Council · Regular
March 12, 2026
VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL
15:22 – 15:50 · 0h 28m
9 present · 0 absent
Staff & officers present
A. Johnston Assistant Director of Development Services — A. Moffatt Legislative Coordinator — B. Roder Deputy City Clerk — C. Kingsley City Clerk — C. Mycroft Manager of Intergovernmental & Media Relations — J. Jenkyns City Manager — K. Hoese Director of Planning and Development — P. Rantucci Director of Community Safety, Wellbeing & Partnerships — S. Johnson Director of Communications and Engagement — S. Thompson Deputy City Manager / Chief Financial Officer — S. Webb Assistant Director of Corporate Planning and Strategic Partnerships — W. Doyle Director of Engineering and Public Works —
Revisions
- First published Substantive fetched Jun 22, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: That the agenda be approved.
- · Motion 2 added: That the following Consent Agenda items be approved: E.1 Minutes from the Council (to follow COTW) meeting held January 29, 2026; F.1.b.b 1101 Yates Street: Rezoning Application No. 00904 and Development Permit with Variances Application N…
- · Motion 3 added: Approve direct-award grants and other grants as outlined in Appendix A as amended (to increase the grant to Victoria Youth Council to $36,000.)
- · Motion 4 added: Approve allocating any remaining 2025 surplus to the Buildings and Infrastructure Reserve
- · Motion 5 added: Approve reducing the 2026 debt reduction allocation to zero;
- · Motion 6 added: Approve reducing the 2026 Parking Services Equipment and Infrastructure allocation to zero;
- · Motion 7 added: Approve reducing the 2026 Vehicles and Heavy Equipment allocation to $2,250,000;
- · Motion 8 added: Approve reducing the 2026 Corporate Contingency allocation to $400,000
- · Motion 9 added: Approve allocating the $5,700,000 recovered from 1 through 4 above thus: 1. $5,500,000 to reduce the property tax increase,
- · Motion 10 added: $100,000 to replenish the City's My Great Neighbourhood Grant program,
- · Motion 11 added: $100,000 to the Community Social Planning Council for its Rent Bank program.
- · Motion 12 added: Remove $950k allocated to the Victoria Civic Heritage Trust in the 2026 budget and ongoingly until its reserves fall below $2.5m or until Council provides alternative direction.
- · Motion 13 added: Increase the number of patrol officers by 2 in the police budget, rather than by the 4 proposed, with the intention of phasing in the balance of these resources over time.
- · Motion 14 added: THAT Council direct staff to allocate $200,000 toward a "Positive Flow" housing initiative, including rent supplements, to transition individuals from supportive housing to market rentals, thereby creating vacancies for those in shelters a…
- · Motion 15 added: That the City’s Urban Development Institute fees not be funded for 2026.
- · Motion 16 added: Approve reducing the 2026 Vehicles and Heavy Equipment allocation to $2,000,000;
- · Motion 17 added: That Council approve allocating the $250,000 recovered from the reduction to the 2026 Vehicles and Heavy Equipment allocation to establish a Community Safety Field Hub in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood.
- · Motion 18 added: An evaluation should be received by Council of the Community Safety Field Hubs already in place, and including information received from a public information session in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood, prior to final approval of any futur…
- · Motion 19 added: That Council directs staff to: 1. Work with Our Place Society (OPS) staff to develop a project or program proposal to guide funding requests for OPS activities, up to $100,000, to support our most vulnerable residents and reduce the harms …
- · Motion 20 added: Direct staff to bring forward the 2026-2030 Financial Plan Bylaw to the April 16, 2026 daytime Council meeting
- · Motion 21 added: Approve the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan
- · Motion 22 added: That Council directs staff to initiate Action Items 8.4 and 8.3(d) to propose a method to mitigate the mortality rate among the unsheltered population in the downtown core.
- · Motion 23 added: That Council decline the rezoning application for 1520 Blanshard Street (Rez. No. 00889).
- · Motion 24 added: THAT Council direct the mayor to write the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (CC: Honourable Anne Kang, B.C. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport), requesting a collaborative, modern replacement …
- · Motion 25 added: That the following bylaw be adopted: 1. Affordable Rental Housing Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1), No 26-010
- · Motion 26 added: That the following bylaw be adopted: 1. Streets and Traffic Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 20), No. 26-024
- · Motion 27 added: That the following bylaw be adopted: 1. Council Procedures Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2), No. 26-025
- · Motion 28 added: That the Council Meeting be adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
- · Attendance added: Marianne Alto (present)
- · Attendance added: Jeremy Caradonna (present)
- · Attendance added: Matt Dell (present)
- · Attendance added: Margaret Gardiner (present)
- · Attendance added: Stephen Hammond (remote)
- · Attendance added: Susan Kim (present)
- · Attendance added: Krista Loughton (present)
- · Attendance added: David Thompson (present)
- · Attendance added: J. Jenkyns (present)
- · Attendance added: S. Thompson (present)
- · Attendance added: C. Kingsley (present)
- · Attendance added: S. Johnson (present)
- · Attendance added: P. Rantucci (present)
- · Attendance added: K. Hoese (present)
- · Attendance added: C. Mycroft (present)
- · Attendance added: A. Johnston (present)
- · Attendance added: Christopher Coleman (present)
- · Attendance added: S. Webb (present)
- · Attendance added: B. Roder (present)
- · Attendance added: W. Doyle (present)
- · Attendance added: A. Moffatt (present)