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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Civic Room of the regional district offices, 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm.

The chair of the board will preside over the meeting according to the CVRD procedure bylaw. This meeting may include participation by members of the board via electronic communication.

This meeting is not meant for general public input. If members of the public wish to speak at a meeting, they should contact the CVRD Legislative Services Department to request to appear as a delegation. Live webcasts and recordings are available at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/minutes-agendas

In the event of an emergency the public gathering place is the parking lot outside the Civic Room.
 
 
AGENDA
 
    Section Who Votes How Vote Counted
   
A. RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES:
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 59: Church Apologies and Reconciliation
 
We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.
 
B. CLOSED MEETING:
C. ADOPTION OF MINUTES:
D. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES:
E. PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS:
F. REPORTS:
1) STATUTORY APPROVAL OF HOUSING INITIATIVE BYLAWS
 
Report dated November 8, 2024 regarding a minor grammatical amendment to Bylaw No. 850 and Bylaw No. 851 that has been identified as part of the provincial review and statutory approval process for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
Recommendation #1:
 
THAT third reading of Bylaw No. 850 being “Emergency Shelter and Supportive Housing Land Acquisition Service Establishment Bylaw No. 52, 2009, Amendment No. 1” be rescinded;

AND FURTHER THAT Bylaw No. 850 be amended by deleting from the second paragraph of section 1. c) the word “cents” such that it reads as follows:

“The maximum amount that may be requisitioned annually for the cost of the service established by this bylaw is the greater of $1,500,000 or $0.05592 per $1,000 of assessed value.”;

AND FINALLY THAT Bylaw No. 850 being “Emergency Shelter and Supportive Housing Land Acquisition Service Establishment Bylaw No. 52, 2009, Amendment No. 1” be read a third time as amended.
208All1 person/1 vote
 
Recommendation #2:
 
THAT third reading of Bylaw No. 851 being “Comox Valley Homelessness Supports Service Establishment Bylaw No. 389, 2015, Amendment No. 1” be rescinded;

AND FURTHER THAT Bylaw No. 851 be amended by deleting from the last paragraph of section 1 the word “cents” such that it reads as follows:

“In accordance with section 339(1)(e) of the Local Government Act, the maximum amount that may be requisitioned annually for the cost of the service is the greater of greater of $550,000 or $0.02732 per $1,000 applied to the net taxable value of land and improvements for regional hospital district purposes”;

AND FINALLY THAT Bylaw No. 851 being “Comox Valley Homelessness Supports Service Establishment Bylaw No. 389, 2015, Amendment No. 1” be read a third time as amended.
208All1 person/1 vote
 
G. BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS:
H. NEW BUSINESS:
I. ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD:
J. MEDIA QUESTIONS:
K. TERMINATION:
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