, to facilitate housing applications through clear, predictable processes and high quality planning outcomes.

[1:10:13] Thirdly, use municipal land and funding to support housing types that are most needed,

[1:10:18] all those that are not been delivered by the market and then fourthly driven partnerships and advocate for funding to support housing delivery.

[1:10:30] So those are the key the four key overall strategies and what we'll talk about for priority actions that we think fit with those strategies.

[1:10:44] So, we have prepared a whole toolkit of strategic actions to support the delivery of housing.

[1:10:52] It includes 34 actions in total, but I'll just talk about the four key ones tonight.

[1:11:00] So, four are reason for key housing types in strategic locations, incentivize family-friendly living,

[1:11:07] But that was your housing liaison function using existing resources and use financial tools and resources for affordable housing projects.

[1:11:19] So just going through those in a little bit more detail now.

[1:11:23] So for that first strategy to remove barriers to building homes that align with the city's existing plans and policies.

[1:11:29] So the key action here is to please own for key housing types that you are looking for in the community.

[1:11:40] So there's pre-zoning for specifically for affordable housing in key growth areas.

[1:11:48] So you can essentially please own for large areas across the city as long as the housing that is built in those areas is affordable housing.

[1:11:58] And that can be defined as, probably, as a six-thori form forms of building that deliver housing that is below market.

[1:12:10] And then you can also prezone for a range of housing types in specific strategic areas.

[1:12:16] So by by presoning in specific areas, you can encourage the type of housing that you want in those specific areas.

[1:12:24] And of course by presoning your soliciting the delivery of housing because you're removing that barrier and that big step of the the the rezoning process.

[1:12:41] So the second one is to incentivize family friendly living.

[1:12:46] And again, this relates to that strategy of removing barriers to building homes.

[1:12:53] So, couple of the actions that are suggested here are to test the feasibility of poor area exemptions for this type of family friendly living.

[1:13:02] So, we're talking about larger units with probably three or more bedrooms.

[1:13:08] And so, by having floor area exemptions, essentially allowing a bit of extra density, you can take away one of the barriers to building those types of units,

[1:13:18] which is the cost and the amount of space that those take up in a building.

[1:13:25] We suggest also having a look at reducing the inclusionary zoning contributions in this case.

[1:13:33] So, as mentioned a couple of months ago you approved the inclusion rezoning by law.

[1:13:38] What you could do is reduce the number of units, but increase the amount of bedrooms for these family-friendly units.

[1:13:45] So essentially, you'd have maybe slightly less units delivered before we units delivered,

[1:13:51] but you'd have those larger, more family-friendly units instead.

[1:13:56] So a little trade-off there, worth exploring, I think, and then there was also guidance

[1:14:02] that can be provided through development permit guidelines and through general family-friendly

[1:14:08] design guidelines for appropriate designs for the units in building.

[1:14:15] So this might include where those units exist, hopefully close the

[1:14:21] degree on level, and also some of the amenities within the building and within the

[1:14:26] neighborhood that should be provided for family-friendly units.

[1:14:32] The third priority action is, I'm sure I do that, is to establish a housing liaison

[1:14:41] function within within the city. So this relates to that strategy of facilitating housing applications

[1:14:49] through clear predictable processes and high quality planning outcomes. So the idea here is to

[1:14:55] establish a staff liaison function.

[1:15:00] The report applicants, especially those who are applying for affordable housing or other, let's say, unique or innovative projects. So they might be a senior's project.

[1:15:10] It could be a co-housing project or cooperative project, especially where the applicants might not be experienced, experienced nonprofit developers and need some help navigating the approvals process.

[1:15:26] So we feel that this staff liaison function could really help grease the wheels and make sure that the applicants are fully aware of all the requirements,

[1:15:38] put them in the right direction for who they need to talk to within City Hall and elsewhere and make sure they're fully aware of the process that needs to be gone through.

[1:15:52] And then finally, to use your financial tools and resources.

[1:15:58] So this relates to the strategy of using municipal land and funding to support.

[1:16:03] Housing types that are most needed in the community or perhaps not been delivered by the market.

[1:16:11] So establishing a clear policy to provide housing grants.

[1:16:14] you do provide some housing grants at the moment and the nonprofit housing community has asked for

[1:16:22] greater clarity around exactly what those grants are for so that they know where they might

[1:16:30] achieve those grants. You can look at reducing and waving development feeds and charges,

[1:16:37] including DCCs. So as we know, housing is very expensive to deliver and a part of significant part

[1:16:44] of it is are the development cost charges and fees that are charged, so you can look at

[1:16:50] waving those to help those affordable housing projects. Considering revitalization tax exemptions,

[1:17:00] so this would essentially exempt property taxes on an affordable housing project for a number

[1:17:10] years for the municipal portion of taxes, again, to incentivise its development to reduce

[1:17:17] the overall costs to, say, a non-profit housing provider. And then finally, you will have

[1:17:25] funds built up in the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund. So, through the Inclusion Resoning

[1:17:30] by law, you are likely to receive cash in lieu into an affordable housing reserve fund. And so,

[1:17:37] those funds can be used to support projects, specific projects that you want to see in the community

[1:17:45] of foldable housing projects. Those funds could be used to require land, which could you could then

[1:17:52] partner with an affordable housing provider as an example.

[1:17:58] So those are the slides for tonight.

[1:18:02] I do have a next step slide which I can deliver now where I can wait till afterwards.

[1:18:08] What do you see, sure, is the next steps because Council may have questions on it?

[1:18:21] So, all in tonight, we will make some revisions to the strategy based on your comments.

[1:18:29] And then the idea is to launch the strategy on let's track Langford in late August or a couple of weeks.

[1:18:36] And then we hope to come back to Council in late September, September 21st,

[1:18:41] to bring you the full housing strategy, which will include the comments and revisions that we've

[1:18:48] heard from the public. Thank you very much. All right, thank you very much.

[1:18:55] Council, soon, have any questions? First up is Councillor Cooca, and on deck is Councillor Wagner.

[1:19:01] We'll do very much for that presentation and everything that went in it. What are my questions

[1:19:06] really get down to just some of the numbers and what went into that. One of my first ones was really

[1:19:12] getting at the proposal of nearly 17,000 new homes over the 20 years. And my initial question was

[1:19:19] what proportion of this would we be expected to be achieved through the private market. But I think

[1:19:25] I recognize that that may be difficult to estimate over 20 years and perhaps through the

[1:19:31] of the assessment over the five years, am I right to understand that we would expect about

[1:19:37] who thirds of that to be private market, one third, needing to be a low market value through

[1:19:44] some form of non-profit housing provider, government housing, etc.

[1:19:48] For the rental portion of over five years, yes, like two-thirds market, about a third below

[1:20:01] market, but that below market could be provided through the private market, through the

[1:20:07] exclusionary zoning by law as well.

[1:20:09] So remembering that the exclusionary zoning by law itself requires private market developers

[1:20:16] to provide a certain portion of the low market housing.

[1:20:22] So there's still be a substantial, probably non-market aspect of it, even if we included

[1:20:27] an aspect of it, include an inclusionary zoning.

[1:20:35] That's certainly the need is a substantial portion that is below market rates to make it affordable

[1:20:43] for the community.

[1:20:44] Yeah. Thank you, and then follow up on that train, if I may. We have nearly 92% of the

[1:20:52] housing needs over the next five years being forecasted as being rental need. This

[1:20:58] wondering how that is determined that we're expecting 92% of our new residents to choose

[1:21:06] rental over ownership is that just cost of housing situation or is there something more

[1:21:12] behind that. I didn't address that one.

[1:21:15] Rob, thank you through the mayor.

[1:21:17] The province says come up with a formula to come up with our housing target numbers.

[1:21:23] So the 20 year need that you saw in one of the slides that had the 17,000 units that was calculated,

[1:21:30] using census data, BC stats data on what types of housing is needed to meet the household composition changes as it

[1:21:39] forward, and they took a slightly different calculation. Of course, when it came to

[1:21:45] calculating our housing target, so they could have took a similar calculus, but when

[1:21:51] it comes to the number of bedrooms, they really just looked at, you know, not necessarily

[1:21:57] what the community needs, but what the minimum kind of quote unquote shelter requirement

[1:22:03] would be for different household sizes, as we grow. So if our two or fewer person

[1:22:09] households are supposed to grow by, you know, X amount over the time frame, the province

[1:22:15] through their calculations determined that those folks can be in a studio or one bedroom

[1:22:19] so it doesn't take into account that those people might not share a bed or, you know, there

[1:22:25] might be a changing family circumstance, I involved it, et cetera, so it's really...

[1:22:30] I'm out to how those people in a manner deemed appropriate. So, the city is, of course, able through policy decisions through our official community plan and housing strategy to say, well, that's not really what we're seeing in the community. So, you know, from a policy point of view, we've identified that family.

[1:22:49] Friendly housing is very important, not just, you know, a very small percentage of our overall, you know, 2003,000 units over the next five years.

[1:22:59] but it's actually one of the highest needs that we have.

[1:23:01] So from a policy standpoint, we can make those decisions,

[1:23:05] but they do want us to track those numbers

[1:23:07] so that we can assess our diversity

[1:23:11] and how that changes when it comes to the rental versus owner.

[1:23:17] They really took the long-term projection

[1:23:21] and kind of pressed it into instead of over a 20-year period.

[1:23:25] the province feels like a rental housing is something that all municipalities should prioritize.

[1:23:32] So they took a longer time horizon and compressed that into a shorter time horizon,

[1:23:37] so that we would prioritize that from a policy perspective.

[1:23:42] There is already a lot of ownership housing out there,

[1:23:45] so that that's one of the needs that the province feels strongly about addressing.

[1:23:49] And likewise with the affordable housing,

[1:23:53] we're taking up a fairly significant component of our housing

[1:23:56] target order, but you know, affordability is a really strongly

[1:24:01] identified need and gap throughout the province.

[1:24:05] So the number of blow market housing units were also kind of compressed

[1:24:08] from a longer time frame into a shorter time frame.

[1:24:11] But of course, as we know, the city doesn't build housing.

[1:24:15] We can use our tools to support blow and mark at housing,

[1:24:18] but we don't build it so without those funding programs available

[1:24:22] and such. It's going to be really difficult as we've discussed around this table to meet that target,

[1:24:27] but it is something that our new inclusionary zoning by law will help us achieve and use the tools

[1:24:32] that we do have to try to contribute to that goal, but it will be very difficult to do that,

[1:24:38] so that that's in our realm of collaboration and partnerships and using our financial tools that we do

[1:24:44] have like, few waivers and, you know, housing liaison support and leveraging our funds to, you know, pursue grants and partnership opportunities. That's really the realm of influence that the city has when it comes to global market housing.

[1:25:00] But it was a complicated series of calculations overall that were released by the province in a free determined formula that was applied broadly throughout the province.

[1:25:16] Yes.

[1:25:18] I don't know, I definitely appreciate that I guess what I'm hearing is that so I guess my concern is a social economic one.

[1:25:28] Recognizing that yes, it's a big catch up on the rental stock side, but it's because the rental stock side was so behind for so many years, it's a bit look out of place, but it's really that catch up situation.

[1:25:40] The socio-economic concern that I have is, while there are many societies where renting

[1:25:47] is a normal part of life and society's built around that, we have here a society that's

[1:25:53] very much around ownership, including financing and durability to get ahead with financing,

[1:25:59] being based around your real estate asset that you have at your disposal.

[1:26:03] Furthermore, we've seen the last decade an increase of the predatory practices of real estate

[1:26:09] investment trusts, which predominantly dominate the rental markets now, or increasingly

[1:26:16] dominating the rental markets. So I guess my concerns seeing that, yes, we have this massive

[1:26:23] increase in rentals, then I understand the why. Is there anything that we can do from the city side

[1:26:29] to safeguard some of those socioeconomic impacts or tensile negative socioeconomic impacts, particularly

[1:26:38] around the rise of some of the predatory practices of those investment trusts.

[1:26:45] Thanks for the question. Through the mayor, it's a really tough question. The facility can't really

[1:26:50] get involved in the ownership and management of rental properties. What we can do is secure them in

[1:26:59] a rental market through either housing agreements or through rental tenure zoning for example,

[1:27:07] but we don't really have any tools in play to say, you know, it has to be a local property,

[1:27:13] owner, local property management company as opposed to a larger company that does collect these

[1:27:19] as a kind of a real estate investment. We don't really have tools to wait into those waters.

[1:27:26] I just agree that I mean, partnering with local non-profit housing providers that you know

[1:27:34] and trust and have worked with before is also, I think, a really important strategy there,

[1:27:39] because there are lots of good organizations in the region that are developing housing that

[1:27:45] are solely there to do that. So, they're providing housing for the best possible reasons.

[1:27:55] All right, next we're going to have Councillor Regner, and I'm just going to remind everyone

[1:27:58] as it's a general note, this is specifically to items that were bought up on the presentation,

[1:28:03] and try to be more specifically with the questions and not as much pre-motivation because we do have a big agenda, and we are at 730.

[1:28:11] Councillor Regner.

[1:28:12] Thank you.

[1:28:13] Thank you.

[1:28:13] Thanks for the presentation.

[1:28:15] I was quite interested in how we could really get to the affordable housing, the below market housing units.

[1:28:21] That's the one thing I did agree with the provinces that we need over a thousand below market units, which we know we don't build and our partners are suffering from a lack of funding

[1:28:31] Again the province pulling funding for affordable housing so it really feels like a conundrum and so my question is you know we bring up

[1:28:39] Municipal land came up in the presentation

[1:28:41] And understanding is we don't have a lot of municipal land in Langford, but we also have

[1:28:46] our parks needs assessment that shows we need a lot more parks land to go with all

[1:28:50] the housing that we already have.

[1:28:53] So I'm just wondering if this that laid out are there tables in the draft strategy, like,

[1:28:58] how can we leverage our affordable housing funding that we have, future inclusionaries, zoning

[1:29:03] funding that we will be getting, and then this whole land piece that, you know, we just,

[1:29:08] There's specifically this magical we give land and then housing happens that's below market, but I don't I don't see it

[1:29:14] So we have those land for specific details in our strategy

[1:29:20] We don't have those details laid out in terms of exactly how we are going to

[1:29:27] Generate that that's specific affordable housing. So if it is more of a

[1:29:32] A broader set of actions and it's true that you don't have a lot of land

[1:29:36] Some of the espouses have a lot of land that they can use to leverage housing.

[1:29:40] You don't have a lot of land, but as I mentioned, you do have the affordable housing reserve fund.

[1:29:45] You will be generating housing through the inclusionary, both housing and additional funds through the inclusionary zoning by law.

[1:29:54] And then you can selectively use these waivers of fees of...

[1:30:00] Property Taxes of DTCs, two partner with those non-profit organizations. So I agree, it's a challenging

[1:30:07] market for sure costs are still very high, prices of land are high, it's a challenging market to

[1:30:16] deliver affordable housing when senior governments are kind of, in some cases, backing away,

[1:30:21] in some cases, stepping forward. But I think you have to use the kind of suite of tools in a strategic

[1:30:28] way to, uh, to look for those opportunities as they arise.

[1:30:33] So I guess I'm hearing from your presentation that we're really leaning on that clarity of grant

[1:30:39] program, housing liaison staff role and other ways that we're going to support the non-profits

[1:30:46] is that maybe more something in the shorter term that seems realistic. I think out of the

[1:30:52] the suite of kind of financial tools and resources that we're on the slide there, uh, certainly

[1:30:57] establishing a really clear policy for grant program is something that the city

[1:31:03] can signal very directly out to the non-profit sector. So we've seen examples of

[1:31:10] where a non-profit, if it's non-profit housing, there are different levels of

[1:31:15] affordability that are offered different bedroom sizes and we can establish a

[1:31:19] policy that sets out a clear and predictable grant amounts that would be

[1:31:23] You know, larger for those more affordable units, maybe larger for three-bedroom units, for example.

[1:31:30] So that this would be details that would be flushed out through the development of a policy that would be approved by Council.

[1:31:35] I don't know about a later date, but the housing strategy is identifying that that is a very powerful tool in our toolkit that should be one of the first things that we do.

[1:31:47] as we move forward to really make a difference on those areas of influence that we have and that's a really powerful message to send to the non-profit sector that you know, we're

[1:31:57] These are the clear predictable grant outcomes that you can expect if you are able to bring a project to Langford

[1:32:04] at coupled with the presoning for affordable housing, which we have seen being kind of a tool deployed by a lot of municipalities as a predictable way to

[1:32:15] signal the areas and the densities where that type of housing would be beneficial to people,

[1:32:22] that need affordable housing, so near transit, and other services and amenities,

[1:32:27] really where we want affordable housing located. Doing those types of things takes out the

[1:32:34] rezoning process, which you link for it is a lot faster than a lot of other municipalities,

[1:32:39] but there are still risks and uncertainties involved in any rezoning application,

[1:32:43] and so we're going right to a development permit

[1:32:45] and saving months or years of time

[1:32:48] as a huge benefit to affordable housing,

[1:32:50] so that's another really powerful lever

[1:32:52] that we could advance slightly quickly.

[1:32:55] If we can still support those actions

[1:32:56] in the housing strategy,

[1:32:58] so we just need to be using housing strategy

[1:33:01] to kind of signal which tools are available

[1:33:03] to move the needle on the types of housing

[1:33:05] that we need the most, including affordable housing

[1:33:09] and in the areas where it would be the most beneficial

[1:33:12] to both the city and the residents of those buildings.

[1:33:16] But additional work would follow to, you know,

[1:33:18] make those a reality and our by-law and policy framework.

[1:33:22] This purpose of the strategy to is to identify those levers.

[1:33:25] Great. Yeah. Well, we, and we did send a strong signal.

[1:33:28] We had a fantastic project with Nicole Housing.

[1:33:30] We did everything right with the land and the reducing the,

[1:33:34] our waving the fees and everything. So you can send us a little frustrated

[1:33:37] because we have a beautiful project that's exactly what we needed

[1:33:40] and the funding got pulled. I did have one more question. That's a different question about

[1:33:45] and in support and including manufacturer home park policy. Some of our existing

[1:33:50] policies or things that I know were in our strategic plan. Are they going to fall under this

[1:33:55] housing strategy or are they sort of separate pieces of work? Thank you for the question.

[1:34:00] Yeah, through the mayor, those are other buckets of actions that we will be incorporating into the

[1:34:06] draft strategy. So those details will follow with the strategy once it's released

[1:34:10] within the next week or two here.

[1:34:13] Great. Thank you. I recognize this presentation is the higher level stuff and, you know,

[1:34:17] I love the details of looking forward to that.

[1:34:21] All right. Thanks very much. Next is Councillor Garry, and I'm deck is Councillor Herder.

[1:34:25] Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for the presentation and it's setting to see the draft

[1:34:30] come forward. I remember when we used to have a census every year and I've never missed it.

[1:34:34] So much the world seems to be going faster and our temperature checks just seem to be. It

[1:34:40] We did our last census, and so much has happened since then, and I'm increasingly frustrated

[1:34:44] just having to have a good understanding of what's happening in my community just based

[1:34:49] on the fact that it was so long ago.

[1:34:52] Of course, clarifying question to start, and that's just having to do with the liaison.

[1:34:56] The intention is to start with affordable housing, and to use our energy for that first, given

[1:35:02] that's where we're locking and housing targets, is that correct?

[1:35:06] Yes, through the chair.

[1:35:08] So we've made that liaison a little bit broader than just affordable housing.

[1:35:12] So any housing that really takes those boxes, like as I was mentioned, you know, seniors housing or if there's any, you know, alternate 10 years, like co-op or co-housing,

[1:35:23] that are a little bit more complicated, not seen as often we would see an existing staff resource kind of acting like almost a concierge.

[1:35:31] So really being the point person in city hall,

[1:35:34] shepherding the process directly through the different departments

[1:35:38] and the different stages of approval,

[1:35:41] depending on when they come in,

[1:35:42] they might not need rezoning if Council supports

[1:35:45] that particular action,

[1:35:47] but they would still need to go through

[1:35:48] a development permit process,

[1:35:49] a building permit process, servicing and civil

[1:35:52] drawing approvals through engineering, for example.

[1:35:56] So, the liaison would help shepherd

[1:35:58] that particular applicant who may not be

[1:36:01] as familiar with the city's bylaws and requirements

[1:36:04] and what the different stages of the approval process

[1:36:07] is, so really kind of hold their hands through that process

[1:36:10] and be the primary point of contact

[1:36:12] that that can help them throughout regardless

[1:36:15] of whether that's a planning approval process

[1:36:18] or let by one of our other departments.

[1:36:21] Thank you, that's good to hear.

[1:36:22] I understand our affordable housing providers

[1:36:24] are really great at making every dollar stretch

[1:36:27] to its maximum capacity and at the same time,

[1:36:29] they see a lot from having those efficiencies at the municipal level and then just working

[1:36:35] with so many different municipalities, like it's a great affordable housing providers

[1:36:40] on the CRD, but it's tough to navigate which community you're working in and how to make

[1:36:45] sure that you're being as effective as possible.

[1:36:49] My next question has to do with housing typologies and how they evolve over time and if the

[1:36:57] strategies, specifically values, housing typologies that have the capacity to change over time.

[1:37:05] When we have a townhouse that has an office, you know, that can be potentially used to have

[1:37:12] a senior age at home, but in order to do that, you need to have washrooms nearby.

[1:37:18] I'm just wondering, how do we value that opportunity just because, like, I spoke about how things

[1:37:24] change so quickly over time and having adaptability.

[1:37:30] And that being a value set that we're kind of expressing to the housing fighters.

[1:37:38] Thank you for the question. As you saw having enhancing livability is one of the key aspects of the housing strategies.

[1:37:49] So that the adaptability factor, I think, is something that we can explore on a bit more depth before we release the draft to the public.

[1:37:57] we've been looking at how we can do that from the family friendly point of view, but that

[1:38:02] kind of intergenerational or changing life circumstances adaptability is also a really valuable

[1:38:08] component of livability. I don't know if Rob, you have anything else to add on that, friend.

[1:38:14] Just, I agree with you. I think there is a lot of interesting evolution of housing types and

[1:38:21] integrating them with other uses. And I think, you know, we have some really good designers in the region

[1:38:25] that can continue to come forward with innovative designs.

[1:38:30] I think embracing those, sometimes it's a challenge

[1:38:35] because innovation comes with further review and pausing.

[1:38:41] And so I do think, again, with this housing liaison,

[1:38:45] can help with that, navigate the process

[1:38:48] for if new designs come forward, that

[1:38:55] of the municipal process, which can slow down innovation, frankly.

[1:39:02] That's great. Thank you.

[1:39:04] And next we have Councilor Hunter.

[1:39:07] Thank you.

[1:39:08] Through you.

[1:39:09] Some great comments and questions for my colleagues.

[1:39:11] I just wanted to ask a question about next steps,

[1:39:13] which is for the regards to the community engagement survey.

[1:39:17] We've had a lot of surveys this term, which has been wonderful.

[1:39:21] And I've started here feedback that there's a desire for some.

[1:39:25] You know, I guess I know our surveys tend to be a little bit, they change through the process,

[1:39:30] and I guess my direct question is just wondering if we will be asking about President's

[1:39:37] opinions on some of those trade-offs that you mentioned during the presentation, specifically

[1:39:41] I noted one around how we use our affordable reserving housing fund and if there would be a

[1:39:46] preference to try to secure more units or if we should be really focusing on that family

[1:39:51] for a family-friendly housing.

[1:39:54] And so I'm just wondering if the survey will kind of present

[1:39:57] some of those trade-offs for consideration.

[1:40:00] I think when we usually, through the mayor,

[1:40:02] with this level of engagement,

[1:40:05] we've already done some fairly in-depth engagement

[1:40:08] with the community on some of those very geek questions.

[1:40:12] At this stage, what we would typically

[1:40:14] look at doing is having the draft released in fall,

[1:40:18] And then, just in the community, how it landed, did we miss anything?

[1:40:23] Is there, do you have any questions or comments or concerns about the way that anything

[1:40:28] came together?

[1:40:30] As far as the trade-offs go on, any of the specific actions we would anticipate exploring

[1:40:36] that in more depth, if we develop a policy around, how do we want to use the formal housing

[1:40:44] For example, when we establish a grant program, you know, maybe we, is there a cap per year that we set and certain funds would be set aside to potentially purchase land.

[1:40:56] For example, so we would get into those more, you know, in depth tradeoffs on the particular outcomes of the strategy when those actions come forward separately.

[1:41:05] But we would be generally looking for kind of higher level feedback on the plan at this point.

[1:41:11] And some people do tend to, you know, provide a lot of in depth feedback on things like that.

[1:41:17] So we would welcome many any comments that the public was just to make on the strategy and any of the actions within the strategy.

[1:41:25] But we tend to ask kind of more higher level question and just leave it open for how folks would like to respond and what kind of things they'd like to provide.

[1:41:33] and just from a timing point of view our intention would be to couple the engagement for the

[1:41:40] climate action plan, which we saw previously in this one, so that they would be released

[1:41:44] and in their engagement window at the same time, as it's better to, in our engagement policies

[1:41:51] to couple those together, so you're not hammering the public with a round-after-round

[1:41:57] engagement, but you're providing kind of a consistent and kind of coordinated opportunity for engagement.

[1:42:04] And those two plans would have a similar question like we've seen for some of the other

[1:42:08] master plans that have come through in recent months. They generally ask kind of that.

[1:42:13] You know, how did we do? Is there anything missing? Do you have any comments that you'd like us to

[1:42:16] receive before we finalize the plan? Great. Thank you. That's super helpful. I do think it's an

[1:42:21] important conversation. I recognize it's important that we time it right within our process.

[1:42:25] I mean, it's great to hear that those who do want to provide that deeper level input will still have the opportunity to do so.

[1:42:31] Thank you.

[1:42:31] Thank you very much.

[1:42:33] Councillor Coutillian, do you have another question?

[1:42:34] Yes, I think this one will just be quick.

[1:42:37] It is just going back to the original on a question that I had though, which was that rental versus ownership over the five years.

[1:42:43] I just respect to the housing continuum there and the rest.

[1:42:46] Particularly with the recent approval of the Habitat for Humanity Project, which will ultimately be ownership based.

[1:42:54] is there any part of this or is there a trade-off rather in shifting some of those

[1:42:59] below market rental into below market ownership co-op style or is that beyond

[1:43:05] what would be captured here by this because it's a provincial mandate?

[1:43:10] Yes, thank you. I'm through the chair. It is a provincial mandate. The breakdown of

[1:43:15] size tenure market non-market is not an official part of our housing target order. It

[1:43:22] the guidelines. So as part of our reporting, the province does want those particular categories

[1:43:28] reported on, we're able to provide some commentaries. So as you mentioned that the habitat

[1:43:34] for humanity, we could have a note in our reporting forms to say, you know, while we did not,

[1:43:42] you know, achieve a thousand to below market rental units. We did achieve these, you know,

[1:43:47] below our below market ownership condos and through our inclusionary zoning bylaw. We did

[1:43:52] support, have it have for humanity who created, you know, the 16

[1:43:55] below market ownership townhouse units, some, for example, so we can, we can make those notes

[1:44:00] qualitatively within our reporting, but we don't have any flexibility to, and move units from

[1:44:06] one category to another within the or itself.

[1:44:11] All right, last chance everyone, um, trying to freeze my question without some of the

[1:44:17] motivation. So I guess I'll ask, um, was it a surprise when we saw how much we're not meeting

[1:44:26] their housing need? And the reason I ask is for, oh, wow, we were told we were building out at

[1:44:32] 100% or 180% of our housing need. And that's raw numbers and you've broken it down to, you know,

[1:44:40] real specifics. So was that expected or was that a surprise?

[1:44:46] Thanks for the question, yet it's I think this is to the core of why the province has provided those with those breakdowns within within the housing target order.

[1:44:57] They really want us to get.

[1:45:00] Sure, not just the number of housing units that were building, but how many of which type, because

[1:45:06] that really gives us not just a picture of the gross numbers of housing that's being constructed,

[1:45:13] but how is that housing meeting that identified needs in our community? And from a policy point

[1:45:19] of view, we might not agree 100% with how the provinces made the calculation for our order.

[1:45:28] But

[1:45:30] they'll be reporting that will come out in relation to not just these numbers here, which

[1:45:36] were mandated to report on to the province, but other indicators that will show, you know,

[1:45:41] are we building our housing in the right areas? Are we, are they in complete communities that

[1:45:48] have access to, you know, transit and services? Things like that, so it'll, it'll give us a much better

[1:45:53] idea of whether the housing that is being built is actually meeting those identified needs,

[1:46:00] whether it's through the provinces numbers or whether it's through some of our more

[1:46:04] qualitative feedback that we've received from the community and by that I mean the residents

[1:46:10] as well as the development community and the nonprofit sector that we engage with through this process.

[1:46:16] So they've given us a good idea of what they're hearing from their clients and people that are

[1:46:21] for homes. So it provides a bit more color to, you know, what types of homes we need. So moving

[1:46:28] forward from here, we will have a much better idea of whether, whether those homes are meeting

[1:46:33] those needs rather than just meeting kind of an overall number of units, which, you know,

[1:46:37] maybe affordable to some, but not all, so we'll have a much better idea of that moving forward.

[1:46:43] And, you know, is it the surprise? I think everything that the province gives us is a bit of a

[1:46:51] data it's good to have information and it's good to report on that and track it over time so that these policies can adjust if we're not creating the types of homes that are needed in the community to address those.

[1:47:05] Thank you very much.

[1:47:07] That's a hard way you're going.

[1:47:08] I gave everyone a last chance for anything so I do want to close off that you have a second.

[1:47:12] All right.

[1:47:13] So thank you very much.

[1:47:14] That was fantastic.

[1:47:16] You will receive.

[1:47:19] We're looking forward to the next steps.

[1:47:21] Thanks very much.

[1:47:26] Okay.

[1:47:26] We are now on to the number six public participation.

[1:47:29] You know the rules.

[1:47:31] Anyone from the gallery would like to come forward please.

[1:47:37] Come on up.

[1:47:53] Thank you, Sanchai.

[1:47:56] Thanks for residents with peace and shine.

[1:48:00] And we're speaking to item number nine going to.

[1:48:04] We just wanted to come here and show our love and support for code ninjas.

[1:48:11] And we hope that the council will approve the TOP TUP for code ninjas.

[1:48:16] One of the best parts about their model is that it doesn't feel like they're learning

[1:48:21] a traditional academic subject,

[1:48:24] we're learning problem-solving, logic, persistence,

[1:48:27] and creativity, almost as a side effect of making something fun.

[1:48:33] And then, when the learners age out some of them that have black belts

[1:48:36] could choose to become the sense-size,

[1:48:38] senses, and continue the learning journey on a whole new level.

[1:48:43] Huge benefit to have code ninjas here for the kids.

[1:48:46] And in the words of a green belt code ninja,

[1:48:50] it's fun to learn coding into socialize. I also wanted to do 10.1 and just say I'm

[1:48:58] supportive of sending a letter to the province to reinstate funding to the ARC

[1:49:04] foundation of our foundation. Thank you. Thank you very much. Anyone else in the

[1:49:10] gallery like come forward please?

[1:49:13] All right I see we have one hand online.

[1:49:17] What views are likely to increase on me yourself and the app provides your first initial

[1:49:21] last name in the Zvalidia for instance for the record and then if you would try to

[1:49:25] provide him on the agenda he wishes to speak to.

[1:49:30] Can you hear me now?

[1:49:34] Yeah, I just want to express my support to the Temporary Use Permit for Code Ninjas.

[1:49:40] They're an A-Browars, great operation.

[1:49:43] We have no issues with them whatsoever, and I think it's great to have us as a group that

[1:49:48] provides STEM education, practical education,

[1:49:54] opportunities to young kids, and it's a great entry to it.

[1:50:00] So I would just want to go on the record as 100% supporting the extension of the tip or use

[1:50:05] permit.

[1:50:06] Thank you.

[1:50:07] Thank you very much.

[1:50:09] I'm going to go one last call in Galer here.

[1:50:14] Anyone seeing anyone else online?

[1:50:15] I'll close public participation.

[1:50:17] Thank you for your commentary.

[1:50:21] All right, let us hope to page.

[1:50:26] We are on to item number seven, consent agenda.

[1:50:30] Are there any changes to consent agenda prior to your motion?

[1:50:34] Thank you all move that council adopt the recommendations

[1:50:35] for each item of the consent agenda presented.

[1:50:39] That's second.

[1:50:41] Okay, hold those on paper.

[1:50:43] Post that passes.

[1:50:46] A little bit along, we are on now to item number eight,

[1:50:49] committee resolutions.

[1:50:50] 8.1, committee divisor committee meeting resolutions July 28, 2026, 8.1.1,

[1:50:58] close fire prevention and regulation by law number 1665, 2026.

[1:51:05] Thank you all move that Council consider giving first second and third reading to fire

[1:51:09] prevention and regulation by law number 1665, 2026 and that Council consider giving

[1:51:16] for second and third reading to fire prevention and regulation.

[1:51:20] Missileenius amending by law number two few eight six two zero two six.

[1:51:26] Second.

[1:51:27] Any motivation?

[1:51:29] Yeah.

[1:51:29] This was just in our last committee meeting.

[1:51:32] A few weeks back there.

[1:51:33] We had great discussion around this.

[1:51:35] Other was.

[1:51:37] So if we get in trust around.

[1:51:39] This update to the biologist given the age and has tolerated to our fire master plan.

[1:51:44] And Chief provided some tremendous context and background behind this and that should all be in the recording, but if there are any questions from Council, I'm imagining is I looked at Chief that he'd be happy to answer, but was tremendous discussion and thank you for everyone I committee for your reference with us.

[1:52:04] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I think that was well summarized. I think there was another one other important question that was raised during the committee stage and that was just how we are posting.

[1:52:13] Our law is publicly and I was really happy to hear that's work is underway, or staff

[1:52:17] are able to verify that work is underway to make sure that the by-laws of the city are

[1:52:23] going to be posted to improve transparency and just the general ability for the public to know

[1:52:28] what's going on at the city.

[1:52:30] All right, thank you. Next is Councillor Garry, and on deck, Councillor Wegna.

[1:52:34] Thank you. We go to Councillor Wegna, my assistant, just.

[1:52:38] We've heard it, you know, we'll call. Let's reverse that. We're going to go to Councillor Wegna.

[1:52:42] Thank you. See the chair. I did have a couple of questions.

[1:52:46] I'm very meeting and frustrated hearing many questions were answered.

[1:52:51] But I was sort of a practical question if there's a, you know,

[1:52:56] Hi, I love woody debris or yard waste that's really dry.

[1:53:00] People are sensitive and brought up to me in the community that people are concerned about

[1:53:04] fire hazards. Is this a by-law? Do they go to by-law enforcement as a complaint? Or do they

[1:53:11] address their concerns to the fire department?

[1:53:16] Through the mayor, that's a good question.

[1:53:18] I would suggest that if any of the residents had any sort of fire safety concerns to

[1:53:22] start with the fire department and if it's something we need additional support from by-law enforcement,

[1:53:27] we can bring them into it, but many cases through education we're able to get compliance of reducing

[1:53:33] or mitigating the fire safety hazard. So I think that the best way to stir is with the fire

[1:53:38] department. So is that just through your general email if they had or they've phoned in,

[1:53:44] maybe they have a photo they want to share. Yeah, there's many of the different ways to

[1:53:48] be through a phone email. We're certainly happy to address any concerns. Thank you. And I did have

[1:53:57] one other question, but open burns, can be sometimes surprising to me when you sell smoke

[1:54:04] and thinking that this from parts of the community still maybe have fireplaces or, you know,

[1:54:12] are able to burn garbage in their backyard. Many of us don't have yards. So actually I found it

[1:54:17] a little surprising, are we continuing with allowing open burns, even though we've become much more

[1:54:22] urban location, it sounded like we weren't finding any changes to our existing allowing open burning.

[1:54:31] Now, through the mayor, that's correct. This by-law is the fire prevention by-law,

[1:54:34] the only changes to the open burning by-law were any duplication or conflicts that the new

[1:54:39] by-law had with the open burning, but the forces of the open burning, the two-broom periods per year,

[1:54:45] two permits per household per room period is remaining in effect.

[1:54:49] So just to clarify, then so people do need permits for that, so it would be, you know, that one extra step to make sure that they're thinking about it, they're prepared and the fire department would know about it.

[1:55:02] Is that correct?

[1:55:04] Through the chair, that is correct.

[1:55:06] That would be for any external fire, obviously we don't regulate firefighters and fireplaces, but if you have a campfire or open burn, you are required to have a permit that you can access online, both are free.

[1:55:16] but the permits for open-boring are only in the identifiable

[1:55:20] upper periods and per the amount that per household and you have to have.

[1:55:26] But there's other restrictions that a lot of size and stuff like that.

[1:55:28] Whereas camp sires are prohibited based on the provincial campfire ban.

[1:55:33] So we firmly have no burning in the city.

[1:55:36] That's great. Thank you for clarifying.

[1:55:38] And I'd just like to clarify that people are not allowed to burn garbage.

[1:55:42] it is your debris, but not garbage. Next up at Councillor Garry, things back up.

[1:55:51] Yes, thank you.

[1:55:53] To you, Mayor.

[1:55:54] We'll actually start with just a comment.

[1:55:57] Just I have a lot of gratitude for the community advisory committee.

[1:56:00] There's a lot of good throughout this session.

[1:56:02] There are questions that the committee members brought up.

[1:56:03] Once that I didn't think about.

[1:56:05] So just grateful for that conversation at the committee level.

[1:56:08] My question though has to do with the evolution of language in the new bylaw around crest and in building communication systems and being as it wasn't mentioned in the old bylaw.

[1:56:20] I was at handled before and perhaps this, I'm assuming Crest was involved with kind of guiding what would be the most useful for the wording in this current bylaw.

[1:56:33] Yeah, through the chair, with this bylaw, we were able to amalgamate several clauses that were in other bylaws.

[1:56:40] So, the Crest language was in, I believe, by one thousand.

[1:56:45] It may have slightly different wording to be updated as we were one of the first to have the Crest application in a bylaw.

[1:56:53] It was, I think, this one sentence.

[1:56:55] So, I think there's, it's a little bit more robust now, but that was to take from by one thousand and incorporate into one bylaw.

[1:57:02] we had a governing bylaw, which didn't have clauses all over the place where it was confusing

[1:57:07] for the public to know which bylaw they had to address in order to look something up.

[1:57:13] That's great context.

[1:57:14] Thank you.

[1:57:16] Did I do enough?

[1:57:17] All right.

[1:57:18] I'll call the question.

[1:57:18] All those in favour?

[1:57:20] Those?

[1:57:20] That.

[1:57:21] That's us.

[1:57:22] We are now on to 8.2, 8.2.

[1:57:25] Point one.

[1:57:26] The application for a temporary use permit for 107-2317, those stream road.

[1:57:34] Thank you.

[1:57:35] will move that council direct staff to provide notice that council will consider issuing

[1:57:40] temporary use permit to allow honeycomb kind of a sink to continue to operate the non-medical

[1:57:45] catavus retail store at unit 107 2317 millstream broke. Second.

[1:57:53] Okay, the motivation. Just briefly, we've seen these before. It's the way that

[1:57:59] for it has traditionally been operating its processes to have the cannabis stores have these

[1:58:08] temporary use permits. Again, it came up that maybe this is an outdated method, but it is a

[1:58:17] business that is doing well. There were no complaints and this is the process that life

[1:58:21] has in place. So in my view, continuing on with this process is supporting this business fully

[1:58:28] at this time nine minutes for.

[1:58:30] Thank you very much.

[1:58:34] Nothing for there.

[1:58:35] Anyone else?

[1:58:37] Yeah, call the question.

[1:58:38] All those in favour?

[1:58:39] Opposed?

[1:58:40] All right, that passes.

[1:58:41] Hey, we're on to number nine.

[1:58:43] Notice of intense.

[1:58:44] 9.1.

[1:58:45] To be 26 dashed to zero zero zero five.

[1:58:49] 43.73.

[1:58:50] Wish or Parkway.

[1:58:54] We'll move that.

[1:58:55] Temperate use permit number two p.

[1:58:57] 26.

[1:58:58] Zero zero zero five.

[1:58:59] The issue to the council.

[1:59:00] by the council for the city of Lankford,

[1:59:02] two Mark Jones of Galaxy Motors,

[1:59:05] 0,698,721 BC limited to allow the land to be used

[1:59:09] for receiving, preparing, and storage

[1:59:11] of recreational vehicles for sale

[1:59:13] at the applicant's RV dealership on the adjacent lots,

[1:59:17] 477, or sure, Parkway, without building a structure

[1:59:20] that meets the 10% in a lot covered,

[1:59:23] subject to the following terms and conditions.

[1:59:26] One, A, C, and D.

[1:59:31] Second. Any motivation? Yes, once again, this is supporting an existing business, so they've

[1:59:38] had a temporary use permit already for this, this RV location, they have the dealership

[1:59:45] next door, and so they've been operating, and again, there were no particularly complaints

[1:59:51] about this use. It's kind of an industrial area, so it has low impact on residents, and so I have felt

[2:00:00] Thank you for the existing business. Thank you very much. How's it going?

[2:00:05] Well, I just mentioned we've had discussion about this at many, and then Council received this application later.

[2:00:12] And then there's discussion at that time as well. So then it's logical step. And how this process goes is there is a notice of intent that we received.

[2:00:22] And so I don't feel any need to discuss it any further, but I do want to acknowledge that

[2:00:27] Council has had a lot of time to in order to comment on this for anyone else.

[2:00:32] Hey, call the question.

[2:00:33] All those in favor?

[2:00:35] The post.

[2:00:36] All right, that passes.

[2:00:40] We're on to item 9.2 to TUP 26 0 0 0 0 6 8 90 Goldstream Avenue.

[2:00:50] Thank you.

[2:00:51] I will move that temporary use permit ever to be.

[2:00:56] 26, 006, issued by the council for the City of Lankford to Jesse Bounnis, a code

[2:01:01] ninjas wester on behalf of David Barrett to allow the continued use of an after school

[2:01:06] computer coding program for children on the lower floor of the front unit of the

[2:01:10] eight ninety gold chain Avenue, subject to the following terms and conditions, one, two,

[2:01:16] and B. Second.

[2:01:18] Yep, and what a vision.

[2:01:20] Oh, once again, we are supporting an existing business, and we did hear a lot of support for

[2:01:26] code ninjas.

[2:01:27] So I think that we can say that it is quite important to the community, it's a great learning

[2:01:34] opportunity.

[2:01:35] It's just right across the city hall, and it's nicely located near the elementary and middle

[2:01:41] schools.

[2:01:42] It's quite a good location in my mind for this type of operation and I'm happy to support

[2:01:51] it.

[2:01:52] I've known as this as I mentioned it with the last notice of intent.

[2:01:56] This is something Council has received already.

[2:01:58] However, it is great to have another opportunity to hear from the community about things that are working really well from neighbors and folks that are visiting or using the business.

[2:02:10] I'll just say that I've heard only glowing reports about them, I've been there more than

[2:02:15] what to look at it.

[2:02:18] When we were out, we hear from people who's children are in it and they're very happy with

[2:02:24] what's going on.

[2:02:25] So, I'll call the question, all those in favor?

[2:02:28] Close.

[2:02:28] That passes.

[2:02:30] Item number 10, notice the motion 10.1, notice the motion from July 28, 2026, advocacy for

[2:02:36] the B.C. Ministry of Education and Child Care to reinstate funding for the A.R.C. Foundation.

[2:02:44] Thank you, Mayor. Whereas the our foundation developed so G1G3 in collaboration with B.C.

[2:02:49] Ministry of Education, B.C. Teachers Foundation, the University of British Columbia,

[2:02:54] British Columbia, British Columbia's Faculty of Education, vote and schools,

[2:02:59] nine school districts for B.C. and local National International L.G. B.T.Q. Community

[2:03:05] organizations, and so G133 has been used in BC school since 2016.

[2:03:11] And whereas the Arch Foundation works with school districts to provide so G133 resources

[2:03:16] which are set of tools that teachers can use to ensure their classrooms are accepting

[2:03:20] and rooted in respect and belonging.

[2:03:23] And whereas the Arch Foundation has had to address significant funding gap by reducing

[2:03:28] staffing levels as of July 26 due to recent discontinuation of funding by the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.

[2:03:38] Therefore, be it resolved that the City of Langford Mayor and Council direct staff to write a letter to the Minister of Education and Child Care

[2:03:44] and MLA Raby Power asking the Ministry of Reinstead funding to the Arc Foundation and affirm the importance of the SOG123 program,

[2:03:52] so that school districts will continue to work with the Archfondation to access resources to

[2:03:57] great safe and inclusive environment for all students regardless of their sexual orientation

[2:04:01] or gender identity or the diversity in their own families.

[2:04:06] Thank you.

[2:04:10] Thank you.

[2:04:11] Thank you.

[2:04:13] Thank you.

[2:04:14] Thank you.

[2:04:14] So this notice and motion evolved from a newsletter that I received from the article.

[2:04:21] Foundation, as I'm on their mailing list, notifying that they are, they were cutting staffing levels.

[2:04:29] You do the discontinuous funding from the province.

[2:04:32] It was apparent with kiddos in the school district.

[2:04:38] I, you know, my initial reaction was in fear that we were defunding so G123.

[2:04:45] And it has been a common interpretation of the discontinuation

[2:04:50] of funding to the ARC Foundation.

[2:04:53] I called the ARC Foundation.

[2:04:54] I spoke with the ED, who is a lovely individual

[2:04:57] and explained how much funding was produced

[2:05:01] in the impact, which is three staff members

[2:05:03] that they had to let go of where long-time staff members had

[2:05:09] and the ARC Foundation being a safe place

[2:05:12] support USL GPTQIA individuals to work.

[2:05:16] It was definitely part of the organization.

[2:05:18] All non-profits are struggling to make

[2:05:23] ends meet as we are all struggling with the portability.

[2:05:27] They impact non-profits disproportionately.

[2:05:30] And those organizations are doing the hard work

[2:05:32] of bridging gaps that all levels of government

[2:05:35] are not meeting.

[2:05:37] Why this is important to link for it.

[2:05:40] One is our first Pride Crosswalk came from Soji Club,

[2:05:45] but it's not a middle school.

[2:05:47] And when that Pride Crosswalk was a face,

[2:05:49] it was a leadership of those students

[2:05:50] that affirmed the diversity and inclusivity of Frankfurt

[2:05:56] was the strongest thing in our community.

[2:06:02] And the eventual growth of having another Pride Crosswalk,

[2:06:06] the Ruth King just kind of shows how leadership

[2:06:09] have been having students that feel safe in their schools and the impact that they can have

[2:06:15] being leaders in their communities. So G123 reps in each school are our teachers that are doing

[2:06:23] this work on a volunteer basis. They're also playing for a residence. And so I feel the need

[2:06:29] to advocate for having continued support for our school system. The soup school district has been

[2:06:38] amazing acting place for inclusive schools. Even though I had fear, but what the impact was

[2:06:44] in the provincial level, I always felt very good about what this youth school district where

[2:06:50] they were putting their energy and and how they were creating safe and inclusive spaces in our school.

[2:06:56] That being said, I do believe that the withdrawal funding will have impact. We've had my family's

[2:07:05] signed a petition and had a response from the provot province saying that even though that the

[2:07:11] province isn't seeking any more resources, from the Art Foundation, the Art Foundation

[2:07:17] will continue to be a point of resource for school districts and teachers that needed.

[2:07:24] And so there will be still an interaction between this organization.

[2:07:30] School districts across the province. It just won't be funded anymore. So that in itself is a bit problematic.

[2:07:37] I do think resources are evolving all the time. One thing that having kiddos in the French school system is that we don't often have a lot of these

[2:07:48] some resources in both languages, and that's always something that's evolving, and we have new

[2:07:53] offers that are creating resources for all ages all the time. I believe that the province understands

[2:08:03] the political implications of cutting funding, and I don't think it's a good time to be having

[2:08:09] that conversation with the Temple of Rich Tragedy this year, and the significant impact that the

[2:08:14] on trends, youth, and our province. We don't need those signals that we're pulling away from

[2:08:21] having continued support. We need affirmation that these are important parts of our community

[2:08:26] and we'll continue to get funding.

[2:08:34] Just a note as to the amount to conclude the amount of funding

[2:08:37] that was on was about $150,000, which is the same amount that has linked for it as a mid-sized

[2:08:46] community is contributing to specific family services for youth counseling.

[2:08:52] So for the province, I understand that we're in tough budget years, but if Langford can

[2:08:58] figure out how to support youth, I think the province can figure out how to support an organization

[2:09:03] like the Arc Foundation, who has been partnering with school districts for 10 years, and

[2:09:11] We're using work creating safe places for kids to go to school and they are despite the

[2:09:18] funding withdrawal.

[2:09:19] They are committed to serving their mandate and to continuing the work.

[2:09:23] I'm hoping to answer any questions, and thank you for providing this space for me to speak to this.

[2:09:32] Thank you, Mayor.

[2:09:34] And thank you to California for the motion, which I strongly support.

[2:09:38] I'm calling on the problems of British Columbia Reense,

[2:09:40] funding to the Arc Foundation.

[2:09:42] For nearly a decade, the Arc Foundation has played a critical role in supporting the delivery

[2:09:46] of SOGI, one, two, three, resources in school to cross-purs Columbia, developed to collaboration

[2:09:52] with educators, school districts, academic institutions, and community organizations.

[2:09:57] These resources help foster safe, respectful, and inclusive learning environments where all

[2:10:01] students can feel the sense of belonging.

[2:10:03] Every student deserves to attend school knowing that they will be treated with dignity and respect,

[2:10:07] regardless of their sexual orientation, gender, identity, race, creed, religious affiliation

[2:10:12] or family background.

[2:10:14] The Arc Foundation has provided educators with the tools, trainings, and support necessary

[2:10:18] up all these values and help schools respond effectively to the diverse need of students

[2:10:22] and families.

[2:10:24] The recent loss of provincial funding has created a significant challenge for the organization

[2:10:28] resulting in staffing reductions and domestic capacity to support school districts

[2:10:32] of Seropurish Columbia. At a time when misinformation and polarization continued to create confusion

[2:10:38] around, so you went to three, it is more important than ever for educators to have access

[2:10:42] through reliable resources and expert support. As a community, we recognize that diversity

[2:10:48] is a strength. The students, teachers and families who identify as two SLGBTQIA plus our

[2:10:56] value and integral members of our school and neighbors, neighborhoods, continued investment in the

[2:11:02] arc foundation would help ensure that school districts can maintain access to consistent

[2:11:06] high-quality resources after-mode inclusion, respect, and student success.

[2:11:11] Receding funding would send a prayer message to British Columbia that remains committed to

[2:11:16] creating learning environments where every student feels safe, accepted, enabled to thrive.

[2:11:21] A strongly support-disemotion and I urge that the Minister of Education, childcare, restore

[2:11:25] the funding-tariff foundation.

[2:11:28] Thank you very much.

[2:11:29] Thanks very much.

[2:11:30] Thank you.

[2:11:31] Thank you.

[2:11:32] Well said.

[2:11:33] I'm like Holly.

[2:11:34] Thank you for this motion.

[2:11:35] It is really important to talk about this.

[2:11:38] It's tough out there.

[2:11:40] And at a time when funding is being cut for the most vulnerable,

[2:11:44] I think we all need to raise our voices.

[2:11:46] This is not an okay time for funding to be cut.

[2:11:49] And especially Langford is a growing community.

[2:11:52] And we have many diverse individuals in our community.

[2:11:55] And the support that they need, you know, it, it'll, um, because people will fill in those gaps, but the funding should also be coming from the province.

[2:12:05] They need to take care of all of, in the students in particular, that need at the most.

[2:12:11] So sending that signal that we're carrying problems that everyone deserves, that feeling of safety, you can't put a price on that.

[2:12:20] So I'm really disappointed that this funding was pulled.

[2:12:24] I have heard specifically from teachers, parents, and students that this program made them

[2:12:31] feel better about going to school.

[2:12:34] They had quality resources, as mentioned by Councillor Morley, that misinformation out there

[2:12:40] and the toxic environment on social media, it's really hurting the kids and it's not getting

[2:12:46] better.

[2:12:47] When you go to events like the Youth Health Forum with the Village Initiative and other organizations that are looking at youth and their mental health, it is tragic, how many people are suffering from feelings of suicide and just even, of course, a sense of belonging would be nice, but you know, there are really high rates of very serious issues, and so anything we can do to help is

[2:13:16] It's got to be funded. We can't slow down on any of these supports.

[2:13:21] So I hope that the province gets this message from the municipalities, all of our partners

[2:13:26] and every one of us needs to stand up.

[2:13:32] Thank you.

[2:13:33] Thank you. I'd just briefly to comment.

[2:13:34] Thank you, Councillor Gairi, for your medicine,

[2:13:36] bringing this motion forward to this table.

[2:13:38] Poles are currently supporting it.

[2:13:41] And I just wanted to acknowledge that this is an area where we have heard from members

[2:13:45] of the community about regretitude and appreciation for the city's efforts to expand

[2:13:50] private events and really expanding a sense of inclusivity and belonging for our community.

[2:13:56] And I know the province, or provincially, there's a lot of discussions about supporting public

[2:14:00] safety and communities and making sure that there's adequate resourcing to address the challenges,

[2:14:06] but this is, I think, in the area where, as is a local permit, we can really advocate for those

[2:14:12] under a serve, relations and often under hard populations as well.

[2:14:18] So I appreciate you're in contact with the motion and the level of detail that you provided as well to support it.

[2:14:24] Okay, I'll call the question.

[2:14:25] Can all those in favor?

[2:14:27] Post.

[2:14:28] That passes.

[2:14:33] For now on to item number 11 bylaws.

[2:14:35] And I believe we have about 10 of them with us today.

[2:14:40] So the first one, 11.1 bylaw number 1665,

[2:14:44] our prevention and regulation by law number 1665 2026. This is our first second and third reading.

[2:14:52] Thank you all move. That council gave fire prevention regulation by law number 16652026 for second.

[2:15:01] We have a second.

[2:15:03] Any motivation? I know I believe motivation was during the meeting I've read in part there, so I think it's good as it stands.

[2:15:12] No, I think that we discussed this already earlier on, but just want to extend my gratitude as well for the chief being in presence tonight and for coming to the committee to respond to questions.

[2:15:22] And it's for your time.

[2:15:24] That's worth it.

[2:15:26] Just quickly to add that this was a quite a large body of work.

[2:15:30] And so there was some discussion at committee about why now,

[2:15:34] why is it coming at this time,

[2:15:36] and I just appreciated the answers that were given at the committee.

[2:15:40] So I just wanted to emphasize that there was quite a bit of work

[2:15:44] to look at what other municipalities are doing.

[2:15:47] How do we clean up all of our bylaws to make it really clear and effective

[2:15:51] and enforceable and to work with the new Fire Safety Act. So there's new legislation that in my

[2:16:00] mind that was the thing that was too slow. It took a really long time for the Fire Safety Act that was

[2:16:06] I guess had royal assent in 2016 and then didn't come into force until 2024.

[2:16:16] So it's going

[2:16:21] it was you know at the time considered couldn't wait until the fire safety act was enforced

[2:16:27] and then we got right to work and did a good thorough job. So I think it's quite a strong

[2:16:33] dialogue and I appreciate everything that went into it. Thanks. Hey,

[2:16:38] called a question all this a favor. Post that passes. We're on 11.2 while on number 2286 fire prevention

[2:16:46] and regulation miscellaneous amending by law number 2286 2026 this is for first second and third reading.

[2:16:54] Thank you that council give fire prevention and regulation miscellaneous amending by law number 2286 to 026

[2:17:02] for second and third readings.

[2:17:06] Do we have a second?

[2:17:08] Again, any motivation or again I feel this was adequately covered in the committee read in as

[2:17:14] as the committee discussions on the topic.

[2:17:17] Is there much, guys, or heard it?

[2:17:18] Okay, anyone else?

[2:17:20] What's the other question?

[2:17:21] All those in favour?

[2:17:22] Post that passes?

[2:17:26] We're on to 11.3,

[2:17:27] by-law number 2110,

[2:17:30] length for zoning by-law,

[2:17:31] amendment number 696,

[2:17:34] 854, Latoria Road by-law number 2110,

[2:17:37] 2026, and this is for adoption.

[2:17:43] I will move that council adopt length for zoning by-law,

[2:17:45] amendment number 696,

[2:17:47] 854, Latoria Road by November 21, 10, 20, 26 has prevented.

[2:17:54] You have a second?

[2:17:55] A second.

[2:17:57] Ms. Vardoffson, so.

[2:17:59] Yep, it's not much to add here just in case anyone need an

[2:18:03] press to be reminded that there is a house on this property and

[2:18:08] there's some dividing portion of the lot.

[2:18:11] And that will come back for future rezoning.

[2:18:14] There's a development application.

[2:18:15] Thank you.

[2:18:17] That's Gary.

[2:18:19] Okay.

[2:18:20] Call the question.

[2:18:21] I'll listen to him.

[2:18:22] Close.

[2:18:23] That passes.

[2:18:25] We're at 11.4.

[2:18:26] While on number 2236.

[2:18:28] Thanks for zoning by-law number 301.

[2:18:30] Amendment number 752.

[2:18:33] 709.

[2:18:33] 711.

[2:18:35] 715.

[2:18:36] 719.

[2:18:37] And 721.

[2:18:38] Massey Drive.

[2:18:39] While on number 2236.

[2:18:41] 2026.

[2:18:42] And this is per first second and third reading.

[2:18:46] I will move. It counseled your line for Zoning By-Lone, number 30, 100 amendment number

[2:18:51] 752, 709, 711, 715, 719, 721, once he drive, by-Lone number 2236, 2026,

[2:19:01] for second and third readings.

[2:19:05] All second?

[2:19:06] Any motivation?

[2:19:08] Briefly, and before I get there, I did have a question that I'd ask down, so if I

[2:19:17] new zones that has recently been created, and I was just trying to clarify for myself that although

[2:19:25] it's a six story building proposed, they could have a 12 story in this area. And I just wanted

[2:19:31] to clarify that what would happen, what would be the process, if there was a change, if this

[2:19:38] particular project didn't go forward, would they come back to Council for committee?

[2:19:42] Thank you for the question, through the chair.

[2:19:45] The OCP, as you've noted,

[2:19:47] it does identify this area as an area

[2:19:50] where buildings up to 12 stories

[2:19:52] and potentially including commercial uses

[2:19:55] on the ground floor would be permitted

[2:19:57] under the land use policies of the OCP,

[2:20:00] however, when we determine which zone is most appropriate

[2:20:04] for a particular rezoning application,

[2:20:06] we do tailor the application

[2:20:09] or the development proposal to the zone.

[2:20:11] So, in this case, it is a six-story residential building.

[2:20:15] So, polls all the by-law and the agenda for tonight

[2:20:19] does consist of resigning the property

[2:20:21] to allow six-story residential building.

[2:20:24] So, in the event, that an applicant

[2:20:26] wish to come to a later date to propose,

[2:20:30] called Story Building, or a mixed use building

[2:20:32] that would be as owning amendment,

[2:20:33] so it would go through a similar process as,

[2:20:36] so we'll be also considering tonight.

[2:20:39] Thank you.

[2:20:39] So the reason I was one in that clarification was because of this potential for sort of we've had a discussion and we think we're voting on something and then a building gets built that's different than maybe the community was expecting.

[2:20:54] So without assurance there were some features of this particular building that there is a lot of change happening this area and it's near downtown.

[2:21:04] I've heard it's also your Denver pork, and so there was some consideration to have

[2:21:09] 3 clusters kept near the park, then to have nice amenity space, and it's interesting

[2:21:17] to see one of our new zones being used, and we are looking for living landscaping with

[2:21:22] a certain percentage as well, and so there were certain details of application that I just

[2:21:27] thought I would know briefly, and I am supporting.

[2:21:34] Thank you.

[2:21:36] Thank you.

[2:21:36] I'll take a moment just to reflect on committee we heard significant concerns about traffic

[2:21:41] and the impact of any new density and there's downtown core on Massey.

[2:21:46] Since then, we Council has approved the Master Transportation Plan and Active Transportation

[2:21:51] Plan and it's great to have that path forward now or we can point to saying, yes, we acknowledge

[2:21:58] that our future looks like we have tools that we are using in order to mitigate some of

[2:22:07] those concerns.

[2:22:09] This particular building having, like, a size bi-gramic grade, being here at the 95 bus route.

[2:22:18] It's also near the ENN trail, there's a lot of things happening in this area that will

[2:22:25] up.

[2:22:27] This.

[2:22:30] Or success in having more folks living here and potentially not achieving the stress levels that the residents were concerned about.

[2:22:43] But acknowledging that we heard a lot about traffic and that is something that is a real concern and a real stressor.

[2:22:50] And so I don't want to dismiss those concerns, but I wanted to bring them up again just

[2:22:55] to from the fact that I heard them and that they were part of the discussion.

[2:23:03] Thank you.

[2:23:03] Yeah, you'll call the question out.

[2:23:04] There's a favor.

[2:23:06] Post.

[2:23:07] That passes.

[2:23:08] It's all right.

[2:23:15] We're on to 11.5 by law number 2278.

[2:23:19] This is the length for zoning by law number 300 amendment 762 for 384 388 388 394 and 396 jack and road

[2:23:29] by law number 22 78 2026 and this is for adoption.

[2:23:40] Move that council adopt length for zoning by law number 300 remember number

[2:23:45] 762, 34, 384, 388, 384, 396, Jacqueline Road,

[2:23:51] Bailon, number 2278, 2826, that's for that text.

[2:23:57] Dave, any short commentary on adoption?

[2:24:03] I think we are, again, developing in this area.

[2:24:10] This is an application that had a good amount of discussion

[2:24:14] already.

[2:24:16] So, generated options. We don't need to have too much discussion. So, I think the report is clear. Thank you.

[2:24:28] Thank you. I just say note that we had a further conversation around bike parking and that we're going to work to achieve the most bike parking possible.

[2:24:35] Even though that wasn't what was brought up at this committee meeting.

[2:24:40] So, I'm confident in our staff will work with the applicant in order to meet that opportunity.

[2:24:46] So I'd like to be disappointed.

[2:24:48] Thank you very much.

[2:24:50] Hey, call the question, all those in favour?

[2:24:51] Post, bad fasses.

[2:24:54] We're on to 1116.

[2:24:56] Sorry, yeah, 1116, the point six, my mistake.

[2:24:58] Biola number 2288, city blankford,

[2:25:01] park dedication, Biola number 2288, 2026,

[2:25:05] and this is for adoption.

[2:25:09] Well, move the council adopt city of blankford,

[2:25:12] park dedication, Biola number 2288, 2026.

[2:25:16] Second.

[2:25:16] Is there any commenter?

[2:25:20] Well, I know it's for adoption, but it is still exciting to have a park dedication

[2:25:24] come forward and to get over the finish line there.

[2:25:27] We do know we have a fine need for parks that are city owned parks and there's a development

[2:25:33] all over Langford and so this is just an important step in really being clear about what

[2:25:41] expectations can be for this area, and that it can be a forever park is good news.

[2:25:48] That's right.

[2:25:51] Specifically because Veterans Memorial Park is listed on here. I'm looking forward to the opening

[2:25:54] of that and as Councillor Wigner mentioned, it's great to see that these parks are going to be

[2:25:59] protected in perpetuity, unless the residents do allow us to consider other uses through a formal

[2:26:06] a sent process for referendum. Thank you. Thank you very much.

[2:26:11] Thought a question, all those in favour?

[2:26:13] Post that passes and I'm going to move that microphone so I don't keep it.

[2:26:19] We're on to 11.7 by law number 2291.

[2:26:23] Talks development cost charge by law number 2291, 2026.

[2:26:27] Resin third reading and give a new third reading.

[2:26:36] I could do another one, I move the council, the sin third reading of the city of

[2:26:45] Lankford Park Development Costrage by law number 22-1921-2026 and get third reading to the

[2:26:50] revised city of Lankford Park Development Costrage by law number 22-1921-2026 as presented.

[2:26:58] And it's all second.

[2:26:59] So I did have, I guess, an expectation perhaps that, because we're, we're sending and giving a new revised for reading that there might have been a staff comment. So perhaps I can ask a question through the chair about the need for rescinding and having afternoon third reading.

[2:27:19] Well, thank you to the chair. Thank you for the question. It's just to provide.

[2:27:23] priority to staff in finding the bail-on making sure that it gets applied the same

[2:27:32] regardless of who's reading the bail-off. Thank you. So, yeah, just to clarify, it's a

[2:27:38] housekeeping type of an item. So, have you to support?

[2:27:45] And there'll be tips on these types of updates are important. So, I appreciate that it's

[2:27:51] coming back and we're sending them. We're working through and trying to get it right. So we

[2:27:55] have the most opportunity to succeed. So I understand that there's some ambiguity with certain

[2:28:00] definitions and so I'm happy to have those clarified and that we can adopt this with putting

[2:28:05] our foot forward. We did. I'm ready to call the question. No, those of him. Post that that's

[2:28:11] us. For 11.48, by-law number 2292, length for the official community plan, by-law number 2200,

[2:28:18] amendment number two, following the list number one by

[2:28:21] number 22, 92, 2026. This is first reading only.

[2:28:26] I moved that category of first reading to the line for

[2:28:28] official community plan by law number 2200, amendment number two,

[2:28:33] on the list number one by law 2292, 2026.

[2:28:39] Now second. Any room motivation?

[2:28:42] Sorry.

[2:28:44] Well, just looking at this is an OCP housekeeping alignment exercise

[2:28:48] And then at the, of course, it will all formally embed cities,

[2:28:51] recently approved parks, transportation, economic development, and agriculture,

[2:28:56] culture strategies into the OCP.

[2:29:00] So all long-term planning documents work together consistently.

[2:29:06] That's very cool.

[2:29:07] Thank you.

[2:29:07] I read through the changes.

[2:29:09] They're all what we would expect it's nice to see the overlay of these plans within our,

[2:29:15] probably our most important document, which is our official community plan.

[2:29:18] I guess my only question through you, Mayor, is I would expect that we would probably see something like this come back.

[2:29:25] Once we have, we could have a few more plans to present to us this evening.

[2:29:31] So, we probably have some alignment expected in the future as well.

[2:29:35] Yes, and you through the Mayor, as you say, we felt it might be a bit premature to put any of the outcomes of the plans that were presented in draft form tonight.

[2:29:43] So, yes, we would enter the paid a further omnivist housekeeping amendment to incorporate the findings and, for example, updates and the targets as it relates to the climate action plan following the approval of those plans by Council.

[2:30:00] What it was that triggered that question specifically, so I appreciate that. Thank you.

[2:30:05] Thank you. I just want to express gratitude because we're coming to the end of the term and it's really great to see that the massive amounts of efforts that council and city staff have put into community planning are starting to integrate and overlapped and align.

[2:30:19] And I'm just, I'm really grateful that we do have that strong fear and intentional direction backed up by all different facets of community planning so that we are proactively planning our community and not planning through rezoning.

[2:30:31] I think it's going to serve the public very well in the future.

[2:30:33] Great, how to see this.

[2:30:35] Good afternoon sir, Wagner.

[2:30:37] Yeah, just briefly again, it's probably just repetitive and way, but the official community plan is our master document for the city.

[2:30:45] what goes where, how and even why.

[2:30:49] And so the official Kennedy plan,

[2:30:51] which was a word-winning, and it was excellent

[2:30:53] to see that the recognized as a real leader

[2:30:57] for city planning, well, now it's even better.

[2:31:00] So I love these maps and putting them in there

[2:31:03] so that it's in a by-law.

[2:31:05] And that means that, if that empowers staff

[2:31:08] and the community, it's really a form for me

[2:31:11] of good governance, having that transparency

[2:31:13] and accountability and clarity so that people don't have to look to other places necessarily.

[2:31:19] The official community plan has that information what we can expect and I think it will help

[2:31:24] streamline decision-making and when developments and other applications and even non-profits

[2:31:31] whoever wants to come forward with something or maybe a member of the public they can look to

[2:31:36] this document as a real master for the whole community and so appreciating that it's really incorporated

[2:31:41] and thoughtfully.

[2:31:43] You know, call the question, all those in favour?

[2:31:46] Post.

[2:31:46] That passes.

[2:31:52] We're now at an item 11.9 by number 2294.

[2:31:56] City Lengthford Reserve Funds Establishment by law number 2004 by law number 857.

[2:32:02] Amendment number 4 by law 2294.

[2:32:05] 2026.

[2:32:06] And this is for adoption.

[2:32:09] Thank you.

[2:32:09] I will move that council adopt city of Lengthford Reserve Fund.

[2:32:12] Establishment by law 2004 by law number 857.

[2:32:16] amendment number four, file number two, two, nine, four, twenty, twenty, six.

[2:32:21] Well, second.

[2:32:22] Any motivation?

[2:32:23] Thank you.

[2:32:24] This is for adoption, but I am really happy to see that the city is establishing that dedicated

[2:32:29] reserve fund for asset management of the YMCA.

[2:32:32] Recognizing that the, or the length of aquatic center building, recognizing that the YMCA

[2:32:38] as an entity is starting to see a brighter fiscal picture.

[2:32:43] So I just want to make sure that any or I'm happy to see that this will allow us to make sure that any

[2:32:49] Any profits will be in the municipality.

[2:32:55] Oh, just briefly comment as well, but

[2:32:57] This is yeah again good news for just being very clear about

[2:33:02] Where the money will go if there are

[2:33:06] Prophets and that they should remain in length for because we have a complicated relationship and I do hear about the white

[2:33:13] CAA, why do I say for from the public quite often there's still misunderstandings there and I think

[2:33:19] having something like this where we are in this for the long term the why I'm saying they're

[2:33:25] great partners and we're working with them and there's also you know program expansion,

[2:33:31] they're working with the schools so I know that's not all in this bylaw but it's it's great to

[2:33:37] to see that this is developing relationship.

[2:33:43] Okay, I'm gonna call the question all of us in here.

[2:33:46] Close, that passes.

[2:33:48] And the last of our bylaws,

[2:33:50] 11.10, bylaw number 2296.

[2:33:53] City, Langford, housing agreement,

[2:33:55] 2615, suit, growth, bylaw number 2296,

[2:33:59] 2026 for first, second and third reading.

[2:34:04] You know, move that council gives City of Langford,

[2:34:06] has an agreement, 2615,

[2:34:08] securo, violent number, 2020.

[2:34:11] 2, 2, 9, 6, 2020,

[2:34:13] sex, first, second,

[2:34:14] and third readings.

[2:34:16] Do you need an invitation?

[2:34:18] Uh, not too much to say here,

[2:34:20] just happy to see it again,

[2:34:22] a housing agreement coming through.

[2:34:24] It's, um,

[2:34:26] it's just great to see these details

[2:34:28] and how our plans and policies

[2:34:30] actually play out in real life.

[2:34:32] And if we can deliver some affordable housing,

[2:34:37] Good thing.

[2:34:42] You're good.

[2:34:43] All right.

[2:34:44] I'm going to call the question.

[2:34:45] Hello, those in favor.

[2:34:47] Post that passes.

[2:34:49] All right.

[2:34:49] We are on to Edwin 12 in camera resolution.

[2:34:55] I'd like to take a stab at that.

[2:34:59] Thank you.

[2:35:00] I'll move that council closed the meeting at 836 PM to the public.

[2:35:04] pursuant to section 91E of the community charter to consider the acquisition disposition

[2:35:10] or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could

[2:35:15] reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.

[2:35:19] All second.

[2:35:20] All those of you?

[2:35:21] Opposed?

[2:35:22] Opposed?

[2:35:22] All right, we're going to win in camera.

[2:35:24] I think everyone that is still here in the gallery and is still watching online.

[2:35:28] Before we go, I'll say that if you haven't noticed the date, it is too much today.

[2:35:32] We will be looking at the election results, the cause of the closed, and we'll see what happens.

[2:35:39] Everyone have a great evening.

[2:35:41] Thank you.

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