Meeting


Regional Services Committee Meeting Agenda

 Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Board Room
175 Ingram Street, 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 175 Ingram Street, Duncan BC
 
1.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion to approve the agenda.

2.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

M1.

Regional Services Committee Meeting of November 25, 2020.

Recommendation That the minutes of the Regional Services Committee meeting of November 25, 2020 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

6.

CORRESPONDENCE

7.

INFORMATION

IN1.

Correspondence from Al Siebring, Mayor, Municipality of North Cowichan Re: Chemainus River Flood Plain Mapping

Recommendation For information.
   
8.

REPORTS

R1.

Report from the Legislative Services Division Re: 2021 Resolutions to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC)

Recommendation For direction.
   
R2.

Report from the Parks and Trails Division Re: 2020 Parks and Trails Visitation Summary

Recommendation For information.
   
R3.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: National Disaster Mitigation Program Grant Application – Youbou Dam Decommissioning Plan

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board that a grant application in the amount of $300,000 be submitted to the National Disaster Mitigation Program for the development of a Decommissioning Plan for the Youbou dam.
   
R4.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: National Disaster Mitigation Program Grant Application – Chemainus River Flood Mapping

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board that a grant application in the amount of $473,000 be submitted to the National Disaster Mitigation Program for updating flood mapping for the Chemainus River.
   
R5.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management Strategy

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board:
1. That the CVRD Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management Strategy be adopted.
2. That staff form an interdisciplinary team to develop operational implementation plans to support the Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management Strategy for committee review in 2021.
   
R6.

Report from the Environmental Services Division Re: Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Program – Proposal from Shawnigan Basin Society

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board:
1. That the proposal received from the Shawnigan Basin Society be accepted as meeting the requirements of the DWWP Partnership Policy;
2. That staff develop a Partnership Agreement with the Shawnigan Basin Society for implementation of the proposed activities; and
3. That the proposal and agreement be referred to the Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Technical Advisory Committee for information at its inaugural meeting in 2021.
   
R7.

Report from the Finance Division Re: Cowichan Housing Association Project Development Fund - Duncan Housing Society

Recommendation That it be recommended to the Board that $25,000 be allocated from the CVRD Housing Trust Fund for the proposed Duncan Housing Society’s affordable housing redevelopment project for seniors in Duncan.
   
R8.

Verbal Report from the Chief Administrative Officer Re: Discussion of Select Committee for Regional Parkland Acquisition Master Plan Review

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.