Friday, February 16, 2018

CRD Board Highlights - Feb 16th mtg

Present: Chair M. Wagner and Directors T. Armstrong, J. Bruce, J. Massier, S. Forseth, M. Neufeld, J. Sorley, A. Richmond,  R. William, B. Anderson, B. Coakley, R. Sharpe, B. Simpson, W. Cobb, and M. Campsall

Meeting called to order at 9:48am

Meeting agenda approved
Minutes of the CRD Board meeting held January 12th, 2018 adopted

Delegations MOB received

A report of the Corporate Officer pertaining to BC Hydro appearing before the Board was received and the Board directed that BC Hydro be removed from the Delegations Memorandum of Business

Business:

Development Services:

1) The Board deferred for an additional 60 days, consideration of 1st/2nd Reading of Cariboo Regional District Central Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 5121, 2017, to complete First Nations consultation (Orica Canada Ltd - Area 'A'/McLeese Lake)

2) The Board gave 1st/2nd readings to Cariboo Regional District Chilcotin Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 5125, 2017 (Area K - Reuter (Crown)), subject to:

a) The applicants offering to enter into and entering into a covenant to ensure
compliance with the CRD Shoreland Management Policy with respect to
sewage disposal system and riparian protection.

b) The applicants meeting Interior Health Authority requirements prior to
adoption.

c) The applicants obtaining a Provincial Public Highway Commercial Access
Permit from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure prior to
adoption

With all costs for the three conditions listed above at the applicant's cost

3) The Board gave 3rd Reading to Cariboo Regional District Quesnel Fringe Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5097, 2017 and
Cariboo Regional District Quesnel Fringe Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5098, 2017 (Area B)

4) The Board deferred 3rd Reading/Adoption to the following Planning Bylaws

a) Cariboo Regional District Chilcotin Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 4988, 2015
b) Cariboo Regional District Central Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 4991,2015
c) Cariboo Regional District North Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 4993, 2015
d) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4989, 2015
e) Cariboo Regional District Williams Lake Fringe and 150 Mile House Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4990, 2015
f) Cariboo Regional District Quesnel Fringe Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4992, 2015

g) Cariboo Regional District Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5116, 2017
h) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5117, 2017

6) The Board adopted the following Planning Bylaws

a) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5051, 2016 (Area L)
b) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Zoning Bylaw No. 5052, 2016 (Area L)
c) Cariboo Regional District 150 Mile House Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5081, 2017 (Area F)
d) Cariboo Regional District Williams Lake Fringe and 150 Mile House Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5082, 2017 (Area F)
e) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5114, 2017 (Area L)

7) The Board received/endorsed an Provincial Agricultural Land Commission application for exclusion, pertaining to District Lot 436, Cariboo District, Except Plan 17975 and agreed to submit it to the Land Commission with a recommendation to approve (Area C)

8) The Board received the Municipalities Building Inspection Statistics Report, Cariboo Regional District Statistics Report and the Inspection Activity Report for December 2017

Community Services:

1) The Board endorsed the following NDIT Applications, for submission to the local NDIT Regional Advisory Committee/NDIT Board of Directors:

a) Xat'sull First Nation Signature Destination Trails Initiative
b) South Cariboo Regional Airport
c) Horsefly Sports Centre Upgrade
d) Anahim Lake Airport
e) Dragon Mountain Trail Development

Communications:

1) The Board endorsed a recommendation of the Manager of Communications pertaining to the Regional District's 50th anniversary logo.

Finance:

1) The Board received/ratified the Monthly Expenditures Board Summary Report and Mastercard Summary Report for the month of January 2018, in the amount of $5,170,386.89

2) The Board received/approved a Grant for Assistance to the Cariboo Aboriginal Youth Hockey Tournament in the amount of $1,000 and to be charged against Electoral Areas D, E, F, G, H Grant for Assistance budgets

3) The Board received/approved a Grant for Assistance for the Williams Lake Minor Hockey Association in the amount of $166 to be charged against Electoral Areas D, E, F Grant for Assistance budgets equally

4) The Board endorsed a recommendation of the Chief Financial Officer to switch the Regional District employee group benefits provider to Great-West Life

Administration:

1) The Board received a report of the Deputy Corporate Officer regarding the NCLGA Board Representative from the Cariboo Regional District for the 2018-19 term

2) The Board approved a draft NCLGA Resolution regarding Amendment to Rural Dividend Grant Process for submission to the 2018 NCLGA Convention in Fort Nelson in May 2018, as follows:

WHEREAS the purpose of the Province’s Rural Dividend Fund is to support
rural communities and strengthen their economies;

AND WHEREAS this goal could be achieved in a more efficient manner if
local governments did not have to apply and report on each application
individually, but could plan the funding for appropriate projects with a
cooperative, strategic lens:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the NCLGA and UBCM lobby the provincial government to provide a Rural Dividend allocation to local
governments each year through a multi-year agreement, similar to the federal Gas Tax Fund, allowing the local government to effectively utilize the funds for local projects based on provincial criteria, and to complete the process through a simplified annual reporting structure

3) The Board appointed Alice Johnston/Lore Schick to act as Chief and Deputy Chief Election Officer for the 2018 General Local Election

4) The Board received a request from Metro Vancouver for the Cariboo Regional District to support its' GVS & DD Commercial Waste Hauler Licensing Bylaw No. 307, 2017

5) At the request of Director Sorley - the Board agreed to forward a letter to the Board of Education - School District #27 advising the Cariboo Regional District supports Trustee Boundary Alignment Option #1 (Realign SD27 Zones and CRD Areas D/E & City of Williams Lake boundaries).  Board divided - Approved by the following vote:

Affirmative - Chair Wagner; Directors Armstrong, Bruce, Massier, Forseth, Neufeld, Sorley, Richmond, William, Anderson, Coakley, Sharpe, Simpson, and Campsall

Negative - Director W. Cobb (Williams Lake)

6) The Board agreed to forward a letter of support for the construction of a new Quesnel Junior School to the Hon. Rob Fleming - BC Minister of Education

7) At the request of Chair Wagner - the Board agreed to forward a joint CRD-Muncipalities letter to the Liberal MP responsible for this Portfolio and copies to the Rt Hon. Justin Trudeau (Canadian Prime Minister) and Cariboo-North/Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA's Coralee Oakes/Donna Barnett in regards to recently rejected application from the Strategic Priorities Fund for the Lexington Water System Improvements and South Cariboo Recreation Centre Upgrade Project

Delegation:

Dale Littlejohn, Executive Director of the Community Energy Association, appeared before the Board, via teleconference, regarding a proposed electric vehicle charging network in Northern BC (Hwy 16 with connection to Hwy 97).

A Question/Answer period ensued

Chair Wagner, on behalf of the Board, thanked Mr. Littlejohn for his presentation

Resolved - That a letter of support be provided, as requested and that $9,000 be committed from Cariboo Strong grant monies subject to a successful FCM grant application

Business, cont:

Administration, cont:

8) The Board received a report of the Corporate Officer reporting the Special Voting results appointing Alice Johnston as Chief Election Officer and Lore Schick as Deputy Chief Election Officer in relation to the 2018 Electoral Area 'E' By-Election and that a NCLGA Resolution be drafted in relation to changes to the Local Government Act to allow regional districts' to waive the requirement for a by-election in the year of a general local election, in the event of death, resignation or disqualification of an elected official

9) The Board received the Consent Calendar, as of February 8th, 2018

Meeting recessed at 12:00pm
Meeting resumed at 12:40pm

Business, cont:

Admin, cont

10) The Board received items pertaining to NCLGA/UBCM/FCM, as follows:

a) District of Kent - Letter to BC Municipal Affairs and Housing - Cannabis Sales Revenue Sharing
b) City of New Westminster - Letter to BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy - Prevention of Quagga and Zebra Mussels
c) Township of Spallumcheen - Support for Flexible Ride-Sharing Regulation in BC
d) District of Coldstream - Letter to BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy - Prevention of Quagga and Zebra Mussels
e) Township of Spallumcheen - Letter to BC Municipal Affairs and Housing - Cannabis Sales Revenue Sharing

11) The Board received responses to Board initiated letters, as follows:

a) Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology - Notification of Minister's Visits
b) Office of the Premier - Update on Meetings at UBCM
c) Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General - Local Governments and the Legalization of Non-Medical Cannabis
d) Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure - Campbell and Pigeon Roads (CRD Electoral Areas D/F) - letter referred to Central Cariboo Rural Directors' Caucus
e) Northern Development Initiative Trust - First Nations Applications
f) Letter from office of BC's Minister of Transportation/Infrastructure - Minister's future visits to the Region

Committee/Commission Minutes/Recommendations:

1) The Board received the North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2017

2) The Board received the South Cariboo Rural Directors Caucus Meeting Minutes of January 8, 2018 and endorsed the following recommendation:

a) South Cariboo Appointments for 2018

3) The Board received the South Cariboo Joint Committee Meeting Minutes of January 8, 2018 and endorsed the following recommendation:

a) That Kersti Toews be appointed to the group as a representative for youth recreation, and that the project concept design and financing plan be presented for public consultation with the results brought forward to the April 9, 2018 joint committee meeting for a final determination on proceeding with a referendum in late May or early June

4) The Board received the 108 Greenbelt Commission Meeting Minutes of January 15, 2018

5) The Board received the Central Cariboo Rural Directors Caucus Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2018 and endorsed the following recommendation:

a) Central Cariboo Appointments for 2018

6) The Board received the Central Cariboo Joint Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2018 and endorsed the following recommendations:

a) Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society's Proposal
b) City of Williams Lake Report - Williams Lake Hockey History Murals
c) City of Williams Lake Report - CMRC Rear Parking Lot
d) 2019 NCLGA Convention/AGM Bid

7) The Board received the Special Meeting Minutes of the Committee of the Whole on January 25, 2018 and endorsed the following recommendation:

a) Community Emergency Preparedness Fund Application

8) The Board endorsed the following Resolution from the February 13th meeting of the North Cariboo Joint Committee:

THAT the North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee (“NCJPC”) supports the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (“MoTI”) Hwy 97 Quesnel Transportation Plan for the North-South Interconnector and the plan to address the safety issues at Racing Road and Hydraulic Road;

AND THAT the NCJPC urges the Province to provide funding to MoTI so they can proceed with the next phase of each project;

AND THAT that the Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors forward a resolution to the Premier and MoTI in support of the above.


Corporate Bylaws:

1) The Board gave 1st, 2nd and 3rd Readings to the following Bylaws:

a) Benjamin Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5127, 2018
b) Benjamin Water Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 5128, 2018
c) Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Recreation Service Amendment Bylaw No. 5129, 2018
d) South Cariboo Recreation Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 5130, 2018 - deferred to March 23rd, 2018 CRD Board meeting.  Board divided.  Approved by the following vote:

Affirmative - Chair Wagner; Directors Armstrong, Bruce, Massier, Forseth, Neufeld, Sorley, Richmond, William, Anderson, Coakley, Sharpe, Simpson, and Cobb

Negative - Director M. Campsall (100 Mile House)

e) West Fraser Fire Protection Service Boundary Amendment Bylaw No. 5131, 2018

Directors' Requests:

a) At the request of Director S. Forseth (Area D) - Staff were requested to report back on options for teleconference improvements in the CRD Boardroom and also on HVAC Options for the CRD Boardroom

b) The Board received a report from Director B. Anderson (Area K) in regards to her recent attendance at the BC Natural Resources Forum held on January 16-18, 2018 in Prince George

c) At the request of Director B. Anderson (Area K) - the Board authorized Director Anderson to attend the British Columbia Council of Forest Industries conference in Prince George in April 2018 with funding from Area 'K' Director Initiative Fund up to $1,799

The Board received written reports of the CAO and the Board Chair regarding their recent activities

Resolved - That the resolutions pertaining to Cariboo Strong/Retail Sale of Cannabis in CRD Rural Areas passed in the Feb 15th CRD Board in Committee Meeting be endorsed

On the resolution pertaining to Retail Sale of Cannabis in CRD Rural Areas (moratorium until Province clarifies rules pertaining to Retail Sale of Cannabis in Regional Districts').  Board divided.  Approved by the following vote:

Affirmative - Chair Wagner; Directors Armstrong, Bruce, Massier, Forseth, Neufeld, Richmond, William, Anderson, Coakley, Sharpe, Simpson, Cobb and Campsall

Negative - Director J. Sorley (Area F)

At 1:50pm -- the Board recessed and convened an Closed (In-Camera) Board Meeting pursuant to Sections 90(1a,c,l - appointment, labour/employee relations and annual report) of the Community Charter

At 2:05pm - the Board reconvened its public meeting and then reconvened its' Closed (In-Camera) Board Meeting pursuant to Sections 90(1a,c,k,l - appointment, labour/employee relations, negotiations and annual report) of the Community Charter

At 2:12pm -- the Board resumed its' public meeting

Directors' reported on their recent activities

The Board adjourned at 2:42pm

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