Hearing Addresses Amendments Public sentiment toward proposed amendments to the Village's Zoning and Development Bylaw was overwhelmingly opposed at last Tuesday's public hearing. The hearing began Tuesday night in Council Chambers at 8 p.m., after an adjournment paused the regular Council meeting. There were 13 people present in the online gallery, with five residents attending in person. The formal notice announcing the hearing stated that proposed amendments to the bylaw w

Clear-cut concerns continue All members of Council were present in person for Tuesday's Council meeting, with Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell joining the table. After a heated discussion before the meeting began regarding which items would be included in the agenda, Council moved into a closed session. When Council returned to an open session, Mayor Ken Berry announced that Council had endorsed the Lions Bay Arts Council's choice of art wrap for the Beach Park was

Some residents worried about speed, focus of changes A public hearing scheduled to address changes to the zoning bylaw that addresses lot size is being met with concern from a number of local residents. As noted by staff in the May 22 Village Update, the proposed amendments to the bylaw in question, Zoning and Development Bylaw No.520, 2017, would revise three sections of the zone governing all single-family properties in the Village in order to establish a minimum parcel are

Audit, many strategic priorities complete With all Council members present at the table, and a comparatively small gallery of 12 attendees on line and in person, the final Council meeting of May took place on Tuesday evening. Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell joined Council members at the table, and Financial Officer Joe Chirkoff was present in the gallery. The evening's agenda, which was approved with a few minor additions, can be found HERE. MNP's Cory Vanderhors

Council goes to bat: both COW and Special meetings in one night It was a night for wrapping things up on Tuesday as Council held both a Committee of the Whole (COW) and Special Council meeting in a single evening. The intent of most COW meetings is to allow for a more thorough discussion of topics of interest to Council, and Tuesday's meeting was no exception. Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell, attending online, presented no less than three reports for the informati

Parking, watercraft, budget issues make for a busy meeting Resident concerns about potential parking regulation changes and watercraft storage led the large number of issues addressed in the May 5 regular Council meeting. The first Council meeting of the month offered a 77-page agenda package which can be found HERE. Council members were all present in person, with Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell attending online. Director of Operations Eric Villeneuve and Financi

Residents express concern over clear-cutting, subdivision The evening's meeting began with all Council members present, along with Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Ross Blackwell at the table and Public Works Director of Operations (DO) Eric Villeneuve in the gallery. Attendance at the meeting was high, with many of the in-person chairs filled and 26 residents watching online. After discussion of a number of changes, the evening's agenda was adopted. Resident clear-cutting

Packed agenda covered a lot of ground The April 7 Council meeting arrived with a jam-packed agenda containing more than 350 pages of reading for interested residents. Council members were all present in person, and the agenda was quickly adopted. Mayor Ken Berry, reporting from an earlier closed session, said that Council had discussed and agreed upon the costs and details of the awarding of a contract. He did not specify the nature of the agreement or whom the contract was w

Doubleheader meeting covers old ground Council members celebrated St. Paddy's Day this year without a single green beer in sight. Instead, they held two meetings open to public participation and one closed, beginning at 6 p.m. and running through until 8:30 p.m. When the open portion of the first regular meeting began, all Council members were present in person, with the exception of Councillor Michael Broughton. Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell joined members at t

Quickie agenda features trees and scholarships A brief agenda dominated by tree cutting permits and a request from the local scholarship committee meant the March 3 meeting was the shortest of the year so far. All members of Council were present at the table, and Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell attended online. The gallery was also quite small, reaching only seven attendees both in person and on line. Mayor Ken Berry began by reporting that in the closed portion

Rail ownership, bear- resistant bins and flag protocols... oh my! Discussion of possible rail development, the cost of new wildlife-resistant waste receptacles, and a first-time policy for flag protocols were just a few of the wide-ranging topics covered in the February 17 Council meeting . For the first time in more than a year, there was no in-camera component scheduled prior to the regular meeting. However upon review of the evening's agenda (found HERE ), Councillor Mich

Changes to Waste Collection Now in Effect Lions Bay Council has adopted amendments to the Garbage and Recycling Collection Bylaw with three changes made. Residents who cannot comply with curbside pick-up time slots or drop off times at the Works Yard may now use approved bear-resistant, clip-lock style garbage/food waste carts purchased from the Village to put their waste out from 7 a.m. on collection day. However, the goal is that approved time slots will continue to be the

Bylaws, grant applications approved; Memorial faces roadblocks The first meeting of February Tuesday night saw forward motion on bylaw and grant application approvals, but an unexpected roadblock for the proposed Enns Memorial. As the meeting opened to the public, all members of Council were present in person, with Financial Officer Joe Chirkoff and new Director of Operations Eric Villeneuve seated in the gallery. Public attendance totalled 15 residents, in person and on lin

COW addresses Village vehicles and natural assets Lions Bay Council is closing out the month of January with a meeting marathon. Last night's double-header Committee of the Whole (COW)-Special Meeting combo went into extra innings, extending past 10 p.m. Monday's COW meeting opened at 6 p.m. with all Councillors in attendance and six residents online. The evening's agenda was swiftly approved. The intent of COW meetings is to allow for information and discussion without the

Parks, Parking and bylaws on the jam-packed agenda Residents attending Tuesday's council meeting were met with a 258-page agenda brimming with new bylaws and year-end reports. All Council members were present in person, along with Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell at the table and outgoing Director of Operations Karl Buhr in the gallery. The public was well-represented, with 20 residents online, and nine members of the fire department attending in person. There wa

First meeting of 2026 looks to the trees Lions Bay Council's first meeting of 2026 got off to a bumpy start when three of four Councillors declined to participate in the usual 6 p.m. closure of the meeting to the public. In the heavy silence that followed the failure of the motion to move into a closed session, Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell made reference to emails Councillors had received "regarding Battani", and suggested that if Councillors wished "some dee

Emergency Water Treatment proposal to go to Province A late-breaking resolution out of this year's Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) meetings has received a surprise approval, Village Council has been informed. According to the summary on their website, this year, the UBCM considered 275 potential resolutions. Due to time constraints, neither of Lions Bay's proposed resolutions were considered by the Executive during the event. However, Council received two pieces of correspo

Final Council meeting of 2025 brief and bird friendly The final regular Council meeting of the year opened with three Council members present in person, Councillor Jaime Cunliffe sending her regrets, and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Ross Blackwell attending online. The evening's gallery totalled five, both in person and on line. Mayor Ken Berry opened the public part of the meeting by noting he had nothing to report out from the closed portion. The evening's agenda is H

Climate Action Committee marks significant progress On this gorgeous December evening, all members of Council members were present in person, except Councillor Jaime Cunliffe who attended online. The gallery held 11 residents, attending both in person and on line. Mayor Ken Berry began the meeting by saying he had nothing to report from the closed portion of the meeting, but that Council had a plan to resume the closed session after completion of the regular meeting. After a

New protections set for local marine refuges Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is setting new boundaries for local marine refuges, and residents and protectors of Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sou nd get to have a say. The Marine Conservations Target Initiatives Update (MCTIU), which can be read HERE, was developed and released this fall by DFO in order to receive First Nations and other stakeholder input on the Glass Sponge Reef-Rockfish Conservation Area (GSR-RCA) project, along wi