Community Advisory Committee Minutes

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

Motion (proposed addition)

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.

Motion (agenda as presented)

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:

• 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

• ReImagine 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:

• 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:

• 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.

Presiding Council Member

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