 | COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE | |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2019 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Committee of the Whole held on March 12, 2019 in the boardroom of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | B. Wells | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | A. Hamir | Lazo North (Area 'B') |
| Directors: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area 'A') |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area 'C') | |
| W. Morin | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| J. Ketler | Village of Cumberland | |
| D. Frisch | City of Courtenay | |
| Staff: | M. Rutten | Acting Chief Administrative Officer |
| B. Dunlop | Corporate Financial Officer | |
| I. Smith | General Manager of Community Services | |
| A. Mullaly | Acting General Manager of Planning and Development | |
| J. Martens | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| L. Dennis | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| DELEGATIONS: | ||||||
| LUSH VALLEY FOOD ACTION SOCIETY | ||||||
| Maurita Prato, Lush Valley Food Action Society, presented information regarding the Lush Valley organization and services and requested the following:
- support in principle for the idea of a Comox Valley Food Policy Council (CVFPC); - one representative from the CVRD Board to become a member of the CVFPC and act as a liaison to the CVRD; - in-kind support of meeting space, possibly other supports from communications and/or planning staff; and, - collaboration regarding funding options. | ||||||
| E. Grieve/A. Hamir: THAT the presentation from Maurita Prato, Lush Valley Food Action Society, be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| COMOX VALLEY NURSES FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND COMOX VALLEY NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS OF BC | ||||||
| Helen Boyd and Meghan Leahy, Comox Valley Nurses for Health and the Environment and Comox Valley Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC, presented information regarding banning single-use plastic bags throughout the Comox Valley and requested the following:
- That the board pass a region-wide policy statement to encourage businesses to ban single use plastic bags, straws and possibly other single use items; and, - that the board send a letter of request to the provincial government asking to support programs, policies and regulations that support the banning of single-use plastic bags, straws and other items initiatives. | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Frisch: THAT the presentation from Helen Boyd and Meghan Leahy, Comox Valley Nurses for Health and the Environment and Comox Valley Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Frisch: THAT the Committee of the Whole management report dated March 2019 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY EMERGENCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Frisch: THAT the Comox Valley Emergency Program Administrative Committee minutes dated January 30, 2019 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| NEW BUSINESS: | ||||||
| WOODSTOVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM | ||||||
| K. Grant/D. Frisch: THAT the correspondence dated January 23, 2019 from Director Grant regarding the woodstove exchange program be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| D. Arbour/J. Ketler: THAT the correspondence dated January 23, 2019 regarding amending the terms of the woodstove exchange program be deferred until the Regional Airshed Advisory Group reports back to the committee in September 2019. | ||||||
| 208 | ||||||
| D. Frisch/A. Hamir: THAT the motion to defer be amended to read as follows:
THAT the correspondence dated January 23, 2019 regarding amending the terms of the woodstove exchange program be deferred to the April 16, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | NAY: E. Grieve | ||||
| The vote was taken on the main motion as follows: | ||||||
| THAT the correspondence dated January 23, 2019 regarding amending the terms of the woodstove exchange program be deferred to the April 16, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Frisch: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 5:10 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Bob Wells Chair | |
| Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Jake Martens Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Legislative Services Assistant These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _________ day of _______, 20___. |