Public Hearings

If you are unable to attend a Public Hearing, you may provide your comments in a written submission by 12:00 pm on the Wednesday prior to the Public Hearing. 

How to submit your written submission:

• Forward your submission to the Deputy Corporate Administrator. 
• Your submission should be addressed to Mayor & Council, c/o Corporate Officer, and must include your full name and postal address.
• All written submissions received before the deadline will be included on the Public Hearing agenda and made available for public inspection. Written submissions received after the deadline or at the Public Hearing, will be noted at the meeting.
• IN PERSON: Drop off at the front desk of City Hall at 410 Kinchant Street
• BY POSTAL MAIL: Mail to the City of Quesnel, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel BC, V2J 7J5
• BY EMAIL: Send an email to cityhall@quesnel.ca (Attention: Deputy Corporate Administrator and Director Development Services)

Written submissions will form part of the permanent Public Hearing record. Personal information is collected for the purposes of allowing the public to make representations to Council. The City of Quesnel is collecting this information under s.26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

If you have questions regarding the collection of personal information, please contact:
FOI Head, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5
Email:  foi@quesnel.ca

Public Hearing - Chair Statement [PDF/83KB]

• The Presiding Member will ask if anyone would like to speak three times.

• If you wish to speak, stand and approach the presentation desk.

• To speak, press the button on the microphone (the light will turn red).  When finished speaking, press the button to turn off the microphone.

• State your name, address and whether you are ‘in favour’ or ‘opposed’ to the application. NOTE:  This information will appear in the minutes.

• Address any comments you may have for Council. Please keep your comments directed to the proposed bylaw being heard at the Public Hearing, be concise, and be respectful of Council, City Staff and other members of the public in attendance at the Public Hearing.

• Speakers may be provided a second opportunity to speak to Council, but only after all first-time speakers have presented to Council. Second-time speakers are asked to refrain from repeating their own comments previously stated.

Council cannot receive any additional/new information following adjournment of the Public Hearing. The public is respectfully asked not to engage Council further until they have made a decision on the subject application.

Council may consider further bylaw reading(s) (i.e. advancement of the proposal) at next Regular Meeting of Council (which can occur on the same night) or defer further bylaw reading(s) to any future Regular Meeting of Council.

The timing of further bylaw readings depends on any conditions remaining outstanding.

When deliberating further bylaw reading(s), Council is not bound by the numbers in favour, or opposed, to a proposal, but rather base their decision on the balance of information provided to Council including the submissions to the hearing. (e.g. Submissions from applicant, consultant(s), stakeholders and City Staff Reports).

Council and City staff want to ensure that residents have adequate notice and access to information on land use proposals. The City must, at minimum, advertise or display the notice of public hearing as follows:

ON-SITE SIGNAGE
Where applicable, on-site signage is placed at the property, which gives the date, time, and place of the Public Hearing, and information of the proposed change. The sign is posted at least 10 days prior to the Public Hearing date.

MAIL OUT AND DELIVERY
Where applicable, Public Hearing notices are mailed and/or delivered to property owners and tenants within a 100 meter radius of the subject property.

CITY HALL
The Public Hearing Notice and background materials are available for viewing at City Hall.

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS
Public Hearings are advertised in two issues of the local newspaper prior to the Public Hearing.

CITY WEBSITE
The Public Hearing Agenda is published on the City website by noon the Friday before the Public Hearing.

The purpose of the land use proposal notification is to provide notice only. If you would like to know more about the land use proposal(s), you are able to review all information pertaining to the file at City Hall. The City Planner or designate can also be contacted at 250-992-2111 to seek further information and address questions prior to the Public Hearing meeting. The Public Hearing is not a question and answer period – it is an opportunity for your views on the proposal to be heard.