The presiding member will provide the territory acknowledgment and read the following article from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) available online at www.un.org:

Article 11: Indigenous peoples have the right to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artefacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature; and

States shall provide redress through effective mechanisms, which may include restitution, developed in conjunction with indigenous peoples, with respect to their cultural, intellectual, religious and spiritual property taken without their free, prior and informed consent or in violation of their laws, traditions and customs.

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;

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; and

AND FINALLY THAT the in-camera portion convene immediately following the open portion of the meeting.

Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated May 26, 2020 for adoption. [Item] 

Report dated June 12, 2020 regarding a summary of actions taken and outcomes by the COVID Action Team (CAT) for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated June 12, 2020, regarding the COVID-19 Response and Renewal report for Finance and Administration core service for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the COVID-19 Response and Renewal plan for the Finance and Administration core service, as included with the staff report dated June 12, 2020, be approved;

AND FURTHER THAT the plan be included in the September 2020 strategic planning session.

Correspondence dated June 11, 2020 from Director Arbour seeking board support in advocating to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) to re-establish a special committee on BC Ferries for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the board write to Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities to request the re-establishment of the Special Committee on BC Ferries to undertake further work on the socioeconomic impacts of BC Ferries and in consideration the planned service reductions to support the development of a sustainable coastal ferry system.