Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Twenty-Third Council
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NANAIMOHELD IN THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO BOARD CHAMBERS, 6300 HAMMOND BAY ROAD, NANAIMO, BC ON MONDAY, 2006-DEC-04 COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: His Worship Mayor G. R. Korpan, Chair Members: Councillor W. L. Bestwick Councillor M. D. Brennan Councillor J. D. Cameron Councillor W. J. Holdom Councillor L. D. McNabb Councillor C. S. Manhas Councillor L. J. Sherry Councillor M. W. Unger Staff: G. D. Berry K. M. MacKenzie A. C. Kenning Chief R. Lambert A. W. Laidlaw E. C. Swabey D. W. Holmes T. P. Seward I. Howat A. Tucker B. E. Clemens K. L. Burley T. M. Hickey K. King 1. CALL THE OPEN MEETING TO ORDER: The Regular Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS: (a) Dr. Fred Rockwell, Vancouver Island Health Authority, to provide Council and the Public with information regarding the criteria and the system of boil water advisories. (b) Councillor Holdom to provide a verbal update regarding the Vancouver Island Library Board. (c) "ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2006 NO. 4000.405" for adoption. (d) Ms. K. L. Burley, Manager, Legislative Services, advised that the report from Mr. B. E. Clemens, Director of Finance re: Investment Policy was pulled from the agenda. (e) Councillor Unger advised that he would be bringing forward an item under Consideration of Late Items / Other Business regarding Emergency Communications. COUNCIL 2006-DEC-04 PAGE 2 3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA: It was moved and seconded that the Agenda be adopted. The motion carried unanimously. 4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: (a) Minutes of the Special Open Meeting of Council held in the Franklyn Training Room, 238 Franklyn Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Thursday, 2006-NOV-16 at 3:04 p.m. (b) Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Twenty-Third Council of the City of Nanaimo held in the Regional District of Nanaimo Board Chambers, 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC on Monday, 2006-NOV-20 at 7:00 p.m. It was moved and seconded that the Minutes be adopted as circulated. The motion carried unanimously. 5. PRESENTATIONS: (a) Mayor Korpan presented medals to the Vancouver Island Raiders Football Team who won the Canadian Junior Football League at the Canadian Bowl held in Nanaimo on 2006-NOV-11. (b) Dr. Fred Rockwell, Vancouver Island Health Authority, provided Council and the Public with information regarding the criteria and the system of boil water advisories. [Supplemental] Dr. Rockwell advised that: - boil water advisories are a form of public notification that are issued under Section 14 of the Drinking Water Protection Act, which came into effect about five years ago and created a new administrative designation called the Drinking Water Officer. - the Drinking Water Officer is responsible for regulatory oversight of drinking water in their area and unless someone else is appointed, it falls to the Medical Health Officer. - the main responsibility of the Water Supplier, the City of Nanaimo, is to provide potable water; this has many implications for the construction, operation and maintenance of water systems, for testing of drinking water, and for emergency planning and response. - potable water is defined as meeting the standards prescribed in the Act; is safe to drink, and fit for domestic use without further treatment. - Section 14 of the Act states that the Drinking Water Officer may request or order a Water Supplier to give public notice in a manner approved by the Drinking Water Officer or in accordance with directions of the Drinking Water Officer. - public notice does not necessarily mean a boil water advisory; it could be as simple as ensuring that users of the water are aware that the water is possibly too high in iron and manganese and therefore might stain laundry or fixtures. COUNCIL 2006-DEC-04 PAGE 3 - boil water advisories are issued in circumstances where the water tests positive for something like e-coli or another type of bacteria that would be killed by boiling. - there can be other things in the water, such as lead or dry cleaning fluid, that boiling will not help, so the public notification could be something like water contains lead and should not be consumed, or that water contains dry cleaning fluid or gasoline and should not be used at all. - three circumstances mentioned in the Act that could lead to the need for public notification are irregularities in routine testing, if the Water Supplier comes aware of a situation that may be a threat to quality of drinking water, or if the Drinking Water Officer believes that there is, was, or may be a threat to the quality of the drinking water. - one example would be turbidity or cloudiness in the water; then the Drinking Water Officer may request or order the Water Supplier to give public notification. - the Drinking Water Officer decides if an advisory or notification is necessary, when it is necessary, and what the nature of the notification will be. - the Water Supplier then prepares the notice, the Drinking Water Officer approves the notice and the method of delivery, then the Water Supplier arranges to deliver it to their users. - the methods of delivery may be a broadcast, or some other way but the key is to get the word out. - there seems to be some confusion regarding boil water advisories or boil water orders but the only thing mentioned in the Drinking Water Protection Act is "public notice". - Section 14 does mention that the Drinking Water Officer may order a Water Supplier to issue public notification but from the point of view of the users it is the same; they receive notification that they need to boil their water to ensure that it is safe. - the distinction is important to the Water Supplier because if the Drinking Water Officer only requests it and it is not done, the implications in terms of potential fine or imprisonment aren't there; if it is an order, there would be those implications. - the Health Protection Division of the Vancouver Island Health Authority could do better with notification by having standard letters ready to notify the public and standard notices that Water Suppliers can use if they don't have one ready to go in order to reduce the delay in getting the word out. Also, they can be sure that the message they want the public receive does not get lost in translation. - be believes that in the case of something really serious, when we do not want people to use the water at all, there should be something like a tsunami warning system to get people's attention and then they would know to go to some pre-arranged location to get information. - with regard to the water system, he thinks there could be some improvements in the area of emergency planning and contingency planning around specific drinking water threats, whether it is a need to issue a boil water advisory or contamination or if, for some reason, there is no water at all. - he believes that individuals, businesses and institutions could also be much better prepared. COUNCIL 2006-DEC-04 PAGE 4 6. DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS: It was moved and seconded that the Delegations be permitted to address Council. The motion carried unanimously. (a) Mr. Fred Taylor, 204 Emery Way, Nanaimo, BC, regarding Malaspina University-College overflow parking. Mr. Taylor was previously authorized to address Council. Mr. Taylor stated that: - he is of the opinion that the Staff Report is incomplete as it does not provide the number of College parking spaces or the number of permits issued, in order to establish a need for additional parking. - the Nanaimo Daily News investigation revealed that there are 2200 parking spaces and that is an adequate amount. - the newly created overflow parking for the College adjacent to Serauxman Stadium appears to have many empty spaces in addition to empty spaces throughout the other College parking lots. - he believes that it would be disrespectful to residents east of Wakesiah between Fourth and Fifth Streets to require on-site parking, as the properties are well established, some treed and landscaped, and would also be an immediate recognition of college parking into nearby neighbourhoods. - in the Hospital area, Council has permitted reduced parking for nearby commercial enterprise, creating additional demand for street parking and use of the Hospital parking lot. - the Malaspina University-College $49.50 annual parking pass is very reasonable compared to the Brechin Boat Launch parking and $182.00 for Hospital parking. - he is of the opinion that in order to protect the quality of life enjoyed and expected for the College area residents, "resident only" parking is the answer. It was moved and seconded that the presentation be received. The motion carried unanimously. (b) Mr. Bert Hick, Rising Tide Consultants Ltd., 740 – 1070 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 2C4, regarding the relocation of the existing liquor primary licence at the Balmoral Hotel, 126 Haliburton Street to 121 Bastion Street. Mr. Hick was previously authorized to address Council. Mr. Hick stated that: - they are proposing to move their existing liquor primary licence for the Balmoral Hotel to an area within the Painted Turtle Guest House, which is the current location of Katz Martini Lounge. - this would be a permanent transfer of the licence and the hours of operation would remain the same as Katz Lounge. COUNCIL 2006-DEC-04 PAGE 5 - there would be a net reduction of the liquor primary licence seats in the City from the 125 seats permitted under the Balmoral Hotel licence, down to 50 seats within the Katz Lounge.