Friday, January 31, 2014

Memorial for Jack Bauer


Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Nanaimo story on Tofino Eco-Weenies and Tofino FOI Sewer Documents......something smells here......

http://www.westerlynews.ca/nanaimo-daily-news-editorial-environmental-hypocrisy-becomes-an-issue-1.806383


Recently acquired documents from a Freedom Of Information request show that not only is the District of Tofino dumping raw sewage from Tofino and Esowista but that they failed to even monitor the sewer system for a large portion of July and August.Provincial law requires that the sewer flow be recorded daily.Again,in an election year our council is strangely silent on this issue.

Lamp Pole Revitalization

Many avid blog readers asked me to post pics of the lamp poles in the Lone Cone and Pfeiffer areas in Tofino. One reader wondered how council could spend millions on Downtown Revitalization but these lamp posts are left to rust.Let's hope that the Superintendent of Public Works gets a maintenance schedule in place soon.Whether it is the firehall or road signs or these lamp posts they are all assets belonging to the District of Tofino and should be maintained.It is strange that council ignores these issues in an election year.


Monday, January 20, 2014

Sign Story From Vancouver

It seems that the Superintendent of Public Works in Vancouver has staff working on something other than basic maintenance as well.A call to Vancouver city hall confirmed that the City of Vancouver does not operate its own sawmill.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Fighting Tofino Council's Green Agenda










A comment on the blog suggested all they could expect from it was talk.I took this to heart and decided to clean a couple of signs.Using organic apple vinegar and a scrub brush made from hemp with a value added wood product handle I set about the task.Travel time included it took less than five minutes with a materials cost of about 15 cents. A passerby suggested that the growth on the signs was part of Council's green agenda........



Saturday, January 18, 2014

Friday, January 17, 2014

Jan 21 Tofino Council Agenda


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DISTRICT OF TOFINO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Council Chamber, Municipal Office
January 21, 2014 at 10:00 AM

AGENDA 





1.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER


2.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA


3.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES



3.1
Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held December 10, 2013
Recommendation:
THAT the minutes of the regular Council meeting held December 10, 2013 be adopted. 



4.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES



4.1
2014 Acting Mayor Schedule
Recommendation:
THAT Councillors be designated to serve as Acting Mayor during 2014 in accordance with the following schedule:

January
Councillor Anderson
February
Councillor Baert
March
Councillor Cameron
April
Councillor McMaster
May
Councillor Thicke
June
Councillor Thorogood
July
Councillor Anderson
August
Councillor Baert
September
Councillor Cameron
October
Councillor McMaster
November
Councillor Thicke
December
Councillor Thorogood




4.2
2014 Meeting Schedules
Recommendation:
THAT the February 10, 2014 Committee of the Whole meeting be rescheduled to February 12, 2014 at 6 pm in the Council Chamber to accommodate Family Day.



5.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR


6.
DELEGATIONS



6.1
Rip Curl Pro Tofino - Myrosha Daley, Marketing Manager, Rip Curl Canada




6.2
Pacific Rim Whale Festival 2014 - Gillian Nicol, Festival Coordinator



6.3
Cedar Woman Homecoming - Michael Mullin & Eileen Floody



6.4
Council Grant and Arts Grant Application Review - Nyla Attiana, Director of Financial Services & Adrienne Mason, Clayoquot Bioshpere Trust



7.
CORRESPONDENCE FOR INFORMATION ONLY


8.
CORRESPONDENCE REQUIRING ACTION



8.1
Letter from Minister Coralee Oakes, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development regarding Local Government Elections Reform



9.
TABLED ITEMS


10.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS


11.
REPORTS



11.1
Tofino Harbour Authority - Verbal Report from Councillor Thorogood



11.2
Council Grant and Arts Grant Application Review (Report from Financial Services)
Recommendation:
THAT District of Tofino “Council Grant Program and Application Policy”, as amended, be repealed.
Recommendation:
THAT the draft 2014 Council Grant Policy attached to the staff report "Council Grant and Arts Grant Policy Review" dated January 21, 2014 be approved.
Recommendation:
THAT Council provide direction on the following policy elements and authorize staff to incorporate these into the draft 2014 Council Grant Policy:
• Intent of the policy
• Objectives of the policy
• Setting a maximum grant amount
Whether to continue to fund capital projects



11.3
Official Community Plan Amendment - Sign Control (Report from Community Sustainability)
Recommendation:
THAT staff be authorized to prepare an Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment bylaw for Council’s consideration that will exempt individuals with existing, valid sign permits from being required to apply for development permits for those signs; and

THAT having given consideration to the requirements of section 879 of the Local Government Act, Council considers the proposed amendment related to sign control to be minor in nature and that consultation in addition to the statutory public hearing is not required. 




11.4
Zoning Bylaw Review Update (Report from Community Sustainability)
Recommendation:
THAT the staff report “Zoning Bylaw Review Update - January” dated January 21, 2014 be received for information.



11.5
Special Event Permit Application - Rip Curl Pro Tofino, May 31 & June 1, 2014 (Report from Resort Municipality Initiative Services)
Recommendation:
THAT staff be authorized to issue a special event permit to organizers of the Rip Curl Pro Tofino for use of District-owned parking lots Cox Bay north, Cox Bay south, and Cox Bay Visitor Centre for a surf competition on Cox Bay scheduled for May 31 & June 1, 2014, and that a refundable damage deposit of $1,000 be taken as security.



11.6
Condition Assessment of District Roads (Report from Public Works and Building Inspection)
Recommendation:
THAT the ”Condition Assessment of District Roads Final Report” attached to the staff report "Condition Assessment of District Roads" dated January 21, 2014 be received for information and for inclusion in the development of the District’s Capital Asset Management Plan.



11.7
Audit Committee
Minutes:
THAT the minutes of the Audit Committee meeting held December 2, 2013 be received.
Recommendation:
THAT participatory budgeting be considered for the 2015 Council Grant Program and that an open house to gauge community support for this be conducted in early 2014.
Recommendation:
THAT the District of Tofino approach the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust for funding to help support development of a participatory budgeting process for the Council Grant Program.



12.
BYLAWS


13.
NEW BUSINESS



13.1
Pacific Rim Visitor Centre
Notice of motion from the Mayor:
WHEREAS the Pacific Rim Visitor’s Centre is a regional visitors centre that benefits all the communities of the West Coast, and 
WHEREAS the desire has been expressed to improve operation of the centre and representation of local businesses, organizations and communities in the centre; 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tofino Council support the on-going discussions between the District of Tofino and the District of Ucluelet, their respective Chambers of Commerce and Destination Marketing Organizations, Parks Canada and the region’s First Nations for an improved approach to operations at the Pacific Rim Visitors Centre, and
THAT the Tofino Council encourage the negotiation of a new operational agreement between relevant parties to begin no later than January 1, 2015. 



13.2
Rural Veterinary Services
Notice of motion from the Mayor:
THAT Tofino Council send a letter to the College of Veterinarians of BC expressing the need for basic and emergency veterinary services on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and urging the college to develop bylaws or otherwise create the necessary conditions that would permit qualified people to undertake basic procedures that improve animal welfare in rural communities (e.g., neutering) and that reduce unnecessary pain and suffering (e.g., euthanasia or stabilization of injured animal for transport). 



14.
15 MINUTE QUESTION PERIOD


15.
IN CAMERA
THAT the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to Sections 90(1)(a)(c) & (e) of the Community Charter to discuss matters relating to:
         employee relations
         the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements
         the personal information of individuals being considered for an award or honour


16.
RECONVENE FROM IN CAMERA MEETING


17.
ADJOURNMENT