Open to the Public Meetings - w/o 5/20

Tuesday, May 20th

9:00 am Committee of the Whole

Committee Room, City Hall

Agenda items include the Abundance Initiative Proposal (Minor Hockey), the Cenotaph Momument Restoration, and amendment to Council Policy 220 to include participation by the PR Regional District in Community Tourism Program.

The full agenda package can be found at www.powellriver.ca.

1:30 Westview Waterfront Development Committee

City Hall

Agenda items include South Harbour Reconfiguration update, Wharf at Westview Business Plan update, and my intention to address the committee.

The full agenda package can be found at www.powellriver.ca.

Thursday, May 22nd

2:30 pm Joint Meeting of City Council and the Regional District Board

Agenda items include Community Tourism and a Land Acquisition Fund.

OTHER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS INCLUDE:

Wednesday, May 21st

5:30 pm Regional District Solid Waste Management Plan Review Committee

Malaspina University College, Room 135

(see attachments)

Thursday, May 22nd

7:30 pm Regional Board Meeting

City Hall Council Chambers

OTHER MEETINGS:

Wednesday, May 21st

7:00 pm PRREDS Annual General Meeting

Malaspina Room, Town Centre Hotel

Call 485-0325 for more information.

(I beleive you must be a PRREDS member to attend this meeting. Memberships

are $10 per year.)

Meetings Open to the Public - w/o May 5-9

Tuesday, May 6th at 1:30 pm (note that this is not the usual time)

Committee of the Whole Meeting

Committee Room, City Hall.

Agenda items include:

A delegation from Chair Colin Palmer, Regional District, regarding logging at Eagle River

A report on the South Harbour Grant (see attached)

A report on Tree Protection Bylaw

A report on the proposed 2008 Public Auction

A report on the Bird Sanctuary House

A report on Latecomer Agreements

Various zoning and OCP plan amendment proposals

Correspondence with regard to Garbage Collection from Deborah Meier and Brandy Svenson.

Harvie Avenue Traffic concerns

The full agenda package can be found at www.powellriver.ca under Committee of the Whole, Agendas.

Additionally, there are other public meetings of interest this week:

Monday, May 5th, 7 pm

Cranberry Ratepayers Assn.

Unitarian Hall

Monday, May 5th, 7 pm

Sustainability Charter Committee Meeting

Malaspina University-College

Thursday, May 8th, 4:15 pm

Regional District Committee of the Whole

Regional District Office in the Townsite

and on Tuesday, May 6th, at 9:15 a.m., the Spirit Pole arrives at Willingdon Beach!

Public Meetings May 2-9

City Council is holding a Special Council Meeting Friday May 2 at 9 a.m. to consider the Annual Tax Rates Bylaw.

Friday's meeting is for the first three reads of the Annual Rate Bylaws. These are the actual rates that will be applied against the Assessment Roll to determine the individual taxes. So far Council has only given three reads to the Five-Year Annual Plan and the Water and Sewer rate bylaws. This will be the last of the annual rate setting bylaws required statutorily.

Other Meetings of Interest and Open to the Public for next week:

Sustainability Charter Meeting
Monday, May 5th, 7:00 pm
Malaspina University College
(If you are interested in assisting in developing the city's sustainability charter, please attend this meeting!)

Committee of the Whole Meeting
Tuesday, May 6th, 1:30 pm
City Hall Committee Room