The City of Prince George is one step closer to an updated Official Community Plan. (OCP)
Tonight (Wednesday) Prince George City Council gave third reading to the Official Community Plan Bylaw following a public hearing on the document.
“I want to thank everybody for participating,” said Mayor Simon Yu.
“Your view, your writing in April, the emails, the drafts you send me, all of this is important because it gives us a sense of understanding of where is some of the direction, we cannot get every piece in, but we have a duty as a community towards each other to listen to each other’s idea, and to make strides in the right direction.”
Yu added the OCP is a live document that can be changed at any point through applications.
Councillor Trudy Klassen was the lone Councillor in attendance opposed to the third reading, saying she felt the document “wasn’t visionary enough”
Councillor Cori Ramsay was unable to attend.
The next steps will be to give the document final reading at a later Council meeting.
Klassen also put forward a motion, asking Council receive a quarterly report of any applications refused by staff, or cancelled by an applicant in regards to Official Community Plan changes.
She said the purpose was for Council to have an insight of the interest coming to the City.
After a brief discussion on what was being asked for, the motion was withdrawn, with Klassen saying she would bring it back as a notice of motion at some point.
In total, seven residents gave thoughts on a couple of different topics during the public hearing, including food security.
This prompted a motion from Councillor Kyle Sampson, asking a report be returned with previous work done on food security, and provide recommendations on next steps Council could take.
This was passed with Yu and Klassen opposed.
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