CITY OF CAMPBELL RIVER COUNCIL AGENDA REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the City of Campbell River Council Chambers (Main Level), 301 St. Ann’s Road, Campbell River, BC. The agenda presents the recommendations extracted from the reports that comprise the agenda background package. To request a copy of a specific report, please contact the appropriate department. Page 1. COUNCIL IN-CAMERA MEETING 3:00 P.M. [Prior to Regular Council Meeting] 1.1 Resolution to move In-Camera THAT Council move In-Camera under the authority of Section 90 (1) (b), (c), (d), (i), (k) of the Community Charter. 1.2 NOTE: Issues discussed In-Camera are not open to the public. 2. PUBLIC HEARING 7:30 P.M. [Prior to Regular Council Meeting] 2.1 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3394, 2009 (Text Amendments 2009). This bylaw if adopted will amend text of the primary downtown commercial zones to add 'church, temple or other house of worship or religious institution' to the list of permitted uses. 3. COUNCIL OPEN MEETING 7:30 P.M. [following the Public Hearing] 4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 5 4.1 Approval/modification of the Agenda. THAT the Agenda be approved. 5. DELEGATIONS/PRESENTATIONS 6-31 5.1 Joanne Banks, to speak to Council regarding banning water bottles in public places as per the 'Blue Communities Project'. Page 1 of 62 Regular Council Agenda - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Page 6. STAFF REPORTS 6.1. ADMINISTRATION 6.2. CORPORATE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES 6.3. FACILITIES AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT 32-35 6.3.1 Facilities -Property Manager's October 23, 2009 Report regarding potential new SPCA animal shelter. THAT Council approve in principal, providing the BCSPCA with land on the current site at no cost, subject to resolution of a number of site issues, while the BCSPCA would be responsible for all construction-related costs. 6.4. FINANCIAL SERVICES 36-38 6.4.1 Financial Planning Manager's October 28, 2009 Report regarding 2009 Heart of the City Business Improvement Area. THAT Council approve the Heart of the City Business Improvement Area budget as presented and grant the amount of $33,350 to them for 2009 as included in the 2009-2013 Financial Plan. 6.5. OPERATIONS 6.6. PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURE 7. CORRESPONDENCE 39-44 7.1 October 22, 2009 correspondence from Frank Assu. THAT the October 22, 2009 correspondence from Frank Assu requesting that the City of Campbell River assist with the 'Big Rock' project by designating it as a historic landmark or by cleaning and restoring it and erecting a plaque and sign and assisting in having it designated as a Municipal, Provincial or Federal Park be received. 8. BYLAWS AND PERMITS 9. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS Page 2 of 62 Regular Council Agenda - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Page 9. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS 45-49 9.1 Councillor Mennie's October 20, 2009 Report regarding Communications Strategy. THAT Council defer the issue of a Corporate Communications Plan to the November 10 Strategic Committee Meeting for discussion of principles upon which the City's communication plan can be established; AND FURTHER THAT Council direct Councillor Mennie, with the assistance of City staff to prepare terms of reference for a Corporate Communications Plan Steering Committee along with recommendations for appointees for Council's consideration for the purpose of developing the recommended components of the Corporate Communication Plan. 10. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 11. MINUTES 50-55 11.1 October 27, 2009 Regular Council Minutes. THAT the October 27, 2009 Regular Council Minutes be adopted. 12. OTHER MINUTES 56-60 12.1 October 14, 2009 Seniors' Advisory Commission Minutes. THAT the October 14, 2009 Seniors' Advisory Commission Minutes be received. 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 14. NEW BUSINESS 15. INFORMATION 16. ADDENDA ITEMS 61-62 16.1 Vancouver Island Regional Library - 2009 Budget - 2010 Shortfall. 17. ADJOURNMENT 17.1 Adjournment THAT the meeting adjourn. Page 3 of 62 Regular Council Agenda - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Page 17. ADJOURNMENT Page 4 of 62 Protocol for Conducting Meetings at the City of Campbell River Participants should attend all meetings having completed necessary preparation and be prepared to spend sufficient time and energy to deal with matters at hand. If applicable, agendas will be amended then adopted or approved by the meeting participants at the commencement of the meeting. Information is to be kept confidential, as required All individuals participating in meetings will be treated with dignity, honouring their uniqueness and value. There will be no tolerance for discrimination in any form. Participants must deal with each other in an open, honest and respectful fashion; All participants have the responsibility to contribute and to conduct business in an inclusive manner. Participants will respect the views of others and allow others the opportunity to speak without interruption (private conversations are not to be conducted during the meeting) Communication in meetings will be clear, timely, concise, to the topic and avoid inappropriate language and references to personalities The emphasis of all discussions will be on understanding the problem, not on assigning blame Comments and discussions need to address issues, not personalities Discussion should be kept on target, if there are other matters to raise, participants will wait until the item under discussion has been fully discussed and resolved. Participants will not exercise undue authority, influence or pressure on decisions; Participants will be forthright with others in the group about issues or frustrations and conflict between participants shall be dealt with in a rational, timely manner - if there must be criticism, participants will make it constructive Discussion will focus on the issues over which the group of participants has control. Participants should seek consensus. This document has been approved by Council and will be reviewed annually for content and applicability. Page 5 of 62 Blue Communities Project There is a growing movement across Canada to protect public water as there is increasing pressure to put water up for sale and to privatize water services. We are from the local chapter of the Council of Canadians and would like to introduce you to the Blue Communities Project which is a joint initiative of the Council Of Canadians and CUPE. A" blue community" is one that treats water as belonging to no one - it belongs to the earth, all species and future generations and is the responsibility of all. In the Blue Communities project there is a three prong approach to protecting {The freshwater com mons" 1. Ban the sale of bottled water in publicly owned facilities and at public events 2. Promote publicly financed, owned and operated water and waste water services 3. Declare water as a human right. I. Banning bottled water. Maude Barlow, senior advisor to the United Nations says, {{The appeal of bottled water is obvious. It is portable and convenient, and for health-conscious Canadians who believe in the benefits of keeping hydrated, these two things are advantages." But she goes on to say ({producing and transporting bottled water .. requires large amounts of fossil fuel (and)..c1utters landfill sites. People have become accustomed to paying for the water they drink unintentionally creating a perception that bottled water is better than our public water. In March, 2009, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities adopted a resolution calling on Canadian municipalities to phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water. Canadian cities such as london and Kingston in Ontario have passed bottled water ban resolutions. We salute Campbell River city's policy of banning bottled water at city council meetings and events but feel that the bottled water ban should be expanded to include all city facilities. Page 6 of 62 Where does bottled water come from? It is "minedJl from aquifers, sucked and diverted from lakes, rivers and streams putting a huge strain on the surrounding ecosystem. Big companies are buying up groundwater rights and whole watersheds in order to own large quantities of water stock. Area Cdirector Jim Abram had received 12 requests when I talked to him at the beginning of the summer. Currently, there is a pending application for a bottled water license in Bute Inlet. Four companies Coca Cola, Pepst Nestle and Danone dominate the industry. Why we should ban bottled water: Bottled water leads to water shortages. It takes three to five liters of water to produce everyone liter plastic bottle. Massive amounts of fossil fuels are used not only to manufacture the bottles but also to transport them. last year 2.7 billion liters of oil were used to manufacture 29 billion plastic bottles in the USA. Bottled water contributes to climate change. Despite claims that bottled water has one of the smallest ecological footprints, it is actually highly polluting and dangerous to aquifers and other sources such as watersheds, ancient glaciers lakes and streams. Unlike tap water, single use bottled water consumes unnecessary resources for the manufacture of plastic bottles. Energy resources are used to pump, process, transport and refrigerate the product creating climate change impacts. Plastic water bottles end up as garbage in landfill waste sites. In the seventies about 1 billion liters of bottled water were sold globally. In 2007, 200 billion liters were consumed. That's a lot of bottles. Only 35% ofthose bottles are being recycled and the rest are taking up room in the landfill, polluting our beaches, lakes, ditches and around here salmon spawning creeks. As if our salmon aren't already endangered enough, there is even a giant island of plastic - including water bottles - a plastic flotsam island twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific. Bottled water is not safer. Despite the fact that Canada has one of the best clean public drinking water systems in the world, the bottled water industry has worked Page 7 of 62 hard to undermine our faith in public water.