 | COMOX VALLEY WATER COMMITTEE | |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Water Committee held on September 21, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 3:15 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | W. Morin | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) |
| Members: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area A) |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| M. McCollum | City of Courtenay | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| A. Hamir | Lazo North (Area B) | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| Non-voting Members: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | Deputy Chief Administrative Officer |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Directors 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 | ||||||
| LATE ITEM TO AGENDA: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/W. Morin: THAT a late item regarding installing electric vehicle charging stations at the new water treatment plant be added to the agenda under New Business. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| A. Hamir/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Comox Valley Water Committee management report dated September 2021 be received. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE | ||||||
| D. Hillian/K. Grant: THAT the minutes from the September 9, 2021 Water Management Advisory Committee meeting be received. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| COMOX LAKE TURBIDITY MODEL | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT the report dated September 15, 2021 regarding the results of the Comox Lake turbidity modelling conducted by Tetra Tech Canada Inc. be received. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding the results of the Comox Lake turbidity modelling conducted by Tetra Tech Canada Inc. | ||||||
| D. Arbour/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District continue to work with the Village of Cumberland and other partners to support initiatives that will decrease sedimentation in Perseverance Creek;
AND FURTHER THAT the Comox Valley Regional District continue to monitor turbidity at the former proposed deep water intake location for one year, along with newly established continuous turbidity monitoring at the new lake intake location, to better understand the extent of the difference in turbidity at these two locations. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS - NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT | ||||||
| D. Arbour/W. Morin: THAT staff investigate the potential of installing electric vehicle charging stations at the new water treatment plant. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/D. Hillian: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 3:49 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Wendy Morin Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Legislative Services Assistant These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _________ day of _______, 20___. |