Meeting


Regional Services Committee Meeting Agenda

 Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Board Room
201 – 55 Canada Avenue, Duncan, BC

9:30 AM

This meeting will be held electronically in accordance with Ministerial Order No. M192 issued June 17, 2020. Meetings are transmitted via the Board Room, located at 201 – 55 Canada Avenue, Duncan BC
 
1.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion to approve agenda.

2.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

M1.

Regional Services Committee Meeting of April 28, 2021

Recommendation That the minutes of the Regional Services Committee meeting of April 28, 2021 be adopted. 
   
3.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

4.
PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD

The purpose of the Public Input Period is to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on an agenda item before the Board / Committee / Commission considers the item. The Public Input Period Procedure Policy provides for the public input period to proceed in a timely fashion. Public Input Period items cannot include matters which are, or have been, the subject of a Public Hearing.
 
5.

DELEGATIONS

D1.

Sara Dent, Executive Director and Azja Jones Martin, Vancouver Island Land Matcher, Young Agrarians Re: Young Agrarians BC Land Matching Program for the Cowichan Region

Recommendation For information.
   
D2.

Simon Wing, Waterline Resources Inc on behalf of the Cobble Hill Aquifer Interagency Task Group (CHAITG) Re: Groundwater Quality Results 

Recommendation For information.
   
6.

CORRESPONDENCE

7.

INFORMATION

8.

REPORTS

R1.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: 2021 Groundwater Monitoring of Nitrate Concentrations in Fisher Road Area

Recommendation For information.
   
R2.

Report from the Economic Development Division Re: Cowichan Connectivity Strategy Funding Opportunity

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board that funding applications be submitted to: Island Coastal Economic Trust’s Economic Development Readiness Program; and Northern Development Initiative Trust’s Connecting British Columbia Program, to support the development of a Cowichan Connectivity Strategy.
   
R3.

Report from the Parks & Trails Division Re: Cowichan Valley Trail – North Watts Road to Greenhill Road Trail Completion and Funding

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board:
1. That construction of the Cowichan Valley Trail roadside trail connection along Chemainus Road between North Watts Road and Greenhill Drive (Ladysmith) include development of a designated parking area at North Watts Road, funded by $300,000 approved for the project in Budget Function 280 - Regional Parks and a $150,000 grant from the Trans Canada Trail Foundation.
2. That a License of Occupation with the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for construction of a roadside pathway and roadway crossing facilities on Chemainus Road between North Watts Road and Greenhill Drive, be approved.
3. That the 2021 budget for Function 280 – Regional Parks be amended to:
1. Increase Grant Funding – General by $150,000; and
2. Increase Capital Expenditures – Lease Improvements by $150,000.
   
R4.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: 2021 Budget Amendments – Cowichan and Chemainus Flood Management

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board:
1. That the 2021 Budget for Function 530 Cowichan Flood Management be amended to:
1. Increase Provincial Conditional Grants revenue by $24,535;
2. Increase Federal Conditional Grants revenue by $24,535; and
3. Increase Project Expenditures by $49,070.
2. That the 2021 Budget for Function 131 Environmental Initiatives be amended to:
1. Increase Partner Contributions revenue by $100,000; and
2. Increase Partnership Project expenses by $100,000.
3. That the 2021 Budget for Function 131 Environmental Initiatives be amended to:
1. Increase Provincial Conditional Grants revenue by $236,500;
2. Increase Federal Conditional Grants revenue by $236,500; and
3. Increase Partnership Project expenses by $473,000.
   
R5.

Report from the Legislative Services Division Re: 2021 UBCM Resolutions

Recommendation For direction.
   
9.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

10.

NEW BUSINESS

11.

QUESTION PERIOD
 

Questions shall be addressed to the Chair and must be truly questions and not statements of opinions.  Questioners are not permitted to make a speech.

12.

CLOSED SESSION

Motion that the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter Part 4, Division 3, Section 90, subsections as noted in accordance with each agenda item.

13.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn.