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Monday, May 27, 2013

Advance Notes for the Council Meeting of May 27th 2013, 6:00pm

Public Hearing
OCP Amendment Bylaw 3755
"City of Cranbrook Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3755, 2013"
The purpose of the proposed amendment of Official Community Plan (OCP) is to:
• add new sections referencing the City's Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
(ICSP) and Growth Management Study (GMS), and including two new map schedules;
• provide new and updated policies with respect to the vision, regional context,
sustainable land use, municipal boundary extensions, parks and recreation, and social,
institutional and community considerations;
• modify a number of provisions and guidelines for the City's Development Permit
Areas which will help clarify and streamline the application process.

Delegations

1. MADD, Katryna Sigurdson Campaign 911 Program
2. Randy Tapp Cranbrook Dance Connection re 'Dancing in the Park'

Administration Update
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3057

Public Produce Garden
Leisure Services - Summer use of Western Financial Place
Party Program
Library Services

Correspondence
9.1 to 9.12
9.8 Signage bylaw
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3065
As the draft sign bylaw is still undergoing modifications with much input from the Chamber of Commerce, it is not too late to send a letter to Council if you have views about Cranbrook's signage issues.
9.9
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3066
Solar Corp Planning

9.13- 9.14 Proclamations
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3070
Rotary Way
Access Awareness day
Brain Injury Day

Committee Recommendations
To consider the recommendations made by the Cranbrook in Motion Committee.
That Council approve the following recommendations from the Cranbrook in Motion Committee:
1. That the RCMP be requested to monitor the vicinity of Victoria Avenue South and 1st Street
South for excessive driving speeds, and that the writer of the correspondence to Council be
advised of the decision.
2. That a crosswalk be installed at the corner of 3rd Street North and Kootenay Street near the
Cranbrook Public Library and the Ktunaxa Nation Council building.
3. That the RCMP be requested to monitor the area around 31 st Avenue South and 3rd Street South for excessive driving speeds, and that the writer of the correspondence to Council be advised of the decision.
4. That a handicap parking stall be installed on 8th Avenue South in the vicinity of the Cranbrook
Healthcare Auxiliary Thrift Shop.
5. That "high impact area" signage be installed at the intersection of 11th Avenue South and 2nd Street South.

New Business

12.1
Draft Notice of Motion - Deer management
Whereas: current regulations do not address a growing issue with wildlife conflict in urban
areas;
And whereas: there is a need for flexibility to facilitate the development of appropriate
management techniques for this purpose:
Now therefore: the province be requested to amend the current regulations to authorize a person to use other wildlife management techniques during the open or closed season for scientific purposes if the regional manager considers it necessary for the proper management of the wildlife resource.
Submitted by Councillor B. Whetham

12.2
To seek Council's approval to waive the park rental fee for a series of 13 free music concerts to be
held in Rotary Park throughout the summer of 2013.

12.3
To receive Council's approval to submit a bid for the 2015 or 2016 BC Senior Games

12.4
To present to Council for approval the draft audited 2012 Consolidated Financial Statements.

Bylaws
13.1
That Council now consider third reading and adoption of a comprehensive amendment to the City's
Official Community Plan (OCP), as amended.

13.2
Shipping Containers
To rescind second reading of proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3769, 201 3 (Resolution #169-
13) and reconsider second reading of the proposed bylaw to add definitions and zoning regulations with respect to the use of shipping containers within commercial, industrial and public utility zones into the City's Zoning Bylaw.
RECOMMENDATION BY: Staff
1. THAT Resolution #169-13 be rescinded;
2. THAT Council give second reading to of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3769, 2013-, as amended, to include revision to the separation distance requirement and allowable number of containers as presented, and further:
THAT Council refer Bylaw No. 3769, 2013 to the Advisory Planning Commission for recommendation, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for approval, and submit to a Public Hearing to be scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on June 10, 2013.

13.3
To present the Five Year Financial Plan (2013 to 2017) Amendment Bylaw to Council for three
readings to address the emergency pipeline repairs at the Spray Irrigation Facility. As reported to Council in the April 8, 2013 Administration Update, over the course of the past several years a number of leaks in the header pipeline which provides irrigation water to the irrigation pivots have been discovered and repaired by the site operator. Consistently, the leaks have been within several inches of a weld joining steel pipe sections. The leaks occur when small pits form within the inside of pipe coating and these eventually oxidize the pipe steel to form small holes in the pipe itself. As the header pipe is under pressure when carrying irrigation water, these holes, although generally quite small, allow considerable leakage from the header pipe into
surrounding soils to the extent that the leaks become visible through the presence of wet surface ground spots and sometimes small standing puddles in otherwise dry areas of the spray lands. The situation has escalated to a serious failure in the header pipe within the Spray Irrigation lands.
The site operator has been monitoring the leak in a section of the header for some time. Several weeks ago the site operator observed a geyser of water erupting in an unnamed lake in the H field area of the property which has now been traced to a pipe rupture under the lake area. An emergency repair of the rupture was arranged including repair of a leak in the Pond 1 suction pipe between Pond 1 and the irrigation pumps in the pump station. The urgency of repair and short time frame to carry out repairs (prior to May irrigation start up) necessitated that these repairs be made on an emergency basis. The work described is unrelated
to the current WWIP program and is not included in the Five Year Financial Plan (2013 to 2017).

13.4
Zoning
To consider first reading for a proposed text amendment to the M-2 - Light Industrial Zone of the
Zoning Bylaw to enable a family fun-park use to be established on property located at 1000 Industrial
Road No. 2 only.

2 comments:

  1. The city is still accepting correspondence on the sign bylaw? I thought the deadline for comments was Feb 1, 2013?

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  2. A letter was included in last night's council package that addressed the sign issue. Councillor Cross enquired as to whether this would become part of the public record and staff said yes because the new sign bylaw is still in draft form. It is our opinion that as the Chamber of Commerce has given input since the deadline and as opinion is still being received from the public and because the bylaw is still being drafted there is no reason why members of the public are not still free to send their input. At some point no doubt, enough will be enough and the bylaw will begin its final readings.

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