City of Port Moody
Council Standing Committee
Agenda

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

4:30 P.m. - 7:30 P.m.

Electronic Webinar via Zoom

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1.

Call to Order

You can watch the livestream of this meeting at portmoody.ca/watchlive, join the webinar at portmoody.ca/councilmeetings, or view the meeting in the Parkview Room, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 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 November 19, 2024, Council Standing Committee meeting be adopted as circulated.

4.

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 Workplace Policy.

4.1    Verbal Submissions:

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

4.2    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 November 19, 2024, be received for information.

5.

Adoption of Minutes

5.1

Minutes

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the minutes of the following Council Standing Committee meetings be adopted:

  • October 15, 2024;
  • October 18, 2024; and
  • October 25, 2024.

6.

Recess

The Council Standing Committee meeting will recess and move into the scheduled standing committees. 

Standing Committee Business

The standing committee meetings will be considered in the following order of agendas (a summary of new business is noted below for convenience; to view the full agenda, click on the standing committee title below):

Strategic Priorities Committee

• Parkland Strategy Project Update
• Draft Art in Public Spaces Corporate Policy

Governance and Legislation Committee

• Council Procedure Bylaw – Housekeeping Updates

City Initiatives and Planning Committee

• Guildford Way Bicycle Facility Improvements Project

Finance Committee

• St. Andrews Street Road Width Extension Funding Source
• Port Moody Police Board 2025-2029 Financial Plan
• 2025 Budget Consultation
• Provisional 2025-2029 Utility Five-Year Financial Plan
• 2025-2029 Five-Year Financial Plan Deliberations

Should items arise during the Finance Committee meeting that need to be discussed in a Closed meeting, the meeting will recess into a Closed meeting to consider those items. Consideration will be given to holding the meeting closed to the public pursuant to the following sections of the Community Charter:

• 90(1)(c) – labour relations or other employee relations;
• 90(1)(k) – negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; and
• 90(1)(l) – discussions with municipal officers and employees respecting municipal objectives, measures, and progress reports for the purposes of preparing an annual report under section 98 [annual municipal report].

7.

Reconvene

The Council Standing Committee meeting will reconvene following the Finance Committee meeting to consider the remainder of the agenda.

8.

Receive Standing Committee Business

8.1

Rise and Report

• Recommendation(s):

  
  THAT the recommendations approved at the Strategic Priorities Committee, Governance and Legislation Committee, City Initiatives and Planning Committee, and Finance Committee meetings of November 19, 2024, be ratified.

9.

Adjournment