 | SEWAGE COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Sewage Commission held on June 6, 2023 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 1:32 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | D. Hillian | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | J. Kerr | Town of Comox |
| Members: | K. Grant | Town of Comox |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| M. McCollum | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | Acting Chief Administrative Officer |
| L. Wiwcharuk | Chief Financial Officer | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | M. Hargreaves | CFB Comox |
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| RESOLUTIONS STATUS REPORT: | ||||||
| M. McCollum/M. Swift: THAT the Sewage Commission resolutions status report dated June 2023 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| SEWAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. Swift: THAT the Sewage Advisory Committee minutes dated May 25, 2023 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| HORNBY ISLAND COMPOSTING TOILET RESIDUALS | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT the report dated May 30, 2023 regarding a request from the Hornby Island Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association to temporarily process composting toilet residuals at the Comox Valley Sewerage Service biosolids composting facility, as part of a pilot project to assess the viability of a long term composting toilet residual composting program on Hornby Island be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding Hornby Island composting toilet residuals. | ||||||
| M. McCollum/K. Grant: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District enter into an agreement with the Hornby Island Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association for processing of their composting toilet residuals at the Comox Valley Sewerage Service composting facility for a two-year trial period;
AND FURTHER THAT should the trial period demonstrate demand for the service on Hornby Island and ease of processing at the Comox Valley Sewerage Service composting facility, and the Hornby community does not approve building a local residuals composting facility, the Comox Valley Sewage Commission support in principle the ongoing receipt and processing of Hornby Island composting toilet residuals. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT the commission adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-section of section 90 of the Community Charter:
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. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 1:37 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The commission rose from its in-camera session at 2:14 pm and reported the following: | ||||||
| THAT as a result of the analysis of routes for the Sewer System Conveyance Project transmission main from the top of Lazo Hill to the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Centre, the preferred route be modified to follow Lazo Road and Brent Road. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| M. McCollum/K. Grant: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:14 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by: ____________________________________ Doug Hillian 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___. |