{"videoId":"hn3Jn3a2jG8","source":"serpapi","segments":[{"t":233,"text":"Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Thursday, October 1st, 2026 District of"},{"t":239,"text":"Mosen Special Council meeting. Uh before we begin, I just want to uh pay respect"},{"t":246,"text":"to our neighboring First Nations. um want to recognize especially at this time where we were talking about truth and reconciliation"},{"t":255,"text":"yesterday and church day our neighboring first nation the piano people as well as"},{"t":261,"text":"the song Kosapsson uh to our east as well as to the west the suk uh first"},{"t":269,"text":"nations as well as patchidot malahhat and all of the first nations on the peninsula. Okay, with that I will ask"},{"t":278,"text":"for an approval of the agenda as is written. Moved by council uh Dson,"},{"t":285,"text":"sorry, council Shel. Council Donaldson, seconded by councelor Gray. All in favor? Opposed? Carried. We have bylaws uh this afternoon. Oh, agenda approval."},{"t":297,"text":"We don't have any minutes of bylaws."},{"t":300,"text":"Let's move along to the tax exemption bylaw. Heritage Tax Exemption bylaw 2026 722. Councelor Schukan, go ahead."},{"t":310,"text":"Mayor Little, I would move that council adopt Heritage Tax Exemption bylaw 2026 number 722."},{"t":317,"text":"Uh, this is moved by councelor Schukan, seconded by Shelley uh, sorry, uh, councelor Donaldson."},{"t":324,"text":"Did you wish to motivate? Nope. Uh, no."},{"t":329,"text":"Uh, yep. Okay. Thank you. You don't wish to motate either? Um, CEO Payet, did you"},{"t":336,"text":"want to have anything to say at this moment or staff? No. Okay. Uh, no comments from the rest of the table?"},{"t":346,"text":"No. Okay. Silent. I'll call the question. All in favor?"},{"t":351,"text":"Those opposed? No one opposed. That's unanimous. Thank you. And then we have the bylaw 72."},{"t":360,"text":"Excuse me, Mayor Little. I'd like to recuse myself for a possible um perceived conflict of"},{"t":367,"text":"interest interest sorry as um members of my family are involved with one of the organizations in this particular bylaw."},{"t":375,"text":"Okay, thank you."},{"t":376,"text":"That's great. Somebody will come and collect you afterwards. Are there any other conflicts at the table? Uh there"},{"t":383,"text":"are many conflicts. Uh anybody declaring anything else? No opportunity. Yep."},{"t":390,"text":"Okay. So, let's continue with just the three of us. We have number 723 at bylaw number 723 at third reading."},{"t":402,"text":"Just let my just uh let me get this up."},{"t":410,"text":"I think there's no Wi-Fi right in this position. Sorry."},{"t":423,"text":"Uh staff, could you give me a hand, please?"},{"t":459,"text":"Thank you. Thank you."},{"t":464,"text":"Okay. Thank you, Miss Barnes. Uh so we have the district chosen bylaw number 723 to exempt land and improvements from"},{"t":471,"text":"taxation for the 2027 calendar year. Uh just as a reminder we have three at the table. One uh member"},{"t":480,"text":"of council has stepped out for a perceived conflict of interest. Go ahead council."},{"t":486,"text":"Sure. Mayor Little, I would move that council adopt general tax exemption bylaw number or tax exemption bylaw 2026"},{"t":493,"text":"number 723. Okay, this is moved by councelor Schubin, seconded by uh councelor Gray. Comments?"},{"t":503,"text":"Um, we had uh lots of discussion on Monday. I think we know the groups and the good work they do. I'm happy to uh"},{"t":512,"text":"um move ahead this uh tax exemption bylaw. So, okay. And councelor Ray, do you wish to speak on this? No. Okay. So just as a"},{"t":521,"text":"reminder, this is for Machosen Hall Society, Machosen Community Hall, BC"},{"t":528,"text":"Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Wild Ark, [music] YMWCA, W YWCA, Victoria Motorcycle Club, BC"},{"t":537,"text":"Parks Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Victoria, and Victoria Humane Society. Those are the entities that"},{"t":545,"text":"we're uh discussing today as well as the Anglican uh senod senade of the diosises of"},{"t":555,"text":"British Columbia. Okay. So did we Yes, we first and second nobody else wants to discuss this or say anything declare anything. Okay, I'll call the question."},{"t":566,"text":"All in favor? Opposed? Seeing no one opposed, that's unanimous."},{"t":572,"text":"Yep. Tina, sorry, go ahead."},{"t":574,"text":"Sorry to interrupt Mayor Liil. Um, I'll just get councelor Donaldelsson back. I just realized that the public"},{"t":582,"text":"participation component to the agenda was dropped and so if the group would like to make a"},{"t":589,"text":"motion to invite um members of the public up and that would be in order."},{"t":595,"text":"Yep. That was an error. Okay. Moved by councelor Gray, seconded by councelor."},{"t":600,"text":"Uh I will second this. Uh, Mayor Little, all in favor? Opposed? Carried. That's carried. Uh, the once we get councelor"},{"t":609,"text":"Donaldson back in the room, we will invite the public. Uh, my apologies to the public who are are waiting uh to perhaps speak in the microphone."},{"t":620,"text":"There she is."},{"t":623,"text":"Okay. So, we're going to uh backtrack a bit. Do we need a motion to include public participation on the agenda? Yes."},{"t":632,"text":"Could I have a motion to just include Oh, you just did it. Okay."},{"t":637,"text":"Yeah. Okay, that's fine. U we um omitted to have public participation on the"},{"t":645,"text":"agenda. That was an error. Okay. So, members of the public, if anybody should wish to speak at a microphone, you're"},{"t":652,"text":"more than welcome to. You have um approximately four minutes. And if you could state your name and your road, that'd be great."},{"t":663,"text":"My apologies, Mr. White. No worries."},{"t":667,"text":"Um, Eric White, 4290 Chosen Road. Um, I hope this is the appropriate meeting to"},{"t":674,"text":"be addressing this at, but after watching last Monday's meeting, you guys have left me incredibly disappointed."},{"t":683,"text":"Um, I'm disappointed that you would pass a bylaw with flaws in it and"},{"t":690,"text":"say we will pass this with flaws in it and leave it for the next council. I think that's a disservice to our"},{"t":697,"text":"community. I think it's a disservice to the people who the bylaw affects. Um, it"},{"t":705,"text":"feels like it was a rushed bylaw. I've had nothing but a relentless stream of phone calls, emails, and texts about how"},{"t":712,"text":"many flaws are in this bylaw. And the fact that you guys thought that it was a good one. And again, I'm just floored"},{"t":720,"text":"that the concept of not thoroughly vetting it and making sure that it was appropriate and not full of holes and"},{"t":726,"text":"flaws is mind-blowing. This is going to affect um many of the the horse establishments in our community, many of the farmers in our community."},{"t":736,"text":"people trying to build their homes. This is just a just a lazy lazy act on your guys' part and I would hope that the"},{"t":744,"text":"whole bylaw gets retracted and you start over. Thanks."},{"t":748,"text":"Thank you. Thank you, Mr. White. Does anybody at the table wish to um address any of those comments?"},{"t":757,"text":"Nope."},{"t":760,"text":"Okay, we'll wait to see if anybody else wants to speak and then I'll speak. Uh does anybody else in the gallery wish to speak at this time?"},{"t":773,"text":"Uh seeing none, I will just say something about uh the bylaws that you're referring to, Mr. White. This is"},{"t":780,"text":"bylaw 724 uh 725 and 726 which have received first, second, and third"},{"t":787,"text":"reading was ready for adoption for next week. That meeting has been cancelled"},{"t":793,"text":"cancelled council cancelled. Um we heard loud and clear not only your concerns but concerns from the community"},{"t":802,"text":"regarding this bylaw. There are many loopholes in the bylaw and that's one of the things that we are trying to fix."},{"t":809,"text":"Um, and I agree the the bylaw needs some more work. And so rather than upset the"},{"t":816,"text":"community, rather than um have uh the community come back and tell us what we've already seen on our emails, uh"},{"t":824,"text":"staff decided that this wasn't a good idea to pursue it this time and perhaps pursue at a time where it's less"},{"t":831,"text":"political and uh more thorough in-depth uh review of the bylaw. in particular"},{"t":838,"text":"the um different I want to get my terminology right here. Uh the uh amount"},{"t":846,"text":"allow allowable in terms of meters squared allowable uh per permit and and"},{"t":854,"text":"how that is not only allowed but then observed and monitored. Uh and so for that reason um it does need more work."},{"t":863,"text":"So, thank you for your comments and uh we did receive I did receive many many phone calls about this as well and the"},{"t":871,"text":"plethora of emails as well. So, thank you for that. Anybody else wish to speak?"},{"t":880,"text":"I'm sure they'll comment later. Thank you. Okay, where are we in the agenda?"},{"t":886,"text":"We are at uh could did you say something? Number four. Yep."},{"t":894,"text":"Could I have a mo? Yep. Okay. Could I have a motion to close the meeting to the public? And this is uh pursuant that"},{"t":903,"text":"council close the meeting to the public pursuant to the following subsection of the community charter. It's under section 91E"},{"t":912,"text":"of the community charter. The acquisition, disposal, disposition, and expropriation of land or improvements."},{"t":920,"text":"If the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interest of the municipality."},{"t":927,"text":"Moved by councelor Schukan, seconded by councelor Donaldson. All in favor?"},{"t":932,"text":"Opposed? Carried. That's great. We're going to close the meeting. Thank you for everybody who attended today."},{"t":940,"text":"Oh, yeah. Well, actually, oh, okay. I've got her cord."}],"words":1493,"fetchedAt":"2026-10-03T04:12:45.450Z"}