Council Enquiries
Mayor Stetski discussed the poor road conditions and assured residents crews are doing what they can in difficult circumstances.
Councillor Pallesen reported that businesses would like a list of what needs to be done, when and at what cost in order to start a business. She also asked if DCC's could be paid over a longer period of time.
Administration Update
This can be read in full at:
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3511
Shaw rebroadcast of WHL Games, Engineering -2103 Capital Roads Program, Fire and Emergency Services, Library Services
Correspondence
9.1 -9.10
9.1 Call for Nominations for the Order of British Columbia
9.2 Community Works Fund Final payment of $393, 902 to City.
9.3 Correspondence from UBCM concerning the proposed changes to the Federal Policy on Additions to Reserve and Reserve Creation.
Councillor Whetham commented that the letter from UBCM was vague in its response to council. There appeared to be some misunderstanding of the issue in Councillor Davis's comments that nothing needs to be done as there already is a working relationship with the First Nations and the land they own within the City. He is correct BUT this issue refers to proposed changes which might possibly put Municipal Governance in conflict with First Nations Governance should reserve status be given to land within the City. Municipalities are concerned about how this might work and what needs to be done to mitigate this problem.
9.4 Citizen letter concerning sidewalk clearing and speed zones
9.5 Letter from citizen with concerns about the 2nd St proposed upgrade and the Moir Park project
9.6 Letter from Citizen regarding 2nd St proposed upgrade and Moir Park
Comment
Better understanding of how these projects would be financed might ease concerns. Mayor Stetski has made this information available on more than one occasion through Council Meetings and the Townsman.
With regards to the comment that came in to this blog;
It is our understanding the city has a roads budget. Projects requiring extra grant funding must first be planned and cost estimates provided to the government for the grant to be received. If the grant is not forthcoming the project would not go ahead in that format. The Anonymous commentator might do well to attend the City Budget meeting to gain further understanding or discuss this further with City staff.
http://issuu.com/blackpress/docs/i20131125100002391
9.7 Target donation to School Nutrition Program. $22,000 will be donated to the Cranbrook School Nutrition program. from Target's donation.
9.8 Letter from Shirley Bond re Jobs Program
9.9 Pembina Institute Energy Efficient Buildings
A resolution was put forward by Councillor Cross to support the Pembina Institute's recommendations with regards to building standards. These standards would ensure that new buildings would meet sustainable standards.
WHEREAS the City of Cranbrook has signed onto the
Climate Action Charter, amended its Building bylaw, completed an Erosion and
Sediment Control Bylaw, hired an energy manager in conjunction with BC Hydro,
and are currently considering a project to assist our community in becoming more
resilient to climate change; and
WHEREAS the City of Cranbrook supports our
provincial government in strengthening provincial policies to improve the energy
efficiency of residential buildings;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT: the City send a
letter to The Honourable Rich Coleman, and The Honourable Bill Bennett,
supporting local government leadership on energy efficient buildings to achieve
climate targets as per the template provided by the Pembina
Institute. Councillors Scott and Pallesen stated they were concerned about the potential cost implications which they felt might be involved. The resolution was defeated with Councillors Warner, Scott, Pallesen and Davis opposed.
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3520
9.10 Interior Health Community Support for health care positions. It was suggested Service groups might like to become involved in this issue.
New Business
12.1 Coffee with the Mayor Report
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3522
12.2 Mayor's Brown Bag Lunch Report
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3523
12.3 Appointments of Council members to City Committees. organisations and regional appointments
12.4 Resolution to Policy
RESOLUTION
Submitted by Councillor S. Cross
WHEREAS the business of the City lays solely with staff, Mayor and Council, volunteers and the CAO and not spouses/partners; and
WHEREAS taxpayer dollars are meant for the betterment of the City, including necessary travel
of the aforementioned;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT: Policy No. 40-301 of the Policy & Procedures Manual titled Travel/Expense Claims be amended to delete paragraph four, such as "Spousal/partner travel and event costs shall be reimbursed upon approval of the Mayor for members of Council, Volunteers and the CAO. Spousal/partner travel and event costs shall be reimbursed for City personnel upon approval of the CAO
Councillor Davis defended the policy but in light of the fact that there have been no requests for spousal funding in this term the motion was defeated.
12.5 RESOLUTION
Submitted by Councillor S. Cross
WHEREAS the number one response to the Columbia Basin Trust's Community Engagement (East 1), is to encourage and support local food production, marketing and selling; and
WHEREAS the 2013 UBCM unanimously supported the return of Farm Gate Sales as a key element to our food security and local economy;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT: letters be forwarded to Ministers Bill Bennett and Pat Pimm supporting the independence of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) as a Provincial agency responsible for the Province's land use zone in favour of agriculture to fulfill its mandate; and
THAT the City of Cranbrook supports the preservation and protection of farmland in the Province's Agricultural Land Reserve as a fundamental element of a sustainable future in British Columbia and a reduction of the effectiveness of the ALR is not an effective means of saving money for the provincial government; and
THAT the foundation of any economy is the ability to produce food; and speculation in agricultural land for future development is driving up the cost of agricultural land, threatening farming businesses in BC and BC's food sovereignty. Preservation of farmland by removal of speculation and reinforcing the ALC and preservation of the ALR for food production is an important contribution to the BC economy; and
THAT if another review of the ALC and the ALR is deemed important by the Provincial Government, a substantially longer period be afforded to local governments and the public to provide input.
Councillor Scott felt the resolution was "premature." She felt there were areas where food production was not possible. It was pointed out that a recent local case concerning family farming and the request for a small portion of land to be removed from the ALR has been resolved. The resolution did pass with Councillors Scott and Pallesen opposed.
12.6 Approval for Council Meeting Dates 2014
Slight changes to remove Council Meeting dates from School Spring break were made and the amended dates were approved.
12.7 Approval for Schedule for Acting Mayor Appointments for 2014
Approved
12.8 Appointments to City Committees
Committee Appointments
Apologies for any
names that may not be correctly spelled.
Advisory Planning:
Dave Heite Dave Butler Jason Wheeldon
Board of Variance:
Robert Kristik
Cranbrook in
Motion: Pat Whelan, John Derula,
Corporal Barry Graham, Ingrid Brakop
Kareen Peters, Don
Calgren
Library: David
Clark, Ann McLachlan, Denny Milner; Jim
Conley, James Shepherd, Tazy Trouzas
Economic Development: Darryl Bethune Joseph Cross ,
Utilities: no applicants
Family and Community
Services: Jennifer Krotz, Nancy Zier,
Constable Nancy Schlatter, Jen Westcott
Highway 3/95
Revitalisation: Jeremy Youngward; Joey Hoeschman; Iain McLeod, Linda Birch
Chris Nahm
Urban Deer: Brandy
Wilson, Irene Teske
Wellness and Heritage:
Jenny Humphrey, Axel Chore, Chris Johns, Sandy Zeznik, Yvonne Nelson
Key City Theatre: Russ
Stelmack
12.9 Request for TM Mobile
To seek Council's approval of a request for concurrence by Altus Group Limited on behalf of TM Mobile Inc. (TELUS) for the construction and installation and operation of a wireless telecommunications facility to be located at 1125 Cobham Avenue West, Cranbrook, BC.
Approved
12.10 Parking Variance Hospital for ICU
This request elicited much discussion about the need for extra parking. It seemed Councillor Scott felt that the extra parking need to be included in this variance request. However as Councillor Whetham stated, in order for the ICU to go ahead this Variance needed to be approved. Motion carried with Councillor Scott opposed.
12.11
PURPOSE:
To consider approval of an application for a Downtown Commercial Development Permit to enable exterior (facade) renovations for an existing commercial building located at 828 Baker Street, zoned C-1 - Community Commercial Zone, and located within the Downtown Commercial Development Permit area.
12.12 Cranbrook Urban Governance
PURPOSE:
To seek a resolution from Council as to whether the City will enter into, or decline participation in, the proposed" Memorandum of Understanding: Cranbrook Urban Governance Collaborative".
At Council's Regular meeting of November 25, 2013 a draft document was presented to Council as a late item for Council's consideration. The document entitled "Memorandum of Understanding Cranbrook Urban Governance Collaborative" is an initiative led by the Ktunaxa Nation Council and "Reaching the RiskyPartners", the latter being an entity with which Administration has no familiarity. The purpose of the document is to establish a partnership of social service and health related organizations that will work together to coordinate and improve the delivery of health, mental health and related support services for the urban Aboriginal population and other marginalized persons. The document identifies the MOU's Geographic Area, or geographic scope, as the "Ktunaxa Traditional Territory", however the focus is clearly on the Cranbrook urban populations. As such the City of Cranbrook appears to be the only local government targeted as a potential signatory I partner to the MOU of the seventeen signatories currently proposed. In addition, the roles, obligations and commitments of the individual organizations are not clearly
defined. Reference to Terms of Reference is made without them being provided. In the absence of such details, no potential partnering organization in this initiative is able to make an informed decision as to whether or not to enter into the MOU.
The resolution to decline was approved.
The resolution to decline was approved.
12.13 Economic Development Committee
To seek a resolution of Council amending the Terms of Reference for the Economic Development Committee by increasing the number of voting members from eight (8) to ten (10) to provide a position on the committee for each of the following business organizations: the Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Business Association.
Carried
It was suggested by Councillor Warner that it might also be appropriate to include a Labour Council representative. This suggestion will be taken back to the Committee.
Carried
It was suggested by Councillor Warner that it might also be appropriate to include a Labour Council representative. This suggestion will be taken back to the Committee.
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