REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

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Council Chambers of City Hall
1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC

We respectfully acknowledge the unceded ancestral lands of the Lheidli T’enneh,
on whose land we live, work, and play.

A.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

 
  • RECOMMENDATION:

    That the agenda for the regular meeting of Council scheduled for April 9, 2025, BE ADOPTED.

B.
RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING - COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M.

 
  1. Information from Administration
  2. Representations by Members of the Public (Gallery and Phone)
  3. Closure of Hearing
  4. Third Reading of Bylaw(s) (if appropriate)

B.1
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 9526, 2025

This item has attachments. 
1.2025_Report_to_Council_-_Official_Community_Plan_Bylaw.pdf
2.2024_OCP_Update_-_Final_Working_Copy.pdf
3.2025_OCP_Bylaw_9525_-_Appendix_1_Schedules.pdf
4.2025_FInal_Presentation_OCP_.pdf
5.2024_OCP_Update_-_Redlined_Final_Version.pdf
6.2025_Report_to_Council_-_Official_Community_Plan_-_Review_of_February_3__2025_Regular_Council_Meeting.pdf
7.BL8383_-_CONSOLIDATED_2024-10-07.pdf
8.Correspondence Considered on February 24 2025.pdf
9.Maxwell, Selene.pdf
10.Brooks, Hayley.pdf
11.Morgan, Maureen Alexis.pdf
12.Booth, Annie.pdf
13.Olsen, Pamela.pdf
14.Dougherty, Derek - PGAA_Redacted.pdf
15.Nguyen, Victor.pdf
16.Nesbitt, Chelsea.pdf
17.Greenberg, David.pdf
18.Farmers' Institute.pdf
19.Suri, Chander.pdf
20.1_Lawyer, Kim.pdf
21.2_Matthews, Jenn.pdf
22.3_Randell, Doug_.pdf
23.4_Vos, Rylee.pdf
24.5_Ross, Nicole.pdf
25.6_Tosoff, AJ.pdf
26.7_Rodgers, Thea.pdf
27.8_Wolfe, LIam_UNBC.pdf
28.9_Gervais, Darlene.pdf
29.10_Dougherty, Derek_2.pdf
30.11_Dylke, Ed.pdf
31.12_MacDonald, Allan.pdf
32.13_Draper, Robin.pdf
33.14_Moffat, Kyle.pdf
34.15_Oster, Michelle.pdf
35.16_McLeod, Rod.pdf
36.17_Burkinshaw, Shirley.pdf
37.18_Francis, Kristi.pdf
38.19_Aulakh, Navdeep.pdf
39.20_Gettling, Pamela.pdf
40.21_Dong, Will.pdf
41.22_Wylie, James.pdf
42.23_Demey, Patricia.pdf
43.24_Zimmerman, Adrien.pdf
44.Handout at Hearing_Booth, Annie.pdf
45.1_Ciesielski, Christina.pdf
46.2_Linklater, Natalie.pdf
47.3_Shreiner, Meika.pdf
48.4_Ottsensen, April.pdf
49.5_righi, henry.pdf
50.6_Wheate, Roger.pdf
51.7_Kidd, Bruce.pdf
52.8_Borkowsky.pdf
53.9_Huston, Greg.pdf
54.10_Pauls, Marlene.pdf
55.11_Pearce, Tristan.pdf
56.12_Wehr, Cheryl.pdf
57.13_Brade, Gail.pdf
58.14_Bornholdt, Donna.pdf
59.15_Cummins, Patricia.pdf
60.16_Mundreon, Neil.pdf
61.17_Mundreon, Willow.pdf
62.18_Seida, Lexi.pdf
63.2025_OCP_Consquential_Amendements_(1).pdf
64.2025_OCP_Update_-_Exhibit_A_to_Bylaw_No__9526(1).pdf
65.2025_Schedule_A_to_Bylaw_No_9526(1).pdf
66.BL9525 - 3.pdf
67.BL9526 - 3rd(1).pdf

Documents for Council's consideration of "Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025" include:

  1. Previously submitted staff report dated January 2, 2025 from the Director of Planning and Development titled "Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025" (Considered at the February 3, 2025 regular Council meeting);
    1. Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525;
    2. Appendix 1: Schedules to Bylaw No. 9525; and
    3. PowerPoint Presentation.
  2. Redlined Version of the Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, highlighting amendments made since the October 2024 draft.
  3. Previously submitted report dated February 14, 2025 from the Director of Planning and Development titled "Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025 - Review of February 3, 2025 Regular Council Meeting" (Considered at the February 24, 2025 regular Council meeting).
  4. City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8383, 2011
  5. Correspondence considered at the February 24, 2025 regular Council meeting:
    1. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Nancy Alexander: Ginter’s Green;
    2. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Nancy Alexander: Moore’s Meadow;
    3. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Ginter’s Green Forever: Ginter’s Green Forever’s Response to the OCP;
    4. Correspondence dated February 23, 2025 from Brittany A. Ringdahl, Ginter’s Green Forever: Ginter’s Green;
    5. Correspondence dated February 23, 2025 from Jennifer Stevenson: Ginter’s Green;
    6. Correspondence dated February 23, 2025 from Dave Parmar: Land Development;
    7. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Michelle Oster: Ginter’s Green;
    8. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Julia Whittaker: Ginter’s Green;
    9. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Carolyn Shannon: Ginter’s Green; and
    10. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Torie Beram: Ginter’s Green.
  6. Correspondence considered at the March 19, 2025 regular Council meeting:
    1. Correspondence received since February 24, 2025 for Council's Consideration of "Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025" include:
    2. Correspondence dated March 10, 2025 from Selene Maxwell: OCP 2025 Review and Creating Protections for Green Space.
    3. Correspondence dated February 24, 2025 from Hayley Brooks: Green Spaces in Prince George BC.
    4. Correspondence dated February 25, 2025 from Maureen Alexis Morgan: Opposition to Urban Sprawl and Future Land Use Plans.
    5. Correspondence dated February 25, 2025 from Annie Booth: The OCP and Community Engagement.
    6. Correspondence dated February 25, 2025 from Pamela Campbell: Ginters Green.
    7. Correspondence dated February 19, 2025 from Derek Dougherty, Board Chair, Prince George Airport Authority: Prince George Airport (YXS) and the OCP.
    8. Correspondence dated March 3, 2025 from Victor Nguyen: Draft OCP and the Urban Containment Boundary.
    9. Correspondence dated March 11, 2025 from Chelsea Nesbitt: University Way Development.
    10. Correspondence dated March 6, 2025 from David Greenberg: Concerns regarding the Proposed Official Community Plan.
    11. Correspondence dated March 8, 2025 from Perry Slump, President, and Del Myers, Secretary/Treasurer, Prince George Farmers' Institute: Agriculture, Food, and Food Security in the Official Community Plan.
    12. Correspondence from Chander Suri: Opposition to the Official Community Plan regarding District Lots 9264 and 9265.
    13. Correspondence dated March 13, 2025 from Kim Lawyer: Proposed Amendments to the Official Community Plan.
    14. Correspondence dated March 13, 2025 from Jenn Matthews: Proposed Amendments to the Official Community Plan.
    15. Correspondence received March 14, 2025 from Doug Randell: Agricultural and Forestry to Mixed Use Residential for Properties on Giscome Road.
    16. Correspondence dated March 14, 2025 from Rylee Vos: Ginters Green Forever.
    17. Correspondence dated March 14, 2025 from Nicole Ross: Ginter’s.
    18. Correspondence dated March 15, 2025 from Alan James Tosoff: Ginters Green Forever.
    19. Correspondence dated March 16, 2025 from Thea Rodgers: Opposition to Draft OCP.
    20. Correspondence dated March 16, 2025 from Liam Wolfe, Students for  a Green University, University of Northern British Columbia: Amendments to the OCP for Ginter’s and Forests for the World.
    21. Correspondence dated March 14, 2025 from Darlene Gervais: Ginters.
    22. Correspondence dated March 14, 2025 from Derek Dougherty, Board Chair, Prince George Airport Authority: Transport Canada Regulations on Aerodrome Land Use Planning.
    23. Correspondence dated March 15, 2025 from Ed Dylke: Wildfires and the 2025 OCP.
    24. Correspondence dated March 17, 2025 from Allan and John MacDonald: Request for Official Community Plan Amendment – 505 4th Avenue.
    25. Correspondence dated March 17, 2025 from Robin Draper: Official Community Plan.
    26. Correspondence dated March 17, 2025 from Kyle Moffat: Opposition to Urban Sprawl and Future Land Use Plans.
    27. Correspondence received March 18, 2025 from Michelle Oster: Rezone the AF portion of PID 021-514-922 to P1: Parks and Recreation
    28. Correspondence dated March 18, 2025 from Rod and Denise McLeod: Concerns regarding the New Official Community Plan.
    29. Correspondence dated March 17, 2025 from Shirley Burkinshaw: Ginter's Green.
    30. Correspondence dated March 17, 2025 from Kristi Francis: OCP, Ginter's and Urban Forests.
    31. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Navdeep Aulakh: 2913 Silvercrest Road.
    32. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Pam and Ron Gettling: Save Ginters Park and Forests of the World.
    33. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Will Dong: Reclassify 4729 Shamrock Road (PID 016-189-841) into the "Urban Containment Boundary".
    34. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from James Wylie: OCP Lower Hart.
    35. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Patricia Demey: Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525.
    36. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Adrien Zimmerman: Prince George OCP.
    37. Correspondence received during the public hearing from Dr. Annie Booth including images from UNBC students depicting positives and negatives regarding Prince George.
  7. Correspondence received since 12:00 p.m., March 19, 2025:
    1. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Christina Cieseilski: OCP Ginters.
    2. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Natalie Linklater: Protection of Ginter's and the Greenway.
    3. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Meika Schreiner: Opposition to Urban Sprawl and Future Land Use Plans Surrounding Shane Lake.
    4. Correspondence dated March 20, 2025 from April Ottesen: Food Security.
    5. Correspondence dated March 20, 2025 from Henry Righi: Support for the Extension of Foothills Boulevard from 18th Avenue to 22nd Avenue.
    6. Correspondence dated March 20, 2025 from Roger Wheate: Schedule 1 of the Official Community Plan.
    7. Correspondence dated March 20, 2025 from Bruce Kidd: Blackburn Road North in the New Official Community Plan.
    8. Correspondence dated March 19, 2025 from Rita Borkowsky: Ginter's Green.
    9. Correspondence dated March 22, 2025 from Greg Huston: Adoption of Pro-Development Measures to Address Housing and Affordability Challenges.
    10. Correspondence dated March 24, 2025 from Marlene Pauls: Save Ginter's and Forest for the World.
    11. Correspondence dated March 26, 2025 from Tristan Pearce: Schedule 1: Growth Management and Schedule 1: Future Land Use.
    12. Correspondence dated March 28, 2025 from Cheryl Wehr: AF City Land Adjacent to Moore's Meadow (PID 021-514-922).
    13. Correspondence dated March 3, 2025 from Gail Brade: Keep Ginter's Green Forever.
    14. Correspondence dated March 31, 2025 from Donna Bornholdt: Green Space and OCP.
    15. Correspondence dated April 1, 2025 from Patricia Cummins: Ginters Park.
    16. Correspondence dated April 3, 2025 from Neil Mundreon: OCP Amendment.
    17. Correspondence dated April 3, 2025 from Willow Mundreon: OCP Amendment.
    18. Correspondence dated April 3, 2025 from Lexi Seida: Preserving Green Space.

Documents for Council's consideration of "City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9526, 2025" include:

  1. Staff report dated January 21, 2025 from the Director of Planning and Development titled "2025 Official Community Plan Consequential Amendments" (Considered at the February 24, 2025 regular Council meeting);
    1. Exhibit "A" to Bylaw No. 9526; and
    2. Schedule "A" to Bylaw No. 9526.

City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025


City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9526, 2025

  • RECOMMENDATION #1:

    That Council GIVES THIRD READING of “City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 9525, 2025”.

  • RECOMMENDATION:

    That Council GIVES THIRD READING of "City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9526, 2025."

C.
ADJOURNMENT

 
  • RECOMMENDATION:

    That there being no further business the Regular Meeting of Council, BE ADJOURNED.

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