District of Lantzville

 

Agenda for the Regular Meeting of Council of the District of Lantzville to be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at 06:00 PM in the Council Chamber, Municipal Hall - 2nd Floor, 7192 Lantzville Road, Lantzville, BC

 

Council members may attend this meeting in person, or electronically (except for the Mayor) for a hybrid meeting (per the Community Charter and the Council Procedure Bylaw).  For in-person and hybrid meetings, the Council Chamber will be open for the public to attend.  Due to limited seating, the public is encouraged to view the open portion of the meeting starting at 06:00 PM via the livestream, and to provide verbal public input on agenda items by registering in advance using the Zoom Webinar link provided for each Council meeting event at lanzville.ca, written comments by noon the day of the meeting and emailed to [email protected], or in person.  Prior to attending at Municipal Hall, please self-assess to ensure you are healthy and do not attend if you are ill.  Members of the public remain seated unless invited to address Council.  Meetings recorded by the District of Lantzville may be viewed on demand at lantzville.ca.

 

Public input regarding personnel matters, legal action, nominated political candidates, applications for grants in aid, and past public hearing topics will not be included or will be severed.          

Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 2:00 A.November 27. - 6:00 A.November 27.

1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

THAT the November 26, 2025, Regular Council meeting agenda be adopted, as presented.

3.

CORRESPONDENCE

4.

GENERAL MATTERS

4.a

Mayor and Council Verbal Updates

4.b

Delegation

[Superior Road Regional Service Area Application, Darwin Mahlum]

5.

CONSENT AGENDA

5.a

THAT District of Lantzville Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 150, 2019, Amendment (Housing and Housekeeping) Bylaw No. 416, 2025, be adopted.

5.b

THAT the October 22, 2025, Regular Council meeting minutes be approved, as presented.

5.c

THAT the October 29, 2025, Special Council meeting minutes be approved, as presented.

6.

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

7.

PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD

Persons recognized by the Chair to speak must first state their name and address for the record, may speak once for up to 2 minutes (unless Council resolves otherwise), and are limited to providing comment regarding items listed on the council agenda for this meeting (EXCLUDING PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS).  Comments must be directed to the Chair, are not to be directed to individual Council members, staff or the audience and must not include personnel issues.

8.

LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

8.a

District of Lantzville Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 150, 2019, Amendment (7261 Lantzville Road) Bylaw No. 420, 2025 & District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 180, 2020, Amendment (7261 Lantzville Road) Bylaw No. 421, 2025

[George Robinson, Director of Planning and Community Services]

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  THAT “District of Lantzville Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 150, 2019, Amendment (7261 Lantzville Road) Bylaw No. 420, 2025” be given first reading.

   

  THAT “District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 180, 2020, Amendment (7261 Lantzville Road) Bylaw No. 421, 2025” be given first reading.

   

  THAT a public information meeting be hosted with the surrounding neighborhood to collect input on the application, and a report back to Council on the outcomes of the public information meeting be provided prior to scheduling the required Public Hearing.

8.b

Development Cost Charge Bylaw

[George Robinson, Director of Planning and Community Services]

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  THAT the draft copy of “District of Lantzville Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 422, 2025” be received for information. 

   

  THAT Council authorizes staff to post a copy of “District of Lantzville Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 422, 2025” on the District of Lantzville website for public review, AND FURTHER THAT two public/stakeholder’s engagement meetings be scheduled prior to first reading.

9.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9.a

Design Select Committee

[Councillor Savage]

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  THAT the following items be referred to the Design Committee in order to recommend a design to Council and for the Committee’s Design Consultant to implement in consultation with Public Works, each of these designs which are approved by Council;

   

  1. Complete the Jacks Road beach road end per the Council motion of February 21, 2024, by designing some infill greenery on the east side of the path;

   

  2. Make proposed amendments to the Koers Design dated April 2020 for the Lavender Beach Road End;

   

  3. Design improvements for the Harper Road beach road end;

   

  4. Design the completion of the narrow strip of public land on the north side of the north walkway of Phase Two Village Improvement bordering the Halliwell property;

   

  AND FURTHER THAT the Design Committee Consultant, in consultation with Public Works, implement the Legion Plaza design approved by Council on November 6, 2024 and November 20, 2024;

   

  AND FURTHER THAT the Design Committee Consultant be funded by the Council One Time Projects Reserve and the implementation of the Legion Plaza be funded by the funds already allocated for the Legion Plaza.

9.b

Tree Bylaw, Watercourse Protection DPA and drainage/stormwater management Bylaws

[Councillor Jones]

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  THAT staff bring to Council the Lantzville Tree Bylaw, Watercourse Protection DPA and drainage/stormwater management Bylaws for Council to review for loopholes.

10.

COMMITTEE/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

11.

NEW BUSINESS

11.a

7704, 7780, and 7840 Superior Road - Online Meeting

[Councillor Lerner]

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  THAT Council directs staff to work with the relevant property owners to hold an online/webinar information session for the proposed rezoning of 7704, 7780, and 7840 Superior Road prior to a public hearing, and to provide at least two weeks' public notice of this online information session.

   

   

11.b

2026 Council Meeting Schedule

[Delcy Wells, Director of Corporate Administration]

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  THAT the 2026 Council Meeting Schedule be approved as attached to the November 26, 2025, staff report; AND FURTHER THAT staff be authorized to publish notice of availability of the schedule.

11.c

Volleyball Nets

[Councillor Lerner]

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  THAT Council directs staff to work with the relevant property WHEREAS Council has discussed the option of installing volleyball nets somewhere in Lantzville, and Volleyball BC is offering grants of up to $35,000 for the installation of outdoor volleyball nets; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council directs staff to put a placeholder in the 2026-2030 Financial Plan for the installation of volleyball nets if Council should, at a future meeting, resolve to apply for this grant; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council refers the idea of public volleyball nets to the Parks & Trails Committee to make recommendations of location(s) during a 2026 Parks & Trails Committee meeting, so that Council can consider these locations and whether this is a priority during its 2026 Financial Plan deliberations.

   

  Report:

   

  https://volleyballbc.org/pfdf/

12.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS

(In accordance with Council Procedure Bylaw No. 141, 2020, subsection 18(8))

13.

INTRODUCTION OF "NOTICE OF MOTION"

14.

PUBLIC CLARIFICATION

(Persons recognized by the Chair to speak must first state their name and address for the recrod and the agenda item regarding which they are seeking clarification (excluding public hearing topics), and may speak once for up to 2 minutes to ask clarification questions.) E.g., How did the vote go?, about technicalities- request interpretation of abbreviations or jargon, etc.

15.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC

• THAT the regular Council meeting be closed to the public, pursuant to sections 90(1)(a), (c), (d), and (k) of the Community Charter, for the purpose of considering:

   

  (a)  personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;

   

  (c)  labour relations or other employee relations;

   

  (d)  the security of the property of the municipality;

   

  (k)  negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to hard the interests of the municipality if they were held in public;

   

  Following adoption of the above motion, the meeting will be closed to the public.

   

  MEETING REOPENS TO THE PUBLIC

16.

RECONVENE

17.

ADJOURNMENT BY MAYOR

SCHEDULED MEETINGS:

         December 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – Regular Council Meeting