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June 26,2012 Regular Council
Regular Council
2. Public Input
Barry Tyldesley, Port Moody, expressed concern about the new bylaw regulations related to recreation vehicles. He also expressed concern that there was no advance public consultation before putting these rules in place. He requested that there be a temporary parking permit of about one week for RV's to allow loading, unloading and maintenance, both at the beginning and end of the season.
Majid Sadeghzadeh, Port Moody, spoke to the issue of his request for reimbursement of Licencing Fees which is on this evening's agenda. Claudia Li, Burnaby, founder of the organization called Shark Truth. She advised that she has had considerable experience working with municipalities on bans on shark fins and in the interests of the public relations aspect, she requested that the language in Council's resolution be amended to delete the words "primarily as a status symbol rather than any other culinary or dietary reason". She advised that her concern was that text may be interpreted as a cultural judgement which would not assist with the process of addressing this issue. Delegation Application dated May 29, 2012 File: 0230-01 Margeret Newell spoke on behalf of the Art in the Garden Committee which is having an Art in the Garden tour in support of the Port Moody Arts Centre Society. She invited Council to participate in the Art in the Garden Tour taking place on Sunday, July 15, 2012. 3.2 2011 City of Port Moody Annual Report and 2012 Council Strategic Plan
PowerPoint Presentation: City Clerk and Communications Advisor / File: 1410-2012 / 0620-04
2011 City of Port Moody Annual Report, including the 2012 Council Strategic Plan, to be distributed under separate cover Annual Report available at the Legislative Services counter, at the Council meeting and online at: http://www.portmoody.ca/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=1627
Opportunity for public feedback There were no speakers. Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the 2011 Annual Report be received;
AND THAT they 2012 Council Strategic Plan be approved.
3.3 Ipsos Reid 2012 Citizen Satisfaction Syndicated SurveyPresentation: City Clerk and Communications Advisor/ File: 1360-02 See Item 6.1 for survey report 4.2 2011 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) Report: Corporate Services, Finance Division dated June 18, 2012 / File: 1830-03
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the 2011 Statement of Financial Information be approved with the correction that Councillor Royer's expense amount be corrected to read $808.73 not $1,103.81.
Councillor Dilworth declared a conflict of interest on Item 4.3 in that one of the affected users is her employer, and left the meeting at 8:07 pm. File: 1820-20-03/BL2935
City of Port Moody Fees Bylaw, 2010, No. 2857, Amendment Bylaw No. 6, 2012, No. 2935ˇ¨ a bylaw to amend the sewer user charges for metered users. Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Bylaw 2935 be now adopted.
Voting against: Councillor Royer
Councillor Dilworth returned to the meeting at 8:08 pm.
Report: Community Services, Cultural Services Division dated June 18, 2012 / File: 7715-01 / BL2943
City of Port Moody Fees Bylaw, 2010, No. 2857, Amendment Bylaw No. 7, 2012, No. 2943 ¨ a bylaw to collect a permit fee for those wishing to participate in the Street Performers Program. Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Bylaw 2943 be now read a first time.
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Bylaw 29~3 be now read a second time.
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Bylaw 2943 be now read a third time.
Report: Development Services, Bylaw Enforcement dated June 18, 2012 / File: 4000-01/BL2903 Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Recreational Vehicles be removed from Section 6.10.1 of the Street, Traffic and Public Places Bylaw leaving it as a prohibition related only to commercial vehicles and oversized vehicles parked on a highway or boulevard for a period in excess of forty-eight hours.
Voting against: Councillor Glumac Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT staff report back after a period of one year on the enforcement issues related to amendments to the Street, Traffic and Public Places Bylaw made by amending Bylaw 2903.
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the Development Services, Bylaw Enforcement report dated June 18, 2012, regarding recreational vehicle enforcement, be received for information.
Report: Community Services, Parks and Environmental Services dated June 15, 2012 / File: 5880-01Recommendation:
Moved, seconded and
THAT Council approve the following applicants to participate in the pilot project for food vendors in Rocky Point Park during the Summer Concert Series (July 8 - August 26, 2012): Old Country Pierogi, Gourmet Hotties, Hotties Panzerotti and This Little Piggy.
Moved, seconded and DEFEATED
THAT the foregoing motion be amended by deleting "Hotties Panzerotti" from the pilot project due to the lack of consideration related to waste stream issues.
Voting against: Mayor Clay, Councillors Dilworth, Elliott, Nuttall, Royer, Small
Moved, seconded and DEFEATED
THAT the foregoing motion be amended by adding:
AND THAT staff investigate whether Hotties Panzerotti use nondisposable/ reusable utensils and if so include them in the pilot project and if not, exclude them.
Voting against: Mayor Clay, Councillors Dilworth, Elliott, Nuttall, Royer, Small
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT staff communicate Council's request that vendors use biodegradable or reusable utensils;
AND THAT staff be authorized to revoke the participation of any vendor that proves to be causing the city a waste management issue during the pilot program.
Report: Community Services, Parks and Environmental Services dated June 18, 2012 / File: 5880-01Recommendation:
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Council endorse the Compostable Waste Diversion Pilot Project for the 2012 Summer Concert Series in Rocky Point Park as outlined in the Community Services, Parks and Environmental Services report dated June 18th, 2012.
File: 1360-02
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the survey results be referred to Council committees for information and that the committees be provided with the same presentation that staff presented this evening.
Report: Community Services, Cultural Services dated June 14, 2012 / File: 7940-01/2010-17Recommendation:
Moved, seconded and
THAT staff proceed with the Civic Centre Traffic Circle public art project using the theme of Art in Motion;
AND THAT staff report back to Council with potential locations and costs for relocating the Civic Centre traffic circle flagpoles.
Separation of the motion was requested. The question on the first paragraph of the motion was put and CARRIED
Voting against: Mayor Clay
The question on the second paragraph of the motion was put and CARRIED
Voting against: Mayor Clay
Report: Community Services, Cultural Services dated June 16, 2012 File: 7940-00Recommendation: Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the First Nations Public Art project be approved in the amount of $25,000, funded from the Artwork Reserve;
AND THAT any funds not required, due to funding from the grant, be returned to the Artwork Reserve.
Report: Development Services, Licencing Division dated June 18, 2012 / File: 4300-01
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the Development Services, Licencing Division report dated June 18, 2012 be received for information.
Verbal Report: City Clerk / File: 6430-08
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Port Moody Council officially request EGL to
(a) revise its Phase 1 design and construction plan to provide for a western portal station either immediately or in the future at a site as far west of the current approved future site at Queens as is possible, and
(b) work with Port Moody to establish a financing plan for such a western station;
AND THAT the scope of the current Port Moody OCP review be expanded to include a future western station. Voting against: Mayor Clay and Councillor Dilworth 6.6 Appointment to Arts and Culture Committee
Verbal Report: Mayor Clay / File: 0360-20-43
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT Helen Daniels be appointed to the Arts and Culture Committee and Joan Roberts be appointed to the Arts and Culture Committee as the ArtsConnect representative.
Report: Community Services, Facilities Division dated June 26, 2012 / File: 0750-01
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT The Recreation Complex Roof Replacement project be awarded to Mack Kirk Roofing and Sheet Metal Limited in the amount of $332,632 plus tax to replace the Curling Rink, Social Recreation Centre and Skaters Lobby roofs;
AND THAT funding in the amount of $30,000 be reallocated from the 2013 capital budget for the skaters' lobby roof to the 2012 capital budget for this project. Report: Councillor Small dated June 19, 2012 / File: 0420-20-02 / 0530-01
Moved, seconded WHEREAS 1) Port Moody residents have raised concerns about serious health, privacy, security, safety, cost and other concerns, including infringement of their democratic, civil and human rights, regarding the forced installation of BC Hydroˇ¦s wireless smart meters on their homes; 2) Many other British Columbian residents have raised similar concerns, prompting 40 BC Municipal and Local Government Councils and the Union of BC Municipalities (2011 Convention) to pass motions calling for a moratorium on mandatory installations of wireless meters and/or an opt-out option for their residents to provide citizens with a choice in accordance with our democratic process; 3) There is growing evidence that electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted by wireless smart meters may have negative health impacts on some individuals and that the World Health Organization has recently reclassified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, such as occur with smart meters, as class 2B carcinogenic to humans, the same category as lead and DDT. 4) Information has not been made readily available to the public on the exact locations within Port Moody of Smart Grid collector units or hubs where date is received and re-transmitted, as well as locations where meters are concentrated in banks such as apartment blocks, which create the potential for increased radio-frequency emissions at these locations; 5) Clarifying information has not been made available to the public concerning the Frequency and Duration of radio frequency emissions from wireless smart meters, which would include information on the Message Type (Meter Read Data, Network Management, Time Synch, Mesh Network Message Management) and the Transmission Frequency of all radio-frequency transmission and messages within a 24 hour period;
6) Provincial Bill 23, Section 83 (1) of the British Columbia Public Health Act states that, if a local government becomes aware of a health hazard or health impediment within its jurisdiction, it must report the health hazard or health Impediment to a health officer or take an action which it has authority to take and provide health officers with information the health officers require; and 7) Smart meters and smart grids can be installed using nonwireless technology, including phone lines, fiber optics, or the Echelon power line technology as used in many European countries. THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Port Moody writes to BC Hydro requesting: 1) That BC Hydro offer opt out options to Port Moody residents, whether or not a smart meter has already been installed in their home, at no extra costs to the consumers, which options would include analogue meter or smart meter and smart grid technologies which do not emit radio frequency emissions. 2) That BC Hydro provide public assurance that individual household privacy will be maintained in any public release or sharing of data collected by Smart Meters; and that this data will not be sold to private companies; 3) That BC Hydro provide the City with all locations of wireless smart meter ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨ and ˇ§hubsˇ¨, information regarding the maximum number of smart meters in ˇ§smart meter banksˇ¨ and data on radio-frequency emissions exposure (including all Message Types and all Transmission Frequencies per 24 hour period of radio frequency emissions), from smart meters, ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨, ˇ§hubsˇ¨, and multiple smart meter locations; AND THAT the City of Port Moody report the concerns and health impacts raised by Port Moody residents regarding the wireless smart meters and wireless smart grid being installed by BC Hydro, as well as information from BC Hydro regarding the wireless smart meter ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨, ˇ§hubsˇ¨ and multiple smart meter locations, to BC Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Medical Officer of Vancouver Coastal Health;
AND THAT the City of Port Moody call on the Provincial government to halt the installation of smart meters until questions around, health, privacy and other concerns have been answered. Frequency of all radio-frequency transmission and messages within a 24 hour period;
6) Provincial Bill 23, Section 83 (1) of the British Columbia Public Health Act states that, if a local government becomes aware of a health hazard or health impediment within its jurisdiction, it must report the health hazard or health Impediment to a health officer or take an action which it has authority to take and provide health officers with information the health officers require; and 7) Smart meters and smart grids can be installed using nonwireless technology, including phone lines, fiber optics, or the Echelon power line technology as used in many European countries. THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Port Moody writes to BC Hydro requesting: 1) That BC Hydro offer opt out options to Port Moody residents, whether or not a smart meter has already been installed in their home, at no extra costs to the consumers, which options would include analogue meter or smart meter and smart grid technologies which do not emit radio frequency emissions. 2) That BC Hydro provide public assurance that individual household privacy will be maintained in any public release or sharing of data collected by Smart Meters; and that this data will not be sold to private companies; 3) That BC Hydro provide the City with all locations of wireless smart meter ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨ and ˇ§hubsˇ¨, information regarding the maximum number of smart meters in ˇ§smart meter banksˇ¨ and data on radio-frequency emissions exposure (including all Message Types and all Transmission Frequencies per 24 hour period of radio frequency emissions), from smart meters, ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨, ˇ§hubsˇ¨, and multiple smart meter locations; AND THAT the City of Port Moody report the concerns and health impacts raised by Port Moody residents regarding the wireless smart meters and wireless smart grid being installed by BC Hydro, as well as information from BC Hydro regarding the wireless smart meter ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨, ˇ§hubsˇ¨ and multiple smart meter locations, to BC Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Medical Officer of Vancouver Coastal Health;
AND THAT the City of Port Moody call on the Provincial government to halt the installation of smart meters until questions around, health, privacy and other concerns have been answered. impacts raised by Port Moody residents regarding the wireless smart meters and wireless smart grid being installed by BC Hydro, as well as information from BC Hydro regarding the wireless smart meter ˇ§collector unitsˇ¨, ˇ§hubsˇ¨ and multiple smart meter locations, to BC Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Medical Officer of Vancouver Coastal Health;
AND THAT the City of Port Moody call on the Provincial government to halt the installation of smart meters until questions around, health, privacy and other concerns have been answered.
Separation of the motion was requested and voted on as follows:
The question on WHEREAS clause 1)
and the THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED clause 1)
was put and CARRIED.
The question on the remainder of the resolution was put and CARRIED. Voting against: Mayor Clay, Councillor Dilworth 7.1 Finance CommitteeRecommendations Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the resolution of the Finance Committee meeting of June 19, 2012 be endorsed as follows: Youth Focus Committee ˇV Request for Funding for Hoodies THAT the amount of up to $550 for the purchase of hoodies for the Youth Focus Committee be funded from the Council Promotion Budget. 8. Reports from Council 8.1 Council Verbal Reports
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the Council decision on the Shark Fin UBCM resolution be reconsidered.
Moved, seconded and CARRIED
THAT the words "primarily as a status symbol than any other culinary and dietary reason" be deleted from the resolution prior to submission to UBCM.
Councillor Glumac advised that he withdraws his previous notice of motion proposing a UBCM resolution related to consultation guidelines for transportation of dangerous goods.
Councillor Glumac advised that he withdraws his previous notice of motion regarding the Enbridge Pipeline and submitted the following notice of motion:
WHEREAS Port Moody is a coastal community which would be adversely effected by an oil spill in nearby waters, be it resolved: THAT Port Moody city council expresses opposition to projects by Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, or any other entity that would lead to the expansion of oil tanker traffic through BC's coastal waters, AND THAT the City of Port Moody join with other BC local governments in expressing concern and opposition to the expansion of crude oil tanker traffic on BC's coast by sending a copy of this motion to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable Christy Clarke, Premier of BC, local MLAs and MPs, the Union of BC Municipalities and all member municipalities. 8.2 Staff Verbal Reports 9. Information ItemsResolution and Response Letters Letter dated June 7, 2012 to Port Metro Vancouver
10. Public Input Peter Dasniers, Port Moody, provided statistics and costing regarding the amount of development that would be required to fund the proposed additional western station and the length of time it would take to achieve sufficient development contributions. He questioned how the city would collect the funds over time to fund the building of the station. Jillian Hull, Port Moody, thanked Council for supporting the Western Port Moody Property Owners' request. Chris Leveque, Maple Ridge who works in Port Moody, spoke regarding the issue of Smart Meters noting that Maple Ridge agreed with the opt but option as the best option for people. He expressed concern with inaccurate billing, health effects, privacy and security. He submitted a package of information on the issue. Pamela King Wilson, Coquitlam, spoke regarding the Smart Meters indicating she supports the opt out option. She submitted a package of information on the issue.
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