Enact By-laws 1 to 19
Motion 34 · Council Meeting, May 5, 2026
Summary
- Enacted bylaws 1 through 19, giving legal effect to previously approved rezonings, tax measures, and related items.
- Council members absent from relevant public hearings (Mayor Sim, Councillors Bligh, Maloney, Orr, Montague) confirmed review status before voting or abstained as required.
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item. If anyone believes that they have a conflict of interest, please declare it. Does anybody have a conflict to declare? Okay. Council members who were absent for the meetings related to public hearing enactment bylaws must confirm that they've reviewed the proceedings of the meetings, including the video clip, to be eligible to vote. Bylaw 2 was from the public hearing on September the 18th, 2025. Councillor Bligh and myself were absent for this item at public hearing. Councillor Bligh, have you reviewed the proceedings and will you be voting on the enactment? I have and I will. Great. And I have not and I will not. Bylaw 3 was from the public hearing on January the... 21st, 2025, I was absent for this item at public hearing and Councillors Maloney and Orr were not on council at the time of this public hearing. Councillor Maloney, have you reviewed the proceedings and will you be voting on the enactment? Thank you, Councillor Orr. And I have not, and I will not. Bylaw 13 was from the public hearing on December the 14th, 2023. I was absent for this item at the public hearing and Councillors Maloney and Orr were not on council at the time of this public hearing. Councillor Maloney, have you reviewed the proceedings and will you be voting on the enactment? Thank you. Councillor Orr? And I have not and I will not. Bylaw 15 was from the public hearing on May the 7th, 2024. Councillor Montague and myself were absent for this item at the public hearing and Councillors Maloney and Orr were not on council. at the time of this public hearing. Councillor Claston advised to have reviewed the proceedings at the council meeting on April the 14th, 2026. Councillor Maloney, have you reviewed the proceedings and will you be voting on the enactment?
Councillor Montague? Councillor Orr? Great, and I have not, and I will not. Would someone like to move the motion to adopt bylaws one through 19? Great, Councillor Domenico, seconded by Councillor Kirby Young. council is there any discussion great all those in favor say yay all those opposed say nay great the motion carries unanimously the list of approved bylaws can be found on the city's website Okay, so now we're into administrative motions. Number one, resolution closure and sale of land adjacent to 1750 Franklin Street and 1717 through 1771 East Hastings Street. Before we begin, does anybody need to declare a conflict of interest on this item?
Council, are there any questions for team members?
Okay, would someone like to move a motion? Councillor Zhou, thank you. Seconded by... Councillor Montague. Council is there in discussion? No. All those in favour say yay. All those opposed say nay.
Okay. So can we get that again? All those in favour say yay. Okay, great.
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Sandra Singh, Deputy City Manager. I'm afraid I'm not in a position to speculate on what could happen in terms of this, but certainly council has access to data on this.
Similar question to this chair. Are there any reported cases of fatal overdoses at these overdose prevention sites?
I would have to follow up with these.
The answer is no, no, not a single one. Is the reduction of prevention of overdose deaths in alignment with Ministerial Order 488?
I would need to review that Ministerial Order. I don't have it in front of me.
It's not. Would the anticipated increase in overdose deaths be in opposition to or in contravention of Ministerial Order 488? Counselor, if you could...
me a moment to review order 488 I could certainly do so.
Do we need a recess then?
I would like to know from the deputy city manager if they need a recess in order to review that section.
If council would like me to provide an opinion on alignment with that ministerial order I would need some time to review it. It's been some time since I've looked at it.
Okay, and Councillor Orr, you're wishing to, yeah. And what length of recess would be roughly required, Deputy City Manager?
Five minutes.
Five minutes, okay. Okay, we'll take a five-minute recess, and we'll return at 4.25. Thanks.
Okay.
Thank you. Thank you, everyone, for your patience. So I understand that the Deputy City Manager has a response to Councillor Orr's question, so I'll turn it over to Sandra Singh.
Thank you for the time to review the ministerial order from December 9, 2016. So this is a very brief ministerial order that is directed toward the regional health authorities and BCEHS. It is not directed toward municipalities, so it's not directed to us.
Thank you, Sandra, for clarifying that question. Councillor Orr.
Thanks. Thanks for that answer. One more question to the deputy city manager through the chair. Does the city's responsibility to maintain the appearance of public order supersede its responsibility to follow all applicable issued health directives by the province and its responsibility to protect the health, well-being, and lives of its residents?