COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD Printer version Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Directors held on September 15, 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. Cole-Hamilton City of Courtenay   D. Frisch City of Courtenay   K. Grant Town of Comox   E. Grieve Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C)   D. Hillian City of Courtenay   W. Morin City of Courtenay   M. Swift Town of Comox Staff: R. Dyson Chief Administrative Officer   J. Warren Deputy Chief Administrative Officer   M. Foort Chief Financial Officer   D. DeMarzo General Manager of Community Services   J. Martens General Manager of Corporate Services   M. Rutten General Manager of Engineering Services   S. Smith General Manager of Planning and Development Services         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 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.     IN-CAMERA MEETING: D. Hillian/W. Cole-Hamilton: 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 Carried   ADOPTION OF MINUTES: D. Frisch/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated August 25, 2020 be adopted. [Item]  208 Carried   REPORTS: CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNITY GRANTING PROGRAM     K. Grant/A. Hamir: THAT the 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 be received. [Item]  208 and 212 Carried   B. Labute, Planning and Policy Analyst, and Svend Andersen, GHG Accounting, provided information via electronic means regarding a recommendation to establish a Climate Action Community Granting Program.     D. Hillian/W. Morin: 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 Carried   BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS: K. Grant/D. Frisch: THAT Bylaw No. 622 being "Comox Valley Water Conservation Bylaw 2010, Amendment No. 7" be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item]  Bylaw 1783 Carried   E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT Bylaw No. 622 being "Comox Valley Water Conservation Bylaw 2010, Amendment No. 7" be read a third time. Bylaw 1783 Carried   K. Grant/W. Cole-Hamilton: 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 Carried   K. Grant/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT Bylaw No. 623 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010" be read a third time. 208 Carried   E. Grieve/A. Hamir: THAT Bylaw No. 619 being "Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 5" be adopted. [Item]  208 and 213 Carried   ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD: D. Hillian/D. Frisch: THAT the addendum be considered. 208 Carried   TELUS - PRIORITIZATION OF RURAL CONNECTIVITY     K. Grant/D. Frisch: THAT the 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, be received. [Item]  208 Carried   E. Grieve/D. Frisch: THAT staff prepare a letter to the Government of Canada for review at the October 6, 2020 board meeting respecting enhanced connectivity for rural and remote communities. 208   K. Grant/D. Arbour: THAT the matter regarding advocating to the Government of Canada to prioritize policies that encourage private sector investment in connectivity for rural and remote communities, be referred to the October 5, 2020 Electoral Areas Services Committee. 208 Carried NAY: D. Hillian   ADJOURN TO IN-CAMERA: The Board recessed to its in-camera session at 4:43 pm     RISE AND REPORT The Board rose from is restricted in-camera session at 6:21 pm.     TERMINATION: K. Grant/E. Grieve: THAT the meeting terminate. 208 Carried   Time: 6:22 pm.      Confirmed this 29th day of September, 2020: ____________________________________ Jesse Ketler Chair   Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Jake Martens General Manager of Corporate Services