 | COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD | |
| Tuesday, August 10, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Directors held on August 10, 2021 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) |
| 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 | |
| Alt. Director: | B. Wells | City of Courtenay |
| Staff: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| M. Foort | Chief Financial Officer | |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| A. Mullaly | General Manager of Planning and Development | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Director Grieve attended via electronic means. | ||||||
| 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 38: States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, shall take the appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve the ends of this Declaration. | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA MEETING: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Arbour: THAT the board adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:
90(1)(g) Litigation or potential litigation affecting the regional district; 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; and, 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 FINALLY THAT the in-camera portion convene immediately following the open portion of the meeting. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| ADOPTION OF MINUTES: | ||||||
| K. Grant/D. Arbour: THAT the following minutes be adopted: | ||||||
| - Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated July 26, 2021. [Item] | ||||||
| - Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated July 27, 2021. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| GRANT STATUS REPORT - JULY 30, 2021 | ||||||
| M. McCollum/K. Grant: THAT the report dated August 4, 2021 regarding an update on grant applications and the status of approved grants be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS: | ||||||
| B. Wells/A. Hamir: THAT Bylaw No. 602 being “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 3” be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| A. Hamir/D. Arbour: THAT Bylaw No. 645 being "Comox Valley Animal Control Extended Service Conversion Bylaw No. 2266, 2000, Amendment No. 1" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| E. Grieve/K. Grant: THAT Bylaw No.646 being "Regional District Fireworks Regulation Extended Service Conversion Bylaw No. 2002, 1997, Amendment No. 3" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/D. Arbour: THAT Bylaw No. 658 being "Union Bay Fire Protection Service Establishment Bylaw No. 658, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/B. Wells: THAT Bylaw No. 659 being "Union Bay Street Lighting Service Establishment Bylaw No. 659, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/E. Grieve: THAT Bylaw No. 660 being "Union Bay Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 660, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/W. Morin: THAT Bylaw No. 666 being “Union Bay Water Service Capital Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 666, 2021” be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT Bylaw No. 667 being “Union Bay Water Service Future Expenditure Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 667, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/W. Morin: THAT Bylaw No. 669 being “Union Bay Fire Protection Service Capital Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 669, 2021” be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT Bylaw No. 670 being “Union Bay Fire Protection Service Future Expenditure Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 670, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| D. Hillian/K. Grant: THAT Bylaw No. 671 being "Union Bay Street Lighting Service Future Expenditure Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 671, 2021" be adopted. [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| NEW BUSINESS: | ||||||
| UNIVERSAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM | ||||||
| D. Arbour/B. Wells: THAT the correspondence dated July 28, 2021 from Director Hamir regarding support for a universal school food program be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/E. Grieve: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board endorse the Coalition for Healthy School Food proposal for a universal, federally and provincially cost-shared, healthy school food program. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| B. Wells/K. Grant: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board write to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of BC to request the implementation of a universal, federally and provincially cost-shared, healthy school food program for all Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the country. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/A. Hamir: THAT staff be directed to provide a cursory review of resources that would be required to investigate the connection between income and food insecurity and possible options for action. | ||||||
| 208 and 212 | Carried | |||||
| K. Grant/D. Arbour: THAT the correspondence to be sent to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of BC to request the implementation of a universal, federally and provincially cost-shared, healthy school food program for all Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the country be copied to the leaders of the federal political parties. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| ADJOURN TO IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| The board adjourned to its in-camera session at 4:29 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The board rose from its in-camera session at 4:47 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/K. Grant: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 4:47 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed this 24th day of August, 2021: ____________________________________ Jesse Ketler Chair | |
| Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services |