Thursday, June 9, 2022

Committee of the Whole Session (Cariboo RD Board) - June 9th mtg

Committee of the Whole met at Barkerville, located within the east end of Area "C" of the Cariboo Regional District and in the shared traditional territories of the Lhtako Dene and Secwepemc Nations ... 

Present:
Chair M. Wagner/Vice-Chair J. Massier; Directors Sjostrom, Bachmeier, Forseth, Delainey, LeBourdais, Richmond, Glassford, Kirby, Mernett, Macdonald, Coleman, Bonnell, Pinkney and Alternate Director L. Roodenburg (City of Quesnel)

Meeting called to order at 9:30am

The Chair recognized that the meeting was taking place on traditional Indigenous territory and welcomed Alternate Director Roodenburg to today's meeting of the Committee of the Whole

Meeting Agenda adopted

Cheryl Chapman/Mike Retasket provided an official Indigenous welcome to the Lhtako Dene and Secwepemc (Shuswap) shared traditional territories 

Kate Cox, Chief Executive Officer of Barkerville Historic Town and Park / Cottonwood House Historic Site provided welcoming remarks and formally welcomed the Committee of the Whole to Barkerville

Minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 17th, 2022 were received/adopted

Business:

The Committee discussed the following topics:

1) Waiver of Public Hearings - Continue research based on Committee's discussions'

CONTRARY TO THE MOTION: Director Pinkney

Meeting recessed at 11:09am
Meeting resumed at 11:30am

Delegation:

Chris Pharness, Vice President of Sustainable Development, Natalie Cook, Acting Manager of Sustainability and External Relations, and Hayley Archer, Community Relations Liaison, all with Osisko Development Corporation, appeared before the Committee to provide updates on the Barkerville Gold project

Following the presentation - A Question/Answer period ensued

The Chair, on behalf of the Committee, thanked the delegation for their time/information

Meeting recessed for lunch at 12:25pm
Meeting resumed at 1:01pm

Committee Business, cont:

2) Next Steps: Proposed Region-Wide Parks/Trails Service

Defer discussions until after October 2022 Local Government Election

3) Strategic Direction of 2023 Budget Discussions and Public Consultation

Report of CFO received

The Committee adjourned at 2:35pm

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