 | BLACK CREEK - OYSTER BAY SERVICES COMMITTEE | |
| Monday, October 18, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Black Creek - Oyster Bay Services Committee held on October 18, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 9:04 am. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) |
| Vice-Chair: | B. Leigh | Oyster Bay – Buttle Lake (Area D) |
| Staff: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| J. Warren | Deputy Chief Administrative Officer | |
| K. Douville | Acting Chief Financial Officer | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Mullaly | General Manager of Planning and Development Services | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Director Leigh attended the meeting via electronic means.
R. Dyson, Chief Administrative Officer, 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. | ||||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT the Black Creek Oyster Bay Services Committee management report dated October 2021 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| MINUTES OF THE BLACK CREEK - OYSTER BAY SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 | ||||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT the minutes of the Black Creek - Oyster Bay Services Committee minutes dated September 20, 2021 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| BLACK CREEK-OYSTER BAY WATER LOCAL SERVICE AREA – CONNECTION SUSPENSION | ||||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT the report dated October 15, 2021 regarding suspending new or upsized connections in the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area and further exploratory work to develop additional water supply sources to address water capacity constraints for the system be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| Antonio Barroso, GW Solutions, presented information regarding additional water supply sources to address water capacity constraints for the system. | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services presented an overview of the report regarding new or upsized connections in the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area and further exploratory work to develop additional water supply sources to address water capacity constraints for the system. | ||||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT no new or upsized connections be approved for any non-in-stream and non-entitled properties within the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area, as defined in the October 15, 2021 staff report;
AND FURTHER THAT Bylaw No. 5 being “Black Creek/Oyster Bay Water Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw, 2008” be amended to include additional language to provide additional authority and flexibility to decline new water connections as per the redline sections highlighted in blue and attached as Appendix A to the staff report dated October 15, 2021; AND FINALLY THAT staff work with Strathcona Regional District staff to ensure that the connection suspension and bylaw conditions are implemented in a similar manner for all properties located within the Strathcona Regional District Electoral Area D portion of the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT the 2021-2025 financial plan for the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area, Function 313, be amended to include an additional $100,000 to be funded from reserves for further groundwater exploratory work, preliminary design, a Class C cost estimate and implementation schedule to be brought back to the Black Creek-Oyster Bay Services Committee for review in early 2022. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT Bylaw No. 5 being “Black Creek/Oyster Bay Water Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw, 2008” be amended to include additional language surrounding use of wells for non-domestic purposes as per the redline sections highlighted in green and attached as Appendix A to the staff report dated October 15, 2021. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| B. Leigh/E. Grieve: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 10:45 am. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Edwin Grieve Chair | |
| Certified Correct and Recorded By: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services | |
| These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _________ day of _______, 20___. |