Central Cariboo/City of Williams Lake Joint Committee - Feb 26th mtg

Present from Cariboo RD: Co-Chair J. Sorley, Director B.Kemp and Alternate Director S. Forseth

Present from City of WL: Co-Chair K.Cook, Councillors Rathor, Walters and Hughes

Staff:

J. Bell - CAO, Cariboo RD
B. Crowe - Executive Assistant, Cariboo RD
S. Burich - Mgr of Communications, Cariboo RD
G. Goodall - Acting CAO, City of WL
G. Paynton - Director of Community Services, City of WL
K. MacInnis - Communications Coordinator, City of WL

Guest: Al Richmond (Area 'G' Director/Cariboo RD Chair)

Meeting called to order at 5pm

Agenda approved and minutes of the Central Cariboo Joint Committee meeting of Jan 29th approved

Delegations - None

Business:

1) The Committee received the 2013 Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society Grants Program Results
Report

2) The Committee received the Cariboo Memorial Complex Pool Renovations and Upgrade Project - Communications Working Group Meeting Notes of February 13

3) The Committee received a letter from Councillor Danica Hughes, Chairperson, City of Williams Lake 85th Birthday Committee, dated January 14, 2014, requesting consideration for waiver of the fees for the Cariboo Memorial Recreation
Complex for the planning community event on May 3rd, 2014 and recommended authorizing up to $500 from the Electoral Area 'F' Special Projects Fund to the Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors'

4) The Committee authorized adding Family Day to the list of approved statutory holiday openings at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex by the following vote:

Affirmative - Mayor Cook;Councillors Rathor and Walters;Directors J. Sorley/B.Kemp and Alternate Director S. Forseth

Negative - Councillor Hughes

5) The Committee agreed to refer the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium request for permanent funding to the Central Cariboo Recreation process for Rural Recreation assets determination by the following vote:

Affirmative - Mayor Cook;Councillors Hughes,Rathor,Walters and Directors Kemp/Sorley
Negative - Alternate Director Forseth

Editor's Note - I still feel that general public input on the value/direction/priorization of our Rural Recreation Assets (CRD Areas D,E,F) needs to happen and it's unfortunate that my colleagues didn't see the value of allowing public input prior to moving forward on the priorities of our rural recreation assets in 2015

Councillors Geoff Bourdon and Sue Zacharias entered the meeting

6) The Committee received a video presentation of Mountain Bike Trails in the Cariboo-Chilcotin

7) The Committee received a letter from Mount Timothy in regards to their request for donations for their "Chairlift Padded Seat Project". The Committee also agreed to forward a letter to them outlining the 'Grant in Aide' process

8) The Committee received the Action Items page

The Committee agreed to adjourn at 6:05pm