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Board of Directors Meeting Agenda Board of Directors Meeting Agenda September 2, 2016 9:00 am Voting Rules Unless otherwise indicated on this agenda, all Directors have one vote and a simple majority is required for a motion to pass. Bylaws adopted at the same meeting as third reading require 2/3 votes in favour for a motion to pass. Who Votes Count 1. Call to Order 2. Addition of Late Items 3. Adoption of the Agenda 4. Adoption of the Minutes 4.1 August 5, 2016 Meeting 5. Delegation 5.1 Wayne Stetski, MP Kootenay-Columbia re: Role as Member of Parliament for the Kootenay-Columbia 6. Correspondence 6.1 Columbia Basin Trust – July 22, 2016 Board Highlights 6.2 UBCM Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative Working Group – Fuel Management Project (Baynes Lake Operational Treatment) 6.3 UBCM Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative Working Group – Fuel Management Project (Area C Westview Estates Prescription) 6.4 UBCM – 2015/16 (Fall) Community to Community Forum 6.5 City of Victoria – Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project Application 6.6 E-Comm911 – e-communique Summer 2016 6.7 Trans Canada Trail – Globe and Mail Supplement and 2015-2016 Annual Report 6.8 Central East Kootenay Community Directed Funds Committee – August 11, 2016 Meeting Minutes 6.9 Trans Canada PipeLines Ltd. – Project Update: Foothills Pipe Lines Zone 7 Segment 2 Decommissioning Project 6.10 Community Futures East Kootenay – Community Futures Kootenay Columbia Boundary Regional Report 2015/16 7. Unfinished Business 8. New Business Agenda Page 2 Board of Directors September 2, 2016 9. Committee Recommendations • Columbia Valley Services Committee • Electoral Area Services Committee • Elk Valley Services Committee • Governance & Regional Services Committee • Planning & Development Services Committee 10. Bylaws 10.1 Bylaw No. 2667 – Columbia Valley Economic Development Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw – Three Readings and Adoption 10.2 Bylaw No. 2700 – Public Hearing Report 10.3 Bylaw No. 2700 – Moyie and Area Land Use Amendment Bylaw (Lumberton /Alaric) – Third Reading 10.4 Bylaw No. 2706 – Public Hearing Report 10.5 Bylaw No. 2706 – Wycliffe Zoning and Floodplain Management Amendment Bylaw (Cranbrook North / Pukas & Walton) – Third Reading 10.6 Bylaw No. 2707 – Public Hearing Report 10.7 Bylaw No. 2707 – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Amendment Bylaw (Panorama / Marshall) – Third Reading and Adoption 10.8 Bylaw No. 2708 – Public Hearing Report 10.9 Bylaw No. 2708 – Cranbrook Rural Zoning Amendment Bylaw (Miscellaneous / RDEK) – Third Reading 10.10 Bylaws No. 2713 and No. 2709 – Public Hearing Report 10.11 Bylaw No. 2713 – Wasa and Area Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw (Wasa / Kiy & Swan) – Third Reading 10.12 Bylaw No. 2709 Electoral Area E Zoning & Floodplain Management Amendment Bylaw (Wasa / Kiy & Swan) – Third Reading 10.13 Bylaw No. 2710 – Public Hearing Report 10.14 Bylaw No. 2710 – Jaffray, Tie Lake, Rosen Lake Land Use and Floodplain Management Amendment Bylaw (Jaffray South / Crabbe) – Third Reading & Adoption 10.15 Bylaw No. 2714 – Steeples Zoning & Floodplain Management Amendment Bylaw (Bull River / Hewison & Saturn Power) – Two Readings 10.16 Bylaw No. 2714 – Public Hearing 10.17 Bylaw No. 2717 – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Amendment Bylaw (Fairmont Hot Springs / Carthew Registry Services Ltd.) – Two Readings 10.18 Bylaw No 2717 – Public Hearing 10.19 Bylaw No. 2720 – Columbia Valley Subregion Waste CV Directors Weighted Management Regulatory Amendment Bylaw – Three Readings and Adoption 10.20 Bylaw No. 2721 – Central Subregion Waste Central Directors Weighted Management Regulatory Amendment Bylaw – Three Readings and Adoption 11. Late Agenda Items Agenda Page 3 Board of Directors September 2, 2016 12. Reports from Directors Director McDougall • Columbia Basin Regional Advisory Committee Director McCormick • Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute Advisory Committee Director Wilkie • Kootenay Conservation Program Committee Director Booth • Columbia Basin Trust • Columbia Valley Advisory Committee (CBT Advisory) • Columbia Valley Visitor Services Committee • Environmental Assessment Working Group – Kootenay West Mine • Kootenay – Boundary Drinking Water Advisory Committee • Ktunaxa / Kinbasket Local Government Treaty Advisory Committee Director Reinhardt • Design Committee – Multi-use Arts and Recreation Facility Invermere • TransCanada Trail 2017 Committee Director Walter • Kootenay Booth Organizing Committee • Municipal Insurance Association Director Sosnowski • Canadian Columbia River Local Government Committee / Canadian Columbia River Forum • Elk River Alliance Steering Committee • Environmental Assessment Working Groups – Baldy Ridge Extension/Bingay Main Coal/Coal Mountain Phase 2/Fernie/Michel Creek Coking Coal • Fernie Visitor Transportation Committee • Local Government Off Road Vehicle Working Group Director Giuliano • Elk Valley Advisory Committee (CBT Advisory) • Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust – Kootenay Columbia Regional Advisory Committee Chair Gay • Highway 3 Mayors’ and Chairs’ Coalition • Key City Theatre Replacement Committee • Municipal Finance Authority • Regional Broadband Committee • Southern Interior Beetle Action Committee 13. Adjournment Agenda Page 4 Board of Directors September 2, 2016 COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE Thursday, September 1, 2016 1:30 pm Columbia Valley Services Committee 1:45 pm Electoral Area Services Committee 2:30 pm Elk Valley Services Committee 2:45 pm Governance & Regional Services Committee 3:30 pm Planning & Development Services Committee NEXT MEETINGS Central East Kootenay Community Directed Funds Committee Meeting – November 10, 2016 Committee Meetings RDEK Board of Directors Thursday, October 6, 2016 Friday, October 7, 2016 Time: TBA Time: 9:00 am MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY HELD AT THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OFFICE IN CRANBROOK BC ON AUGUST 5, 2016 PRESENT Chair Rob Gay Electoral Area C Director Mike Sosnowski Electoral Area A Director Stan Doehle Electoral Area B Director Jane Walter Electoral Area E Director Wendy Booth Electoral Area F Director Gerry Wilkie Electoral Area G Director Lee Pratt City of Cranbrook Director Tom Shypitka City of Cranbrook Director Mary Giuliano City of Fernie Director Don McCormick City of Kimberley Director Dean McKerracher District of Elkford Director Gerry Taft District of Invermere Director Cal McDougall District of Sparwood Director Ute Juras Village of Canal Flats Director Clara Reinhardt Village of Radium Hot Springs STAFF Shawn Tomlin Chief Administrative Officer Shannon Moskal Corporate Officer Connie Thom Executive Assistant (Recording Secretary) Chair Rob Gay called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. Chair Gay presented a 10-year Employee Service Award to Jim Miller, Fire Chief Fairmont / Windermere. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 46390 MOVED by Director Reinhardt Agenda SECONDED by Director Shypitka THAT the agenda for the RDEK Board of Directors meeting be adopted. CARRIED ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES 46391 MOVED by Director Giuliano Minutes SECONDED by Director Pratt THAT the Minutes of the RDEK Board of Directors meeting held on July 8, 2016 be adopted as circulated. CARRIED DELEGATIONS Ken Nowicki, asked for Board support to change the wording of the Planning & Development Services Committee recommendation for Development Variance Permit No. 14-16 to remove “subject to approval of an amendment to the existing water licence” because the water licence will not be able to be amended prior to expiry of their subdivision application on November 6, 2016. Angus Glass, Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, provided an update on the Upper Kootenay Ecosystem Enhancement Plan (UKEEP). Mr. Glass stated that there are three grant programs available and Local Governments are eligible to apply. RDEK BOARD MEETING August 5, 2016 MINUTES PAGE 2 CORRESPONDENCE 46392 MOVED by Director Taft Jumbo Glacier Mtn. SECONDED by Director Wilkie Resort Municipality THAT a letter be sent to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development encouraging the Province to develop a sunset clause for Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality. DEFEATED IN FAVOUR: Director Walter Director Taft Director Juras Director Wilkie PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 46393 MOVED by Director Gay DVP 7-16 SECONDED by Director Giuliano Reconsideration THAT Development Variance Permit 7-16 (Paley) be reconsidered. CARRIED 46394 MOVED by Director Walter DVP 7-16 SECONDED by Director Reinhardt Granted THAT Development Variance Permit No. 7-16 to permit the construction of two accessory structures prior to a principal use being established on the Paley property at Wasa Lake Park Drive in Wasa be granted. CARRIED 46395 MOVED by Director Booth Bylaw 2707 SECONDED by Director McKerracher Introduction THAT Bylaw No. 2707 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 313, 2016 (Panorama / Marshall)” be introduced. CARRIED 46396 MOVED by Director Doehle Bylaw 2710 SECONDED by Director Gay Introduction THAT Bylaw No. 2710 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Jaffray, Tie Lake, Rosen Lake Land Use and Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 1414, 1999 – Amendment Bylaw No. 27, 2016 (Jaffray South / Crabbe)” be introduced. CARRIED 46397 MOVED by Director Doehle DVP 12-16 SECONDED by Director McKerracher Granted THAT Development Variance Permit No. 12-16 to reduce the minimum front yard setback from 7.5 m to 3.8 m for an existing house and to 0.0 m for an existing
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