 | COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD | |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Directors held on March 9, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:03 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 | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| M. McCollum | 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 | |
| D. DeMarzo | General Manager of Community Services | |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| A. Mullaly | General Manager of Planning and Development | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| With the exception of Chair Ketler and Directors Arbour, Grieve, Hilian and Morin, members attended the meeting by electronic means.
Also in attendance at the meeting was K. Douville, CVRD. | ||||||
| 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 27: States shall establish and implement, in conjunction with indigenous peoples concerned, a fair, independent, impartial, open and transparent process, giving due recognition to indigenous peoples’ laws, traditions, customs and land tenure systems, to recognize and adjudicate the rights of indigenous peoples pertaining to their lands, territories and resources, including those which were traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used. Indigenous peoples shall have the right to participate in this process. | ||||||
| ADOPTION OF MINUTES: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated February 23, 2021 be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK UPDATE | ||||||
| Lindsay McGinn, with Analisa Blake, and Dr. Charmaine Enns, Comox Vallley Community Health Network, presented information regarding the work of the Comox Valley Community Health Network as they come to the end of their third year of funding. [Item] | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY TRANSIT MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| W. Morin/D. Hillian: THAT the Comox Valley Transit Management Advisory Committee minutes dated February 17, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| COMOX VALLEY EMERGENCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE | ||||||
| D. Hillian/E. Grieve: THAT the Comox Valley Emergency Program Administrative Committee minutes dated February 18, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| COMOX VALLEY SEWAGE COMMISSION – FEBRUARY 23, 2021 | ||||||
| E. Grieve/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Sewage Commission minutes dated February 23, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 23, 2021 | ||||||
| W. Morin/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Water Committee minutes dated February 23, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| ROAD TO 2030: COMOX VALLEY CLIMATE ACTION CHALLENGE | ||||||
| D. Hillian/E. Grieve: THAT the report dated March 2, 2021 regarding an update on the Climate Action Community Action Granting Program be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 212 | Carried | |||||
| D. Mazarura, Policy and Planning Analyst, presented an overview of the staff report regarding an update on the Climate Action Community Action Granting Program. [Item] | ||||||
| GRANT STATUS REPORT - FEBRUARY 28, 2021 | ||||||
| E. Grieve/W. Morin: THAT the report dated March 2, 2021 regarding an update regarding grant applications and the status of approved grants be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT Bylaw No. 644 being “Comox Valley Water Supply System Bulk Water Rates Bylaw No. 190, 2011, Amendment No. 6” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] | ||||||
| Bylaw 1783 | Carried | |||||
| E. Grieve/W. Morin: THAT Bylaw No. 644 being "Comox Valley Water Supply System Bulk Water Rates Bylaw No. 190, 2011, Amendment No. 6" be read a third time. | ||||||
| Bylaw 1783 | Carried | |||||
| D. Hillian/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT Bylaw No. 641 being "Comox Valley Regional District 2020 to 2024 Financial Plan and Capital Expenditure Program Bylaw No. 612, Amendment No. 1" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 210 | Carried | |||||
| E. Grieve/A. Hamir: THAT Bylaw No. 643 being "Comox Valley Emergency Program Extended Service Establishment Bylaw 1991, Amendment No. 2" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/A. Hamir: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 5:02 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed this 16th day of March, 2021: ____________________________________ Jesse Ketler Chair | |
| Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services |