Present from Cariboo Regional District: Co-Chair (Director) M. LeBourdais & Directors Forseth and Neufeld
Present from City of Williams Lake Council: Co-Chair (Mayor) SPS Rathor and Councillors Lyons and Flaspohler
Meeting Chair: Co-Chair/Director M. LeBourdais
Meeting called to order at 5:30pm
The Chair recognized that the meeting was taking place on traditional, unceded Williams Lake First Nation territory within Secwepemculecw
Meeting Agenda adopted with 2 Late Items (Information Item - WL Gymnastics Club/New Recreation Building on new Marie Sharpe Elementary school site -- at request of Director Forseth and Action Item - broadcast of Canuck Playoff Games, at request of Co-Chair Rathor)
Minutes of the Joint Committee meeting held on February 28th, 2024 was adopted
Business:
1) The Committee was presented with "Information Only" items as follows:
* Pool Mats / Slips and Falls Update
* Universal Change Rooms at West Fraser Aquatic Centre (formerly Sam Ketchum Pool)
* Air Quality Committee Report
* WL Gymnastics Club/New Recreation Building on new Marie Sharpe Elementary school site
* Playing of Vancouver Canucks playoff games in the Gibraltar Room, Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex
After discussion - the Committee approved the following resolution (concurrence of City Council/Regional Board required) ...
That a Joint (City of Williams Lake/Cariboo RD) letter be forwarded to the BC Ministry of Environment recognizing the value of the Air Quality Roundtable and requesting the Ministry to consider taking a lead role in reviving the Roundtable
Staff were also directed to report back to the Committee on use of the Gibraltar Room to display Vancouver Canucks playoff games
2) The Committee dealt with "Action Items", as follows:
a) Proposed First Responder Discount
Report from City of Williams Lake Director of Community Services was presented to the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon...
Resolved - Item received
b) KIJHL Agreement/WL Mustangs
Report from City of Williams Lake Director of Community Services was presented to the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon...
Resolved: That it be recommended to the Regional Board/City Council:
That the proposed Use And Occupancy License Agreement between the City of Williams Lake (as the operators of the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex) and 1468229 BC Ltd DBA Williams Lake Mustangs Hockey club be endorsed as presented and that the appropriate signatories be authorized to execute the agreement
c) Funding for Rotary Club Fitness Equipment at Kiwanis Park
Report from City of Williams Lake Director of Community Services was presented to the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon...
Resolved: That it be recommended to the Regional Board/City Council:
That the City of Williams Lake submit a 2024 Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) application to the Community Places program in partnership with the Williams Lake Rotary Club, for the Kiwanis Park Seniors’ Exercise Equipment Project. Further, that staff be authorized to support the project with the sub-regional recreation funding account or other funding source for a maximum amount of $10,000.00.
d) Proposed Minor Construction to Accommodate Williams Lake Mustangs
Report from City of Williams Lake Director of Community Services was presented to the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon...
Resolved: That it be recommended to the Regional Board:
That proposed construction changes to the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex to accommodate the Williams Lake Mustangs Hockey Club be approved as presented.
e) Capital Project Budget Adjustment For Arena Dressing Room Retiling Project
Report from City of Williams Lake Director of Community Services was presented to the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon...
Resolved: That it be recommended to the Regional Board:
That the proposed Lap Pool Retiling / Regrouting project for the West Fraser Aquatic Centre budgeted at $65,000 in 2024 be deferred to a future year, and that $50,000 be reallocated toward completing the Arena Dressing Room Retiling project for the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in 2024.
3) After discussion - the Committee received the Action Page and directed that Item #3 be removed from the Action Page...
The Committee adjourned at 7:17pm
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