Community Advisory Committee Minutes - February 27, 2024

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:

• 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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