Other Business
Staff will prepare a report back to Council with options to expand funding to the Vandalism Relief Grant fund, and that the grant program be amended to allow properties/businesses to apply more than twice per year, and to receive up to $2500 per incident, up to a maximum of $5000 per year.
Section 15a
An information report will be prepared that provides background on municipally owned development corporations, their purpose and governance structures; the steps required for establishing a development corporation in British Columbia; and high-level costs and considerations associated with establishing a municipally owned development corporation in Nanaimo.
The report on development corporations will be brought to a Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting for discussion prior to 2024 budget deliberations, and topic matter experts will be identified and invited to provide information at the meeting.
Section 14b
Staff will prepare a report on options to regulate the use of controlled substances in public spaces including a summary of steps being proposed in other British Columbia communities following Provincial decriminalization.
Section 14c
Councillor Brown will be permitted to attend the PIBC (Planning Institute of British Columbia) Annual conference.
Section 14d