1)    Development Variance Permits Approved:
After fulfilling the mandatory notice requirements and providing an opportunity for input from the public, Council approved the issuance of the following Development Variance Permits:
➢    Development Variance No. 202 – 641 10th Avenue which legalizes the siting of the existing single detached dwelling, varies the minimum side and front yard setbacks for a proposed addition only and increases the maximum projection for an open porch and sundeck and facilitates the subdivision of Lot 2, and Amended Lot 3 (See 1677201) Block 68, District Lot 4588, Kootenay District Plan 734A.
➢    Development Variance No. 204 for 621 7th Avenue which varies the maximum projection into the required minimum front yard setback to enable the construction of a second storey sundeck covered by a mansard roof element.
2)    Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan
In the spring of 2007, the City of Fernie joined Partners for Climate Protection – a program facilitated by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to guide municipalities through the development of a Greenhouse Gas emissions reduction plan.
Ms. Megan Walsh on behalf of Wildsight and the City of Fernie was in attendance and provided Council with an overview of a draft document that details the total greenhouse gas emissions created by City of Fernie operations. This draft document will form the basis from which an Implementation Report is compiled which will recommend a series of cost effective Greenhouse Gas reduction initiatives for the City to implement to reach their greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Council approved the inventory and authorized Ms. Walsh to forward the findings to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
3)    Central Hotel – Application to Extend Hours of Liquor Service for Existing Food-Primary and Liquor Primary Liquor Licenses
The Central Hotel has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) to extend the hours of liquor service for their Food-Primary Liquor License as well their Liquor-Primary License.
Currently the Food Primary and the Liquor Primary operate from:
Monday – Saturday     Noon – 2:00 am
Sunday                 11:00 am – midnight
Proposed new Hours for both the Food Primary and Liquor Primary would be:
Monday – Sunday     9:00 am – 2:00 am
Council authorized the process to move forward.
The City will deliver notices to occupants and mail a notice to registered owners within an area surrounding the Hotel determined by Council that provides details of the application.  The applicant will post a 2’ x 3’ professionally prepared sign at the main entrance of the premises for at least 30 days advising the public of the application. The City will place an ad in two consecutive editions of the Free Press inviting interested citizens to provide their views to Council prior to a Hearing to be held on Monday, November 3, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. At the Hearing, Council will consider the views of the residents and the potential for noise and impact on the community and provide a resolution to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch that comments on the application.
4)       Bylaws
➢    Bylaw No. 2078 cited as Zoning Bylaw No. 1750, Amendment Bylaw No. 85, 2008 a text amendment to add a permitted use to the list of permitted uses in the CS-1 Service Commercial Zone to allow eight dwelling units located above the first storey of the building at 1561 10th Avenue only received First and Second Reading and will be referred to a Public Hearing to be held on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm to receive input from the public with regards to the proposed zoning amendment.
➢    Bylaw No. 2080, cited as Zoning Bylaw No 1750, Amendment Bylaw No. 86, 2008 a text amendment for 17 Ktunaxa Road to add a permitted use to the list of permitted uses in the CS-1 Commercial Zone to allow one dwelling unit at 17 Ktunaxa Road only received First and Second Reading and will be referred to a Public Hearing to be held on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm to receive input from the    public with regards to the proposed zoning amendment.
➢    Bylaw No. 2086, cited as Zoning Bylaw No. 1750, Amendment Bylaw No. 89, 2008 to rezone 1241 3rd Avenue from R1 – Single Family Residential to R1B – Single Detached Plus Residential received First and Second Reading and will be referred to a Public Hearing to be held on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm to receive input form the public with regards to the proposed zoning amendment.
5)    Letter of Understanding – Between the City of Fernie, Fernie Chamber of Commerce, the Rocky Mountain Grizzly Centre and the Derrick Society
Council signed a Letter of Understanding with the Fernie Chamber of Commerce, the Rocky Mountain Grizzly Centre and The Derrick Society to support cooperation between the four parties in their common goal to produce a home, long term or short for the Rocky Mountain Grizzly Center as well as an upgraded Derrick display and a reinvigorated Visitor Information Center at the eastern entrance to the City.