Okay. I would like to call the Monday, May 25th, Langley City Regular Council Meeting to order. (coughs) And start us off in a good way, acknowledging that we're on the unceded and traditional territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, and Matha, Kwi and Semiahmoo First Nations. Uh, we have an agenda in front of us. Would anybody like to move it? It's been moved by Council Albrecht, seconded by Council Mack. Further discussion? So seeing none, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. That moves us to the committee of the whole. I'll move that the committee of the whole commence, seconded by Council Albrecht. Further discussion? Seeing none, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. Uh, we'll just turn it over very quickly f- to Mr. Cheng, uh, for a quick introduction. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, so before you, we have the 2025 Financial Plan Amendment, to capture and allocate grants, uh, received in 2025, uh, to the relevant projects which were previously not captured, and also to authorize the final expenditures and reserve transfers reflected in the 2025 consolidated financial statements approved by the City Council on May 11th, 2025. Thank you. Uh, so at this time, uh, council would be, uh, interested in hearing from anybody who is attending today, uh, that might have an interest in providing feedback on the financial plan amendment. So I'm not seeing that there's anybody, uh, that's here today that would like to speak to the 2025 through 2029 Financial Plan Amendment. Okay. Uh, is there any members of council that wishes to speak? So seeing done then, uh, I'll move that we rise and report. Is there a seconder? Seconded by Council Mack. Further discussion? So seeing none, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Any opposed? So that's carried unanimously. Onto the consent agenda. Would anybody like to remove anything from the consent agenda? Uh, so seeing none, who would like to move it? So moved by Council Albrecht, seconded by Council Wallace. Uh, any further discussion on that? So seeing none then, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. Uh, brings us to the, uh, Langley Bee Club. Uh, so I'd like to invite those folks up, uh, to deliver a presentation. Uh, we're very excited that you're here. Uh, just a reminder, delegations are five minutes. Uh, and if you want to get started, you can just push the little talking icon on the microphone base. Hi. First of all, thank you so much for having us here this evening. My name is Celine Hoge. I am representing the Langley Bee Club, and before I even start, I want to acknowledge that May 20th was World Bee Day, and the province of BC declared May 20th, 2026 also officially Honey Bee Day. So I'm here to talk about becoming a certified bee city. So first of all, a little bit us, about us at the Langley Bee Club. Our mission is to promote sustainable beekeeping through honeybee health and education, and beyond that, to increase awareness of what makes a healthy habitat for pollinators. So we provide education, we promote best practices in beekeeping, and we also gather monthly to hear from bee research experts throughout the Fraser Valley and the province. We also, in our public education capacity, we attend events such as Langley City's Earth Day back in April, and Bee Day this past weekend. We had booths and provided beekeeping, pollinator, and honey education to the public. So why do pollinators matter? Hopefully you all know this by now, but pollinators are essential for food security and biodiversity. Actually, about one third of the food that we eat every day relies on pollination to be produced. This also includes 70% of the world's top 100 food crops. Bees are also an, a crucial part of our ecosystem. Uh, they support clean air, vibrant gardens, and resilient food systems. Beyond just honeybees, of course, we're beekeepers. Beekeep- honeybees are actually introduced and they cannot survive in the wild here, but we do have over 600 native bee species in BC. These include bumblebees, mason bees, sweat bees, leaf cutter bees, carpenter bees, and many more, as well as butterflies and even wasps are pollinators. Honeybees also contribute three- 538 dollars, m- million dollars annually to our economy. And a lot of that is based in the Fraser Valley, both with local beekeepers as well as overwintering bees that go throughout BC and Alberta to pollinate crops there. So, as you probably also know, bees are at risk. (coughs) Bees, as well as other pollinators, are facing critical declines due to many factors. Some of them are beyond our control. We can't change climate change here. We can't necessarily prevent diseases or introduce pests. But what we can support is combating habitat loss as well as p- pesticide use. So we need to take action to protect these spaces in our own community. Langley is already doing a wonderful job here in Langley City as a bee-friendly leader. So our parks department is awesome. I'm sure everybody here has seen what a great job they do. I know I was on the downtown one-way today, and all of the new landscaping is all pollinator-friendly plants, which is incredible. We also, you know, every time I go to Al Anderson, which is just across the street from me, I know there's that native plant kind of park area. We have all our trails, and we also have a great pesticide use bylaw. So we are doing everything right.What becoming a certified Bee City will do for us is it essentially creates a formal framework for continuing these practices, so maybe down the road and in the future, ensuring that we maintain what we have already started. It also just allows us to be recognized for these efforts in a formal capacity. (bang) So what is Bee City Canada? Basically, it's a nat- it's a national framework for pollinators. It's an initiative with three main pillars, which are habitat creation, education and engagement, and celebrating Pollinator Week. Again, most of these things we already do. The steps are also pretty straightforward. First, uh, you create a committee or nominate a liaison internally, pass and sign a resolution. Bee City Canada is nice enough to have a great template ready to go. You submit your application, essentially saying what you do already and what you plan to do for pollinators, and then you pay an annual fee, which for a town the size of Langley City is $300 each year, and then s- just submit annual progress reports. So it's pretty straightforward. Now, Langley Township is a bee-friendly city, and we are not. And so the Langley Bee Club over the past year has worked with the township on their certification process, and we just presented the certificate at a delegation a couple months ago. And as a Langley City resident, I would love if Langley City was also a Bee City, considering how much we already do for pollinators. So join us in supporting pollinators here in Langley City. We are asking you to take the first step towards becoming a certified Bee City by directing staff to explore the feasibility of this initiative and then reporting back with the recommendations. We are also happy to collaborate and support these efforts in any way, including consultation. Um, we have native perennial plant lists. You guys already have lots of great plants, so I don't think you need that, and any other steps with the certification process. Thank you so much for that presentation. So amazing. Uh, we have a couple of questions, so I'll start with Councilor Albrecht. Uh, yes, I just wanted to say thank you for, uh, uh, bringing this forward. Uh, I'm a co-chair of our environment committee. It's been on our work plan. We put it on in actually 2025. Okay. We just haven't got to it. So your, your timing is impeccable because we're firming up our work plan for the coming year. Uh, it's on the plan. It's just a matter of, uh, what easy steps we can go forward with to, to make this happen. So, uh, this is great. I know we're a bat-friendly community already, and that's what our committee did, and I would love to have this come to our committee to, uh, uh, to make sure that we get it done. So thank you for your presentation. Perfect. Thank you so much. And of course, again, we're welcome to join or support or help if you have any questions or need anything. We, we may invite you to do a presentation to our committee. Sure, I'd love to. Thank you. Uh, thank you so much. Councilor Wallace. Thank you for your presentation, and thank you for being at Earth Day this year. We have the Mason, um, Bee People there as well. And just wanted to, like, thank you for recognizing all the work that the city is doing as well as, as far as pollination, pollinators go. Uh, our pollination of, of, um, species that have been planted, I just wanted to commend the community gardens as well, because, uh, in, I think our five gardens, there's a lot of, um, uh, work being done on that as well. Yeah. And even residents in Langley City have great gardens. We have nice str- trees along our street that have spring forage. So, I mean, I could go on about all of the great habitats we already have created here. Thank you so much. Councilor Mack. Uh, thank you, through the mayor. Um, I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming. Um, I really appreciated you highlighting a lot of the work that's already b- being done within the community. I think that this is actually, uh, a strong point for Langley City and something that I really like. Um, there's also a motion later on in the agenda which directly relates, um, to your presentation, and perhaps, um, if colleagues wanted to indulge it, it would be appropriate, um, to have or to have it referred to the Environmental Sustainability Committee. Thank you. Uh, and I guess, uh, is there any other comments from council? Uh, I would be remiss if I didn't make a joke about Langley City being the place to bee, what with an extra E on it. So, I think there's a lot of great support here, and thank you so much for the work. I had an opportunity to sample. I think you gave me a sample of some of the honey, so I appreciate that, and, uh, it's just one of those small ways that we can help with our, you know, food security, which is also a really key initiative here for the city of Langley. So thank you so much for your time. Have an amazing rest of your day. You're also free to stay here if you'd like as well. Uh, the choice is yours. Thank you so much. Perfect. Thank you. Uh, so with that, uh, we have our next meeting's on June 15th, and then the next one after that is June 29th. Council advisory body updates, Councilor Wallace. Thank you. Um, I just wanted to let people know about, uh, Mental Health Awareness Day, um, happening here at Thames Community Center through the Village Café Series. So Wednesday, May 27th, from 11:00 to 3:00, join for dialogue, education, and conversation to build community and reduce stigma. So there'll be a lot of, uh, events, uh, happening on that day. I know there's poetry readings and, uh, a harpist, and a lot, a lot of things going on for that day, so stop by if you can. Thank you. Thank you. Any other updates? So seeing none, then we'll move on to bylaws. So it's 8A. The recommendation is that the bylaws cited as financial plan 2026 to 2030, bylaw 2026, number 3340, amendment number one, bylaw 3340 be read a first, second, and third time. So I'll move that. Is there a seconder? Seconded by Councilor Albrecht. Discussion? Councilor Mack. Uh, thank you, Mayor Bahal. Um, I did just want to highlight that in item three, turnout gear, um, there is a...... typo. It says, "PSAF-free gear," um, and it should be, uh, PFAS. Um, so that's just one note, um, when I was re- reviewing the agenda. The other question that I had was, um, through the Mayor to staff. I know that I put forward a motion during our budget process to try to have us allocate, um, some funds towards PFAS-free gear. So I'm really grateful that this is coming forward, 'cause it's something I feel quite passionate about. Um, but I was just wondering, at that point in time, it was viewed a little bit as preemptive from staff. Um, so since that time, in the last few months, have, um, staff been able to look up, I think it's the Gore-Tex, Crosstec, and Innovate line. Um, I was just hoping for a little bit of clarity as to what's been done to date, or since then. Thank you. Uh, to the Fire Chief. (clears throat) Thank you. Through the Mayor to Counselor Mac. Uh, as I mentioned before when you had brought it up is that we were still in the investigation mode. Uh, we did not want to jump until we were sure what the certification was gonna be, so when NFPA came down the end of March and updated the certification, and we investigated several different styles of gear that all met the PFAS-free, um, designation. Mm-hmm. And have determined the gear that we're gonna go with now, um, based on the assessment that we did with it. Okay. Thank you so much. Um, I'm, I'm, yeah, I'm really happy to see that we're having some funding there, and I appreciate your efforts to, to look up everything. And, um, yeah, I'm really happy that this is moving forward. Um, (clears throat) I'll leave it there for now. Thank you. Uh, I believe we have Counselor James. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I just have a question about number eight, the legal fees. It's asking for $500,000 budget amendment to provide for unanticipated legal and professional costs related to labor, employment, and investigation matters. My question to staff is, how much of this money has been spent on code of conduct investigations to date? And I have a follow-up question as well. Thank you. Uh, maybe, Mr. Chung? Uh, through the Mayor to Counselor James. Um, just by way of context, um, we have a legal, labor legal budget about $90,000 per year. That's in our operating budget. Uh, just to go back- Um, point of order mis- um, Mr. Mayor. Yep. Um, I believe that those items are all confidential. And so, making reference to, um, is violation of section 117 of the community charter. Uh, I will confer with, uh, Mr. Chung briefly, but, uh, just give me one second. Through, through the Mayor, uh, I believe that through the petition process that, uh, the city has been served with, um, related to this matter, um, and council has actually, uh, proceeded with a motion, um, in a subsequent meeting. So, um, those, we have to, you know, essentially response to the petition, relating to the petition, so those information, I believe, um, is, um, at least part of it at this point, is, uh, not confidential. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So related to, uh, 2025, the, the total cost just for the code of conduct investigation was about $186,000. Uh, there was another, about $50,000 related to another labor matters, from, uh, members from the previous council. Uh, for 2026, we have already incurred 141, uh, $142,000 in legal costs related to the code of conducts investigation. As I noted earlier, uh, we have been, uh, served with a petition, uh, through the BC Supreme Court, uh, against the city and Mayor Bacal. Uh, obviously, that will, uh, will incur some of the costs related to referred investigation, responding to the petition, and potentially, um, court time, and, and cost relating to the Supreme Court itself. So, uh, that's why we have put in an allowance for $500,000. Like I said, we already incurred about $172,000 so far, so, uh, that $500,000 from our perspective is not, uh, um, excessive. Uh, it's probably within the, the realm of what we may be seeing incurring in terms of the legal costs. Thank you. Uh, thank you. Did you have a follow-up, Counselor James? Just very quickly, Mr. Mayor. So essentially, this $500,000 additional ask, for the most part, is related to the code of conduct, um, issues. Uh, through the Mayor, Counselor James. Am I correct in assuming that? Like I said, uh, for 2026, we have already incurred $141,000 so far. We ha- we're just in the beginning process of filing a p- uh, response to the petition, and potentially court times. So, a lot of legal fees. So like I said, um, I would suspect that most of the $500,000 will be allocated towards the code of conduct investigation and defending the city through the petition. Thank you. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, is there any other comments or questions? Okay. So seeing none then on this, I will call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So there's none opposed, so that's carried unanimously. So we're onto item 8B, which is a zoning bylaw amendment. So the recommendation is that the bylaw cited as Zoning Bylaw 1996, number 2100, amendment number 220, 2025, number 310 be read a final time. Is there a mover? So moved by Counselor Soliam, seconded by Counselor Albrecht. Further discussion? So seeing none, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Any opposed? So there's none opposed, so that's carried unanimously. Onto the issuance of the development permit. The recommendation is that the development permit number 08-24, to per- permit the development of a 27-unit townhouse development at 405 through 45, sorry, 4505 through 4535 208th Street be approved. I'll move that. Seconded by Counselor Mac. Further discussion?So seeing that, I'll call the question, all those in favor? Any opposed? So there's none opposed, so that's carried. So that brings us to committee reports. So this is for the Arts, Recreation, Culture and Heritage Committee. Um, chair of the committee is Councilor Wallace. So over to you. Uh, thank you through the mayor. Um, so this is a recommendation, uh, that council approved the purchase of a bat house at the c- at a cost of $250 for installation at the Michaud House. That the funding to support the purchase of the bat house at cost of $250 be allocated from the enterprise fund. And we... If an- if there are any questions, I can take those, um, but the summary is in your pa- agenda package. Thank you. So is there a seconder for that? So seconded by Councilor Albrecht. Further discussion. So seeing that, I'll call the question, all those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. Uh, we are onto a presentation on parking. So the recommendation is that council receive a May 25th, 2026 presentation tiled, titled Public Parking Strategy from Walt, uh, Watt Consulting Group for information. So I'll move that. Seconded by Councilor Mac. Over to you. Testing. Okay. Hear, hear. Uh, Mayor and Council, thank you for having me. Uh, so this presentation, uh, is to present the, uh, final pu- uh, public parking strategy to council. Um, uh, and, uh, for today, uh, just providing overview of the strategy, uh, the proposed actions, um, summarizing, uh, feedback from an open house, uh, a couple months ago, and then, uh, providing conclusions and the next steps. So the public parking strategy, uh, it's consisting of two separate sub-strategies. One focused on the downtown, and the separate one focused on the residential apartment and townhouse areas, uh, north of the river. Um, both of these two sub-strategies are guided by a set of goals, objectives, a set of actions, and a... Coupled with a, uh, implementation plan, uh, to, uh, support parking management in Langley City for the next, uh, 5, 10, uh, 15 years. In terms of the strategy, uh, goals and objectives, uh, they're aligned with Transport 2050 Plan and the Official Community Plan of Langley City, uh, centered around, uh, supporting mobility, efficient mov- mov- movement of people, goods and services, uh, supporting access to services and amenities in, in the city, and, uh, supporting the economic prosperity and financial sustainability of the city. Uh, specific to parking management, you know, based on the technical and engagement work that's been completed over the past two years, um, the, the parking strategy is focused on two, um, uh, key objectives. One is making the experience of finding, uh, parking reliable, and ensuring that it's safe, accessible, and, and well-defined. Uh, in terms of the strategy actions, there's 11, uh, actions for the downtown, uh, focused in the downtown area, and two, uh, for the residential. Uh, these are, are presented in more detail in the... Uh, the full technical reports. Um, and they're structured in terms of, uh, in terms of a short, medium, and then long-term time horizon. Uh, these range from, uh, re-evaluating, uh, and providing a complete range of parking options, so we're serving people who need to s- uh, stay downtown for a short period of time, a medium amount of time, and then a long period of time, like employees. Um, adopting pay parking, uh, in, in high-demand areas. Uh, and this would be subject to council endorsement, but staff would sort of refur- further study and do detailed implementation planning on, on this action. Uh, and that would be recommended to launch, uh, to anticipate... In anticipation of the s- SkyTrain service date in 20- 2029. This would be coupled with, uh, a public parking wayfinding and pedestrian wayfinding strategy, uh, enhancing moderate... Uh, parking enforcement, providing accessible parking design, and developing, uh, public safety initiatives. Uh, last three set of actions are leveraging redevelopment within the downtown to provide additional public parking options, uh, exploring and working with private property owners to open up and unlock p- public parking options, and also exploring real-time occupancy and monitoring, uh, signage technology. For the residential, um, this would be looking at adopting time limits, uh, citywide time limits, um, in unrestricted areas within, uh, residential parts of the city, and evaluating the benefits of a, a residential permit parking program. Uh, the key priority action, uh, the low hanging fruit to improve the parking experience downtown, is to revisit, um, the existing parking restrictions. So today, uh, parking time limits, there's a mix of, uh, unrestricted, shown in the yellow here, a three-hour time limit, uh, shown in the purple, and then, um, a, a monthly permit parking zone or lot, uh, shown in the green. What the strategy is proposing is, uh, really focusing, again, on people who... The short-term customers and visitors who only need to visit for two hours or less, folks who want to spend an afternoon or, or, or, or morning, uh, for four hours or less, and then all-day folks, uh, such as employees who, who need to spend-... uh, a longer amo- amount of time parking. Uh, both of these are shown in, in, in the color, uh, for different parking areas within the downtown. The key change here is prioritizing street parking to be short-term parking and leveraging the, the various city-owned lots, uh, shown in the blue to be the medium-term, four-hour parking. And so this is increasing the maximum amount of time currently permitted, uh, in the downtown. The last thing I also want to emphasize is, not every street needs to have a parking regulation. And that's shown in, in the, in the yellow. Really, we really want to just be managing parking where we... where it warrants it. And these are sort of lower activity areas or, or the residential areas, um, where a time limit would be, um, uh, disruptive to, to residents who, who live in that block. Uh, this is also showing, uh, the map for the west of downtown, along, uh, 56th Avenue and 201A Street. Again, the same principle here. Uh, prioritizing street parking for, for short term, two hours or less, parking. Uh, staff hosted with the consultant, um, a public open house on March 12th. Um, among the attendees, um, there was general overall support for the proposed actions for the downtown, uh, area. Um, and so this table shows the different actions, wayfinding signage, additional public parking, accessible parking. And each column shows the level of support. The, the, the overall support and overall do not support sort of provide a summary, uh, uh, of the different options that respondents were able to indicate. Um, overall, uh, there was a high level of support. The, the one thing I'll note is that some attendees expressed a preference to retain the existing three-hour time limit, but at this time, staff are recommending the two-hour limit, uh, with post-implementation monitoring and evaluation to make sure, uh, to re-eval- to evaluate where places may need, may need future adjustments or tweaks, uh, to the proposed strategy. Um, this is about representing about two, two years of work by city staff and the consulting consisting of research, uh, data collection, technical analysis and, and, uh, uh, amount, a significant amount of, uh, public and stakeholder engagement with surveys, open houses and, and so on. Uh, this proposed strategy is aligned with the, uh, recently adopted Transport to- 2050 Plan and official communion plan. And, and TransLink right now is currently developing region-wide guidance on, on how to manage parking. Uh, they've convened a, a, a regional parking group, uh, consisting of staff across the region, and this strategy is also in alignment with those stra- draft guidance. Um, at this time, staff are recommending that council receive the strategy. And open for any questions. Thank you. Uh, and before we get to that, just by receiving the strategy, council's not adopting or endorsing the strategy today. Is that correct? I mean, I'm, I'm stating the obvious, but I just... for the record. That's correct. Thank you. Um, Councilor Salim, did you have a question? Thank you for the presentation. Um, I really like, uh, how past Salt Lane there, it looks like there's that four-hour parking chunk there. Um, just through to staff, is there an expectation that there'll be clear signage that significantly longer parking will be avai- made available if people keep moving down the one-way? Uh, yes. Through M- Mr. Pollock. Mm-hmm. And through the chair to Councilor Salim, yes, it's very important, I think, uh, when we do any change that we monitor and, you know, the intent, um, of, uh, time limited parking is really to support the businesses. So by monitoring it, doing post, uh, post installation, um, reco- um, monitoring and volumes, we can sort of see is, is that the right thing? Or do we, should we, should we, uh, revise it slightly? So, um, I think one of the, uh, the important things to take from this is it's a very dynamic, uh, uh, methodology in that, um, especially as we go to implement more of the, uh, more of the actions within the strategy, it would provide a, a wholesome picture of wha- uh, how to, um, improve and enhance parking in the downtown. Thank you. Just to follow up, uh, I guess through the mayor to staff, um, do we have an expectation for what the fees or pe- penalties would look like if somebody stays beyond two hours? Is that something Mr. Chung could maybe answer? Uh, I'll turn it to Mr. Pollock, maybe. Oh, okay. Sure. In terms of the, uh, I think the, um, the rates for, for overstaying would be, uh, prescribed in the, uh, in the appropriate city bylaw, at the moment. Thank you. So there's no change to the fee. Uh, we can get someone to look at the, the bylaw, if you would like. That would be appreciated. Yeah. Just for clarification tonight. Whilst we are waiting on that, we'll go to Councilor Albrecht. Uh, thank you for the report, really appreciate it. Um, I'm glad, uh, we've, um, put in the time and effort. Um, you know, I think it's, uh, it's really vital, um. We've become accustomed to, uh, to the downtown and, and the dynamics around there and the parking. Uh, my question revolves around, uh, education of the public and, uh, you know, having a, say a transition period of not penalizing people as we get used to how the new, uh, the new hours are gonna be coming into effect. So maybe comment on that, as well as the wayfinding. Thank you. Mr. Pollock. Um, through the chair to Councilor Albrecht, um, I think, yes, it is, uh, when there is a change, it's, it's good to have a, a monitoring period. We would certainly look to work with our communications colleagues to, uh, um-... make sure that people are aware, um, through social media of the proposed changes. And there may be a, um ... And I will certainly have a, or staff can certainly have a discussion with the, the bylaws department to, to determine whether or not a, they think that a, sort of a grace period or a, a transition period would be appropriate. Thank you. Thank you, and- Sorry, yes. You also asked about the, the wayfinding. And again, assuming that we move forward with the strategy, that, the intent is to include that in the 2027 financial plan. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Fluck, did you have that information? I do. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, the, currently the fine for overtime parking is $70 and it's reduced by 50% if paid within one week. There you go. Uh, any other questions, Councilor Mac? Uh, thank you. Through the mayor, I'm just curious how many voting opportunities we will have, um, if the majority of council votes to receive this report? Uh, I would assume before anything is implemented, it would need to be voted as an adoption. So Mr. Chung. Yeah. Through the mayor to Council Mac. That's correct. So really, council tonight is to receive this report. Any implementation strategy that will be coming forward will be, uh, require council approval. Okay, thank you. And then, um, as a follow-up, do we have an idea of what consultation, um, or public input, um, opportunities will be coming forward from here. So say we received the report and then there is an opportunity to formally adopt the findings, um, and the strategy moving forward. When will we have the opportunity for public input in a formal council meeting? Through the chair to Councilor Mac, the strategy has been developed with, uh, extensive public consultation, um, that is, forms the basis of the, the strategy. Um, uh, the, the opportunity for the public to, uh, comment is whenever there's an open house or whenever there has been a survey which the, has, both have occurred in this process. So in the adoption of a strategic plan, um, it is not common in my experience that the public would then come to a council meeting and speak to their endorsement or not. Um, that is, that, their information and their opinions have been garnered through the process. Thank you. Um, not a, a follow-up question. Um, I think just as a, a comment, I have heard, um, quite a bit of opposition around the adoption of pay parking specifically. Um, I haven't noted, um, tremendous input opportunities explicitly for pay parking. Um, the consultation that I have participated in, 'cause I've, I've attended the open houses, has predominantly been with the map that was just up showing, um, the difference in, um, hours and different time limits with respect to, um, parking. So in terms of a robust discussion about pay parking, um, I don't think that we've seen that to date, let alone, um, some of the potential implementation models. So I guess, um, how will that be handled in terms of, um, if the governing majority, uh, moves forward or when they move forward potentially with pay parking? Um, how will that be properly communicated to the public? Mr. Polick. Through the chair to Councilor Mac, um, what is being considered is a parking strategy. It's a, a general strategy that outlines a number of, um, items that are to improve parking within the downtown core. The report does speak to pay parking, but it acknowledges quite clearly that further work has to be done on that. That there has to be evaluations around what form of pay parking takes place, what are the limits, what are the, the, the costs and so forth. So that work, um, through the chair, has not yet been undertaken. That would be a future exercise and part of that process will be public consultation, but that has not yet occurred. Thank you. Uh, thank you. I think that, um, just as a, I guess my comments to the room, not necessarily, um, directed towards staff, but action number two is adopt to pay parking. Uh, it says adopt pay parking in high demand areas, uh, to increase parking turnover and availability. Um, from my perception, adopting or receiving this report as well as adopting it is adopting action two, to adopt pay parking. Now whether or not we discuss logistics of it, what model we should use, how it should be implemented, what rates there shou- you know, should be charged, it is still nevertheless the preemptive initial step of adopting pay parking. We'll have preliminary approval to then be determined how to implement pay parking. And I think that from my perception, there has been inadequate consultation to date, um, specifically with regard to pay parking and to, um, ascertain the level of support that we have for pay parking within the community. Um, so that's my, um, that's a very large challenge I have. I also don't necessarily see the strategy as a whole as mitigating the increased volume of vehicles that we will inevitably have with SkyTrain. Um, there is explicitly no plan for a city, uh, provided parkade. I'm not saying that necessarily that should be, um, definitively an initiative, but I don't find that there are sufficient alternative options that are within the city's power to accommodate for higher traffic congestion. Um, and parking obviously also aligns with higher traffic congestion. Especially in line with the Sky- arrival of SkyTrain and the fact that there is zero park and ride, um, stalls at the SkyTrain. So, um, that's, those are my comments. Um, those are my concerns. Um, maybe we can get to other members of council and then I have a referral motion.... uh, okay. So this is just on the presentation right now. So is there any more con-... Let's just... We can talk about this. I know we can go down a path, but I just want to make sure we're just talking about the presentation. Uh, Councilor Wallace. Um, through the Mayor, I found it a very comprehensive, um, presentation, and I know that, y- you know, you're summarizing your presentation. If, if the public was interested in, in having this, to see all of the work that has been done, um, with what we saw in our package, is that available to the public? Y- yes, I believe all this information has been available on in, uh, Let's Chat Langley City, I think. I could be wrong, but it should be there. Thank you. Uh, so just, is there any more conversation on the presentation? So seeing that I'm called on the presentation, all those in favor? Opposed? That's carried unanimously. So the rec- recommendation, next one, is that the public parking strategy technical report be received, and get a seconder. So seconded by Councilor Wallace. I'll start. So this is a receipt of this, um, strategy, and I do thank staff for the tremendous amount of work here. You know, for, for me, I'm comfortable with a receipt, because that's not an adoption or moving forward or an endorsement. And for me, it certainly isn't, but it is a receipt of information, and that's all it is. Um, if, to be endorsed, it would be something else. You know, for me, uh, I know we would need some further feedback from the Merchants Association. We haven't heard from them. As Councilor Mack said and as articulated here, certainly, you know, I would never move forward with a paid parking strategy without full consultation with the community. That'll be for a future council to decide, but certainly, uh, I would, I would be reticent to move forward with any sort of paid parking or change to timed parking without, uh, further consultation. So I'm happy to receipt. There's definitely, uh, more work that we need to do in the community. Thank you. Uh, Councilor Mack. Uh, thank you, Mayor Bahal. I would move to... I, uh, move to refer item 10A, um, back to staff until such a time that staff have been able to adequately conduct consultation events, specifically with regard to action to, um, adopting a pay parking strategy in high-demand areas. Uh, is there a seconder? So no one's seconding that, sorry. Okay. Um, so then I guess I would just like to, um, highlight that it sounds, from my view right now, like the, um, discussion for pay parking will be, um, left to staff and not necessarily a- across the community with our residents. Um, I do appreciate that the DLBA and the merchants will be consulted. I think that's a really important element of our consultation, but that the consultation should go further, and then my initial request, um, earlier th- when the community and, uh... Public input opportunity would occur prior to, um, receiving, or adopting this report rather, and was told that the adequate consultation, um, had been given to date, and that there wasn't the op-... There wasn't gonna be an option in a future council meeting to have a public, um, input opportunity. And then lastly, um, if we look at the slide that's up right now, item number two, adopt pay parking in high-demand areas, that action starts 2026. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh, okay, Mr. Pollock. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. In re- reference to Councilor Mack's comments, a strategy is that... It is... It outlines a number of actions for a body to consider, so the wording may say that adopt pay parking. That is identified as a strategy in the, as a action within the strategy, to address pay parking in the downtown area. I would agree with you that there is going to be a lot more traffic whenever SkyTrain comes. That is one of the purposes of considering pay parking. The fact that it is noted in the strategy does not make it a done deal. It is a recommended action, and will not proceed without any... without a full and wholesome process. Thank you. Uh, thank you. Is there any other feedback from council? Okay, so, um... Oh, s- sorry, Miss Cusack. No, it's - Okay. Nothing to worry about? Okay. Yeah, so just, just again, sum it up, uh, final thought from myself. Uh, again, we're just receiving it today. Anything further would require council endorsement and support. After receiving this, there's really, you know, no further action staff will be taking on this, uh, besides perhaps bringing forward a recommendation for endorsement of certain items in the future perhaps. But this is just receiving it, and effectively, it is just a piece of paper that will sit on a shelf for now. So with that, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Oppose? So Councilor Mack's opposed, so that's carried. So that brings us to streetscape and garbage strategy. Uh, so I will actually move that we receive a presentation, uh, from the ma-... Uh, I guess it's from the manager of engineering and parks operations on streetscape, garbage, and dog waste strategy. So I'll get a mover, Councilor Albrecht, and a seconder, Councilor Soliam. So over to you. I think, um... (whispers) Is that in the right... Yeah. Done. I'm on? Okay.Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for having me tonight. Um, tonight I would like to do a brief overview of our, um, streetscape, garbage, and dog waste strategy. Uh, so just a high overview, um, the intent of our strategy is to improve garbage collection coverage in the downtown and high density residential areas. Um, it includes the addition of dog waste receptacles in the downtown and select high density areas as well. It will transition from a contractor supplied triple bins to standalone receptacles, which allows us to make improvements to the locations and improve maintenance on the cans themselves. Just a little bit about, uh, waste audit that took place in 2021. Um, this waste audit, um, highlighted, uh, that dog waste, uh, was, by weight, the highest percent, um, of the waste that we found in the receptacles that, um, were audited. Um, the next one was, uh, food and yard waste. Um, and then you can see that there was, um, smaller portions of, uh, recyclables, compostable paper, um, and then just general other materials. Um, and just to note that this is percent by weight, so just an important piece. A little bit about the background. Our current streetscap- scape and, um, parks, uh, garbage program includes us emptying about 165 containers throughout the city, um, both streetscape and parks. This particular strategy is focused directly on the streetscape, so it does not include parks. Um, we have, uh, staff that collect, uh, from various receptacles on the streetscape, uh, using a single compactor, uh, rear compactor, uh, vehicle. Um, the collection schedule is specific to location, so some are collected twice a week while others are once a week. There's some seasonal variations within that, solely based on use and what we see from the public, um, or hear from the public and what we see in terms of use. Um, it includes multiple trips to the metro van, uh, transfer station where our, uh, truck empties and, um, our truck has to empty based on weight, so it can... Has a maximum load that it can carry. Current placement is inefficient, um, and the containers are in poor con- uh, condition. So further the, the placement of the containers adds to clutter on the streetscape, reducing accessibility. The Parks Pilot Dog Waste Collection Disposal Program began last year, uh, where we implemented, uh, in about 28 locations, dog waste receptacles in the parks, and that resulted in a 31% reduction by weight overall, um, which has led us to, um, trying to expand that program in the streetscape. Just a picture showing, uh, the one way before it was improved, but it shows how there's a duplicate, uh, triple bin placement on either side of the street creating some clutter, um, and that you can see there's some various locations throughout the city where that exists. The contractor chooses where to put these containers, so that's part of the challenge that we have with the current system. The Downtown, um, Langley Master Plan, uh, phase three includes standards for race- uh, waste receptacles in the downtown core. So these are the receptacles that we are using. Um, it'll be a black can for garbage and then one with a red lid and a dog waste sticker for dog waste in the downtown core. Just noting that we use a different style of can in the parks themselves at trailheads that are more, um, easier to move around. So our placement strategy, um, includes improving coverage in the downtown core and high density areas. Uh, in- in- includes the introduction of dog waste containers into the streetscape. Uh, there's a placement of n- forty new receptacles in the downtown core, um, and high density areas, um, each with an exterior basket for beverage containers. Uh, those cans will be s- placed at a 50 meter spacing. And then on top of that, we plan to add 19 more dog waste containers in the downtown core, plus an additional seven in high density residential areas. And those cans will be placed between 100 and 125 meter spacing. This is just a map showing what we're proposing. So green squares are in parks, so that's not what this strategy is about, but it does show you, um, relative location to the streetscape, um, program. The purple or gray, depending on how you see the color, those squares are the bus stop, uh, locations, and then the red would be dog waste. The orange is, uh, wha- what will be garbage cans. Next steps, uh, would include, uh, an updated waste audit, which the data would hopefully support a more targeted approach, um, and allow us to be more responsibi- responsive to the community. Um, we would review the feasibility of streetscape organics and streetscape recyclables, including an evaluation of staffing needs and fleet implications should we, uh, go in that direction. Um, and then we can, at that time, we can also consider expanding the dog waste in parks. So in summary, um, we are able to provide a higher level of service, improve operational efficiency, improve sustainable waste management practices, um, and improve accessibility on the streetscape by reducing clutter. And overall, it's a flexible, simple, phased approach using existing staff and vehicle resources.Thank you so much for your presentation, Ms. McCray. I'm assuming you can circulate that to council. The presentation? Yes. Yes. Yep, absolutely. Thank you. Uh, so questions. We have Councilor Wallace and then Councilor Soliam. Thank you, uh, for your presentation. Um, happy to see that, uh, the dog waste is spread out, I mean, the containers will be spread out, uh, throughout the Langley, especially in the Brighton, uh, area, because that's where I've heard a lot of complaints in the Brighton area. Um, another, uh, thing I appreciate is the, um, the crate, grate, would you call it, on the, the, the side. I just feel like that's a dignity, dignity way of, you know, if people wanna take, take... Oftentimes, they're taking cans and bottles out of the garbage, and it's just, uh, just more of a dignified way of, um, removing cans and bottles. So I really appreciate that. I, I understand that we have to start somewhere. Um, as much as I would like to have receptacles for organic waste, since there... it's, uh, one of our larger wastes as well, but, uh, I see that happening, um, down the road. But I just wanted to make menti- mention, I know it's not part of this presentation, um, but just the work being done, um, with, uh, a pilot project with our events, because I know, um, with that, that event, which will, um, we'll have a lot of organic waste at that event. So at that ev-event, that will be present as far as the organic waste piece. But thank you for your presentation, and I look forward to seeing the rest of how it works. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, Councilor Soliam. Oh, was there a q-question? Sorry. The organics at the events. Just to confirm, uh, through the chair, that, uh, as per, uh, as, as was previously presented to council, at, uh, community days and the movie events, there is going to be the zero waste stations. Thank you. Thank you. Councilor Soliam. Uh, thank you for the presentation. Through the mayor, uh, just, if, if it's possible prior to sending the slides out to us, um, just that last slide showing the locations, I just had a really hard time with the red and the orange in the iconic, uh, iconography. So, um, if that could just be made a little bit more clear as to which ones are coming through. Thank you so much. Thank you. Uh, Councilor Mack and then Councilor Albrecht. Uh, thank you, Mayor Paul. Um, through the mayor, I believe it would be to Mr. Chang. Um, I saw that we have, um, in the budget implications, it's 177,000, um, to pay for the receptacles, and we have, uh, I believe, a budgeted total of 300,000, um, for the purchase of new receptacles total. Um, so I was just curious, um, is the 300,000 the total available that we had, um, for the procurement of these baskets and receptacles? Um, if it's for all of our waste, um, you know, receptacles, does that give us sufficient remaining budget to, say, replace garbage cans that get lit on fire or something like this? Whoever wants to answer that, I'm comfortable with. Yeah, let's let our staff speak to the budget allocation for the garbage receptacles. Okay. Through the mayor to Councilor Mack. Um, yes, it does allow us for replacements, um, and, um, additional if we need to expand somewhere. Awesome. Thank you. I'm, we're... I'm happy that we're proceeding with this strategy, and I appreciate the presentation Councilor Albrecht. Um, yeah, thank you for the presentation. Really appreciate it. And, um, uh, I'm, I'm glad you touched on the ongoing monitoring and, uh, doing an inventory of the waste after we implement this strategy so that we can maybe refine it further. And I think that's really important. Our, uh, environmental committee, uh, is passionate about, uh, you know, uh, our waste, and, uh, something that, um, I think this, this presentation and the information you provided, I think, is valuable to come back to our committee to, uh, to help them understand the pro- the, the progress that we're making on achieving the goals that the committee would like to see. So, thank you. Thank you. Uh, any other questions or comments? So just a quick one for me. Uh, when, uh, one, is there a risk of the contractor taking the cans away tomorrow or in a month from now or in a year, or are they gonna be here until we replace ours? And then when will ours be in place? Okay. S- so, um, I believe that the risk is low. Um, I, I don't believe that they're going to come and collect the cans. These cans are no longer the model that they use. Um, and the, um, replacement cans are about a 10-week, um, turnaround time from the time that we order them. Uh, Mr. Pollock. And just to add to what Ms. McCray has mentioned, I think also the, uh, the, the contractors also continue to advertise. So they, they will... It's almost like on a month by, month by month basis that they're proceeding. And then, but they, they... The contract is officially over, and we will have a process for phasing them out. Thank you. Okay, so, so the final question, I guess, for me is, um, when is our expected order date for the bins? Um, I believe the, the procurement process is already actually underway. Oh. Oh, awesome. Thank you. Thank you. I look forward to the new bins. Uh, so without seeing anything else, I'll call the question on the presentation then. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. So the recommendation also is that the streetscape, garbage, and dog waste strategy we receive for information. Uh, moved by Councilor Mack, seconded by Councilor Albrecht. Further discussion? So seeing that, I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's carried unanimously. On to motions. Uh, Councilor Mack. Thank you. Um, this motion is titled Save the Bees, and it reads, "Whereas pollinators play a vital role in supporting healthy ecosystems, biodiversity, and local food systems, and whereas protecting pollinator habitats through native planting, habitat restoration, and environmentally responsible practices supports long-term environmental stewardship and community resilience." Uh, and then the enactment clause. "Therefore, be it resolved that council direct staff to work with the Langley Bee Club to determine next steps for the city of Langley to pursue a certification as a Bee City through Bee City Canada." Thank you. Uh, seconded by Councilor Wallace. Uh, any further discussion? So Councilor Wallace or Mack? Councilor Wallace? Okay. Uh, thank you, uh, to Councilor Mack for bringing this forward. And I was just gonna see if we can refer this back to the, um, sustainability, Environmental Sustainability Committee because of the work that's already in our work plan. And then maybe as the presentation- So, let's get a seconder. Oh, sorry. So seconded by Councilor Mack. Continue. Sorry. Um, just as our presenter spoke about, uh, the steps, that we can maybe follow through with those steps. So thank you for bringing that forward. Thank you. Uh, any further discussion on the referral? Councilor Mack. Uh, thank you, um, through the mayor to Councilor Wallace. Uh, I appreciate that this is already, um, a part of the work plan. So I think formal... Or at least on the radar of the Environmental Sustainability Committee. Um, I think formally getting the certification to reaffirm all the good work that we're doing would be wonderful, and I look forward to seeing the work that you guys will do over there. Thank you. Uh, any further comments or questions on the referral? So seeing and I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? So that's unanimous. That brings us to the end of the meeting. I'll move that we adjourn, seconded by Councilor Soliam. I'll call the question. All those in favor? Opposed? We're adjourned. We'll see you in a few weeks.