# CITY OF LANGFORD - Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council, Monday, December 19th, 2016

Meeting: Regular Council — December 19, 2016

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Official minutes of the City of Langford regular Council meeting held December 19, 2016, recording attendance, presentations, committee resolutions, motions and the in-camera resolution. The document records decisions on policies, budgets, traffic matters and approvals of prior minutes and accounts.

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### CITY OF LANGFORD - Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council, Monday, December 19th, 2016

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## CITY OF LANGFORD - Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council, Monday, December 19th, 2016

[Image 1: Page 1 scan of the minutes (meeting header and attendance)]

### Meeting Details
- Date & Time: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 5:30 p.m.  
- Location: Council Chambers, 3'' Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue

### Present
- Mayor S. Young  
- Councillors: D. Blackwell, M. Sahlstrom, L. Seaton, L. Szpak and R. Wade.

### Attending
- Chief Administrative Officer, J. Bowden  
- Administrative Assistant, J. Coneybeer  
- Director of Finance, S. Ternent  
- Director of Engineering, M. Mahovlich  
- Director of Planning, M. Baldwin

### Absent
- Councillor W. Sifert.

### 1. CALL TO ORDER
The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.

### 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR SAHLSTROM

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL

That Council Approve the Agenda as presented.

### 3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council - December 5th, 2016

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

That Council approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held on December 5 th 2016.  
CARRIED.

[Image 2: Page 2 scan of the minutes (presentations and other board minutes)]

### 4. PRESENTATION
a) Brad Atchison  
Re: Expression of Appreciation to Fire Rescue First Responders

Mr. Brad Atchison expressed his appreciation to First Responders and along with Mayor Young, presented a service award certificate to Fire Chief Bob Beckett who received it on behalf of the Fire Rescue first responders that were involved in Mr. Atchison's medical emergency rescue on Mt Finlayson when he suffered a heart attack May 5th, 2016.

### 5. OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES
a) West Shore Parks and Recreation - November 17th, 2016

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR SEATON

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

That Council approve the Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation held on November 17th, 2016.  
CARRIED.

### 6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
There was no public participation.

### 7. COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS

[Image 3: Page 3 scan of the minutes (committee resolutions — Administration & Finance; Transportation & Public Works)]

#### a) Administration and Finance Committee — December 13th, 2016

1. Draft Contaminated Sites Accounting and Reporting Policy (POL-0156-FIN)

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR SAHLTROM

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council adopt "POL-0156-FIN City of Langford Contaminated Sites Accounting and Reporting Policy" as outlined in the staff report dated December 13th, 2016.  
CARRIED.

2. Monthly Approval of Accounts Payable - September to November 2016

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR SAHLSTROM

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council approve the City of Langford disbursements from September to November 2016, as outlined in the Accounts Payable Report dated December 2, 2016.  
CARRIED.

#### b) Transportation and Public Works Committee - December 13th, 2016

1. Request for Speed Bumps Braeburn Avenue

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL

That Council direct staff to not install speed bumps on Braeburn Avenue at this time.  
CARRIED.

2. Establishment of Parking on Grainger Road (Engineering)

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council direct staff to install 3 permit parking stalls along the west side of Grainger Rd at a cost of $540 for the signs to be funded from the City's Traffic Sign budget.

3. Sooke Lake / Amy Road Speed Limits

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council:  
1. Instruct staff to remove the 40km/h speed limit signs from Amy Road; AND  
2. Leave Sooke Lake Rd speed limit posted at 50km/h.  
CARRIED.

4. Westhills Lakepoint and BC Transit Shared Funding Request

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council approve entering into a tn-party agreement with Westhills Development and BC Transit to construct a four-bay transit exchange on Westhills Drive funded from the City's Neighbourhood Beautification Budget subject to BC Transit approving the proposed transit exchange for their 2017 capital and operating budgets.

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council refer this funding request for consideration as part of the 2017 budget discussion.  
CARRIED.

[Image 4: Page 4 scan of the minutes (continued committee resolutions; in camera resolution; adjournment)]

#### 5. 2017 Engineering Department Capital and Operating Budgets

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR SZPAK

That Council approve in principle the 2017-2021 Engineering Department Capital and Maintenance & Operating budgets and the five year financial plans as presented in the staff report dated December 13th, 2016 and refer them to the Director of Finance for budget consideration.  
CARRIED.

### 8. IN CAMERA RESOLUTION

MOVED BY:  
COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL

SECONDED:  
COUNCILLOR WADE

a) That it is the opinion of Council that the public interest requires that persons other than members of Council and Officers be excluded from the meeting to consider confidential information regarding Personnel and New Service under Section 90 (1) (a) (e) & (k) of the Community Charter.  
b) That Council continues the meeting in closed session.  
CARRIED.

### 9. ADJOURNMENT
The Chair adjourned the meeting at 5:46 pm.
