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Special Council Minutes - January 27, 2025
Minutes of the Special Council meeting on January 27, 2025, containing a notice of motion related to enshrining the BC Coastal Marine Strategy into law and brief procedural items.
Key facts
- Meeting date: January 27, 2025
- Notice of Motion: Request to UBCM to call on the Province to enshrine the BC Coastal Marine Strategy into law
- Adjournment: Meeting called to order and adjourned quickly after the notice
Special Council Minutes - January 27, 2025
Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting
6:45 p.m.
Present
- Mayor S. Goodmanson
- Councillor K. Guiry
- Councillor C. Harder
- Councillor M. Morley
- Councillor L. Szpak
- Councillor M. Wagner
- Councillor K. Yacucha
Attending
- 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
Meeting available by teleconference
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Goodmanson called the meeting to order at 6:45 pm.
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Councillor Wagner read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.
3. MEETING CONDUCT RULES
M. Watmough, Corporate Officer, read the City of Langford's meeting conduct rules.
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY: MORLEY
SECONDED: WAGNER
THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.
5. 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.
6. ADJOURNMENT
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT Council adjourn the meeting.
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 6:48 pm.
Motion CARRIED.
Presiding Council Member
Certified Correct - Corporate Officer