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All right. Good evening, everybody. Welcome to another exciting evening of council agenda meeting.

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As we have a quorum, I will call the meeting to order. The time is 7.01, Tuesday, September

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16. As always, I'd like to start off in a meeting in a good way by acknowledging that we're

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We are on the traditional uncivil territory, the VKC First Nation, and the Quantlin First Nation.

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Corporate officer.

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Thank you.

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Just to let everybody know that this meeting is being livestreamed and recorded and will

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be available on our website.

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Council meetings are the venue for debate and voting on city matters.

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For members of the public who would like to speak, there will be two opportunities to

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do so.

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Once during public comment on agenda items, which will be your opportunity to speak to any

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item scheduled this evening.

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and then once during public inquiry near the end of the meeting for anything that does

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not appear on tonight's agenda. Thank you.

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Thank you. First up is the approval of the agenda.

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Can I get a motion to move this item? Move by Councillor Dox, seconded by Councillor Doeze.

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Any additions or subtractions seeing done? Let's open up the vote on that, please.

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Excellent

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that is carried unanimously. Thank you.

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Moving on to the next item, can I get a motion to adopt the minutes from September 9, 2025?

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Moved by Councillor Schiller, seconded by Councillor Doeze, any error there are missions.

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Seeing done, let's open up the voting please.

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And that is carried unanimously. Thank you very much.

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Moving on to the next item, Corporate Officer.

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Thank you. The next item is delegations and this evening we have one delegation with

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Maple Ridge for safe technology, and there is a presentation.

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Okay, we will be presenting.

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Step on up.

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You have 10 minutes from when you start.

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There are the timer on the screen that you'll be able to see.

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I'm Chris Lovett. I'm at 1, 2, 3, 0, 2 Davis and

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Street Maple Ridge. I'm part of a local group called Maple Ridge

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for safe technology. Groups like these were created

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in cities across Canada and the U.S.

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I'm sorry, I'm just going to pause you for one moment.

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Yes.

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I'm just, just check that the microphone is on.

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Test?

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Oh, okay.

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Maybe, yeah, we'll move it closer to you.

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Yes, right.

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All right, and we'll add in a couple of extra seconds.

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Is that better?

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Yeah.

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Perfect.

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Sorry.

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Do you want me to start from scratch?

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Sure.

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Go ahead.

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We'll give you the extra time.

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Okay.

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Yep.

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My name is Chris Clvett, one, two, three, zero, two, Davis in Street, Maple Ridge BC.

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I'm a part of local group, Maple Ridge for safe technology.

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Groups like this, like these were created in cities across Canada and the US.

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People who were concerned about the cellular infrastructure,

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sorry, where do I direct this?

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Okay, yeah, tell us announced in the local paper on August 22nd that they wanted a cell tower to be placed at 219-03-128th Avenue, which happens to be just across the street from where another tower proposed by Rogers was denied in 2019.

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Tell us, mentions their open house on September 24th,

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the

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Maple Ridge antenna sitting protocol

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where the city objectives include minimizing the number of towers and minimizing the visual

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impacts on the surrounding area.

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There are

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five different reasons for council to consider denying this cellular antenna application.

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Current coverage, possible decrease in property value, visual impact, and health concerns.

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Wireless coverage websites show things like the direction, the antenna is pointed, frequency

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be being admitted and the distance they transmit.

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So is this area in North Maple Ridge already covered?

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Here is a photo of an apartment building on Dooney Trunk and 220 seconds.

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And it happens to be pointing right at the same area as the proposed tell us tower.

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is another cell tower, two-sixteenth and one-twenty-fourth, which is also pointing at the same area as the proposed tower.

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And a third cell tower, operating at one-twenty-eighth and two-thirty-one, also is pointing at the same area as the proposed tower.

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So, four cell towers are pointing at the same area.

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A fourth cell tower is pointing at the same area.

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I don't have the slide showing there, but it's included in the printouts that you have.

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So, that's four in total covering the same area.

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Also, tell us, as you can see on the screen, tell us indicates

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rates, they have coverage way back into Golden Nairs Park.

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There's also the property value issue, according to various sources.

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Cell towers, emitting microwave radiation, could have an effect on the value of a property.

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Is this correct?

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Most homeowners, if this is correct, most home owners would not be happy to find out about this after a cell tower was installed.

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an example in mission, the same applies to small cells as emissions are off the

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church when measuring RF levels such as this one.

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I'm just going to pause you for one second.

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We do have rules here, you can't really record.

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This is online anyways, so I would ask that you not be recording our proceedings, please.

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You may continue.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And there's also this example in Maple Ridge, the business area and retirement homes close

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to City Hall here.

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Also with small cells, all of these are examples that could affect property value.

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Cell towers are an isoler, remember the Maple Ridge sitting protocols, minimizing the visual

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impact of the surrounding area,

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imagine the impact on tourism for more of these, as more

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of these cell towers blocking the beautiful view of Golden Eres Mountain.

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Here's another example of a tower just past mission, destroying the view of the mountain.

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There's also schools,

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which is another concern, such as Riverside Elementary, which was closed,

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Alewith Elementary and Thornhill also closed.

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Riverside was 600 meters from one salt hour and 800 meters from another.

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And they had a cancer cluster and the school was closed as I mentioned.

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Alewith is the closest school to the proposed salt tower in North Maple Ridge.

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It also had a cancer cluster in 2023.

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It was in the newspaper and is in direct path, as you can see on the map on the screen,

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of the cell tower that's downtown.

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If there is another cell tower placed in this area pointing at this school, will the risk

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increase?

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trees. Here we have Thornhill, which was closed in 2002, and it was on the same street

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as 4 cell towers on Grant Hill.

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The key point here is these towers can send microwave

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radiation up to six kilometers in this example, six kilometers of coverage. There is also

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So concerned about the effects on animals and plants, pictures from Europe, Germany,

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Italy, and from the USA.

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Just in the last few years, a lot of birds were found dead in various areas of the world

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and remember the media coverage of dying bees.

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Many pictures of trees damaged over time from nearby cell towers, as you can see on the

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right there.

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If trees are affected, could crops be affected? Farmers might want to research

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this more before agreeing to a cell tower installation, which applies to this proposed

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So tell us once to have an open house, all the cell companies seem to have them on a weeknight from 5 to 7 when people are really busy coming home from work.

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These kind of meetings are considered by many to be deceptive and misleading.

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Many refer to them as a dog and pony show, which refers to an

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event where highly promoted

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often over stage performances, presentations, and even their even design dissuade or convince

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opinion on political or less often commercial ends that's from Wikipedia.

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describing the dog in the corner show, industry hopes people won't bother to attend the

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open house, and the project can be completed and generate even more money.

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Some cell tower plans are set up to add more antennas.

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Even for other companies all on one cell tower, so it's possible for the cell tower as well.

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I believe the previous Rogers tower that was denied across the street was also set up for that.

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Sorry to interrupt you here.

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Yes, pretty much down to the wire, but I'll give you another 30 seconds to wrap up.

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Okay, well, there's many studies showing the health issues, health studies, I should say.

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I can't seem to get to the next slide, but anyway,

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yeah.

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So as you can see, there's various reasons for people being concerned about any additional

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So cell towers being placed in this part of Maple Ridge is it's covered already by all these other antennas that I was showing it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your presentation.

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A lot of interesting stuff that you have on there.

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At the stand right now, we actually don't have an application in from tell us at this point.

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I guess they're just doing their due diligence as they're supposed to be doing.

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But we don't actually have an application, and so there's nothing for us to at this point.

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Offer you or anything like that. When and if that time comes, and that's when council will be able to at least weigh in on what they want to do and how they want to do it and so on and so forth.

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I'll open it up for a council. Anybody have any questions or comments? Council do it. I don't have any questions. I appreciate the information being shared. I do just need to clarify a couple things.

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I was involved when Thornhill Elementary School closed and it closed due to declining

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enrollment back in the day.

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I was also involved in Riverside Elementary Cancer Cluster and was very involved in that

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and so I need it to be on the record that the school was not closed because of the cancer

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cluster.

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It was deemed the cancer cluster wasn't related to the school so I think it's important

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that it's on record. We went through a thorough investigation at the time, and I won't get into all the details, but it wasn't closed because of that. Again, I know it's hard to believe, but it was closed because of declining enrollment at the time in that area.

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So that was the rationale for both of those closures. And in fact, Riverside, although it's not Riverside Elementary,

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It continues to be open today and is where they have their college.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Any other comments?

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Not seeing any.

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So once again, thank you very much for your presentation.

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Until we actually get an application, there's not much for us to consider at this point.

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And like I said, if it does come in, then that's when Council will address that matter,

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through whichever means we need to address it through.

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Thank you very much for coming in.

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Yeah, I said at this point, there is no application in from Tellus, so there's nothing for us to speak to.

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When and if that time comes, then Council can weigh whatever information is brought to us at that point.

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But at the stands right now, there's no application.

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There might not even be an application.

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That's what they're supposed to do.

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They're supposed to go out and engage.

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They're supposed to go out and do their due diligence and then there's other steps that come after that of them.

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I'm sure you all know.

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So until that such time, it's really nothing for us to do at that point.

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Okay, all right, thank you very much, and we're going to move on then, thank you.

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Next up is public comment on agenda items.

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Each speaker will have two minutes to speak to Council regarding items on the agenda.

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However, please note that items 8.7, 8.8 and 8.10 are not available for public comment as a public hearing has been prohibited on these items under provincial legislation.

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And item 8.9 is not available as a public hearing has already been held.

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I will, however, note that there is a concurrent development permit application, which is item 9.4 that you may speak to.

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So you can't really speak to the issues surrounding the zoning of the property, but you can speak to the development permit and variance permit.

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A second opportunity may be provided once all speakers in the queue have had an opportunity

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to speak.

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The total time allotted is 15 minutes.

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For those here in chambers, please come forward to the podium when the mayor calls for

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speakers.

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If you would like a second opportunity for public comment, please return to your seat until

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the mayor calls for a second round.

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For those participating electronically, please use the raised hand icon.

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And when you are called upon, please turn on your camera.

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Please clearly state your name, city of residents, and which item you're speaking to before beginning your comments.

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Again, this is your one and only opportunity to speak to items that are on the agenda before Council makes their decision this evening.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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And I notice we have a lot of people here, so we want to make sure because we only got 15 minutes.

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If there's people that want to speak to the delegation, that's fine.

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But I want to also make sure there's other people here that they also get their chance to speak to an agenda item

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So having said that I will open up the floor if there's anybody who wishes to step up to the podium

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Please do so state your name and your place of residence and you will have two minutes on the timer

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No, I'm not seeing anybody come on up

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Do anybody online?

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my name is Austin Russell and I live right here on two-twenty-fourth

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But before I live there, I lived on 22538 Royal Crescent.

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I grew up in that house and my family was renting it.

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Can you tell us what item you're speaking to?

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Yes, sorry, 9.4.

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9.4, okay, thank you.

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I grew up in that house.

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My family was renting it since before I was even born and when we were evicted so

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that the homeless shelter could be built, we were okay with that because it served a greater

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purpose for the community. And I understand that the new residential development will also

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serve a purpose for the community. However, I am concerned that the project as designed

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will not suit the needs of low-income members of the community.

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Instead of granting whatever

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I asked that the city use its leverage and the permitting process to secure more affordable housing or render protections to better serve the community.

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That's all.

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Okay. Thank you very much.

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And I'll just add to this that this is a provincial project when they announce the modular housing for the unhoused.

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the intent was always to turn this into senior housing, and that's exactly where it's at right now.

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We have the city insured a 60-year rental agreement.

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70% of those will be low income, more affordable, while 30% will be a market value.

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So it ends up, that's how you, these projects tend to make it through, so you have a balance of things like that.

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But so that's where it stands right now, and I'm sorry, I'm happy to hear it.

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Perfect, thank you for coming in, appreciate it.

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Okay, then anybody online that wishes to speak?

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I'm not seeing anybody, all right, let's call anybody in chambers that wants to speak.

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I'm seeing a hand up, come on down please.

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State your name, place of residence, and you'll have two minutes.

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My name is Milk Bowling, I live in Maple Ridge, and I've been involved with the

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electromagnetic fields and radiation for 28 years, as far as working with industry,

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working with city halls and working with the community to best locate cell towers that I got

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into it because my son's elementary school was going to have nine transmitters put on the roof

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and I knew about that because I used to sell the computer, the early computers for Xerox in

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1977. So when I learned about EMF and the harms at that particular time in 1997 when they were

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I'm going to put nine transmitters on the roof

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for my son's elementary school.

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I won't wait a minute.

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That's my only son.

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I have some things to say.

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And I've continued to have some things to say.

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But I work with leading independent scientists

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around the world to compile information.

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I have over 25,000 published peer-reviewed studies

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on electromagnetic fields and adverse health effects.

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And I'm working with scientists and engineers and others

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in Washington DC to make the work on making the technology safer.

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But to work on making it safer, firstly, you have to acknowledge that it's not safe.

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It is bioactive, so I don't know how you folks work here, I've worked all over the lower

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mainland as far as working with various councils, I haven't done it here.

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But I wanted to know, do you require, seeing as it is bioactive and every scientist honestly

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on the planet will admit that, it is bioactive, that's why they have Health Canada has safety

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code 6 to regulate that, right?

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So given that, do you folks require informed consent?

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The proper way that it's always has been, if they follow safety code 6, that is set

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out by the health code, Canada Health, and that the telecoms have to do their due diligence,

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they have to put the notices out and so on and so forth.

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As a city, I don't believe that we require, but I don't want to be 100% and say yes or no.

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Again, if an application comes into us, that's likely some of the stuff that we would review at that time.

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Okay, so one last thing, put

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my glasses back on.

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There's one class action lawsuit on this whole issue in Montreal right now ongoing and hasn't been thrown out.

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There's three in Washington DC and that will cover Canada as well as the United States.

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So the reason I ask about privity chain is if those are completed and one is already

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been completed, then there's then there's monetary considerations that have to be paid out.

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They they that's the word for it.

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Yeah.

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Sorry.

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I'm going to have your you're over your time.

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Okay.

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But again, when that time comes.

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I mean, there's lots of reports around, there's lots of information that's flowing around

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through whether it be the internet or through other organizations, there's a lot of stuff

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to weigh through.

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But for today, thank you for being here and passing on your information, and we'll wait for

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the application to come in.

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Sure.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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Good evening.

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I'm Obli Ranta, 22015126 Avenue, topic proposed telecell tower.

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In 2019, my neighbors and I oppose the proposed Roger Cell Tower on 128 Avenue and stopped

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it.

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And now, in 2025, we oppose the proposed telecell tower on 128 Avenue.

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We are opposed to both of these towers because of the adverse health effects,

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Alzheimer's disease, brain, eye tumor, breast cancer, colon cancer, etc.

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To list a few. We are in close proximity and studies in Brazil, Israel, and Germany

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show a cancer rate increases up to 440 times higher within the 400 meters of a cell tower

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than beyond 1,000 meters. There are at least 10 people in my neighborhood who

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cancer survivors and I am one of them. This is a second time that we have to deal with

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the possibility of a cell tower in our neighborhood and this is extremely stressful and frustrating.

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The scientific community has proven that children are more vulnerable to the effects of exposure

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to radio frequency microwave radiation due to their thin skulls and developing brains.

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Allewit Elementary School is located in our neighborhood.

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The appraisal journal 2006 found that buyers would pay as much as 20% less for

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a property near a cell tower or antenna.

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We ask the mayor and council to veer on the side of caution to protect and

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ensure the health and safety of all citizens and place health above money.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your time.

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Thank you for your comments, appreciate it.

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Okay, I think we have time for one more, anybody else?

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We've got one more.

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State your name, your place of residence, and you will have two minutes.

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And which item are you speaking to?

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Okay.

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Part of the delegation.

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Okay, my name is Farron Lander, and I've been an electromagnetic field consultant now for over 15 years.

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So what I'm going to talk about right now is the biological impact of the frequency generated by the cell phone towers.

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So you'd think that there would be lots of scientific information available and it's not quite true.

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But I cited out a couple here to show you. And one of them is called the bio-initiative report, which was done in 2007. And in that study, they used 12 scientists and 2000 peer-reviewed replicated studies. And they were shocked when they discovered that this technology was contributing to childhood, childhood and adult leukemia.

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various forms of cancer, neurological disorders, ALS, autism, anxiety, sleep disorders, etc.

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So they waited for a few years and five years later in 2012 what they did was they added

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another 1800 studies and they went to 29 scientists and guess what? They came up with exactly the

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same results, only it was moving faster. So you would think that there would be some

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Board of Education, City Council's factories, places where they use a lot of wireless

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technology to look and see if there's any safety standards. And what they found was that

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health Canada had put together something called safety code 6, which I think Milton mentioned

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in the briefly and maybe Chris did as well.

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And in that safety code six,

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which is over 40 years old,

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and is not taken to consideration

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the advancement and technology using radio frequency radiation.

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So you could be looking not only at Wi-Fi,

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Wi-MAX, cell towers, et cetera.

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And safety code six only applies

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to what's called ionizing radiation, which is the same as the sun and x-rays.

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No standard set up for, I mean, just get you to wrap it up because we're over time.

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If you can wrap it up very briefly, we're over time.

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Yeah.

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So I just want to mention, the last thing I want to mention is what, how long has this been known?

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And it started in the 50s with the U.S. Navy found out that a lot of the radar technicians

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We're developing cancer in the same locations and this information was passed on to a colleague of mine, Dr. Magda Havis, and she coined a phrase called electoral hypersensitivity, which basically is an allergic reaction to radio frequency.

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you very much for your information as well.

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And thank you for being here today and sharing that with us.

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Okay, I believe our 15 minute one more, we have time for one more.

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Told we have time for one more if anybody else wishes to come up and speak to an item on the agenda, nobody's online.

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No, all right, well then we are, we're going to move on then.

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Corporate officer, where are we?

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Thank you.

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Next up is item seven, the consent agenda.

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There are three items on the consent agenda this evening.

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the recommendation is on your screen.

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Thank you very much.

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Okay. Can I get a motion to move the consent agenda moved by Councillor Dewey, seconded

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by anybody? Councillor Dozey. Any questions or comments?

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Councillor Carreras. Just quickly, just on the council expenses,

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the last page which has everybody on one list is just missing. A couple of Councillors,

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I think it was just partially just noting it I mean everything's in there broken down it's just

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it there's a few missing at the end. What's missing at the end? Just for it has all of them in one

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document it's only showing four councillors. Oh yeah I mean the breakdowns are up above when it shows

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the totals it only has four councillors. Again it's not a big deal because everything's listed above

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I just want to flag that it was missing so thanks. We will circulate that to council. Okay

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Seeing no other commentary, we will put that up to vote.

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Thank you for bringing that to our attention.

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And that carries unanimously.

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Thank you very much, moving on to the next item, please.

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Thank you, the next section of the agenda is by-laws.

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Item 8.1 is the Parking Reserve Establishment By-law, number 8020-2025, which expands the scope of uses and

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company seeing active forms of transportation for use of the fund, and this viola is before council this evening for adoption.

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Thank you. Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

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Move by Councillor Schiller, seconded by Councillor Tanne. Any comments or questions?

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We've already debated this in past sessions, so any comments or questions? Seeing none, I'll just add I do like this because it allows us to expand.

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and the use of those parking where there are funds for active transportation and bicycle lanes and so on and so forth.

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So, all right, voting is open and

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then it's carried unanimously.

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Thank you very much.

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Moving along.

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The next item is the Official Community Plan 2025 Housing Update.

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And this is updates to chapters one, two, and three of the Official Community Plan to align with the province's local government housing framework and new housing legislation.

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This is before Council this evening. There are three separate resolutions or three resolutions within one. So one vote.

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One vote. Okay. Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

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Move by Councillor Doe. Seconded by Councillor Ten. Any comments on this?

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Just to share with the community that last week, last Tuesday, the home merging together

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for me now, last Tuesday there was an extensive report on the OCP as well as the next couple

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of area plans that we're going to go through and I encourage the community to log into

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last week's committee of the whole and take a look at them.

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I think it's important to review them and hear what was said in the presentation.

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I also just want to be clear that this is a partial update to the OCP based on the housing needs report that was tabled, and the reason it's for me that I'm okay with the partial opening of it is because we are sort of mandated by a deadline from the province, and the deadline given to us by the province does not allow for the community to have proper input.

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I do think at some point we do need to have a larger review over OCP, but I do acknowledge that this timeline was enforced on us by the province, so I just want to share with the community that I know we've heard from a lot of the community they want to take a look at this, and I agree with that there are some bigger things we need to look at as a community, but we just don't have the time to do that now because of the timelines from the province. Thank you.

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Thank you. Any further commentary? Councillor Dewey.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I actually concur with what Councillor

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Quarters is saying. And I do really want there was a lot of time and effort that staff put

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in to make this happen under such a tight timeframe. And I really appreciate that the work behind

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the scenes and in particular, the markup that was provided to us so we could see what

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those changes, some of them were minor, but most of it, as Councillor Crier said, is all

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about complying with the provinces' changes. And I know that staff really had to work hard

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to accomplish that. So I think it's important that we recognize that, which I know we all did

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at the at the committee of the whole. And there's a number of things that we raised at committee

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the whole of that will still come. So, you know, when I raise the regional context

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statement, like, there's still work to be done. So, this is the important piece to meet

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the province's requirements and then we will continue on through that work.

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And I think the other really important piece is the official community plan is a living document.

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We often make updates with the official community plan. So, we will continue to do that into

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the future because as things change, as we find whether it's the province or the feds or our

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needs within the community, we have that ability to change the official community plans. So

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that's it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any further comments? Seeing none, let's open up the

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voting please.

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And as carried unanimously, thank you very much. Moving on to the next item, please.

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Thank you.

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The next four items are all official community plan area updates to address the change in

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legislation.

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I will introduce them all, but we'll not get into the specifics.

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First one is the town-centered area plan update.

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Again, there are three separate components to the resolution, which is on your screen.

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Thank you very much.

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Can I get a motion to move this item?

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Move by Councillor Schiller, seconded by Councillor Tan.

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Again, comments, questions?

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Pretty much the same as the last motion that we had.

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This is just setting everything up in line with what the new provincial regulations are.

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So, Councillor Cress.

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A quick question.

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So this is setting it to public hearing.

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do we know when the public hearing might might roughly be held on these pieces?

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Thank you. Come on down. I know with the new legislation there are so many things

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that the community no longer has the ability to comment on and this is something

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they can still comment on so if we can let them know that there is the opportunity that

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Great. Good evening, Mayor and Council. So for the four amendments that we're about

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to go through, the first three will likely see public hearing in mid-November or December

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because we are about to begin the referral process. There is some uncertainty on the timing

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because, of course, we have to work with our partners. For the fourth one, that I'll be in

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one and I'm happy to repeat it when we get to that item, that one will likely see public

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carrying in October, so it'll be in a couple of weeks.

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Because there's more work has been done recently, okay.

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Thank you very much, just so the community is aware.

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Thank you, appreciate it.

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Thank you, any other further comments?

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Seeing none, let's open that up, promoting.

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And as carried unanimously, thank you very much.

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Moving on to the next item, please.

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Thank you. The next item is the Hammond Area Plan Update,

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by line number 8057-2025, three components to the resolution on your screen.

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Thank you. Can I get a motion to move this item? Move by Councillor Dox seconded by Councillor

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Ten. Any comments or questions? Seeing none. Let's open that up for voting as well.

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And that is carried unanimously. Thank you. Moving on to the next item, please.

447
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Next is the Silver Valley area plan. Again, three components on the resolution which is on your screen.

448
00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:25,710
Thank you. Can I get a motion to move this item, please? Move by Councillor Dox, seconded by

449
00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:33,290
Councillor Schiller, comments? Seeing none, again, same thing as previous ones. Let's open

450
00:42:33,290 --> 00:42:33,710
up the voting.

451
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,240
And that is carried unanimously. Thank you.

452
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:49,260
Next up is the Albion Area Plan update. Similar changes, but this one is before you this

453
00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:54,000
evening for second reading and to be forwarded to a public hearing with three components in

454
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,400
the resolution on your screen. Thank you. Can I get a motion to move the

455
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,960
I'm excited to move by Councillor Doze, seconded by Councillor Ten.

456
00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:02,500
Comments, questions?

457
00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:05,680
Being done, let's open up the voting, please.

458
00:43:12,770 --> 00:43:14,090
Excellent, carried unanimously.

459
00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:16,890
Moving on to the next item, please.

460
00:43:17,930 --> 00:43:22,510
Item 8.7 is application 2022-121-RZ.

461
00:43:23,030 --> 00:43:31,630
For properties located at 10606 and 10616, Jackson Road, to rezone from single detached rural residential

462
00:43:31,630 --> 00:43:41,990
to single detached intensive urban residential to permit the future subdivision of approximately 24 lots before council this evening for adoption.

463
00:43:42,570 --> 00:43:48,850
Thank you. Can I get a motion to move the item, please, moved by Councillor Doik. Seconded by Councillor Doe.

464
00:43:50,050 --> 00:43:59,250
Comments, questions? Again, we saw this last week at Committee of the whole. So seeing them more commentary on this one, let's open it up for voting.

465
00:43:59,250 --> 00:44:00,170
That

466
00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:10,320
is carried unanimously.

467
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:11,520
Thank you very much.

468
00:44:12,020 --> 00:44:14,040
Moving on to the next item, please.

469
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:22,220
Next one is application 2024-188-RZ for property located at 1-1089-240th Street.

470
00:44:22,620 --> 00:44:29,980
To rezone from single detached rural residential to low density townhouse residential and single detached infill urban residential.

471
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,260
To allow for future construction of a townhouse development with 153 markets

472
00:44:35,260 --> 00:44:40,520
strata dill dwelling units and a future subdivision creating three R4 lots.

473
00:44:46,330 --> 00:44:50,730
Notice of Council consideration of the bylaw was posted in the September 5th and 12th editions

474
00:44:50,730 --> 00:44:56,170
of the newspaper and was mailed to all parcels within a 50 meter radius of the subject property.

475
00:44:57,330 --> 00:44:59,770
241 notices were mailed, zero correspondence.

476
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:10,720
Council was received. This is before Council this evening for first, second, and third reading. Excellent. Thank you. Can I get a motion move this item, please? Move by Councillor Doze.

477
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:28,960
Seconded by Councillor Kerrera's. Any comments or questions? Councillor Kerrera's. Thank you. This is another one that this morning we dealt with, and so there was a good presentation on what this looks like.

478
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:44,120
I know that, you know, we talk about this as a land use, and as a land use, this makes sense, and I think it's good for a community in particular we need lots of three and four bedroom spaces for families, and this is a perfect family space.

479
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:54,580
I know that we are next week meeting with a couple of ministers to talk about the infrastructure needed within the community, although we don't control schools, we're doing everything we can to help support school expansion.

480
00:45:54,580 --> 00:46:01,860
We'll be meeting with the minister as well as the ministry of health as well to talk about some of the hospital needs to be able to support this.

481
00:46:02,420 --> 00:46:11,700
On a local piece, I just want to continue to flag for staff that we'll need to continue to reassess and look at 240 as three.

482
00:46:11,780 --> 00:46:23,560
I understand from this morning that there'll be some infrastructure upgrades at 110 and 240 as there is the public park that's going to be part of this as well.

483
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:36,280
Well, it is a well-use space and I just want to make sure that we're supporting and that we do have the parking availability for the community along 240th because it is, it is densifying a lot.

484
00:46:37,220 --> 00:46:37,840
Thank you.

485
00:46:38,460 --> 00:46:39,240
Any other comments?

486
00:46:40,420 --> 00:46:42,260
Seeing none, let's open up the voting please.

487
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:52,480
Excellent.

488
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,040
that carried unanimously moving on to the next item.

489
00:46:56,300 --> 00:46:58,020
Well, I actually know my apologies.

490
00:46:58,180 --> 00:47:00,420
We're going to step back to 8.7 for a moment.

491
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:04,220
There was a road closure by law accompanying the rezoning

492
00:47:04,220 --> 00:47:08,240
on Jackson Road, so that item is on your screens.

493
00:47:08,900 --> 00:47:10,120
Did we miss that one?

494
00:47:11,180 --> 00:47:12,520
There was an amendment to the,

495
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,120
or an addendum put out to the agenda.

496
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:16,340
Right.

497
00:47:17,580 --> 00:47:18,100
OK.

498
00:47:19,620 --> 00:47:21,320
Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

499
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:25,520
Please move by Councillor Dewey, seconded by Councillor Schiller, open it up for comments

500
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:26,040
or questions.

501
00:47:27,620 --> 00:47:29,720
Seeing none, let's vote on that one, please.

502
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:37,600
That is carried unanimously.

503
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:38,860
Thank you very much.

504
00:47:40,180 --> 00:47:41,640
Now we move on to the next item.

505
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:42,600
Thank you.

506
00:47:42,780 --> 00:47:52,820
8.9 is application 2022-250-RZN for property located 22538 Royal Crescent to re-designate

507
00:47:52,820 --> 00:47:57,900
the subject property to low rise apartment and rezone to medium density apartment residential

508
00:47:57,900 --> 00:48:03,480
to permit the construction of a six-story residential apartment with 98 rentals dwelling units.

509
00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:09,680
This contains three bylaws, the official community plan amendment, the zone amendment, and

510
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:14,840
the housing agreement bylaw that are all before Council this evening for adoption, as well

511
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:22,640
as a endorsement by Council to accept without prejudice a letter of indemnity in lieu of

512
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,480
Security deposits as outlined in the final reading report,

513
00:48:25,500 --> 00:48:27,760
and this will be for separate votes.

514
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:30,040
Excellent, thank you very much.

515
00:48:30,100 --> 00:48:31,280
We're going to take it one by one.

516
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:33,960
Can I get a motion to move the first item, please?

517
00:48:34,780 --> 00:48:37,400
Move by Councillor Doe, second by Councillor Tan,

518
00:48:37,740 --> 00:48:39,120
any comments or questions?

519
00:48:40,860 --> 00:48:43,100
Seeing none, let's vote please.

520
00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:50,980
That is carried unanimously.

521
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:51,720
Thank you.

522
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:53,340
We're going to move on to the second item,

523
00:48:53,340 --> 00:48:56,900
which is the housing agreement.

524
00:48:58,180 --> 00:49:00,040
Can I get a motion move this item please?

525
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,340
Moved by Councillor Doe, they're seconded by Councillor Tann.

526
00:49:05,180 --> 00:49:06,240
Any comments or questions?

527
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:07,560
Seeing none.

528
00:49:07,740 --> 00:49:08,780
Councillor Tann.

529
00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:10,760
Thank you, Mayor.

530
00:49:10,980 --> 00:49:15,720
I just wanted to say the aye in reference to the speaker that came out previously and then

531
00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:16,820
just to add to your comments.

532
00:49:16,820 --> 00:49:22,100
I think this is a really good new story where does it say much needed seniors housing provided

533
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:27,760
by BC housing, and just to again to add to your comments, you know, 49 units are rent

534
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:32,180
gear due income, and 20 units are provided with deep subsidies. And this is housing

535
00:49:32,180 --> 00:49:36,660
we rarely see, and I think this is an incredible good news story for our community just, and

536
00:49:36,660 --> 00:49:41,640
so badly needed for seniors. So, I'm very happy to vote yes to all these items.

537
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:48,180
Thanks, Mayor. Thank you. Any further commentary? Seeing none, let's open up the voting place.

538
00:49:48,180 --> 00:49:49,320
That

539
00:49:55,020 --> 00:49:56,860
is carried unanimously. Thank you.

540
00:49:57,700 --> 00:49:59,160
Moving on, please.

541
00:50:03,460 --> 00:50:04,280
Corporate officer.

542
00:50:04,660 --> 00:50:05,800
Thank you. OCP, bye-law.

543
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,600
Oh, sorry. Yeah, I'm done.

544
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,860
It must be sleeping long day.

545
00:50:13,380 --> 00:50:17,080
Can I kind of motion to move this third item, please?

546
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:20,280
Move by Councillor Schiller, seconded by Councillor Tann,

547
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:21,920
in comments on this one.

548
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,000
Seeing none, let's open up the voting.

549
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:36,400
and that is carried unanimously and we're going to move to the last one. I'm going to bypass you there.

550
00:50:37,620 --> 00:50:39,760
Can I get a motion to move the last item please?

551
00:50:40,260 --> 00:50:46,280
Move by Councillor Carrera, seconded by Councillor Doezy. Any comments or questions?

552
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:51,080
None? See none? Let's open up the voting. Excellent.

553
00:50:52,700 --> 00:50:57,140
And that is carried unanimously. Thank you.

554
00:50:57,140 --> 00:50:57,180
Thank you.

555
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:58,260
All right.

556
00:50:58,820 --> 00:50:59,780
Back to you.

557
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:08,760
Next is item 8.10, application 2024-140-RZ for property located at 11138 Lockwood Street,

558
00:51:09,060 --> 00:51:14,860
to rezone from single detached rural residential to low density townhouse residential, to allow

559
00:51:14,860 --> 00:51:19,900
for future townhouse development with 131 market-stradded dwelling units.

560
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:25,120
Zoning by-law number 8024 2025 is before Council this evening for adoption.

561
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:30,600
Thank you. Can I get a motion to move this item? Move by Councillor Doick, seconded by Councillor

562
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:38,200
Tann. In comments or questions? Seeing none, let's open up the voting and

563
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:51,440
that is carried

564
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:55,260
unanimously. Thank you. Moving right along.

565
00:51:57,220 --> 00:52:05,240
Final by-law for consideration this evening. Item 8.11 is application 2024-2027, sorry, not

566
00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:14,000
application. It's the 2024-2027 Property Tax Exemption Amending Biola, number 8072-2025,

567
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:20,360
to amend the Amending Biola to reflect a change from the Highway Church to the Sunrise

568
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:25,420
Full Gospel Church. And this is before Council this evening for first, second, and third reading.

569
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:34,460
Thank you. Move by Councillor Doe. Seconded, but you preempted me there. Seconded by Councillor

570
00:52:34,460 --> 00:52:42,700
other careers. And of course, this one we saw, it's a church that already has the exemption,

571
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:48,500
and they're just changing their name, so transferring that over to the new name. Any commentary?

572
00:52:49,420 --> 00:52:52,800
None? The none? We'll open up the voting, please.

573
00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:01,360
Excellent. That is Gary, unanimously. We're

574
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:10,100
chugging along nicely. Corporate officer. Item 9.1 is application 2024-140-BP.

575
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:39,980
P slash DP for a development variance permit and development permit at 11138 Lockwood Street to permit the addition of 29 townhouse units to the previously approved 102 units with variances to the building setbacks maximum building projection setback maximum number of townhouse units and minimum maneuvering aisle the requirement for notice of the development variance permit was met by delivering a notice to all owners and tenants of the parcel and all parcels adjacent

576
00:53:39,980 --> 00:53:43,120
adjacent to the subject property on August 22, 2025.

577
00:53:43,660 --> 00:53:44,840
12 notices were mailed.

578
00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:46,840
No correspondence was received.

579
00:53:48,340 --> 00:53:49,660
Excellent, thank you very much.

580
00:53:49,780 --> 00:53:51,320
Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

581
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:53,260
Move by Councillor Doze.

582
00:53:53,780 --> 00:53:55,740
Seconded by Councillor Doik.

583
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,360
Any comments or questions on this item, please?

584
00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:02,700
Not seeing any.

585
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:04,940
Then let's open up the voting.

586
00:54:12,740 --> 00:54:14,560
And then as carried unanimously, thank you.

587
00:54:17,310 --> 00:54:18,030
All right.

588
00:54:19,190 --> 00:54:26,150
Item 9.2, which is a development variance permit on 240th Street, has been withdrawn from

589
00:54:26,150 --> 00:54:31,310
this evening's agenda and will be rescheduled to a future regular council meeting to be determined.

590
00:54:32,090 --> 00:54:38,970
And item 9.3, development and development, variance permit on Jackson Road, has been withdrawn

591
00:54:38,970 --> 00:54:44,710
from this evening's agenda and rescheduled to the October 14th, 2025 regular council meeting,

592
00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:47,250
and new notices will be sent.

593
00:54:48,290 --> 00:54:58,830
Next is item 9.4, application 2022-250-BP-slashDP for property located at 22538 Royal Crescent

594
00:54:59,110 --> 00:55:04,770
to permit the construction of a six-story residential apartment building with 98 rental dwelling units

595
00:55:04,770 --> 00:55:09,590
with requested variances to the lot setbacks, retaining wall height and off-street parking.

596
00:55:10,230 --> 00:55:14,050
The requirement for notice of the variance permit was met by delivering a notice

597
00:55:14,050 --> 00:55:20,350
to all owners and tenants of the parcel and all adjacent parcels to the subject property on August 22nd.

598
00:55:21,270 --> 00:55:24,530
122 notices mailed, zero correspondence received.

599
00:55:25,190 --> 00:55:26,210
Excellent, thank you.

600
00:55:26,330 --> 00:55:27,770
Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

601
00:55:28,830 --> 00:55:30,710
Moved by Councillor Schiller, seconded by Councillor Doddy.

602
00:55:31,690 --> 00:55:32,450
Comments or questions?

603
00:55:34,310 --> 00:55:35,230
Councillor Carreras.

604
00:55:38,540 --> 00:55:45,420
We did get an email around questions around the parking and so I just wanted to clarify for the community

605
00:55:45,420 --> 00:55:47,460
because they weren't able to hear the response to this.

606
00:55:48,260 --> 00:55:54,340
So there was concerns around the reduction in parking and it was explained to us and

607
00:55:54,340 --> 00:55:56,660
maybe staff can do a much better job of it than I could right now.

608
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:01,020
That the need is definitely less for this type of building, and

609
00:56:01,020 --> 00:56:11,600
particular seniors have less parking and so just confirming with staff that the reduction is in line with what is required for a housing of this type.

610
00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:14,760
Thank you, Mr. Stiver.

611
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:16,700
Thank you, your worship through you.

612
00:56:17,340 --> 00:56:18,000
That's correct.

613
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:23,540
The applicant did do a traffic and parking analysis that was part of this project.

614
00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:31,180
Typically, developments that have seniors housing demands a less parking and it's been proven across the lower mainland.

615
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:35,520
And so we supported that reduction on that basis.

616
00:56:35,980 --> 00:56:40,820
Great. Thank you. Metro Vancouver also did a really great parking study a couple of months ago

617
00:56:40,820 --> 00:56:46,380
that's public as well now. And then the other piece I just wanted to ask for because we've reduced the

618
00:56:46,380 --> 00:56:56,440
visitor parking, which is a bit concerning for me. Do we take into account increased health services

619
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,940
visiting the building because it's a senior's building? Does that come into play at all?

620
00:57:02,750 --> 00:57:07,890
Through your, your worship in terms of site design, is that we're thinking Councillor

621
00:57:07,890 --> 00:57:08,370
Kraer's?

622
00:57:08,750 --> 00:57:15,030
Yeah, so there's a reduction of visitor parking, but sometimes in a senior's care, there

623
00:57:15,030 --> 00:57:22,890
might be more home support coming to support seniors maintaining, like, living in their

624
00:57:22,890 --> 00:57:25,210
houses, which this is, it's their home.

625
00:57:25,210 --> 00:57:33,130
And do we need to consider parking for increased health care providers attending this phase?

626
00:57:34,030 --> 00:57:39,990
Through your worship, that's not typically a consideration of a parking traffic study.

627
00:57:40,630 --> 00:57:43,130
There is sufficient visitor parking on the site.

628
00:57:43,270 --> 00:57:45,570
They're given its location in the town center.

629
00:57:45,670 --> 00:57:49,950
There's also street options around for visitors to come to the site.

630
00:57:49,950 --> 00:57:59,790
but no special consideration was given to support health supports or things like that for that purpose in particular.

631
00:58:00,630 --> 00:58:09,170
But we're satisfied that there's enough public parking available either on the street or on the site that could accommodate that.

632
00:58:09,490 --> 00:58:16,390
Thank you. And it also says within the report for the community that due to the location of the property,

633
00:58:16,390 --> 00:58:22,250
It's very accessible to grocery stores, shopping, entertainment, it's right in the downtown

634
00:58:22,250 --> 00:58:24,510
core, so seniors can access things without a vehicle.

635
00:58:24,970 --> 00:58:26,210
And transit options.

636
00:58:26,410 --> 00:58:27,190
And transit, thank you.

637
00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:29,970
Yes, with the BRT that's coming, it's going to be even better, right?

638
00:58:30,710 --> 00:58:33,990
Anyhow, I just wanted to flag that because the community had raised that today in an email

639
00:58:33,990 --> 00:58:37,670
and I wanted to make sure they were able to hear that this was something that was thought

640
00:58:37,670 --> 00:58:42,150
of and because it's a different building makeup and not so much like a regular apartment

641
00:58:42,150 --> 00:58:45,410
building that the parking needs are of a different requirement.

642
00:58:45,410 --> 00:58:46,510
So, thank you.

643
00:58:46,930 --> 00:58:54,890
Yeah, just to add to that, typically providers like medicine shop will go into an established

644
00:58:54,890 --> 00:58:58,990
instrument and make sure they take their pills, but they're in, they're out in 15 minutes.

645
00:58:59,650 --> 00:59:02,210
Same with Frazier Health, that's part of the home supports.

646
00:59:02,330 --> 00:59:07,350
They're not there all day long, they're just in and gone in a very short time, they move

647
00:59:07,350 --> 00:59:08,910
on to the next one and the next one.

648
00:59:09,170 --> 00:59:14,950
So, yeah, it'll be something that we should keep an eye on down the line, but appreciate

649
00:59:14,950 --> 00:59:15,450
I appreciate your answers.

650
00:59:16,330 --> 00:59:17,190
Any further commentary?

651
00:59:18,410 --> 00:59:20,310
Nope, let's open it up for voting.

652
00:59:27,300 --> 00:59:29,040
Excellent, that is carried unanimously.

653
00:59:29,260 --> 00:59:29,660
Thank you.

654
00:59:30,340 --> 00:59:31,380
Moving on.

655
00:59:33,020 --> 00:59:33,780
Thank you.

656
00:59:33,980 --> 00:59:37,720
Next up is item 9.5, which is the Rise Project

657
00:59:38,050 --> 00:59:41,860
and First Update, which was a city-led community-powered

658
00:59:41,860 --> 00:59:43,840
initiative that reduces youth vulnerability

659
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,260
and promotes resilience through a coordinated,

660
00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:49,220
trauma-informed approach grounded in three pillars

661
00:59:49,220 --> 00:59:52,720
of intervention, prevention, and community engagement.

662
00:59:53,460 --> 00:59:55,220
And the resolution is on your screen.

663
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:59,060
Excellent. Thank you very much. Can I get a motion to move this item, please?

664
00:59:59,220 --> 00:59:59,980
Move by Councillor Cooke.

665
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:26,440
I'm sure somebody's going to have a comment here on this one. This is a great opportunity for our community. Going back three years ago, we advocated to the federal government for funding, and they provided us with 1.6 million over four years to do a program.

666
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:29,760
the state of the state.

667
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:29,840
So, we're going to have to

668
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:31,340
keep the kids off the streets.

669
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,440
How do we engage with it with

670
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,780
young people so that they're not

671
01:00:35,780 --> 01:00:36,960
following into the same

672
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:40,500
traps and what ended up as a

673
01:00:40,500 --> 01:00:45,200
complete pilot project has been

674
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:46,460
extremely successful.

675
01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:49,540
The results are something that

676
01:00:49,540 --> 01:00:51,340
should be shared and we will be

677
01:00:51,340 --> 01:00:52,660
sharing this with the federal

678
01:00:52,660 --> 01:00:54,240
government because I know that

679
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:58,660
funding runs out next year, so we will be working on that.

680
01:00:59,180 --> 01:01:05,420
But this is what happens when you have RCMP, BIA, Chamber,

681
01:01:07,020 --> 01:01:12,800
BILOS, CSOs, and everybody all working together.

682
01:01:13,660 --> 01:01:21,420
You know, this is the end result is, you know, we talk about some of the challenges that most cities have with unhoused folks.

683
01:01:21,420 --> 01:01:24,480
That's something that's difficult to deal with.

684
01:01:25,020 --> 01:01:29,520
But we should be able to stop that pipeline from being filled up with our youth.

685
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:33,500
And here's an example of something that is very successful and

686
01:01:33,500 --> 01:01:36,220
demonstrated that they can do that.

687
01:01:36,660 --> 01:01:43,680
So this is exciting news and we hopefully can get more funding to keep that program going.

688
01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:48,340
Any comments or questions other than what I said, counter-grayers?

689
01:01:49,940 --> 01:01:54,340
Sorry, it was really hoping we'd get a third time at that presentation, Judy, and I got

690
01:01:54,340 --> 01:01:57,280
to see the last week at a committee meeting because it really is fantastic.

691
01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:01,500
So in all seriousness, for the community that's joining us, I encourage every single one

692
01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:06,020
of you to look at committee of the whole from this morning and check out the entire report

693
01:02:06,020 --> 01:02:09,100
and the work that is being done in the success of that report.

694
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:16,720
It is the first of its kind in BC and it really shows that when we have such innovative

695
01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:20,540
of departments like your school district

696
01:02:20,540 --> 01:02:23,560
and your RCMP in the city coming together

697
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:24,900
in a collaborative approach.

698
01:02:25,540 --> 01:02:27,720
What they can do is quite exceptional.

699
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:30,200
I do want to, some of the things that it showed

700
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:34,360
in the report is a 71% decrease in police hours

701
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:36,300
with youth, which is significant.

702
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,800
An increased school completion rate,

703
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:41,520
and this is all in a short really two year span

704
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,300
that they've been able to accomplish this.

705
01:02:44,020 --> 01:02:45,680
And, you know, I'll say it again,

706
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:51,000
Because I'm going to say it as many times as I can, any time you can invest in youth, it is a good thing.

707
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:57,400
And this project shows firsthand what happens when you invest in youth.

708
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:01,940
If you want to change the trajectory of your community or the trajectory of someone's life,

709
01:03:02,460 --> 01:03:08,800
taking the time, listening to them and investing in them when their younger can make a significant difference.

710
01:03:09,580 --> 01:03:16,520
We do have some real funding concerns that we're going to need to have to look towards and how we support that.

711
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:20,880
I know the mayor said that he was going to share the results with the federal government.

712
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:24,340
Is there anything else that you need from us?

713
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:30,900
If you can, it doesn't have to be tonight, but come back to us if we need to support you in any letter writing or

714
01:03:30,900 --> 01:03:35,620
lobbying or calling up anybody at the federal government to really,

715
01:03:35,620 --> 01:03:38,960
We really bring home the importance of this project.

716
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:44,280
Please let us know if we can support you, and well, I can only talk for me, but I would

717
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:51,400
be very, very willing to do anything to find support amongst Council to give you the support

718
01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:52,440
to go advocate for this.

719
01:03:54,340 --> 01:04:02,740
Perhaps if you would like to put forward a motion to staff to summarize all of this and send

720
01:04:02,740 --> 01:04:06,320
to the federal government to apply for a new new funding.

721
01:04:06,760 --> 01:04:07,800
Happy to do that.

722
01:04:08,640 --> 01:04:08,900
Okay.

723
01:04:11,050 --> 01:04:12,150
Now we look at you.

724
01:04:18,650 --> 01:04:19,870
Just take a moment.

725
01:04:20,610 --> 01:04:25,250
Basically we're just instructing staff to prepare a report

726
01:04:26,710 --> 01:04:29,370
and to go ahead and start working on

727
01:04:30,970 --> 01:04:34,490
the application for the new funding for next year.

728
01:04:35,170 --> 01:04:36,990
Yeah, and for the community joining us today,

729
01:04:36,990 --> 01:04:41,330
make it to the end of the presentation because there's a video from the youth that have been

730
01:04:42,530 --> 01:04:43,550
impacted in a very

731
01:04:44,110 --> 01:04:51,830
positive way by this by this project and they speak from their heart. It's a very emotional video

732
01:04:51,830 --> 01:04:59,070
and a very powerful video so I think we should take their words and listen and do what we can to support

733
01:04:59,070 --> 01:05:03,850
them. Thank you. Can we vote on this while you're working on that? No?

734
01:05:06,350 --> 01:05:07,130
That's what I heard.

735
01:05:09,430 --> 01:05:10,730
We can vote on it.

736
01:05:11,490 --> 01:05:11,610
Okay.

737
01:05:13,670 --> 01:05:16,390
Should we vote on the first motion, please?

738
01:05:17,910 --> 01:05:19,270
I think I'm rubbing off on you guys.

739
01:05:19,410 --> 01:05:20,410
I just grow everywhere.

740
01:05:27,300 --> 01:05:27,740
Excellent.

741
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:28,960
That is carried unanimously.

742
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:31,120
And now we have a second motion that staff

743
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:32,860
summarized all the information and report

744
01:05:32,860 --> 01:05:36,160
to apply for federal funding to continue the rise project.

745
01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:38,100
Can I get a motion to move that item, please?

746
01:05:38,100 --> 01:05:40,620
is moved by Councillor Carrera, seconded by Councillor Deweyk.

747
01:05:42,100 --> 01:05:43,280
No further commentary?

748
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,140
Oh, yep, yep, yep, go for it.

749
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:48,980
Yeah, thank you very much, Your Worship.

750
01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:54,900
As a matter of fact, I think I have a personal attachment to that presentation that was made

751
01:05:54,900 --> 01:05:55,440
in the morning.

752
01:05:56,220 --> 01:06:01,700
Aero happens to be one of the kids I coached in soccer, and the father has shown a lot of concern.

753
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:06,980
The young man that was on that video, the father was shown a lot of concern.

754
01:06:06,980 --> 01:06:12,100
and only the last, what event was it, he was given an award.

755
01:06:12,980 --> 01:06:15,960
And the father ran to me and said, you better come and see, come and see, come and see

756
01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:17,480
that his body is making it now.

757
01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:22,000
And I when I saw him receive that everybody, the father was very, very happy.

758
01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:30,600
I'm just trying to say this to emphasize the fact that this particular program has a human face.

759
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:36,960
It affects both the fathers, the coaches and people who have relationship with this in the

760
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:50,740
So on this note, I want to say that I'm supporting this motion wholeheartedly and I would like us to do whatever we can to make sure that this project continues because it is very, very important to our community.

761
01:06:51,340 --> 01:06:51,640
Thank you.

762
01:06:52,080 --> 01:06:53,400
Perfect. Thank you very much.

763
01:06:54,460 --> 01:06:59,940
Seeing no other further commentary, do we not, I need a mover in a second. I thought we did.

764
01:07:01,160 --> 01:07:01,860
We have one.

765
01:07:01,860 --> 01:07:03,420
Let's say that there.

766
01:07:06,680 --> 01:07:07,680
Okay, now you can vote.

767
01:07:15,370 --> 01:07:16,970
And that is carried unanimously.

768
01:07:17,150 --> 01:07:18,130
Thank you very much.

769
01:07:18,530 --> 01:07:20,910
And moving on to the next item.

770
01:07:21,990 --> 01:07:23,730
Thanks, as item 9.6,

771
01:07:24,210 --> 01:07:26,990
taking our continuous improvement culture to the next level.

772
01:07:27,410 --> 01:07:29,870
And this was an update on successful projects

773
01:07:29,870 --> 01:07:32,450
in the continuous improvement center of excellence

774
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:36,270
for Q3 2025 resolution is on your screen.

775
01:07:36,850 --> 01:07:37,130
Thank you.

776
01:07:37,230 --> 01:07:38,510
Can I get a motion move this item, please?

777
01:07:38,510 --> 01:07:47,270
move by councilor, to executive by councilor Schiller, again continuous improvement is the way that

778
01:07:47,270 --> 01:07:58,190
we work with the city, the staff, management, all working together to always strive for better.

779
01:07:59,230 --> 01:08:05,730
And when that happens, when you empower your team, it's not run by one person.

780
01:08:06,470 --> 01:08:10,910
It's run by everybody, and that's the one city approach, right?

781
01:08:11,170 --> 01:08:13,750
One person will never have all the answers.

782
01:08:14,670 --> 01:08:20,630
Put them in a room full of people who are motivated and excited and just want to get stuff

783
01:08:20,630 --> 01:08:21,070
done.

784
01:08:21,690 --> 01:08:26,570
Now you're going to get a whole bunch of opportunities that we didn't even think of.

785
01:08:27,270 --> 01:08:34,730
So what started as off three years ago as one of our strategic priorities, let the staff

786
01:08:34,730 --> 01:08:45,650
We have run with it, they ran with it, and the result is where we are today, so if you get a chance to look at that presentation, anybody else want to comment on that?

787
01:08:46,850 --> 01:08:50,190
Nope. All right. Good. Excellent. Let's vote on it.

788
01:08:57,510 --> 01:08:59,890
Excellent. Thank you very much. I just carried unanimously.

789
01:09:03,630 --> 01:09:04,330
Moving right along.

790
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:10,620
Corporate officer.

791
01:09:10,620 --> 01:09:10,800
Yes, sir.

792
01:09:11,740 --> 01:09:12,080
Sorry.

793
01:09:12,860 --> 01:09:15,480
Next up is the Public Inquiry section.

794
01:09:16,740 --> 01:09:19,240
Each speaker will have two minutes to speak to Council.

795
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:23,820
Input or comments are not permitted on items that are subject to public hearing or public

796
01:09:23,820 --> 01:09:27,060
hearing that has been prohibited, as mentioned at the beginning of the meeting.

797
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:33,720
As a reminder, those are items 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, and 8.10.

798
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:39,080
A second opportunity may be provided once all speakers in the queue have had an opportunity

799
01:09:39,080 --> 01:09:42,780
need to speak, the total time allotted for public inquiries 10 minutes.

800
01:09:43,380 --> 01:09:47,340
For those here in Council Chambers, please come forward to the podium when the Mayor calls for speakers.

801
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:51,900
If you would like a second opportunity, please return to your seat until the Mayor calls for a second round.

802
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,000
And I know we do not have any public online.

803
01:09:55,760 --> 01:10:00,420
So those coming forward, please clearly state your name and city of residence before beginning your comments.

804
01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:01,140
Thank you.

805
01:10:01,340 --> 01:10:06,480
Okay, as we have nobody online, is there anybody in Chambers who wishes to come up and ask a question?

806
01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:07,460
Come on up.

807
01:10:21,330 --> 01:10:27,510
Welcome back. My name is Austin Russell, and I live here on 24.

808
01:10:30,550 --> 01:10:31,390
A little

809
01:10:31,390 --> 01:10:36,870
over two weeks ago, Burnaby's City Council voted to ask Ottawa to impose an arms of

810
01:10:36,870 --> 01:10:42,410
Margot on Israel. The specified measures also included expanding the temporary visa

811
01:10:42,410 --> 01:10:49,190
resettlement program to reunite Palestinian-Canadian families with loved ones in Gaza. Many of whom

812
01:10:49,190 --> 01:10:53,190
have since been murdered while awaiting for word on their visa.

813
01:10:54,310 --> 01:11:01,670
In November of 2023, this council joined more than 50 other municipalities after Burnaby,

814
01:11:02,230 --> 01:11:03,650
in advocating for a ceasefire.

815
01:11:04,150 --> 01:11:07,590
This would not be the first time the city has weighed in on this issue.

816
01:11:09,250 --> 01:11:12,890
I have been disappointed by all other orders of government.

817
01:11:12,890 --> 01:11:20,030
And can I count on this council to follow in Bernabese footsteps and pressure the federal

818
01:11:20,030 --> 01:11:21,550
government to stop arming Israel?

819
01:11:24,400 --> 01:11:30,340
This is an interesting question and it's a challenging question.

820
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:42,340
One that we have not discussed in chambers, however my view on the subject is what is required

821
01:11:42,340 --> 01:11:53,340
here is a multinational response that takes those decisions away from Israel that allows the

822
01:11:53,340 --> 01:12:00,760
rebuilding of Gaza. You have a multinational force. This is what is truly needed in Gaza right now.

823
01:12:03,780 --> 01:12:10,820
But I'll leave it at that. At the council, we have not discussed it beyond our letter to the prime

824
01:12:10,820 --> 01:12:20,740
a minister for the ceasefire, a question like that would require a lot of more information

825
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:26,640
and a lot of discussion. I hope you understand that it's not a clear cut quick answer.

826
01:12:27,100 --> 01:12:29,760
Yeah, I just would appreciate it if you considered it.

827
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:36,780
Fair enough. Thank you very much. Okay, anybody else in chambers?

828
01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:40,440
Not seeing any.

829
01:12:40,440 --> 01:12:43,680
So, are we okay?

830
01:12:44,420 --> 01:12:44,680
Sure.

831
01:12:48,120 --> 01:12:49,720
Mayor and council reports are next.

832
01:12:50,900 --> 01:12:51,680
Do you need some water?

833
01:12:53,800 --> 01:12:54,320
Okay.

834
01:12:54,740 --> 01:12:57,780
Moving along, we've got the Mayor and Councillor reports.

835
01:12:57,980 --> 01:13:00,100
Anybody wish to jump in?

836
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:01,960
Councillor Chen.

837
01:13:03,180 --> 01:13:03,860
Thanks, Mayor.

838
01:13:04,020 --> 01:13:07,380
I just wanted to share with council that I had the opportunity to visit a,

839
01:13:07,380 --> 01:13:10,540
which in March, regional park today with Metro Vancouver,

840
01:13:10,900 --> 01:13:12,840
and I just wanted to take a moment to share a council

841
01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:15,540
and with the rest of the community that we can expect

842
01:13:15,540 --> 01:13:18,200
a soft opening of the park very soon.

843
01:13:19,740 --> 01:13:23,620
I had a chance to go to it, so it's the park that,

844
01:13:23,740 --> 01:13:26,060
as many of us know, if you set off on a kayak

845
01:13:26,060 --> 01:13:28,560
or canoe from Grand Narrows, you can head your way

846
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:30,480
over to which in March, regional park,

847
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:34,920
or the landway is via Coquitlam and via Cori Road,

848
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:39,180
and you go past Minicada and you go to a switch of marsh and it's such a beautiful area.

849
01:13:39,820 --> 01:13:43,980
And I just want to say that I'm thrilled because as we know all the parks are filling up,

850
01:13:44,620 --> 01:13:48,660
around Maybridge, lots of people want to get outdoors. This is another way to access

851
01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:53,560
the beautiful outdoors close to home. And the size of Wige and Marsh Regional Park is actually

852
01:13:53,560 --> 01:14:00,500
one and a half times the size of Stanley Park, which I think is phenomenal and also to share that

853
01:14:00,500 --> 01:14:08,500
It is beautiful and because of the Metro Banker's strong protection mandate, as well as connecting people,

854
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:15,680
actually over 96% of the park will be off limits to visitors because they're dedicated to protecting that ecosystem.

855
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:23,420
So I think that we're finding good balance between allowing people to access nature and protecting the ecosystem.

856
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:27,980
And I just want to take a moment to share it to you like I learned how much.

857
01:14:27,980 --> 01:14:35,400
I'm sure a park staff, well, a park staff, well, no, but for me, like just learning how much work it takes to design and create a park.

858
01:14:35,880 --> 01:14:42,900
The resource management folks walked us through how much wildlife study they did.

859
01:14:43,300 --> 01:14:51,560
And just to track how much wildlife traffic there was in different parts of the park and how they designed the park so that they would be welcoming visitors to the parks.

860
01:14:51,560 --> 01:14:55,340
and setting up group camping site where there's less wildlife traffic.

861
01:14:55,540 --> 01:14:59,560
It's supposed to be more wildlife traffic, and so I'm just in the bat studies.

862
01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:29,980
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

863
01:15:31,400 --> 01:15:35,040
Councillor Schiller. Thank you. And thank you for sharing that, Councillor

864
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:40,600
Towne, that is really exciting. And, you know, we are very blessed here with the presence

865
01:15:40,600 --> 01:15:45,560
of Metro Parks in our community already, and I agree with you. It's very timely to have

866
01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:50,340
new parks, based and new conservation space coming on online. I will be checking that out.

867
01:15:51,180 --> 01:15:56,780
I did just want to share that Rich Meadows recycling is hosting a hazardous materials collection

868
01:15:56,780 --> 01:16:02,340
day, it's coming up on September 27th, and the society has set this up to provide an

869
01:16:02,340 --> 01:16:07,520
opportunity for community members to drop off and safely recycle items they don't normally

870
01:16:07,520 --> 01:16:12,940
accept. Pool chemicals, break fluid, things like that. You can find all the information online,

871
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:17,540
and you do need to pre-register. So please check that out. Thank you.

872
01:16:18,060 --> 01:16:20,300
Thank you. Moving on to council careers.

873
01:16:20,300 --> 01:16:21,100
Thank

874
01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:28,480
you, so Mr. Vancouver Regional Planning met last Thursday.

875
01:16:28,820 --> 01:16:33,880
There is a really great report which is actually applicable to us on the cost of housing

876
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:35,800
and transportation added together.

877
01:16:36,380 --> 01:16:41,520
We are one of the few communities where transportation is higher than housing in the cost that we

878
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:47,420
have and when you combine the two we end up being higher than many other communities because

879
01:16:47,420 --> 01:16:50,460
as of the cost of transportation and the variety of ways.

880
01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:53,700
It's not just transit in a bus.

881
01:16:53,700 --> 01:16:56,120
It's just transportation in general and the cost

882
01:16:56,120 --> 01:16:58,700
that we sort of bore living further out.

883
01:16:59,580 --> 01:17:02,060
And I think it's a really, really great piece

884
01:17:02,060 --> 01:17:04,900
of data for us to use as we continue to advocate

885
01:17:05,420 --> 01:17:06,760
for the urgent need,

886
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:08,560
although we are on the list for BRT.

887
01:17:09,200 --> 01:17:11,260
I don't think our advocacy can stop

888
01:17:11,260 --> 01:17:12,940
until it's actually being built.

889
01:17:13,620 --> 01:17:16,760
But it was a good piece of work to just really highlight

890
01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:24,800
the excess of costs that our residents are having to pay in transportation due to the lack of public transit that we have in our community.

891
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:29,000
And the other thing I just want to show you're going to talk Terry Fox.

892
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:30,820
You're going to talk Terry Fox.

893
01:17:31,660 --> 01:17:32,260
Yes. Okay.

894
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:33,300
You can do that.

895
01:17:33,760 --> 01:17:34,480
You can do that.

896
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:35,880
You got to speak it. It's your deal.

897
01:17:36,580 --> 01:17:41,800
I just want to share with the community that you and I talked about earlier, UBCM is next week.

898
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:47,620
And most of us will be there, and we're meeting with, I don't know, probably eight different

899
01:17:47,620 --> 01:17:52,700
ministers and ministries, if not 10 next week, to really share the good work being done

900
01:17:52,700 --> 01:18:00,720
in Maple Ridge, but also take the opportunity to advocate for the much needed resources

901
01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:03,900
from a variety of different avenues that we need within our community.

902
01:18:04,220 --> 01:18:08,940
And it's also a really great place for us to network with other mayors and counselors

903
01:18:08,940 --> 01:18:13,100
around the province and learn what other communities are doing, learn from each other.

904
01:18:13,700 --> 01:18:19,920
We also have three, four motions, four motions, three motions going forward.

905
01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:26,940
One's in the endorsed and two is in the non-endorse one, so we'll be bringing those to the community's seeking support

906
01:18:26,940 --> 01:18:32,360
because we can say all we want, but when you have the support of over 160 municipalities around the province,

907
01:18:32,620 --> 01:18:37,520
it's a much louder voice for the province to hear what we're doing, so thank you.

908
01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:46,660
Thank you. I'm not seeing anybody else, so I will add in mine with a busy week, hit

909
01:18:46,660 --> 01:18:53,200
the ground running, started off with welcoming eight new full-time firefighters to

910
01:18:53,200 --> 01:19:00,380
our department. And it's exciting to see fresh new faces, fully trained, ready to go,

911
01:19:00,740 --> 01:19:06,500
and the one thing that stands out to me, I would be the shortest firefighter ever. They

912
01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:13,040
They put me right between the two tallest ones, but it's exciting to see everybody's excited

913
01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:13,920
to be there.

914
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:16,980
They're all eager to make their mark, so that was fun.

915
01:19:18,540 --> 01:19:24,660
Opened up to, if you go to the pit metal air port, if you haven't been there in a while,

916
01:19:24,660 --> 01:19:25,700
you should go check it out.

917
01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,620
They've really changed and upgraded everything.

918
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:33,320
They actually have a new restaurant there called Rustic Rose, so we did the grand opening

919
01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:33,680
there.

920
01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:39,960
You know, it's the owner of Salton Sear with a catering company in Maple Ridge to expand

921
01:19:39,960 --> 01:19:40,760
it to the airport.

922
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:46,200
It's a great place to take the kids and have some food, or if you're on a first date,

923
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:50,500
you can take your date there and look at the planes and imagine all the great places you're

924
01:19:50,500 --> 01:19:52,200
going to go after that first date of done.

925
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:54,480
Go out there and check it out.

926
01:19:54,640 --> 01:19:55,460
It's really cool.

927
01:19:55,460 --> 01:20:02,420
So, um, had the opportunity to, uh, the Chamber of Commerce had their annual Gulf Tournament,

928
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:09,360
um, for charity, and, um, the, we were able to, we sponsored a whole, talked to a whole

929
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:13,920
bunch of people with a blast, everybody had fun, uh, of course, this was just after our

930
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:20,400
neck and the woods, and people were nonstop raving about our neck and the woods, um, then

931
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:29,100
And on Saturday, myself and Councillor Carrera's, we went to a charity cricket game hosted

932
01:20:29,100 --> 01:20:39,320
by our local, oh yeah, yes, yes, you showed up as we were, sorry, great, great, oh man,

933
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:39,980
now I feel bad.

934
01:20:43,560 --> 01:20:47,880
This is put on by our local cricket club, we have a couple of them now.

935
01:20:48,660 --> 01:20:54,780
the funds that they raised from that charity will go to I believe this year

936
01:20:54,780 --> 01:20:58,880
round to the community foundation and then those will be redistributed.

937
01:21:00,980 --> 01:21:07,440
Sunday was the Terry Fox run is the third year back since they had I guess

938
01:21:07,440 --> 01:21:13,120
before COVID and every year it keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger and

939
01:21:13,120 --> 01:21:14,820
I think this one was the biggest so far.

940
01:21:15,860 --> 01:21:17,960
Lots of people, their families fun,

941
01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:20,340
they had bouncy castle, they had hot dogs,

942
01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:24,940
they had music, it was a great fun for all.

943
01:21:25,620 --> 01:21:28,960
And watching at the start of it when it went,

944
01:21:29,800 --> 01:21:31,680
you were there for five minutes watching people

945
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:37,780
run past the arch of balloons, the start of, so,

946
01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:41,040
but it was great to see families doing this together.

947
01:21:41,040 --> 01:22:10,220
young old didn't make a difference, they were all there, walk, run, roll. I would have been rolling, of course, but it was very fun, and I sure I don't know what their numbers are, but it sounded like they did very well this time round, and the added feature was we had, the guest speaker was Robert Fox, the brother of Terry, who shared some of his stories with us as well, and that was, that was interesting.

948
01:22:10,220 --> 01:22:20,520
Fred, sorry, Fred Fox, that was to hear the stories of he shared with his brother, he had

949
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:29,340
to be there for that. And we said, next week, we're most of us are at UBCM in Victoria

950
01:22:29,340 --> 01:22:35,640
and that's where we get to sit down. We advocate throughout the year, but this is an opportunity

951
01:22:35,640 --> 01:22:41,540
where all the ministers are there, we have meetings with pretty much all of them.

952
01:22:42,300 --> 01:22:52,360
This is our opportunity to sit down in a one-on-one council and their people, their teams, and

953
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:58,280
advocate for the things that are important to us, such as housing, such as schools in Silver

954
01:22:58,280 --> 01:23:04,240
Valley, because though they're provincial, some of the roadways that need work on.

955
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:10,940
So, you know, these are great opportunities to go there and it has a lasting impact.

956
01:23:11,380 --> 01:23:15,400
There's still, when we talk about the first year that we went there in the second year,

957
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:21,940
we get a lot accomplished going to these kinds of meetings and it's a great opportunity

958
01:23:21,940 --> 01:23:23,740
so we're looking forward to that next week.

959
01:23:24,380 --> 01:23:31,700
I have nothing else to add so we have no further comments or business.

960
01:23:32,980 --> 01:23:41,120
Well thank you for playing another round of Council agenda tonight. We are adjourned.