City of Port Moody
Regular Council
Agenda

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

7:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Council Chambers

100 Newport Drive, Port Moody

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1.

Call to Order

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This meeting is open to the public for in-person attendance in Council Chambers at
100 Newport Drive, Port Moody.

2.

Territorial Land Acknowledgement

The City of Port Moody carries out our business on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh),
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie),
qʼʷa:n̓ ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), and Stó:lō (Sto:lo) Peoples, and extends appreciation for the opportunity to work on this territory.

3.

Adoption of the Agenda

3.1

Agenda

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the agenda of the January 14, 2025, Regular Council meeting be adopted as circulated.

4.

General Matters

4.1

Art at Council

Verbal Report: Councillor Samantha Agtarap, Chair, Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee

4.2

Delegation – BC SPCA

Presentation: Kristen Jakub (Specialist, Farm Animal Welfare) and
Nadia Xenakis (Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare), BC SPCA

Delegation Request: Sarah Herring, Government Relations Officer, BC SPCA

• The following options are available for Council consideration:

  
  1. THAT the delegation be received for information and the delegates thanked for their presentation.

  2. THAT the delegation request be placed on a subsequent Council agenda for consideration.

  3. THAT the delegation request be considered immediately.

5.

Public Input

Please go to portmoody.ca/councilmeetings for information on how to participate.

As a reminder to members of the public, while we encourage civic engagement and welcome your participation in the public portion of our meeting, there are expectations regarding appropriate conduct and decorum at Council meetings.  We ask all members of the public to ensure that matters raised with Council are constructively focused on issues and not individuals and that any engagement with or about City staff or Council is addressed in a manner that is consistent with these expectations so that we can all engage in this space in a manner that is respectful and constructive, and abides by the City’s Respectful Communications Policy and Respectful Workplace Policy.

5.1    Verbal Submissions:

Members of the public wishing to address Council during the Public Input period will be allowed two minutes to speak.

5.2    Written Submissions:

Written Public Input submissions will be provided on-table in accordance with Corporate Policy – 01-0550-2023-01 – Public Input – Written.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT Written Public Input submissions provided in the on-table package dated January 14, 2025, be received for information.

6.

Adoption of Minutes

6.1

Minutes

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the minutes of the following meetings be adopted:

  • Regular Council – December 10, 2024; and
  • Special Council – December 17, 2024.

7.

Consent Agenda

Note: Council may adopt in one motion all recommendations appearing on the Consent Agenda or, prior to the vote, request that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed in section 8 for debate or discussion, voting in opposition to a recommendation, or declaring a conflict of interest with an item.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the recommendations contained in the following items on the January 14, 2025, Regular Council Consent Agenda be approved:

  • 7.1 – Development Cost Charges Bylaw Inflationary Update, Bylaw No. 3478 – Adoption;
  • 7.2 – Coastal Flood Management Strategy – Public Education and Engagement Plan;
  • 7.3 – 2024 Annual Report – Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee;
  • 7.4 – 2024 Annual Report – Climate Action Committee;
  • 7.5 – 2024 Annual Report – Economic Development and Tourism Committee;
  • 7.6 – 2024 Annual Report – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee;
  • 7.7 – 2024 Annual Report – Parks and Environment Committee;
  • 7.8 – 2024 Annual Report – Seniors Focus Committee;
  • 7.9 – 2024 Annual Report – Transportation Committee;
  • 7.10 – Council Agenda Setting Process;
  • 7.11 – Notification of Metro 2050 Type 3 Amendment – Regional Affordable Rental Housing Target Implementation Guideline;
  • 7.12 – Short-Term Rentals – Rezoning and Business Licensing Bylaw       Nos. 3482 and 3483 – Amended Second and Third Readings;
  • 7.13 – Standards of Maintenance Bylaw No. 3467 – Amended Third Reading; and
  • 7.14 – Approval of Road Closure Bylaw No. 3455 – Coronation Park (Wesgroup).

7.1

Development Cost Charges Bylaw Inflationary Update, Bylaw No. 3478 – Adoption

Memo: Legislative Services Division

Bylaw No. 3478, a Bylaw to amend the fees in Schedule A of Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 3054.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT City of Port Moody Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 3054, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2024, No. 3478 be now adopted as recommended in the memo dated January 14, 2025, from the Legislative Services Division regarding Development Cost Charges Bylaw Inflationary Update, Bylaw
  No. 3478 – Adoption.

7.2

Coastal Flood Management Strategy – Public Education and Engagement Plan

Report: Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division

• Recommendation(s):

  ​
  THAT the proposed public education and engagement approach for the Coastal Flood Management Strategy be endorsed as recommended in the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division regarding Coastal Flood Management Strategy – Public Education and Engagement Plan;

  ​​AND THAT $20,000 from the previously approved project budget allocated to complete the Coastal Flood Management Strategy be approved to support the proposed public education and engagement approach.

7.3

2024 Annual Report – Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee

Report: Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.4

2024 Annual Report – Climate Action Committee

Report: Climate Action Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Climate Action Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Climate Action Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Climate Action Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.5

2024 Annual Report – Economic Development and Tourism Committee

Report: Economic Development and Tourism Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Economic Development and Tourism Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Economic Development and Tourism Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Economic Development and Tourism Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.6

2024 Annual Report – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee

Report: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.7

2024 Annual Report – Parks and Environment Committee

Report: Parks and Environment Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Parks and Environment Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Parks and Environment Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Parks and Environment Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.8

2024 Annual Report – Seniors Focus Committee

Report: Seniors Focus Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Seniors Focus Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Seniors Focus Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Seniors Focus Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.9

2024 Annual Report – Transportation Committee

Report: Transportation Committee

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Transportation Committee regarding 2024 Annual Report – Transportation Committee be received for information;

  AND THAT the 2025 Transportation Committee be asked to review this report and bring forward its annual Work Plan in Spring 2025.

7.10

Council Agenda Setting Process

Memo: City Manager

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the memo dated January 14, 2025, from the City Manager regarding Council Agenda Setting Process be received for information.

7.11

Notification of Metro 2050 Type 3 Amendment – Regional Affordable Rental Housing Target Implementation Guideline

Report: Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT Metro Vancouver be notified that the City of Port Moody has no objections to the proposed amendments in Metro Vancouver Regional District Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1398, 2024, as outlined in the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division regarding Notification of Metro 2050 Type 3 Amendment – Regional Affordable Rental Housing Target Implementation Guideline.

7.12

Short-Term Rentals – Rezoning and Business Licensing Bylaw Nos. 3482 and 3483 – Amended Second and Third Readings

Memo: Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division

Bylaw No. 3482, a Bylaw to amend City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018,
No. 2937 to allow for Short-Term Rentals in Port Moody.

Bylaw No. 3483, a Bylaw to amend City of Port Moody Business Licensing and Regulation Bylaw, 2015, No. 3000 to allow for Short-Term Rentals as a permissible business.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT second reading of City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937, Amendment Bylaw No. 101, 2024, No. 3482 (Short-Term Rentals) be rescinded as recommended in the memo dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division regarding Short-Term Rentals – Rezoning and Business Licensing Bylaw Nos. 3482 and 3483 – Amended Second and Third Readings;

  AND THAT City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937, Amendment Bylaw No. 101, 2024, No. 3482 (Short-Term Rentals) be read a second time as amended;

  AND THAT Bylaw No. 3482 be referred to a Public Hearing;

  AND THAT third reading of City of Port Moody Business Licensing and Regulation Bylaw, 2015, No. 3000, Amendment Bylaw No. 6, 2024, No. 3483 (Short-Term Rentals) be rescinded;

  AND THAT City of Port Moody Business Licensing and Regulation Bylaw, 2015, No. 3000, Amendment Bylaw No. 6, 2024, No. 3483 (Short-Term Rentals) be read a third time as amended.

7.13

Standards of Maintenance Bylaw No. 3467 – Amended Third Reading

Memo: Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division

Bylaw No. 3467, a Bylaw to prescribe standards for the maintenance of rental residential premises within the City of Port Moody.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT third reading of City of Port Moody Standards of Maintenance Bylaw, 2025, No. 3467 be rescinded as recommended in the memo dated
  January 14, 2024, from the Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division regarding Standards of Maintenance Bylaw, No. 3467 – Amended Third Reading;

  AND THAT City of Port Moody Standards of Maintenance Bylaw, 2024,
  No. 3467 be read a third time as amended.

7.14

Approval of Road Closure Bylaw No. 3455 – Coronation Park (Wesgroup)

Memo: Community Development Department – Development Planning Division

Bylaw No. 3455, a Bylaw to close Buckingham Drive, Edinburgh Drive, Edinburgh Place, and a portion of Windsor Drive.

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT City of Port Moody Road Closure Bylaw – Buckingham Drive, Edinburgh Drive, Edinburgh Place, and a portion of Windsor Drive, 2024, No. 3455 be now adopted as recommended in the memo dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Development Planning Division regarding Approval of Road Closure Bylaw No. 3455 – Coronation Park (Wesgroup).

8.

Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

9.

Legislative Matters

9.1

Committee Appointments

Verbal Report: Mayor Lahti

10.

Unfinished Business

11.

New Business

11.1

Moody Centre Transit-Oriented Community Design Guidelines

Presentation: Development Planning Division

Report: Community Development Department – Development Planning Division

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT Corporate Policy – 13-6510-2023-01 – Moody Centre Transit-Oriented Development Area Guidance Framework for Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning Applications be updated to add a reference and a link to the Moody Centre Transit-Oriented Community Design Guidelines and adopted as attached to (Attachment 3) and recommended in the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Development Planning Division regarding Moody Centre Transit-Oriented Community Design Guidelines.

11.2

Port Moody 2050 OCP Update Engagement Scope (2025)

Report: Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the updated OCP engagement approach for 2025 be endorsed as recommended in the report dated January 14, 2025, from the Community Development Department – Policy Planning Division regarding Port Moody 2050 OCP Update Engagement Scope (2025).

11.3

Noise Camera Pilot – Motion Served by Councillor Samantha Agtarap and Councillor Diana Dilworth

Memo: Councillors Samantha Agtarap and Diana Dilworth

The following motion was served by Councillors Samantha Agtarap and
Diana Dilworth at the November 26, 2024, Regular Council meeting:

THAT staff be directed to report back with a project plan that that defines the potential development of a noise camera pilot program, with the goal of implementing such a program to monitor vehicular noise pollution in strategic key corridors in our community. The pilot program would help the City to better understand the use of technology in such a program, and the identify potential data and privacy issues.

• The following options are available for Council consideration:

  
  1. Receive for information.

  2. Refer to staff to bring back a report (staff will determine if the nature of the work warrants a project proposal or a staff report, and will include considerations with respect to feasibility, resources, timeline, strategic plan alignment, and legislative analysis).

  3. Other.

11.4

Strengthening the BC Poverty Reduction Strategy – Motion Served by Councillor Amy Lubik and Councillor Samantha Agtarap

Memo: Councillors Amy Lubik and Samantha Agtarap

The following motion was served by Councillors Amy Lubik and
Samantha Agtarap at the November 26, 2024, Regular Council meeting:

THAT the following resolution regarding “Strengthening Poverty Reduction Strategy” in BC be endorsed by the City of Port Moody Council and that staff be directed to forward copies to the Premier of British Columbia, the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and the Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA) and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Annual Conventions as recommended by the report dated January 14, 2025, from Councillors Amy Lubik and Samantha Agtarap:

WHEREAS in BC the rate of child poverty and the number of seniors at risk of, and experiencing, homelessness are increasing, and the number of residents who rely on food banks is also surging;

AND WHEREAS poverty-reduction grants for local governments have ceased;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Province of BC reinvigorate the provincial poverty reduction strategies and accompanying mental health strategy, including recommendations from the BC Human Rights Commissioner and evidence-informed best practices, including, but not limited to;

• • • a timeline and actions for raising social assistance and disability assistance rates to at least 75% of the poverty line;
    • examining and eliminating barriers to income such as clawbacks and restrictions;
    • timelines and targets for reducing deep poverty;
    • Indigenous-specific co-created poverty reduction strategies;
    • food security and sovereignty strategies to support healthy people and local food economies; and
    • specific programs to support seniors in staying in their homes, reducing the risk of homelessness and poverty, and prioritizing development of housing for unhoused seniors;

AND THAT BC include a Basic Income Pilot in the Poverty Reduction Strategy;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Province of BC reinstate poverty reduction grants for local governments, including but not limited to, funding to create, enact, and/or strengthen and support established poverty reduction-related plans;

AND THAT the above resolution also be forward to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for inclusion in the 2025 conference, the MP for Port Moody and Federal Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development requesting that the Federal government review the progress of the Federal Poverty Reduction Strategy and incorporate actions to strengthen and support Indigenous, Provincial, and Municipal poverty reduction programs, including reducing Federal Tax rules that disproportionately impact people living in poverty, those who live with disabilities, and the unhoused.

• The following options are available for Council consideration:

  
  1. Receive for information.

  2. Refer to staff to bring back a report (staff will determine if the nature of the work warrants a project proposal or a staff report, and will include considerations with respect to feasibility, resources, timeline, strategic plan alignment, and legislative analysis).

  3. Other.

12.

Other Business

12.1

Proclamation Request – International Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness – March 26, 2025

Proclamation Request: Sonia Velji, Provincial Manager of Programs and Services, BC Epilepsy Society

• The following options are available for Council consideration:

  
  1. THAT the proclamation request be received for information.

  2. THAT the proclamation be approved as requested.

12.2

Proclamation Request – Amyloidosis Awareness Month – March 2025

Proclamation Request: Jennifer Enright, Volunteer, Canadian Amyloidosis Support Network

• The following options are available for Council consideration:

  
  1. THAT the proclamation request be received for information.

  2. THAT the proclamation be approved as requested.

13.

Verbal Reports from Council and Staff

13.1

Council Verbal Reports

13.2

Staff Verbal Reports

14.

Information Items

14.1

Committees, Commissions, and Boards – Minutes

• Library Board – October 17, 2024

14.2

Council Correspondence

• Letter dated December 17, 2024, from Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs re Annual Housing Targets Progress Report

14.3

Metro Vancouver Board in Brief

Metro Vancouver Board in Brief, dated November 29, 2024

15.

Public Input

Please go to portmoody.ca/councilmeetings for information on how to participate.

As a reminder to members of the public, while we encourage civic engagement and welcome your participation in the public portion of our meeting, there are expectations regarding appropriate conduct and decorum at Council meetings.  We ask all members of the public to ensure that matters raised with Council are constructively focused on issues and not individuals and that any engagement with or about City staff or Council is addressed in a manner that is consistent with these expectations so that we can all engage in this space in a manner that is respectful and constructive, and abides by the City’s Respectful Communications Policy and Respectful Workplace Policy.

Members of the public wishing to address Council during the Public Input period will be allowed two minutes to speak.

16.

Adjournment