 | COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD | |
| Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Directors held on April 7, 2020 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | J. Ketler | Village of Cumberland |
| Vice-Chair: | A. Hamir | Lazo North (Area B) |
| Directors: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area A) |
| W. Morin | City of Courtenay | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| D. Frisch | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| B. Dunlop | Corporate Financial Officer | |
| S. Smith | General Manager of Planning and Development Services | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| J. Warren | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| J. Martens | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| With the exception of Chair Ketler, all board members participated in the meeting by electronic means. | ||||||
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation and read the following article from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) available online at: www.un.org/
Article 7: Indigenous individuals have the rights to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person. Indigenous peoples have the collective right to live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples and shall not be subjected to any act of genocide or any other act of violence, including forcibly removing children of the group to another group. | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA MEETING: | ||||||
| K. Grant/W. Morin: THAT the board adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:
90(1)(c) labour relations or other employee relations; 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 FINALLY THAT the in-camera portion convene immediately following the open portion of the meeting. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| ELECTORAL AREAS SERVICES COMMITTEE - MARCH 9, 2020 | ||||||
| K. Grant/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Electoral Areas Services Committee minutes dated March 9, 2020 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| D. Arbour/A. Hamir: THAT the following recommendations be adopted by general consent: | ||||||
| "THAT the board deny Development Variance Permit DV 6B 19 (Graham) to decrease the minimum front yard setback from 7.5 metres to 3.19 metres and the front eaves setback to 2.28 metres, the side yard setback from 1.75 metres to 1.58 metres, and to increase the maximum height for an accessory building from 7.0 metres to 7.62 metres, for the purpose of adding a second storey to an accessory building on a property described as Lot 15, District Lot 216, Comox District, Plan 12215, PID 004-967-321 (1406 Wilkinson Road). | ||||||
| THAT the board give first and second reading to Bylaw No. 609, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 4” for property known as Lot A, Block 29, Comox District, Plan 9954, Except Parcel A (DD 41465W), PID 005-433-401 (8659 Island Highway), which rezones the entire property from Country Residential One (CR-1) to Industrial Light (IL);
AND FINALLY THAT pursuant to Section 464(1) of the Local Government Act (RSBC, 2015, c.1), the board schedule a public hearing for Bylaw No. 609, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 4” (RZ 1C 19, Zimmerman). | ||||||
| THAT the board approve the Development Permit DP 13A 19 (Strong Back Holdings Ltd.) on the property described as Lot A, District Lot 138, Comox District, Plan 35114, PID 000-324-451 (2750 Cumberland Road) for two modular buildings as identified on Schedules A and B of DP 13A 19;
FURTHER THAT the board approve Development Variance Permit DV 7A 19 (Strong Back Holdings Ltd.) on the property described as Lot A, District Lot 138, Comox District, Plan 35114, PID 000-324-451 (2750 Cumberland Road) to vary the following for the northern modular building as identified on Schedules A and B of DV 7A 19: a. To reduce the minimum northwestern lot line (Slade Road) setback from 7.5 metres to 2.9 metres; and b. To reduce the minimum northeastern lot line setback from 7.5 metres to 3.7 metres; AND FINALLY THAT the Corporate Legislative Officer be authorized to execute the permits. | ||||||
| THAT the board give first and second reading to Bylaw No. 604, being the “Rural Comox Valley Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 337, 2014, Amendment No. 5”, which updates policies relating to cannabis cultivation, processing and sales;
AND FINALLY THAT pursuant to Section 464(1) of the Local Government Act (RSBC, 2015, c.1), the board schedule a public hearing for Bylaw No. 604, being the “Rural Comox Valley Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 337, 2014, Amendment No. 5” (CP 1CV 19). | ||||||
| THAT the board repeal Bylaw No. 2782, being “Floodplain Management Bylaw, 2005”;
AND FINALLY THAT the board give first, second and third reading of Bylaw No. 600, being the “Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 600, 2020”." | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| GRANT-IN-AID FUNDING | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Frisch: THAT the directors report dated April 6, 2020 concerning the distribution of grant-in-aid funding from the electoral areas be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| D. Hillian/A. Hamir: THAT the grants-in-aid, payable from the respective electoral areas as outlined in the report dated April 6, 2020, be approved and paid as soon as possible. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| CVRD CORPORATE PLAN | ||||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT the 2020 Comox Valley Regional District Corporate Plan be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| James Warren, General Manager of Corporate Service, presented an overview of the 2020 Comox Valley Regional District Corporate Plan. [Item] | ||||||
| BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS: | ||||||
| D. Frisch/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT Bylaw No. 604, being “Rural Comox Valley Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 337, 2014, Amendment No. 5” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| D. Frisch/D. Arbour: THAT Bylaw No. 609 being “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 4” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| E. Grieve/A. Hamir: THAT Bylaw No. 600 being “Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 600, 2020” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/A. Hamir: THAT Bylaw No. 600 being “Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 600, 2020” be read a third time. | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| D. Hillian/K. Grant: THAT Bylaw No. 591 being “Comox Valley Sewerage Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 71, 2010, Amendment No. 2” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/D. Hillian: THAT Bylaw No. 591 being “Comox Valley Sewerage Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 71, 2010, Amendment No. 2” be read a third time. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| A. Hamir/W. Morin: THAT Bylaw No. 568 being "Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 2" be finally adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| ADJOURN TO IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| The board adjourned to its in-camera session at 4:17 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The board rose from its restricted in-camera session at 5:50 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 5:51 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed this 28th day of April, 2020: ____________________________________ Jesse Ketler Chair | |
| Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Jake Martens Manager of Legislative Services |