 | COMOX VALLEY WATER COMMITTEE | |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Water Committee held on February 27, 2024 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 2:17 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 | |
| B. Wells | City of Courtenay | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| R. Hardy | Lazo North (Area B) | |
| J. Kerr | Town of Comox | |
| Alt. Members: | M. McCollum | City of Courtenay |
| Non-voting Members: | J. Warren | Chief Administrative Officer |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| C. Davidson | City of Courtenay | |
| Staff: | L. Wiwcharuk | Chief Financial Officer |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| RESOLUTIONS STATUS REPORT: | ||||||
| B. Wells/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the Comox Valley Water Committee resolutions status report dated February 2024 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| DRAFT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR LANDS AT COMOX LAKE AND PERSEVERANCE CREEK | ||||||
| B. Wells/E. Grieve: THAT the report dated February 14, 2024 regarding the draft conservation plan for the lands at Comox Lake and Perseverance Creek (formerly known as the Coal Beach property) be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Catherine Berris, Urban Systems Ltd., presented information regarding the draft conservation plan for the lands at Comox Lake and Perseverance Creek (formerly known as the Coal Beach property). | ||||||
| E. Grieve/B. Wells: THAT the draft Conservation Plan for Lands at Comox Lake and Perseverance Creek, as attached to the staff report dated February 14, 2024, be received;
AND THAT staff be directed to work with the Village of Cumberland and the Cumberland Community Forest Society to bring the draft Conservation Plan forward for further collaborative dialogue with K'ómoks First Nation; AND FINALLY THAT staff report back to the Water Committee on recommended next steps upon receiving guidance from K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| B. Wells/D. Arbour: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:48 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___. |