That the Minutes of the September 11, 2024 Committee of the Whole Meeting be received and the following recommendation(s) be endorsed:
Recommendation No. 2
Endorse an application to the Housing Accelerator Fund with the following seven action plan items:
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- Review and Update Development Finance Tools to Accelerate the Development of Priority Housing Types.
- Establish a Non-Market and Missing Middle Housing Program to Incentivize Development.
- Increase Process Efficiency by Completing a Development Approval Process Review.
- Increase Flexibility and Reduce Restrictions through Policy Updates.
- Reduce Parking Standards.
- Complete Infrastructure Plans to enable higher density and missing middle developments in areas close to transit and amenities.
- Make publicly owned lands available for housing; and
Refer this report and the Housing Needs Assessment to community associations, Advisory Planning Commission and the Housing Action Table.
Recommendation No. 3
That second reading of Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 492-35 be rescinded; and
That Council consider second reading of Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 492-35, as amended.
Recommendation No. 4
That a second Public Community Safety Meeting on October 3, 2024 be approved.