 | COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD | |
| Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Directors held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | J. Kerr | Town of Comox |
| Directors: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area A) |
| V. Brown | Village of Cumberland | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) | |
| R. Hardy | Lazo North (Area B) | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| M. McCollum | City of Courtenay | |
| W. Morin | City of Courtenay | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | Chief Administrative Officer |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| A. Mullaly | General Manager of Planning and Development | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation 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. | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| STATUTORY APPROVAL OF HOUSING INITIATIVE BYLAWS | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Arbour: THAT the 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 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| J. Martens, Manager of Corporate Services, provided an overview of the report regarding proposed amendments to Bylaw No. 850 and Bylaw No. 851. | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Arbour: 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Shelter and Supportive Housing Land Acquisition Service Establishment Bylaw No. 52, 2009, Amendment No. 1” be rescinded;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. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| D. Hillian/D. Arbour: 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. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/D. Arbour: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 4:05 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed this 26th day of November, 2024: ____________________________________ Will Cole-Hamilton Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Jake Martens General Manager of Corporate Services / Corporate Officer | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services |