THAT the board adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:

90(1)(c) Labour relations or employee negotiations;
90(1)(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the committee/board considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;
90(1)(i) The receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and,
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.

The presiding member will provide the territory acknowledgment and read the following Call to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action report.

Call to Action 21 - Health:

We call upon the federal government to provide sustainable funding for existing and new Aboriginal healing centres to address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual harms caused by residential schools, and to ensure that the funding of healing centres in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories is a priority.

Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated February 28, 2023 for adoption. [Item] 

Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated March 7, 2023 for adoption. [Item] 

NOTE: Staff have identified an error in the allocation to the Alberni Project Society that requires correction.

THAT the minutes of the Electoral Areas Services Committee dated February 13, 2023 be amended to reflect the correct allocation of $2,500 to the Alberni Project Society as part of the proposed 2023–2027 financial plan for the Electoral Areas Arts and Culture Grant Service, function 615;

AND FURTHER THAT the minutes be received as amended.
[Item] 

Molly Hudson, Director Sustainability, David Beleznay, Manager Hydrology and Terrain, Colin Koszman, Land Use Forester, Mosaic Forest Management, to present an update regarding initiatives and activities around the Comox Valley. [Item] 

Lee Everson, Project Manager, and Grant Schilling, to present information regarding Gukwas sa Wagalus - Rainbow House, which will provide peer-supported, transitional home for 2SLGBTQQIA+ youth that are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in the Comox Valley. [Item] 

Bruce Gibbons, Merville Water Guardians, and Arzeena Hamir, to present information regarding water license amendment referral from the Ministry of Forests for proposed Home Occupation business at 2400/2410 Sackville Road and to request reconsideration of approval of Home Occupation use at ths property. [Item] 

Note: For access to full reports referenced in committee/commission minutes please visit: https://www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/minutes-agendas

Black Creek – Oyster Bay Services Committee minutes dated March 6, 2023 for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the proposed 2023-2027 operating financial plan and the 2023-2032 capital plan for the Black Creek – Oyster Bay Water Local Service, function 313, be approved;

AND FURTHER THAT Bylaw No. 5, being “Black Creek/Oyster Bay Water Service Regulation, Fees, and Charges Bylaw” be amended to include a 10 per cent increase to water rates effective April 1, 2023, and another two per cent increase to user rates effective January 1, 2024;

AND FINALLY THAT an allocation of Electoral Area C (Puntledge-North) Community Works Funds in the amount of $300,000 be approved to support the completion in 2023 of the new production well for the Black Creek / Oyster Bay Water service and its connection to the water treatment facility.

Electoral Areas Services Committee minutes dated March 6, 2023 for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board considers the on-site treatment, storage, transport, and sale of bulk water, not including water bottling, from 2400/2410 Sackville Road (PID 002-904-713) as a Home Occupation use in Bylaw No. 520, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw, No. 520, 2019”;

AND FURTHER THAT the Comox Valley Regional District provide the referral comments on Provincial Referral (CVRD File: 20004026 C 22), attached to this report as (Appendix A), that onsite treatment, storage, transport, and sale of bulk water, not including water bottling, is permitted as a Home Occupation use, subject to Bylaw No. 520, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw.No. 520, 2019”.

Sewage Commission minutes dated March 7, 2023 for receipt. [Item] 

Recreation Commission minutes dated March 2, 2023 for receipt. [Item] 

Recreation Commission minutes dated March 7, 2023 for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated March 16, 2023 regarding preliminary actions to be taken for advocacy on the topics of Active Transportation, Climate Crisis Response and Housing as directed by the Board at the January 2023 interim Strategic Planning Session, as well as further topics recommended by staff for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the preliminary actions for advocacy be endorsed, including the addition of the Ministries of Forestry and Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, as described in Appendix A of the staff report dated March 16, 2023.

Report dated March 16, 2023 regarding the draft response to a stakeholder engagement process being conducted by the Province on the development of the provincial Clean Transportation Action Plan for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Valley Regional District response to the provincial Clean Transportation Action Plan stakeholder engagement process be submitted as included in Appendix A of this staff report dated March 16, 2023.

Report dated March 17, 2023 regarding the 2023-2027 financial plan and to recommend that the Comox Valley Regional District Board give three readings to Bylaw No. 760 being “Comox Valley Regional District 2023 to 2027 Financial Plan and Capital Expenditure Program Bylaw No. 760” (Bylaw No. 760) for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Valley Regional District Board give first, second and third readings to Bylaw No. 760 being “Comox Valley Regional District 2023 to 2027 Financial Plan and Capital Expenditure Program Bylaw No. 760”.

THAT Bylaw No. 741 being "Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019, Amendment No. 12" be amended at second reading to correct the mis-numbering of the bylaw. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 747 being “Comox Valley Regional District Information Access and Privacy Protection Bylaw No. 747, 2023” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 747 being "Comox Valley Regional District Information Access and Privacy Protection Bylaw No. 747, 2023" be read a third time.

THAT Bylaw No. 760 being “Comox Valley Regional District 2023 to 2027 Financial Plan and Capital Expenditure Program Bylaw No. 760” be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 760 being "Comox Valley Regional District 2023 to 2027 Financial Plan and Capital Expenditure Program Bylaw No. 760" be read a third time.

THAT Bylaw No. 748 being "Black Creek-Oyster Bay Water Local Service Area Bylaw 1993, Amendment No. 18" be adopted. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 755 being "Comox Valley Water Systems Regulation Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 2866, 2006, Amendment No. 13" be adopted. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 756 being "Union Bay Water Tolls and Other Charges Bylaw 278, 2020, Amendment No. 6" be adopted. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 757 being "Royston Water Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw, 2010, Amendment No. 4" be adopted. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 758 being "Comox Valley Water Local Service Area Parcel Tax Bylaw 2001, Amendment No. 2" be adopted. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 759 being “Black Creek- Oyster Bay Water Service Regulation, Fees and Charges Bylaw 2008, Amendment No. 11” be adopted. [Item]