# Special Council Minutes - December 19, 2022

Meeting: Regular Council — January 17, 2023

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## AI-processed summary

Minutes of the special Council meeting on December 19, 2022, noting approvals to proceed with tree protection bylaws and direction to schedule a special meeting to adopt those bylaws.

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### Special Council Minutes - December 19, 2022

Source pages: 9–11

## Special Council Minutes - December 19, 2022

December 19, 2022, 1:00 PM  
Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting

Meeting available by teleconference

### PRESENT:
- Mayor S. Goodmanson
- Councillor K. Guiry
- Councillor C. Harder
- Councillor M. Morley
- Councillor L. Szpak
- Councillor M. Wagner - Remote
- Councillor K. Yacucha

### ATTENDING:
- D. Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
- B. Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services
- M. Baldwin, Director of Planning and Subdivision
- M. Dillabaugh, Director of Finance
- M. Mahovlich, Director of Engineering and Public Works
- K. Dube, Senior Manager of Information Technology and GIS
- Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
- L. Stohmann, Deputy Director of Planning and Subdivision
- D. Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
- P. Lambert, Senior Bylaw Officer
- B. Boisvert, Records Assistant

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### 1. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
B. Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services, read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.

### 2. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Goodmanson called the meeting to order at 1:05 pm.

### 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
```text
MOVED BY: SZPAK
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council approve the agenda with the addition of items, Public Participation and Bylaws
and renumber the agenda items 4, 5 and 5.1 accordingly.
```
Motion CARRIED.

### 4. PUBLIC PARTICPATION
None presented.

### 5. BYLAWS

#### 5.1 BYLAW NOS. 2115 & 2116 (Background Report Attached)
```text
MOVED BY: SZPAK
SECONDED: YACUCHA
THAT Council
Provide First, Second and Third Readings of Bylaw No. 2115 – A Bylaw to Prohibit the
Cutting of Trees, as drafted
AND
Provide First, Second and Third Readings of District of Langford Ticket Information
Authorization Bylaw No. 34, 1993, Amendment No. 19, Bylaw No. 2116, 2022 as drafted;
AND
Direct staff to provide notice of a special Council meeting for 2:30 pm. on December 21,
2022, in order to adopt Bylaw 2115, 2022 and Bylaw 2116, 2022.
AND
Direct staff to include in the list of Council’s options for any property that has proceeded
with tree removal without benefit of a permit and is seeking rezoning, compensatory
payments for tree loss for Council’s consideration.
```
Motion CARRIED.

### 6. IN CAMERA RESOLUTION
```text
MOVED BY: YACUCHA
SECONDED: SZPAK
THAT Council close the meeting to the public pursuant to section 90 (1) (i) of the Community
Charter to consider:
•
the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including
communications necessary for that purpose.
```
Motion CARRIED.

The meeting went in camera at 1:42 pm.

### 7. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 4:05 pm.

Presiding Council Member

Certified Correct - Corporate Officer