 | ELECTORAL AREAS SERVICES COMMITTEE | |
| Monday, March 6, 2023 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Electoral Areas Services Committee held on March 6, 2023 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 10:02 am. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | R. Hardy | Lazo North (Area B) |
| Vice-Chair: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) |
| Director: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area A) |
| Staff: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| J. Warren | Deputy Chief Administrative Officer | |
| L. Wiwcharuk | Chief Financial Officer | |
| A. Mullaly | General Manager of Planning and Development | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| D. DeMarzo | General Manager of Community Services | |
| 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. | ||||||
| DELEGATIONS: | ||||||
| TELUS CELL TOWER PROPOSAL FOR 1388 ELLENOR ROAD | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the information presented by Hilary Jones, Member of Vancouver Island Safe Tech Alliance (VISTA), and Marcus Schluschen, EMF Certified Radiation Consultant, regarding the proposed Telus cell tower at 1388 Ellenor Road be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| TELUS CELL TOWER PROPOSAL FOR 1388 ELLENOR ROAD | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the information presented by Dr. Stephen Malthouse, Canada Health Alliance, regarding the proposed Telus cell tower at 1388 Ellenor Road be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| PROPOSED CELL TOWERS IN THE COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT | ||||||
| D. Arbour/E. Grieve: THAT the information presented by Marg Friesen, Leah McCulloch, and Greg McCulloch regarding the installation of proposed Telus cell towers installed in the Comox Valley Regional District, as they relate to the health of humans, the environment, and wildlife be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/E. Grieve: THAT the Electoral Areas Services Committee management dated March, 2023 report be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA SYSTEM - PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION - ELECTORAL AREA B (PROCTER/MARTIN) | ||||||
| D. Arbour/E. Grieve: THAT the report dated March 2, 2023, and the following attachments, regarding engagement results regarding a proposal by Telus Communications Inc. to construct a 43.0-metre-tall telecommunication antenna system at 1388 Ellenor Road and consideration of granting a letter of concurrence be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Appendix A, part one [Item] | ||||||
| Appendix A, part two [Item] | ||||||
| Appendix A, part three [Item] | ||||||
| Appendix A, part four [Item] | ||||||
| Appendix B [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| D. Thiessen, Policy and Planning Analyst, provided an overview of the report regarding a proposal by Telus Communications Inc. to construct a 43.0-metre-tall telecommunication antenna system at 1388 Ellenor Road.
Brian Gregg, SitePath Consulting Inc., and Doug Anastos, Telus, were in attendance. | ||||||
| R. Hardy/E. Grieve: THAT prior to a letter of concurrence being considered for the proposed telecommunication tower on Ellenor Road, staff invite representatives from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) Canada to attend a future committee meeting to provide further information on their consultation process including engagement with K’omoks First Nation, and First Nations in general. | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| IN-CAMERA | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the agenda be varied to adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:
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; and, 90(1)(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 11:48 am. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The committee rose from its in-camera session at 12:32 pm. | ||||||
| VARY THE AGENDA: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the agenda be varied to consider items D.2 (Denman Cross-Island Trail - Operational Update) and D.3 (Lazo Greenway Multi Use Pathway Update) last on the agenda. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| ELECTORAL AREA C - PROVINCIAL REFERRAL FOR A WATER LICENCE AMENDMENT OF GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION AT 2400 AND 2410 SACKVILLE ROAD (MACKENZIE AND HEYNCK) | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the report dated March 2, 2023 regarding additional information prior to responding to a provincial referral to amend conditional Water Licence No. 500169 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| J. MacLean, Senior Planner, provided an overview of the report regarding additional information prior to responding to a provincial referral to amend conditional Water Licence No. 500169.
Christopher MacKenzie, owner of 2400 and 2410 Sackville Road, was in attendance. | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: 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”. | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | NAY: D. Arbour | ||||
| VARY THE AGENDA: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the agenda be varied to consider D.2 (Denman Cross-Island Trail - Operational Update) and D.3 (Lazo Greenway Multi Use Pathway Update) next on the agenda. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| DENMAN CROSS-ISLAND TRAIL - OPERATIONAL UPDATE | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the report dated March 2, 2023 an operation update on active transportation grant funding and project timeline for the Denman Cross-Island Trail project be received [Item] | ||||||
| 207 | Carried | |||||
| D. DeMarzo, General Manager of Community Services, provided an update on active transportation grant funding and project timeline for the Denman Cross-Island Trail project. | ||||||
| LAZO GREENWAY MULTI USE PATHWAY UPDATE | ||||||
| D. Arbour/E. Grieve: THAT the report dated February 28, 2023 regarding an operational update on the Lazo Greenway Multi Use Pathway project in Lazo North (Electoral Area B) and the Town of Comox be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| D. DeMarzo, General Manager of Community Services, provided an update on the Lazo Greenway Multi Use Pathway project in Lazo North (Electoral Area B) and the Town of Comox. | ||||||
| ELECTORAL AREA C - PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT – FORBIDDEN PLATEAU ROAD (FRY/ HNATYSHYN/ GALBRAITH-HAMILTON) | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Arbour: THAT the report dated March 2, 2023 regarding additional information requested by the Electoral Areas Services Committee for its consideration of a rezoning proposal be received. | ||||||
| 208 and 213 | Carried | |||||
| J. MacLean, Senior Planner, provided an overview of the report regarding additional information requested by the Electoral Areas Services Committee for its consideration of a rezoning proposal.
Sonja and Barry Hnatyshyn, applicants, were in attendance. | ||||||
| ADJOURN TO IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| The committee adjourned to an in-camera session at 1:28 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The committee rose from its in-camera session at 1:43 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Arbour/E. Grieve: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time 1:43 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Richard Hardy 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___. |