REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: July 3, 2019 Report No. DEV-19-062
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Tricia deMacedo, Policy Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council give second and third readings to Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw, 2019, No. 2953 as amended, as attached to Staff Report DEV-19-062 Appendix A, to change the maximum size of free paper bags and to shorten the 'phase in' period.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Community Charter
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Continue with consultation for implementation of Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw.
Work with the Chamber of Commerce to increase engagement with local business.
BACKGROUND:
Enclosed with this Staff Report are the following Appendices:
Appendix A: Amended Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw, 2019, No. 2953
Appendix B: Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw, 2019, No 2953 (at first reading)
Appendix C: Checkout Bag Survey Results
Appendix D: List of Esquimalt businesses contacted by mail
Appendix E: Correspondence
Appendix F: Amended timeline
At the regular Council meeting of January 21, 2019, Council gave first reading to Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw No. 2953 (Appendix B) and approved a timeline, work plan, engagement plan and budget related to regulating retail checkout bags. The purpose of this Staff Report is to present the outcome of Phase 1 of the work plan (Engagement) and present Council with amendments to the Bylaw that reflect the comments made during the engagement for second and third reading.
Engagement Summary
Since first reading of the Bylaw, staff have conducted the engagement strategy as approved by Council. The main method of collecting feedback was through a public survey, launched on April 4, 2019. The survey was hosted on a Township webpage created specially for the Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw. Between April 4 and April 24, this webpage generated over 800 page vie...
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