EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
A G E N D A

Wednesday, February 03, 2021 at 5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Council Chamber, City Hall

4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

MINUTES

2.1

Minutes of the Executive Committee of Council Open meeting held on 2020 December 02

3.

CORRESPONDENCE

3.1

Correspondence from Softball British Columbia - Re: Request for Community Grant

Council Correspondence Package 2021 January 07 - Note: Staff have contacted Softball BC and requested that they submit a Community Grant application.  Staff have followed up; however to date no application has been received. 

4.

REPORTS

4.1

Report from the Director Planning and Building - Re: Commemorative Plaques and Memorial Installations on City Hall Grounds

4.2

Report from the Director Planning and Building - Re: Corporate Guidelines for Indigenous Territory Acknowledgement: Update and Next Steps

5.

FESTIVALS BURNABY GRANTS APPROVED BUDGET - $250,000

6.

COMMUNITY GRANTS APPROVED BUDGET - $400,000

6.1

Program Grants Approved Budget - $300,000

6.2

Operating Grants Approved Budget - $100,000

7.

NEW APPLICATIONS - COMMUNITY GRANTS

7.1

#21.01. - Scandinavian Community Centre Society

Community Pollinator Garden

An application was received from the Scandinavian Community Centre Society (SCCS) requesting a grant in support of planting their second pollinator garden. In 2019, in collaboration with the David Suzuki Foundation and private donors, the SCCS built their first pollinator garden. Six Burnaby residents joined the project. The 2021 project will begin in the spring and function as a habitat for local butterflies and bees; as well as serve as a conservation project for the community. The project consists of a 30 foot x 12 foot garden to support a pollinator patch and educational signage to inform members about local pollinators, the plants that they rely on, and what the community can do to help sustain their populations. The garden will host members and guests from Burnaby. Burnaby residents will be encouraged participate in several weekly children’s and senior’s programs. As well, the SCCS expects even more residents to join the pollinator garden project, than in 2019.

Request: $2,000

CPA: 2020 / 2019 / 2018 - No Application*

*Festival Grants were awarded, as follows: 2019 ($8,000), 2018 ($6,000) and 2017 ($6,000) in support of the Society’s Midsummer Festival.

7.2

#21.02. - St. Thomas More Collegiate

First Nations Welcome Art - Truth & Reconciliation Project

An application was received from the St. Thomas More Collegiate (STMC) requesting a grant in support of a First Nations Welcome Art piece and a raising ceremony involving the artist, local First Nations and members of the community. The initiative will take place from 2020 December 01 to 2021 June 30, and is part of STMC’s Truth & Reconciliation Project. The Welcome Figure will be surrounded by seating and will be open for use by Burnaby residents, in addition to students and teachers. The main purpose of the project is to help facilitate the integration of First People’s culture and principles of learning, especially in subject areas where such integration is not obvious, like Science and Mathematics.

Request: $25,000

CPA: 2020 / 2019 / 2018 – No Application

8.

NEW BUSINESS

9.

INQUIRIES

10.

CLOSED

Public excluded according to Sections 90 and 92 of the Community Charter for the Committee to consider matters concerning labour relations or other employee relations; personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity; 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.

11.

ADJOURNMENT