 | COMOX VALLEY WATER COMMITTEE | |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2018 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Water Committee held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in the boardroom of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, BC commencing at 2:16 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | B. Wells | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | B. Price | Town of Comox |
| Voting Members: | E. Eriksson | City of Courtenay |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area 'C') | |
| L. Jangula | City of Courtenay | |
| B. Jolliffe | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area 'A') | |
| R. Nichol | Lazo North (Area 'B') | |
| M. Theos | City of Courtenay | |
| Non-voting Members: | S. Ashfield | Town of Comox Engineer |
| R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer | |
| M. Rutten | CVRD General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| M. Quocksister | K’ómoks First Nation | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | General Manager of Corporate Services |
| J. Martens | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | 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. | ||||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| K. Grant/R. Nichol: THAT the Comox Valley Water Committee management report dated May 2018 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| E. Grieve/R. Nichol: THAT the minutes of the Comox Valley Water Management Advisory Committee meeting held May 3, 2018 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE – TERMS OF REFERENCE | ||||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT the report dated May 10, 2018 regarding the Comox Valley Water Management Advisory Committee Terms of Reference be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| R. Dyson, Chief Administrative Officer, provided an overview of the report regarding the Comox Valley Water Management Advisory Committee Terms of Reference. | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. Theos: THAT the updated terms of reference for the Comox Valley Water Supply System Advisory Committee as attached to the staff report dated May 10, 2018 be approved. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| VALUE PLANNING STUDY FINAL REPORT – COMOX VALLEY WATER TREATMENT PROJECT | ||||||
| K. Grant/B. Price: THAT the report dated May 9, 2018 regarding the recently completed value planning process for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project and the rationale for the recommended updated scope and cost estimate for the CVWTP be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| C. Gore, Manager of Capital Projects, provided an overview of the report regarding the recently completed value planning process for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project. | ||||||
| B. Price/M. Theos: THAT the revised scope and cost estimate for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project as presented in the Value Propositions Implementation Response Technical Memo prepared by WSP Engineering and attached as Appendix A to the staff report dated May 9, 2018 be approved, including selection of direct filtration as the filtration technology, and reducing the depth and length of the lake intake. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER TREATMENT PROJECT – PERMITTING UPDATE | ||||||
| B. Jolliffe/K. Grant: THAT the report dated May 11, 2018 regarding the progress towards securing key Comox Valley Water Treatment Project permits be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| C. Gore, Manager of Capital Projects, provided an overview of the report regarding the progress towards securing key Comox Valley Water Treatment Project permits. | ||||||
| ADJOURN AND RECONVENE | ||||||
| K. Grant/E. Grieve: THAT the committee adjourn to reconvene immediately following the Comox Valley Sports Centre Commission meeting scheduled for May 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:52 pm. | ||||||
| The committee reconvened its meeting at 3:42 pm.
M. Quocksister was not in attendance when the meeting was reconvened. | ||||||
| ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT the addendum be considered. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| B. Price/K. Grant: THAT the committee adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-section of section 90 of the Community Charter:
90(1)(k) Negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a regional district service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the committee, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 3:42 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The committee rose from its in-camera session at 3:56 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| B. Jolliffe/E. Grieve: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 3:56 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Bob Wells Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Jake Martens Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _____ day of ____________, 20___. |