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A. RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | |
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 17: Indigenous individuals and peoples have the right to enjoy fully all rights established under applicable international and domestic labour law;
States shall in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples take specific measures to protect indigenous children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, taking into account their special vulnerability and the importance of education for their empowerment; and,
Indigenous individuals have the right not to be subjected to any discriminatory conditions of labour and, inter alia, employment or salary. |
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B. IN-CAMERA MEETING: | |
Recommendation: |
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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)(e) The acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the committee/board considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district.
AND FINALLY THAT the in-camera portion convene immediately following the open portion of the meeting. | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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C. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: | |
Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated August 25, 2020 for adoption. [Item] | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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D. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES: | |
E. PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS: | |
F. REPORTS: | |
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1) | CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNITY GRANTING PROGRAM |
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Report dated September 3, 2020 regarding a recommendation to establish a Climate Action Community Granting Program to support the CVRD Board’s strategic priority to reduce our impact on the environment and accelerate our actions to adapt and respond to climate change impacts for receipt. [Item] | 208 and 212 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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Recommendation: |
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THAT staff be authorized to negotiate and finalize a one-year agreement with GHG Accounting/ Local Carbon Fund to establish a Climate Action Community Granting Program at a cost of up to $4,000 drawn from the $31,170 granting program budget. | 208 and 212 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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G. BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS: | |
First, second and third readings |
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1) | RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 622 being "Comox Valley Water Conservation Bylaw 2010, Amendment No. 7" |
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THAT Bylaw No. 622 being "Comox Valley Water Conservation Bylaw 2010, Amendment No. 7" be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | Bylaw 1783 | A, B, C, Cty, Cmx | Weighted |
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THAT Bylaw No. 622 being "Comox Valley Water Conservation Bylaw 2010, Amendment No. 7" be read a third time. | Bylaw 1783 | A, B, C, Cty, Cmx | Weighted |
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2) | RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 623 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010" |
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THAT Bylaw No. 623 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010" be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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THAT Bylaw No. 623 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010" be read a third time. | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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Final Adoption |
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3) | RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 619 being "Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 5" |
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THAT Bylaw No. 619 being "Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 5" be adopted. [Item] | 208 and 213 | A, B, C | 1 person/1 vote |
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H. NEW BUSINESS: | |
I. ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD: | |
Recommendation: |
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THAT the addendum be considered. | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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1) | TELUS - PRIORITIZATION OF RURAL CONNECTIVITY |
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Correspondence dated September 9, 2020 from Shaye Draper, General Manager - Telus, requesting the Board's consideration of advocating to the Government of Canada to prioritize policies that encourage private sector investment in connectivity for rural and remote communities, for receipt. [Item] | 208 | All | 1 person/1 vote |
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J. MEDIA QUESTIONS: | |
K. TERMINATION: | |