CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Monday, January 10, 2022 at 6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Meeting held electronically and open to public attendance

Council Chamber, City Hall

We recognize and respect that New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halkomelem speaking peoples. We acknowledge that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land. As a City, we are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on.

 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognise and respect that New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halkomelem speaking peoples.  We acknowledge that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land.  As a City, we are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on.

3.

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

Urgent/time sensitive matters only

4.

REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION  AND ACTION

4.1

Budget 2022: Five-Year Financial Plan 2022 - 2026, CFO/Director of Finance

a.

Written Submissions (On Table)

b.

Budget 2022: Five-Year Financial Plan 2022 - 2026

To request Council give three readings to the Five-Year Financial Plan Bylaw for the years 2022 - 2026.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council give three readings to the Five-Year Financial Plan (2022-2026) Bylaw No. 8308, 2022 as presented in Attachment 1 of this report.

4.2

Joy and Whimsy Initiative, Director of Parks & Recreation

a.

Presentation (On Table)

b.

Joy and Whimsy Initiative

This report is provided to inform Council on how special events and initiatives brought joy and whimsy to New Westminster during the COVID- 19 pandemic in 2021.

• Recommendation:

  THAT this report be recieved for information.

5.

CONSENT AGENDA

If Council decides, all the recommendations in the reports on the Consent Agenda can be approved in one motion, without discussion. If Council wishes to discuss a report, that report is removed from the Consent Agenda. A report may be removed in order to discuss it, because someone wants to vote against the report’s recommendation, or because someone has a conflict of interest with the report. Any reports not removed from the Consent Agenda are passed without discussion.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council adopt the recommendations for items # on consent.

5.1

Alcohol in Parks Program: 2021 Review

The purpose of this report is to share a summary of the feedback received from the community and an interdepartmental staff team as part of the evaluation of the new 2021 Alcohol in Parks Program. The findings from the review are presented in this report to identify what worked well and areas for improvement going forward.

• Recommendation:

  THAT the Alcohol in Parks Program, as enabled through Bylaw No. 8264, 2021, continue in seven designated zones with administrative changes for improvement as outlined in this report.

5.2

Amendments to the 2022 Schedule of Council Meetings

To seek Council’s approval of amendments to the 2022 Council Meeting Schedule.

• Recommendation:

  THAT the 2022 Schedule of Council Meetings be updated as presented in Attachment 1.

5.3

BC Superweek Pro-Cycling Series: New West Grand Prix

This report is provided to inform Council that BC Superweek Pro Cycling Series - New West Grand Prix will not be hosted in the City in 2022 as a result of civil engineering construction projects on Columbia Street and in adjacent areas of the downtown.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council receive this report for information, and
  
  THAT Council direct staff to report back in the Fall of 2022, and in advance of the City’s 2023 Operating budget deliberations, regarding opportunities to host future New West Grand Prix cycling events.

5.4

Heritage Revitalization Agreement (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8304, 2022 and Heritage Designation (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8305, 2022 Bylaws for First and Second Readings

For Council to consider bylaws which would allow the construction of an infill house on a Queen’s Park property in exchange for heritage protection and conservation of a heritage house.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council consider Heritage Revitalization Agreement (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8304, 2022 and Heritage Designation (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8305, 2022 for First and Second Readings, and forward the Bylaws to a Public Hearing.

  THAT Council add 323 Regina Street to the City’s Heritage Register following the adoption of Heritage Designation (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8305, 2022.

5.5

Rezoning Application for Duplex: 122 Eighth Avenue – Preliminary Report

To seek Council’s approval to process the rezoning application for a duplex at 122 Eighth Avenue as outlined within this report.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council direct staff to process the rezoning application for a duplex at 122 Eighth Avenue, as outlined in the “Consultation and Review Process” section of this report.

5.6

Rezoning Application for Infill Townhouse: 337 and 339 Keary Street – Preliminary Report to Council

To seek Council’s approval to proceed with processing the proposed rezoning at 337 and 339 Keary Street.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council direct staff to proceed with processing the proposed rezoning at 337-339 Keary Street, as outlined in the “Consultation and Review Process” section of this report.

5.7

Update regarding Downtown Livability Strategy

To provide an update on the status of the immediate and short term actions from the Downtown Livability Strategy, previously presented to Council on October 18, 2021.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council endorse the actions underway.

5.8

Uptown Active Transportation Improvements Projects: Design and Engagement Update

To seek Council’s endorsement to move forward to conceptual design and the next round of public engagement with the recommended configuration option for Rotary Crosstown Greenway upgrades and the recommended routing option for the New Westminster Secondary School Cycling Connector, based on results of the first round of engagement as well as recommendations from the findings of a multiple account evaluation for the Uptown Active Transportation Improvements projects.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council receive the Uptown Active Transportation Improvements Engagement Summary Report and Multiple Account Evaluation memo for information.

  THAT Council endorse configuration Option 2 for the Rotary Crosstown Greenway Upgrades.

  THAT Council endorse routing Option 2 for the New Westminster Secondary School Cycling Connector.

  THAT Council direct staff to implement an interim New Westminster Secondary School Cycling Connector along Sixth Street (routing Option 2) using high quality lower-cost materials, to test the feasibility and evaluate impacts of the routing option on transit and traffic operations.

5.9

Proclamation: International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2022

5.10

Minutes for adoption

a.

November 1, 2021 Special Council Workshop

6.

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL – 7:00 PM

7.

BYLAWS

7.1

Bylaws for readings

a.

Heritage Revitalization Agreement (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8304, 2022

To enable the construction of an infill house, larger than permitted under the laneway and carriage house program, at 323 Regina Street with relaxations for density and siting as well as a siting relaxation for the existing house. This bylaw is on the agenda for TWO READINGS. 

A public hearing will be held regarding this bylaw.

b.

Heritage Designation (323 Regina Street) Bylaw No. 8305, 2022

To designate the 1928 house at 323 Regina Street as a protected heritage property. This bylaw is on the agenda for TWO READINGS.

A public hearing will be held regarding this bylaw.

c.

Five-Year Financial Plan (2022 - 2026) Bylaw No. 8308, 2022

To approve the City’s consolidated Financial Plan for 2022 through 2026.  This bylaw is on the agenda for THREE READINGS.

7.2

Bylaws for adoption

a.

Development Cost Charge Reserve Funds Expenditure Bylaw No. 8307, 2021

To authorize expenditures from the City’s Development Cost Charge Reserves for Queensborough drainage, water, transportation and parkland development, and Mainland transportation and parkland development.  This bylaw is on the agenda for ADOPTION.

8.

MOTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

8.1

Smoking Bylaws Review, Mayor Cote

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council request staff to conduct a review and scan of smoking bylaws in municipalities in British Columbia and report back to Council with a preliminary assessment and options to enhance New Westminster smoking bylaws.

9.

NEW BUSINESS 

10.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.

END OF THE MEETING

 

 

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