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Here’s a quick look at what you can expect at the Village of Pemberton (VOP) regular council meeting on Nov. 17 beginning at 9 a.m.
The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. For information about how to participate, click here (HOTLINK: https://www.pemberton.ca/public/download/files/159692).
Flood grant application
Council will continue to seek funding to prepare for emergency situations.
Emergency program coordinator Sarah Toews will present regarding an application to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities’ (UBCM) Structural Flood Mitigation funding stream.
The funding would be used for the North Arm outlet replacement, the Riverland’s culvert gate and for hydrometric gauges on Green River and Miller Creek. The Pemberton Valley Emergency Management Committee has identified all three projects as high priorities.
“The three proposed projects aim to mitigate issues relating to backwater flooding and flow changes caused by the Lillooet River and its tributaries. The [rationale] for these three projects consists of replacements to flood control infrastructure and increase emergency preparedness while also gaining insight to flow changes over time due to climate change,” Toews wrote in her report.
The projects are estimated to cost $650,000. The funding stream can contribute 100 per cent of the cost up to $750,000.
Council will also vote to potentially revise the resolution it passed on Nov. 3 regarding its application to the UBCM’s Evacuation Route Planning funding stream. At the meeting, council opted to apply for $25,000 “to undertake a joint project for an evacuation exercise in the Pemberton Valley and Squamish floodplain to test existing evacuation planning assumptions.” However, council will consider rescinding that motion in favour of a revised joint ask with the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and the District of Squamish for $60,000 “consultant-led evacuation exercise in the Pemberton Valley and the Squamish floodplain affected areas.”
Elevate at Sunstone amendment returns
After the last discussion at the Oct. 20 meeting had heated moments (scroll down to the second subhead), a proposed amendment to the Elevate at Sunstone project is returning to council.
At that meeting, council referred the amendment back to staff after expressing concern regarding issues such as visitor parking, pedestrian connectivity to areas outside the development, diversity in the look of units and how Development Permit Area Guidelines are being followed.
After requesting to reduce the number of visitor parking spaces from 13 to four, the new version asks for a reduction to eight.
As well, the new application includes plans for a gravel pedestrian trail to connect with the Community Trail, calls for additional trees to help screen the retaining walls, and stresses the diverse look of units. Report writers Joanna Rees and Cameron Chalmers also noted that the Oct. 20 staff report found the project is “generally compliant with the applicable Development Permit Area Guidelines.”
Quarterly updates
The finance, development services, operations, recreation services and Pemberton Fire Rescue departments will all provide their third-quarter updates.
Stats of note are that the Village has collected 86 per cent of expected revenues and spent 73 per cent of expected expenditures. Meanwhile, just over $485,000 of residential taxes and utilities are still outstanding, compared to nearly $837,000 as of July 2.
To view the full agenda and council package, click here.
