FRASER VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT

 

REGIONAL AND CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE

 

OPEN MEETING AGENDA

Meeting #:
Date:	Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Time:	9:00 A.m. - 11:00 A.m.
Location:	FVRD Boardroom, 45950 Cheam Avenue, Chilliwack, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA, ADDENDA AND LATE ITEMS

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Agenda, Addenda and Late Items for the Regional and Corporate Services Committee Open Meeting of June 11, 2019 be approved;

  AND THAT all delegations, reports, correspondence and other information set to the Agenda be received for information.

3.

DELEGATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

3.1

Rick Green, South Fraser Community Rail

Presentation on 'Community Rail South of the Fraser on the InterUrban Corridor'.

4.

MINUTES/MATTERS ARISING

4.1

Minutes of the Regional and Corporate Services Committee Open Meeting - May 8, 2019

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Minutes of the Regional and Corporate Services Committee Open Meeting of May 8, 2019 be adopted.

5.

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION

No Items.

6.

FINANCE

No Items.

7.

REGIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

7.1

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

No Items.

7.2

REGIONAL PARKS

7.2.1

Updated FVRD Parks Closure Policy

• Corporate report dated June 11, 2019 from Christina Vugteveen, Manager of Park Operations
• Draft updated FVRD Parks Closure Policy

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Fraser Valley Regional District Board adopt the updated Parks Closure Policy.

7.3

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INITIATIVES

7.3.1

Fraser Valley Regional District Clean Economy Study

• Corporate report dated June 11, 2019 from Alison Stewart, Manager of Strategic Planning
• FVRD Clean Economy Study - Final Report

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Fraser Valley Regional District Board receive the “Fraser Valley Regional District Clean Economy Study”;

  AND THAT staff be directed to create a companion resource guide for local governments, First Nations and stakeholders to serve as a tool to support clean economy opportunities.

7.3.2

Proposed UBCM Resolution - Provincial Response to Homeless Camps on Crown Lands

• Corporate report dated June 11, 2019 from Alison Stewart, Manager of Strategic Planning

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Fraser Valley Regional District Board forward a resolution on the need for a provincial strategy to address rural homelessness and encampments on Crown land to the Union of BC Municipalities for consideration at its September 2019 convention;

  AND THAT the resolution shall be as follows:

  RURAL HOMELESSNESS: CROWN LAND ENCAMPMENTS

  WHEREAS Homelessness is a challenge facing both urban and rural communities;

  AND WHERAS electoral areas have the least ability to address homelessness, in that they are by their very nature remote from health, social, police and other services and the minimal tax bases cannot support the hard and soft infrastructure required to address homelessness;

  AND WHEREAS the province’s response to homeless encampments on Crown land has been inconsistent or ad-hoc in nature, sometimes relocating encampments without taking into account impacts on rural communities and regional district resources;

  THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the province of British Columbia through its newly established Office of Homelessness Coordination within the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Social Development develop a rural homelessness strategy to address what is clearly a gap in the province’s response to homelessness.

7.4

OUTDOOR RECREATION AND PLANNING

No Items.

8.

ADDENDA ITEMS/LATE ITEMS

9.

REPORTS BY STAFF

10.

REPORTS BY DIRECTORS

11.

PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD FOR ITEMS RELEVANT TO AGENDA

12.

RESOLUTION TO CLOSE MEETING

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the meeting be closed to the public, except for Senior Staff and the Executive Assistant, for the purpose of receiving and adopting Closed Meeting Minutes convened in accordance with Section 90 of the Community Charter and to consider matters pursuant to:

  • Section 90(1)(c) of the Community Charter - ​labour relations or other employee relations. 

  R E C E S S

13.

RECONVENE OPEN MEETING

14.

RISE AND REPORT OUT OF CLOSED MEETING

15.

ADJOURNMENT

• MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION

  THAT the Regional and Corporate Services Committee Open Meeting of June 11, 2019 be adjourned.