REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Monday, October 30, 2023

7:00 P.m. - 8:00 P.m.

Council Chambers, Langley City Hall

20399 Douglas Crescent

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1.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The land on which we gather is on the traditional unceded territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui and Semiahmoo First Nations.

2.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the October 30, 2023 regular agenda be adopted as circulated.

3.

CONSENT AGENDA

Before the motion is made to approve the Consent Agenda, a Council member may request that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda and dealt with separately; additionally, a Council member may request that one or more items on the Regular Council Agenda be included on the Consent Agenda, and if no one objects, it will be so listed and considered.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the following item(s) be approved:

3.a

Adoption of the Minutes

3.a.1

Regular Meeting Minutes from October 16, 2023

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the minutes of the regular meeting held on October 16, 2023 be adopted as circulated.

3.a.2

Special (Pre-Closed) Meeting Minutes from October 16, 2023

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the minutes of the special (pre-closed) meeting held on October 16, 2023 be adopted as circulated.

3.b

Bylaws

3.b.1

Bylaw 3257 - Permissive Tax Exemption

Final reading of a bylaw to exempt certain lands and improvements from municipal taxation for the year 2024.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the bylaw cited as the “Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw, 2023, No. 3257” be read a final time.

4.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES

See Consent Agenda

5.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS

5.a

2023 Organizational Safety Excellence Award

Mike Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, BC Municipal Safety Association (BCMSA)
Justin Chouhan, Director of Programs and Initiatives, BC Municipal Safety Association (BCMSA)
Beckett Zeller, Manager of Human Resources, City of Langley
Jody Hlady, Health and Safety Advisor, City of Langley

6.

COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS

6.a

Upcoming Regular Meetings

November 6, 2023
November 20, 2023

6.b

Council Advisory Bodies Update

7.

BYLAWS

7.a

Bylaw 3224 - Road Closure Bylaw

First, second and third reading of a bylaw to close and remove the dedication of a portion of highway located between 20401-43 Fraser Highway and 20457 Fraser Highway.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the bylaw cited as "Road Closure Bylaw No. 3224, 2023" be read a first, second and third time." 

7.b

Bylaw 3258 - Highway and Traffic Regulation Bylaw Amendment

First, second and third reading of a bylaw to include wording to restrict parking on any highway not designated as a Heavy Truck Route.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the bylaw cited as "Highway and Traffic  Regulation Bylaw, 2013, No. 2871, Amendment No. 7, 2023, No. 3258" be read a first, second and third time.

8.

NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS

8.a

Motions/Notices of Motion

8.a.1

Add Langley City Council as Signatory to open letter to the Provincial Minister of Transportation, and Infrastructure from the Save Our HandyDART Coalition - Councillor Albrecht

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council authorizes the Save Our HandyDART Coalition to add Langley City Council as a signatory to the Coalition’s open letter to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Rob Fleming, which directs the TransLink Board to:
1. Fulfill TransLink’s original pledge to limit the percentage of taxi trips to 7% or lower of total HandyDART trips.
2. Provide accessible, affordable and increased HandyDART transportation as part of the government’s commitment to implement the Accessible BC Act.
3. Develop and conduct an unbiased Public Sector Comparator (PSC), with the full participation of HandyDART riders and workers, to compare the costs and benefits of insourcing to continued outsourcing as TransLink promised in 2016.
4. Develop and implement a plan to bring HandyDART in-house as a subsidiary of TransLink, including providing provincial and federal funds for permanent facilities for an expanded and electric HandyDART fleet.

8.b

Release of Motion from Closed Meeting

8.b.1

The following motion was approved for public release at the October 16, 2023 Closed Meeting:

"THAT Councillor Mack and Councillor Wallace be appointed as Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, to the Accessibility Advisory Committee; and

THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Accessibility Advisory Committee; term - ongoing:

1. Zosia Ettenberg, person with disabilities representative
2. Ron Bergen, person with disabilities representative
3. Amanda Sangha, person with disabilities representative
4. Kirsten McKitterick, person with disabilities representative
5. Anthony Ormrod, person with disabilities representative
6. Kim Bucholtz, Inclusion Langley representative
7. Elizabeth Keurvorst, Member at Large"

9.

ADJOURNMENT

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the meeting adjourn.