Okay, it's seven o'clock. We're going to call this meeting
to order. Welcome everybody. We'll start off in a good
way with the territorial land acknowledgement. The city of Port
Moody carries out our business on the ancestral and unseated
homelands of the Quakewitlam, Slail with Tooth, Musquim, Squamish, Katzy,
Kwantlun, Kikate, and Stolo Peoples and extends appreciation for the
opportunity to work on this territory. Next time is adoption
of the agenda. And I will move that the agenda,
the adopted as circulated with the following amendments. We have
a couple of typos, and the one item to add.
Replacing the memo for item 7. 1 adoption of ACC
bylaw and DCC bylaw, number 3550 with the memo is
provided in the on - table package. That's due to
a typo, replacing the memo for 1. 1. 2 heritage
alteration permit, 101 first Avenue with MMO as provided in
the on - table package. Same reason. And then the
addition of 11. 5, which is federal rail safety improvement
program grant intake. So that's been moved. Is there a
seconder? All in favor. Posed, carried. Thank you. Okay, we'll
move on to art at Council, and I will provide
Councillor Knowles with the chair for a moment. Go ahead.
Thank you so much, Mayor. Tonight we are pleased to
welcome Jenna Wynd, a third year visual art student at
Emily Carr University. Jenna is the recipient of the 2026
CREAM Choice Scholarship at Pomo Arts. Her artistic practice includes
Ink drawing and middle sculpture, while intricate line drawings were
once her primary focus, her work has recently evolved as
she learns to draw with steel. Tonight we are delighted
to present Labyrinthine, a sculpture made from welded steel rods.
Jenna describes her sculptural process as fierce physically demanding and
often intense, stark contrast to the intimate and quiet act
of drawing. Labyrinthin, you will have to tell me if
I'm mispronouncing that when you come up. As part of
a larger body of work that explores the workaround her
and responds to dominant narratives of war, discrimination, uncertainty and
imbalance. Themes that have become increasingly present in our everyday
lives. Additional works by Jenna can be viewed at Pomo
Arts as part of her solo exhibition Laguna on display
until August 30th. Please join me in welcoming Jenna. We
look forward to hearing more about your artistic practice. Hi
Jenna, welcome. I also wanted to say before you begin,
I've seen your exhibition. I've been to Pomar at a
couple times. I took my daughter on the weekend and
I really thought it was very thought - provoking. I
really love the wax one in particular. Oh great, thank
you so much. Welcome. Hi, good evening. Thank you so
much for having me. It's actually really nice feedback in
Port Moody. I was actually born here. So it's nice
to be coming back and forth. Welcome home. Artwork here.
My practice involves expressing myself through sculpture and detailed ink
and graphite drawings, working in sculpture is a fairly new
practice for me. Within the last year, I've learned all
of my techniques in metalworking. Previously all of my work
had just been revolved around line drawing. But more recently
I'm learning to take that drawing style and apply it
to steel to make something a lot more fluid through
something so rigid and very difficult to work with. My
methodology within working with metal is it's often quite, it's
very strenuous, very fierce and very loud. It's a very
demanding process and this is a really interesting contrast to
my drawing, which is very quiet and very intimate. So
these two processes inform each other and they kind of,
I explore the two rigors between the disparate connections between
these two to similar practices. Um, and the work today
I brought is called Labyrinthine. It's a steel sculpture that
I welded, formed, and very heavily grinded. Uh, the piece
was a starting point for the collection of work that
I'm currently presenting at home or art centre. Um, the
body work is titled La Kuna and this refers to
the spaces in between or a gap or a missing
piece. Um, the resulting works in this collection reflect abro
and unfiltered interpretation of my understanding of the world, embracing
its cultural. I'm sorry, it's critical flaws, influences and complexities.
Uh, this body of work is my attempt to understand
the outer world around me, the dominant narratives of a
war, discrimination, uncertainty, and imbalance that has become a consistent
theme to contend with an everyday life. Uh, this emotive
burden feeds into the tension that I explore within my
work and drives the energy that I use to create
within my practice. Um, I work as best understood through
your own exploration. And this is a direct line into
my method of thinking. Uh, my newest body work combined
steel blown glass and wax. And you can see a
little bit of this at pomerart centre. And hopefully I'll
have more to come. Uh, the exhibitions on until the
30th. And thank you so much for your time. Thank
you so much. Any other comments from council? I see
Councillor Dilworth has. Just absolutely gorgeous. How long did it
take you from the time you first started thinking about
this idea until it was completed? This one took about,
I think, 50 hours of work. Okay. Um, yes. Wow.
And people may not see from the audience, but it's
just got this intricate texturing throughout. Is it meant to
be touched at all? Cause I'm a tactile person. I
was going to touch it. My time. I better not.
You're welcome to touch it. It is, um, it's, it's
all of it. It's built up weld. So it's, it's
done with hours of taking a welding gun and essentially
drawing the material onto it. Quite a few hours of
just grinding and finishing that material off. So it kind
of resembles tree bark or a little bit of like
intricate, um, I guess like cell structures as well through
the process. Yeah. It's gorgeous. And that's a very cool
explanation of that texturing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
very much for being here. It's absolutely beautiful. Peace as
Councillor Dilworth stated. And I'm so happy to have you
here. And welcome home. Thank you so much. You're welcome.
Thank you for coming. Thank you. All right. So, uh,
the next item is, do I need to read this
statement? Uh, we're here. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Uh, would have
been public, but it's public input, but that has been
pause. To comply with provincial legislation on election advertising. There
will be no, no, no, input agenda item at Council
meetings conducted between July 20th and October 17th during this
time the public is welcome to email counsel at Council
at Portmoody. ca. We'll move to adoption of the minutes.
Uh, so that is July 7th, July 14th. Moved. Is
there a seconded all in favor. Opposed carried. Thank you.
Which brings us to the consent agenda. Councillor Lurbecki. I'd
like to pull 7. 2 adoption development cost charge expenditure
by Laufra Parkland Acquisition and 7. 9 development permit for
BD centre TOD. Okay. Thank you. Um, hang on. Let's
let me put that down. All right. Councillor Knolls. Uh,
7. 8 please. 7. 8. Okay. And we'll go. Is
there somebody else. Had, okay. Okay. That's great. Uh, Councillor
Dilworth is moving the rest as a block. It's been
seconded. Um, all in favor. Opposed carried. Thank you very
much. So we will go to 7. 2 councillor Lurbecki.
Uh, thank you. I just wanted to pull this because
I'll be voting against. Do you want to move somebody
want to move the motion? It's been moved in seconded.
Um, any conversation. Nope. I'll call the question then all
in favor. Opposed Councillor Larbecchi as opposed. We'll go to
Councillor Knowles item, which is item 7. 8. Thank you
so much. Um, so at our January 13th, 2026 meeting
and in response to Council's decision to build a temporary
basketball court at the old fire hell lens. We had
a speaker come forward at public input that night to
express this disappointment that there's been little action or progress
made on the recommendations of two previous parks in rec
slash environment subcommittee reports struck in 2019 and 2022. Um,
those subcommittees conducted significant in - depth studies into the
state of our neighbourhood and community parks. And I remember
very clearly the report from July 22 because that was
a member of the Parks and Rec Commission at the
time it was called, actually as was Councillor Lebecky. And
we heard the report firsthand and its recommendations. And that
report was then referred to Council at an meeting that
shortly followed and asked to consider. Um, as a result
of the speaker at that January 13th meeting, Councillor Lubick
moved that staff report on progress and upcoming initiatives on
neighbourhood park use promotion and enhancement, which was greatly appreciated.
Um, as of the writing of the 22, 2022 report,
there were 16 parks in Port Moted classified as neighbourhood.
This included three newer parks and one newer park that
had been classified as neighbourhood, but was reclassified as natural
for net inventory change of two since the 2015 report.
And as a result of that motion made January 23rd
to 13, January 13th, we have that report from staff
tonight. And that is 7. 8 in the item. Here
that I've pulled. Now the report has a lot of
great information. And while I appreciate the mini updates that
provide, I think some members of both council and the
public were disappointed at the lack of focus on, um,
neighbourhood and community parks. That it contains. The specific motion,
again, was report back on progress and upcoming initish on
neighbourhood park use promotion and enhancement. The current report blends
in trails larger city community parks like Aspenwood, North Shore,
old orchard, rocky point, West Hill, et cetera. I think
what we were looking for was perhaps a dedicated inventory
of the 13 specific neighbourhood parks. And whether any have
been added, removed, we classified, et cetera. Not yet inventoried.
And I believe there are several. So with all that
said, and I will look to the clerk for assistance
here. I don't know if I want to oppose the
recommendation here tonight, which is that this B receiver information.
Because I would like to move instead that we redirect
staff to rewrite this report and focus its neighbourhood on
neighbourhood and community parks on a more wholesome basis with
consideration of capacity, use, future needs, the needs of seniors
and other demographic shifts of the residents, living near these
neighbourhood sites or not, as the case may be the
2022, um, report identified at least three areas of Port
Moody that are not serviced by any community or neighbourhood
parks. And we believe that the oversight and other pertinent
matters as appropriate. So, um, assuming that this fails, the
motion, we can receive this, then we cannot give further
direction. Okay. So my motion then would be that we,
um, direct staff, um, let's, let's receive this for information.
That what's being presented and further direct staff. Okay. That's
fine. So that's fine. I will move that we receive
this and then would it be a motion rising mayor.
Yep. Okay. So let's - And I'll do that. Let's
receive. Um, it's been seconded all in favor. Opposed carried.
Now Councillor, you have a motion arising? Yes. Um, but
if I may just continue a little bit, have you
provided your motion to staff? I have not. I am
just a little bit winging it. I'm kind of winging
it here. Thank you. That's okay. Um, yes. And you
know, I wanted to mention as well, like in 2025,
we had charted a path forward with a trail network
plan 30 year trail network plan. And it's, it's a
great piece of work. Um, staff of denigrate job on
that and on our larger master plans, um, but I,
I, I don't think I'm alone in wishing that there
was, there were more of a focus on neighbourhood parks.
And those that we visit on a regular basis, we
want residents to have access to parks within walking distance.
And that is, as we grow and as generally the
population increases, it becomes more and more important. And thanks
Mr. Grassy for sending the Senate a senior's focus committee
presentation in the spring. He mentioned that, um, our seniors
population is going to more than double by 2039. Yeah,
I think Councillor Dilworth is the chair of that committee.
And, you know, there are policies in place to prioritize
supporting seniors age. Renting out of your time limit. So
could you please present your motion? Okay. Thanks. You get
the gist. Yeah, we get the gist. Okay. Um, I'm
going to move that we, that stuff, um, return with
a report specifically on neighbourhood and community parks with consideration
of capacity, comma, use, comma, future needs, comma, the needs
of seniors and other demographic shifts of the residents, living
near neighbourhood and community parks. And I, um, we'll send
that to the spin seconded. Um, clerk, um, Madam Clerk,
do you have that? I'm going to send it to
her right now. Okay. That's great. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Okay. So that's been moved and seconded. Thank
you for that councillor. I will move on to Councillor
Lubeck. Thank you so much. Um, no, I'm really glad
that we're having this conversation. Sorry Councillor Morrison. You can
bring back in. Go ahead Councillor. Sorry. Thank you. Um,
I'm very glad we're having this conversation. I want to
give, um, a lot of credit and kudos to staff
for the work that has been done. Like it's an
incredible amount of work. Um, I think we're hoping in
addition to that to be looking at the neighbourhood park.
So I do want to say like what an incredible
job staff have been doing. I think in addition to
this, um, what has been shared. And I'll see if
I have an amendment, but hopefully it'll be a friendly
one. In that, you know, I think one of the
things that's important is that neighbourhood parks are very specific.
To those populations. And obviously neighbourhoods grow and evolve. But
I'm wondering what our opportunities would be for more neighbourhood
consultation on what is needed for updating some of those
neighbourhood parks. Like maybe the opportunity for co - creation.
With some of the neighbourhoods or even community groups. Oh,
I think a good place to start is to get
this information that the Councillor is asking for. Perhaps maybe
there, we can further delve into how we address the
needs that get better rise. I think so. I think
I'd also like to hear, and I'll think about it,
perhaps it's not needed. Just what are some of our
opportunities for neighbourhood engagement. Should it be needed? Okay. That's
a good point, Councillor. Thank you for that. Um, we're
just waiting for staff to get that up. But is
that everything? Uh, yes, thank you. Thank you. Um, Councillor
Dilworth. Thank you. I'm not going to repeat what Councillor
Knowles said, but I wanted to, first of all, acknowledge
the tremendous work that our staff have been doing in
terms of enhancing and looking at maximizing park usage in
smaller parts throughout the entire community. Uh, I look to
the tremendous evolution of West Hill Park. I know we've
been doing pop - up parks that have really, really
worked. But I don't think that we're fully planning or
utilising for those parks, um, like Apple Yard, like Foxwood,
even like Flavello. Um. And I think there's an opportunity
to do some engagement in those communities and find out
what we need. And this is, this is not, um,
a criticism of staff at all. It's just that this
council has made it a very high level strategic priority
to look at the assets that we have. And look
how we can better them for the use of the
neighbourhoods that they're in. So I do really appreciate the
information we got now, but I think as a council
to move forward strategically, we need to drill down a
little bit more on those park assets that we have
throughout the community. So I will be supporting the motion.
Thank you. Thank you so much Councillor. Councillor Agtrapp. Uh,
thank you. And I won't repeat what has already been
said. I just had a question through the staff about
the definition, um, between neighbourhood and community parks. I know
we have one park named North Shore community park, but
we seem to, I just wanted to get clarity on
what we define as neighbourhood versus community. So we go
to the manager of the community services. Okay. Yep. Go
ahead. Aaron's there. Yep. So my good, okay. Thanks. Um,
yeah, through the chair, we have updated the classification system
as part of the Parkland strategy that came to Council
last year. So we are now simplifying the terminology in
terms of active Parkland and natural parkland. And part of
the thinking behind that was we do have destination parks
in the system, but they also serve as neighbourhood and
community parks. It's all in relation to, um, the use
and access and, you know, as mentioned, proximity. For those
that are there, uh, in that community. And the amenities
that are within those parks serve those purposes for those,
um, populations. So we focused more on access in terms
of how much, how far people had to walk to
Access Parkland and looked at gaps and filling those needs
based on space and amenities. With that lens as opposed
to getting too focused on the categories, which wasn't, wasn't
sort of serving us in trying to evaluate need and
gaps. Okay. Okay. I appreciate that. So basically what I'm
hearing the neighbourhood and community, there is no difference. It's
just really, um, we're talking about whether it's active or
natural and how it's managed. Um, what's the goal of
ensuring that all the parks are with every household has,
I think a 400 metre or five minute walk to
a park. That's a, that's a focus. We again looked
at the way people access Park. So again, understanding what
it takes to walk, whether you're crossing major roads or
overpasses or, you know, what is between you and that
part. So that was the focus. And again, the amenities
and the distribution. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Morrison.
Thank you. And I appreciate my colleague discussion on this
item. And I do appreciate the report that we received
as far as, uh, really highlighting some of the things
that have been done in regards to, um, outdoor spaces,
whether it be basketball courts or the activation of the
pop - up barks. Um, especially the Kyle Centre one,
which has been very, very well received over the last
few years that I've seen with the mini golf and
all that happening there. So I do want to give
credit for the activation of spaces that have been just
grass, for example, and the ability to do more activities
on there. But I also appreciate the fact that since
it has been such a huge priority for us to
find ways to activate and keep these spaces as really
community gathering spaces within these neighbourhoods to help relieve pressure
on some of those other parks and playgrounds specifically, um,
like Rocky Point Park playground or West Hill Park playground.
There's only a few playgrounds of that larger size nature
in the community. I think that we do need to
look at how and where and what plan timeline we're
going to be doing certain upgrades and certain neighbourhoods prioritizing
them, create a roadmap. And then also talk with the
community about what play structures they want to see when
we talk about playground specifically. Um, as opposed to just
perhaps a consultants report on what it might be local
neighbourhoods might and parents might have a big input on
what they want to see. They'll know their kids and
what they want to play with. And kids will know
what they want to play with as well. And I
think we can really dive in a little deeper on
those particular things in those neighbourhood parks. So, um, I
am supportive of this motion to get more information. And
I look forward to the discussion whether it happens to
be before this term is up or into the next
term on prioritizing those neighbourhood parks to relieve pressure from
the big ones as well as make it a little
more enjoyable for people to stay close to home in
their own neighbourhoods. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Councillor Lurbecki.
Thank you. So, um, my understanding is Council already gay
direction. We received a report back. And what I'm hearing
at the table here is that the desire for additional
information from what we received back. So, so now I'm
looking at this motion and I'm trying to understand what
we're going to get back. Um, and maybe this is
a question through the staff. If this is clear enough,
so I understand, you know, that focuses on neighbourhood and
community parks with consideration of capacity use future needs proxy
me to homes. And it goes on. But I think
what's missing from this motion is like, what is the
goal or the vision or the lens through which we
are directing staffed undertake this work? I know we've our
parkland strategy, but I'm just a bit worried that this
is so broad. I'm not sure what we're going to
get back and how we'll make sure that's meeting our
needs as well. Again, if we want to layering community
engagement on that, I thought could be the missing piece
here in terms of understanding what those needs are at
those community parks. I'm not so sure that this will
necessarily give the information that council is seeking if that's
what I'm hearing. So through the staff, could you comment
on if this is clear, if additional direction around, um,
undertaking engagement that the neighbourhood level around parks, do we
already have a really good idea of all of these
tiny little neighbourhood parks that we have and how we're
going to activate them. We just haven't written it down
yet. Just through to staff, I want to make sure
that the directions crystal clear. So, you know, we're not
kind of back here again. So the question is with
this direction, do you have a clear idea of what
the motion is asking for. I would say we could
use a little, a little more clarity perhaps, but I
think that we could, um, start the process with what
we presented as part of the Parkland strategy, which sort
of mapped out each neighbourhood and what those existing amenities
are as a starting point, uh, collate that with, um,
engagement that we've done connected to a number of different
strategies, including recreation facilities work as well as, you know,
trails and other things. And bring back a bit of
a picture in terms of where we're seeing our gaps,
um, and what we've heard back to date and maybe
outline with. I think that's what the Councillors are. Future
work should focus. So. I think what we'll get back
here, I think this is going to be a multi
- stage, multi - step conversation is what I think
was missing from this motion is a descriptor such as
to activate or to blank. Um, this is information we
can get back, but it's really missing the direction of
Council in terms of what is our goal. If our
goal is to activate these spaces, is it to make
them for, for children, for seniors, or are we still
asking, I guess, to figure that out to begin with.
I think this is multi - layered. So I just
wanted to point that out that this is very broad.
So that's what they're working. You're right. It is going
to be multi - staged because once we get that
information, then we'll have to give further direction. But I
think the city manager, um, wants to add in. Yeah.
Thank you. Provide a comment. Thank you Mayor. I was
just going to note, um, as Ms. Embley said, I
think this is clear direction for staff. I did want
to flag that, um, the needs of seniors and demographic
shifts of the residents living near neighbourhood sites. That could
be quite a bit of analysis and data collection. So
I think our next touch point would be, because this
is new work. It would go on to the intake
list. We would come back with a report that may
be in September it might be after. And then we'd
start mapping out the layers that you're speaking to. And
then we can also get a touch point with Council
if that's on the right track is that the desired
outcome. Okay. Thank you for that. I just want to
point out that, you know, I appreciate this report. And
I think given the direction that's been given, it's meeting,
you know, the initial level of needs. And then we're
continuing on this conversation, recognising that I do think the
ASCAR is very broad. So it's going to be narrowed
in scope as it keeps coming back to council unless
something that I'm comfortable with to get to the root
of what we're trying to achieve. So thank you. Thank
you. Yeah. I agree with that. Um, Councillor, Councillor Knowles,
you've already spoken Councillor Agrac, have you spoken to this
item? Yeah. Okay. Go ahead, Councillor Noels. Yeah. I just
wanted to kind of respond to that because I mean,
Councillor Libec is right. I think, um, from my perspective,
and this is just a general direction to staff. You
know, that 2022 report pointed out two underserved areas. And
I think I've been wondering since that report, are those
neighbourhoods actually underserved? So like an answer to those questions
would be great. But the other, um, public engagement, I
think it would be great for people in, if we
could fold an opportunity for public engagement into, um, this
neighbourhood work, because I would love to know which people
feel like they don't have a neighbourhood park nearby. I
think staff, when they come back with their, uh, project
sort of proposal that will be, uh, that should be
included in there. Those types of, um, opportunities. Thank you.
Councillor Ag Toro. Thank you. I was just going to
add that. I think this is, is kind of like
a gap analysis taking the work that we've already done.
And, you know, recognising that there has been significant work
done on the parkland strategy. There's also, um, I think
others mentioned some other reports that have been done. And
it's really bringing that all together in one sort of,
um, like merging that all and delivering it in an
informational packet that is more, um, easily accessible. And so
that we can really get down to, are there gap?
Yeah. Yeah. Are there gaps existing and what, what decisions
does Council need to make to fill those gaps? Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you. City manager is going to wrap
this one up. Thank you Mayor. I was just going
to note it would help staff. And I think for
clarity in the motion arising, if I'm able to suggest
that just picking up on Councillor Lubick's comments and the
Council Dialogue, if it actually also said and explore opportunities
for neighbourhood engagement, okay. Yeah. Um, would that be okay
if we add that in? I'll move that, um, amendment.
I'll call the question on that all in favor. I'll
just carry it. So we're incorporating that right into it
so that that comes back with those opportunities. Yeah. Thank
you again. I think that that's been made very clear
tonight that Council really appreciated the work that was done
to date on this. And we're, we're just wanting to
further delve into that, uh, into those neighbourhood parks and
figure out exactly where we need to make improvements and
where the gaps are. So thank you. Um, I'll call
the question on the amended motion all in favor. Opposed
carried unanimously. Thank you so much, which brings us to
item 7. 9, which is Councillor Lerbecky. Oh, I'm
sorry. Go ahead. There we go. Um, so I pulled
this pillar will not be supporting this. This is the
development permit for BD development in Moody Centre, which is
three towers up to 38 stories. Part of the 14
tower plan framework call it what you will for the
area. Um, reaching up to 40 stories. I am speaking
to so many people in the community every single day
and trying to find, um, majority support for the plan
and moody centre is very, I'm not, I'm not finding
it. So I can't be sporting this. I know that,
you know, by the time we're getting to development permit,
it seems like it's far down the road. I do
have concern when we put something like this on consent,
uh, this is still the largest tallest, most dense tower
development in that area that we've seen. And it's on
consent. I would have liked to actually seen it again
and talked about it again. Um, I don't think that
that's the right future for our city. And that's why
I've pulled it. And I will not be supporting this
tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Dilworth. Do you
know what I can see why some people might be
confused about this being on the consent agenda, but I
could through the staff get an explanation of exactly what
this is because this is not final development permit. Go
put shovels and ground at all. So if we can,
I guess back through to Ms. Smith clarify exactly what
this motion is. Oh, I see Mr. Wu coming up.
Oh, okay. Go ahead, Mr. Wu. Yeah.
Excuse me. Through the chair, this is a development permit
for, um, B's development project in Moody Centre. And to
answer the Councillor's question, it allows the developer to go
forward with their project, uh, to the next stage, which
would be to apply for a building permit and building
permit for, um, foundation work and above groundworks. Great. Thank
you. I was wondering people to know that this wasn't
the final approval. Thank you. Councillor Lubick. Thank you so
much. Uh, actually just had a couple of questions. So
it was handy. Um, one of the questions that I
had was, you know, I appreciated that the geotechnical report
was very long and detailed. Um, and so I just
wondered, um, you know, I know they're concerned sometimes around,
um, you know, soil stability and things like that. So
I was wondering if staff could just briefly touch on
some of the, um, requirements for mitigation of that, um,
also what our monitoring looks like during the construction process,
whenever that happens. Through staff. Go ahead. Yeah. Through the
chair, the development permit, we have, um, we have a
development one is reform and character. So that allows, you
know, development of the three buildings. And as the Councillor
mentioned another development permit for hazardous land. So this is
due to the potential of so liquefaction similar to much
of the soils in Moody Centre, uh, it's not great.
Um, but, you know, with through like mitigations, um, measures
the land can be used safely and build safely on.
In this case, the city is in receipt of a
geotechnical report, which is also attached to the development permit.
A number of recommendations were made by the geotechnical engineer
on record regarding site preparation, groundwater cutoff, building foundation, slap
on grade floors, site and foundation drainage systems and seismic
design. So prior to construction, the engineer on record, um,
the engineer would also be required to install the monitoring
systems throughout the construction process. So, uh, in this case,
it's the engineer on record that is doing the monitoring
and not city staff in this case. But throughout the
process, I believe city staff are notified on reports of
the monitoring in place. That's great. Thank you so much.
Um, I just have a few more questions. Uh, one
is. You know, I know one of the concerns, this
is not development related issue, but one of the concerns
that I hear from folks is, you know, whether the
number of jobs that this development would create. And I'm
just wondering if staff can remind us how many jobs,
um, this development would create versus what's going on. Three
stuff. Yep. Through the chair, the commercial space plan for
the project has a minimum of about 6, 300 square
metres, which is about 68, 000 square feet, including retail
office, um, a large child care facility. And so these
uses altogether would add up to approximately 520 to 555
jobs. Great. Thank you. And my last question is would
you be able to just talk to, you know, this
is the CD 94 space. So this is the towers.
That's connected to the CB95, which is the supportive housing.
And I know that's something that everyone cares very much
about. I know there are many details. But, um, I'm
just wondering if you could talk a little bit about
how those two development permits work together at this stage.
Yeah. So it's through the chair. It staffs understanding that
the applicant is currently and actively finalising the broader funding
framework with BC housing and its provincial partners. Um, and
staff's conversations with the developer, it should be noted that
there is still dedicated to providing this affordable housing facility
in Port Moody and are working diligently to ensure that
the project's long - term financial viability and the developers
looking forward to continuing, um, the partnership with the city
to navigate these next steps. Um, it is kind of
challenging right now, but I will also note that as
part of the development agreement that was registered on title
as part of the rezoning application, um, the, uh, sorry,
a housing agreement by law is required to come forward
to Council and to be adopted prior to any superstructure
building permit issuance. So prior to issuance before the towers
are built, um, the city or the applicant or the
developer in this case is required to have a housing
agreement in place required to be approved by Council. Fantastic.
So nothing about what we're passing tonight to make something
changes to that. No. Thank you. I just thought it
would be important for the public to hear. Yeah. Thank
you so much. Um, I just want to clarify a
couple of things. Like Council has given final approval to
this application. This is the next step. Which is building,
uh, sorry, which is development permit. And then the next
step after that is the building permit. Um, so just
to, just for clarity on that. But I, you know,
there's, I appreciate Councillor Lubick bringing up the jobs that
it's creating 555 jobs is not insignificant. And it is
actually quite a significant increase to what exists there today.
Um, and in addition, we've been hearing about, um, we've
been hearing and getting, you know, sort of feedback about,
about this application and about the fact that this isn't,
uh, this is not providing enough, um, two or three
bedroom homes. I want to just make it very clear
on this development. Almost half of the units that are
being proposed are two and three bedroom. And they are
all above, um, they all exceed the required minimum FSR.
So these are all good size units and a lot
of them are designed for families and designed for people
for multiple bedrooms. So that's important information. These are not,
um, you know, these, these are not what is being
characterized by some. And, you know, I think, I think
it's important and it's also, um, a sign that the
proponent that's bringing these forward is really, has really put
a lot of thought into it. The other important aspect
of this is, and I think we're sharing is the,
uh, the way that these, um, that this development has
been planned has been planned in a way that it
can be flexible around market needs. So if there is
a desire for more of one type of unit versus
another, they have the ability to make those changes. So
I think that that was one of the selling features
for me at least. And in approving this application. All
right. So it's been, has it been moved. Uh, no.
Okay. Moved and seconded. I will call the question then
all in favor. Opposed Councillor Labecky as opposed. Thank you.
That brings us through the end of the consent agenda.
Um, so we will now go to new business. So
we have the first item, which is 205 Mount Royal,
which is a development variance permit. There's a recommendation. Oh,
and before we get to that, um, this is, we
have an opportunity for public input on this specific item.
And I will. And we also have a presentation. So
we'll have the presentation first, Madam Clerk. And then we
will, um, invite anyone in the public who has an
interest in this specific application to come forward and provide
comment if they wish. All right. Um, go ahead. Good
evening. Um, I'll be presenting the development variance permit at
205 Mount Royal Drive. Yeah. Sorry.
Just an issue here. With there we go. Um, so
in July 2025, the applicant had applied for a minor
DP air minor development permit for a four unit small
scale. Multi - using housing development, a schmoo. Today we're
asking for Council's consideration of development variants permit DVP0036 for
two setbacks. Um, after Council consideration, the next steps for
the applicant would include further refinement of the minor DP
and eventually moving on to building permit. The subject property
is located in the sea view neighbourhood. As you can
see, it's boarded here by Mount Royal to the north.
Gross Lane to the east and veterane to the south.
The OCP designation is for low density residential and its
zone semi detached residential RT. There is a class C
water course or a ditch. Located adjacent to the property
running parallel with the Eastern property line, long gross lane.
The city zoning bylaw requires a five metre setback measured
from top bank for all classy water courses. During the
site planning for the four unit schmoo, the applicant felt
that the required setbacks provided significant challenges for their site
planning and what they were trying to achieve. In turn,
the applicant is proposing a reduction to the riparian protection.
And enhancement area. And the interior lot line setback. So
as you see in the table, the RPEA requires five
metres as per zoning bylaw. The applicant is proposing 2.
2 metres, which is a variance of 2. 8. Additionally,
the interior side lot line requires a 1. 5 metre
setback. The applicant is proposing 1. 2 metres with a
variance of 0. 3 metres. The sight plan you see
it in front of you illustrates the requested variances against
the proposed schmoo sighting for two duplex buildings in a
garage structure. The thick blue line at the bottom would
be the ditch location. The thin blue line is the
top of bank. The green dotted line would be the
required setbacks. And the red dotted line is the proposed
setback. It should be noted the applicant is respecting an
additional 1. 2 metre buffer between the building and the
proposed RPEA setback to allow for construction maintenance of the
buildings and access without disrupting the RPEA. A restoration plan
has been prepared by the applicant's QEP, which includes protection
fencing and shrub planting. The restoration plan's been reviewed by
staff and staff is satisfied with what's being provided. And
that would conclude the presentation. Staff is satisfied with the
respiration plan. They're satisfied with a variance. They think that
that's an acceptable variance. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much.
Councillor Knowles. Uh, I will move the recommendation. It's been
moved. Oh, before we're just going to use this opportunity
to ask any questions of staff. No. Okay. And public
input of the Councillor Labecki. Did you have a question
of staff? I did. Um, do we know the size
of these units? Did you say. The final site design
is still being refined through the minor DP process. But
with the variants, uh, they could have, and the permitted
FAR for the zone of 0. 8. They could have
up to 6, 100 square feet across the four units.
And without the variance, they would be allowed up to
4, 900 square feet across the four units. Another question
through the staff. If we do not grant the variance,
my understanding is that the lot in titlement exists. However,
it has to fall within our regulations and requirements as
a city. So if we were to not grant this
variance, would the applicant then simply have to figure out
how to bring something forward, whether that's three units, um,
for example, that did follow our rules and requirements under
the zoning. Is that correct? Through the chair, yes, that's
correct. If the variance wasn't granted, um, the applicant would
need to relook their site design as to how they
want to propose their schmoo. Okay. Thank you. I'll leave
it there and leave my comments till after Republican put.
Okay. Thank you. Councillor Agtrap question for staff? Yes. Thank
you. Can you repeat, um, what the size would be
if they had, if variants weren't granted. Sure. Yes. Through
the chair, um, this would be an approximate measure. So
sorry, without the variance, it would be 4, 900 square
feet across the four units. Okay. Thank you. And with
it, it's 6, 000 hundred. Yeah. Thank you. Approximate. Okay.
Uh, Councillor Morrison, question for staff? Yes, it is. Go
ahead. Uh, besides the, uh, environmental setback variants that we're
talking about right now, does it meet all other requirements
of the schmu, um, setbacks from all the other lines,
et cetera, and would comply in every other way. Do
the chair. So this would be specific to the zoning
bylaw. Any of the schmoo requirements would be for the
review doing the minor DP process. So their occurring concurrently,
but, uh, the minor DP would need to be for
the refined once the applicant has for the direction regarding
the setback variances. So the answer to that question is
you're not sure. Well, sorry. The question is, are there
any other variances or any other, um, is the, is
the proposal asking to go outside of the scope of
what we have as our schmug guidelines. Other than the
variants. So the schmo get, no, just, pardon me, just
the setbacks. Oh, I'll let Ms. Smith answer, perhaps maybe.
Go ahead, Ms. Smith. Yes. Uh, thank you, three worship.
Um, so in this case, it's been given a high
level review. So in terms of set facts and so
forth, all the big moves, uh, this has been identified,
or these have been identified as the two variances that
would be required. I think, um, what, uh, what the
staff member is referring to is more, the, you know,
building code review. There's more minor tweaks that may need
to happen. But in terms of the big moves, the
big pieces, this is what has been identified. I guess
the question is, other than the variants, does this meet
our schmo requirements. It within our own, within our own,
um. Within our, within our own guidelines. Through the chair,
my understanding is, yes, we would have done a complete
zoning review. Okay. So it should be more only more
minor building code type issues. Perfect. So in other words,
without answering, yes category C water course. It would be
in compliance with the schmo guidelines for a four units
on this size of property. It's basically what I'm trying
to get at. So, okay. Thank you very much. I
appreciate that confirmation. Thank you. I don't see any other.
You want to, you put your. Okay. I don't see
any other hands up. So thank you very much for
that. Um, at this point I'm going to open it
up for public for any member of the public who
feels that they want to weigh in or comment on
this application. And if you're online, please use the raised
hand function. I'll call a second time. Is there anybody
who wishes to address counsel with regards to this. A
third and final time. Seeing none, then we will close
the public input and we will move to, uh, Council
Comets. Councillor Knowles. I will remove the recommendation. Thank you.
Thank you. Um, is there a seconder. Okay. Thank you.
So, um, I just wanted to say that I appreciated
the, um, the report from staff on this. I actually
know this property quite well. I've driven through this neighbourhood
trillion times over the years. Um, so I did a
little site visit today of my own. And, um, and
was, was quite satisfied that staff's recommendation makes sense to
me. Yeah. The ditches, I mean, you wouldn't even know
it was there. So, um, I think for the, for
the benefits that are going to come to this development
in terms of size for the four units, um, and
the fact that, um, this neighbourhood, we're seeing more of
these in this neighbourhood. And I don't think it's going
to be out of place. Uh, I'm happy to support
this one. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Lerbecki. Thank
you. Actually, if it's okay. So I have one more
question for staff. Um, if I answer how much yard
space is there. If you have kids living in this
unit, how big is the yard for them to play
in. Through the chair, the final sight planning still needs
to be, um, refined. But, uh, the schmo requirements require
a minimum of 10 metres squared for all, uh, individual
units. So they would still have to comply with our
regulations around what the green space requirement was. Okay. Um,
10 metres squared. Interesting. So we hear a lot about
the provincial legislation at this table. And this is an
example where the decision sits with council. And my strong
view is if we want to, um, given this legislation
is overlaid now in our single family lots. If we
view our entire city with this potential, that is where
I get very uncomfortable with approving variances like this. Because
I don't think that setting a very good precedent. I
think if we, um, want to point fingers on legislation,
we claim that we have all these issues with. Then
when we do have control, we should take back control
of what we do. And my strong view is if
you're not following our variances, that you should build less
units or come back with a plan that follows our
rules. They're there for a reason. I don't think we
can be granting variances across every schmu application that comes
our way. Um, I feel very strongly about that. Just
because something has a word duplex beside it or townhome.
That's definitely the housing I want to see built. But
I'm not going to raise my hand in approval for
anything. And, and for me as a councillor, it's been
pretty consistent. If my support is to be provided for
development applications, if our rules and our expectations are fully
followed, chances are you'll get my support. So I'm not
going to be supporting this variance. I think that the
SEPAC should be not halved. The side going down to,
you know, variants of down to 1. 2. So I
won't be supporting this. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor
Agtarot. Thank you. Um, one more question for staff on
final question. If there was no ditch with this project
need variances. Through the chair, if there was no ditch,
then, um, the applicant would have the full space to
develop on. Okay. So I think that, thank you. I
think, um, for me, because it's, it's a ditch. It
doesn't have any aquatic life. It's, it's simply for stormwater
conveyance. Um, to, um, require, um, full setbacks from this
ditch. And by doing that, the units would be likely
be 300 square feet smaller. Yep. Um, and we have
said family friendly housing is a priority. And this is
an example of roughly 1500 square feet of family friendly
housing, um, and, and to make it smaller each unit
smaller by 300 square feet for a ditch that doesn't
convey water and does not hold any aquatic life. Um,
seems like a reasonable trade off to me. So I'll
be supporting. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. I, I feel
the same way Councillor Dilworth. Thank you. I'm going to
speak in support of the application. I think one of
the key points for me is the uniqueness of the
property being enclosed by roadways on three sides, which ensures
adequate and appropriate egraphs to the ingress egress to the
property. Um, I also think it's very fitting in the
neighbourhood. We've seen over the past couple of years we've
seen property owners, uh, evolved, their single family property lots,
um, either by subdividing, by doing, uh, small house subdivision.
And I think looking at two duplexes is a right
mix. And not just for, for families, you know, I
think a number of people that live up in the
sea view Glenair, even college park area are still older
families and they are looking to downsize. They have children
that are looking for access to homes. This could be
generational property. This could be having elderly parents move in.
I think it's exactly what Schmoo housing is meant to
be. And I'm very supportive of it. What else have
I got here? And the 10 by 10 green space
for every unit, that's a lot of green space on
that particular piece of property, I think. And I will
just, I'm not going to repeat everything that Councillor Egg
Trap said, but certainly one of the winning points for
me was the severance does allow for larger units and
more living space for whoever's going to live there. So
I am going to support this application this evening. Thank
you. Uh, Councillor Morrison, go ahead. Thank you. Um, I
appreciated staff answers those questions and thank you Councillor Egg
Trapp for bringing in clarifying a couple of those things
for us about the, um, the water course, um, category
C. Um, we have a goal as a council to
try to work with people to provide housing solutions. Um,
just, just because we're asking for a variance on this
one thing, we need to look at each individual application
regardless of what it is, whether it happens to be
a townhouse development, um, a schmud designation development or a
tower based on its individual merits and what is providing
to the community in that moment. Um, I appreciate that
the province did not do any consultation with the city
before rolling these things in. And I've mentioned that many,
many times before. But when, when, when we're not able
to provide another family sized unit for somebody because of
a ditch in the way that has no bearing environmentally
on anything around it. And staff are comfortable with this
report. And we're going to say, let's reduce the unit
by one. It's providing all on site parking, one per
unit. So we're not saying it's going to overflow into
other units. Um, it's, it's a larger size, which is
part of that missing middle that we're trying to provide.
Um, that we hear from this Council table all the
time about trying to provide more missing mental housing. And
then we're going to say no because we're doing a
variance. This is not a blanket statement we're going to
create a precedent that every single, uh, Class C water
course is going to be a variance. The fact that
it has the back lane, the fact that it's on
the end of a unit and has the side as
well, um, and that this happens to be underneath the,
uh, right on the edge of the property line. Let's
try to work with people to find solutions instead of
just putting up barriers. We need to stop finding solutions
instead of excuses to provide family housing. And I'm hearing
too much of that, um, whether it happens to be
a tower site that has 45 percent of its unit,
or it happens to be this, which is going to
be all family units. Let's find ways to work with
people to provide this. We're still in a housing crisis
here. Right. And we still need to be providing this.
And I think we need to look at the individual
merits instead of trying to make blanket statements about not
allowing something because it needs a variance and trying to
push back as if that's the way to push back
on the government's mandates. So, um, those are my thoughts.
Sonic, I'm going to be supporting this application because I
do believe in larger family size homes. And we don't
get a ton of them. Um, brought in. If this
was two lots and it had eight units on it
as townhomes, we'd be very happy to have townhouses there.
So the fact that this has four units on it,
consider it like a very small townhouse complex in a
way. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Lubeck. Thank you so
much. I'll be brief. Um, you know, I appreciate the
conversation at the table, honestly. You know, I would have
a lot more concerns if this was a development that
covered the entire property that did not have permeable surfaces
and play areas. And if the riparian area was anything
other than class C. And so I really appreciate that
staff have worked with the applicant to be able to,
you know, make adjustments. Um, and I just wanted to
say like, I think it's very important that we do
look at things application by application. Um, just, was it
last week, last week, I think we had an application
where council was not satisfied with the setbacks and said
so and pushed back. And we'll see what happens there.
But technically that was allowed. Um, this, well, that was
a love by provincial legislation on our legislation. But this
meets the goals that we're trying to achieve. And, um,
yeah, I just think it's important that we look at
things on an individual basis and not necessarily. Not necessarily
make blanket recommendations. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor. Yeah. I
mean, I'm looking at all the notes that I took,
um, when I was reviewing this report. And as I
was listening to, um, to staff's answers and sort of
my, my thoughts, I wrote, I feel that we need
to look at each application as a unique opportunity to
provide in fill housing. And we cannot, we have to
approach this with the, with, with the notion that we
sit at this table, as has been mentioned. And we
talk about how important housing for families is. This is
housing for families. And to simply say, no, because there's
a variance. To me, just is really counterintuitive to what
it is that we're trying to achieve here. I mean,
I had somebody ask me the other day. What are
you doing? What have you done for family housing? Well,
these are the kinds of applications that we want to
see. So we're looking at the difference between four, 1500
square foot units versus four 1200 square units. Like why,
like, if I had an opportunity to increase a housing
for families by 300 square feet, that's significant for a
family. And you would not want to, um, to, to
minimize that. So of course, um, I'm going to support
this. And again, we need to look at these applications
as unique opportunities for housing and not try to blank
it, put a blanket across all applications that come forward.
This does not in any way negate the criticism that
we had around the way that this, that this legislation
came in. And the fact that there was no consultation.
And the fact that we didn't plan for many of
the areas in the city that are calling for this
type of infill development to occur. However, this neighbourhood actually
did, does contemplate that directly across the street. There's townhouse
development and around the corner. So this is the ideal
neighbourhood for this type of infill housing. This is a
perfect lot. It has been mentioned. It has, uh, for
the exposures on, on the side. And, you know, I
just, I just think it would be like, what are
we trying to prove if we say no? Because the
variance. When this is exactly the kind of housing that
we're asking for is it makes no sense to me.
Um, so yes, of course, I will be supporting this.
So we'll call the question that for the record, I
just want to note that the statutory notification requirements have
been met and there were no written submissions received in
response to that. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh,
so I'll call the question then all in favor. Opposed
Councillor Larbecki as opposed. All right. Great. We'll move on
to the next item. Which is Heritage Alteration Permit 101
First Avenue. And this is for school district 43. Welcome.
Thank you.
Good evening Mayor and Council. My name is Terrence Chang
and I'm the development planner responsible for this project on
one - on - one First Avenue. Tonight, Council will
be considering the heritage alteration permit and development permit application
for this project. At the applications are approved by Council,
the project will be able to move, sorry. Will be
able to move forward to the building permit stage. Following
the issuance of the heritage alteration permit and the development
permit. Subject site is a corner lot located at the
intersection of IOCA Road and First Avenue. The proposed site
consists of one legal parcel that is a heritage protected
site. The city and the school district currently has a
joint use agreement to utilise the site. The site is
zone P1, which accommodates public service uses on public land,
including cultural recreational and administrative uses. Surrounding uses include commercial,
residential, and recreational spaces. The site requires an environmental development
permit as a portion of the site to the east
is classified as a high environmentally sensitive area. The site
is also within Dioko Townsite Heritage Conservation Area, which envisions
an opportunity to act as a generator of new development
with opportunities for adaptive reuse sensitive infill and revitalization. Imperial
oil established the planned iocal town site in the early
1920s. As a refinery, uh, was located in an isolated
area, the lacked road access until 1925. The town was
officially opened on October 1st, 1921 and contained two churches,
a community hall, a post office, a Bowling Green and
Clubhouse, tennis courts, and a sports field. The town's opening
also included a school, which was located at the entry
of the town. And across from the Ayoko Church, the
Bowling Green and the CPR Railway track. The school was
a wood frame construction with wooden lap siding at the
Foundation Level and Cedar's shingles above. All the children and
the town site attended the school, providing education ranging from
the first grade to university entry classes. The semi -
detached gymnasium was constructed in the late 1950s. Historical records
indicate that the school transitioned to an elementary school sometime
in the mid - 20th century and was converted to
an alternate school in the mid - 1990s. The school
officially closed in 2005 and school district 43 has continually
maintained the school following its closure. The application being considered
tonight proposes interior and exterior renovation to the IOCA school
site to accommodate 150 space licensed childcare facility. The proposal
seeks to preserve the wood frame structure and character -
defining elements of the school. Rehabilitate the interior to approve
functionality of the space and provide upgrades to mechanical and
electrical systems, seismic integrity, and accessibility. A heritage consultant has
been retained by the applicant and has worked collaboratively with
staff to ensure minimal impact on the heritage value of
the building. The heritage consultant will remain oversight of the
building during construction. Oh, sorry. Outdoor play and covered areas
are also proposed with an accessibility ramp located to the
east of the site to provide access to the upper
floor of the school from the outside. Once constructed, the
project will include 36 spaces for infant and toddlers, 66
bases for children's ages three to five and 48 spaces
for school - age children for before and after school
care. The facility will be run by a non -
profit childcare operator and will deliver affordable childcare fees to
the province's fee reduction program. 20 vehicle parking spaces are
being proposed along with outdoor bicycle and indoor bicycle parking
spaces. Following the results of the traffic impact assessment, the
application, the applicant will explore circulation constraints with staff resulting
from pickup and drop - off. Options to alleviate parking
concerns may include dedicating parking spaces for pickup and drop
- off, an additional bicycle parking spaces. In conclusion, in
the words of the applicant, since its closure in 2005,
the 1921 Iocal Schoolhouse, a designated heritage landmark and Port
Moody has long - awaited a second act. Staff are
supportive this proposal as the adaptive reuse of the school
site represents a balanced approach to heritage preservation while providing
150 new childcare spaces to the community. Thank you very
much. I would also like to note that there was
a minor clerical error in the report and that the
correct report has been provided as an on - table
attachment. Staff and the applicant team are available to answer
any questions. Thank you. Right. I'll go to Council.
Nobody. Oh, Councillor Act Raph. I like to move the
recommendation. Okay, it's been moved and seconded. And I just
like to thank the applicant, which is the school board,
I think, for imagining, reimagining this space as, um, a
community benefit that school has been empty for a while.
And I really appreciate the efforts in going through the
efforts of preserving the heritage while creating much - needed
childcare spaces in our community. So I fully support this.
Thank you, Councillor Councillor Dilworth. I will second second this
report. And I want to say that was a great
representation that you made. I really appreciated the sort of
historic angle and storytelling around the application. So I really
appreciated that. Um, first of all, I want to give
extreme gratification to the school district who have literally spent
decades committing to maintaining the integrity. And all the appropriate
care to keep this, uh, building in a space where
it can be reused. Far too many times at this
table, we see many of our older and historic buildings
being denigrated due to lack of maintenance. So, um, big
thank you to the school district for that. Uh, absolutely
going to support this. I am excited to see a
new gathering space in that part of our city. It's
not just going to be a child care centre with
the field renovated with the space there. I think it's
going to be very welcome at that end of the
city. So I do support this. Thanks. Thank you, Councillor
Councillor Knowles. Uh, yeah, I won't be labour much of
what my colleagues have said. I am two main things.
I'm also excited to see this area come back to
life literally. It's quite dead and dusty and brown in
that area right now. And I think having a bunch
of, um, happily playing children will be lovely. Um, I
also wanted to send, um, sincere thanks to the school
board, we've had some really productive and just overly generous
meetings, I feel with the school board lately. And it
has been really nice to, um, for this council, I
feel like to, to rebuild those relationships and to get
back on track. And I'm really looking forward to working
together with them on future projects. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor
Lerbecki. Thank you. Just wanted to say how excited I
am for this project. Uh, when you think of a
place that, again, we're speaking of space for children, 10
square metres is not very big. And when you're thinking
of, I think that's 107 square feet of Google is
correct. So when I think of a place where children
should be playing, this is exactly the type of location
that I think is ideal in terms of, um, the,
not only the exciting building renovation that will be undertaken.
And the historic, uh, nature of this spot that can
be learning opportunity for families and children attending there. But
the setting that it's in as well. So it's very,
very exciting. It's going to deliver much needed childcare. And
I just can't wait for it to be finished. I
know I've heard that from many people in the community.
So thank you so much. Thank you. Uh, Councillor Lubick.
Thank you so much. Yeah. I'll be brief. Just very
much appreciate all the work that's been done. And 150
new child care spaces is really impressive. And well being
able and for a variety of ages. I'm really excited
to see this. I also, as you were speaking was
kind of reflecting on just the history again of the,
of the site. And, you know, that's the importance of,
the importance in preserving those buildings because it captures the
stories of, you know, how we got, where we are.
And this is a new chapter in that story. Um,
and so I think it's, I think it's a very
special project. So thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah.
I would only add that. I hope that we'll have
an opportunity to sort of integrate some of that history
into the building in terms of perhaps maybe a plaque
acknowledging the origins of the building along those lines, something
like that. But, um, yeah, I'm, I'm also very supportive
of this. I will call the question all in favor.
Opposed carry unanimously. Thank you very much, Mr. Chang. Thank
you. Thank you. Next item is 11. 3, which is
Kyle Centre redevelopment project update and request for additional capital.
We have a, yeah, we have a presentation. Great. Thank
you.
Go ahead. Good evening Mayor Council. Thank you for the
opportunity tonight to bring you an update on the Calo
Centaury Development project. I'm going to start, uh, start with,
uh, sharing the proposed conceptual design that was shared recently
during the second round public engagement, uh, before I go
into some more details on the next step for the
project. Just a recap that the project is proposed to
take place over four phases. We're currently in the first
phase or the conceptual design phase, uh, we've done a
couple rounds of public engagement and the main deliverables for
this current phase, uh, would include a final concept design
along with class D cost estimates and funding strategies. And
if Council approves, uh, then we'll go forward to the
next phase, which would be detailed design to be followed
by phase three construction of the community centre in plaza.
And then followed by phase four construction of Kyle Park.
Um, so, uh, on the screen there, there's a number
of key themes that came out of round one engagement.
I'm not going to go into details here, but I
would just name a couple such as connecting indoor and
outdoor spaces and finding a balance between flexible and specific
users for this basis. Um, I just want to note
that these, uh, he, themes were all considered, uh, in
during the development of the conceptual design. So this is
a concept plan overview. You can see that, uh, the
community centre is proposed to be situated right across from
the pomo arts building. The commute centre is setting it
at about 39, 000 square feet, which is more than
two and a half times of the existing cow centre,
which is at 11, 000 square feet. Um, so in
front of the commute centre, there's the plaza area. And
then down south, you see the existing cow park. There's
plans to do some renewals and updates to this existing
portion of Cal Park. And then to the north, uh,
here's the expanded portion of Kyle Park. And in this
concept design, the Kyle Street is proposed to be closed
between St. Andrews and St. George, uh, to provide better
connection between the plaza and the park space. We're also
looking at potentially closing portion of St George, as noted
here in the blue box. And there's nothing happening in
the Westernmost portion of the project site, but we have
research sufficient area for potential future low cost housing of
Council So Directs in the future. So this is a
3D illustration of the proposed concept plan. Again, you can
see the community centre right here, the plaza right here.
The renewed cow part to the south as well as
the expanded chiropart to the north. And then also the,
um, closed section of Cow Street through support connection between
the outdoor spaces. Um, the community centre sits on one
and a half levels of underground parkade. And you can
see the parquet ramp right here with entrance from St.
Andrew Street. The proposed community centre has two floors. Uh,
this is the ground floor plan. The main entrance is
right here, uh, from Kyle Street. As you go in
on your left would be the reception area, uh, as
well as the weight room. And on your right would
be a lounge area for people to socialize and chat.
And then further, would be the youth senior space games
room. And a fitness multipurpose space. Here's washrooms and showers.
And then down here is the gym, which is big
enough to fit, um, four pickleball courts. Moving on to
the second floor, um, we have the arts multipoppers space,
uh, which is strategically placed there to look across over
to the pomo arts building. We have a meeting room
in the middle here. And then, uh, unallocated programmable space
to the left. And then down south, um, we have
an event multipurpose space. There is also a prep kitchen
that's attached to the events multipurpose space to support warming
up of any catered food. It's not a commercial great
kitchen. So we do not intend that to be producing
food or major cooking in that area. So this is
an East elevation view of the building. Um, so you're
looking basically standing on Cal Street looking west towards the
building. You can see the plaza area, um, we do
intend to, um, program it throughout the year to make
it a very vibrant space. In the image here, you
can see a little, um, uh, concert happening at the
corner, um, further to the, to the north. You see
a little area here. This is a handy dart pickup
drop off area, uh, which would provide a short distance
to the main entrance, which is right here. Uh, I
do want to note that there is a little slide
here for children to go down from the, um, uh,
from up here to the plaza as the caregivers or
parents go down the stairs themselves. Um, so again, this
is the main entrance. And then to the right is
the lounge as well as the youth and senior space.
I mentioned earlier to the left is the, uh, staff
of reception area, uh, and then the weight room, uh,
to the left here. There is an accessible washroom here
that's intended for park or plaza users. So they could
access from the outside and without, um, going through the
building. And then upstairs, you can see the, uh, arts
multipurpose space on the right and the event multipurpose space
on the left. So I'm going to take you through
a few renderings of the building of the interior of
the building. Um, so the left image here basically are
you standing at the entrance. You can see that there
is a long corridor that runs through the length of
the building that all the spaces open into. Um, so
you can see the seating area of the lounge on
the right. On the left is the, um, reception area.
There's also a couple elevators that would take you up
to, um, the upper floor or down to the parquet.
The image on the, I'm sorry. Um, the image on
the right is just a different rendering showing further down
the corridor as you walk towards the west. You have
the, uh, fitness multipurpose space to the right and the
gym to the left. So this rendering, um, shows a
better inside of the gynacium. You can see also that
there's glazing along the walls here upper floor as well
as lower for people to look into the gym for
parents to look into their gym. If they're dropping off
their children for different activities or lessons here. The image
on the right is again, a look through the corridor,
but you're standing on the west side of the building
and looking back at towards the entrance. Just want to
note that there are, um, a lot of opportunities on
the wall spaces for different art display. Uh, so moving
on up to the second floor, again, we're looking towards
the entrance. We have the Arts multipurpose space on the
left. And then, um, the events multipurpose space on the
right. There's quite generous space for people to gather or
to wait before an event happens. Which could be a
wedding or a conference, et cetera. Uh, the image on
the right shows the interior space of the arts multipurpose
space. You can see that there is a lot of
glazing, um, included, um, to provide as much natural light
as possible for any artist that who might be working
in that space. So this renderer here, um, shows
a quick look, our overview of the outdoor spaces, um,
we have the expanded Kyle Park right in front in
the forefront. The closed section of Kyle Street and then
the plaza in front of the, um, centre. And then
the, um, the renewed cow park to the south. So
you can see that there is a lot of different
types of equipment and play features that are shown in
the playground here, um, but these are really, um, just
placeholders. We do intend that to have different structures and,
uh, features to provide a wide range of play values
for children of different ages. Um, I do want to
note that there is an accessible path that goes around
the core portion of the playground here. And that accessible
path also connects to the closed section of Kyle Street
and the Plaza in front of the committee centre. The
image on the left shows the stepped terrorists that are
sitting on top of the closed section of Cow Street.
We have included terraces here just to work those in
into the existing topography of the site because the great
drop is actually quite, quite huge. There's a lot of
movable furniture and elements here that could be changed out
over the year to support different programs in the space.
You can see that we have included a lot of
planting areas as well as trees to provide a microclimate
as well as shades, especially in the summer. Uh, the
image on the right shows the renewal Kyle Park. There
are two levels of terraces with the upper level showing
a basketball half court. Inten it for older youth and
teenagers. And the lower terrorist featuring a whole bunch of
different fitness and parkour type equipment as well as seating
areas intended for adults. Um, so in terms of next
steps, we are looking to implement a couple additional scopes
imminently. The first one being a traffic and access review
of potential closure or modifications to St. George Street. So
this would include consideration of existing residential and emergency access
with steep rates to the west, as well as alternate
trafficcoming provisions because the existing directional, um, diverter that's at
the corner of Kyle Street and St. George Street would
need to be removed. Uh, we also want to get
feedback from a JSON residential properties. Um, I just want
to note that this is an additional scope because we
didn't plan on closing St George. But we did hear
safety concerns, which came up quite high through the public
engagement. And so we want to address that. And we
also think that if what we do close as St.
George that would promote connection between the north and south
portions of Kyle Street of Kyle Park, sorry. And the
other additional scope is archaeological impact assessment and field work.
Um, so this we were originally planning to do this
work, um, in the next phase, just based on the
anticipated timing of the permit approval, um, but we have
received notice that the permit likely going to come in
in the next month or so. So we like to
start this work as soon as possible. So we could,
uh, get more information and de - risk the projects.
And in our engagements with First Nations, they have all
noted that, uh, archaeological assessment is a priority for them.
So in order to cover these additional scopes, we are
seeking 148, 000 dollars to be allocated from the community,
amenity contribution reserved, uh, to support this work. And moving
forward, we want to confirm the geotechnical and archaeological requirements.
We are committed to continued dialogue with interest holders, uh,
we do plan on a public engagement to get more
feedback into the chiropract detail design. Of course, this is
in the second phase or in the detailed design phase,
um, we want to make sure that we, um, share
any information in a timely manner as the project progresses.
And staff have started looking at potential relocation options of
existing co - centre programming. And we'll continue to, uh,
to move in that direction. And lastly, we will want
to consider and start planning to minimize any construction impacts
for the pomoarts building as well as neoby businesses and
residential properties. Um, so in terms of next steps, we
intend to bring back a brink to council, full sum
conceptual design report along with class D cattle cost estimates
and potential funding strategies. And we also be seeking council
approval to proceed to the next phase, uh, which is
detailed design. And if Council approves, uh, then in 2027,
we would be starting on value engineering and detailed design.
Uh, so this takes me to the, uh, to the
end of the presentation. I'd like to use the opportunity
to, um, to get any feedback that cancel to provide.
Okay. Thank you very much. I see Councillor Knowles has
did. Uh, thank you. I will begin by removing the
recommendation. That's if I may. Okay. Thank you. Um, thank
you so much for this report to all of the
staff from Chico Eu Ding. A lot of work in
planning has gotten us to this point tonight. My goodness,
I recall, and I'm not the only one. What I
ran for election for the first time in 2022. This
was on my list of things to do. So I
am very excited to be here tonight. Um, you know,
this was, this went to all the committees. This went
to so many user groups in the city, um, public
engagement, um, has been wide and deep. And I really
appreciate all the work that went into it. These are
not small, small things that are done. I mean, the
engagement that stuff does is hours and hours hundreds of
hours, um, throughout the city. And I just want to
acknowledge you for doing that. And you've managed to encapsulate
it all in multiple reports to us. What we're seeing
here tonight is isn't, you know, just one report. This
is one of several that we've seen, um, over many,
many, many months. So thank you for that. I think,
um, I'll make a few comments here. I'm going to
leave the pickleball court comment for my colleagues. I know
he's going to want to comment on that. Um, I'm
really excited about a lot of things here. The parking
improvement for that area, the outdoor washroom that is going
to be accessible without having to go inside the building.
Amazing. The planning for shade. This is going to add
so much for, I mean, not just pomoarts, but our
seniors, our youth. I really want to see a community
garden here. I was so glad to see that included
in the latest iteration. Thank you for that. Um, and
I want to recognise that, you know, the reason why
we're seeing a different, um, iteration here tonight of 39,
000 square feet versus 30 is because of all the
engagement that's taken place, this is, this is a design
that has evolved over time. And this is why you've
come back to us tonight and said, we need additional
funds because now we're looking at a 39, 000 square
foot, um, for changes. We need a traffic study. The
public engagement that you mentioned tonight has specifically brought up
issues that hadn't been thought of before, which is the
point of public input. It's literally a beautiful thing that
has happened here. Um, we're going to be, this, this
community centre is going to be meeting the needs not
just now, but in the future. Um, so yeah, I'm
obviously very excited. I do want to acknowledge that there
have been some, um, uh, criticisms from members of the
public who don't want us to build this and or
want us to save it until the next council or
want us to just patch the roof instead. And to
that I say this has come so far in such
a long period of time. And I'm really happy with
the work that's been done so far. And I think
we should proceed. And I'm happy to proceed. I have,
I have great trust in staff. The one thing I
will say from my own perspective and having spent a
lot of time at the new moody elementary is what
will be important here going forward is, um, managing the
budget and sticking to it. Um, I was really, really
impressed with the work done at Moody Elementary. They had
a budget. They stuck to it. It was delivered on
time. And, um, on budget. And so it can be
done. So once I realised we're only at a class
D estimates at this at this time, but, um, I
really will be looking for that for Council to be
really, really tough on the budget when the time comes.
But overall this looks wonderful. I'm very excited. I believe
my colleague is going to, um, make a motion arising
or perhaps amend the emotion, um, with regards to, um,
an idea regarding Pomar arts. And I look forward to
that. Um, but just overall, thank you so much. This
is very exciting. Thank you, Councillor. We will go to
Councillor Delworth. Thank you. First of all, I want to
say I love the building. The use of windows and
woods just absolutely, um, transforms that space. I'm really excited
about the, uh, both the internal and the external programming
space that's available. And I can remember the very first
strategic planning session that this Council had. And we talked
about things that we wanted to see done in our
term. And the revitalization of Kyle Centre was top of
the list of many other items. But it was up
there. It was, it was certainly up there. And I
want to say what we're doing here is we're taking
a 47 year old building. And transforming a building into
what we can see now is a very unique Kyle
district with significant new park space with significant new opportunities.
And I think that is just a part of the
evolution of that side of the city. And certainly in
moody centre, giving the residents of Moody Centre a really,
really, um, expansive gathering space. I'm very happy. And, you
know, reading through all the engagement summaries, I'm seeing the
lot of other, uh, people in this community that are
quite excited about this. Um, I do note that there
will be another consultation with the community. I have two
questions, if I may. The first question is, can through
to staff, can you please remind me if this building
is going to be constructed to any of the environmental
standards, whether it's a lead standard, whether it's the Rick
Hanson accessibility standard, programs, are we actually building this to
any of those standards, whether we're applying for the designation
or not, because I know we can build it to
the standards without actually applying for the designation. Can you
remind me where we're at? Yes, through the chair, we're
targeting lead gold standard in terms of sustainability. And Rick
Hanson Gold in terms of accessibility and inclusion. We must
be coming pretty much up there as a, as a
leader in terms of, uh, the level of sustainability mitigation
that we've done on, on a number of our recent
buildings. My last question is really nice pictures. And I
think we've had this discussion before. Very nice pictures of
the external spaces. And we know trees will grow. But
in terms of, uh, mitigating any heat dome effect with
that much open space there. I know we've talked about
potentially using different shade canopies to be implemented as well.
Can you speak further on that? So we have started
considerations of those things. But, uh, as we move to
design forward, there will be further considerations in terms of
additional tree locations to provide natural canopy. And in the
outdoor spaces, um, we will continue to look at potentially
something similar in the plaza area. Great. I guess my,
my last comment is I cannot wait to, uh, have
the community at the ribbon cutting of this event. And
with the knowledge that this building is going to supersede
47 years and our residents will be using it for
at least 50 years into the future. And I think
what we're, what we're proposing here is exactly what that
community has asked for. And, uh, what we're providing. Thank
you. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Lubeck. Thank you so much.
Um, first, um, not to steal anything from my, my
colleague, but I really like how we're measuring Jim's in
pickleball courts now. Um. I very much also appreciate that
staff are addressing the concerns that we've heard come up
through public employed, especially around safety. So it's really, I
just really appreciate when that can be integrated. And I
know we do our best to integrate where we hear
from the public. Um, going back through not only the
first input session, but the most recent one, but the
first one, I really liked how some of the questions
have been framed. What we're trying to achieve here, like,
how do you want to feel when you enter the
space. And so many questions around inclusion for different user
groups. So I really want to say how much I
appreciate that. And we got so many wonderful ideas from
the community as well as from our advisory groups. Um,
and I do love the design. It's also very interesting,
but also in a biophilic architecture. So, you know, Billy
fits in with the area and blends in with the
nature. Um, I think this is really important for our
community. Um, I was looking back some of the recommendation
surveys and about we need more space. Even now, even
if we don't grow, we need more programmable space. And,
and I appreciate that, you know, this is an investment
in our community. But even if we were to try
to patch up Kyle Centre right now, functionally, it doesn't
meet our needs. There's a lot of different programming that
we need for seniors, for arts. Um, for gymnasium spaces.
And it reminded me also of the conversations we've had
about our, um. Our civic facilities studies. And that intergenerational
equity. Like in the fact that we need to be
investing for future generations, not just for today. We know
what it was like to now be thinking about rebuilding
our library when it was almost a capacity when it
was, uh, finished as much as we love the library.
You know, we should have been looking forward more when
we built that. So I do hear the concerns about
costs that it came up from some folks, um, and
we don't have a conclusion exactly of what that's going
to look like as far as the balance of ACCs
and DCCs and borrowing. Um, but I think it's also
important to remind folks that, um, there are grant programs
that are coming up now from the federal government, um,
like Bill Canada Strong, which also looks at matching funding
from the province. And being able to have things that
our shovel ready is that's when they want to actually
build them. So, you know, I appreciate that folks are
worried about cost. Everything is getting harder. But our staff
are really good at getting grants and punchable their weight
when it comes to applying and actually succeeding. So I
just have a couple of considerations that I'd like to
staff to keep in mind as we go. I know
this is still early days. Um, I did love that
there is community gardens. And, you know, as Kyle campus
grows, I hope it'll be more opportunity for that. Um.
One of the things that came up from some conversations
in the community that I was part of was if
there would be an opportunity for the Jim space to
be able to convert into a performance space of some
kind. I was talking to some parents around opportunities to
minimize stimulation for those children and other participants or other
participants who may need calm reflective spaces, um, while they're
taking part in programming. Um, and as we started talking
about, um, covered areas, I know that that was a
comment that I took to heart having cover spaces in
the plaza, especially for seniors to be able to gather
and to chat, um, and to be able to use
that plaza in all, in all weather. I think that's
really important. And also my last comment is just around
the shade structures. I think that that's really important. I
appreciate that. I'll come later. Um, I think that's also
an opportunity for art pieces as well. I know I've
seen in certain, well, global communities either doing community art
projects that involve creating sales or what have you. So
just to think outside the box and fars when we're
trying to create, um, you know, the shade structures or
any other structures, if we can incorporate artistic elements as
well. That's it. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councillor.
Councillor Larbecky. Thank you. Um, so I greatly appreciate the
work that has been done. And here we are in
July ahead of October at a meeting where we have
no public input. You know, talking about spending more money
to move forward on things like just what is actually
for as part of it was described 150, 000 cover
being larger size and the planning for that, but also
traffic analysis, archaeological assessment, uh, staff and contingency. That is,
um, moving ahead on a major infrastructure project at immense
cost to our community that to be frank, I do
not understand the mandate we have on. So I just,
and that is not a comment on the design work,
anything like that. I think this is very exciting. It's
wonderful. It's come to the committees. We've had a few
open houses. Um, eventually this is going to be a
need for our community. Depending what happens in Moody Centre
to be frank, especially around the densification of that area.
But I do want to point out to the engagement
so far. Round two of engagement minors standing. It's had
about 40 people at the open house in 75 surveys
completed. Um, the round one of that total engagement from
my understanding was about just over 300 people. So I
just don't feel like the enthusiasm for marching ahead just
before an election on such a massive capital, uh, infrastructure
project could be gleamed from this, these, this input that
we've had. And the input that we did have, that
one of the top concerns was cost. It impacted taxpayers.
And that is a very legitimate concern. Um, so I'm
very fine to give input tonight. And I think that
it's, it's gone through the committees and it's a very
thoughtful design. And I feel very comfortable about, okay, we
have this now. We have a vision. We know what
we're working towards. Am I comfortable spending another 150, 000
dollars to get permitting and stuff this summer. Uh, I'm
not. And I don't think enough members of our community
are on board or even know what we're talking about
right now for me to feel comfortable with that. Uh,
so I will be calling for, for separation on this.
And I will not be supporting the increased funding. I
think regardless of who's sitting here next term, it's going
to be the next council is going to be deciding
how to proceed, what to see, what does it look
like and what the future of call centre is? And
I think there needs to be a mandate from the
public. Uh, this is kind of like discussing the icing
on a cake when we don't own an oven. Right.
It's kind of bizarre to me that we're so focused
in on, on, um, the insights of this building. And
we have no idea how we're going to pay for
this. How much is even going to cost. So I
really appreciate the work of staff. I'm comfortable where this
is at. I think we need to put a bit
of a pause. Three months won't do much except for
allow a relook at this in a new context of
what the next term will look like. So and we
can hear better from the public at that time, I'm
hoping. Thank you. Thank you. Um, Councillor Agterapp. Thank you.
Um, there was 29 pages of public like verbatim comments
that, uh, Council received and cost came up 34 times.
And I appreciate, uh, that there is concern about how
we're going to pay for this. And I also appreciate
Councillor Lubick for bringing up like the shovel ready to
get some of these grants. We need to have shovel
ready things, but also people talked about cost as like
adding more parking. So the cost benefit. So it wasn't
only concern about how we're going to pay for that.
Although I definitely hear that. I was curious about when
Kyle Centre was built, there was about, uh, 12, 000
people in Port Moody. And that works out to basically
5. 4 square feet per person. Um, and then, you
know, I guess at the time we still had the
ice sheet and the curling rank, um, and then in
2008, there was the expansion of what we have today
at the rec centre. And I'm, I moved here just
before that. And it was under construction. And now between
Kyle and, um, our rec centre, we have 175, 000
square feet, which works out to 4. 3 square feet
per person. So, um, where I'm going with this is
that, you know, we are at sitting around 39, 000
square feet, but also there was a number of comments
in there saying add another floor, build it bigger, um,
for the future. And, um, I hear that. And I
also can hear the concern about cost. So that's definitely
a balancing act. Um, I'm comfortable with the request for
148, 000. I think what staff is asking for is
very reasonable. And it will take us to the next
stage. Regardless of what happens in the election, there will
still be time to turn, you know, to turn the
ship if that is the will of the next council.
But in the meantime, I think we should still proceed
with and referencing all the positive comments and the wants.
And there. I did have a question. Um, the kitchen
that's in Kyle Centre right now, is it going to
be similar? Like it's still like a warming kitchen. So
it's, it's, we're not losing anything. I see nodding heads.
Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Um, I wrote a lot of
notes and now I've lost my spot. I like, um,
the idea of more covered spaces in the plaza. Um,
I remember during the pandemic, the covered space out here
and over to the side here was well used. I
would walk by here to return a library book. And
I would see, um, the group of seniors sitting with
their lawn chairs, you know, in a circle gathering in
an open air space, but still undercover, um, given that
we have, you know, torrential rains. Also heat domes, I
think covered spaces are going to be welcomed by many
people. Um. Quiet spaces was also another, another aspect that
I've heard as well, like needing that low stimulation space.
And the ceiling heights was mentioned, but I'm assuming that
it's appropriate for volleyball, basketball, pickleball, many uses. And I
like that we're adding another multipurpose gymnasium given the popularity
of the two, the double gymnasium that we have now.
And knowing that it can be hard for, um, people
to, there's not a lot of time just to do
drop in, shoot some hoops or play around in the,
so appreciate that we're getting another potentially getting another space.
Um, the only sort of comment that I didn't see
in, in the feedback that I would say is, um,
look for efficient construction methods, um, I know, um, mass
timber is being contemplated, but also some of the other
sort of newer construction methods like panelized that is being,
um, built off site and then just popped up. So,
um, I think that has some, some ability to minimize,
um, the construction cost, though recognising digging a hole is
probably the most costly, importing the foundation is the most
costly part of the building. So appreciate all the work.
Um, look forward to the next step and see how
this shakes out in the fall. Thanks. Thank you. Councillor
Morrison. Thank you. Um, I just want to start off
by saying thank you very much for the feedback. Um,
I really enjoyed reading the different input from our community.
And I'm also want to recognise the passion of the
community and that there is a big need for all
different levels of services and different needs that aren't necessarily
able to be delivered in Port Moody yet. Um, whether
that is the quiet spaces that my colleagues talk about
or the push for cafe social spaces, um, within the
building or seniors and quiet zones or outdoor spaces to
be able to have get togethers and stuff. I recognise
that the need for a senior facility. There's a need
for a bigger recreation facility. There's need for youth spaces
to gather. Um, there's need for expansion for our arts
community to be able to, um, utilise that programming and
the demand on those programming because they run such a
great program. So I just want to say that I
appreciate all these different angles coming. And it's very, very
hard as well when you're seeing this need to not
say, let's do it all. How can we do it
all? And, you know, 39, 000 square feet I want
to commend staff for the fact that they expanded that
size with council's direction on looking at those other needs
as well as figuring out how we can make these
spaces as multi - use as possible so that there
is the ability to transition, for example, in the evenings
to a different use or earlier in the mornings to
a different use in some of these spaces. So I
want to recognise that. Um, as far as my comments
in regards to the look of it, and I appreciate
the fact that the playground aspect of it is just
placeholders right now, um, I, I hope they remain as
placeholders and that there is a bigger discussion in regards
to playground use, um, whether there's consideration of the possibility
of a mint small water park for us cooling capabilities
or cooling centre capabilities in that area, which is very
much a heat island area of the city. Um, as
we know, Moody Centre is, um, I also want to
recognise the cost as well, as was mentioned by some
of my colleagues. And the community as well. They're worried
about this and how it's going to be paid for.
And the ton of information out in regards to that.
We're getting there. But, um, I think that that'll be
a key component. So I'm a little bit, like I'm
enthusiastic about the idea of providing such a really cool
amenity that's going to be, you know, for the future
for future residents that are coming in as well as
serving our existing community. The fact that west side port
moody is going to have a proper good size recreation
centre to be able to get to without having to
drive all the way down St. John Street to our
rec centre over here. Um, is going to massively cut
down their commute times. Um, and maybe even permit to
active transportation or, or using, um, alternative modes like buses,
et cetera. So I'm excited about that aspect of it
as well as the growth that's going to happen in
the area around it. Um, so, but the cost thing
is, is, is a moment of pause for me because
I know things can get expensive. And I am going
to be pushing very, very hard for any type of
partnerships, reduction and cost efficiencies, et cetera. As we go
through this process and those discussions happen on how we
can deliver the most, whether it's square footage wise or,
or amenities or whichever into this space for the lowest
cost possible while still, you know, following along our climate
commitment goals, but maybe not as far as what might
be, um, you know, the leaders of the entire lower
mainland, if that's going to make a big difference in
the cost. So I want to look at all those
angles on those different cost pricing to see if we
can shave five million, three million, whatever it happens to
be off the cost, but still deliver a world -
class facility that I know that our residents need. So
I'm supportive of the extra cost here. Um, I understand
that there's some potential savings in time and also potential
cause. This could be made back just in time savings,
et cetera, and being able to utilise, um, planning without
having to feel like we're rushing or taking a step
too quickly. So I can see this coming back later
on in the process. So I'm okay with this an
expenditure. So thank you for that. And those are my
comments. Thank you. Um, yeah, I'm not going to add
a lot to what was said, but I do want
to, uh, sort of emphasize some of the points that
were made. And I think Councillor Lubick really hit on
one that I was, that I think that is really
important for us to keep in mind. And that is
around the grants and the fact that, um, the more
detailed design that we get to, um, the, the better
position we will place the city in to get that
funding from the, from the federal government. So I'm, the
only other comment that I would say on that is
that the only way to find out what the cost
is, is to get those to get to that detailed
design place so that we can actually get those numbers
on the table so that we can see that what
we're dealing with. And then we, then we go to
the next step where we're figuring out, well, how are
we going to pay for this? And that needs to
come. Um, I'm, I also feel very comfortable, um, with
the increase, uh, for the reasons that we're explained around
the change in the scope and the necessity to increase
those into sort of add those things to the, to
the planning right now in order so that we can
actually capture some of the issues that the community brought
up. Um, so I'm comfortable with that. And I'm also
comfortable with the, um, utilising the funding source that staff
have recommended, which is the, uh, community amenity contribution, uh,
reserve. Um, you know, when I look at this project
and I sort of think about Kyle, the Kyle campus.
And what we're trying to achieve here, we have to
also remember that those renderings will be changed and they
will be further refined as we get into further details.
Um, and we'll be making some announcements in the area
that are going to change this almost immediately in terms
of the, um, the, I guess, how that, how that
will unfold. Um, so I'm really excited about that. Um,
but when I think about what, how, uh, area is
being used right now, I really always go back to
the art centre. And the fact that, um, the art
centre and the, um, the, the folks at the art
centre are providing, they're really the arts arm of the
city. And what we've been hearing from them as recently
as even, I think earlier this year was that they're
very, um, constrained in the space that they have. They're
very, they, they would love to be able to expand
their programming and, um, look for other ways to provide
that service to the, to the residents. Um, of Court
Booney and to partner with the city to achieve that
goal. Um, and so I always have always thought of
this building as being, um, an expansion for, you know,
as the potential for expanding, um, the facility, the art
centre facility as well. And I appreciate the, um, the,
the mention of the art space, um, at that during,
during the presentation. And, and do really feel very strongly
that we need to be, um, pushing that, um, and
really working with the art centre folks to try and
ensure that, um, we're providing the space that's required for
that increase in programming. I think that for us, it's
really, it's really going to come down to cost again
in terms of all the comments that were made previously.
We need to get to that detailed phase. And in
speaking with staff today, um, in order to assist us
in understanding, um, what that might look like, I think
that we should be giving direction at this time for,
for, um, for staff to do some analysis and some
feasibilities around, uh, what would it look like if we
allocated some space to specifically dedicate it for space for
the art centre? Um, so with that, I'd like to
move, um, the following amendment, our additional motion to what's
being presented here. And that is that staff report back
on the financial feasibility. Of allocating the second floor of
multipurpose room for dedicated space for art, centre, program expansion.
And report back, um, and to report back during the
detailed design phase. So that we can have all the
information in front of us so that we can best
understand what that, what that would look like. And we
can continue those conversations with the art centre folks, um,
and trying to integrate. And help them along in expanding
their opportunities in the city. So, um, that's been, that's
a motion that I'd like to, okay, it's been moved
in seconded. Um, thank you for that. I'll go to
Councillor Knowles. Yeah. Thank you for that Mayor. Um. This
is something I think is very important. We know that
Pomartz has outgrown its space. And it actually has so
many opportunities ahead of it. Um, for programming. And it's
actually now, we need to remember it's not for Martin's
anymore. It's pomo arts and the visitor centre. Yes. Right.
Um, they have taken on a whole new role. And
in this city and are starting to direct people all
over the city, which is really, really impressive. So, um,
absolutely support this. I think this has the potential, you
know, and this is just one more step in our,
our fully embodying the city of the arts. So thank
you for this. Absolutely support. Thank you. I think it's
important to get that information so that we come from
a place of knowledge. Councillor Dilworth, let me just speak
in support of the amendment. I think in addition to
providing additional programming space for pormon arts, what it's also
giving them a certainty. Certainty in knowing that they have
X amount of space. And it can really help them
in their, both their shorter term programming and their longer
term programming. As I noted earlier, this is going to
be, this building is going to be there for use
for the next 50 years. So for promo arts to
know that they are in true partnership with the city
and they have allocated space in that building gives them
a higher level of security and certainty in terms of
their long - term strategic planning. Okay. Um, I don't
see anybody either. Oh, Councillor Morrison. Just let me copy.
Thank you. Um, I appreciate the, uh, amendment Mayor Latti.
I think that this information is good information to have.
Um, and also figuring out the costing, et cetera, around
that as well. Um, we know that providing space for
any community group has an expense to it. And it
subsidized by the city and the taxpayers, et cetera. And
I know that they put on awesome programs. So I'd
love to know more about, um, about not only the
cost of delivering this as a consistent space, um, to,
to this, this group, but also, um, you know, the
amazing things they're thinking about coming forward as, as part
of that extra space, if they got that, would that
be also part of this where they would talk it
all about that? I think that that would be something
that the art centre would have to take away. And
I, and I wouldn't presume that they would know right
away. They're, they're going to have to determine from a
business case for themselves if that's, you know, what I
hear, what I've heard from, um, the art centre is
that, um, they need to know, like, if, if, um,
how many square feet they're talking about and what, what,
what that would look like. So I think we want
to be able to provide that to them so that
they can, so that they can go back, go away
and do some and cringe some numbers and figure out
what their plan might look like. Um, this is just
a starting place in order to try and get that,
those conversations going. Um, it's really important for us. Because
any space that's in there that's built. And if it's
dedicated to a specific, if it's not being used by
the general public, then the rest of the space needs
to sort of make up for that. So we need
to look at how we're going to, to pay for
that as well. So I think it's really important that
we get everything on the table so that we know
exactly what we're doing. And so as part of this,
there would also be some discussion about perhaps needs within
that space for them, whether it's ventilation or, um, I
would hope so. Et cetera stuff like that. You know,
and it may be too early to get to those
types of conversations for them. But, um, just from a
financial feasibility, if, if we're building that space and, you
know, what would that look like for the city? Yeah.
Cause some of those things are key equipment that they
would have to consider. And, um, just with what those
conversations to happen between staff and the arts centres. So
that way they can say this is the space that
you were looking at. What do you need in this
space to be able to do it so that way
that's a full part of that? We may, we may
not get to that detail, uh, level of detail, but
we need to know whether, what the cost for the
city is for that type of a space to be
allocated somewhere else. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Um, okay. And I don't see any other hands. So
I'm going to call the question on the amendment all
in favor. Opposed carried. Now we're going back to the
main motion. I think everybody has spoken to this. So
I'm going to call the question on the main motion,
all in favor. Oh, the separation councillor. I'm sorry. Forgive
me. Sorry. So we'll go on the first part, which
is the providing the, of the feedback. All in favor.
Opposed carried. The second part is the additional 148, 000
for the scope change. All in favor. Opposed Councillor Larbecki
is opposed. On the third part of the motion, all
in favor. Opposed carry unanimously. Thank you. All right. Thank
you everybody for that. Uh, we'll move to the next
item on the agenda, which is 11. 4. The suiter
broke traffic improvement plan update request. I think that we
are looking at having a staff presentation on this. Oh,
Mr. Moye. I'm sorry. My bad. And I also, I
will note that, um, we have, uh, representative from Ani
in the audience. And if Council wishes to ask that
individual, any questions, um, with leave of Council, we can
invite them up to answer questions. Um, Mr. Moy. Through
the chair, it's not a, it's not a presentation, but
just a brief summary. The city and Ani have been
working together to implement traffic improvements in Sutter Brook over
the past several years. Um, the report, uh, that's in
the agenda package outlines a scope change, which would help
getting, get the remaining work done. So Ani's provided some
rationale for the change. And staff support this change in
consideration of the high impacts of the original scope of
work. There was, uh, there was the one way conversion,
which was done by the city. And then there's been
some addition of raise crosswalks. Um, the remaining work is,
is some intersection, um, changes at, at Murray and Morrissey.
And then particularly creating raised intersections along Morrissey, uh, Brew
and Sutterbrook way. Um, which from, from, from what we've
seen, uh, they require significant drainage changes. You have to
dig up the whole intersection, uh, rebuild it at a
slightly higher elevation, rebuild the curbs. And so you'd be
closing roads. Um, for, for long periods and potentially actually
just closing all of the roads, uh, for each intersection.
So I think it could be a long disruption. Um,
our view is changing the scope as outlined will address
the general traffic improvement goals. Um, that we've set out
to achieve with less disturbance. There may not be as
much of the aesthetic quality, but they would still be,
um, usable and anesthetically pleasing and serve the public. And
it would also ensure the work can be completed in
a shorter time period as I'm aware that residents in
the neighbourhood are looking forward to the work being, uh,
implemented and completed. What kind of feedback have you gotten
from the community in Suderbrook with regards to the proposed
changes? Through the chair that this, um, there is, that
may be something that, that, that, uh, the representatives from
Anime able to speak to better, um, this is something
where we've certainly had a lot of, um, or several
questions from residents as to the status of the work.
Um, but not so much, uh, on the details of
this change because this has been something that we're, we're
just looking at now. I know that the letters from
businesses, um, supporting this change in the, in the package
that Omni presented. And, um, lastly from my perspective, just
a question, um, if these changes that are being proposed,
um, they are different than what was approved, um, previously.
And I will, um, accept the rationale that some of
the, that the improvements that were made, um, immediately have
actually, um, had a significant impact. And if these changes
do not result in a significant, um, improvement, um, would
there be an opportunity to revisit some of the proposed
previously proposed changes? Through the chair, I think, um, like
this, this, this project also fulfills a development requirement, um,
from Ani. It was originally meant to be a traffic
signal at Capelano. That got changed to a traffic calming
plan. Um, and we scoped it this way. So, um,
we're holding a security to make sure that the, um,
that the work gets done in some form. Um, I
think it would be difficult if we complete an alternate
scope of work to go back and add more on
again. But I think the, the, the aspects that are
being changed would, I think those changes are going to
be more, um, aesthetic and of a different quality. But
I think the general function of traffic calming and, um,
and reducing that that is going to result in a
significant enough improvement from a technical perspective, yes. Yeah. Okay.
Uh, Councillor Agtrapp. Thank you. Um, since this is my
neighbourhood, I get a lot of questions about this as
Mr. Moye knows. I've also asked him. Um, I appreciate
that this is going to move ahead and that there's
going to be the 30 kilometer signs and some additional
speed humps. I'm curious that I walked around this neighbourhood
with residents that have, um, accessibility challenges and use, use
accessibility devices. And one of the challenges that is sort
of ongoing is the BRICS. And if they, um, are
broken, um, or some of the curbellet downs, especially where
I see is like brew at Morrissey, um, and Suterbrick
at Morrissey, those intersections and the curves. And I'm hoping,
and maybe staff can confirm that, um, through this work,
those challenges will be addressed. Through the chair, I may
have to, I mean, if, if there is real accessibility
issues or trip hazards, um, there's a, there's a division
in the property line. So some is on the city
side, which we need to take care of. And some
is on the, um, the Cetterbrook side, which Ani would
take care of. So, um, I mean, we'll certainly inspect
that and improve any sort of changes before we put
down fresh paint on, on that. Okay. That's great. I
think, um, right now, like having travelled through that area,
and I can talk to you later, is there about
50 - 50, some's on ours and thumbs on the
other side. So, um, I just hope that those get
addressed as work continues through here, especially when you're missing
like parts or their damage. It becomes challenging for some
people to navigate that area. But I'm looking forward to
the completion of this. Thanks. Thank you, Councillor Councillor Larbecki.
Thank you. Um, yes, we get, yeah, a lot of,
uh, feedback, input concerns over traffic issues and accessibility mobility
issues in this neighbourhood. I guess I have a question
maybe through to probably Mr. Moye, but how, how do
we get here, I guess? So this development is what
about 15 years old. How does a development get approved
that ends up having this substantial level of traffic issues
in it? Because I think that's on, you know, you
hear from people, like how did this, what's going on?
How this happened? So have things changed. Do we have
better planning rules now? I'm just wondering if staff could
maybe let the public know what their answer to that
question might be. Sure. Through the chair, I can take
a shot at it. I think something that's changed that
actually made a difference when we first went out, we
started to hear these concerns about Sutterbrook Village. A lot
of it was around circulation. So, um, pick up and
drop off. It was, it was loading for commercial. Uh,
they didn't have any space for loading. Um, and it
was a lot of, uh, like shopping for parking. We
call it like drivers going around trying to find service
parking. Parking was free on the surface. It was, you
know, there was some time limited, but that's what they're
looking for. They didn't want to go into the park
aid or they couldn't didn't know that there was a
parcade there. Um, and so a lot of the changes
from a circulation point of view, we think have, um,
that we've put in have made a difference. So I
think that's probably that lesson learned is making some of
the roads one way. And then changing the parking, um,
the parking regulations to provide, um, specific loading zones, uh,
which we didn't have before. Um, and then different time
limited zones as well as the addition of pay parking,
I think has helped with providing that surface parking availability
and also helping to drive some of those, uh, vehicles
go to go down to, um, the parcade. Another issue
which is being addressed by the plan proposed here is,
um, there was a, there was a, an architectural feature,
which was the paver, um, roads. And the original intersections
were actually meant to be raised intersection. So a lot
of the treatment was focused on having different kinds of
pavers to show, um, show where the walking areas are.
Um, but the pavers, it is actually because of the
way the roads have sort of either because of the
pavers have faded or because there's less raised features. Um,
it is, it can be hard to identify the exact
crosswalk location. So this would also add, um, industry standard
or Canada, um, standard, uh, crosswalk markings, which I think
would help with that. Okay. Thank you for that. So
some changes in what we're doing in some lessons learned.
And, you know, obviously I remember our conversation on Spring
Street and whether it's to be one way or not.
And, um, just, you know, something to reflect on in
terms of our lessons learned. And we're talking about new
developments that we kind of don't repeat the same mistakes
so we can have functional traffic and walkability in the
neighbourhoods. We claim we're building coasts. They're so walkable. So
I think this needs to get done. I mean, if,
if this is the best way for, then fine. It
just needs to get done. So thank you. Thank you,
Councillor. Somebody want to move the motion. It's been moved
in seconded. Is there an, is there any desire to
hear from, um, a representative for Moni. Nope. Okay. You're
off the hook. Um, then I will call the question.
It's been moved and seconded all in favor. Opposed Carry
unanimously. Thank you. Um, next item is committee appointments. Oh,
oh, sorry my bad. The on table that this goes
back to Mr. Uh, Mr. Moe again. Okay. So there
is a recommendation and perhaps Mr. Moe, you can give
us a quick update on where this is coming from
and why it's here now tonight. Sure. Um, through the
chair, I'm sorry that this was, uh, put on table.
We were made aware of a grant program on July
13th in the deadline to apply a September 4th. So
this is the last Council meeting before that deadline. So
we needed to provide an ontable memo to seek approval
if Council wants us to make an application. Um, this
is a federal transport candida grant for rail, um, rail
for a rail safety improvement program. Um, we have done
work to explore whistle cessation, what work would be necessary
for the Murray Street crossing of the CPKC spur line.
This grant program does not cover whistle cessation, but it
does cover safety improvements. And in order to ask for
whistlecization, you need to improve that railway to high level
of safety. So what we'll be doing is applying for
the safety improvements, um, at Murray Street and for the
Trassolini Field Crossings, which would then allow us in the
future to ask for whistle cessation. The total project costs,
a high level estimate is 400, 000 dollars. And this
grant would cover 80 percent of the cost, which is
why we thought we should re ask. Um, it's a
three year funding program. So this would be our chance
to apply for that three years. Um, I should be
clear about whistle cessation, um, on the spur line is
that if we were to do all of this work,
uh, the whistle cessation was accepted by the, by the
railway, it would stop whistling, um, at the Murray Street
and the Traselini crosswalk, or sorry, crossings, but, um, but
whistling would still be necessary for their long, um, the
spur line. Continuing whistle satisfacing along there would have a
high cost include include even needing to add bells and
whistle warning or sorry light and bell warnings at some
of the roadway crossings along there, which could also have
impacts on the neighbourhood. So we're not recommending that, um,
that the city would consider, um, expanding the program that
far. Um, and also the way that we're suggesting is,
is that the city does not get this grant that
we would just return the funds to the reserve. Um,
the total that we would ask for to commit to
this would be 90, 000 dollars with 10, 000 dollars
being to apply for the grant. Okay. Thank you very
much. Um, for that explanation, Councillor Agtra. Thank you. I'd
like to move the recommendation. Second. Okay. It's been moved
in seconded. And then I think this is also a
good example of where we've already done work and we're
able now to jump on a grant, um, at the
last minute. So appreciate, um, staff in making that happen.
Thanks. Thank you so much. Um, Councillor Morrison. Thank you.
I appreciate as well the explanation there. Mr. Moye in
regards to the other areas. Cause we all know that,
uh, down in the Pleasant side neighbourhood, et cetera, that
they, uh, an older side would love to have those,
um, horns and whistles stop. But the fact that the
option is, you know, four minutes or three minutes long
of Bel's ringing, um, might not be the preferred option.
So then at this time, but I hope that in
the future, if there ever is, the ability to, um,
upgrade those, those intersections and stuff to make that with
gates or whatever needs to be done to help it.
I would, I would enjoy that conversation for that community.
Um, but, uh, in this, in this neighbourhood to be
able to get those, too, Mon Murray and behind Traslaney
Field, I think would be a great option. So the
fact that it's, even though we're paying for upgrades to
help stop whistles at the end, uh, I don't think
we should have to pay any of it to try
to get that to stop and should be a fully
covered by the government, um, I'm happy that at least
80 percent is covered. So thank you. Thank you. So
it's been moved and seconded. I'll call the question all
in favor. Opposed, Carrie, thanks so much for bringing this
forward tonight, Mr. Moe. Now we're going to go to
committee appointments. And. Earlier this evening council approved the following
appointments to the youth focus committee. And, uh, those will
be, and those individuals will be notified of their, uh.
Membership of this youth focus committee. Shortly. No, it's already
been done. So, um, I do not want to read
all of those names. I'm afraid I might not do
a very good job of it. So, uh, but we
will be notifying the new members. Momentarily within the next
few days. All right. And next item is Council Verbal
Reports. Councillor Knowles. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'll, I'll be
brief. This is our last meeting before our, um, August
break. So I just wanted to quickly, um, shout out
a few events happening in August. Um, for our residents,
um, coming up August 1st, we've got celebrate BC at
Rocky Point Park. This is our first annual, but hopefully
more coming forward. I'm really looking forward to seeing this
for the first time at our signature park. Um, you
know, in addition, we've got the art outside opening on
August 7th. Poem, that's Pomords outside opening. That's going to
be seven day festival. Um, where art fills the streets
really looking forward to that. We have Car Friday on
August 16th. And then a bunch of smaller items that
I'm going to leave to my colleagues, but I think
those are the big ones. And I really hope to
see a lot of residents out, um, out and enjoying
those. The other thing I wanted to say is, um,
a Councillor expressed today, you know, why are we, why
are we doing this work three months prior to an
election? And I just wanted to say that as a
sitting councillor, um, I will always do the job that,
um, I agreed to do, um, regardless of whether it's
the last three months of my term or the first
three months of my term, our job is our job.
And, um, whether or not an election is coming. I
don't believe that that should ever affect our decisions or
judgments while we're at the table. We were elected for
a purpose. And I think it's important that we keep
in mind that we are expected to do our jobs.
And, um, I'm proud that we did that tonight. Thank
you. Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Dilworth. Of course, Councillor Knowles
had the three events that I have on my list
as well. But I want to speak a little bit
more about art outside, which is launching next Friday, August
7th. And it's opening with, it's opening over in Pioneer
Park. And there will be artists painting a community piano.
For the park. And also painting those really, really big
andironic chairs that you see throughout. So that is sort
of the big first event that's taking place. And I'm
really looking forward to it. And, um, uh, a few
of us live in Newport Village. And I remember the
last arts outside, you know, every day, you know, you
could see, you could see magicians. You could see people
all out in their patios listening to musicians, um, with
or without instruments. It was just really, really well accepted.
And it helped bring some of the neighbours together and
gather well listening to those musicians. Uh, Carpe Day is
August 16th. That's going to be great. Um. BCD, we've
already covered that one. As the last meeting of the
summer, you know, I've been reading a lot of warnings
about whether events and whether it's floods out in the
valley, wildfires in the centre of our province. I think
in the lower mainland, one of the most impactful is
heat domes. And I would just encourage everybody, you know,
check in on your neighbours. Check in on your families.
Certainly the city does provide cooling opportunities through a missed
tunnel in some of our parks or opening up city
hall gallery for people to gather in heat tempered space.
But this is a, watch your pets, watch your neighbor's
particularly seniors who might be more vulnerable or isolated or
not knowing where to get support. So I want everyone
to have a really safe. Yet happy summer. Thank you
very much. Councillor Morrison. All right. Um, so, um, yes,
happy summer to all my colleagues. Thank you again for
an awesome first, oh, two thirds of the year at
this point, uh, by the time we come back, um,
September 22nd will be our next meeting because we actually
have UBCM convention that, um, some of us are going
to be attending to advocate on behalf of our community.
Um, and also partake in some of the info sessions,
LMLGA was when I attended earlier this year, I didn't
do FCM. But some of them are really good topics
on how to, you know, further public engagement or different
ideas that other communities across BC, because this is all
the British Columbia Municipalities have to solve regional issues or
local issues that they might have encountered. So I'm looking
forward to attending that. And I believe a few of
my colleagues will be there as well. Um, and I
will be, um, letting people know as I go throughout
that, that program, you know, what's kind of coming up
or what's been discussed in some of these things. And
we also get to vote and advocate for our motions
that we're also, um, very passionate about. Um, I also
wanted to mention that, um, when we do reconvene, uh,
as we know, we're in an election period now officially.
And, uh, we'll have the full list of all the
candidates that are going to be running, um, for mayor
school board or council. And that'll all be finalised by
the time we return. So I just want to encourage
everybody out there that's either going to be meeting or
the candidates or thinking about running themselves to look into
it. Uh, there's information on the city website about it.
Having a good variety of different perspectives and different visions
is always wonderful. And I encourage, um, people to participate
in that process as much as possible. And get out
and vote eventually. But to get engaged because, you know,
you need to ask those tough questions of myself or
any of the candidates running and hopefully they'll have a
vision on how they're going to deliver on their vision
as well. So I encourage everybody, please get to know
your candidates and support. Whomever you'd like in that, uh,
in that race. Other than that, I'm heading off to
the Okanagan for a few days for my father's retirement.
So happy retirement to my dad after 45 years at
the same sawmill. So it will be a very, very
happy day for him to get a chance to retire.
So congratulations dad on that retirement. Great. Thank you everyone.
Thank you for that. Councillor Lubick. Thank you so much.
Um, yeah, echoing Councillor Morrison, I'm excited for UBCM. And
also the opportunity to talk to hopefully ministers and ministerial
staff and advocate directly. For what we need. And I
do want to give a shout out as Councillor Dilworth
mentioned, you know, heat is a big issue right now.
And if the wind changes smoke will be as well.
We've already had a couple of air quality warnings. And
our staff do a really good job of sharing information
through the city website and letting people know who's more
vulnerable and trying to keep people safe. So I do
want to acknowledge all the work that staff do. Um,
and last I just want to share a couple of,
um, other events that the folks haven't mentioned yet. I
know it's unbelievable. There aren't. There are still a couple,
but I'm excited for nest building in Bienen. Nest building
and component near park is part of art outside, but
it's going to be, um, natural weaving and teaching people
how to do that. So we're going to make a
community nest. And I'm very excited about that. Um, the
eighth. Yeah. Um, that's August 8th. Uh, this week, pomar
arts has a, uh, art uncorked event again. So wine
and art pairing. This has become one of my favourite
things. Uh, we have cake culture days coming up, um,
on August 9th. Or just the one day. And it's
not in Moody, but, um, tricities wide, I think. I
always love the dumpling festival. And I think it's important
to share that because that came out of an anti
- racism event, um, the organiser originally during COVID had
a terrible experience of racism. And instead of getting, I'm
sure she'd get upset at first, but then she decided
to bring people together and thought, well, everyone has a
dumpling. So let's get all of the dumplings together. And
that's actually come out with my nieces favourite line of
storybooks as well featuring all, um, all the dumplings that
learn so much from each other. Um, so I'm looking
forward to this year's edition of that. So thank you
so much. See you guys in September. Thank you, Councillor.
Um, I wanted to take an opportunity because we have,
um, received some, some input and some questions about, um,
a recent purchase that was approved by Council. And there
was some discussion around, you know, the process under which
that, that took place. But, um, I'm very pleased to
be able to, uh, to talk tonight about, uh, the
city purchasing land in Moody Centre. Um, near Kyle Centre
for future use as park space. So recently we purchased
almost 33 square feet or four properties located near Kyle
Centre and Kyle Park for future use as public parks
base to serve the Moody Centre neighbourhood and the broader
community moving forward. So on behalf of Council, I'm pleased
to announce the purchase of this land, which helps us
meet the city's goals for Parkland established in the OCP
and the Park Land strategy. And the acquisition of new
Parkland to address gaps and meet current and future community
needs as identified as a high priority in both documents,
um, Moody Centre as noted as having the highest need,
um, and with the renewal and expansion of Kyle Park
highlighted, as we saw tonight as a top priority, due
to a recognised deficit of park land and anticipated high
demand for parkspace, um, as the neighbourhood evolves. This seemed
like the right move to make. So, um, the process
to develop both the OCP and the Parkland strategy included
exclusive community engagement with meaningful and inclusive opportunities to provide
input on community values and priorities. Feedback from the public
helped to shape these important documents, which reflects a shared
vision that guides counsel. And that is what we use
to make these types of decisions. In refining the parkland
strategy, we also heard valuable input from residents at the
Mayorstown Hall and Community Dialogue on Park Expansion in Moody
Centre. And that reinforced the importance of addressing Parkland needs
in this neighbourhood. So the purchase of these properties near
Kyle Centre was a strategic decision. Thoughtfully made to acquire
land adjacent to an existing park in a high growth
area and near additional properties purchased in recent years, uh,
for future park space. Land is scarce in Port Mooney,
which means that we have to act quickly and wherever
possible, uh, when the land becomes available, um, this helps
to ensure that we don't miss out on Parkland, especially
in areas where the need is the greatest. Uh, we
need, we now know that the community places a high
value on parks and open spaces, which are essential to
community wellbeing, biodiversity and climate resilience. So there will be
more information released to the public tomorrow, uh, through, through
a press release. It'll talk about, it'll give more details
about the purchase information, more details about Kyle Centre redevelopment,
um, and the Guiding Strategy documents that have led to
this strategic decision of Council. But I wanted to provide
that to members of the public tonight. Madam Ms City
Manager, Madam Mathewson. Ms. Mathewson, do you have anything for
us? I think you do not. All right. Um, then
that will, that will give us to, um, adjournment. The
meeting is adjourned. Thank you everybody.