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Special Council Minutes - June 25, 2025
Minutes of the Special Council Meeting held June 25, 2025, recording attendance, bylaws considered, motions, and the meeting's start and end times. Key actions include amendments and adoption of the Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200 and readings for Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2229.
Key facts
- Date: June 25, 2025; scheduled 7:00 p.m.; meeting called to order at 10:08 p.m.; adjourned at 10:24 p.m.
- Attendees: Mayor S. Goodmanson; Councillors K. Guiry, C. Harder, M. Morley, L. Szpak, M. Wagner, K. Yacucha; several senior staff and consultants listed.
- Bylaw No. 2200 (Langford Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2025): Council gave second and third readings and adopted the bylaw with amendments to replace the definition/term 'Special Needs Housing' with 'Supportive housing' and to update policies 8.7, 8.8, and 8.11 accordingly.
- Bylaw No. 2229 (Langford Zoning Bylaw, 1999, Amendment No. 749 – Text Amendment to Update Appendix J): Council gave first, second and third readings.
- Motions described in the minutes (approvals and adoptions) were carried.
Special Council Minutes - June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting
PRESENT:
- Mayor S. Goodmanson
- Councillor K. Guiry
- Councillor C. Harder
- Councillor M. Morley
- Councillor L. Szpak
- Councillor M. Wagner
- Councillor K. Yacucha
ATTENDING:
- D. Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
- B. Hutchins, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
- M. Watmough, Director of Legislative & Protective Services
- M. Baldwin, Director of Development Services
- L. Stohmann, Director of Community Planning & Climate Change
- K. Balzer, Director of Engineering and Public Works
- Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
- T. Corpus, Senior Application Developer/Analyst
- D. Sametz, Senior Planner – Long Range Planning
- B. Boisvert, Legislative Services Administrative Coordinator
- B. Toderian, Consultant
Meeting available by teleconference
1. COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Goodmanson called the Council meeting to order at 10:08 pm.
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Councillor Szpak read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY: MORLEY
SECONDED: WAGNER
THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.
4. BYLAWS
4.1 BYLAW NO. 2200
"Langford Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2025” (SECOND AND THIRD READINGS AND ADOPTION)
MOVED BY: WAGNER
SECONDED: GUIRY
THAT Council give second and third readings to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200, 2025 with the following amendments:
a. Direct staff to delete the definition of Special Needs Housing on page 61 and replace it with the following: “Supportive housing is housing for people with disabilities, seniors, or others who may benefit from on-site support services, including social housing. Supportive housing also encompasses special needs housing as this term is used within the Local Government Act and the Langford Housing Needs Report.”
AND
b. Direct staff to replace the term “special needs housing” in policies 8.7, 8.8, and 8.11 with “supportive housing.”
Motion CARRIED.
MOVED BY: YACUCHA
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT Council adopt Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200, 2025.
Motion CARRIED.
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
No one presented.
6. BYLAWS
6.1 BYLAW NO. 2229
“Langford Zoning Bylaw, 1999, Amendment No. 749 (Text Amendment to Update Appendix J), Bylaw No. 2229, 2025". (FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READINGS)
MOVED BY: WAGNER
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council give Langford Zoning Bylaw, 1999, Amendment No. 749 (Text Amendment to Update Appendix J), Bylaw No. 2229, 2025, first second and third readings.
Motion CARRIED.
7. ADJOURNMENT
MOVED BY: YACUCHA
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council adjourn the meeting.
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 10:24 pm.
Motion CARRIED.
Presiding Council Member
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