AGENDA

For the Council Meeting

To be held in Council Chambers

Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue

MONDAY, DECEMBER 02, 2024

 

 

Public Input Opportunities
To register to participate in the Public Input portion of the Agenda, please email [email protected]  or telephone 250-475-5501 and state your name, address and the date of the meeting at which you wish to speak. You must have access to either a phone or computer; provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you and an email address where we can send instructions to you. The registration deadline is 12:00 p.m. noon on the day of the meeting.

 

Public input is also accepted via email at [email protected] or received in the Municipal Hall mailbox until noon on the day of the meeting.

 

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I.

4:30 P.M., COUNCIL CHAMBERS

 

Motion to close the meeting to the public: “That the meeting be closed in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 4, Division 3, Section 90 (1) (c), (e) and (k) as the matters relate to labour relations or other employee relations; the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; and negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.”

 

II.

7:00 P.M., COUNCIL CHAMBERS

 

A.

MAYOR'S INTRODUCTION

 

1.

Mayor’s Annual Address

 

B.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

 

1.

Council meeting of October 28, 2024.

 

 

C.

PUBLIC INPUT ON BUSINESS ITEMS D, E and F

”Please see the instructions at the top of the agenda on the different options for public input.”

 

D.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

 

1.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION

Report of the Director of Planning dated October 23, 2024.

 

To approve Development Variance Permit DVP00525 for 1652 McRae Avenue for a proposed patio reconfiguration along Shelbourne Street.

 

2.

2025 ACTING MAYOR SCHEDULE

Memo of the Director of Legislative and Protective Services/Corporate Officer dated November 19, 2024.

 

To approve the 2025 Acting Mayor Schedule.

 

E.

BYLAWS FOR THREE READINGS

 

1.

4079 QUADRA STREET – REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION

Report of the Director of Planning dated October 17, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Zoning Bylaw, 2003, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10102” to rezone 4079 Quadra Street from the C-9 (Local Service Station) Zone to the C-4 (Office and Apartment) Zone to support a three-storey, mixed-use building containing medical offices and four residential units with surface and under building parking application; and approve Development Permit DPR00878.

 

2.

3745 TILLICUM ROAD – REZONING, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION

Report of the Director of Planning dated October 31, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Zoning Bylaw, 2003, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10107” to rezone 3745 Tillicum Road from the RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) Zone to the RS-2 (Single Family Dwelling) Zone to subdivide to create one additional lot (two lots total) for single family dwelling use; and approve Development Variance Permit DVP00526.

 

3.

2025 GARBAGE UTILITY RATES - FOR APPROVAL GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 10099

Report of the Director of Finance dated November 20, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Garbage Collection and Disposal Bylaw, 2013, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10099” to establish rates for 2025.

 

4.

2025 WATER UTILITY RATES - FOR APPROVAL WATER UTILITY AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 10097

Report of the Director of Finance dated November 20, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Water Utility Bylaw, 2003, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10097” to establish rates for 2025.

 

5.

2025 SEWER UTILITY RATES - FOR APPROVAL SANITARY SEWER AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 10098

Report of the Director of Finance dated November 20, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Sanitary Sewer Bylaw, 2006, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10098” to establish rates for 2025.

 

6.

TEMPORARY BORROWING BYLAWS

Report of the Director of Finance dated November 21, 2024.

 

To give three readings to the following bylaws to authorize temporary borrowing through the Municipal Finance Authority:

  • “Sewer Capital Program Temporary Borrowing Bylaw, 2024. No. 10112”
  • “Storm Drainage Capital Program Temporary Borrowing Bylaw, 2024. No. 10113”
  • “Parks Capital Program Temporary Borrowing Bylaw, 2024. No. 10114”
  • “Sewer Capital Program Temporary Borrowing Bylaw, 2024. No. 10115”
  • “Transportation Capital Program Temporary Borrowing Bylaw, 2024. No. 10116”

 

 

7.

BUILDING BYLAW AMENDMENT, NO. 10118

Report of the Director of Engineering dated November 18, 2024.

 

To give three readings to “Building Bylaw, 2019, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 10118” to consolidate plumbing fees.

 

F.

REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

 

1.

SIGNING THE PERIOD PROMISE – REVISED

Notice of Motion from Councillor Phelps Bondaroff from the Council meeting of November 18, 2024.

 

That Saanich take the Period Promise by signing a Period Promise Policy Letter of Agreement with the United Way Southern Vancouver Island (UWSVI).

 

G.

ADJOURNMENT