It will be a busy evening tonight at Oak Bay Municipal Hall.
At 6 p.m., the regular council meeting will begin (yes you read that right) while committee of the whole will start at 7 p.m. instead.
The night’s first order of business will be Mayor Nils Jensen’s proposed support to Bill C-352 that requests federal action on abandoned vessels that currently litter the Oak Bay and Saanich shores and beaches. The issue was discussed at length during last week’s council meeting, though a resolve was yet to be found. As such, council will encourage Parliament to push the federal bill along and clear the broken vessels from local waters.
Second item and resolution on the agenda will discuss Coun. Hazel Braithwaite’s plan to arrange a time and venue to hold a town hall meeting for Oak Bay residents to voice their concerns “in a respectful and open forum.”
Kicking off at 7 p.m. will be the committee of the whole, with several items of note.
The first is a summary from the Oak Bay Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, which will include program reports from cultural and aquatic events that occurred this summer, as well as upcoming events at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre and Monterey Recreation Centre, throughout the rest of September and towards end of October.
Deborah Jensen, the district’s acting director of building and planning will present her report on a revitalization agreement of a heritage home on 2031 Runnymede Avenue. The applicant’s request is to add a two-lot single family residential subdivision that would fall under One Family Residential Use zoning as a new, smaller lot. The report takes a close look at the proposal and the home’s rich history with the Butchart family, which will be followed by an official Statement of Significance, dedicating the home as a heritage site in Oak Bay.
The agenda includes a second heritage revitalization agreement, this time of a home on 638/644 Beach Drive. In this case, the applicant wants to create a four-lot single-family residential subdivision under the One Family Residential Use zone. The home would be restored in its existing location, and three lots would be created.
Last item of the night will revolve around Oak Bay’s day care regulation report, which was initially announced earlier this summer. Council will have to consider two options, of either implementing a revised regulation or delaying it further 2019.
Next council meeting is scheduled for October 10 at 7 p.m.