CITY OF REVELSTOKE

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007
COMMENCING AT 3:30 P.M.
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PRESENT:
Council: Mayor M. McKee
Councillors: P. Frew, C. Johnston, B. MacFarlane, N. Richardson, M. Singh

Staff:
L.R. McPhee, Chief Administrative Officer/Director of Corporate Administration
G. Inglis, Director of Finance
E. Greenwood, Administration Secretary
T. LeRose, Deputy Director of Corporate Administration
A. Mason, Director of Community Economic Development
H. Stelling, Director of Planning
A. Chell, Director of Parks, Recreation and Personnel

Others:
R. Keates, Revelstoke Cable TV
D. Rooney, Revelstoke Times Review
M. Nicholson, Coordinator, Revelstoke Community Response Network
8 Participants of the Revelstoke Ambassador Program



CALL TO ORDER:

Mayor McKee called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. and welcomed everyone in attendance.


ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA:

Moved by Councillor Frew, seconded by Councillor Richardson that the Agenda be adopted with the following additions: COMMITTEE REPORT – Councillor Johnston, Chair Public Works and Protection 9.c) Minutes of a Revelstoke Enhancement Committee Meeting – March 7, 2007; COMMITTEE REPORT – Councillor MacFarlane, Chair Planning and Land Development 10.e) Air Quality Committee – Amend Terms of Reference; COMMITTEE REPORT – Councillor Richardson, Chair Culture and Social Issues 11.b) Monthly Food Bank Statistics – January & February 2007; COMMITTEE REPORT – Mayor McKee 13.a) Upgrades to Kelowna Airport.
CARRIED


ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

1. Regular Council Meeting – February 26, 2007

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane that the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held February 26, 2007 be approved as presented.
CARRIED

2. Minutes of a Public Hearing – February 26, 2007

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Richardson that the Minutes of a Public Hearing held February 26, 2007 be received by Council.
CARRIED


DELEGATION(S):

1. Mengia Nicholson, Coordinator, Revelstoke Community Response Network Re: Legal Remedies for Financial Abuses and Crimes.

Ms. Nicholson on behalf of the Revelstoke Community Response Network provided Council with information on a workshop to be held on April 17, 2007 in Revelstoke. The workshop “Legal Remedies for Financial Abuses and Crimes” is sponsored by the BC Law Foundation and the local Host Agency is the Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society.

The workshop is intended to advance and promote the rule of law. The BC Law Foundation is sponsoring the workshop around the province to make the law around financial abuses more understandable and more accessible to communities. In addition, the roles that certain local agencies and institutions play to address these situations, as related to the law and justice system, will be discussed.

The workshop will be facilitated by Yvonne Kennedy from Penticton. There will be two out of town speakers attending from the Kelowna branch of the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee; local speakers will be RCMP Staff Sergeant, Jacquie Olsen; Lynne Welock, Manager Royal Bank; Gail Bernacki, Lawyer and Tuulikki Tennant, Social Worker with Interior Health.

The workshop is free of charge and further details will be publicized.

Mayor McKee thanked Ms. Nicholson for her presentation.


BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES:

1. Regular Council Meeting – February 26, 2007

Nil.


CORRESPONDENCE:

1. Union of British Columbia Municipalities Re: Renewed Fisheries Act Tables

2. District of Squamish Re: District of Squamish Pledges to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Singh that the correspondence from the District of Squamish be referred to the Air Quality Committee for review.
CARRIED

3. Revelstoke Theatre Company Re: Planning for the Future

Moved by Councillor Frew, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane that Councillor Richardson be appointed as the City’s liaison for the Revelstoke Theatre Company.
CARRIED

4. Canadian Cancer Society Re: Request to Close Mackenzie Avenue from Victoria Road to Second Street on Sunday, June 10, 2007 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the Relay for Life Event

Moved by Councillor Singh, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane that the request from the Canadian Cancer Society to close Mackenzie Avenue from Victoria Road to Second Street on Sunday, June 10, 2007 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the Relay for Life Event be approved.
CARRIED

5. Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club Re: Request for Letter of Support

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Singh that Council provide a Letter of Support for the Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club to include with funding applications to construct a warming hut and storage facility in the Mount MacPherson area.
CARRIED

6. Columbia Shuswap Regional District Re: Use of East Victoria Road for Recycling Fairs

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Richardson that the request from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District to use the East Victoria Lot across from the Public Works Yard on Sunday, April 22, 2007, Sunday, July 22, 2007 and Sunday, October 28, 2007 for recycling fairs be approved.
CARRIED


COMMITTEE REPORTS:


COUNCILLOR FREW, Chair Finance

1. City of Revelstoke Cheque Summary – March 6, 2007 - $889,931.30

2. Minutes of a Heritage Commission Meeting – February 28, 2007

i. Heritage Conservation Area

Moved by Councillor Frew, seconded by Councillor Singh that a Public Workshop / Information Meeting for Heritage Conservation Areas be held on March 29, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Centre.
CARRIED


COUNCILLOR SINGH, Acting Chair Parks and Recreation

1. Minutes of a Park & Recreation Committee Meeting – March 7, 2007

i. Parking Adjacent to the Community Centre and Seniors Centre

Moved by Councillor Singh, seconded by Councillor Johnston that the following item be referred to the Public Works Committee to determine if it is feasible:

“Public Works be asked to prepare a drawing and cost for changing Connaught Avenue to being a one way through street linking up with the 6th street parking lot”
CARRIED


COUNCILLOR JOHNSTON, Chair Public Works and Protection

1. Monthly Animal Control Report – February 2007

2. Minutes of a Public Works Committee Meeting – March 8, 2007

i. Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) Sewer Trunk System Upsizing

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Frew that Council accepts the population projection of 6,000 for design purposes for the Arrow Heights Sewer Trunk System.
CARRIED

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Frew that the estimated $400,000.00 upsizing cost be placed in the proposed 2007 capital budget and a borrowing bylaw be prepared.
CARRIED
Opposed: Councillor Singh

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane that the Arrow Heights sewer trunk system upsizing costs be recovered through a new connection fee on existing Arrow Heights residences, and through a new development cost charge on new development in Arrow Heights; and that staff prepare the necessary bylaw amendments to the Sewer and Development Cost Charge Bylaws for Council’s consideration.
CARRIED

ii. Clearview Heights Formal Petition Update

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Richardson that Council accepts the residents petition to proceed with “Clearview Heights Local Service Area – Sewer Extension – Area 1” and directs staff to prepare a Local Area Service Bylaw for Council consideration; and that the project be phased in over a two year period with the following work proposed for 2007:
    Complete engineering and design work.
    Construct Track Street East portion (City’s contribution).

CARRIED

iii. Recycling Initiatives

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Frew that Council invite Darcy Mooney, the CSRD Solid Waste Management Coordinator to speak at the March 26th, 2007 Council meeting.
CARRIED

3. Minutes of a Revelstoke Enhancement Committee Meeting – March 7, 2007

i. Enhancement Committee Moved to Planning Department

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Singh that a City staff employee from the Public Works Department be invited to sit at all Enhancement Committee meetings.
CARRIED

ii. Committee Terms of Reference

Moved by Councillor Johnston, seconded by Councillor Richardson that Council approves the amended Terms of Reference for the Enhancement Committee as presented.
CARRIED


COUNCILLOR MACFARLANE, Chair Planning and Land Development

1. Monthly Building Permit and Accumulative Building Permit Summaries – February 2007

2. Minutes of an Air Quality Committee Meeting – January 23, 2007

3. City of Revelstoke Laneway Closure Bylaw No. 1849 – Ward & Barb Kemerer – 422 Fourth Street East

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Frew that City of Revelstoke Laneway Closure Bylaw No. 1849 receive First, Second and Third Readings.
CARRIED

4. Minutes of a Special Planning Committee Meeting – March 6, 2007

5. Air Quality Committee – Amend Terms of Reference

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Johnston that Council approves the amendment of the Terms of Reference for the Revelstoke Air Quality Committee to include under Structure and Conduct of Business, ‘that a member who is absent from three (3) consecutive meetings of the Committee without reason satisfactory to the Chairperson shall cease to be a member’.
CARRIED


COUNCILLOR RICHARDSON, Chair Culture, and Social Issues

1. Monthly Victim Services Report – February 2007

2. Food Bank Statistics – January & February 2007


COUNCILLOR SINGH, Chair Economic Development

1. Monthly Business Licence Summary – February 2007


MAYOR MCKEE, Chair Administration, Policy, Bylaws and Public Relations

1. Kelowna Airport Upgrades

Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Singh that Council send letters to both the provincial and federal governments in support of a runway expansion and terminal upgrades to the Kelowna airport.
CARRIED
 

OLD BUSINESS:

Nil.


NEW BUSINESS:

Nil.


RESOLVE INTO IN CAMERA:

Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor MacFarlane that Council move into In Camera at 4:20 p.m. to further consider items of business pursuant to Sections 90.1 (c) and (k) of the Community Charter.
CARRIED


BUSINESS ITEMS TO REPORT:

1. Victim Services Program – Annual Agreements with Province and Manager

Council agreed that the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to sign the Police-Based Victim Services Program Municipal Cost Shared Term Funding Agreement between the City of Revelstoke and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of BC represented by the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and that the one-year renewal option between the City of Revelstoke and the Victim Service Program Manager, Paul Carter, be approved subject to the same terms and conditions of the agreement.


ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION(S):

Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Singh that the resolution(s) as approved by Council In Camera, be adopted.
CARRIED


ADJOURNMENT:

Moved by Councillor MacFarlane, seconded by Councillor Richardson that the meeting adjourn at 6:35 p.m.
CARRIED






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