THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT Regular Meeting – August 23, 2012 A G E N D A Time: 10:00 AM Place: Clinton Memorial Hall 306 Lebourdais Clinton, BC Page 1. PUBLIC HEARINGS (If Required) 2. MINUTES 11-31 (a) Minutes of the Regular Board dated July 19, 2012 3. ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA 4. BYLAWS (From Public Hearing - If Required) 5. DELEGATIONS (a) Ms. Terri Hadwin, Marketing Manager Re: Gold Country Initiatives Gold Country Communities Society 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. BYLAWS (Other than Development Application Bylaws for 1st Reading) 32-36 (a) TNRD Green Lake and Area Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2321, 2010 Report from the Director of Development Services dated August 15, 2012, attached. To view the Green Lake and Area OCP and supporting schedules, please visit the following site: https://tnrd.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=64770 . Recommendation(s): That TNRD Green Lake and Area Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2321, 2010 be reconsidered and adopted. Page 1 of 158 Page 8. DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS 37-41 (a) Referral Application No. REF 152 (Proposed Addition to Douglas Lake Indian Reserve No. 3) Unsurveyed Crown Land adjacent to Douglas Lake Indian Reserve 3, KDYD Report from the Director of Development Services dated July 25, 2012, attached. Recommendation(s): That the Board of Directors support the application to add 16.2 hectares of Unsurveyed Crown Land adjacent to Douglas Lake Indian Reserve No. 3 to that Reserve. 9. CORRESPONDENCE (a) Action Requested 42-43 1. UBCM Member Release dated July 20, 2012 Re: Agricultural Land Commission Changes Action Requested: Provide comments or suggestions on consultation with respects to online application system and the new fee structure. 44 2. Email from BC Hydro dated August 9, 2012 Re: 2012 UBCM Convention Action Requested: Deadline to submit a meeting request with BC Hydro's Senior Manager's at the 2012 UBCM Convention is September 12, 2012. 45-48 3. Notice from Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts, August 9, 2012 Re: Deadline to submit Public Hearing content Action Requested: The deadline to submit information on the changes to Canada's Electoral Map that will be reviewed at a public hearing is August 30, 2012. (b) Information Only 49-50 1. BC Hospitality Foundation and the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association dated July 17, 2012 re: BCHF and TOTA Join Forces to Support the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Industry and BC's Hospitality Workers 51-53 2. Letter from Green Communities Committee dated July 20, 2012 Re: BC Climate Action Charter Page 2 of 158 Page (b) Information Only 54-57 3. Letter from Local Government Program Services dated July 13, 2012 Re: Approval of Operational Fuel Treatment Application (70 Mile House, 2012) 58 4. Letter from Local Government Program Services dated July 13, 2012 Re: Completion of Fuel Treatment Prescription (70 Mile House, 2010) 59 5. Letter from Gas Tax/Public Transit Management Services dated July 18, 2012 Re: Gas Tax Agreement Community Works Fund Payment 60-61 6. Columbia Shuswap Regional District dated July 20, 2012 Re: CSRD Board in Brief 62-64 7. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District dated July 2012 Re: Regional District Update July 2012 65 8. Central Okanagan Regional District dated July 23, 2012 Re: Highlights of the Regional Board Meeting - July 23, 2012 66-69 9. Fraser Valley Regional District dated July 24, 2012 Re: Highlights of the Regional Board Meeting - July 24, 2012 70-74 10. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations dated July 30, 2012 Re: Update from the Minister - July 2012 75 11. Letter from John Kettle, RDCK Chair received August 7, 2012 Re: Your volunteer service during the Johnsons Landing landslide 76 12. Letter from Minister Ida Chong dated July 30, 2012 Re: Condolences 77-78 13. Update from Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process dated June 30, 2012 Re: SLIPP 1st Quarter Report 79 14. News Release from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Culutral Development dated August 9, 2012 Re: Chief Electoral Officer Asked to Review Internet Voting Potential 80-82 15. UBCM Memo dated August 10, 2012 Re: Long-term Infrastructure Plan (LTIP) and Gas Tax Permanency Discussions Page 3 of 158 Page (b) Information Only 83 16. Event Notice from the Association of Kootnay and Boundary Local Governments dated August 13, 2012 Re: "For Richer or Poorer" - Building the Case for Taxation Tools Conference on October 19, 2012 10. NEW BUSINESS - DIRECTORS 11. REPORTS and/or INQUIRIES (a) Internal Committees 1. Audit Committee - Director B. Humphreys (Chair), Director T. Lange (Vice- Chair), Director K. Gillis 84-87 2. Drinking Water and Utilities Committee - Director R. Elliott (Chair), Director A. Anderson, Director B. CruzelleMyram, , Director J. Lightfoot, Director W. Macdonald, Director S. Rice, Director M. Spina, Director J. Sternig Minutes of the Drinking Water and Utilities Committee Meeting dated July 19, 2012. 88-98 3. Economic Development, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee - Director S. Roline (Chair), Director J. Ranta (Vice-Chair), Director N. Bepple, Director B. CruzelleMyram, Director R. Elliott, Director W. Macdonald, Director S. Rice, Director S. Watson Invest TNRD Web Portal Minutes of the Economic Development, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee meeting dated July 18, 2012, attached. Commitee report from the Manager of Community Services, dated July 8, 2012, attached. Recommendation(s): 1. That on the recommendation of the Economic Development, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee, staff be approved to apply for funding through: a. Invest in Canada Community Initiative (ICCI) grant funding ($15,000) b. Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) grant funding ($20,000 from the Industry Attraction Program). c. The collaborative portion of the annual NDIT Economic Development Capacity Building program for the communities of Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, Logan Lake, Lytton, and TNRD up to $15,000 d. Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT), for funds equivalent to those received from NDIT, a potential $35,000. e. And any other applicable economic grant opportunity. Page 4 of 158 Page (a) Internal Committees 2. That on the recommendation of the Economic Development, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee, that if staff can lever $50,000 in funds on or before 2013 that the TNRD be approved to employ an NDIT Intern for an initial 6 month period, to work with designated Economic Development Officers (EDO’s) to identify and coordinate TNRD major projects, and economic development sectors: and if successful in obtaining SIDIT funding extend the Intern a further 6 months to implement the contracting of the Invest TNRD webmaster to roll out the web portal. 3. That on the recommendation of the Economic Development, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee, $10,000 (from Economic Development / Tourism fund) be provided to complete, the Community Profiles for Barriere, Clearwater, Chase, Kamloops, Merritt and Sun Peaks, (which would include the surrounding rural areas within each of these catchments). 4. Emergency Management and Protective Services Committee - Director J. Sternig (Chair), Director K. Gillis (Vice-Chair), Director B. CruzelleMyram, Director R. Elliott, Director P. Milobar, Director T. Pennell, Director A. Raine, Director J. Rivett, 5. Film Commission - Director P. Milobar (Chair), Director S. Rice (Vice-Chair), Director W. Macdonald 6. Invasive Plant Committee - Director K. Gillis (Chair), Director S. Watson (alternate) 7. Policy Review Committee - Director S. Watson (Chair), Director P. A. Wallace (Vice-Chair), Director R. Anderson, Director M. Dosch, Director R. Elliott, Director H. Graham, Director W. Macdonald, Director J. Sternig 8. Regional Solid Waste Management Plan Implementation Committee - Director T. Pennell (Chair), Director J. Lightfoot (Vice-Chair), Director A. Anderson, Director R. Elliott, Director K. Gillis, Director J. Sternig, Director P. A. Wallace, Director S. Watson 9. Thompson Regional Hospital District - Director P. Milobar (b) External Committees 1. Air Quality Stakeholder Committee - Director H. Graham; Director R. Murray (alternate) Page 5 of 158 Page (b) External Committees 2. Airshed Advisory Committee (City of Kamloops) - Director A. Raine 3. Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Committee of the Whole - Director N. Bepple 4. Fraser Basin Council - Director T. Pennell; Director J. Lightfoot (alternate) 5. Municipal Finance Authority - Director J. Ranta, Director S. Roline (alternate) 6. Municipal Insurance Association - Director J. Sternig, Director T. Pennell (alternate) 7. Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP) Steering Committee - Director R. Anderson, Director P. Milobar 8. Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition - Director S. Watson, Director K. Gillis (alternate) 9. Yellowhead Highway Association - Director H. Graham, Director W. Macdonald (c) Other Reports 1. Kamloops Airport Authority Society - Director A. Anderson 2. Southern Interior Local Government Association - Director M. Spina, Director T. Pennell 99-100 3. Federal Gas Tax Funding – Electoral Area “I” (Blue Sky Country) Archie Clemes Community Hall Report from the Manager of Community Services dated July 26, 2012, attached. Recommendation(s): 1. That the expenditure to a maximum of $80,000.00 from the Federal Gas Tax revenues, Community Works Fund component, allocated to Electoral Area “I” (Blue Sky Country) to fund upgrades to the Archie Clemes Community Hall, be approved. 2. That the Chair and Corporate Officer be authorized to execute