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City of Langford - Community Advisory Committee Minutes (February 27, 2024)
Minutes of the City of Langford Community Advisory Committee meeting held February 27, 2024, recording attendance, motions, adoption of prior minutes, recommendations on 2024 funding requests, and adjournment.
Key facts
- Meeting date: February 27, 2024; called to order at 7:00 PM; adjourned at 8:44 PM
- Chair: Councillor K. Yacucha; Vice-Chair: Councillor C. Harder
- Committee adopted minutes of November 2, 2023
- Committee recommended Council approve grants in aid and fund amounts exceeding the $80,000.00 budget from Council Contingency
- Recommended grant amounts (selected/highlighted): Big Brothers/Big Sisters $5,000.00; Capital Bike $4,550.00; CoL Pipe Band $1,500.00; GOATS Queer Climbing $5,400.00; Goldstream Farmers Market $5,000.00; JDF Lacrosse Assn $6,000.00; JDF Performing Arts Centre $3,000.00; Mental Health Society $1,500.00; Peninsula Streams $20,000.00; Rewired Recovery $10,000.00; Royal Canadian Legion $6,000.00; Take a Hike Foundation $2,500.00; Urban Food Resilience $5,000.00; Victoria Sexual Assault Centre $5,000.00; Wear2Start $2,000.00; Wild Wise $2,500.00; Wounded Warrior Run $2,000.00; Bilston Watershed $1,000.00; Open Gate Church $5,000.00; Bear Mountain Community Assn $1,500.00
City of Langford - Community Advisory Committee Minutes
February 27, 2024, 7:00 PM
Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting
PRESENT
- Councillor K. Yacucha - Chair
- Councillor C. Harder - Vice-Chair
- Councillor M. Morley
- C. Foxall
- F. Johnson
- S. Klaver
- N. Lehman
- M. McDonald - Remote
- R. Plomp
ABSENT
- S. Klaver
ATTENDING
- M. Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
- M. Dillabaugh, Director of Finance
- L. Zetaruk, Analyst
- B. Boisvert, Legislative Services Administrative Coordinator
Meeting available by teleconference.
1. CALL TO ORDER
The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Councillor Harder read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY: FOXALL
SECONDED: LEHMAN
THAT the Community Advisory Committee approve the agenda with the addition of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Run for $2,500 into the 2024 funding requests.
Motion DEFEATED.
Councillors Yacucha, Morley and Harder and Committee Member Macdonald opposed.
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT the Committee approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.
4. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES
4.1 Minutes of the Community Advisory Committee Meeting - November 2, 2023
MOVED BY: MORLEY
SECONDED: PLOMP
THAT the minutes of the Community Advisory Committee meeting held November 2, 2023, be adopted as circulated.
Motion CARRIED.
5. REPORTS
5.1 2024 Funding Requests
- Committee member R. Plomp left the meeting at 8:18 pm. due to a perceived conflict with the funding items Bilston Watershed and Open Gate Church.
- Committee member R. Plomp returned to the meeting at 8:21 pm.
- Committee member C. Foxall left the meeting at 8:21 pm. due to a perceived conflict with the funding item Bear Mountain Community Assn.
- Committee member C. Foxall returned to the meeting at 8:26 pm.
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: JOHNSON
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommends that Council approve the recommended grants in aid and funds those amounts exceeding the budget of $80,000.00 from the Council Contingency.
Motion Carried Unanimously
MOVED BY: PLOMP
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend to Council that:
The following funding applications be approved for the 2024 year:
| Organization | Amount |
|---|---|
| Big Brothers/Big Sisters | $5,000.00 |
| Capital Bike | $4,550.00 |
| CoL Pipe Band | $1,500.00 |
| GOATS Queer Climbing | 5,400.00 |
| Goldstream Farmers Market | $5,000.00 |
| JDF Lacrosse Assn | $6,000.00 |
| JDF Performing Arts Centre | $3,000.00 |
| Mental Health Society | $1,500.00 |
| Peninsula Streams | 20,000.00 |
| Relmagine West Shore | $2,900.00 |
| Rewired Recovery | $10,000.00 |
| Royal Canadian Legion | $6,000.00 |
| Sport Assist | $2,000.00 |
| Take a Hike Foundation | $2,500.00 |
| Urban Food Resilience | $5,000.00 |
| Victoria Sexual Assault Centre | $5,000.00 |
| Wear2Start | $2,000.00 |
| Wild Wise | $2,500.00 |
| Wounded Warrior Run | $2,000.00 |
Motion Carried Unanimously
- Committee member R. Plomp left the meeting at 8:36 pm. due to a perceived conflict with the funding items Bilston Watershed and Open Gate Church.
MOVED BY: JOHNSON
SECONDED: FOXALL
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend to Council that:
The following funding applications be approved for the 2024 year:
| Organization | Amount |
|---|---|
| Bilston Watershed | $1,000.00 |
| Open Gate Church | $5,000.00 |
Motion CARRIED.
- Committee member R. Plomp returned to the meeting at 8:37 pm.
- Committee member C. Foxall left the meeting at 8:37 pm. due to a perceived conflict with the funding item Bear Mountain Community Assn.
MOVED BY: JOHNSON
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend to Council that:
The following funding applications be approved for the 2024 year:
| Organization | Amount |
|---|---|
| Bear Mountain Community Assn | $1,500.00 |
Motion CARRIED.
- Committee member C. Foxall returned to the meeting at 8:39 pm.
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend that Council direct staff to research other local governments to explore best practices in potentially creating and including Community Association and Community-led Neighbourhood Improvement Grants as part of the 2025 process for our current Grant in Aid Policy Funding.
Motion Carried Unanimously
6. ADJOURNMENT
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: PLOMP
The Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:44 pm.
Motion CARRIED.