REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: January 29, 2020 Report No. EPW-20-008
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Remembrance Banner Program
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approves Council Policy No. EPW-06 Remembrance Banner Program, as attached to Staff Report EPW-20-008.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)
Council Policy No. ADMIN-42 (Records Management)
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community
Build and Enhance Partnerships
Local Services and Infrastructure.
BACKGROUND:
On May 27, 2019, the Mayor presented Council with a report regarding a potential Remembrance Banner Program. The Council's resolution was as follows:
"That Council request staff to prepare a report to Council as to how the Township of Esquimalt can facilitate a community project of Remembrance Day banners."
The Program was then discussed at Committee of the Whole on January 13, 2020 (EPW-20-002). Council provided direction in order to finalize the draft Policy [see Attachment 1].
The highlights of the Program are:
* Approximately 44 banner holders located along Esquimalt Road and Admirals Road would be made available to mount the banners
* The banners would contain the name of deceased service personnel, their branch of service, and the conflict they served in.
* The conflicts would include:
o World War One
o World War Two
o Korean Conflict
o Peace Keeping Operations
o Afghanistan Mission
* The banners would be mounted on the banner holders during the fall themed banner installation and taken down when the winter themed banners were installed (approximately three months)
* Individuals would purchase the banners and the Township would store and change the banners
* The life span of a purchased banner would be three years
An example of the banner format is illustrated in Attachment 2.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale ...
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