 | COMOX VALLEY RECREATION COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Recreation Commission held on September 24, 2024 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: | M. McCollum | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | V. Brown | Village of Cumberland |
| Members: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area A) |
| E. Jolicoeur | City of Courtenay | |
| K. Grant | Town of Comox | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) | |
| R. Hardy | Lazo North (Area B) | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| W. Morin | City of Courtenay | |
| J. Kerr | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | Chief Administrative Officer |
| L. Wiwcharuk | Chief Financial Officer | |
| 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 | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | S.J. Howe | Comox Valley Schools |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Director W. Cole-Hamilton, Chair of the Comox Valley Regional District Board, was in attendance. | ||||||
| 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: | ||||||
| LUSH VALLEY FOOD ACTION SOCIETY | ||||||
| Carley VanOsch and Maurita Prato, Lush Valley Food Action Society, provided information regarding use and expansion of the Tsolum Garden located on the CVRD exhibition grounds. [Item] | ||||||
| LATE DELEGATION REQUEST - UNITED SOCCER CLUB | ||||||
| E. Jolicoeur/D. Arbour: THAT the late delegation requests from Stefan Szkwarek, United Soccer Club, in regards to the proposed second turf field be approved. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Stefan Szkwarek, United Soccer Club, provided information regarding the need for a second artificial turf field at the G.P. Vanier Secondary School property. | ||||||
| RESOLUTIONS STATUS REPORT: | ||||||
| K. Grant/D. Hillian: THAT the Comox Valley Recreation Commission resolutions status report dated September 2024 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD BORROWING OPTIONS | ||||||
| E. Jolicoeur/V. Brown: THAT the report dated September 19, 2024 regarding short and long-term borrowing options for consideration of funding the construction of an artificial turf field at G.P. Vanier Secondary School property be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| T. Morgan, Assistant Senior Manager of Recreation Services, presented information regarding borrowing options to fund the construction of an artificial turf field at G.P. Vanier Secondary School property. [Item] | ||||||
| J. Kerr/K. Grant: THAT staff be directed to proceed with the Artificial Turf Field project as generally outlined in the staff report dated September 19, 2024, with $3,000,000 financed through long-term borrowing over 10 years so that the field may be constructed in 2025;
AND FURTHER THAT staff be directed to bring forward a loan authorization bylaw, and process considerations for obtaining participating area approval of the loan authorization bylaw by way of an alternative approval process. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| DRAFT RECREATION FACILITIES LONG RANGE CAPITAL PLANNING | ||||||
| D. Hillian/K. Grant: THAT the report dated September 10, 2024 regarding the draft long range capital plan for services 645 Recreation Complexes and 601 Track and Fields be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| T. Morgan, Assistant Senior Manager of Recreation Services, presented information on the long term draft long range capital plan for services 645 Recreation Complexes and 601 Track and Fields. [Item] | ||||||
| GREEN AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING FUND APPLICATIONS | ||||||
| K. Grant/V. Brown: THAT the report dated September 18, 2024 regarding the Green and Inclusive Community Building Fund be received. [Item] | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| T. Morgan, Assistant Senior Manager of Recreation Services, presented information regarding the Green and Inclusive Community Building Fund. [Item] | ||||||
| D. Hillian/W. Morin: THAT the Comox Valley Recreation Commission support the submission of two applications to the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program for the implementation of decarbonization projects and accessibility upgrades at the Sports Centre and Aquatic Centre;
AND FURTHER THAT a report be brought forward to the October 8, 2024 Board meeting further detailing the projects and costs proposed for inclusion in the applications, as well as request a formal resolution supporting the grant applications. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/D. Hillian: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 3:24 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Melanie McCollum 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___. |