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 69: Museums and Archives

We call upon Library and Archives Canada to:

i. Fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Joinet-Orentlicher Principles, as related to Aboriginal peoples’ inalienable right to know the truth about what happened and why, with regard to human rights violations committed against them in the residential schools.
ii. Ensure that its record holdings related to residential schools are accessible to the public.
iii. Commit more resources to its public education materials and programming on residential schools.

Comox Valley Regional District Board minutes dated April 8, 2025 for adoption. [Item] 

Report dated April 22, 2025 regarding changes to the Comox Valley Regional District’s social media accounts and refocused direction to invest locally, support mental health and wellbeing, and provide increased direct communication to residents for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated April 16, 2025 regarding information on the planned expansion of the Evolve regional electric bike share program for receipt. [Item] 

THAT subject to approval by participating municipal councils, the Comox Valley Regional District’s License and Services Agreement with BCAA, and Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Courtenay and Town of Comox, be amended to include electric scooters in participating municipalities;

AND FURTHER THAT, subject to approval by the Village of Cumberland, the Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Courtenay and Town of Comox for a regional shared micromobility program be amended to include the Village of Cumberland.

Report dated April 15, 2025 regarding a request to re-allocate funding approved for the construction of the affordable rental housing project in Cumberland to a new recipient for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Board motion regarding the funding support to the Comox Valley Transition Society towards construction of the affordable housing project in Cumberland from the Board meeting on February 14, 2023, be rescinded.

THAT $70,000 be allocated from the Service 451 Homelessness Supports 2025-2029 approved financial plan to M’akola Housing Society towards construction of the affordable rental housing project in the Village of Cumberland.

Report dated April 16, 2025 regarding the steps taken in response to the Board’s direction on minimizing procurement impacts from U.S. tariffs for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated April 24, 2025 regarding an update on the 2025 Strategic Planning Session and Government Advocacy Strategy, which supports key drivers, core services, and actions outlined in the 2023-2026 term of office Strategic Plan for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the proposed agenda topics outlined in the report dated April 24, 2025 be endorsed and incorporated into the agenda for the 2025 Strategic Planning Session scheduled for June 17, 2025;


AND FURTHER THAT the advocacy topics and implementation actions outlined in Appendix A of the report dated April 24, 2025 be endorsed as the 2025 Government Advocacy Strategy.

Electoral Areas Services Committee minutes dated April 7, 2025 for receipt. [Item] 

Sewage Commission minutes dated April 8, 2025 for receipt. [Item] 

Water Committee minutes dated April 8, 2025 for receipt. [Item] 

Correspondence dated April 15, 2025 from Chair Cole-Hamilton regarding a proposed resolution to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to seek support for sustainable funding for small water systems for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the following resolution, together with the backgrounder enclosed with the correspondence dated April 14, 2025, be submitted to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for consideration:

Sustainable Funding for Small Water Systems

WHEREAS the small water systems in rural Canada, which are administered by local governments, provide essential services to rural residents and communities, yet they face unsustainable financial burdens due to the high costs of water treatment systems, ongoing maintenance, and replacing aging infrastructure, which can amount to millions of dollars;

AND WHEREAS it is not possible for rural residents and communities to finance these systems through local taxation alone, threatening the viability of these water systems and the communities they serve, while also posing a significant risk to local food security;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities request the federal government to establish long-term sustainable funding programs specifically for small water systems to address high cost and regulatory compliance requirements and to safeguard local food security, and for a collaborative approach to funding and support, including cost-sharing models, grant programs and capacity-building initiatives, to enable small rural water systems to remain viable and resilient amidst growing environmental and economic pressures.