Present: Chair A. Richmond; Directors T. Armstrong, J. Bruce, J. Massier, S. Forseth, J. Sorley, M. Wagner, D. Cash, R. William, B. Anderson, B. Coakley, R. Sharpe, B. Simpson, W. Cobb, M. Campsall and Alternate Director M. Neufeld (Area E)
Meeting called to order at 1:00pm
Meeting Agenda/August 31st CRD Board Meeting Minutes, both adopted
The Board received the Delegation MOB
Delegation:
1) David Weir, Water Section Head for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, appeared before the Board to provide a presentation with respect to the Water Sustainability Act.
A Question/Answer period ensued
Chair Richmond, on behalf of the Board, thanked Mr. Weir for his time/information
Business:
Development Services:
1) The Board received the Municipalities’ Building Inspection Statistics Report, Cariboo Regional District Statistics Report, and the Inspection Activity Report for July 2017
Finance:
1) The Board received/ratified the Monthly Expenditures Board Summary Report and Mastercard Summary Report for the month of August 2017, in the amount of $5,166,906.65
2) The Board approved a request by Area 'F' Director Sorley for authorization of Grants for Assistance funding for community barbecues in Area F (Horsefly, Likely, Big Lake, Miocene and 150 Mile House)
Meeting recessed at 1:57pm
Meeting resumed at 2:04pm
Delegation, cont:
A delegation from the Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development appeared before the Board to discuss the Post-Fire Recovery Process
A Question/Answer period ensued
Chair Richmond, on behalf of the Board, thanked the delegation for their time/information
Business, cont:
Administration:
1) The Board received a report of the Deputy Corporate Officer, in regards to an application before the Passenger Transportation Board to authorize Greyhound to eliminate routes in Northern BC and directed Staff to forward a letter indicated that the Cariboo Regional District is not in support of Greyhound's application and should it be approved, Greyhound should lose access to their freight routes in BC
2) The Board received a recommendation from the Sept 12th North Cariboo Joint Committee in regards Post-Wildfire Recovery wherein the recommendation was:
That the Cariboo Regional District support the City of Quesnel’s application for a Recovery Coordinator position to be funded by Emergency Management B.C. without delay.
And that the Cariboo Regional District support the concept of economic recovery efforts being managed and delivered on a sub-regional level, with significant involvement from key local stakeholders, with some coordination between all the Recovery Coordinators throughout the Cariboo.
3) The Board agreed to provide a letter of support to the City of Williams Lake for its' UBCM Application for Strategic Wildfire Protection Funding, with the understanding that Central CRD Directors' will be engaged
4) The Board received the Consent Calendar, as of September 15th
5) The Board received two items, pertaining to FCM, UBCM and NCLGA items, as follows:
a) Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and UBCM Green Communities Committee - Corporate Carbon Neutrality- Reduction of GHG Emissions
b) NCLGA - 2017 Resolutions
6) The Board received and endorsed the Prioritization of Board Resolutions reports, as of September 7th
At 4:21pm -- The Board recessed its public meeting to conduct an In-Camera Meeting, as per Section (90 1a - appointment) of the Community Charter
At 4: 33pm -- The Board resumed its' public meeting
The Board adjourned at 5:00pm
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