The Housing and Strategy Committee is a Select Committee of Council

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Overview

Each term, Council establishes priorities to steward the community towards this vision. For the 2022-2026 term, Council identified Housing as a priority. To help advance on this priority, a Housing and Strategy Select Committee of Council (HAS or Committee) is being introduced.

The primary aims of Committees of Council are to:

• focus on high-level policy and strategy;
• advance Council priorities;
• provide advice and recommendations to Council;
• help solve complex problems through collaboration;
• engage subject-matter experts; and
• collect community perspective.

The Committee acts in an advisory capacity by providing advice and recommendations to Council and staff on a current policy and strategic initiatives.

Terms of Reference

Mandate

The purpose of the Committee is to advise RMOW staff and Council on matters related to housing and long-term strategic planning.

Specifically, the Committee supports and advises on proposed housing and strategy policy such as:

• providing strategic input to considerations for affordable and employee housing;
• providing strategic input to proposed policy (OCP and applicable policies and bylaws);
• providing guidance to the development of the long-term housing strategy;
• providing strategic input into the Housing Action Plan, including the prioritization of housing action items, and considerations and thinking around implications of housing action items;
• high level strategic development; an
• review of larger Master Plan Projects.

Members

The Committee includes 12 voting members as follows:

• Mayor
• Two members of Council
• RMOW Chief Administrative Officer
• RMOW General Manager Climate Action Planning and Development Services
• Six Members-at-Large each with expertise in at least one of the following areas:
  • strategic thinking and policy analysis
  • local housing policies and strategies including affordable housing and housing programs
  • economics
  • local housing market trends, property values, and rental rates
  • property management
  • construction industry
  • involvement in local community with a deep understanding of current and future community housing needs and current gaps in housing

The Committee also includes two non-voting members as follows:

• RMOW Recording Secretary
• RMOW Planning Director, Staff Liaison

Meeting schedule

To Be Determined

Meeting agendas and minutes

Date	Agenda	Meeting Minutes
TBD

Contact

TBD