Public Hearings During COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with Ministerial Order M192, the City will be conducting Public Hearings three ways – through written submissions, by telephone or in person. To watch the Public Hearing, please view the live stream on the City’s website.
Safeguarding public health is our top priority. The City encourages participation through written submissions and telephone to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission.
In light of provincial limitations on gatherings, the City respectfully requests that only one person per household or organization attend in person as capacity in the Community Centre is limited due to physical distancing requirements. Despite this request, the City will not restrict more than one person from each household or organization from attending in person.
How to participate in writing:
- Submit comments by mail or place in drop box outside City Hall:
City of Revelstoke 216 Mackenzie Avenue PO Box 170 Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0 Attention: Corporate Officer - Email comments to the attention of the Corporate Officer at publichearings@revelstoke.ca with Public Hearing Comment in the subject line.
- Written submissions will be accepted until 4:30 pm the day prior to the Public Hearing.
- Written submissions will be added to the Council agenda package for public viewing.
- No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions must include a name and address and will form part of the public record.
Further Information:
The bylaw and all supporting information including public comment, and public engagement results prior to notification, will be available for public inspection up to and including the day of the Public Hearing online here.
How to participate via telephone:
- After the Public Hearing has been set, individuals choosing to participate via telephone will be required to add their names to the Telephone Speakers List. To have your name added to the Telephone Speakers List, please email publichearings@revelstoke.ca. A staff person will send a follow up email with your time slot information and provide details for participation.
Give your full name and address; Add TELEPHONE Public Hearing Speakers List Request to the subject line. - Give your full name and address;
- Add Public Hearing Speakers List Request to the subject line;
- During the assigned telephone participation time slot, please call follow the procedures outlined by staff in the confirmation email.
- You will be muted upon entry to the call. A staff member will ask for your name and street you live on.
- There will be a wait time - you may hear other callers joining the Public Hearing.
- When the Mayor asks the public for the first time if anyone would like to speak to the bylaw, you will be unmuted. Please provide Council with your name and the street you live on.
- All speakers are asked to try to restrict their comments to three minutes.
- After you speak, you may hang up or remain on the call and continue to listen to the Public Hearing. The Mayor will ask the public for a second and third time if anyone would like to speak to the bylaw. You will be unmuted and asked if you have additional comments.
- No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that your name and address and will form part of the public record.
Further Information:
The bylaw and all supporting information including public comment, and public engagement results prior to notification, will be available for public inspection up to and including the day of the Public Hearing online here.
Any person whose interest in property may be affected by the proposed bylaw amendment may participate in-person the day of the Public Hearing.
How to participate in-person:
- After the Public Hearing has been set, individuals choosing to attend in person will be required to add their names to the Speakers List. To have your name added to the In Person Speakers List, please email publichearings@revelstoke.ca. A staff person will send a follow up email with your time slot information and provide a list of specific safety protocols to be followed.
Give your full name and address; Add Public Hearing Speakers List Request to the subject line. - On the day of the Public Hearing, please complete the online COVID Self Assessment Tool. If you are sick or have been in contact with anyone that has symptoms, please stay home.
Those who screen positive should follow up with their family doctor. Those who screen negative will line up outside the Revelstoke Community Centre located at 600 Campbell Avenue (at the main entrance by the library). - Using the Speakers List, as staff guide you into the Community Centre.
- You will be asked for a telephone number to establish a method for contact tracing should it be required in the future.
- A staff person will guide you upon entry and provide you with a participant number. Please maintain physical distancing of at least 6-feet at all times. Hand sanitizer will be available at multiple locations.
- Please follow the directional signage and floor markings to the MP Rooms where the Public Hearing will take place.
- A maximum of 50 people can attend each time slot in the Community Centre (including Council, staff and applicant). Please stand on an X marked on the floor.
- The Public Hearing will begin at the time posted on the notification and newspaper advertisement with an introduction.
- When the Mayor asks the public for the first time if anyone would like to speak to the bylaw, the person with participant number 1 will approach the podium to speak first.
- Please provide Council with your name and the street you live on. All speakers are asked to restrict their comments to three minutes.
- After you speak, you may return to your original seat.
- During each time slot required for the Public Hearing, the Mayor will ask the public a second and third time if anyone would like to speak to the bylaw. The Public Hearing will continue until all listed on the Speakers List, have had a chance to be heard.
- No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that your name and address will form part of the public record.
Further Information:
The bylaw and all supporting information including public comment, and public engagement results prior to notification, will be available for public inspection up to and including the day of the Public Hearing online here.