 | COMOX VALLEY WATER COMMITTEE | |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2018 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Water Committee held on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in the boardroom of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, BC commencing at 1:34 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: | R. Kanigan | Town of Comox Administrator |
| S. Ashfield | Town of Comox Engineer | |
| R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer | |
| M. Rutten | CVRD General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| Staff: | B. Dunlop | Corporate Financial Officer |
| J. Warren | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| J. Martens | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| Absent: | ||
| Non-voting Members: | M. Quocksister | K’ómoks First Nation |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Director Price was not present when the meeting was called to order. | ||||||
| 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: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/B. Jolliffe: THAT the Comox Valley Water Committee management report dated Septembert 2018 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| R. Nichol/B. Jolliffe: THAT the minutes of the Comox Valley Water Management Advisory Committee meeting held September 5, 2018 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER TREATMENT PROJECT – REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | ||||||
| E. Grieve/B. Jolliffe: THAT the report dated September 20, 2018 regarding the planned request for proposals process for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Charlie Gore, Manager of Capital Projects, presented information regarding the planned request for proposals process for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project. [Item] | ||||||
| Director Price entered the meeting at 1:44 pm. | ||||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT the request for proposals plan for the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project as described in the staff report dated September 20, 2018 be approved for release subject to confirmation of grant funding and written K’ómoks First Nation and BC Hydro support for the project. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| FREEDOM MOBILE INC. INSTALLATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE | ||||||
| B. Jolliffe/K. Grant: THAT the report dated September 20, 2018 regarding the installation of telecommunications infrastructure on Comox Valley Water System water tower infrastructure be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Kris La Rose, Manager of Water/Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding the installation of telecommunications infrastructure on Comox Valley Water System water tower infrastructure. | ||||||
| Director Jangula left the meeting at 2:03 pm and was not present when the vote was taken. | ||||||
| K. Grant/B. Jolliffe: THAT the Comox Valley Water Committee approve the Comox Valley Regional District entering into two licence agreements with Freedom Mobile Inc. for the installation and use of telecommunications infrastructure on two existing water towers located at 110 Waters Place and 3619 Lake Trail Road (one licence agreement for each water tower). | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| R. Nichol/B. Jolliffe: THAT the committee adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections 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/board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public; and 90(2)(b) The consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the regional district and the provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:04 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The committee rose from its in-camera session at 3:00 pm. | ||||||
| Director Jangula was present for this portion of the meeting. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| B. Jolliffe/R. Nichol: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 3:00 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Bob Wells Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Jake Martens Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Legislative Services Assistant These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _________ day of October, 2018. |