City of Langford - Special Council Minutes (January 27, 2025)

Date: January 27, 2025
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting
Meeting available by teleconference

Present / Attending

Mayor S. Goodmanson
Councillor K. Guiry
Councillor C. Harder
Councillor M. Morley
Councillor L. Szpak
Councillor M. Wagner
Councillor K. Yacucha

Staff:

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
M. Dillabaugh, Director of Finance
K. Balzer, Director of Engineering and Public Works
Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
K. Dube, Senior Manager of Information Technology and GIS
D. Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
C. Staniforth, Manager of Budgets & Revenues
B. Boisvert, Legislative Services Administrative Coordinator
T. Preston, Superintendent, West Shore RCMP

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Goodmanson called the meeting to order at 6:45 pm.

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Councillor Wagner read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.

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MEETING CONDUCT RULES

M. Watmough, Corporate Officer, read the City of Langford's meeting conduct rules.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MOVED BY: MORLEY
SECONDED: WAGNER

THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.

Motion CARRIED.

NOTICE OF MOTION

5.1 Resolution for the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Councillor Wagner read aloud the following Notice of Motion:

WHEREAS in July 2024, following extensive consultation with First Nations and stakeholders, the Government of BC released its first-ever Coastal Marine Strategy, providing a 20-year vision of "a diverse, productive and resilient coastal marine environment that is valued in its own right and that supports the prosperity, health and well-being of coastal communities now and into the future" (p.3);

AND WHEREAS the Coastal Marine Strategy details nine important goals (diverse marine life; abundant wild Pacific Salmon; a clean coast; climate-ready communities; a sustainable coastal economy; vibrant coastal communities; trusting, respectful relationships; a robust tool kit; and integrated and balanced management), but does not have the force of law, and codifying the Strategy into law will support its success and longevity rather than leaving it dependant on the priorities of the government of the day;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT UBCM call on the Province of British Columbia to enshrine the B.C. Coastal Marine Strategy into law.

ADJOURNMENT

MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: MORLEY

THAT Council adjourn the meeting.

Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 6:48 pm.

Motion CARRIED.

SCOTT GOODMANSON
MAYOR

Marie Watmough
Corporate Officer

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City of Langford - Special Council Minutes (January 27, 2025)

Present / Attending