NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Boardroom, 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm.

The purpose of this meeting is for committee members to consider the matters included on the agenda below. The chair of the committee will preside over the meeting according to the CVRD procedure bylaw. This meeting is not meant for general public input. If members of the public wish to speak at a meeting, they should contact the CVRD legislative services department to request to appear as a delegation.

In the event of an emergency the public gathering place is the parking lot outside the boardroom.
 
 
AGENDA
 
    Section Who Votes How Vote Counted
   
A. RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES:
B. DELEGATIONS:
1) LUSH VALLEY FOOD ACTION SOCIETY
 
Maurita Prato, Lush Valley Food Action Society, to present information regarding their organization and services and to request board representation on a proposed regional Food Policy Council, and to explore options for structure and funding of such body. [Item] 
 
2) 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, to present information regarding banning single-use plastic bags throughout the Comox Valley and to request support for a region-wide ban at points of sale. [Item] 
 
C. MANAGEMENT REPORT:
Committee of the Whole management report dated March 2019 for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
D. REPORTS:
1) COMOX VALLEY EMERGENCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
 
Comox Valley Emergency Program Administrative Committee minutes dated January 30, 2019 for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
E. NEW BUSINESS:
1) WOODSTOVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM
 
Correspondence dated January 23, 2019 from Director Grant regarding the woodstove exchange program for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
Requested Action:
 
THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Woodstove Exchange Program be amended as follows:

• Rebates for exchanging to a new certified wood stove be increased to $1,500 with a requirement for the recipient to attend an wood burning education session, rebates for exchanging to a new gas, propane or pellet stove be increased to $2,000 and rebates for exchanging to an electric air-source heat pump be increased to $3,500; and

• That rebates only be available in the specific areas of concern to be determined in consultation with Island Health and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy based on previous mobile air quality monitoring.
208All1 person/1 vote
 
F. ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE:
G. MEDIA QUESTIONS:
H. IN-CAMERA:
I. TERMINATION:
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