Inspector Mike Kurvers, OIC Comox Valley Detachment, to provide an overview of the Annual Performance Plan priorities.

Chelsea Keene and Kate Morrison, Three Legged Dog Productions, to present information regarding their musical theatre summer residency on the Comox Filberg Stage and to request financial support in the amount of $3,000. [Item] 

Electoral Areas Services Committee management report dated April 2021 for receipt. [Item] 

The following items are presented for receipt:

- Minutes of the Area A Advisory Planning Commission meeting held March 2, 2021; [Item] 

- Minutes of the Area C Advisory Planning Commission meeting held March 11, 2021; [Item] 

- Minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Commission meeting held March 16, 2021; and [Item] 

- Minutes of the Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission meeting held March 18, 2021 [Item] 

Report dated March 30, 2021 regarding the Green Shores™ Incentives Project and to obtain approval to commence community engagement for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board receive this report as information;

AND THAT the board endorse the Green Shores Incentives Project Communications Plan attached to this report as Appendix A.

Report dated March 24, 2021 regarding a Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System as an alternative to the current Municipal Ticket Information System for the ticketing of bylaw contraventions for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the board endorse a Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System and direct the preparation of bylaws, policies and agreements for the implementation of the Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System provided for in the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act;

AND THAT the board direct staff to work with the Court Services Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General to request the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the Province of British Columbia to enact a regulation under Section 29 of the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act (Act), to apply the Act to the Comox Valley Regional District.

Report dated March 23, 2021 regarding the Rural Community Grant applications received to date for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the 2021 Rural Community Grants be awarded for the amounts to the organizations as follows:

Note: Appendix A in the staff report dated March 23, 2021 will be used by the committee to confirm the funding awards for this resolution.

THAT the following organizations be approached for consideration of multi-year funding agreements through the Rural Community Grant Program commencing in 2023 for a period of up to four years;
• Beaufort Watershed Stewards
• Blazing Paddles Dragon Boat Society
• Comox Valley Land Trust
• Comox Valley Project Watershed Society
• Denman Island Climate Action Network
• Denman Island Preschool Society - Blackberry Lane Children's Centre
• Little River Enhancement Society
• Millard Piercy Watershed Stewards
• Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society
• Oyster River Enhancement Society
• Roy Creek Salmonid Enhancement Society
• Strathcona Wilderness Institute
• The Alberni Project Society
• Tsolum River Restoration Society
• Youth and Ecological Restoration Program

Report dated April 8, 2021 regarding options for a funding request from the Denman Housing Association related to pre-development for the proposed Denman Green housing project for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the funding request from the Denman Island Housing Association to assist with pre-development costs for the Denman Green affordable housing project not be supported;

AND FURTHER THAT consideration be given to the potential establishment or inclusion of Denman Island in an affordable housing service to be initiated with a letter to Islands Trust to review options and jurisdictional considerations.

Staff to provide a verbal update respecting the proposed rural roadside waste collection services.

Director Hamir to provide an update regarding the Emergency Operations Centre Policy Group meetings.