Friday, August 24, 2018

Cariboo RD Board Highlights - August 24th mtg

Present:

Chair M. Wagner/Vice-Chair J. Massier;
Directors T. Armstrong, J. Bruce, S. Forseth, A. Delainey, J. Sorley, A. Richmond, D. Cash, R. William, B. Anderson, B. Coakley, B. Kuch, B. Simpson, W. Cobb and M. Campsall

Meeting agenda adopted
Minutes of the Cariboo RD Board meeting held July 13th, 2018 was received/adopted

Delegations MOB was received

Business:

Development Services:

1) The Board gave 1st/2nd Readings to the following Planning Bylaws:

a) North Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5150, 2018 (Electoral Area I - Parkins)
b) Interlakes Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5152, 2018 & South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5153, 2018 (Electoral Area L - Pavlik)

c) Lac La Hache Area Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 5170, 2018
d) South Cariboo Area Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 5171, 2018

2) The Board gave 3rd Reading to the following Planning Bylaws:

a) Central Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Amendment Bylaw No. 5133, 2018 (Electoral Area 'F' - Young/Alexander)
b) South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5140, 2018 (Electoral Area 'G' - Goldschmidt)
c) South Cariboo Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5142, 2018 and South Cariboo Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5143, 2018 (Electoral Area H - Elliott)

3) The Board gave 3rd Reading/Adoption to the following Planning Bylaws:

a) Quesnel Fringe Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5141, 2018 (Electoral Area B - Head/Myers)
b) Lac La Hache Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 5160, 2018 and South Cariboo Area Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 5161, 2018 (Electoral Area 'G' - 0972514 BC Ltd)

4) The Board deferred consideration of DVP #26-2018 (Electoral Area 'B' - Suave) for up to 60 days

5) The Board approved Temporary Use Permit #14-2018 (Electoral Area 'L' - Birch) subject to:

a. The recreational vehicles must be parked only within the proposed area for temporary use permit as shown in Appendix D.
b. No recreational vehicles can be parked on public streets.
c. The southern and eastern boundaries of the proposed area for temporary use permit in the parcel must be provided with a screening fence.
d. The business operation must be between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

The CAO provided a verbal briefing on recent activities within the Emergency Operations Centre

Library

1) The Board received a report from the Manager of Library Service in regards to the operating hours of the 100 Mile House Library

Finance:

1) The Board received/ratified the Monthly Expenditures Board Summary Report and Mastercard Summary Report for the month of July 2018, in the total amount of $2,007,451.96

Administration:

1) The Board received a report of the Corporate Officer concerning a request for comments from the BC Geographical Names Office on a proposal from the Tsihqot’in National Government to change or adopt names for several geographical features located in the Cariboo region and directed a letter be forwarded expressing that a transition period be used for dual English/Indigenous languages to Indigenous language only; communication strategy and a phonetic strategy for BC Wildfire Staff for indigenous to English.  Board divided - Approved by the following vote:

Affirmative - Chair Wagner; Directors J. Bruce, J. Massier, S. Forseth, A. Delainey, J. Sorley, A. Richmond, R. William, B. Anderson, B. Kuch, B. Simpson and M. Campsall

Negative - Directors T. Armstrong, B. Coakley and W. Cobb

2) The Board confirmed an previous In-Camera Resolution, in open meeting, as follows:

That Cody Dillabough’s appointment as Fire Chief of the Barlow Creek Volunteer Fire Department, be rescinded.

3) The Board received a report of the Corporate Officer regarding the determination of which Director(s) will speak to the CRD’s resolutions at the upcoming UBCM convention and discussed designating certain Directors' to speak to Cariboo RD 2018 UBCM Resolutions

Meeting recessed at 11am to Delegations

Delegation:

Steve Kozuki, Executive Director, Forest Enhancement Society of BC, appeared before the Board to provide an update on the Society’s activities and discuss forest enhancement and restoration of public forests impacted by the 2017 wildfires.

A Q&A Session ensued...

The Chair, on behalf of the Board, thanked Mr. Kozuki for his time/information

Meeting recessed at 11:35am to CCRHD Board
Meeting resumed at 1:00pm

Business, cont:

Admin, cont:

The Board resumed consideration of the report of the Corporate Officer regarding the determination of which Director(s) will speak to the CRD’s resolutions at the upcoming UBCM convention and the Board designating certain Directors' to speak to Cariboo RD 2018 UBCM Resolutions

4) The Board received a report of the Corporate Officer regarding Official Results of the Interlakes Fire Assent Vote

5) The Board received the Consent/Financial Consent Calendars, as of August 24th, 2018

6) The Board received NCLGA/UBCM/FCM items as follows:

a) City of Williams Lake - Letter to Minister of Finance - Employer Health Tax Impact on Local Governments
b) District of Houston - Support of Province of BC's Caribou Recovery Program
c) Regional District North Okanagan - Support for UBCM Resolution - Business Licensing
d) UBCM - Province Reverses Decision on Fire Safety Act

7) The Board received letters to previous Board Correspondence, as follows:

a) Canadian Heritage - Response regarding Funding for City of Quesnel Chilcotin War Chiefs Historical Site
b) BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development - 2017 UBCM Resolution - Fire Mitigation Strategy

Committee or Commission Minutes/Recommendations:

1) The Board endorsed the following recommendation from the June 20th, 2018 Central Cariboo Joint Committee meeting, as follows:

That the CRD and City of Williams Lake provide a joint letter of support to Enbridge Inc. for their equipment enhancement and compressor replacement project at Compressor Station 6A near 150 Mile House

2) The Board received the July 10th meeting minutes of the North Cariboo Rural Directors' Caucus and endorsed 1 recommendation from that meeting as follows:

a) That the correspondence from City of Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson, dated May 7, 2018,  as referred from the May 22nd North Cariboo Rural Directors Caucus meeting, extending an invitation to the City of Quesnel's 2018 Canada Day Celebration and requesting sponsorship, be received. Further, that the event be included in sub-regional recreation programming and that CRD Electoral Areas A, B, C, and I be included in the heritage grant application.

The Board deferred the following recommendation from the North Cariboo Rural Directors' Caucus from its' July 10th, 2018 meeting until the Regional Board has a presentation on the Kluskus Connector Road Project:

That a letter of support be provided to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development for the proposed Kluskus Connector Road Project.


3) The Board received the July 10th meeting minutes of the North Cariboo Joint Committee and endorsed 2 recommendations from that meeting, as follows:

a) That $6,600.00 from the 2018 North Cariboo Recreation and Parks budget be allocated to hire a consultant to develop a plan for displaying banners and memorabilia in the West Fraser Centre.

b) That $54,200 in the 2018 North Cariboo Recreation and Parks budget previously allocated for Agriplex building repairs, Agriplex electrical upgrades and Agriplex fire system upgrades be reallocated to Alex Fraser Park to complete the priority electrical upgrades identified by staff and the society. Further that an additional $43,965.00 be allocated to proceed with the Alex Fraser Park drainage report, and RV plug-in project.

4) The Board received the minutes of the Policy Committee meeting held July 12th, 2018 and endorsed one recommendation from that meeting, as follows:

a) That the Financial (Cheque) Signing Authorities Policy be amended as proposed to include some of the particulars of the CRD's auto-signing process.


Corporate Bylaws:

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

a) (Cariboo Regional District) Directors’ Remuneration and Expenses Bylaw No. 5156, 2018

Board divided - Approved by the following vote:

Affirmative - Chair Wagner; Directors Armstrong, Bruce, Massier, Delainey, Sorley, Richmond, William, Anderson, Coakley, Kuch, Simpson, and Campsall

Negative - Directors S. Forseth/W.Cobb

b) Quesnel-Hixon Subdivision Erosion Protection Works Service Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 5165, 2018
c) Cariboo Regional District Water Services Management Amendment Bylaw No. 5166, 2018
d) Benjamin Water Service Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 5167, 2018
e) Lexington Water Service Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 5168, 2018

2) The Board adopted the following Bylaws:

a) Lexington Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5084, 2017
b) Lexington Water Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 5085, 2017
c) Interlakes Area Fire Protection Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 5147, 2018

Directors' Reports:

1) The Board received the following two items from Director S. Forseth (Area D), as follows:

a) Service Levels at Rural Transfer Stations
b) Cannabis Retail Stores in Electoral Areas

Resolved - That Staff investigate service levels at unmanned transfer stations and report to October's Finance/Budget Committee meeting

The Board received the Chair's Report up to/including Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 outlining her recent activities on behalf of the Board

Directors' Roundtable

Directors reported on activities from their Electoral Area or Municipality

Meeting adjourned

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