This one is the last one on the chain.
This is the last one on the chain.
None of that. Okay.
I'll call this meeting back to order. Good evening.
Welcome to the Resort Municipality of Wester, regular council meeting for January 20th.
And thank you for joining my name, Jack Crumpton. I'm the mayor of Wester and the chair of this meeting.
The Resort Municipality of Wester is grateful to be on the shared unseated territory of the squamish nation and the low-autnation.
We respect and commit to a deep consideration of their history, culture, stewardship, and voice.
One of the things that we do at our Municipality and Municipality Cross British Columbia is that we acknowledge people who have the freedom of the municipality at all of our meetings when they are in the room.
And Doug Forseth is with us tonight. So welcome Doug. Thank you for joining us. We're grateful to have no clapping.
Thank you. This is good training for later. I think.
Allow me to introduce the members of our Wester elected council here with us this evening.
To my far left is Councillor Ralph Forseth.
The side him is Councillor Kathy Jewett. The side me is Councillor Jeff Murrell.
This is Councillor Jesse Morden. The side her is Councillor Jen Ford.
And to my far right is Councillor Arthur Dejon.
As well as our council members here, we have a number of our professional staff team including our chief administrative officer, Ted Battiston.
General managers, James Halicee, and Dale Micaslin as well as acting general manager of corporate services and public safety as well as our manager of legislative services and corporate officer.
Pauline Lysett. That's the most titles one person has ever carried at one time.
The side her is our deputy corporate officer, Caitlin Hodgson.
I will look please for a motion that council adopt the regular council meeting agenda of January 20th as a method to include the 2026 climate action and environment select committee of council member appointments under other business.
And the late council package circulated on January 20th to include an update of schedule B force agenda item 11.1 in late correspondence.
It's moved by Councillor for a second by Councillor Jewett. Are there any opposed motion carries?
Motion please to adopt the regular council meeting minutes of January 6th moved by Councillor Dejon.
Second by Councillor Morden. Are there any opposed motion carries?
Our first item on the agenda is.
Mr. Recreate our community kitchen society. I'm pleased to welcome Mr. Rocks director.
So last banning, who will provide us with an update of the Mr. Rocks society.
Ms. Banning, nice to see you. Thank you for joining us.
Thank you for inviting me.
As mentioned, I'm a director of Whistler Rocks. We're a new charity.
We really only got going in September of this past year, 2025 after getting our first funding from the 100 women of Whistler to whom we are eternally grateful.
Since then, we've been running a community kitchen where we serve dinners free of charge to locals who are struggling financially.
There are quite a few people in that category. Probably most of you are familiar with this year's living wage report that ranks Whistler as the most expensive community and B.C.
I'm sure we all feel that.
Among the ways that lower wage earners cope is it impacts their ability to put together a good meal.
I mean, they restrict grocery purchases, of course.
Accommodation wise, we've got lots of people living in vehicles or make shift housing or overcrowded situations where they often have limited kitchen access and sometimes no kitchen access at all.
And these are mostly working people. They are among the people that keep this community running and they're who we aim to support.
So our dinners have been held at the Whistler Mountain ski club at in Creek side.
They're 100% we're 100% volunteer organization. These are all volunteer efforts.
The dinners are prepared by like a team of volunteer prep cooks headed by a volunteer guest chef.
Starting with town council is very on Jesse Morden, who made a fantastic chicken on Chaladas.
Last night was Zach, who is the head chef at Portobello, who made shepherd's pie that is like so beyond what you imagine shepherd's pie could ever be.
So these meals are all on a pretty strict budget, but they're really good meals. They're all, you know, nutritionally well balanced with a vegetable side dish.
They're eaten at like two long communal tables to encourage mingling and afterwards they're like little desserts and herbal tea to encourage people to to linger.
Like we, you know, don't want this to be these to be eaten run experiences.
Whistler is a town that is extremely short on places to go in the evening without spending money and part of our purposes to provide like, you know, a warm and welcoming place to spend an evening, you know, social cohesion and, you know, gathering places is part of our mission.
So last night we had 82 guests, which is about average, we get a lot of people in the sort of lifting demographic, you know, daughter 20s and 30s.
Fair number of families with young kids last night for the first time, we had quite a few seniors.
So our dinners are open to all, not just those who are struggling financially, we do get, you know, some fairly well off people that are coming to, you know, support the community to enjoy the community vibe and to support the cause by donating.
The CRA recognizes that we need those donations in order to keep the dinners going so they have, you know, explicitly approved that inclusive approach that we take.
So the result is that all walks of life come together and, you know, it's a, it's a really fun event.
The community support, we've been stunned as, but amazing. We've, you know, we thought we were going to have to strong arm our friends into volunteering to make these happen and we just have a huge roster of volunteers, a lot of repeat volunteers.
You know, so much so many forums of community support, like, emotionally that the food bank promotes our dinners.
We've had, like, local businesses, you know, step up to land equipment, donate supplies, donate food.
Pemby farms, donate the produce that they're not going to, you know, that would otherwise go to waste and then the ski club itself gives us a, a really big break on the nightly rental.
So all of this is enabling us to stretch our budget a lot further than we thought it was going to, to go and things are going so well in that regard.
Because of the level of community support, I mean, it seems like something that the community really wants to succeed.
Our biggest hurdle at this point is a regulatory limitation that in the, I mean, we love the whistler ski club, but the setup there is such that Vancouver Coastal Health will only give us 14 temporary food service permits per calendar year.
Which means that we can only host about once every three, every three weeks, you know, we'd like to host more often than that.
Our ultimate goal is to settle in a place with a commercial grade kitchen, and then we could get the type of service food service permit that would let us service as often as, you know, our budget allowed.
So we're hoping that something like that might arise out of northlands or the whistler creek whistler creek west, you know, or the repurpose spruce grove.
You know, and that would be obviously something that we would be sharing with other non-profits if something like that could come about.
So I'm a sea, I've exceeded my a lot of time. Thank you very much for my six minutes and 25 seconds.
And I hope, yeah, I hope that all of you and everyone here will attend Whistler Rock's dinner at some point. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Ms. Belly. grateful for your time.
Moving on to our next item, which is the public commenting question period.
We are going to do this in two sets of questions because Councillor Warden and I will have to declare a conflict and leave.
Did you take?
No.
No problem.
So it is now time for the public commenting question period.
The way this works is that you come to the lecture and you share your name and your neighborhood.
And then you have five minutes to share your thoughts or ask any questions that you might have.
Sorry, three minutes.
Good coaching. Thank you.
The first presenter tonight is John Sinclair.
Good evening, Council John Sinclair, Spring Creek.
I just want to talk about safety and make sure that we're all at the same page.
You passed something recently regarding e-bikes on trails and things like that.
I just want some clarity and make sure I understand.
If following MOT in regarding these issues, you said you were aligning yourself with administration
transportation to bring it all up to speed in 2026, I guess, right?
I mean, MOT as far as their jurisdiction has always been MOT jurisdictions of what we're doing tonight.
And you stick around and listen to us debate the by-law is considering vehicle use on our value trail and other public spaces.
We're not stepping into the jurisdiction that is already the jurisdiction of the province of BC.
We're right. Stay in our lane.
The rules of the road exist.
So I just want to go over a few of them.
You're now going to allow throttle bikes.
Okay?
But are you going to enforce 500 watts, 32 kilometers, helmets, off sidewalks, and walking bikes on crosswalks?
These are all rules of the road.
Any of those laws that are the jurisdictions of the province are enforced.
But they're not enforced by us. We have our own.
I'm wondering Mr. Nicholson, do you have an answer to that question?
Well, actually, you know what?
High law conversation later tonight, why you stick around and watch?
I don't think I physically can. So, okay, I'm not feeling that well.
Yeah, well the answer is we're going to enforce the law of the RCMP and enforce the law, yes.
And by law. What's that?
And by law.
Yes. Yeah, the enforce the by law as as well.
Okay, so we're going to see a better uptake of helmets.
Making sure the bikes don't go over 32 kilometers an hour off the sidewalks.
The helmet law is not a by law.
It's financial law.
And so that will be a law that stays in place.
It's a differential law. It's not a municipal law.
And so it'll be enforced by the RCMP, not as a result of our by law.
This is all about safety.
I drive a big vehicle for professional vehicle.
So I'm very scared that these kids adults, anyone on these e-bikes are coming in to those roadways
and just zooming across them. I'm stopped and I'm engaging.
And they're just going right on that closing rate on an e-bike going 44 kilometers an hour is wicked fast.
So I need some assurances from you. Now that you've made these changes that you're following through with all this stuff.
We, the RCMP does enforcement and they enforce provincial law and they enforce by laws as they come.
But we do not have our own laws around speed limits on roads.
I just want to make sure that you guys are trying to nudge the schools and whistle-black home and the police to try and make sure the roads are safer.
Yep, for sure.
Okay, thank you.
Of course.
Yeah, thank you.
I will now declare a conflict of interest and I will leave because the next speakers would like to speak about the zoning amendment for Alta Lake Road.
And my daughter, Harriet, goes to the whistle-black home school.
I have to declare a conflict because my daughter also goes to water school.
Okay, while they leave the room, I'm looking for a deafening earnick.
It's a first speaker.
You may come to the podium and tell us where you're from.
Your neighborhood.
Good evening council, deafening earnick from Czechoslovakia.
My name is deafening earnick.
I am the grade five teacher at the whistle or water school as well as a graduate class of 2017.
Like many families, mine moved to Whistler so I could attend this school.
We found not only an education but a community.
My parents worked, volunteered, recreated, and contributed to Whistler in all the ways that keep this wonderful community running.
After graduating, I left for university and earned my teaching degree.
I am deeply grateful to have been able to return to Whistler,
something many of my peers have not been able to do.
I could return because of two things, living wage employment and stable housing, both provided by the school.
That combination is rare and without it, returning simply would not have been possible.
Today, I serve the community by educating local children.
I am incredibly proud of my work and the very real way it supports local families who are themselves working hard to build and sustain their lives in Whistler.
Now I am looking ahead.
My partner and I are asking the same questions many young adults here are asking.
Can we build a life in Whistler?
Can we afford a home?
Will there be childcare that allows me to return to work when the time comes?
Will our future children have access the kind of education that we both value?
Your decision on the rezoning of law 34 has direct consequences for my life.
If the school does not secure a permanent location, I will lose my job.
But that's not the most important point.
The larger issue is this.
When education and childcare are taken away, Whistler becomes less livable.
Fewer families can stay.
Fewer young people like myself who are so fortunate to be raised here can return.
The community as a whole is diminished.
The decisions made today shape who is able to live, work and raise families here in the future.
This decision is not just about land use.
It is about whether we are doing what we can to ensure that Whistler remains a place where young people can put down roots,
give back and build full sustainable lives.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Next up we have Mary Mathews.
Hello.
Council members, because the mayor has stepped aside.
My name is Mary Mathews.
4.5 years ago, our family made the decision to return home permanently to raise our two young children here.
Whistler is where we live, work, raise our kids and care for ageing parents, many of whom you know.
And we are deeply invested in the community's future.
A critical part of our ability to live and contribute to Whistler, however, has been accessed to reliable and affordable child care.
As my husband and I both work full time in senior management positions.
Our family was fortunate to secure a child care spot at the earlier center.
Now called Wild Flowers for our eldest, nearly four years ago, and for our son two years ago, raised still currently enrolled.
We've been absolutely blown away by the quality of care, professionalism, and intentionalities of the teachers and staff.
Beyond the educational benefits, reliable and affordable child care has had a profound impact on our family's ability to function, work and stay in Whistler.
Before securing daycare, we struggled for over a year trying to piece together child care through nannies, nanny shares, friends, working with our kids on our labs.
The cost was staggering approximately $4,000 a month, compared to roughly $800 per month.
We now pay for full time licensed care.
For many families in Whistler, nanny care at that cost is simply unattainable.
Even more damaging was the stress burnout and missed work days caused by unreliable care.
Early years child care is not a luxury.
It's an essential community infrastructure.
It supports working families, strengthens our local workforce, and helps ensure Whistler remains a livable community, not just a resort.
Tonight, I respectfully ask yourselves the council to support the expansion and protection of licensed early years child care spaces in Whistler, including the continued growth of the Whistler,
while their schools early year programs.
By investing in child care today, you are investing in Whistler's future.
His families is workforce and it's long-term sustainability.
Thank you.
As a resident of Ulta Lake Road, I also just want to note that.
Thank you very much for your time and for your leadership in this issue.
Thank you very much.
Next step, I'm going to Gabriel Alden.
Good evening, action mayor and council.
My name is Gabriel Alden and I am the Licensing Manager for Whistler Waldorf Schools, License Child Care Programs.
The school currently operates 30 child care spaces full-time, which serves 45 to 50 children.
I'm not here today to explain that Whistler faces a child care shortage, or how that impacts the community.
This is well documented, and I know that you're aware of this better than most.
What I'm here to share today is a difficult but important reality.
That without a permanent site, Whistler Waldorf School cannot sustain its child care programs.
The result would be an immediate loss of child care spaces, increasing pressure on an already overextended system.
And these spaces take can take years to rebuild.
In BC it can take five to six years to open a new program.
Recent local experience illustrates this, as we know in Pemberton,
the recent effort to increase child care have taken over five years and they're still not there.
And even when you're fortunate enough to have a purpose built facility, child care doesn't simply appear.
Here in Whistler, the Spring Creek Daycare sat open for nearly a decade until Waldorf was able to reopen it in 2019.
Across British Columbia, the greatest constraint on child care is not the buildings but the people.
We don't have enough educators and without competitive compensation and housing support.
Communities cannot attract and retain qualified early childhood educators to staff its licensed programs.
Whistler Waldorf School has been highly successful in addressing these challenges because it has an integrated school and child care model.
By sharing admissions, administration, operating systems, we were able to reduce overhead and invest it directly where it matters most.
It's in the people, the educators.
This allows us to offer competitive wages and meaningful benefits, including tuition and remission for our educators, professional development and housing support.
We've also been able to assist aspiring ECEs to obtain and upgrade their certification through training and professional development support.
This has made it possible for us to attract and retain early childhood educators in a high-cost community.
So we're currently operating a thriving high-quality program with a dedicated team of educators, including a team that has recently been nominated for
the Prime Minister's Award for Child Care Excellence and we want to continue this work.
We want to continue providing licensed child care and supporting families and whistler.
So we ask for your support in rezoning Lot 34 to secure a future for our longstanding child care programs and to protect this essential piece of whistler's community infrastructure.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Next up, I have Blossom Morningstar.
Good evening, Council.
I'm Blossom, and I live on Altalate Road.
I'm the class representative for Grade 9.
I've been a part of the Whistler World of School since I was a toddler, only two years old.
Now, as a Grade 9 student, I'm looking ahead to grade 10 and the start of my senior high school years.
After my own home, Whistler World of Physiplists were spent the most time in my life.
Some of my earliest and most cherished memories were made in the classrooms and on the school grounds.
I made so many friends there, most of whom actually still in class with today.
I lent to knit and crochet and handwritten class in the lower grades,
practice violin and enjoyed acting in class plays every year of middle school.
And only last year, I took my first overnight winter trip with a high school.
This year's trip is coming up soon, and we're looking forward to snowshoeing and going ski touring in our gorgeous mountains.
If our school cannot secure a permanent site, I will be forced to change schools,
along with a hundred and seventy-six other students.
While this is technically possible, from a student perspective, schools are just not interchangeable without real impact.
Schools are not just a building or a location for us, and this isn't about one school being better than the other.
It's about the relationships, routines, and sensible longing that are built over many years.
Chained schools can be one of the most stressful transitions for young people, just like chaining homes or jobs can be for adults,
especially when it's not a choice.
We didn't choose this uncertainty, but we are the ones who would feel the consequences most directly.
Chained schools would mean losing trusted teachers, could even mean losing friends,
who mean adjusting to a new social dynamic, adjusting to new teaching sales,
and losing the personalized education that so many of us love.
Right now, we, the students, are our important moment.
We are beginning to plan for next year, co-selection, credits, and our paths towards graduation.
For us and grade 9, international exchange opportunities are also a very important part of the grade 10 experience.
Many of us already thinking about where we want to go, what it can mean for us, and what we could learn from it.
These opportunities are something we've been preparing and looking forward to for many years.
The first time I remember talking about it was in grade 5, almost five years ago.
It's a very highly anticipated event for everyone who attends a wall of school, as a memory that those who are lucky enough to go carry with them for life.
Not knowing of our school continued makes a hard to feel settled, or for us to plan for any of these important pieces for next year.
As you weigh the factors before you, I hope you all consider the student perspective.
The importance of stability and consistency in our education.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you very much, and I have Kelly Hand.
Okay, acting mayor Murrow, council.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening.
My name is Kelly Hand.
I live at 8401.
Read Alley.
And on P.J.
We see this night as a defining moment, the moment is not here by chance, and is not by coincidence. It's been decades in the making, the war that
of school must leave current location. A lot of 34 is the only location out of 50 evaluated that is both suitable
for a school site and financially viable for our organization. The landowner's willingness to donate the land
reflects an extraordinary commitment to education and community legacy. There's a rare moment and one we cannot afford to let pass.
With the Welder School, is a nonprofit publicly serving organization that has provided licensed
education in child care for 25 years. As we've already heard tonight, it serves 177 students from
kindergarten to grade 12 and essential child care locations in two locations, Bruce Grove and Spring Creek.
The organization is neither a private school with high tuition and not a for-profit model nor is it a private interest group.
Like with there's other schools and daycares, the school operates in the public interest, serving all with
their families, serving workforce stability and community well-being. Supporting this rezoning means that with
there stands for the values outlined in the official community plan. It's a conscious choice to nurture and support
family, child and youth health. It's a choice that ensures with their routines and independent educational
choice. This helps students find the school that fits their needs within the community that they already live.
It means supporting accessibility and inclusion, the school operates on an accessible tuition model today,
approximately 30% of our students receive tuition support.
This is a full-circle moment. This area, the Alta Lake House, Whistler's first school,
and was the first board of schools home, started by Vicki Bumbrey and Peggy Vogler and Michelle Cooker-Gadler in
10, it's tonight. We respectfully ask council to support the proposal, rezoning and a view this decision
as an investment in Whistler's long-term community health and educational landscape. Thanks for your leadership
and your care to bring this to the attention to shape the future of this community.
And in parting, we want to share a quote from our current neighbor in the Spruce Grove Circle.
They said, as neighbors, the Whistler Walder School have been welcoming and inclusive. Most of all,
their presence has provided positive energy and a vibrancy to Spruce Grove that will be sorely missed.
The next tenants will have big shoes to fill. So thank you for allowing us to be here tonight.
Thank you very much. My next speaker is Shannon Smith.
Oh, she's back.
Public speaking is my favorite thing. So just bear with me for a second please.
Hello acting mayor council staff and community members.
Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the mayor council and staff for the
commitment and hard work you offer our community. For those of you, I have not had the opportunity to meet
my name is Shannon Smith. I live on Alpha Lake Road. I was one of the founding families for the Walder
School and was located in my family's home for the first two years. I wish to clarify that I was
speaking today to address the process being undertaken to change the zoning. I'm not speaking
an opposition or in favor of the Walder School proposal at this time. I sent a letter earlier which
I will reference which was included in your packages for this meeting. Since writing the letter,
I have come to understand that apparently the rezoning proposal for lack 34 follows our OCP and provincial
guidelines. So apparently there is no need for a public hearing. My opinion is that even if this is the case,
for the RMOW to go ahead and rezone this property from residential use to subdivide it and allow
a large community school to be built adjacent to residential homes is not a small thing. It is an enormous
decision that could forever affect our community. Isn't it reasonable to slow down
leaning to our core values for public participation that I have referenced in my letter and encourage
that engagement? If we do not abide by these values during times like this, how can we honestly state that we
follow them? It is all about trust. We want to all live in a community where we feel the value
this members and heard when decisions are being made by government and developers. Once again,
I respectfully request that Council this first third reading of the zoning amendment by a law number
2303 for a lot 34 DL2-246 until the RMOW core values for public participation are fully met. Thank you.
Thank you very much. The final speaker is Nancy Stevens.
Thank you. Apologies. No, no, it's fine. My name is Nancy Stevens. I'm also a resident
and owner since the late 80s on Autolake Road. I also am not speaking against the Whistler
Waldorf School, but to the RMOW's approach and the judgment to exclude the community even though
community engagement is on their strategic plan priorities. I am anticipating clarification on many
concerns and issues surrounding the section since all three readings are to be amalgamated. I also expect
details report data and the time for its thorough discussion and debate which would normally
follow the second reading after in a lot of time for all interested parties and the community to participate
in this major change to zoning in the environment of the area affected. Excuse me. I would hate to
lose the WWS as well. That's an entirely different subject as far as I'm concerned. I know what relates
to them and it's because of them, but this is something that I feel is part of our governance
in this community and we're all a part of this community and we care about it. There's so many questions
and very few answers or details to support this amendment and all that it means to the neighborhoods
to be affected without due process and engagement. So if they were aware of your aware and everybody
was aware that Spruce Grove was never to be permanent and I wasn't, how does it come down to a
few weeks' notice for so many who have had knowledge or input and is that acceptable governance
for this to move forward in such an urgent manner. So these are important issues that I hope that
council will provide clarity on. It seems all measures and facilitations have been solely on
behalf and in close collaboration with landowners, the school, and the RMOW, but without community
consideration and inclusion. Key points for clarity, this amendment with all its allowances will
remain in place for the future, even if this does not proceed with the WWS at this juncture.
So I don't know if everybody is even aware of the fact that if things fall through for supporting the
world or the whistler world or school that once these amendments have been made everything is in place
for this type of building, this type of rezoning, all the extra traffic. So there's obviously
a notable expectation to increase the capacity of the school from 175 to 275 attendees.
Could we have clarity on this factor in the process and the time in the limited time a lot for full
declosure and discussion within the community? How does this urgency to complete affect the community
and its environment where does this set of precedent in how matters can or will be handled by our
elected Council members in the future? So since the RMOW has the ability and authority to enact
and enable zoning changes for the betterment of the community, was it impossible to be zone the
existing site or even just to delay the fact that they need to remove themselves from this and
have given them an extension on their lease so that they can do more or engage the community
or look for perhaps another option. I'm not saying that this is the wrong option but we haven't had
engagement. So if we are to move forward I would like to suggest that this will be like the second reading
because the first reading is supposed to be just the notification and details. The second reading is
for full debate more data and information and discussion and debate before the third reading and
that the third reading will be postponed to a later date to the next meeting or whatever.
So anyway, I support my husband's sports education arts and community but we all have a responsibility
to ensure that our council is always acting with transparency, accountability, inclusion and
responsibility to our wonderful, beautiful, small community and what we have in represent. Thank you.
Thank you very much and that concludes our public comment and question period. I'm going to bring the
mayor back in here and he can take over so once again.
Okay, we'll now move on to the mayor's report. Richard Dick Philipp read passed away
peacefully in Vancouver following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was a devoted husband of 46 years
to bringing he was the loving father to Matt and to Brian, a cherished grandfather and a mentor to many.
He was I called him Uncle Dick. He was my dad's best friend. It was a long battle that he had with
Alzheimer's and he will be deeply missed. He was someone who loved to ski and be in the mountains. He spent
as much time as he possibly could here in his life. He was a builder. He was pivotal in the
founding of the UBC baseball program. He was deeply committed to his family and to his friends and
all to Vista will miss him. I mean, I think,
Vista in Vancouver and B.C. will miss him. He was a great man. Dick will be missed.
Applications are now open for the community enrichment program. Each year the MW financially supports
local, not for profit organizations or societies that benefit the resort municipality and move the community
closer to its vision through the community enrichment program. The application process is open
from January 26th to February 17th at 4 p.m. Application forums and program information can be found at
wizard.ca slash CEP that's wizard.ca slash CEP. The RMRW is seeking summer theme submissions for
the Lampost banner program. At our last meeting, our former CAO Genie Collin left us in the gift
as she left was a Lampost banner that she really liked. So this is a highly prized opportunity to be a
part of being featured on wizard for the 2026 and 2027 summer seasons submissions are open until
February 12th. You can find details at wizard.ca slash banners. North America's largest queer ski
event returns from January 25th to February 1st an opportunity to bring together the LGBTQ plus community
and whistler culture and celebration. This year's festival brings a new producer TFD presents.
A lot of fresh programming, the return of the daily guided skiing and snowboarding and a
renewed spirit of connection and belonging. The RMRW is proud to support this long standing event through
funding to expand the programming, flying the rainbow flag at municipal hall in the wizard public library,
placing banners in the village, lighting the fits bridge rainbow for the week. I think that's
the best lighting of it is pretty nice. Go see the bridge. It's fantastic. Hosting special programs at
the wizard public library and assisting with the popular pride parade through the village on January 30th.
I may even get the opportunity to read the pride proclamation at one of their events, which I always
find to be a lot of fun. You can find out everything that you want to know about the
pride festival at whistlerpridefestival.com. For more than 20 years whistler and
In Carouselua, Japan have enjoyed a proud sister city partnership with which foster strong cultural and economic ties and encourages tourism between the two communities.
The youth exchange program is a valued part of this ongoing partnership. This year, Whistler welcomes Carouselua youth for homestay in March and Whistler youth travel to Carouselua in October.
Ladies and session, about the exchange for interested local students in grade 8 or 9 and their parents will be held this Thursday, January 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Murdoch Philip Community Center, please come out.
Whistler water quality improvements are happening now to meet health candidates, updated guidelines and to help protect your pipes, fittings and fixtures on February 9th, we will be adjusting the pH levels in South Whistler's water system.
If you're a business that relies on water now is the time to prepare for the pH change, it is something you should do and you can learn more at Whistler.ca slash south Whistler water.
New municipal parking rates are in effect, new hourly rates for municipal parking lots and metered street parking went into effect on January 19th.
The rate change applies to municipal streets parks the library and Whistler conference center, it does not apply to daylots 1 to 5 you can visit whistler.ca slash parking for more information on that.
If anything to add to the mayor's report.
Thank you so much.
We've got coming up at the end of the month, the 10th anniversary of the opening of the ODain Art Museum.
I think we'd all agree that it's been an incredible addition to our community.
There's a special show on from C to Sky, the Art of BC, they're pulling treasures out of the vault.
And also, if you remember, you're able to sign up for a really big do on January 31st at the museum.
I hope that we see you there.
On your way in tonight you probably notice that Earth's Whistler has a new show up in the gallery and it's called Woodwork for obvious reasons, it's all made of wood and there's a real spectrum of artists here.
Everything from oak to cedar and many other woods and I hope that you take a look on the way by.
The anonymous art shows coming up.
I'm signed up for Paint and SIP, February 7th to create my art piece.
It's the only time I ever make art.
I didn't go to Waldorf.
So invite you to join for the adult paint SIP.
Obviously, we're sipping something that's not juice.
And then the one other thing is that the SLCC that woven pathways continues.
If you haven't seen it, please do go and check it out.
Thank you.
I think this is an appropriate venue to do this.
We had local athletes compete at the first event of the free ride will tour.
Once again, we were very successful.
Wait ten whole was on the podium in third place.
Marcus Gogan was in sixth place.
And I'm just looking up, walk on Harvey, who's new to the tour and looked very nervous at the start.
But he nailed his jumps.
He landed.
He finished and I think he had a top 10 finish.
If you guys are listening, which I doubt they are, but maybe their parents are.
The whole town's real proud of you.
On that note note, Julia Palshjat's going to the Olympics.
Which is very cool.
And it's going to be very, very, very, very, very no clapping.
Ralph.
Stop it.
All right.
That concludes the mayor's report.
Moving on to consideration of committee.
The whole recommendations.
We have the freedom and espality report.
Move by Councillor Ford.
Seconded by Councillor Jewett.
This includes the removal of section 4.4.
I'd like to move removal of the whole of section 4.
And if there's a seconder.
Okay.
Seconded by Councillor Morton.
Comments.
Can we.
Yes.
Let's go.
Let's go first.
So I can look up.
It's not in the package, but basically it is.
Okay.
It removes that would remove all of the eligibility criteria and leave it to the charter to dictate how that is considered.
Okay.
Thanks for that.
I closed it.
Yeah.
I opened it because I had comments.
But I'll go to those later.
Okay.
Great.
Call the question on the amendment.
Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
Okay.
On the overall Councillor.
When we took this to the Governance and Ethics Committee, it was because when Gary Watson had died,
we wanted to lower the flags and we had no policy to do that.
So I'm disappointed that that part of it isn't in the policy.
So I don't know if we can make an amendment now to include it.
We discussed it.
We debated it.
We talked about it at Governance and Ethics.
And then unfortunately I was sick and couldn't be at the committee the whole meeting two weeks ago.
But that was what I wrote down when I read the package weeks ago.
It was like, well, the whole point was to lower the flags.
And yet it's not there.
So can we, I'm not sure you're worship how you wish to execute this or whether any other member of council would wish to indulge the amendment.
No.
I think it's a very good reminder.
It might help to understand that there is an administrative procedure that governs flag lowering.
And the freedom of the municipality upon passing is part of that procedure.
So it is already included at the procedure level, which is the sort of operational level of making sure that these things happen.
Thank you for correcting me, I guess, or making me understand.
Okay.
So that was, and that was a change that was made in response last time.
Correct.
Like when we were trying to figure out whether we had policy.
Correct.
So it was, you're right.
That's what prompted it.
It's just a failure of my memory.
Okay.
Great.
Thanks for that clarification.
Call the question.
Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
Okay.
On to international athlete recognition report.
Is there any questions about it?
Okay.
Moved as presented.
Moved by Councillor Jewett.
Seconded by Councillor Murrell.
Councillor Jewett.
Well, I'd just like to make a comment because one of the things we really wanted to do was to ensure that we honored the people that from our community that have been successful on different sports.
And tonight we actually have two Olympic medalists here.
So I just want to recognize them.
Actually, McIver and Shannon Smith as the two Olympic medalists.
So thank you.
And congratulations on your success.
Yeah.
It's fitting to have them here when we're adopting this path to to celebrate the success of athletes in this community.
Ms. Leise, do I have a mover and a seconder?
I'll call the question.
Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
Okay.
Our next item is zoning and parking amendment by law number two five zero three.
I'll declare a conflict of interest.
This is my daughter, Harriet.
It goes to the Western Waldorf School.
I'm also declare a conflict because my daughter goes to Waldorf.
So we have a presentation by the director of planning with the laid law and manager of development planning.
Tracy Napier.
You have a floor.
Yeah.
Excellent.
Thank you very much.
We don't have TV.
Yeah.
I mean, we can, I can't, they can't, but.
Okay.
That's up to you.
I mean, what's faster?
I think he's coming down.
We might need a two minute recess here.
We have no TV or a flying blind.
So give us two minutes.
Did it like fall asleep or something?
Okay.
I just, I just, I just open now.
Okay.
It's still on.
Yes.
I'll whisper this for whisper.
You're too, too.
Okay.
All right.
We're back online.
You may proceed.
Thank you.
Good evening.
Acting mayor and council.
I'm Tracy Napier, manager of development planning and tonight.
Present, co presenting with me is Melissa Leyla, director of planning.
So our purpose here tonight is to present zoning and parking amendment by law number
2503 for council's consideration for first second and third readings.
The purpose of the amendment by law is to reason a portion of lot 34 on
also lake road to include school and auxiliary day care as permitted uses to
get a possible future subdivision for school uses to include some development restrictions for
that use.
In addition, staff are seeking direction to make minor amendments to the existing development
covenant on not 34 to align with the school use and to register new development covenant that
will require certain obligations be met prior to issuance of a development permit or a building permit.
The proposed school site is a portion of the subject's lands.
This proposed school site is shown outlined in red here.
It's about approximately 0.75 hectares, 7,500 square meters.
The rest of this portion of lot 34 is shown in the purple dash.
And all of that 34 is actually hooked parcel that is four different hooked sections that
aren't relevant to this part.
This is the portion of lot 34 that's includes the portion that's being resowned.
Directly to the north and south of the subject site, the proposed school site,
are portions of lot 34 that are not being resowned.
To the west is alto lake road and then the stone bridge subdivision and the BC hydro right
away up the hill.
And to the east is alto lake park, the CN rail tracks and then alto lake itself.
The farther to the north of the school site is and the north of lot 34 is all mill lane with six single
family homes.
For some context, the distance from the school site to the nearest of the homes on all mill lane is approximately
125 meters.
The site is accessed via alto lake road.
It's about three and a half kilometers from the intersection of highway 90 on to the south.
And it's about six kilometers from the intersection with highway 90 on to the north at L Pointway.
We can see in the ortho image that the site in the surrounding lands are largely forested.
And here we can also see alto lake park in the kind of gray pink color and the existing valley trail is shown in the mustard yellow line.
So the lands are currently zoned RSE2 which allows the detached dwelling and auxiliary dwelling specified other auxiliary buildings and parks and playgrounds.
Amendment by loan number 2503 has been prepared to amend the existing zone to allow a school and take care.
Specifically, the RSE2's own amendments would be to update the definition of school to refer to current provincial legislation.
To add a key plan to the RSE2's own to delineate the school site.
To add school and auxiliary daycare is permitted uses in the school site.
To clarify that if the school site is developed as a school then it cannot also be used for other uses allowed in the RSE2's own.
To allow the school site to be subdivided from the rest of lot 34 to establish building.
Building setbacks into a loud parking for the school used to be located either on the school or on adjacent lands.
So this slide provides a high level summary of the staff analysis provided in the council report. The lands were identified by both Waldorf and the landowner as well
all suited to the needs of a school site. Provincial legislation does allow a municipality to initiate zoning or rezoning of lands.
And council has directed staff to prepare this rezoning. The development regulations in the amendment by law are in alignment with other zones that allow school use.
So no maximum density, no maximum safe coverage, no building height, although some schools zones either allow no building height or a maximum height of 10 to 14.
We went with no building height here for flexibility.
And however this zone does regulate building setbacks. We felt that was important in this case for the community.
The 7.6 meter setback from all future school parcel boundaries matches the typical front and rear setbacks of our typical residential zones that are in that area and are greater than typical side setbacks for residential zone.
And the amendment by law was evaluated relative to the established rezoning evaluation criteria.
The amendment by law is supported by applicable policies of the official community plan of note the subject lands are within the Whistler urban development containment area or woodcut.
And these are lands in which all urban land uses, including institutional uses should be contained.
The land use map aid does not need to be modified and of note this ensures that array of learning opportunities is available to residents, which is a policy within the OCP.
In terms of traffic and parking staff obtained address stage one traffic assessment memo from a traffic engineering consultant, which provided a high level review of the transportation considerations associated with the amendment by law.
The memo made some safe planning recommendations as well as recommended a traffic impact study and traffic management plan.
No maximum hydrograph law I've already touched upon this to allow flexibility.
And as well we're requiring that a green building checklist be provided and this would be consistent with the council green building policy.
Sorry, it's a new clicker.
Not intuitive.
So staff recommends several conditions of adoption of the amendment by law.
These recommended conditions of adoption are result of the analysis work performed in the preparation of the amendment by law.
It is common practice to have conditions of adoption of a zoning amendment by law.
So staff recommend firstly that prior to adoption of the proposed amendment by law.
The following batteries be resolved to set size faction of the general manager of climate action planning and development services.
So first to amend an existing covenant BT408864 on lock 44 to permit construction of a school including auxiliary day care and auxiliary buildings without the development limitations imposed in that covenant.
And all of this is described in the council report.
Secondly is registration of a new development covenant to require traffic impact study and traffic management plan prior to further permits and this is further recommendations of the stage one traffic assessment memo.
Require green building checklist prior to further permits and accordance with the council green building policy.
Require registration of an easement or covenant over the part of the adjacent lot 34 that future school day care parking may be located if it's not located on the school parcel.
And this is consistent with requirements for other zones that have parking off site.
And limit school enrollment to 275 students and auxiliary day care to 25 license spaces.
And this is just generally to mitigate potential impacts of a school and day care in this location.
A public hearing for the amendment by law is not required as per the local government act, which specifies that local government is not required to hold a public hearing on a proposed zoning amendment by law.
If an OCP is in effect for the area and the proposed by law is consistent with the OCP.
So in this basis, the communication respecting the amendment by law included the rezoning notification sign posted on site.
And notice of no public hearing mailed and advertised in two issues of the peak newspaper.
Both the signage and the notification were undertaken in accordance with provincial legislation and municipal by law requirements.
So council has received correspondence from the public regarding the proposed zoning amendment.
Raiders know concerns with respect to municipal authority, notification timing and process.
Lack of information, perceived transparency of the process that those affected have not had an opportunity to be heard and have requested that public hearing be held.
Staff notes that the local government act specifies when a public hearing is not required, but it also does not prohibit a local government from holding a public hearing in this case.
So staff provided an alternative optional recommendation for council in the council report if council wishes to direct staff to hold a public hearing in this case.
So the optional recommendation is the same as the recommendation written in the council report with the exception of the yellow highlighted taxed.
That instead of council considering first three readings of the amendment by law that council consider giving first and second readings and direct staff to hold a public hearing.
This slide outlines the next steps of the process and illustrates the difference in next steps between a council motion for the recommendation written in the council report versus the optional recommendation provided in the council report and just presented.
The optional recommendation to hold a public hearing with delay consideration of third reading of the amendment by law by approximately five weeks.
However, in the meantime, the landowners and Waldorf could be working on the recommended conditions of adoption and preparing their development permit and building permit submissions for review processes can run concurrently.
So with that, this slide presents a recommendation as written in the council report that council consider giving three readings of the amendment by law.
So I won't read out the whole recommendation on the slide and then the report. So this concludes our presentation and staff welcome any staff welcome any questions.
Thank you very much. If I have questions count third or fourth I next presentation.
If we exercise option to give first you readings and have a public hearing what's the soonest that we could have a public hearing.
The soonest the public hearings are not allowed to occur on the same date of a council meeting, but we typically hold them on a Tuesday.
So with that, the soonest date would be believe February Tuesday February 10th and that would enable us to do the required notification meet the requirements for notification and mail out.
Thank you.
Councillor Ford.
Thank you.
One of your recommendations is to limit the school population to 275 students in 25 day care spaces.
I understand that that's just a size constraint to limit the possibility.
I don't understand why we would parse it. Why not just say 300.
And what if what if they had room and the ability to provide 100 day care spaces?
Like, and I know that that's wishful thinking, but in I just don't understand why we would split that and articulate it that way.
Given that if their school enrollment were to drop, but what if they were able to offer more than 25 day care spaces?
That's could we just be a little bit more vague there?
So a multiple support of these limitations and these would be limits imposed by covenant.
And so if in future, down the road, if this all proceeds and in future, down the road, there's greater need for greater numbers than we could consider a covenant amendment.
Out of future time.
I'm not suggesting that we need a larger school population.
I'm just saying that the delineation between infants or toddlers and like why not say only 75 high school students.
It just seems a bit restrictive in a space that doesn't.
I don't see the value too.
I can never put a cap on a day care.
So if they had 300 day care spaces, I'd be over the moon.
But obviously that would limit the number of children that they could have in the school.
And that's, again, wishful thinking.
So anyways, just want to put that out there is a question.
Councillor Gill.
Thank you, acting mayor and thank you for the presentation.
Could you go back to the map?
And while you're doing that to Councillor Ford's question, I assume that 275.
There was a need's projection with our growing populations over the next 20 years or so.
And so that there was a calibration there of need.
I assume that wasn't just a number pulled out on a scale for building.
No, it was based on discussion with Waldorf about anticipated enrollment and seeking to understand that.
Great.
We didn't need to be infinite.
So that was the number arrived out with their support.
Okay.
Just referring to how to the image.
And I'm trying to correlate with old mill road.
It appears there'll be quite a buffer of force between the development footprint.
And the houses in old mill road.
What distances do those roughly represent?
Yeah, I apologize.
It's unfortunate.
I can point out on the screen.
But you won't see it on your screen here.
But if you turn around.
So the proximity distance from this to this line.
So the rear of this parcel on old mill lane to the edge of the school site is about 125 meters.
And there's an elevation drop as well.
I'm just pointing that out because the way sound works.
That's advantage if you live down there.
I didn't put the contour lines on, but this is I would call this underlating terrain.
There's a little bit of a kind of path way if you will not a path.
But like a level area here.
And then exactly.
So it drops a little bit.
It goes up a little bit.
And it's not, it's not simple terrain.
I'd call it complex terrain.
Okay.
And again, we are committed to keeping the greatest tree buffer possible.
Between the the Microsoft Division and the school.
Yeah, the no activities are contemplated at this point on this portion.
On the portion between the old mill lane and the school site delineated in red.
In that upper portion with the purple dash.
That's there's nothing changing on that portion of the lands.
Okay.
And it looks like there's a, although there's some.
To biography perhaps.
Challenges or some climb up.
But.
The, the proposed schools very close to the valley trail.
It looks like.
Perhaps with a switchback or two.
It could be connected to the valley trail.
Yeah, I think that is possible.
There's an existing statutory right of way over a lot.
34 that's obviously undeveloped at this time.
For public access.
And so yes, I think it could could be contemplated in the future that there may be.
Ability to have a valley trail connection here.
Okay. Thank you for that.
And there are questions regarding the environmental impacts.
And and some further studies.
Do we have any data on the existing school in terms of an animal aspect?
We have that but understanding the existing footprint in terms of.
Greenhouse gas emissions energy builds and also.
Transportation.
Do we know roughly.
With the current location.
How many people drive versus bike versus walk versus bus, etc.
To try get a better sense of.
The transportation impacts.
So I'll start with the building.
So.
We don't have the numbers on the buildings.
But any new building would have to meet our green building policy.
Checklist.
Which looks at a lot of a lot of broadly at at at buildings.
And then would have to meet.
The newer standards of the building code.
So suffice it to say that a newer buildings would be higher energy, better energy performance.
That's a really nice experience at Waldorf.
We can only improve on it.
In terms of JST impacts, that's it for now.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Councillor Jewett.
Thanks very much.
Could you show us the park land again?
It's the green on this slide.
It lit up white. Oh, that one.
Okay, so where the valley trail goes and all the way down to the lake is park land.
And there's park land coming right up adjacent to Lot 34.
Correct.
Yeah, exactly. It runs on a little strip between Lot 34 and the CN rail right away.
Right.
There was also discussion in one of the letters about a right of way through Old Mill Road.
Is it one of those park areas or is it the valley trail that was the right of way?
I'm not aware of a right of way through Old Mill Lane, but there is a right of way,
statutory right of way in this portion of Lot 34.
Okay.
That it waits for public access.
And then meanwhile, all of that.
Public park.
It's correct.
It's municipal land.
It's municipal land, but it's not park land.
I believe it's all the lake park.
Okay.
One of the in the letter I'm I'm discussing.
The writer was.
Did not receive a letter.
How many letters were sent out to inform?
There's a isn't the.
The regulation that they have to be within a hundred meters to get a letter.
Correct.
I don't was them within a hundred meters.
I don't.
It's a hundred meter buffer from all of Lot 34.
So we can go back to this slide again.
So that purple.
As well as the three other portions of Lot 34 that are hooked to it.
So it's one legal entity is four different distinct sections.
All four of those had a hundred meter buffer taken on them.
And that was the where the mail out went.
And in this in the case of Old Mill Lane.
Interestingly.
Oops.
Sorry.
Oh.
Here we go.
Okay.
Apologies.
It's trying to get the point.
Here we go.
The distance from the edge of Lot 34.
When you put a hundred meter buffer on it.
It comes to almost that Lot but not quite or almost that Lot.
I forget it was it was close.
The intentionally included them in the mail out recognizing that that that they should be that this was an old note that this this was relevant to those people living in that proximity to this proposal.
And so I my recollection is somewhere in the vicinity of ninety to a hundred letters.
I think was the total mail out.
Oh wow.
So that's a lot more than I thought because there was someone that wrote a letter that was asking that lives in twin lakes why they didn't receive a letter.
Right.
And I can't I can't speak to that particular address, but I can say that we took a hundred meter buffer off Lot 34.
Okay.
So the regulation was followed and everyone that was and and more that was within a hundred meters received a letter.
We we mail it.
We we sent the letter.
Did you mail it or did you deliver.
No, we mailed it.
Okay.
Our our requirement is to mail it.
Okay.
I just want to because we had a lot of people asking about that.
And I just want to clarify what the regulation is and and the efforts that you took to follow that.
As the QR code been updated on the on the sign because it was not working before.
So the QR code on the sign is different from the QR code on the notice.
The sign is a general sign.
It's the same QR code that we that we use on any type of of development sign that is that is meant to be posted.
And it simply brings the user to a location on the website that has all of our sort of open applications that we're considering.
We call we call it an application.
It's a municipal lead initiative rezoning but the fact that we give give it an RZ number.
So we have a place to file it.
So it brings users to there and they can sort by putting in that application number.
So it's a it's we don't change the QR code with every sign that goes up.
It's a standard QR code.
I went out personally.
I tested it on multiple devices and it worked.
Okay. So in other words, all the procedures that are always done for any rezoning were followed for this one and it was no different.
For for notification and sign adjust.
Okay.
I just know that people wrote passionate letters about this.
I really want to ensure that we do discuss that.
The enrollment limits of 275 or 100 over what they have now.
Is that what the school requested.
Yeah, we spoke specifically to Waldorf about their business plan and their model for the next 10 15 20 years and what they would.
It would be come to their small local independent school.
That doesn't intend to compete with with their secondary public schools.
That is the capacity they provided as their maximum growth model.
Okay. Thank you.
And in the site plan.
I don't know if there's anything more.
Let's see with more detail than than the then what we've got here.
Where do they show the parking?
It's obviously towards all to Lake Road.
Does it go into Old Mill Lane?
No.
Not at all.
No.
It'll come up.
Oh, chair.
Oh, rats.
Okay.
Stand by.
Here we go.
It will come directly off all to Lake Road somewhere in this vicinity.
Okay.
So not near the entrance.
No.
Okay.
And so that's the pickup and drop off and the parking.
That's to be established at a later date and commented.
If it's not in the red part.
Yeah.
The recommendation asked for a traffic management plan, which would we expect would include exactly that.
So details about how the pickup and drop off is to be managed on site.
How the access will flow how that area will flow to ensure that it's safe and appropriate.
If you drop off for both a care that is parking for all of the users of the site.
And that it doesn't inadvertently lead to congestion on Old Hill Road.
Okay.
And the green building checklist is that something that the municipality produces or there's a standard that they have to adhere to with the checklist.
There are items that they need to address the policy outlines it.
Energy reducing water reducing waste those types of things.
So that's something that the proponent would be providing and it's to to our satisfaction.
Right now there isn't.
They don't have proposed.
Usually need architectural plans and drawings that are like process like, you know, quite well designed like.
Well in their way of processing to be able to provide such a checklist.
Okay.
That's why that's the condition.
And just going back to the letters.
Is this a rezoning or a subdivision or both?
Because I mean, I don't know what's the difference.
It's 100% of rezoning at this stage.
It's simply adding the uses that we described in the report.
It's not a subdivision.
Okay.
And then I guess the only other thing is.
No, I don't think I, oh, traffic impact study and traffic management plan.
Who would produce those with that be a consultant that would be harder to do that?
The traffic impact study would be done by a consultant.
Yeah.
Okay.
That would, would secure that.
And so the, something that the, the municipality would have to approve of the,
The way that it was conducted and that sort of thing.
Correct.
So the proponent would go out to retain a consultant to do that work.
And then that would need to be said to submit it to us to our satisfaction.
Okay.
That's all I've got.
Thank you.
Councillor Forsyth.
Thanks.
When Councillor Jew was asked in this question that sparked a couple of in my mind.
In the report it, we referenced the land use and procedures and fees by law.
Twenty twenty five, two two, oh five of twenty twenty two.
And so was that in response to changes in the local government act regarding public hearings?
No.
So the local government act has historically enabled a public hearing to be waived if,
if it's consistent with the OCP.
The more recent changes in the local government act enacted times when public hearings have to
be prohibited and those are around housing.
That's the smooth single multi use housing.
Any housing?
Okay.
Thanks for clarifying that.
I knew that there were, I'd been changes, but they are in regards to the new legislation for the problems.
Regarding multi use housing.
Thank you.
Okay.
I'm going to count third to John.
I think I just have two lingering questions.
One is just clarification with the traffic studies.
What has been done to date?
I thought at one point.
I wish I could remember when was considered a bypass road.
It's been a sense done in the past.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm not aware of anything respecting bypass roads.
That may be before my time here.
But yeah.
What we did was we retained a traffic engineering consultant to provide a stage one assessment
memo to us for this project.
Okay.
And my next question probably tell I'm not a parent.
Most sustainable thing ever does not reproduce this.
But anyways.
The number of operating days because I'm very focused on impacts.
Roughly 50% of the 365 day calendar school is school.
I'm very curious.
I'm really trying to understand again.
The overall impact.
Well, school generally starts early September and goes to mid June with some breaks.
Yeah.
It hasn't changed much.
It's going to be time.
Okay.
Thank you.
189 days.
Thank you.
Yes.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Kindness.
Are you okay.
I just going over the report.
One of the recommendations is a registration of a development covenant on low 40.
34 and favor of the RMOW.
That covenant is only for the impact study.
That prior to adoption registration of the development covenant on a lot, 34 in favor of the
RMOW to require the traffic impact study, traffic management plan, the parking and the enrollment limit.
Will that covenant remain on the lot?
Or does the title transfer to the school?
Or does it just remain in the RMOW's name?
So, right now, this covenant would have to, a lot 44 is one parcel.
So, this covenant would be registered on a lot 44, and a lot 34.
Yes, and then these are all, like the zoning, if adopted, does enable a portion of a lot 34 to be subdivided for a school parcel.
And it's at that, you know, at that future time when a subdivision application has been contemplated that all of the, you know, legal agreements are looked at.
And if there's something that's, you know, only meant for a part of the parcel, it may just apply to that future part.
But right now, it gets registered, it's one parcel, so it gets registered on the entire parcel.
Right, and they had some requirements, like employee housing if they used the land.
Or it wasn't there or something like Serium trying to know?
So, that speaks to item A in the recommendation.
So, there is an existing development covenant on a lot 34 that has some development limitations of some things that were meant to happen before, before development of the land.
So, that item A addresses that the development limitations in the existing covenant.
Right, that's page five, talking about the existing covenant.
Correct, correct.
Thank you.
Okay, my turn.
My colleagues took many of the questions.
It's often, if you could bring the Mac back up.
I get to take these journeys down GIS, and so I'm curious that the north end of that.
There's a parcel that is like a slice of cheese, and it's half-park, half-not.
And I'm just curious on GIS the same way, is that just an anomaly of GIS, or is there.
There really a parcel that is half-park, but not. It seems weird.
A slice of cheese.
So that's very, like, you don't have that.
Look at a GI officer, right?
But it's very tough. It's maybe out of the scope, but it's interesting.
The parkland surrounds their entire thing, but there's a parcel.
Because you mentioned there was, you took particular interest in making sure that upper parcel
will also have a letter, even though they're outside the scope.
But they seem to be able to question for later.
Right. Okay. So, sort of, do you mean this piece?
Yeah, if you go on the top there, it's half that's kind of that.
It's park and below that is the same parcel.
Yeah. Anyways. I think I think you're this.
I'm GIS nerding here, so.
Okay.
Oh, I see.
It's the parcel.
That's a good question.
That may be that it's split.
It could be a GIS glitch that shows that little bit of park.
I can't, yeah, that's a good question.
I guess it speaks to other questions.
You can have a lot of 34 is when you look on GIS weird.
It has many pieces.
So you can have a park component and a non park component in the same parcel.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, this is rezoning establishes this use in this location.
Does it establish new parcel boundaries?
Yeah.
It simply adds this zoning to be permitted in this part of that lot.
Yeah.
So, yes, split zone parcels are permitted.
Okay.
And what is the statutory right of way for?
I don't want 34.
The existing one is for public access.
Okay.
And it just goes from it's here and then it's actually along the bottom of a lot of 34 there.
So that was restrict what goes on that parcel.
Under that existing statutory right of way.
It doesn't restrict other things on that parcel.
It just establishes that that can be used for the purposes written in the statutory right of way, which for public access.
So it was somewhere in the past.
It was contemplated for something.
Yes.
Exactly.
I'm not developed.
And the right of way doesn't obligate it to be developed.
And then, you know, this is a process to grant a zoning amendment.
Could council then choose to ungrant a zoning amendment if that were decided that, you know, things didn't work out.
There was some mention here that the risk of that this would last in perpetuity.
Council could just grant.
Great.
Unzoning.
I don't know.
We could be rezoned again.
Yes.
I don't think that's the right word.
And then for the traffic study, you mentioned that stage one traffic impact assessment like a memo.
What are the county stages are there of traffic studies?
I don't know.
The consultant referred to it that way.
When we when we said we want a very high level review not based on a specific proposal based on a very high level understanding of what may be here.
And they said, oh right, we called that a stage one.
Okay.
So we might see stage two or three in the next as part of this comment modification.
Presumably the next would be a traffic impact study as they recommended in the memo.
Stage unknown.
Okay.
I think that was all my questions.
So at this point, thank you for the presentation.
Don't have a mover for either the as proposed in the.
Yes.
We have what was in the package or we have an optional amendment.
Optional recommendation.
Did you want to move it to move around which one?
I would like to move the optional recommendation with.
Thank you.
That one.
So first and second reading and that council direct staff to hold a public hearing for the amendment by law.
My only.
If I could.
And I know that this is just parsing words and I know that you've already explained to me that this is what Waldorf wanted.
I just don't like capping a daycare space.
I would say 300 heart beats rather than delineating between students and child care spaces.
So I'm not expanding the space at all.
But I just I can't feel good about seeing.
Anyway.
Before that's moved.
Could I just ask how we arrived at that number.
I understand that there was discussions with the Waldorf.
But how did we arrive at.
Two seventy five and twenty five.
They.
We spoke to them and said we you know we want to make sure that that we limit the size of school.
We don't have architecture at this point.
How can we ensure that it stays a small independent school.
They noted that their business model never had them exceeding a number of 275 students or 25 child care spaces.
So we felt that would was a reasonable size when you compare it to other schools that does ensure that it would be a small local school.
Well within the bounds of their growth.
Correct.
We can amend the we can amend this if the time comes that they they're bulging at the seams with take care spaces.
Think come to us for an amendment.
Correct.
Okay.
This is not a healing in a diet.
So I will move the optional recommendation as it's written on the screen.
My point is made.
Thank you.
And do I have a seconder.
Can I say for safe comments.
Can I answer to it?
Sorry.
I got a bit rough to this.
I think it's important to know that Spruce Grove is not an option.
That the province has said that the school must leave in June this year.
Is that that's I shouldn't ask that's a comment.
So this is why we're here today.
So hopefully there is a school ready to go somewhere.
And this is their best chance at it.
Thank you.
Council.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Thanks for everyone for coming to.
I know often what happens here is can be.
Be confusing and mystifying people sometimes mystifies us.
But to explain how we've arrived at this council asked for this to be initiated.
Because we understand the time pressures that this school is facing to get there for ever home.
And it was a sincere desire on behalf of council that well-dorf have there for ever home.
After exhaustive research 50 different sites, this is the one that's been decided for the community.
We're here tonight to decide whether the process of the rezoning continues.
Which I'll be supporting.
But doing it like this we felt I felt was the cleanest most expedited way to make that happen.
To be clear on process and how things happen.
We don't we don't get to make decisions on how process is made and laid out.
That is laid out in the local government act.
And we are required to follow a certain process where we have discretion is in the public hearing.
And so it used to be my understanding from housing was a public hearing was required.
Now it's prohibited.
In this case the public hearing is still at the discretion of council.
So in this case I still feel like having the option and exercising the option of having the public hearing is still the
cleanest most user-friendly expedited way to get Waldorf to its friend home.
Councillor Ford?
Thank you.
I hate repeating things that have already been said, but this is certainly the cleanest way through.
I do want to hear from the community I have heard from the community on this topic broadly.
A lot I think we all have over the last 12 years for me.
And so there's no mystery here that we're interested in what the community has to say.
I do appreciate the exhaust of process that this has taken on the board on our staff on community members that have been participating in this since 25 years ago.
So I'm excited to hear from the public and I think that this is a clean way through getting them into their new home.
Thanks.
Councillor Jones?
I respect my colleagues.
You point on this.
I am comfortable at a third reading for the following reason.
Waldorf has an existential threat.
There is no place to lay us like an Apollo mission in terms of timing, but there's no place to land this other than not 34 due to the generosity of the owners of that property.
A lot of my questions have been answered tonight in terms of impact.
And I think that we are fully committed to minimize impacts to the people who live locally within that neighborhood.
There's no other place for Waldorf.
It's our only option.
Thank you.
Councillor Forrest, I neglected to mention that the submissions from the residents adjacent to the property.
We read them all.
We consider them all.
We understand many are very thoughtful and considered.
And we consider those when we make our decision.
And the submissions made during the public hearing before we make any decisions.
So that that's clear.
Thanks.
I acknowledge the difference and experience between the affected parties.
I think you have, on one hand, you have the board and students and teachers and everyone with Waldorf who have been doing this for 25 years.
I've been looking for a site.
And feel like they've gone through every avenue and tried everything.
And then, on the other hand, you have the owners of properties and all to Lake Road who have heard about this.
A month ago.
Okay.
And so feel that this is all new to them.
I do reference one of the things where the Board said, you know, it's a full circle moment.
This is where it was created.
And it seems to be coming back to you.
So it's an interesting full circle moment of how that works.
You know, I do acknowledge that we often talk about hearing from younger members of the community.
And this is probably the most young people we've had in this room in a long time.
And so I appreciate them coming out and speaking.
And I think that's important.
I'm acknowledging this as a good option.
I think we've heard a lot of the public hearing is important.
I do want acknowledge that I will be disappointed if I don't hear from more people than I've already heard from.
Because I've had a lot of letters.
I've responded to many.
I've met with people.
I've been trying to do that public engagement part in a small compressed timeline for myself.
And so if it doesn't expand upon that and I hear from more people, I will probably feel like maybe that time was wasted.
But I'm willing to give the community a chance to feel like they're heard.
And I look forward to going through a public hearing is something I don't often get to do.
So I'm looking forward to the process and seeing where this goes next.
So hopefully this satisfies both those two parties and we can move on to the next stage.
So I'm looking for all in favor.
Any opposed?
And motion passes.
Thank you very much.
We'll take a five minute recess so you can leave if you wish.
I don't go get the mayor to take over.
Thank you.
Council's package. Thank you. You're to take any questions. Thank you, sir. Questions? Councillor
Jewett? Thanks very much. How many submissions were there for the RFP to the RFP?
We had a total of three.
Three. Okay. And there's the next one percent for increasing insurance costs. It's said
that it was due to larger crowds. Yeah. It's a requirement that we have of the producer
to secure like event insurance, specific to that type of activity. And part of the analysis done
by the insurer is crowd size. So we base it on our estimates. And that size has increased
every year. So last year increased by about $5,000 over the year. Excuse me. 5,000 people over
the year before. So that was an incremental cost to our insurance coverage.
That's 5,000 total. What's the average audience size? I would say average would be 35 to
4,000, but it can range up and down depending on the act, the weather, all sorts of factors.
Well, something I sure enjoy. Thank you.
Cheers. Thanks. Councillor DeJange.
I'm always excited when I see this, but try to understand the breakdown of the 130,000 more
between programming, performance services, administration, technical, production services.
It varies every year. A rule of thumb as we plan. We typically look at a range for programming
for performance services, which is basically everything it takes to pay a performer or get them
to whistler, have them here or their green room costs, things like that. That's usually between
a 58 to 65% of the overall budget. Technical production services, again, can fluctuate depending
on the type of acts we have, which may or may not need more production. So that's typically
in that average of the book 20 to 25% range. And then remaining costs would go towards a
administrative, legal, insurance is a cost. And then the producers' management fee, where
they pay their staff and themselves.
Great. It was very helpful. And the third, we've got what's at least 7 Thursday night performances.
And I've just curious, and I apologize if I missed that in our package, but the multiplier
effect that we get by extending, making long weekends through.
That's one of the goals of the program for FNA supported by tourism with service, as well as we always
look to bring in more midweek traffic, especially in summer where it's already quite busy on the weekends.
And extend that length of stay. Typically people who stay longer need more goods and services
from whistler. So it just promotes the tourism economy.
Both the cuff locals versus visitors every time I'm in the roof.
I think it also depends on the act. But we have a nice mix. I think the locals who go and
enjoy themselves greatly. And it's nice to see them at the shows. And the visitors like rubbing
elbows with the locals, something to brag about. But I think a lot of us has done when we
traveled somewhere and got to spend some time with the locals. You go back and tell your friends.
It's a great vibe.
Absolutely. I don't see it. Okay, move by Councillor Forsyth. Second, my Councillor
Murrell. Second time I've got names wrong. Are there any comments? Go ahead, Councillor
Jong. It's such a great value. I think the math quickly at 830,000 divided in 55,000
visits is like a $16 ticket or something like that. Cost being more to see Bob Dylan
and I was 16 years old. So it's a great value.
The numbers actually probably a little bit higher because we do get a lot of walk by that stop
and stay for a shorter duration. 10, 15, 20 minutes. I'm actually count them because it's almost
impossible to track that flow by. But yeah, we're pretty happy with our turnouts over
here. Thank you. Councillor Murrell. I think we've talked a lot about trying to make
use of these tourism dollars to benefit locals and I think this one, as much as we see, tourism
coming in and coming in the village and spending money we see an absolute ton of locals out
to all the good concerts. So I'm looking forward to a new round when the announcement comes out
and managing my calendar based around that. So thank you. Councillor Jong. I think it's also
important to remember that the opening acts are generally local as well. And so it means
that local artists are also getting work. So thanks for sharing the wealth.
I concur with the comments of my colleagues. Call the question there any opposed? Motion carries.
Thanks very much. Our next item is the Miller's Ponds sewer lift station replacement
tender award report, and it's going to be presented by Supervisor of Infrastructure Projects
Scott Morphett. Nice to see you. Good evening, Mayor and Council. It's good to see you all here
at Steven. Tonight, I'm happy to present to you the Miller's Ponds' secretive station
replacement project contract award recommendation. The purpose of this report tonight is to inform
the Council on project details, the plan and procurement for Miller's Ponds sewer lift station
replacement project. As per procurement policy, I'll be making a recommendation for contract
award on the project. On the screen you see in front of you is a picture of the existing
wet well in the inside down below the pumps of the bottom, level control floats,
wires and electrical juncture boxes that are needed replacement. Project background, the station
is a critical component of the sewer collection. Sorry. The sewer station is a critical
component of the sewer collection system, as is collection point for 21 residential properties,
and ensures efficient pumping and wastewater flows to the next high point in the system
which then flows down to the wastewater treatment by gravity. The replacement of the
sewer lift station, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, will improve the systems overall
durability, reduce the risk of future failures and enhance long-term performance. This station
was built in 1993 and has been in service for the past 33 years, which the engineer record has
reported that typical lay spans is 20 to 25 years for mechanical and 10.
In short, the station is exceeded the expectancy of life. The photo on the left is the picture of the internal electrical components, currently in the Kiosk that needs replacement. The photo on the right is the photo on the fuses that are used in this station, which are a bit outdated technology.
The project location is located at the sewer lift station at 2773 check-em-is-way in Miller's bond and basures in the road at the end of check-em-is-way and the cliff top lane intersection.
The area can expect minor traffic and pedestrian delays. Traffic control personnel will be on site during construction hours.
The sewer bypass will be set up in the work zone and will be fed stuff. The bypass pumping may generate noise in the neighborhood and will run 24-7 for the duration of the project.
The photo on the bottom right is a picture of the sewer as a station and mentioned for replacement.
The Kiosk, a square green box, houses the electrical components and all the instrumentation. This will be moved over here to the current water, and that will be relocated.
The sewer lift station here, that's this the lid, it's about 20 feet deep, houses the pumps and mechanical piping and electrical components for the pumps.
The photo here is an example showing the slide diagrams, a side diagram of a sewer lift station, a cylinder designed to respond to a sewer lift station.
In short, the sewer is collected from all the residential houses, which comes to the focal point, which comes down, enters the station through the inlet.
The station then fills to a level, a set point, which then activates the pumps to turn on and draw down the level and move the wastewater up to high level point.
Where it is then discharged into a gravity piping where it then flows down onto the water, down to the wastewater treatment plant.
The 2026 scope of work will include the new Kiosk, housing and all the electrical components and controls, replace electrical panels, instrumentation and integrate new skated technology, which is an acronym for supervisory control and data acquisition.
This allows for historical training and remote access to the station from utilities, parks, yard or municipal.
We'll also replace mechanical piping and pumps inside the wet well.
And again, an overland bypass of the sewer lift station will be set up during the construction to keep service for the local residents during construction.
This project is scheduled to start upon Council's approval in the spring of 2026 with substantial completion date of September 2026.
On a safety note, on a daily basis, safe working procedures will be managed to adjust for including traffic management plans, underground utilities, confined space, sloping and ensuring.
In methods, we will be utilizing the RMOW communications team, the RMOW website, the construction track, or posting pages, and the social media platforms.
Notifications to residents will be delivered to the nearby near the project and project signs will be posted that project site prior to start dates.
In summary, two compliant bids were submitted. The lowest compliant bid was 767,000.
And it was, it came in 18% higher than the engineer's cost estimate of 650,100.
The variance of this difference is primarily due to the bypass costs required for the sewer lift station construction.
The estimate assumed shorter bypass pumping durations and note contingency for the bypass pumps.
The compliant low bid is Drake excavating 2016 limited, which is also to success you completed multiple capital projects for the RMOW in the past, and the team is looking forward to completing the 2026 scope of work.
And according to the administrative report, here is the recommendation. Thank you for your time.
Any questions?
Thanks for presentation.
How did you answer the question?
Yes, my question about the discrepancy and the estimate and the total cost.
Thanks.
I was confused by you also answered my question about where exactly it is, because I presume that it was on the side of the highway from Miller Creek or from function junction to west side road that new section of valley trail,
but it's up on the other side of the highway.
Okay.
Very end of the road.
That makes sense.
It's turned up to cliff top.
Okay.
So my question is sort of related, but if you can answer it great, if not, I understand.
On that section of valley trail on the other side of the highway, often there's significant odor.
And my presumption was that it's a consequence of the upgrades that are happening at the sewer treatment plant.
But is it or is it because of the pump and will this alleviate that, even though it's on the other side?
Oh, I'm not quite sure where you're with valley trail portion you're talking about.
So the valley trail portion that goes from function junction is the new valley trail.
Oh yeah, okay.
Yeah, so there's significant odor there at times and I wonder why.
It's related to the main trunk line, that's the main artery.
And I think that the flow can make, there's airhole breather holes in the mantle lids.
Yeah.
So it pushes them to the sewer odor out the hole.
Okay.
So you can smell the sulfur at the smell.
Yeah.
And so do what will alleviate that?
Is it another one of these on the other side?
No, this just keeps moving sewage from low point to high point.
Okay.
That's the big carrier that takes it to the headwork so the treatment plant, the section that you're talking about.
Okay.
Uh, suppose my question is how do we get rid of that smell?
That would be an odor study.
James?
Oh, Charles.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to take this on as such tension, but.
That's okay.
Good evening.
So as part of our sewer model and master plan, we do have a recommendation to look at a wider odor control study across the
Resortness party of us there.
So that'll be covered in a.
In a future topic.
Okay.
So we're on it.
Yes.
Awesome.
Thank you.
Councillor.
Do it.
All right.
Thanks very much.
The 21 lots are all single family lots.
Correct.
It's at the end of Miller's pond there.
We're all the single family.
I believe they are just single family lots.
Right.
That turns up to cliff top you say.
And then it goes downhill to where it's final destination is.
Correct.
So interesting.
I love math.
Sort of.
That's 43,410 dollars per lot.
And I hope that those.
Those folks.
That's using the total cost of the contract, which was.
Closer.
It was around $911,000.
Correct.
With the project management.
Yeah.
With the project management.
So I just.
This.
This is not the sexiest part of.
Municipal services.
But it's so necessary.
And I hope that people appreciate.
The value that they are getting.
From a project like this.
So.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Councillor Jones.
I believe.
It's at 3031 different pump stations we have in the valley.
So I'm up around 3036.
So I'm going to have 3536.
Okay.
There's enough of them.
And I'm the total project budget.
1.2 million.
That's for this.
Or covering the system for the years.
That is for this.
Plus continues.
Correct.
Yeah.
Plus continues.
Over across.
Over sites.
That.
We don't get another one.
At least this year.
Yeah.
I hope it works better.
This one's planned.
So.
Okay.
Thank you.
Presentation.
Okay.
You've answered all our questions.
Thank you.
All right.
Move by Councillor Forsyth.
Second by Councillor Murrell.
Councillor Murrell.
I just want to point out the picture.
Those fuses.
I had to change.
I had to find one of those on a Friday night with a full restaurant.
I went out and had to change it, which is like a game of operation with a 100 amp.
And so I'm really happy to see they found new technology because it was the scariest thing
I've ever done.
Thanks.
Okay.
Based on that, I'll be in voting.
I'm voting in favor of this.
Okay.
Are there any opposed motion carries?
Our next item is the Public Outdoor Space Regulation Violence, presented by Manager of Resort,
Parks Planning, Martin Parto, Mr. Parto.
The floor is yours.
Good evening.
Tonight Council's being asked to get first second and third readings to the Public Outdoor Space
Regulation Violence, number 2480, 2026, in a form substantially similar to the version
included as the Pentex A to the December 16th Committee of the Whole Report.
This request is being made because the existing park use by law number 1526-2002 is outdated
and is no longer a no longer reflects current legislation.
Operational realities or modern uses of public outdoor spaces.
In short, significant legislative changes increased operational complexity
and growing community needs require a modernized by law with stronger and clear enforcement
tools.
As presented at the Committee of the Whole Meeting, and as for your council package, the new
Public Outdoor Space Regulation by law referred to as the Hoser by law.
Expansive scope to all public outdoor spaces and addresses issues such as e-mobility, commercial activities, accessibility,
Nordic seasonal closures at law slake and safety.
I'd like to take a minute to address Mr. Sinclair's questions from earlier this evening.
To be clear, the responsibility to enforce the Motor Vehicle Act, which applies to municipal roads in Highway 99,
lies with the RCMP, as does enforcing a bicycle helmet lawns.
Municipal by law service is staff or responsible for enforcing the rules in the proposed poser
and may consider partnered enforcement activities with the RCMP where necessary.
The proposed poser rules for e-devices align with the Motor Vehicle Act, which is provincial legislation,
because users frequently travel between municipal roads in Highway 99, where the Motor Vehicle Act applies
and the Valley Trail, so think of Crosswalk, acting to segments of Valley Trail.
The Valley Trail is regarded by the RMW to ensure consistent expectations across these overlapping jurisdictions.
The proposed poser by a lot mirrors the regulations set out in the Motor Vehicle Act for e-devices, in particular motor assisted cycles.
In terms of communication, the RMW intends to introduce the spring public communications campaign to reinforce desired Valley Trail and e-device behavior and etiquette.
Since the committee of the whole meeting, there have been several small changes, adjustments to poser,
these include permitting night use of the Valley Trail in section 6.1C, with respect to the loss-like Nordic operations.
We've made the rules even clear if what activities are allowed or not, plus added fee and waiver requirements to access the designated Nordic areas.
We've added a ban on ATVs, UTVs, and snowmobiles, and public outdoor spaces.
The ticketing pathways have been expanded, and offense act penalties clarified, and lastly, GM Port-Philio is the wording spent tweaked, and the GM discretion has been broadened for the winter operations.
In terms of communication and engagement, this has been very much at the inform level of public engagement.
Finally, the staff developed this, the updated the by-law and relied on external consultants and external legal advice, and used a iterative and review process.
So, councils being asked to get the first three readings to the new public outdoor space regulation by-law, replacing the 2002 park use by-law.
This items before council, because the current by-laws outdated misaligned with legislation and insufficient for days, technologies, recreation patterns, and enforcement needs.
Central content or context includes expanded geographic scope, updated rules for accessibility, clarity around operating hours, commercial activities, Nordic seasonal closures, and a comprehensive framework for e-mobility devices.
The by-law consolidates 20 years of operational experience, strength and enforcement, and provides consistent management across all municipal public outdoor spaces.
So, the recommendation is before you, the council consider getting the first second third reading to the public outdoor space regulation by-law number 2480 2026.
Let me hop you down through any questions.
Thanks for your part.
Councillor Morton.
Thank you for the part. Sorry, I just saw ice fishing in there, but I didn't see any of that in the report.
Do we currently don't allow ice fishing?
There was clarity around ice fishing that was, when it was presented to close to community of the whole, sorry, ice fishing was excluded.
We missed that, and we've since gone through and tweaked it to allow that access to occur in consideration of the Nordic.
On all lakes, or?
With respect to the lost lake and the Nordic operations.
Because there's a conflict between people getting to lost lake, the actual lake, in the park, and crossing and using the cross country trails, where there's a liability concern for mispeld.
Okay, I just, our lakes has lost like been fully frozen in the last two years.
In historically, there's been ice fishing, but I'm not sure if it's current status of our lakes.
Okay, okay, thank you.
Okay, I'm going ahead to council judge.
Thanks very much, Mr. Pardo.
Clarification in the, the by-law itself.
It's light e-bike or standard e-bike. What's the difference between a light e-bike and a standard e-bike?
So those are defined by the Motor Vehicle Act.
I didn't have it with me.
Yeah, sorry. It is complex. A light e-bike is a e-bike that's intended for users that are under the ages of 16.
And it has less electrical power to it than a standard e-bike.
So there's e-bikes that are designed for young riders.
I'm not sure that there is. I haven't done extensive marked search.
I'm hard of hearing. I thought you said the light e-bike was intended for use by people under 16.
Did I get that wrong?
And that is the provincial legislation. That is correct.
Okay, because also on 4.2 parents, guardian of 18 years old or younger,
have to ensure that their child complies. Are they liable for any damage or injury caused by their child?
That's a question. That's outside of my wheelhouse. That would be a legal question.
Okay. What are the age restrictions for e-bikes according to the MDA?
So under the age of 16, you are required to use a light e-bike.
Under the age of 18, I think the motor vehicle access actually that all users are required to wear a helmet.
Okay, so the standard e-bike might be like the cargo bikes?
A standard e-bike is defined by the motor vehicle act. It has a motor that stops providing power at 32 kilometers an hour.
It has a maximum electrical output of 500 watts. It may or may not have a throttle.
Okay. Interesting how easy it is to remove that governor.
So most of these bikes is basically the flick of the switch I looked online.
I didn't look up the MDA, but I looked to see how you could remove the governor.
In law's lake, there's the two kinds of bikes.
And it's not permitted for throttle bikes to use non asphalt trails.
They're only allowed on asphalt trails. Is that correct?
That's what we're defining in our by-law.
Okay, sir.
And so what is not permitted at all is e-scape boards and scooters.
And that's due to the MDA.
Okay. And in your report, you say not aware of any jurisdiction that is successfully in four speed limits.
So everyone is begging for it.
What about installing one of the electric speed displays like the one when we come into the village?
We can certainly do that. For some people it becomes a bit of an activity challenge.
I'm aware of that. That's how the app on the whistleblack on app work to see how fast you could go.
Okay.
No umbrella tent or shelter. That means like sunshades everything.
That's discretionary for the by-law officers.
Yes, we discussed this at the committee. The whole presentation and it is under the discretion of the by-law officers.
I know it's a pretty finished. It is a rule that they can enforce if required.
I know that we've covered a lot of this at the committee of the whole, but more people watch the regular council meeting then watch.
Unfortunately, even though the committee of the whole is great and they should watch it.
But when I went out with the valley posts, the only tents they didn't allow to be put up are those eight by eight pop-up tents.
Everything else seemed to be kind of okay.
All right.
I've been out on at Las Lake when there's ice fishing and there's commercial ice fishing on Las Lake.
There's guides going out there with people.
And I was quickly looking through to see where the ice fishing was.
How are you permitted to go out on the ice because one of the things that happens at Las Lake is you're told you may not go out on the ice.
Yeah, that's an operational issue that again is not in my wheelhouse.
It'd be happy to find an answer for you for that one.
So for instance, so we're not asking them if they have a fishing license.
Again, it's not in my wheelhouse.
All right.
And then with the safety messages has there been a consideration about using something similar to the Alpine responsibility code,
where we talk about common sense and courtesy.
And when you're people ahead of you have the right of way as your responsibility to pass safely, that sort of thing would we be able to get messages like that out?
We are intending to do that.
Yeah, that's great.
And the only thing I didn't see, oh, I know there was some, why did we change from the LGA to the community charter for this.
That's at the top of the, that's right at the top of the staff report.
Okay, going to defer to.
Is it because of the, um, the fines?
Could you be more specific when you say when we changed from, at the, I'm sorry, I have to go back.
I can work.
I can elaborate there.
So the park use by law was defined under the community charter and the posers proposed under the,
a little government act.
I just wondered why in, this is in the by law.
Yeah, you're, you're, you're talking about in the preambles to the.
Yeah, the preamble is in the stock report.
But it says where's the community charter?
It does say at the top that it's the community charter.
But it used to be the LGA and I'm just wondering why, why it changed.
I guess.
Well.
Okay.
I think it has to do that, um, where the area of responsibility is shifted from, um,
for all municipalities, uh, from the LGA to the community charter.
So we were obliged to follow that.
I think, but let us confirm that.
And I didn't see a schedule for, uh, fines for violation.
Like they had a list of all the things that thou shalt not do, but not what the consequences were.
So those will be included.
Should we receive first three readings?
The evening, um, for the next meeting.
We have the by-law notice enforcement, um, amendments.
Okay.
The MTISI amendments to capture the, uh, the fines that would be attached to all of the different
infractions.
Okay.
I probably, I've seen these a million times.
But I wasn't aware of the, um, uh, how it, how it went.
So thank you for that.
Thanks very much.
Thanks for all the work on this.
Um, you heard from someone today, and actually one of the speakers, um, today, uh,
had written a letter when her, uh, her child was hit by a bike on the, um, the valley trail.
So thank you very much for this work.
It's very important.
Thank you.
We, we have an answer.
The community charter wasn't, uh, actually enacted until 2003.
And our original, um, park use by-law was 2002.
Thank you.
Um, Councillor Morton.
Um, I don't see anything in here about commercial use on the lakes.
Have we considered that?
So the municipality does not have jurisdiction over activities that happen on the lakes.
Outside of the, for sure, license areas that we have, which are usually just offshore from our parks.
Like a lakeside park, uh, there.
Um, the, um, the existing park use by-law and poser allow us to have commercial activities in our parks.
Okay.
And then, obviously, because we don't have jurisdiction on the lakes, having, uh, offering a business license to allow someone to operate on the lake is not something that we would.
Well, we can offer a business license to someone using our parks.
And if they're using our parks as a launch point to go to the lake, they would require senior levels of government approval.
Okay.
Thank you.
If there was a desire from council to consider some investigation of the use of our parks in that fashion,
would you suggest that this by-law be amended or, I guess, in advance of that research should be done.
But is this the place that kind of a policy would fit best is is in poser?
Well, poser allows for commercial activities in parks.
There's no change from what we currently operate.
Okay, so if you think of Lake Side Park, there's a concession operator that is there that goes through an RFP process.
Uh, and provides a service to the community to guests and municipality, uh, there.
So they are approved and it seems to work quite well.
Um, we also have concession operators in terms of food trucks.
Or there's another canoe operator that's also on all to lake.
Uh, and then we have the cross country, uh, ski operations out of the, uh, the pass of house.
So there's precedent for us to have commercial activities in our parks.
And there's nothing in poser or the current by park use by law to prohibit that.
Okay.
So it makes sense to adopt this and then if we were interested in having some sort of investigation of those uses done ask for that report separately from this.
Yes, and that would be the direction of council and direction to the acting CAO.
Okay.
Terrific.
Um, yeah, go ahead, councilor.
Um, in the definitions in the by law, a wheeled conveyance does not include mobility aids or wheeled devices that are adaptive or designed to be flexible and adjust to meet the unique needs of persons with disabilities to allow for accessibility.
Um, why is that, why are those devices not included?
That's a good question, and it comes into the, um, the nuances, the fine minutia of the actual by law and how it gets applied for a valid trail recreation trail and then municipal and highway roads.
So if you actually are able to work through the by law and if had more time, I could connect the dots for you.
Um, just because they're not considered a wheeled conveyance doesn't mean they're not permitted, they are permitted.
Yeah, everywhere.
Okay.
Just because it's listed, they're listed with motor vehicles and undefined e-bikes and other things that aren't allowed.
Correct.
And that's so clear.
Those are allowed.
Yeah, that's to clarify what can and can be used elsewhere in our geographic system.
So.
Thank you.
Um, I'll ask you to stick around, but we'll make this resolution, and I think they'll be a follow up that we could probably use your assistance on as well.
Okay.
So thank you for the presentation.
Look for the resolution as laid out.
We would by Councillor.
First, I second by Councillor Murrell comments.
There you go.
Go ahead.
Councillor Dijon.
I'm glad.
Uh, we, although, yeah, we don't get as much viewing.
Um, I'm glad we work this through a community of the whole being that there's so much detail.
Uh, to it.
And I felt that was so helpful.
And I'm bringing this to the resolutions tonight.
Thank you.
Councillor.
Thank you.
And, um, Mr. Sinclair was here earlier to ask questions.
And I don't feel like we fully answered his question.
We're not actively putting bylaw officers on the Valley Trail to do speed checks, helmet checks, etc.
It felt like that was his question.
And I feel like we were just saying to him, yeah, yeah, we're, this, this deals with speed.
But what, what this doesn't do is this doesn't allocate a hundred new bylaw officers that are going to be out there enforcing speed or helmets,
or any of the other things that, frankly, we're expecting people to abide by, by having these bylaws.
It's expected behavior.
It's not, this is not punitive.
We're not going out there with, we couldn't.
And I don't think our budget process could accommodate the number of bylaws.
The number of bylaw officers we'd be required to have to do the kind of enforcement that the letters we get every week ask for.
And so I just want that to be really clear to the community that this is expected behavior.
And a number of other parameters that allow us to do the work that we do.
But this isn't changing the process of bylaw enforcement as we get demanded all the time.
Thank you.
Anyone else?
Thank you for this.
I think it's pragmatic and I think it is thorough.
So I will be voting in favor.
Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
Mr. Parto, if we would like to ask staff to come back with some kind of insight or advice or research on the public use,
the commercial use of our parks for some kind of activities on the lake.
Do you have any suggestions for us on how we could accomplish that task?
I think Ms. Lysit may even have a resolution prepared for us.
I do. If I could get the council computer to go off on the screen please.
Okay.
Any comments on this from your perspective, Mr. Parto?
No, this works well.
I think it's important to recognize the jurisdictional difference between municipal parks and lakes.
This resolution does not.
Okay.
Thank you for that.
I have one question about it.
There's been a lot of conversations at the Smart Tourism Committee about the concept of.
Out of the parks in the winter, and specifically around some commercial use, sawna's, that kind of thing, could this resolution
would this resolution direct that investigation as well, or would you expect that we need to be clear to get that outcome?
That's sufficiently clear. Perfect. Yeah, we're great to go back up.
If that could just go back up on the, thank you.
All right, moved by Councillor Morton. Is there a seconder? Seconded by Councillor Murrell?
Comments.
Yeah, our lakes are some of Wissers most cherished assets, and they play a meaningful role in how residents and visitors experience our community.
We have updated almost all of our parks to accommodate different needs, the increase of park users and environmental impacts.
We're also seeing an increase in activities on the water, a lot of which have caused harm to the lake and surrounding areas.
We've heard from locals and from operators who have seen other towns.
We've seen other towns who have managed commercial activities on lakes, and that can enhance visitor experience while respecting environmental and community values.
But we don't have currently have a clear policy framework to guide these conversations.
So I'd like to ask you guys counsel to support directing staff to bring forward a report that explores whether commercial use of our lakes could be appropriate and if so under what conditions.
This would allow us to have a thoughtful informed discussion grounded environmental protection, public access, safety, and economic considerations before any decisions are made.
Thank you.
Thanks guys for more other comments.
Go ahead.
Just a second.
It does.
Yeah, I'm not putting this.
Our lakes and parks are overwhelmed.
I am not looking for anything that encourages more on our lakes and waterways.
Our lakes and parks.
It.
The sauna's and maybe winter use for sauna's.
Things like that.
The floating barges that are popular now.
We've heard from staff today that there were eight different applications for them.
They might sound interesting and fun and an attractant for guests.
So we're jet skis.
They are super popular.
And you can get one in Kelona.
No offense to Kelona.
They have their tourism strategy.
We have ours.
And we don't have them here.
That's not a thing that we do.
And I think that that is what retains the natural beauty of this place.
And provides the protection that everyone says they want.
Part of smart tourism that the part that speaks to me is responsible stewardship of this place.
And I don't think that uninhibited growth in commercial use of our lakes and parks would be responsible stewardship.
So respectfully I'm not going to support this.
You're doing it.
I am tending to side with with Councillor Forsyth.
I think though that this is directing staff to investigate it and not to actually make it happen.
So I'd be interested in the investigation.
I am interested in potentially the winter operations.
But I do agree that summers are already busy enough on the lakes.
And we even talked about using green lake.
And we know how busy that is as a boat launch.
So without the data, which is that what the investigation will give us, which is what we were missing this afternoon at the special meeting.
That data will certainly inform what comes next.
And I'm very interested in hearing how many people are using the docks.
How much parking is available.
And even the use per acre or per square foot in the summer.
And what effect that would have having a dock that's 20 feet pull up beside one of our docks.
I want to be sure that if we do something like this, that we do it.
Having thoroughly investigated and gotten the data.
Thank you.
I do agree with council for us.
On the summer component, I think our parks are busy.
We've been very successful in making them useful.
And having people there, but I'm, you know, the shoulder season is all season in terms of the winter and the fall and the spring in terms of the parks.
We've got huge amount of investment and infrastructure in those.
And I would love to see them use.
Like this, it can be conscious of where we are busy and where we are not.
And that's smart tourism, right?
So I think it's a good exercise.
We will understand that we can direct some investment in places that currently need it.
And stay away from parts that don't need more use.
So I think it's a smart choice.
Councillor John.
I think I'm pretty much reiterating my colleagues.
You can't manage what you can't measure.
And we are a reactive steward on our lakes and how to who become a proactive steward.
But we can't hide in a corner on the side there because, in terms of future-proofing shorter winter, we have to optimize more our valley and other natural resources.
Responsibly.
So I think there's a deep dive that's required here and then hopefully with enough perspectives.
We can make the right choices on optimizing these assets and ensuring that the environmental monitoring is tight as part of being proactive as opposed to reactive thinking.
Yeah, I agree with my colleagues.
The summer feels overwhelmed, but the opportunity in the winter seems significant and worth investigating.
So I will be supporting this resolution.
Are there any opposed?
Councillor, of course, I opposed.
Motion carries.
Thank you, Mr. Pardon.
Our next item is the Worcester 2020 Development Court parcel level and credit line amendment agreements
for checkman's crossing phase two lot three report.
And it is presented by our chief financial officer, Carly Price.
His price.
Good evening.
New clicker.
So as mentioned, I'm here for the press level agreement for checkman's crossing phase two lot three.
The recommendation is on recommendations are in front on the screen in front of you.
And I'm just going to walk through a bit of background that underlies this report.
So you'll all remember that significant funding is in fact required to deliver employee has
initiatives.
WDC builds the housing.
WHA owns the housing.
When it comes to the cost external granting bodies fund some of the cost of these projects and then the builder and the owner must fund the rest.
The Rmw is of course the parent entity of both the WDC and the WHA and also services the financial intermediary in many of these cases.
Part of this is that the Rmw oversees reserve funds.
This makes reserve funds an essential element of the owner and builder piece of employee housing financing.
In May of 2025, you'll remember we established a financing framework to govern the use of checkman's crossing affordable employee housing reserve funds specifically.
So how did the CCAEH reserve funds become housing?
There's essentially three different ways.
In the beginning of a project, there needs to be a credit line available before the work begins to support spending on things that are intangible.
Things like plans, drawings and things that you cannot get external funding for.
This is also true when the neighborhood comes under construction and significant money is required to build the infrastructure.
Things like roads, sewers, pipes that will take place before any of the individual buildings in a new neighborhood.
And then the final piece of funding required is for the buildings themselves and this tends to come later in the project.
In the case of checkman's crossing phase two, there's roughly $17.3 million of checkman's crossing affordable employee housing reserve funds to support these three different types of spending.
When the framework was introduced, the split of these funds was as follows.
$6.7 million in the credit line or that sort of early spending bucket.
$6.5 million for neighborhood infrastructure and $4.1 million for buildings, which at the time the framework was introduced included just one building, lot five.
Today, we have $6.5 million still invested in neighborhood infrastructure, so no additional spending there.
But we now have two buildings under construction, lot five and lot three.
This requires roughly twice the amount of money to be set aside for specifically building purposes.
In this case, $9.8 million.
Because we're still dealing with the same $17.3 million combined bucket, that means that the value of the credit line needs to fall to $1 million to make the network.
And this is okay because most of that early development spending has now been completed.
So in summary, we already know that built into the framework is the expectation that the relative size of lending buckets will change as the work that WDC undertakes also changes.
The proposal before you is the first such change since the framework was introduced in May 2025, but it will not be the last.
It here is to the principles of the framework in this case, our key.
So again, we've got infrastructure spending supported by neighborhood-level agreements.
The buildings themselves supported by parcel-level agreements.
And then the credit line agreement is essentially just support early spending on the project and becomes less important later.
So the proposed changes to the framework agreements best reflect the work underway today and keep us within the $17.3 million boundary of the checking this crossing reserved fund itself.
And with that, I will take any questions.
Thank you very much, Councillor Murrell.
I'm curious about the neighborhood-level agreements.
When we, is there flexibility within the agreement to pay the back the money, but then receive it back?
You know, like is that limit something that is established in the agreement and it can be flexible like a credit line, but for that specific project?
No, because it's for infrastructure and once the infrastructure is the ground in the ground, you can't really take it away.
Sorry, I should have said project level agreement.
So say a lot, five is going along cash flow varies throughout the project.
And at some moments they may need the entire balance and other times they may not.
And those funds are best left with our MW to invest and earn a return for a short period.
Is there flexibility to allow them to pay back money and then take it back again?
Because this spending on a building tends to grow, so the amount of reserve funding required to support the building of a structure tends to grow as the amount invested in that structure grows, you would not typically see the amount of funding required for that building fall.
And in the case where it does for a month or two, the credit line also provides capacity to sort of those differences and is fully repatible.
But we're, I guess the credit line is being reduced to one million, so the flexibility there has been greatly reduced.
Yeah, I can't imagine a scenario where the amount invested in a building would fall by more than one million dollars for a month to a month.
And I think WC would agree with me on that.
So essentially once once you take the maximum value of the building loan and then you pay it back down over time and that agreement is wrapped up.
Yeah, the the parcel level agreement is typically repaid one time at the end of the project when things like holdbacks are released and the final payments against that construction have been made.
And then what will we do when these buildings we have one building completing this year another one potentially next year will that be we'll see you again and and the next cycle will begin where the credit line becomes the source of those funds.
Yeah, so again the credit line is meant to to support early project spending and then once a building comes into view once a new neighborhood comes into view.
There's a new agreement strapped to support that particular type of spending.
So we'll we'll just retweet the dial and.
Okay, so we will see you again at some point.
Absolutely.
Thank you.
Council Jewat.
Okay, this is this is kind of complex, I find.
So the the credit line agreements gone from six point seven million dollars to one million dollars. Yes, and that.
Five point seven million dollars is in the ground.
When you say if I were it hasn't been paid back.
No, because it's a credit line, it can be paid back at any time, but all of this money right now is in WC hand.
And so when the ownership transfers from WDC to WHA is that when WDC is made whole for these money.
So the ownership of the lot five lot three.
Yes, so that anything that's been invested in the infrastructure associated with a particular lot is due to be repaid when the lot transfers ownership.
Right, and that's in the neighborhood level agreement or that middle. Okay, so.
The lot five is going to be.
Tended at this summer.
So it will have.
Occupancy and it will have also the whole back.
Take it off at that point.
So now now we're talking about parcel level agreement.
Yeah, yes, so in the parcel level agreement becomes due when I believe it's 60 days after the.
Okay.
And if we get a vacancies granted? So when all that money comes back, it's due back into the reserve. Right. So the fund checks that we get to see in the
gold and shovels and everything. When does that money come in? The BC housing money or what have you? So again, the BC housing money would be a separate bucket of funding that becomes available to these projects as they're being built.
So external granting bodies present some of the costs and we're not talking about that here.
What we're talking about here specifically is the builder and owner portions of the project.
So those monies come in concurrently while the project is getting built.
Correct. Okay. Thank you.
I don't see any other questions. Thank you very much for your presentation.
Can yes. Oh, perfect. Is there a mover of this resolution?
Move by Councillor Forsyth Second, may Councillor Stewart? Comments? Councillor Jones?
I think it's wonderful that we have figured out how to do this. I'm still trying to follow all the different agreements and we've had some really good coaching on this, but
anyway, it's great that we are able to do this and it translates into neighborhoods and places for people to live in.
Yeah, I was yesterday for the public. We had a great day with all of the housing operators from our community who work for the
Reserve Municipality of Whistler and I feel that our work is all in and extremely good place based on a lot of work like this that allows us to move much quicker than we were able to in the past.
So well done and I agree with Councillor Merrill. We're going to have another agreement back in front of us fairly soon on a project whenever we are considering that and it will be easier next time because we'll be gaining muscle memory on how to build housing fast, which is important.
I'll call the questions is there any opposed motion carries. Our next item has no presentation. It is the Emerald Dreams Conservation and you will filing for 2025. Are there any questions?
Seeing none move by Councillor Dijong seconded by Councillor Morton. Are there any opposed motion carries?
Councillor Morton and I will now declare conflict as our children both go to the Whistler Waller School. You should probably.
I do declare conflict because my daughter goes to the Whistler Waller School.
I'm doing by loss for second and second reading. Yes. So is only an important amendment by law.
Councillor give zoning and so this is going to be for first and second reading.
Can I get a motion for Councillor Forsyth and the second by Councillor Juit's any opposed Councillor Dijong is opposed motion passes.
And that's all I have to do here. So we'll bring back the mayor.
Thank you. Moving on to the public outdoor space regulation by law.
Look for second and third readings please.
Councillor Forsyth seconded by Councillor Morrell. Are there any opposed motion carries?
But I was for adoption of the five year financial plan moved by Councillor Ford seconded by Councillor Dijong.
Councillor Juit. I actually had a question on this because there was an article on the global mail. Oh, yeah. Carly left already.
But I'm sure that one of the sages on the other side of the room can answer this.
Calgary has had to catastrophic water main failures. And in this article, it talked about how across the country there's a lot of very old water systems.
And I know that we have a very diligent infrastructure services department that is ensuring that we stay updated, which is why we looked at that live station today.
But the rule of thumb is one to two percent of the total value of a water system is put aside per year.
Do we know approximately if we're in that ballpark in what we're setting aside in our reserves or our projects?
I don't have that number off the top of my head. But we are in conversations with consultants right now about developing the water meter rates.
And they're asking similar related questions. So we've been looking at our detailed five year plan. We have a lot of
detailed cost estimates going out for the first five years of our, of our looking forward. And right now I think we're probably spending on more than that one to two percent right now.
But we're in a phase where we're having to do all these peach correction projects are quite expensive. So our short term five year plan right now is probably spending more than that average.
Thank you with a similar consultant. They actually just completed. I just saw the draft tonight for the first time.
So we're master plan that are also doing a water master plan for us. So probably later in 2026 we'll have a water master plan that's going to look further out in the future and make some more detailed recommendations about how much we should be putting aside. So I think we're getting there.
Thank you. Makes my heart happy to hear water metering.
Councillor for say the answer for it. All right. I'll call the question. Are there any opposed motion carries motion. Please to a point Councillor Murrell to the regional transit committee.
It was like as they're more than saying I like how they're doing councilor.
Regional transit committee that that has a really nice sound to it. Have they been meeting?
Yes. It has been not.
As regular as it might be going forward if we start to make progress but I think Councillor Murrell will keep us well updated.
Thanks. Councillor Murrell to drive the agenda and get those meetings having.
Yes. Thanks. Councillor Murrell. Mayor Councillor Clarification. It's an appointment of Councillor Murrell.
And you are stepping off the board or you you are also on that.
I think this is the first time that we've actually appointed to the board. It's been like a working committee of the board of the SLRD and we're trying to make it official at this point.
But if I was appointed at a previous time then the answer would be yes. I am stepping off.
Councillor Ford. Just for transparency we have a terms of reference that has yet to be adopted.
So this is the first step in having all of the members from the member municipalities formally appointed from their boards to construct this committee which has been meeting since 2018 so it's not new.
Yes. All right. Call the question. Are there any opposed motion carries.
Earlier today, Council appointed Dan Harmon as a member at large for two year term to the climate action environment select committee.
And then go by go by go by go to an Andrew Lloyd lord have been reappointed as members of large and Abby Miller has been reappointed as the committee youth representative for a second term congratulations to them and thank you to them for their work.
This motion please receive this letter from Mayor Turson regarding bill M216 moved by Councillor.
Forcibly second by Councillor Juit. Are there any opposed motion carries.
Motion please to receive and refer this letter from Mr. Smith regarding.
Out the lake road moved by Councillor Ford second by Councillor Morton.
Are there any opposed motion carries.
Motion to receive this letter from Mr. Moody regarding honoring our rain moved by Councillor Juit.
Second by Councillor Ford Councillor Juit.
Of course, our rain has freedom of the municipality but it would be as a community builder.
Really nice to do something to honor its contribution to making this place happen.
Councillor Ford.
I think we changed the policy many years ago about naming items buildings places after people.
So meaning no disrespect and to the letter writer thank you for the idea but it wouldn't really it wouldn't be appropriate.
Councillor.
Forcibly.
I know I can't let it go.
I understand that policy I tend to agree with it but I do agree with it.
Typically when it's posthumous there's no chance of it not being a park that you would want or whatever you wanted to name.
And when you think of Alan it was news to me and when Councillor Morton said he owned last lake like he owned all that property.
Can you imagine what was there would be like if that was condos right now?
So I think certainly a little plaque at last lake thanking all rain for a divesting himself of the most beautiful park in the world would be fun.
But we're not here to decide that right now.
Yeah I'm grateful for this suggestion.
He is well remembered in this community too like we I think are grateful for his contributions for sure.
I do have a question for across the table.
Some of our public buildings have the mayor and council of the day on them.
In fact I think every public building does with the exception of the whistle public library.
Is there a policy around that or was that just done as it was done?
So if you go to metal park it's ten doubling and Nick and my birthday at all my birthday mate Christy.
Yeah.
Do we know?
Is that a policy?
Do we know?
No idea.
That's that's fine.
It's late.
Yeah.
I will.
I have a mover in the seconder.
I do.
I will call the question of there any opposed.
Motion carries.
Moving on to the CS sky.
School district number 48 notification requirements for land use to your school properties.
Motion please hold on.
Did I just skip ahead?
No.
Okay.
I'm doing well.
Motion please.
To.
Receive this correspondence.
Go by Councillor Ford.
Secondary Councillor Morton.
Councillor do it.
What precipitated this is that the rezoning that we had.
Or is that is there some.
Is there some other.
Development near the school that we don't know about.
I checked in with regional CAOs and other local governments and they've received something similar.
I do believe it was probably on the to do list for the school district to be getting these letters out.
And.
Or unless I was getting.
Okay.
Good to receive.
Okay.
I don't think it's different by anything in particular.
I'll call a question there any opposed.
Motion carries.
Motion please to receive and refer this letter regarding public transportation.
Yeah.
But by Councillor Ford.
It's like my Councillor John.
Councillor June.
Regional transit.
I think that's what they're asking for.
So.
Yes.
That's exactly.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
I will now declare a conflict of interest as my daughter goes to the list of water school.
I will now declare a conflict because my daughter goes to the water.
Okay.
Am I able to do.
Late correspondence as well or is he going to.
Come back to finish.
All right.
So I'll do this one first.
I would like to ask for a motion that we like council receive.
Of course.
Honour.
Regarding the zoning and parking amendment by law.
Seconded by Councillor Jewett.
Any opposed.
Motion passes.
And I will skip ahead to do a late correspondence.
So I would like to ask for motion that council received the late correspondence.
Regarding zoning and parking amendment by law.
To 5036.
I have Councillor Ford.
I have.
Seconded by Councillor Jewett.
Any opposed.
Motion carries.
Thank you.
I will.
Pass the.
Thank you.
Motion.
Please.
That.
We'll buy councillor, Dejon, second, my councillor, Morton. Are there any opposed? Motion carries.
Motion that we receive and refer this to staff and that we light the Fitzbridge blue white and yellow on March 12th in support of francophone, educational awareness month.
We'll buy councillor, of course, I second, I guess they'll do it. Are there any opposed? Motion carries.
And my favorite light up request. Motion that the Fitzbridge blue lit rainbow, no hold on.
No, it's that we actually just declare. January 25th to February 1st was the Pride Festival week.
For more than a second, my councillor, Dejon. Are there any opposed? Motion carries.
Motion to terminate this meeting. We'll buy councillor, Morton.
Second, my councillor, Merrill. Are there any opposed? Motion carries.
We did it. We did it without Jenny. Good job us.
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