REQUEST FOR DIRECTION
DATE: May 3, 2016 Report No. DEV-16-032
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Council review of proposed Terms of Reference for the Esquimalt Road Urban Design Guidelines
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Does Council have any concerns with the proposed Terms of Reference for the Esquimalt Road Urban Design Guidelines (Schedule "A")?
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Committee of the Whole instruct staff to amend the terms of reference based on Council's review and to bring them back to the next regular Council meeting for approval.
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BACKGROUND:
Council has identified, "support revitalization and beautification initiatives along Esquimalt Road" as a strategic priority. In response to this priority, staff presented Council with an outline for the "Esquimalt Road Urban Design Guidelines" at their November 9, 2015 Committee of the Whole meeting. At that time Council passed the following motion:
That the Committee of the Whole approve the proposed outline for the Esquimalt Road Urban Design Guidelines Request for Proposals and instruct staff to prepare the Request for Proposals document for final Council approval.
At their regular May 2, 2016 meeting, Council approved the budget which included $150,000.00 for this project. Staff are now in a position to bring the Request for Proposals back to Council for approval as per their November 9, 2015 motion; however, prior to that staff would like Council to have an opportunity to review the Request for Proposals and provide staff with any suggested changes before it is brought back at a regular Council meeting for approval.
The draft Request for Proposals (Schedule "A") incorporates most of the material presented to Council on November 9, 2015 but with more detail. In addition, the Request for Proposals responds to some of the issues raised by the Chamber of Commerce in their November 10, 2015 letter to ...
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