PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

 

 

Minutes

 

 

 

An Open meeting of the Planning and Development Committee was held in the Council Committee Room, City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. on Tuesday, 2019 June 25 at 4:00 p.m. followed by a Closed meeting from which the public was excluded.

 

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESENT:

Councillor Pietro Calendino, Chair

Councillor Sav Dhaliwal, Vice Chair

Councillor Joe Keithley, Member

Councillor Paul McDonnell, Member

Councillor James Wang, Member

His Worship, Mayor Mike Hurley, Ex-Officio Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

STAFF:

Ms. Lee-Ann Garnett, Assistant Director Long Range Planning

Mr. Doug Louie, Asst. Director Engineering Transportation Services

Mr. Johannes Schumann, Assistant Director Current Planning

Ms. Monica Macdonald, Administrative Officer

 

 

 

The Chair called the Open Committee meeting to order at 4:08 p.m.

The Chair recognized the ancestral and unceded homelands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and traditional hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people, and extended appreciation for the opportunity to hold a meeting on this shared territory.

 

 

2.

MINUTES

 

 

A)

Minutes of the Planning and Development Committee Open meeting held on 2019 May 28                                                             

 

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR keithley 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell

 

THAT the minutes of the Planning and Development Committee Open meeting held on 2019 May 28 be adopted.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

3.

CORRESPONDENCE

 

 

A)

Correspondence from Metro Vancouver

Re: Metro 2040 Land Use Designation Amendment Request for the City of Delta – MK Delta Lands Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1283, 2019                                                       

 

 

Correspondence was received from Metro Vancouver advising that the City of Delta submitted a request to amend Metro 2040: Shaping Our Future (Metro 2040) for a 62.7 ha (155 ac) property at 7969 Highway 91 Connector. At its 2019 May 24 meeting, the Board of Directors, Metro Vancouver, approved the request and adopted a resolution to initiate the regional growth strategy amendment process for the property and notify affected governments. As noted, both the Local Government Act and Metro 2040 require a notification period to allow local governments to provide comment on the proposed amendment. Following the comment period, Metro Vancouver will review all comments received and consider third and final reading of the amendment bylaw.

           

 

B)

Correspondence from TransLink – Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation

Re:  Cure Congestion Campaign                                         

 

Correspondence was received from Mr. Mike Buda, Executive Director, Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation, TransLink, requesting members’ support for the Cure Congestion campaign’s public engagement strategy by writing to local MPs, forwarding a resolution to Council, and sharing the Mayors’ Council #CureCongestion content on social media.

 

                       

4.

REPORTS

 

 

A)

Report from the Director Engineering

Re: Burnaby Hospital Parking              

 

 

 

The Director Engineering submitted a report providing an option for free street parking adjacent to Burnaby Hospital.

The Director Engineering recommended:

1.        THAT the Committee recommend to Council the replacement of select parking meters adjacent to Burnaby Hospital with two hour parking time limits to provide free visitor parking, as outlined in this report.

2.        THAT the Committee recommend to Council an increase in parking meter rates for all other parking meters near Burnaby Hospital from $1.50 to $2.00 per hour to make it consistent with other areas of the City and to help offset reduced revenues from the removal of parking meters.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR dhaliwal 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley

 

 

 

THAT the recommendations of the Director Engineering be adopted.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

           

The Committee expressed concern regarding individuals using the free parking spaces for reasons other than hospital visiting.

 

Arising from discussion, the following motion was introduced:

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR dhaliwal 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley

 

THAT page 3 of the report be AMENDED to replace the third sentence to read, as follows: “The replacement would be along the east and west side of the 3800 and 3900 block of Ingleton Avenue and along the north side of the 3900 block Kincaid Street, as shown in Figure 1 below.”; and,

 

THAT the report be AMENDED to replace the number “23” on page 3 and 4 with “33” and adjust the amount of reduced parking revenues and offsetting revenue gain, accordingly.

 

CARRIED

(Opposed by Councillor Wang)

 

Arising from further discussion, the Committee directed staff to install “For Hospital Visitor Only - 2 Hour Limit” signs in the free parking areas; as well as provide an assessment of the success of the free hospital parking initiative after one year of its implementation.

 

B)

Report from the Director Planning and Building

Re: Proposed Bylaw Text Amendments - 2019 June

 

 

The Director Planning and Building submitted a report proposing two text amendments to the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw.

*His Worship, Mayor Mike Hurley left the meeting at 4:56 p.m. and did not return.*

The Director Planning and Building recommended:

1.        THAT Council be requested to authorize the preparation of a bylaw amending the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw, as outlined in Section 3.0 of this report, for advancement to a Public Hearing on 2019 July 30.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley 

 

THAT the recommendation of the Director Planning and Building be adopted.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

Arising from discussion, the following motion was introduced:

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley

 

THAT the report be AMENDED to remove Section 3.1 Outdoor Play Areas in Child Care Facilities.

 

 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

The Zoning Bylaw text amendment regarding outdoor play areas in child care facilities was referred back to staff for further consideration.

 

5.

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

Councillor Calendino – Health Services Within New Community Centres

 

Councillor Calendino advised that under the New Business portion of the Council meeting held on 2019 June 24, Council REFERRED Item A, Council Correspondence Package received up to 2019 June 20, to the Planning and Development Committee.

 

Item A of the Package was from Ms. Sheila Finamore, Executive Director, Burnaby Primary Care Network & Burnaby Hospital, Fraser Health Authority requesting consideration of co-locating health services within one or more of the new community centres that are being planned for the City. Ms. Finamore noted that the centres offer unique access points for residents to receive a full range of health and wellness services at one location.

 

Arising from discussion, the following motion was introduced:

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR dhaliwal

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell

 

THAT a proposal for co-locating health services within the new community centres be REFERRED to staff for a report.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

           

 

 

 

Staff advised that they are in discussions with the Civic Building Projects team who are in the midst of the RFP process for the community centres. The Committee voiced concerns regarding the stage of the RFP and the City’s ability to include design and use requirements for co-locating health services within the new centres.

 

6.

INQUIRIES

 

 

There were no inquiries brought before the Committee at this time.

 

7.

CLOSED

 

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR dhaliwal

 

THAT the Committee, in accordance with Sections 90 and 92 of the Community Charter, do now resolve itself into a Closed meeting from which the public is excluded to consider matters concerning 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.

 

                                                                                            CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR dhaliwal 

 

THAT the Open Committee meeting do now recess.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

The Open Committee meeting recessed at 5:07 p.m.

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley 

 

THAT the Open Committee meeting do now reconvene.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

The Open Committee meeting reconvened at 5:17 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR mcdonell 

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR keithley

 

THAT this Open Committee meeting do now adjourn.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

The Open Committee meeting adjourned at 5:18 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monica Macdonald

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER                  

Councillor Pietro Calendino

CHAIR