Committee of the Whole (WL Council) Mtg - Jan 21st

Present - Acting Mayor I. Bonnell (Chair) and Councillors Bourdon, Hughes, Rathor, Walters and Zacharias

Absent - Mayor Kerry Cook (civic business)

Staff:

Darrell Garceau - City Manager
Geoff Goodall - GM of Planning/Operations
Cindy Bouchard - Mgr of Legislative Services/Corporate Officer
Chris Hutton - Planning Technician
Jeff Bernardy - Engineering Technologist

Junior Council  - 2 members present
Public: 15
Media: WL Tribune/Rush & Wolf radio station

Meeting called to order at 6:08pm by the Chair

Minutes of Jan 7th, 2014 COW Meeting approved/Agenda approved

Delegation:

1) Citizens' Committee appeared before the Committee of the Whole to discuss a proposal for the Highway 97/Toop Rd/Carson Drive upgrade project

Key Points:

* Opening Statement (John Moon)
* Round-about Proposal (Shel Myers)
* Citizen Committee Recommendations (John Moon)

a) Reconsider decision of Jan 14th (reject independent traffic engineer study)
b) Refer 'Roundabout' proposal to ind. traffic engineer for review
c) Request for Meeting between City of WL Mayor or Acting Mayor, City CAO and reps from the Citizens Committee this week

A Question/Answer period ensued
The Chair thanked the delegation for their time/information

Motion -- That the delegation and their presented information be received - Carried

Motion - That the delegation information be referred to Staff and refer roundtable concept to MOTI for comment and report back at the Feb 4th COW Meeting

Approved by following vote:

Affirmative - Councillors Bonnell, Hughes, Rathor, Walters and Zacharias
Negative - Councillor Bourdon

Business:

1) NCLGA 2014 Resolutions Deadline Notice

Discussion ensued thereon

Motion - Item received -- Carried

2) Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System - Compliance Agreement

GM of Planning/Ops reviewed this item with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Motion - That the Committee receive the report of the Senior Bylaw Officer for information -- Carried

Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm and after a 5 minute break, Council then convened an In-Camera Meeting as per Sections 92 (Resolution to Close Meeting in Open Session) and 90(1g - litigation) and (1k - negotiations) of the Community Charter