AGENDA

City of Salmon Arm
Regular Council Meeting

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 1:00 P.m. - 2:00 P.m.

Council Chambers of City Hall

500 – 2 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORY

We acknowledge that we are gathering here on the traditional territory of the Secwepemc people, with whom we share these lands and where we live and work together.

3.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT:  the Agenda be adopted as presented.

4.

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

5.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

5.1

Regular Council Meeting Minutes of June 9, 2025

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT:  the Regular Council Meeting Minutes of June 9, 2026 be adopted as circulated.

6.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

6.1

Development & Planning Services Committee Meeting Minutes of June 16, 2025

6.2

Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of June 3, 2025

6.3

Greenways Liaison Committee Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2025

6.4

Climate Resiliency Plan Steering Committee Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2025

7.

COLUMBIA SHUSWAP REGIONAL DISTRICT UPDATE

8.

PRESENTATIONS

8.1

Presentation 1:10-1:25 p.m. (approximately)

J. Robbins, Project Coordinator, Salmon Arm Economic Development Society
Salmon Arm Tourism Two-Year Visitor Attraction Strategy

9.

STAFF REPORTS

9.1

Building Safer Communities Coordinator – Plan H Grant Application – Anti Racism Strategy Implementation

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: Council approve a Plan H grant application for the implementation and monitoring of a multi-sectoral Anti-Racism Strategy through the Healthy Public Policy Stream (Phase II of Project) for $15,000 (BC Healthy Communities and the Ministry of Health);

  AND THAT: the 2025 budget contained in the 2025 – 2029 Financial Plan Bylaw be amended to reflect an Anti Racism Strategy Implementation in the amount of $15,000, funded from a Plan H Grant (BC Healthy Communities and the Ministry of Health).

9.2

Corporate Officer – 2024 Annual Report

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: Council receive the City of Salmon Arm 2024 Annual Report for information.

9.3

Chief Financial Officer – 2025-2026 RCMP Funding (2026 Budget)

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: the City of Salmon Arm approve, in principle, the April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027, budget of $6,348,294 under the Municipal Policing Contract of which the City is responsible for 90% thereof;

  AND THAT:the City of Salmon Arm approve, in principle, the April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027, budget of $207,300 for guards and matrons.

9.4

Chief Financial Officer – BC Transit Annual Operating Agreement 2025-2026

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: the Mayor and Corporate Officer be authorized to execute the 2025-2026 Annual Operating Agreement for Transit Services between the City of Salmon Arm and BC Transit.

9.5

Chief Financial Officer – Zone 5 Booster Station (Bylaw No. 4502) – Long Term Financing

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: Council approve Long-term borrowing from the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia, as part of the 2025 Fall Borrowing Session, for the Zone 5 Booster Station in the amount of $2,225,000 as authorized through Bylaw No. 4502;

  AND THAT: the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) be requested to consent to our borrowing over a thirty (30) year term and include the borrowing in a Security Issuing Bylaw.

10.

IN-CAMERA SESSION

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT:  pursuant to Section 90(1)(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 harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; of the Community Charter, Council move In-Camera.

11.

INTRODUCTION OF BYLAWS

11.1

Building Bylaw No. 4725

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: the bylaw entitled City of Salmon Arm Building Bylaw No. 4725 be read a first time;

  AND THAT: Council direct staff to undertake appropriate public engagement regarding Building Bylaw No. 4725, including referral to and discussion with the Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) and the Shuswap Construction Industry Professionals (SCIP).

12.

RECONSIDERATION OF BYLAWS

12.1

Ticket Utilization Amendment Bylaw No. 4731

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: the bylaw entitled City of Salmon Arm Ticket Information Utilization Amendment Bylaw No. 4731 be read a final time.

13.

CORRESPONDENCE

13.1

Informational Correspondence

13.1.1

Calendar of Events

13.1.2

G. Lovegrove, Associate Professor, UBC - email dated May 21, 2025 - Valley Rail Planning Study

Request for Letter of Support

13.1.3

2025 UBCM Convention - Premier, Cabinet Ministers & MACC Staff Meeting Requests

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT:  Council authorize staff to request a meeting with:

  i)  the Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Transportation and Transit on the topic of speed limit reduction on Highway 97B from 10 Avenue SE to the Highway 1 intersection and the re-surfacing of Trans Canada Highway #1 in the Salmon Arm downtown area; and

  ii)  the Honourable Garry Begg, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General on the topic of RCMP Rural Policing in Salmon Arm;

  iii)  the Honourable Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care on the topic of increased funding for schools and operations in Salmon Arm;

  iv)  the Honourable Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs on the topic of providing an update on Salmon Arm's progress and housing continuum;

  v)  the Honourable Bowinn Ma, Minister of Infrastructure on the topic of upgraded pollution control centre;

  vi)  the Honourable Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture and Food on the topic of support for local food producers and update on Zest Food Hub;

  vii)  the Honourable Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport on the topic of support for local events and introduction of Council members;

  viii)  the Honourable Randene Neill, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship on the topic of the City's Canoe Beach tenure application (5+ years).

  at the 2025 Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Annual Convention.

13.1.4

M. Cameron - email dated June 8, 2025 - Wildfire Defense

13.1.5

E. Smith - email dated June 6, 2025 - Employee parking for downtown stores

13.1.6

J. Penner - email dated June 10, 2025 - Promoting Ridership on City Buses

13.1.7

M. Sinhuber - letter dated June 11, 2025 - Removal of Blackburn Park Shrubs

13.1.8

J. Maybee - email dated June 16, 2025 - Scooter Program

13.1.9

S. Syme, Director, Shuswap Agriculture Association - letter dated June 13, 2025

Request for Funding Support - Grandstand Arena Repair Project

13.1.10

D. Colombe, Youth Advocate, Shuswap Family Resource Centre - letter dated June 8, 2025

SkateFest! Youth Event - September 6, 2025

13.1.11

C. Boback, Admin. Services Manager, ORL - email dated June 17, 2025

Request for Letter of Support for UBCM Ministerial Meetings

13.1.12

A. Varnes, Program Manager, Wednesday on the Wharf - letter dated June 17, 2025 - Request for Parking Fee Exemption

13.1.13

S. Williamson - email dated June 17, 2025 - New Bus Stops

13.1.14

ETSI BC Regional Advisory Committee & Spring Funding Intake Summary

13.1.15

K. Dahl, Mayor of Campbell River - letter dated June 5, 2025 - Raising Awareness for Resource Communities in BC

13.1.16

KA Austin, CAO, District of Coldstream - letter dated June 17, 2025 - Modernization of Wastewater Regulations

UBCM Resolution

13.1.17

E. Vieira, Fraser Basin Council - email dated June 13, 2025 - Annual Report Shuswap Watershed Council

13.1.18

R. Schweitzer, ADM, Ministry of Forests - Provincial Wildfire Update

14.

NEW BUSINESS

15.

COUNCIL STATEMENTS

16.

NOTICE OF MOTION

17.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND DEFERRED / TABLED ITEMS

18.

OTHER BUSINESS

19.

QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD

20.

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

21.

HEARINGS

21.1

Building Official – Section 57 Notice on Title - Building Bylaw No. 3939 - Lot 6, Section 6, Township 21, Range 9, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP84599 - 4540 72 Avenue NE

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: Council direct the Corporate Officer to file in the Land Title office, pursuant to Section 57 of the Community Charter, a notice on title to that property legally described as Lot 6, Section 6, Township 21, Range 9, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP84599 (PID 027-189-236) (4540 72 Avenue NE).

21.2

Development Permit Application No. DP-460

Legal: Lot 11, Section 11, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan 9916
Civic: 1231 1 Street SE
Owner: AR Broadview Holdings Ltd.
Agent: Bluegreen Architecture Inc.

• Motion for Consideration

  THAT: Development Permit No. DP-460 be authorized for issuance for Lot 11, Section 11, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan 9916 (1231 1 Street SE) in accordance with the site plan, elevation drawings, and landscape plan attached as Appendices 6 and 8 in the staff report dated June 16, 2025;

  AND THAT: The following variances to Zoning Bylaw No. 2303 be approved as follows:

  1. Table A1-1 – Required Off-street Parking Spaces – reduce the number of parking spaces from 20 to 17; and
  2. Section 4.12.1 (a) – Fences and Retaining Walls – increase the height of a retaining wall from 2.0 m to 4.6 m.

  AND FURTHER THAT: Issuance of Development Permit No. 460 be withheld subject to:

  1. the Registration of a Land Title Act Section 219 Covenant on the Title of the subject parcel restricting residential use on the parcel to Rental Housing; and
  2. the receipt of an Irrevocable Letter of Credit in the amount of 125% of a landscape estimate.

22.

STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS

23.

RECONSIDERATION OF BYLAWS

24.

QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD

25.

ADJOURNMENT