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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the committee of the whole. For Thursday, February 26,

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26, 26, it is now 930 and I would like to call the meeting to order. I would like to acknowledge

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that we work live in play on the territories of the C-Shelton and the Kalamish nations.

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And we have an agenda in front of us and I'm looking for a motion to accept the agenda as it is.

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I have a motion in the seconder, all in favor. Very good. All right, so we're off to the races.

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We have no presentations or delegations. I would like a motion to accept all reports. There we go, and all in favor.

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Very good. Thank you. So all the reports are now entered in.

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Report number 4.1 is a cliff-gilker trail and radiation parks recovery bridges construction award.

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And I am going to ask staff to come and introduce this for us. We have a manager of Park Services Jessica Huntington and our General Manager of Community Services.

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Thank you. Thank you. Go ahead.

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Thank you chair. I'm good morning. I'm pleased to present the staff report outlining the Sunshine Coast Community Force proposal for the replacement of the Upper Waterfall and Guards Bridges along with the Associated implications and options for board consideration.

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As you prepare to advance the significant component of the cliff-gilker bridges and trail remediation project, I would like to acknowledge and thank the Sunshine Coast Community Force for their generosity.

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In supporting the replacement of the bridges and staff are looking forward to working collaboratively to move this project forward. Thank you and I'm happy to answer your questions.

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Very good. I looked at my directors to see if they have any questions for staff on this or would like to move the motions as the appear.

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Director. Yes.

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Thank you chair. This is this feels good. This is something I think we can be really proud of. This is what I think the board wants and I really want to thank staff for getting us there.

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And thank you to the community forces as well.

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I wish it could have happened a little sooner maybe a month sooner and I would be nice but hopefully that this project teaches us.

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That that's an instinct that we should have like when we have issues like the one that happened at Cliff Gilker.

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Turn to the community and see how because people want to help, especially with our parks.

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So really happy to see this collaboration happening.

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And also I want to say thanks to chair Toss who thanks to his pragmatism and his good relationship with the community force was able to to facilitate this.

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It's a new way of doing things.

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Well, not new new but for us and what a great asset to have community force in the community to help us with these kinds of things.

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The question to staff is what would be the.

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How would we go about if if the two bridges that we've asked to decommission because the the price tag was was too high.

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Is there a way to in the future maybe keep some of the funds that we would be returning to.

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The community works fine so in maybe to plan for two more bridges.

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How would that work.

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That's a good question and I'm going to ask which staff member would like to address that.

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Go ahead.

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Thank you chair.

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I think the simplest solution is I don't want to have any delay in moving what we do know today forward.

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So I think we need to do that and then if there is a desire by the board to change the scope of the program to.

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Possibly bring back the consideration for the replacement of those other two bridges then we can begin conversations to see how to make that possible and come back to the board with.

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The board with a related report and implications and that way we don't we don't delay what we've already put in motion thank you.

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Thank you yeah and then the funds that are going to be returned to the community works funder will be available to us for.

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Future projects like this.

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Go ahead director.

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And then direction.

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

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Obviously this is we're all areas that are participating in this really important parks function.

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This is good to see.

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I hope that.

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That the regional district continues to look to and a group with the expertise of the community for us to.

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Look at bridges that we have we have lots of water courses on the Sunshine Coast they need bridges.

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So we should be in future now looking to looking to groups with the expertise like community force to to build this.

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I would ask through you to staff there the report was fairly explanatory the only piece that I would ask about.

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And two two questions I'd I'd love to if safe to watch through through you through to staff through to Mr. Hanson to say I love to watch when they if they do if they're possible to see what they're doing that would be great.

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This is a good community thing timeline.

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It says by the end of the year I hope I'm hoping because that's a that's very broad I'm hoping that.

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I'm not I'm not I'm not instructing.

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I'm hoping that it would be done by the end of summer if possible because it is the end of February we want to get going.

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I think they're fast I think they'll do it properly but fast and I just wanted to see if that was.

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If and a non-stracting I'm I'm wondering if then in fact that would come before we we need those bridges back soon additionally I hope that once the decision is made today that we the regional district is quick to go on social media.

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To talk about the solution and and enthusiastic timeline because we know what's been happening there in cliffgelker with the this point without the bridges and the attempt by community members to make use of one of the bridges.

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And then it wasn't deemed safe so we had to shut that down as the director well knows because he probably felt that push back but I think that if we decide on this and it looks like you will that we talk about it some more.

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Thanks yeah thank you absolutely I think it would be great to have some type of public record of the work that's performed because this is an absolutely good news story.

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And if staff wants to input on that statement question go ahead.

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Thank you chair so in the report I think what we're referring to is the entire project because there is more than just the bridges there's also the trails.

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So we are focusing on the bridges that's been our focus in the beginning of January.

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We have met with community forest group we walk through sort of all the steps there's I know that they're keen to get going on some of the pieces as well that we can do in absence of a few permits I emailing on site.

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So we have been working concurrently at having our agreement ready so that we can launch and get moving.

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So I would anticipate that the bridges will be done well before the end of the year but the trails and some of the signs and the rest of the project we'll take a bit of time as well because we're going to focus on the bridges first of all and then we'll keep going concurrently with everything else.

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So I anticipate to see some work starting as soon as some other pieces are in place but not a big delay thank you.

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Thanks for the answer I like that we are concentrating on the bridges because they were very integral part of this park.

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Go ahead, Director McMahon was first.

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Thank you.

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I'm pleased and relieved to see that we have a really good solution to this bridge challenge and that we're going to get a little I think more nimble about figuring out how to

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respond to these bridges we have a lot of aging bridges as somebody pointed out we have a lot of water courses and they they they come with bridges and the cost these days to do it through the.

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Without community partnerships is pretty breathtaking so we and many of these bridges were originally community partnerships put them in place.

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So we're we're just going to have to be flexible and creative in in our solutions and this is this is great I love reports that say you're spending less money.

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We could use more of those thanks.

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All right and I'll see a question for staff there, but I'm going to go to director Lee and then director wait.

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Thank you chair.

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Yes, I the original bridges were built largely by the community and largely on engineered.

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But in this instance this is an engineered solution.

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I have confidence it's going to be much longer than the 20 years.

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Because there is there is ways of of helping to do that.

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And I honestly I really like the idea of using wood when you're in the forest.

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It's when you're wandering through the forest in a forest trail.

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The wood bridges are actually a highlight you sit there watch the water run under so I wanted to commend staff on.

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Pivoting and accepting this I think it's absolutely great.

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And I'm hoping that we would do fine book and clientele in a very similar manner which would bring the cost down for all of us and.

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And actually get it done sooner I hope so.

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Thank you.

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I commend the director for area A to try and bring his community into this loop.

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Go ahead.

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I want to do that too.

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I mean it's I think there's a very broad.

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I'm hoping I want to echo especially director remains comments about.

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This this kind of coming up is a really.

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Efficient and sensible solution to the challenges asset management challenges at local government's face and.

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The regulatory challenges.

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And but I do have a question about it too and and which is more broadly.

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Is what we've learned from kind of setting up this arrangement with one community group.

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And we've learned a lot of the effort and time.

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And resources that have been put into that is is that now applicable to be able to perhaps.

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Expand this project within Cliff Gilker.

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Area A area E other other projects in in the parks department is a lot of the great work that's going into this now going to be able to help us.

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And we have a lot of the efforts to to other asset.

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Failure or replacements that that are needed.

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Thanks for that question.

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Can we use this as a template.

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Thank you sir.

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So we do have a lot of community partnerships that exist already so I think that this is another unique and great opportunity and we do appreciate the sunshine coast community force coming forward.

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So this is a model that we will definitely look to.

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We need to make sure that we stay with an our purchasing and procurement rules and trade access while so we'll keep that in mind but I think you know we've heard loud and clear that we need to be looking at these type of models and we will.

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When possible and keep pursuing other community investments when when the opportunity arises we do know and have identified even for the trail piece of Cliff Gilker we've said from the very beginning.

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But when we're ready we'll be looking for volunteers to help supplement and contribute to the project so that continues to be on our radar. Thank you.

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Excellent thank you.

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Remind the board that we do have a rather lengthy agenda in front of us.

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As if everyone's had their pre motion comments I would like to move the recommendations as the appear on page three.

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Is there any more discussion on the motion.

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Yes it's part of service so it's world directors only.

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So seeing none I will call the question all in favor.

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Very good that's unanimous.

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Thank you. I am going to add a couple of motions that I've put forward to our recording secretary.

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And I'll be looking for seconders on the ease.

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The motion that staff provide monthly updates to the electoral area services committee meetings.

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Regarding the Cliff Gilker Bridge project including any permitting delays or issues that may arise.

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As well as a motion that staff invite the Sunshine Coast community force to collaborate on the feasibility of replacing the zigzag bridge.

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With a 2027 budget proposal to come forward for consideration.

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If viable.

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And I'm looking for a seconder for that.

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I have a seconder.

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Is there any discussion on this motion on these motions?

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Hmm.

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One at a time very good.

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We'll do them one at a time.

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So the first motion.

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Project updates.

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Very good. I have a seconder.

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Discussions on the project updates motion.

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Then I'll call the question.

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All in favor.

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Very good.

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Okay. We'll move on to the feasibility of replacing the zigzag bridge.

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I have a seconder.

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Any discussion on that?

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Very good.

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All in favor.

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Excellent. Okay. Those pass here. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Do you have a question on this?

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I just wanted to point out that the same atmospheric river that did such damage to Cliff Gilgrey Park also took out the bridge at Chasterhouse.

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And the community is eager to see what we can do to replace it because it has been a long time.

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We're working on it, but I'm hoping we can come forward with a community partnership on this one as well. Thank you.

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That's really good. Hopefully this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful relationship of bridge building. Everybody loves a bridge builder.

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So, with that, taking care of, we're going to move on. Thank you very much, staff. This is a really good news story.

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Certainly. And thank you to the members of the community forest for coming out today.

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Yes. We look forward to working with you guys more.

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Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.

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Go ahead. What's your question?

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In the microphone.

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Or just repeat the question.

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So, I see what's happening.

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So, how long before I get the green light, I can start doing this.

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How long is it going to take for?

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You have a nice weekend coming out. Right?

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Right. And so, the community forest is chopping at the bit to get started on this.

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And I look to staff to see how soon they, there wasn't mentioned that there are some, some parts of the job that can be done immediately.

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And I was wondering if they can, they can force that.

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Sorry, go ahead.

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No.

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Staff, can you answer the question that this gentleman is given us?

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Thank you, Chair. We have been working with the Sunshine Community Forest on timelines.

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We do need to get an agreement in place first from a liability perspective.

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So, we have been working on that agreement.

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We don't see that going to be, it's not going to take a long time, but we do need to get that agreement.

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I believe that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest is aware of that.

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So, so does they have that in a place?

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There's the green light.

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Thank you.

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Excellent. Okay. How's that answers your question?

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Go ahead.

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Mr. McMahon.

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Is there any benefit to moving this item to board today?

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Oh, it's going to board our, never mind.

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All right, good.

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So that is a, this will appear, this will appear aboard this afternoon.

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Excellent.

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So, moving along here to 4.2.

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Solid waste management plan, engagement strategy.

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We have a manager, or sorry, strategic planning coordinator Rempel and manager Mark Sol.

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Thank you, staff.

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Go ahead and introduce this.

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Thank you.

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On February 12th, 2026, the board directed staff to engage on the draft solid waste management plan with the community.

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Following provincial guidelines, staff are preparing to engage with the public on the draft plan between March 1st and April 10th of this year.

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This report provides an outline of the plan methods of engagement during this engagement period and staff are here to answer any questions.

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I think they're all in shock if that last item.

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So, that things actually went through.

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Go ahead, vice chair.

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Thank you, chair.

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I actually don't have any questions for staff.

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I happen to see this moving forward.

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Six weeks.

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It feels like an aggressive timeline.

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But I know that staff, when they want to get out and engage, they can do a really good job of doing that.

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So, I'm happy to move the recommendations on page 9 as they are presented.

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I see a second term.

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Any discussion on this motion?

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Go ahead, director.

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Yeah.

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No.

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I'm happy.

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This looks like a well thought out public engagement strategy.

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And we have a rapidly filling landfill.

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So, we need to move this forward as expeditiously as we can.

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So, thank you very much for this.

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We look forward to the engagement.

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Okay.

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Seeing no other questions on the motion on the floor.

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I will call the question.

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All in favor?

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Very good that passes.

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Thank you.

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We are going to move on to item 4.4.

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Wastewater.

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Oh, sorry.

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4.3.

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Eastborne water system operations and maintenance contract term extension.

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And we have General Manager Rosenbeut to introduce this.

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Yes.

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I was expecting one other managers to come in.

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But I will take the one other for now.

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The purpose of this report is to seek board approval for contract fixed ends for our operating and maintenance

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contractor at the areas for our Eastborne water system.

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Our Eastborne water system is an SOD system that is operated and maintained by a contractor for logistics purposes.

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And it's going a very satisfactory and that's why we're proposing it into the extension to the contract.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Thanks for joining us.

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Manager Gears.

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Give us an.

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And I'm going to look to Director McMahon.

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You know, question about this.

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Yes.

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I just was trying to remember where we are at in the saga of the Eastborne water supply, which has been, you know, playing out for quite some time.

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Now, so how does this to your contract extension fit into any other plans that we've got going.

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Thank you for the question.

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It's actually it's almost unrelated.

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Because this is.

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It will take up these two years for us as well for the new wells to be developed.

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We've experienced some in other projects that we're planning.

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We.

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We confirmed that there was some archaeological artifacts are areas with high archaeological.

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Potential that we need to do with in the project area.

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So we're working to resolve those.

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And but at the end time, we are preparing a.

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Gospel proposals for a contractor to help us with the design and.

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Of that of those new wells and associated infrastructure.

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Go ahead.

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Director Stanford, sorry.

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I've got something in my throat.

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Thank you chair.

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It's really good to see this.

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This is a local company that has a strong family presence on Keats.

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They, they are well connected to the community and responsive to any issues.

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So I would like to move the recommendations as presented on page 15 of the agenda package.

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And we have a second here for that.

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And I'm looking to see if anybody wants to.

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Okay, go ahead.

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Vice chair.

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Thank you chair.

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Just a comment that thank you.

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Director Stanford for mentioning that it is like a local on island company and family.

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Because a lot of the times when the regional district ends up responsible for the water systems.

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We end up having.

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Contractors or consultants that have to travel to get to the system and.

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Thinking about you know water system operations and mountain water system.

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You really do need eyes on it daily and emergency access all the time.

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So I know this is a couple of other communities on the coast with.

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Smaller or more isolated water systems and yeah, the more local knowledge that can be built up and an expertise that can be gained the better for everybody.

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So thank you.

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Very good.

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Any other comments on the.

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Motion.

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There's a motion on the floor right.

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Yeah.

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Any more comments on that motion on the floor.

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I don't see any so I'm going to call the question on favor.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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We're going to move on to item 4.4 the wastewater facilities.

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Feasibility study results, which is a for information.

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For the board and if anyone has any questions for staff.

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We have assistant manager or rock as well as our GM Rosenbum here to answer any questions you may have.

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Is there myself.

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Oh, that's a good question. Thank you.

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Vice chair.

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Is there anything in this report that you would like to highlight for the board to illuminate us on this.

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I'm not really presented. I drafted a little introduction speech here.

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Go ahead.

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Yeah.

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The purpose of the report is to present results of the wastewater system.

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Feasibility studies for the square bay collection system and the Jolly Roger secret code of wastewater treatment plants.

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The studies identify high priority near term and long term actions for all tree systems.

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No media action or community directions are required at this time.

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However, we will look to implement operational process changes identified in the studies and will consider presenting budget proposals for implementation of high priority recommendations as part of the 2027 budget process.

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We're happy to answer any questions you have.

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I'm going to go.

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I think the majority of these are in area area.

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Oh, and there's some in area B as well.

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I'll start with area A go ahead director Lee.

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I just wanted to say I really like the thought that we're actually making a community type solution rather than standalone little ones.

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It seems like an awful good way to go to me.

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So what did the command you on the proposal or at least the thoughts it isn't a proposal yet.

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Excellent. Okay.

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Thank you chair and yeah, no decisions to be made today.

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Thank you for to staff for giving us the heads up and I'll circulate that with my community for the people affected so that they know what's happening.

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What's coming up.

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I have a question about the Jolly Roger secret code one and how I know that GM Hall is not here, but if we're talking about building a new one or doing upgrades like how how could this.

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Kind of dovetail with the OCP.

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And I don't know if Jim Rosenbin can speak on this or I should wait for Jim ought to be back, but.

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Good question for the GM go ahead.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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This kind of information is shared internally with our plan and department so that in any assessments of feasibility of growth areas, this kind of information is included.

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I think it speaks to a larger discussion within the OCP context of the OCP about sewer system and wastewater systems and service incapacity of co-thera.

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So yeah, this is definitely information that is shared for them and that collaborative will we consider in any further steps with the OCP.

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Thank you.

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Very good.

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I'm going to look to direct a McMahon for the next.

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Yeah, I just wanted to see if you would expand a little on how this fits into our bigger asset management efforts with our wastewater systems because I remember about.

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Four years ago we got a series of reports on each of the wastewater systems and then I assume that following on those reports, you know,

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and we've been working on financial plans for each one of the financial approaches, but I assume that there is a there is a plan rolling out on how to deal with each of these.

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Thank you.

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Go ahead.

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Oh, sorry.

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She's assuming a general road.

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This is a direct response to those plans to those plans to develop because in those plans these plans.

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In those plans, these two facilities, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia.

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She could go for it and fight as an end of life in 2020.

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So this is directly response to those plans.

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What I should notice in these case, these two projects were funded from province or grant funding.

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And that grant funding is currently not no longer available and it's to be confirmed by the province if it will at some point.

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We open or not that program, but.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for the answer.

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This is for information only.

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And it's there in the public record for anyone to have a look at.

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So I'm going to move along.

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If we have no other questions.

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Oh, go ahead and direct my command.

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You have something else.

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Sorry.

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And I may not have read it closely enough.

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But is there a communications plan with the participants in these services?

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Go ahead.

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Thank you.

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Thanks for the question.

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Currently there's that has not been considered because we're reading early planning stage.

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But I just heard the director say that she will initiate some conversation in the staff can support that.

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We were more than happy to do so.

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Okay.

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That's efficient.

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Good.

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Thank you for your time.

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We're going to move on now into our.

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Sunshine Coast regional district extreme heat plan.

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We have acting senior manager of emergency and protective services chief Michael.

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As well as emergency manager coordinator.

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Aaron Wilson to answer any questions.

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This is for this is a request.

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A request for decision.

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For the recommendations that appear on page 23.

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And I was wondering if there are any questions for the staff members, or an introduction, or an introduction from the staff members. Thank you chair. Keep me on the straight narrow.

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Good morning chair.

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Today we're presenting the heat emergency response plan, which is a foundational document that supports the SERD's emergency management program.

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While it's been completed for some time, we're bringing it forward now to make sure the work is officially recognized.

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And we can share it with our first nations and government partners to support our coordinated regional preparedness.

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So, have you to answer any questions?

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Thank you. I have one question. On page 30 of the agenda before us, there is an internal plan distribution.

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That neglects to include my area, area D. And I was wondering why that is.

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Probably just a typo.

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But I would imagine that we will include area D in the distribution of this plan.

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Very thorough. Thank you.

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Yes, we will.

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Okay, good. That's just a repair to the plan that I'm looking for.

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Go ahead.

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Director Lee.

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Thank you chair.

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I was noting on the extreme heat plan that it's got a date of February 2024.

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Was that when the plan was made?

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Because we're calling it the final plan.

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What's the 2024 date?

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It's wondering how come it took so long to get here?

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Thank you, Director Lee. I believe that was the beginnings of this plan.

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Go ahead, Chief Michael.

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Yeah.

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So we had recognized that these plans have been in development for quite some time and completed.

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But not formally brought through to the board.

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There was a presentation by the consultant, but the actual plan itself was never brought forward.

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Kind of tying up some loose ends and tidying things up by bringing you to hear today.

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Director Lee, sir, you go ahead.

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You have a question.

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Just through you to staff. I'm assuming when they say they're providing the report to other levels of government.

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Great.

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We're all in this together with climate change.

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Can I just ask that they if it goes to our staff, it also goes to C-Shot Council as well.

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If that's part of the plan.

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The concerns with heat leading to forest fires and or heat generally is as a concern of everyone's.

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And one of the things our council has been doing is outreach is our community on the forest fire issues.

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So if we can get the heat information.

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An interesting, just a little side note chair is that when the last time.

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Because heat comes at different times.

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I remember a few years ago and I think everyone remembers that there was around is that the heat was in June.

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I think it was the heat.

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And the actual, I was at a soccer tournament in Gibson's and there was hundreds of kids there.

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But the sprinklers were able to be on.

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Which was the right time of year. I guess we still had enough water.

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So the kids all use the sprinkler system to keep.

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We had to I had to break the game. I was one of the roughs.

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And organized to break the games quite every 10 minutes so that the kids could all run under the sprinklers because there's hundreds of kids there.

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So that was a great heat reaction from the planners of that event.

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But the unfortunate part is heat may come in August where I'm not sure if we can use that same cooling system in our public parks.

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But it really worked for hundreds of kids.

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Maybe in brothers as a counselor why just saying but tell that's great.

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But that was such a good system that we hadn't placed that day but it was in June.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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I was going to go to director Stanford and then back to director McMahon.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'd just like to commend you on this report.

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It's very thorough and it isn't just the focus on the heat issues.

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It's the detail in the stats behind it.

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One of the questions I had it I think it's briefly mentioned in an ecological point of view but specifically one of the concerns I've had is it seems obvious that when there is extreme heat event people do tend to go to the ocean.

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And it also seems to be the time when we see higher equal accounts around the beaches and it actually can become a health hazard.

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So I'd like to see that expanded a bit more and how the coordination between Vancouver health or coastal health and getting the beaches tested at the same time.

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So we know that one of the avenues for heat support is to is a safe alternative.

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Go ahead.

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I think the best answer I've got for that one is that Vancouver coastal health is part of our emergency planning committee and that is something that I think we can take forward and discuss with them to make sure that we're in alignment.

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Director McMahon.

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Yes, I was just trying to find somewhere in here.

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I thought there was a list of cooling centers but as was pointed out in here, we don't have very many air conditioned public spaces on the coast.

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So is there a contemplated strategy for.

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For putting if you sponsor other cooling systems into more of our public buildings.

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There is a chart on page 196 that talks about the cooling centers, but yeah, is there a strategy to include some of our centers.

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I have a comment about that after chief Michael gives us a rundown on this.

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I think the short answer would be not currently, but I think that we are trying to think about this when we are doing more of our buildings.

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It's on the radar, but I don't know if a specific plan designated to have more heat pumps in our community buildings at this time.

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Thank you, and I do want to point out it shows that there are no cooling centers within my area robbers Creek, but I believe that the community association has.

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I have created the HVAC system at the Hall and it can act as an emergency cooling system.

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So that I wonder if that should be included in this report.

447
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I have a I had a hand up over here, don't go ahead.

448
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The director from area F.

449
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Thank you, she I think he's just getting at me.

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Yeah, a lot of this particular plan is relying on neighbors connecting with neighbors because that seems to be the most vulnerable.

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There's a lot of people live alone.

452
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:34,000
It's relying on that communication to the public.

453
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
So it's not just a plan.

454
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:45,000
There is there an active communication strategy to get the information out prior to the summer.

455
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:52,000
And remind people that this is more than some other emergency situations.

456
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,000
Neighborhoods checking on neighbors.

457
00:37:55,000 --> 00:38:00,000
So that's communication strategies where I'm coming from.

458
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,000
Go ahead, Chief.

459
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:08,000
I know we have a we have an emergency communications app that not everybody's aware of.

460
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,000
And I end the name escapes me.

461
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Thank you go ahead.

462
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:26,000
Board, we do have a communications plan that we work with our communications team with every year.

463
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:34,000
And this heat planning is a part of that that we have a plan for those months leading up to the summer months.

464
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:45,000
And then we also have communications that are generally sent out to our community partners as well for them to send out to their clients.

465
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:50,000
So that is definitely part of our communications plan.

466
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,000
The following.

467
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,000
Go ahead.

468
00:38:52,000 --> 00:39:02,000
And just your reminder that the directors all have their own communications within their rural areas on their own on the ground strategies.

469
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:12,000
Please keep us in the loop as early as possible so we can get the messages out ourselves.

470
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,000
My pleasure, which is to have some input.

471
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Yeah, I'm going to move the recommendations on page 23.

472
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Very good.

473
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,000
I'm sorry.

474
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Right.

475
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000
So go ahead.

476
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000
The director moves the.

477
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Okay.

478
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,000
I'm looking for a second or you got a seconder.

479
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,000
Any other comments on the motion.

480
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,000
No, seeing none.

481
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,000
I'm going to call the question.

482
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
All in favor.

483
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000
Very good.

484
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,000
Thank you for your time.

485
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,000
Let me get myself oriented again.

486
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
That was the extreme heat plan.

487
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:52,000
And we are now going to look at 4.6, which is hazard risk and vulnerability assessment final report.

488
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
This is for decision as well.

489
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,000
It begins on page 28 in our agenda.

490
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000
And we have.

491
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:08,000
We have the same staff here to answer questions on this report, which is also a long time coming.

492
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Can you tell me when the work was begun on this.

493
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,000
I think the work began three years ago.

494
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:25,000
We had a grant that helped us begin this project.

495
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,000
We had a lot of questions.

496
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000
Excellent.

497
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Thank you.

498
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,000
Looking to the board for any questions for staff.

499
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
I don't see any.

500
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Go ahead.

501
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,000
Go ahead, director.

502
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,000
Make man.

503
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,000
You're making.

504
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
Some waves that you want to ask a question.

505
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
I'll give you some time.

506
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Oh, sure.

507
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,000
Uh.

508
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,000
We didn't get the benefit of an introduction.

509
00:40:50,000 --> 00:41:00,000
But it was interesting that probably due to the quality of data available.

510
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:05,000
The report focuses on the district of seashell in the town of Gibson's.

511
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,000
And Gambier Island.

512
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Why is Gambier Island so special?

513
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Why does it get its whole section in this report?

514
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:24,000
Well, I'm not sure if Chief Michael will answer that or a director.

515
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,000
Stanford.

516
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,000
But go ahead, Chief Michael.

517
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:35,000
I would certainly defer to the area director on that question.

518
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,000
I wasn't heavily involved in this myself.

519
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,000
But I would imagine that the directors are corrected.

520
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000
It's where the data was available.

521
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:52,000
But I will take some takeaways and check in with our emergency management staff and see.

522
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Maybe why there was such a focus.

523
00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:00,000
My early thoughts would be perhaps that it is a bit more isolated and recognizing that it

524
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:07,000
have some unique hazards compared to the rest of the regional district.

525
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000
Go ahead.

526
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000
Director Stanford.

527
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,000
Go ahead.

528
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,000
Thank you.

529
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,000
I didn't really notice it was that much focused on the islands.

530
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:24,000
But you know, they do have a specific unique set of circumstances that make them more vulnerable.

531
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:32,000
On the other hand, they also tend to be more set up to handle emergencies just because they're of the awareness level.

532
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:42,000
So I think the previous hazard report was a little scant on any detail about the islands.

533
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,000
And that was commented on at the time the report.

534
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:50,000
So maybe this is just making up for loss detail, but it's well appreciated.

535
00:42:50,000 --> 00:43:01,000
And I do plan to use this excellent detailed report to continue my advocacy for the critical infrastructure to support these

536
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:07,000
Finally communities so that they can be accessed in an emergency.

537
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,000
And yeah, thank you.

538
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:15,000
It's such an interesting perspective, even though it does feel like it's all bad news.

539
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:24,000
But I look forward to my communities seeing it and reminding them that they always have to be prepared.

540
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,000
No matter what the circumstance is.

541
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Very good.

542
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,000
Thank you.

543
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,000
Thank you, director.

544
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,000
Thank you.

545
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,000
Good.

546
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,000
Sure.

547
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:41,000
It's always fascinating reading about, you know, potential disasters.

548
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:47,000
And and I see that all of the stone did feature when it came to flooding because we.

549
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,000
There's reasons for that.

550
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:57,000
So a whole thing about the earthquakes I found sort of interesting because the risk level is called low likelihood.

551
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:07,000
And I understand that it's low likelihood in a short span of time, like in the next year or two or three.

552
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:17,000
But in fact, it's pretty much a guarantee that we're going to have earthquakes sooner or later we will have earthquakes and some of them will be quite large.

553
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:34,000
So I would say that it's a very high likelihood, but not maybe an imminent while we hope not imminent because we have almost forgotten about earthquakes in our focus on all the other disasters that are being coming at us.

554
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:45,000
So yeah, I I just like to remind myself and perhaps other people too that we still have to think about earthquakes.

555
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:50,000
Any any thoughts.

556
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,000
Go ahead chief.

557
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Yeah, I've got some perspective on this for sure.

558
00:44:55,000 --> 00:45:00,000
And I think our last version, I think back in 2005, 2008.

559
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:19,000
It was really heavily focused on earthquakes, and this came about through the community consultation piece where there were different hazards identified as perhaps the more consequential, drought being one that I would highlight given the time that the engagement was happening.

560
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:38,000
So, although I agree, the consequence of an earthquake would be significant. The likelihood in the criteria, you know, a one in 50 year, perhaps or longer, would not have the likelihood rated so high.

561
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:48,000
So, I think this gives us a more general focus on all the other hazards and not specifically focused, which I believe to be a good thing.

562
00:45:48,000 --> 00:46:03,000
But this is, this is the exercise, right, the hazard risk vulnerability assessment and demonstrating more local unique and alternate hazards that we might not be top of mind for us.

563
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Thank you. Yeah. Director Stamford. And then I'll look to this side of the table if anyone has any questions.

564
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:31,000
Just an added special interest group that I always want to make sure is is brought forward is the sunshine coast is somewhat unique in the number of children's camps and that that always needs to be considered when developing response plans.

565
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:39,000
They have different requirements and at any time we need to coordinate with the camps.

566
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:52,000
I think it's a good thing to bring them into emergency planning. They are also probably better set up than many of the neighborhoods around them and they can be used as a resource as a different way of looking at them.

567
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:56,000
So, it's worth keeping that in mind.

568
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:03,000
Thank you. I'm looking over to Director Inkster. You have some questions? Yeah, thanks.

569
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:13,000
I'm glad that others have brought up the fact that we have a couple of events that were sadly due for.

570
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,000
And that's fire that I'd go on and on about.

571
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:25,000
And earthquakes, that's true. I mean, the earthquake that they're talking, I mean, this has been mentioned before, but I'm glad that emergency responses thinking about it.

572
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:32,000
Because when that happens, they say it's going to be a big one. I think we remember this board, what was it a year ago in that one hit.

573
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:37,000
That was really weird. I ran out to the middle of the street to see if something hit something.

574
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:43,000
I think some of us did that and then realized it was an earthquake when the neighbors all ran outside and said, you know, it's just an earthquake.

575
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:48,000
So that's going to be really freaking people out when that that finally comes.

576
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:56,000
So I'm glad that there's some thought to it, although it may never happen. It might even not even happen in my kids' lifetimes, but we need to be.

577
00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Because it's going to knock out bridges, electricity, water systems, if it's as big as other areas of hit.

578
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:16,000
The other thing I think about with this report chairs that the reports are helpful and we're being prepared because government has reacted to citizens needs to be prepared

579
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:26,000
and a calamity. But until something happens, we do not know how good we're going to be at this.

580
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:31,000
That's the interesting part about this. These are all helpful reports.

581
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:44,000
But until something happens even on a small scale would almost be helpful because we would tell the emergency people and all the fire chiefs, police chiefs, how prepared we are when they react to a small event.

582
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000
I beg to differ with the director.

583
00:48:47,000 --> 00:49:10,000
Because I first had an experience as to the training regime and that the our local fire departments go through is quite extensive and they do train for all types of incidents, including earthquakes and floods and wildfires.

584
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:28,000
And so it is one of the things I like about our fire professionals is that they are very good at thinking outside the box and coming up with solutions to the problems that are faced that they face.

585
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:46,000
But that's fair chair. I mean they, but we will we will see what happens when yeah because because when you're if you're emergency personnel and you have to and it happens it happens yeah and then you have to decide is my family safe.

586
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:51,000
And then I'm you know, because that's going on because this is just the and they're well trained we know they are.

587
00:49:51,000 --> 00:50:00,000
And and we there's a training agency shelter and a lot of them come there and I've talked to the chief chief Michael about this and others about the training it's really good.

588
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:06,000
But when something happens and you you're about to go to an event and you have to decide where my kids.

589
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,000
Where's my family or they safe and then you got to go that way.

590
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,000
That's where the rubber hits the road.

591
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,000
Thanks.

592
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,000
Yeah.

593
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,000
I understand we're all humans.

594
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,000
Go ahead.

595
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,000
Yeah.

596
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,000
No, it has no.

597
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:24,000
I want to I want to point out mostly what I'm hearing right now is really strong support.

598
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,000
So for this meeting this.

599
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:32,000
This plan and we're hearing we hear from the community all the time like people people.

600
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,000
Desiring emergency plans.

601
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,000
So I strongly supported to and I want to move it.

602
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:44,000
I'm sorry I have a second or so that's the recommendations as the appear on page 228.

603
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,000
In our agenda.

604
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,000
Go ahead.

605
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,000
Director McMahon.

606
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:49,000
Two quick things.

607
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:56,000
I believe the hospital foundation is holding an event about emergencies coming up soon.

608
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:05,000
I complain sometimes about outside consultants coming in and dropping templates on us when they're writing reports for the regional district.

609
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:11,000
But I think this is an example of a place where a template really makes a lot of sense.

610
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:18,000
Because jurisdictions right across the province should be following a similar, you know,

611
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,000
organization set of steps template whatever.

612
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,000
Because it just makes sense.

613
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:34,000
So I'm really glad we've got this here and and you know it will be updated and improve it upon over coming years.

614
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,000
So thank you.

615
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:40,000
Yeah, this is a good bit of bedside reading for emergency response personnel as well.

616
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,000
As well as the general public.

617
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:48,000
So any other questions on the motion on the floor.

618
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,000
Seeing no, I'm going to call the question all in favor.

619
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,000
Very good.

620
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:58,000
Thank you for your time.

621
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:09,000
We shall move on to the 60 page that has to deal with the director's renumeration review.

622
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:21,000
There's a direct, yes, it would you would there are CAO or our corporate officer wish to introduce this for us.

623
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,000
Thank you chair.

624
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:31,000
So it is a requirement of the board's policy to do a undertaker director's remuneration review prior to the subsequent election.

625
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:36,000
And so we're just presenting some options here on some ways to proceed with that.

626
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,000
So these are not exhaustive. There could be other options.

627
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,000
But happy to have the discussion.

628
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,000
Thank you.

629
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,000
Okay.

630
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,000
Sorry.

631
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,000
Director McMahon, then Director White.

632
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Thank you.

633
00:52:53,000 --> 00:53:05,000
We had a very thorough remuneration review around about four years ago and that was the first one for many, many years.

634
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:16,000
I think, because the system that was in place before that showed every sign of having been cobbled together and sort of patched.

635
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:29,000
But, you know, I think that the review was a good review and that I haven't heard any complaints from any other directors about the remuneration.

636
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,000
I think it's a minor consideration.

637
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:41,000
But, so I'm going to say I would, I would be happy with option two or even option three, which is not to do remuneration review this term.

638
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,000
And I'm interested to hear from the other directors.

639
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,000
Thank you.

640
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,000
Director White, you were in it.

641
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:52,000
I'm having a deja vu here because I thought this already came to us this term, even.

642
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:56,000
And we, I said the very same thing and said let's do this internally.

643
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:06,000
But now we're getting, it's back and there's a recommendation to do it externally and I didn't, I looked, I poured through the staff report trying to find out where.

644
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:13,000
Any mention of was, of the last time this came to us and I couldn't find it so.

645
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:20,000
Sometimes in the last few months this came to us already and I thought we said let's do this internally.

646
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:25,000
Is the director having a deja vu or is this actually has happened.

647
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:31,000
So on page four of the staff report, I think it's page four twenty seven of the agenda.

648
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:36,000
The recommendations that staff have from that discussion.

649
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:44,000
Was that staff bring back a report on options regarding revisions of the terms of reference, including background information.

650
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:52,000
So I happy to take any clarification on that particular review.

651
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:57,000
I would also say that was also my recollection.

652
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:02,000
But we couldn't find the specifics to that so.

653
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:12,000
I think part of this particular report is to, I think solidify that close that loop and make sure we're all in the same page.

654
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:21,000
Director Aster, yeah, so that what we're talking about happens temporary teeth according to this record, but you go ahead director Aster.

655
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:32,000
Yeah, what we'll see I guess we just got to be if we do anything internally we just have to be transparent with terms of reference and decision making.

656
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:38,000
What goes into that as we do it because I think arguments can be made for going in particular directions.

657
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:43,000
A couple of things in terms of the information presented to us.

658
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000
Director Bands as you hasn't heard many complaints.

659
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:58,000
I think just like director Bands with the bridges sometimes were a little quiet until certain point I've complained about the renumation.

660
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,000
Bylaw that was that came in last time to other directors.

661
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,000
There's certain things that I would like to discuss.

662
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:10,000
And and they've heard that so that can happen if we have that venue.

663
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:24,000
One of the things that I just would like to say philosophically though is based on the earlier recommendations of a few years ago is that I didn't understand why there was a difference in municipal versus regional.

664
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:27,000
I don't think there should be tears for directors.

665
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:37,000
I think that if anything the municipal moves up with the world directors because there was there was an argument made by some that they do a lot of work and they do a lot of consistency work.

666
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:47,000
Then you don't have tears you just go up with them and that's the change that I wouldn't have made so I would have recognized.

667
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:55,000
The fact that there has been a change in workload and that they have to do a lot of their own newsletters and work but then the municipal's don't stay they go with them.

668
00:56:55,000 --> 00:57:06,000
So that's that's one of my one of my things that I wouldn't have done but it came from a recommendation the board accepted it but you don't always have to take their recommendations you can make your own decisions and changes.

669
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:10,000
So that's that's just my initial thought thanks.

670
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,000
Okay director wait.

671
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,000
Yes I was who put in.

672
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:21,000
Yeah I guess it's unclear about how we'll go forward I mean if we're going to make the decision here as a board and debate things here as a board but I mean I can.

673
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:30,000
I do I was I am familiar with the rationale that happened last time and it was partly to align with every other regional district in the province virtually.

674
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:54,000
Which does have a difference between a recognition that that a rural directors do have a lot more to do with with a lot more in in this context anyway because municipalities are doing their planning and everything else would be other tables so that's it was to align with other districts and it was it's thoroughly.

675
00:57:54,000 --> 00:58:02,000
We had a conversation before but I have sorry I have to say it is thoroughly addressed in the report so.

676
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:15,000
It's something to that that can be read in the report that came out a few years ago but anyway that I feel like that's kind of a side track because I don't know that's a discussion to have.

677
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:23,000
an external committee or an internal committee or a no committee maybe that we know committee but that's probably where we should be focusing our.

678
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:26,000
Conversation right now to move things forward.

679
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:32,000
All right I've got a little speakers list I'm going to go directly to the top director.

680
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:37,000
Thank you chair.

681
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:46,000
It's an interesting point director man raised about you know option two option three I think it doesn't.

682
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:56,000
It's not an extensive cost and it's not a great amount of staff time my understanding to do an update.

683
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:07,000
Along the way so I'm not I'm not of all opposed to doing an independent review I think one of the very last things we should be doing as directors is.

684
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:14,000
You know deciding or reviewing our own compensation you know whether it's in a public meeting or not.

685
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:21,000
I actually I know that our policy for the remuneration review does speak to.

686
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:33,000
Implementation for the following term but if we go to move the recommendations on page four 24 I'm not there yet but if we go to move them.

687
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:41,000
I would hope that somebody would add to the end of recommendation three to be implemented after the twenty twenty six local election.

688
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:51,000
I know it's already in the policy but you know this is one of those issues were optics matter and I think building it right into the recommendation means that people can't.

689
00:59:51,000 --> 01:00:00,000
You know make stuff up about us voting on our own pay raises and so those just mountain thoughts I am interested to hear whether.

690
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:13,000
People think we should be doing it internally or externally. I'm in favor of externally. Thank you. Thank you for that input. I was going to direct your, like, man.

691
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:23,000
I just thought to spark the conversation. We'll further that I would try moving option three, which is to not undertake a review of director room.

692
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:26,000
Reuneration this term. Oh.

693
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:29,000
Does anybody want a second?

694
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:38,000
All right. Director, Mr. and then Director wait.

695
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,000
So, chair.

696
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:44,000
Emotions on the floor. Do you want me to speak to that? Do you want to speak to the previous one?

697
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:45,000
Yep.

698
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,000
Yep. Okay.

699
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:48,000
Okay.

700
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:55,000
So, I do think that reneumeration should be reviewed regularly.

701
01:00:55,000 --> 01:01:14,000
And one of the reasons I would suggest that whether whatever decision you make is that we are talking this board quite often about accessibility to whatever that means including elected office, but also housing issues on the Sunshine Coast.

702
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:26,000
And consequently, because of those, the costs associated with housing, et cetera, cost of living, we should be reviewing things more robustly now than we used to many years ago.

703
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:31,000
When I was first elected, we made $3,500 a year in council and sea shell.

704
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:32,000
Can you imagine?

705
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,000
Yeah. I think it no 38.

706
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:37,000
So, it might be how long I've served.

707
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:44,000
I'm taking a different tack than what Director wait just said into my ear, but it's how long I've served.

708
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:52,000
And so, but there's been a huge change. And that's in recognition of the fact that you're opening it up to more people.

709
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:56,000
You're potentially opening it up to people, families, younger people.

710
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:59,000
There's some examples of that at this table.

711
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:08,000
And you're also in reviews looking at the change in the sad change in the housing costs on the Sunshine Coast and in British Columbia.

712
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:14,000
So, that's in speaking to that motion, and I was going to say something about the other one, but it's not on the floor right now.

713
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:19,000
Thanks, Chair.

714
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:33,000
I said, there's housing costs and there's work load and area B lost a director because she couldn't find a house because she couldn't afford to find a house on the Sunshine Coast.

715
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:37,000
And so, she had to move. And so, that was that was a reality.

716
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:40,000
Director wait, go ahead.

717
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:48,000
On the motion, I'm kind of leaning towards supporting it because I'm not sure.

718
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:54,000
I'm not really convinced that doing another external reviews, a good idea.

719
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:56,000
It did take a lot of staff work.

720
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:59,000
I was there. I could confirm that.

721
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:02,000
There were two, and it's in the report, two.

722
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:12,000
There were two staff members included in the CIO, which is a big commitment of CIOs having a lot of other things to do.

723
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:20,000
I spent quite a bit of time on this when I was on the external committee when I was external.

724
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:24,000
So, yeah, I'm concerned about that thought.

725
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:31,000
And you also can't really, I mean, I'm on another one with director Rinkster right now at the School District.

726
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:39,000
You can't necessarily, if you do an external committee, you can't necessarily control how much staff time it's going to take because that external committee may come in and say,

727
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:42,000
like, we need a ton of information, which they tend to need.

728
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:51,000
They'll need staff to collect a lot of information from across BC and perhaps other information too.

729
01:03:51,000 --> 01:04:08,000
I mean, I also say, my, the reason I was leaning towards internal and also supportive of director McMahon's earlier statements about this extensive report and work that was done last time is

730
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:16,000
I mean, I know there's a lot of stuff in there that that I don't know if it was explored by the board because I think it would hold winning camera.

731
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:29,000
So, talk about transparency, but I, there were, there were recommendations in there like there was a, there was a headline, but like the very first recommendation of that report from last time was,

732
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:43,000
and I know this is coming up in the School District discussion too is immediately the very first thing the external people say is, well, we need some kind of job description, we we need to know what, what, what your actual role is.

733
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:57,000
So that's what the external people said, especially not me because I was in a former director, but the other two HR professionals said, that's, that's the biggest thing we need and I'm not aware that that's been done yet.

734
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:12,000
Okay, so that there has been there was one okay, okay, so, but there are other recommendations in there that I think the board may want to transparently review.

735
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:24,000
Um, because I'm not sure that was done so that's that's something and that might be the first thing the an external committee says is like, well, what about all this, these recommendations for me last time.

736
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:25,000
So.

737
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:28,000
Thank you, I'm going to go directly.

738
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:30,000
We wasn't spoken on this yet.

739
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:37,000
And thank you, Chair, it was kind of deep lost in deep thought over here and I missed what was the motion that was made.

740
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:41,000
I would recommend that we hear that three, which was to that too.

741
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:47,000
Not do a review and.

742
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:56,000
That the review of the director's renewation would be referred to the next board term after the 2026 election.

743
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,000
Is that it? Yes.

744
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,000
So it's.

745
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:09,000
Go ahead, director, I want to hear what you have to say.

746
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:15,000
We did it in 2020, I believe, and it's now 2026.

747
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,000
That's the second board that's.

748
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:21,000
I've been in place.

749
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,000
I'm not sure that.

750
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:35,000
We're doing the next board of paper by saying, oh, we're leaving it to you because they really can't do a renumeration review of their own on themselves.

751
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:45,000
So I think we're really if we go with number three, we're saying that's not going to be a renumeration review until 2030.

752
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,000
A four more years after this one.

753
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:50,000
That's quite a while.

754
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:57,000
So that's something that we need to think about before we all get together and vote here.

755
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:02,000
Director, Director.

756
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:03,000
Yeah, I'm.

757
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:04,000
I'm going to be.

758
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,000
I'm going to be supporting a review.

759
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:12,000
I don't think that we shouldn't support it based on the choices we may in future make after this after this motion.

760
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:16,000
Whether it be external or external, I'm not going to make my decision based on that.

761
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:25,000
We can have that discussion at that point as director Lee has said it could be 10 11 12 years based on a review that takes a while.

762
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:36,000
The board then board won't decide necessarily that new board in 220 in 2030 right away to do that unless staff brings it to them, but unless they're reelected, they may not know to do that.

763
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,000
So that may take a couple of years for talking 12 years.

764
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:47,000
Potentially 11 to 12 years before a review is done when costs of living continue to rise.

765
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:52,000
So I'll be supporting as I do with always encouraging staff to bring forward.

766
01:07:53,000 --> 01:08:04,000
Any other fees and charges reviews DCC reviews for us to make sure that were on top of our costs of doing government things.

767
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,000
Director McMahon you had some input.

768
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:12,000
Yes, I'm amazed at how the timeline keeps expanding here.

769
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:21,000
But talking of timelines is already February and this last remuneration review I don't know how long it took.

770
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:32,000
Remember right now, but it was a fairly lengthy process to try and cram a full scale remuneration review in before the end of this term, I think would be very difficult.

771
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:41,000
And as we all know, we have a lot on our plates for the work plan for staff for everybody else.

772
01:08:41,000 --> 01:09:02,000
I think this should be booted to the next term, but with possibly with a recommendation that they start earlier than this right not like not start six months before the end of the term but two years before the end of the term to make sure that there's time to get it done properly.

773
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:03,000
Thank you.

774
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:04,000
Thank you.

775
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:06,000
I'm going to go to Dr. Gabias.

776
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:13,000
Yeah, thank you and understanding that we're the the review would not necessarily be for us.

777
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:15,000
It would be for the future board.

778
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:19,000
I'm more inclined to want to have a review.

779
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:33,000
But the last one that was done was really strong really through and I seem to remember that what we had agreed on is that we just want like a late just a little you know like.

780
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:42,000
So I don't think it would be as doesn't sound like it would be as lengthy as the last one.

781
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:50,000
So how do we like what kind of what resources are we willing to put towards that.

782
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:55,000
I think just a light you know upkeep of what we currently have would be enough.

783
01:09:55,000 --> 01:10:01,000
I think it's the fair thing to do for the next board and not kick it down to you know in four years.

784
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:11,000
So I don't know how that would be phrased differently than what it is now, but yeah, I'm not in support of not having one.

785
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:13,000
Go ahead see you.

786
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:19,000
I believe we need to clearly understand what a light review would so scope of work.

787
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:27,000
So I think that would then dictate what the amount of effort would be needed for something like that to estimate it.

788
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:38,000
So would it be just comparing certain elements the report has several recommendations and we've also included background as to what was implemented.

789
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:46,000
So you know we'd have to understand what it was that this particular board would want us to review.

790
01:10:47,000 --> 01:11:02,000
Is already built in that CPIs automatically included so that's applied so what elements would you want either an internal external whatever review to undertake.

791
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:06,000
In accordance to what the recommendations that were.

792
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:15,000
Implemented versus those that may have not been implemented or those that you might want to amend what's been implemented.

793
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:22,000
So there's a lot of flavors to it so I think it's difficult to estimate without a specific scope work.

794
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:37,000
There are a lot of flavors to it my my initial thoughts on this is that there was a review that had certain criteria that were gone through and that you were used to adjust the.

795
01:11:37,000 --> 01:12:05,000
Renumeration has there been any changes within that criteria that would substantially affect the outcome of the of the renumeration so using the using the initial report and going over it and seeing if it all still applies or if there are some substantive changes to the criteria that would be I consider a light review.

796
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:18,000
And are there any other questions on this.

797
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:36,000
And then in the motion is to delay is to delay this and it's not do the review and to put it to the next council board.

798
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:46,000
I'll call the question all in favor one two three four four all as opposed.

799
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,000
To four.

800
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:51,000
Okay, so that's defeated in a tie.

801
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:56,000
Okay, so now we had never starting over again.

802
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:59,000
One and two is.

803
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:05,000
Is there any motions that anyone else would like to put forward.

804
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Do I think man you have your hand go ahead.

805
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:17,000
Not necessarily motion it's just I kind of hear from the conversation that we may be leaning towards option two.

806
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:32,000
But if we do that as the CAO pointed out we need to set some parameters and I'm a little concerned about trying to wing it on the fly right now to come up with these parameters.

807
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:38,000
So if the board wants a light review we.

808
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:45,000
Perhaps we could kick it to a committee to come up with some parameters on what a light review would be.

809
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:55,000
And then come back with with some recommendations because otherwise I think we're going to spin our wheels here for quite some time.

810
01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:57,000
I understand.

811
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:01,000
I'm not sure you're ready, but I'm going to go to director Stanford.

812
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:07,000
I'm concerned with that is committee sometimes is another month down the line and we're even tighter.

813
01:14:07,000 --> 01:14:11,000
Someone if we can do something.

814
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:18,000
A little closer in so I'm just trying to think of how to speed this long.

815
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,000
Good question director wait.

816
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:25,000
I'm having deja vu again because I feel like this is kind of what we talked about last time.

817
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:35,000
Now we're like I don't know when we're in number of months since that time and haven't moved forward on it so.

818
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:41,000
I don't want to do the same thing and then we're just getting into next term so.

819
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:48,000
I mean I think we need to give staff some clear direction this time about.

820
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:53,000
I thought last time we talked about an internal board committee.

821
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:57,000
And look the board has to make the final vote at the end.

822
01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:01,000
So whether it's from an external committee or a board.

823
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:09,000
It's not like the board has only the board can approve budget, and it's the same with any government in the world.

824
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:18,000
So, I think there's not a lot of getting away from the fact that the board needs to make the final decision.

825
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:27,000
And I thought we talked about an internal committee of the board before it doesn't need to be a committee of the whole, which we always do.

826
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:38,000
It can just be a few members to keep it nimble and with some, with some, some lot of staff report support.

827
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:41,000
And just get it done.

828
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:44,000
I mean, I think that's what the board's morning to do so.

829
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:52,000
That sounds like a recommendation, but I'm going to wait on that and go to Director Inster for his input.

830
01:15:52,000 --> 01:16:00,000
Yeah, thanks. I was waiting for a recommendation for Director White, because he spoke into that a couple of times saying internally like that model.

831
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:03,000
If that gets seconded, then maybe we could talk about that and vote on it.

832
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:07,000
In order to move this forward, I'm okay with that.

833
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:13,000
But I think internal means the regional district board is making the decision, but that the meeting is public.

834
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:16,000
That's what I'm thinking, that the internal means.

835
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:22,000
That's that's when I'm hopeful that it is. I'm supportive of that.

836
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:28,000
And one question through you to to the CAO.

837
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:34,000
And I don't think CAO has this information, but she might and I don't remember from the budget documents.

838
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:43,000
Do we know what percentage of our spending at the regional district goes to the goes to board, renumeration and expenses?

839
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:44,000
It's very small.

840
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,000
Do we have that?

841
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:48,000
CAO, do you read the evidence?

842
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,000
Sure.

843
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Sure, but I'm asking it now.

844
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:54,000
Yeah, they might not, but they might not.

845
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:56,000
And I can certainly find that.

846
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,000
It's not, it's not, it's not actually trivia.

847
01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:03,000
It's really important to tell the public if we're going to go do these discussions that it's.

848
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:12,000
We need to let the public know that it's not going to have a huge effect on taxation for the board to talk about these things.

849
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:24,000
So it's not trivial to me, but anyway, if we're going to get the recommendation, if you want to push your recommendation direct to what you're interested, then I wait for that.

850
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,000
You pose a question to the CAO.

851
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:38,000
I'm going to ask the CAO has an answer. I guess it would be a section of their general government in the budget.

852
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:40,000
Quiet, please.

853
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:56,000
Sorry.

854
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:57,000
That's why.

855
01:17:57,000 --> 01:18:00,000
That's why you couldn't hear me. Sorry for those online.

856
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:02,000
So it's not just general government.

857
01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:04,000
It is included as well.

858
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:06,000
There's some top apps for the rural directors.

859
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:11,000
So we would have to do a review of what those are both for remuneration.

860
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:14,000
And it also includes travel expenses.

861
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:21,000
And so for 2026, we also did an increase for some of the various educational components.

862
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:27,000
So we'd have to look at what we are considering as far as what we consider total compensation for the board.

863
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:33,000
But I get, I get that, the ask and we can provide that to the committee if that's so passes.

864
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:36,000
As a percentage of our entire budget.

865
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:38,000
Okay.

866
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,000
Director Toth, go ahead.

867
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:41,000
Thank you.

868
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:47,000
I think what Director White is getting at is actually the recommendations that are suggested here.

869
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:52,000
Beneath option to near the bottom of page 428.

870
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:59,000
I missed him when I read the report the first time, because I just saw the recommendation and then moved on to option 3.

871
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:06,000
But there's actually a fairly lengthy option here that looks at a internal review.

872
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:13,000
Working group comprised of one to two directors plus a couple members of staff.

873
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:14,000
So moved.

874
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:15,000
Is that it now?

875
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:16,000
Yep.

876
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:17,000
Very good.

877
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:18,000
So.

878
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:20,000
Do I want to just read it out?

879
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:22,000
I can read it out.

880
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:27,000
The working group comprised of directors and staff be established to conduct an internal review of

881
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:31,000
the director's reneumeration allowances expense reimbursements and benefits.

882
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:36,000
And that the board appoint one to two directors to the working group.

883
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:41,000
And further that the chief administrative officer appoint one to two staff to the working group.

884
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:53,000
And further that the report be brought back before 2, 4, 20, 26 with recommendations for directors reneumeration allowances expense reimbursements and benefits.

885
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:59,000
Now q4 is that after the election.

886
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:01,000
So I would like to.

887
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:03,000
It says before q4.

888
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:07,000
Oh, it does say before q4 so that that's going to put it before the election.

889
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:08,000
Okay.

890
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:09,000
And we have a seconder.

891
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:10,000
Yeah.

892
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:11,000
I'm chair.

893
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:14,000
We've read that.

894
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:16,000
We know what we're supporting.

895
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:19,000
Just move it forward as I've said four times today.

896
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:22,000
I will support that even though I looked at another model.

897
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:23,000
I'll support that.

898
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:26,000
I'd like to see two at least of directors on that.

899
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:31,000
And I would like there to be some transparency as I've indicated.

900
01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:32,000
Thanks.

901
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,000
So we're looking for.

902
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:36,000
Public reports.

903
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:37,000
Absolutely.

904
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:38,000
Director wait.

905
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,000
I'll go question on this with would this be something.

906
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:45,000
The is this under the undertaking of the chair.

907
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:51,000
When we say that the board appoint is that the chair will go and appoint these directors or is it something that.

908
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:58,000
Staff needs us to do as part of the motion.

909
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:01,000
We're going to board this after you know with this.

910
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:02,000
And I would know.

911
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:03,000
Not yet.

912
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:05,000
Either or.

913
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:07,000
The committee can elect right now.

914
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:12,000
You can do it at the board or you can do it as subsequent time.

915
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:15,000
Very good.

916
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:18,000
How would you guys like to proceed?

917
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,000
Okay.

918
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:25,000
We will wait to appoint people when we get to the board.

919
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:28,000
Which will be two weeks from today.

920
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:29,000
Yes.

921
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:33,000
Well, it can be moved can it be moved to this afternoon?

922
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:35,000
I'm adding that.

923
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:37,000
We can move it to this afternoon.

924
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:38,000
Very good.

925
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:40,000
Our corporate officers nodding in agreement.

926
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:42,000
So that's what's going to happen.

927
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:44,000
So we do have a motion on the floor.

928
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:46,000
Yeah.

929
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:48,000
That's a good referee move.

930
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:49,000
Okay.

931
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:50,000
Go ahead.

932
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:55,000
Your next board if it if you didn't pass it today wouldn't be until the 26th of March.

933
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:56,000
Whoa. Yes.

934
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:59,000
Okay. So now we're never okay.

935
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:00,000
Yeah.

936
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:04,000
We're going to refer this to board this afternoon.

937
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:08,000
And any other comments or questions on this.

938
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:10,000
Oh, director McMahon.

939
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:15,000
I would actually be fine with the chair pointing members to the committee.

940
01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:16,000
But whatever.

941
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,000
Well, sorted out between now and this afternoon.

942
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:20,000
That's true.

943
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:21,000
Excellent.

944
01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:22,000
Okay. Good.

945
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:24,000
I'm going to call the question.

946
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:25,000
All in favor.

947
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:26,000
There we go.

948
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:27,000
It's a unanimous.

949
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:29,000
Thank you very much.

950
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:30,000
Ladies and gentlemen.

951
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:33,000
Now we're going to move on to four point eight.

952
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:35,000
Let's see what we've got left.

953
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:39,000
I'm going to wait until we go into in camera before I call for brick.

954
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:44,000
So we're going to start 4.8, which is for information long term debt update.

955
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:49,000
And we have manager Taylor to give us an introduction into this.

956
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:52,000
Would you like to introduce this for us?

957
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:53,000
Sure.

958
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,000
Thank you.

959
01:22:55,000 --> 01:23:02,000
So the report report before use is intended to provide an update on the SAD's current and future debt obligations.

960
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:08,000
At the conclusion around to total remaining SAD issued debt total 17.1 million.

961
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:12,000
Well, approved on issued debt total 45.4 million.

962
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:17,000
Not accounted for in these figures are future projects such as the vertical expansion project,

963
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:23,000
which is estimated for require an additional 32.3 million in long term borrowing,

964
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,000
following the review and approval of the solid waste management plan.

965
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:34,000
Summary of the SAD's current and proposed debt obligations can be found in attachment A and staff are available.

966
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:37,000
Should you have any questions?

967
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:39,000
Thank you for that introduction.

968
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:44,000
I am going to look to make Director McMahon.

969
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:47,000
All right.

970
01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:49,000
Go ahead, Director McMahon.

971
01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:50,000
Yes.

972
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:53,000
I really appreciate this report.

973
01:23:53,000 --> 01:24:03,000
This is what has been worrying me for a long time is that we are debt that we are taking on for projects that are completely necessary.

974
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:07,000
It is going to be very, very considerable.

975
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:10,000
And I have two questions.

976
01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:14,000
I'll start with the question of a policy.

977
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:25,000
We do not have a debt servicing ratio policy.

978
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:29,000
And it is now the time to look for one.

979
01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:32,000
Our CAO has an answer to that question.

980
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:33,000
Go ahead.

981
01:24:33,000 --> 01:24:37,000
The board does have a debt management policy.

982
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:42,000
In that particular policy, although the regional district or regional districts in generally,

983
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:54,000
do not have what's reflected with like member municipal debt servicing limits as a percentage of their revenue.

984
01:24:54,000 --> 01:25:02,000
The regional districts don't have to do that, and that's partly because we are also the flow through for member municipal debt.

985
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:10,000
And so the policy, however, does state that the regional district will try to mirror that particular percentage.

986
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:22,000
And so when we take on additional debt and when we are presenting debt that the regional district is going to be taking on including what member municipal debt comes on.

987
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:28,000
We do provide that percentage as to where the regional district is in that particular percentage.

988
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:47,000
So I think that's something that this particular report can start to integrate a new section into the report is where we at cumulatively and make sure we have a good distinction between regional district debt.

989
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:55,000
I don't remember municipal debt because those would be very different amounts.

990
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:57,000
Go ahead, director.

991
01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:58,000
Thanks chair.

992
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:03,000
I have a lot of always a lot of questions and comments on debt.

993
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:08,000
I'm glad to hear director Rick Mann asks that portionality question.

994
01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:13,000
In this case, it's important to note C-shelts through the regional district.

995
01:26:13,000 --> 01:26:22,000
Now, I can't guarantee to this board although it's not that board that will be paying it, but it will be the two members of this table from C-shelts that are amount may go up.

996
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:29,000
But it's very low right now and I'm very proud of that for C-shelts because we just had two debts come off.

997
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:36,000
But the CEO is alluded to our capacity.

998
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:53,000
And I always ask this question, what I would like to know is if in fact what it is going forward, we all know that the amount that people earn will go up, but not necessarily as quick as our debt to 2030 to be able to service that.

999
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:57,000
But what I would like to see if possible and make it and I know they can do it.

1000
01:26:57,000 --> 01:27:01,000
It's just it's just added work, maybe staff has a system of formula.

1001
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:11,000
Is to find out what percentage going forward of our regional taxes collected will go to debt going forward.

1002
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:13,000
Pardon?

1003
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:14,000
Sure.

1004
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:16,000
Both.

1005
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:23,000
And that's what I want to see going forward percentage of our taxes going forward going towards debt.

1006
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:36,000
And I would love to see, I would love to see, let's say a pie chart that shows going forward how much goes to debt and how much goes to the provision of existing services.

1007
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:40,000
That's helpful information for me.

1008
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:50,000
And the debt servicing amount that the CEO alluded to municipalities as has been indicated with my previous questions are governed differently.

1009
01:27:50,000 --> 01:28:01,000
But it would be good to know what the regional district would take off the 13 million that goes to the municipalities and look at the regional district and see what our service ceiling is.

1010
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:02,000
Thanks.

1011
01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:06,000
Okay, our CFO is in the room.

1012
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:11,000
I was wondering if you could answer that question.

1013
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:13,000
Not specifically answering the questions.

1014
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,000
I just want to.

1015
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:30,000
Staff are making some notes so we can take a look at how we can integrate that into this reporting because I think we're changing how we report the debt as we take on some more debt in those financial considerations financial sustainability considerations.

1016
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:45,000
So one of the things we will also have to review which is what's so different with the regional district is it's not the same as a municipal setting in the sense where the majority of the same folks are paying for the debt.

1017
01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:57,000
So even though we can present those particular financial indicators because those are traditional financial indicators in any type of financial analysis on your health of your organization.

1018
01:28:57,000 --> 01:29:04,000
We also want to factor in the health of the specific service and those specific rate pairs that are having to pay for it.

1019
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:09,000
So regional water, for instance, town of Gibson's does not pay that.

1020
01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:23,000
So if we present something that assumes everybody paying into it, then that would be I think misleading because it would not be an accurate reflection so I think we just have to consider in trying to provide this information.

1021
01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:42,000
And when we try to do these things in comparison to our other regional districts to see the economic health of the regional district, it's just so different because of other considerations of how you're having to fund projects, timing of funding projects, magnitude of projects.

1022
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:53,000
So there's just a lot to factor and it doesn't necessarily mean that you are in a financial dire straits, it just is a consideration of affordability.

1023
01:29:53,000 --> 01:30:00,000
So I think we'll take that back and see how we can articulate and report that back to the board and to the community.

1024
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:11,000
Thank you. Thank you very much. Directorator, go ahead and go. Thanks to the CEO on that. I know that I probably give them extra work when I look for this information.

1025
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:20,000
It just speaks to community affordability and how we can pay for our debt. If we look at that information.

1026
01:30:20,000 --> 01:30:29,000
The other thing that we do, because I've talked to finite staff, but it means value in the regional district is some of the debts that's all added.

1027
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:39,000
But we need to consider, as we look forward to the future, because I'm not sure how the loans will be governed as money is really cheap right now.

1028
01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:53,000
And as any of us that had parents paying for mortgages in the 80s, it meant that the cost of borrowing doubled the loan at least or tripled the loan, but money was, but houses were cheaper than.

1029
01:30:53,000 --> 01:31:06,000
But anyway, the fact of the matter is money is really cheap right now, so if interest rates change, then the prediction of cost may change if they can't lock in a loan for a number of years at cheaper rates. Thanks, Chair.

1030
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:11,000
I had to address McManus, or you can see your hands.

1031
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:21,000
Yeah, I appreciate that it is very difficult to communicate the kind of impact because we have different scopes of service.

1032
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:26,000
The landfill is an easy one because everybody is involved in the landfill.

1033
01:31:26,000 --> 01:31:42,000
So we actually have a really good estimate of what a $33 million loan is going to cost the average taxpayer, which is, yeah, a $13,66 per 100,000 assessment.

1034
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:55,000
So that I took that out of the February 2nd report, but then regional water doesn't involve the town or people who aren't on the system.

1035
01:31:55,000 --> 01:32:00,000
And then, you know, fire departments are different again.

1036
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:05,000
Half moon bay needs a new fire hall that's not included in this.

1037
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:09,000
There's, there's a lot coming at us.

1038
01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:22,000
And I am concerned that we don't get ourselves into a crunch where we, like, yes, we can borrow almost infinitely, but we obviously don't want to.

1039
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:28,000
So we're going to have to have the question, the discussion of how much debt is too much debt.

1040
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:38,000
And that it's complicated because the, it affects different taxpayers and different services differently.

1041
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:46,000
But some kind of a breakdown on where the debt is by service might be helpful.

1042
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:57,000
I don't know if there's an easy way to, to do that in a graphical way, at least with the big services that we have like regional water.

1043
01:32:57,000 --> 01:33:04,000
Solid waste regional recreation things like that.

1044
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:07,000
I think I've blithered sufficiently.

1045
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:13,000
Thank you. And I do remind directors that we do all over approaching the end of the open agenda.

1046
01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:18,000
It is lengthy and we have, we still have an in-camera agenda director Tothko had.

1047
01:33:18,000 --> 01:33:26,000
Thank you just a quick comment chair and this is I apologize director McMahon because I saw your email and I meant to sort of head off this question in a bit of a way, because

1048
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:31,000
Solid waste might be an easy one because everybody participates.

1049
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:34,000
But the board hasn't made the decision on how to fund that debt yet.

1050
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:39,000
If we fund it from 100% user fees, I eat tipping fees.

1051
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:44,000
It's actually not taxation debt funding at all.

1052
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:55,000
And so I think that's one of the things that we have to be careful about both when we talk about debt funding and also knowing that the newspaper listens to our meetings.

1053
01:33:55,000 --> 01:34:05,000
When they report out on debt funding is it's real, you know, it's a headline grab to say, you know, $35 million in new debt blah blah blah blah.

1054
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:08,000
But it's so much more nuanced than that.

1055
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:11,000
And it's frustrating because it's more nuanced than that.

1056
01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:16,000
And it's not easy for us to communicate that with people when the headlines drop.

1057
01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:23,000
So I think that's something that our staff and us have to stay on top of communications with our communities.

1058
01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:24,000
Thanks.

1059
01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:26,000
Directorator.

1060
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:27,000
Go ahead.

1061
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:28,000
Yeah, that's that's an important point.

1062
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:29,000
Oh, sorry.

1063
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:31,000
Oh, I didn't see.

1064
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:33,000
I was sorry, director.

1065
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:34,000
I did not see your hand.

1066
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:36,000
I will go to director Lee.

1067
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Go ahead.

1068
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:47,000
Now I forgot what I was going to say.

1069
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:49,000
Not really.

1070
01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:51,000
I wanted to say a few things.

1071
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:58,000
And that is I was looking at the future borrowing, which director Toth did talk about.

1072
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:02,000
And it's nice information to have.

1073
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:04,000
But there's grants that we're going to get.

1074
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:07,000
There's other ways of funding it like user fees.

1075
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:10,000
So it's it's good information and it's great to see.

1076
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:16,000
But we got to be careful not to alarm people and tell it is time to be alarmed.

1077
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:20,000
And the other I did have a question though.

1078
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:24,000
And that was a different question.

1079
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:31,000
I was looking at this and trying to find the initial amount that we borrowed and the length of time we borrowed it over.

1080
01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:35,000
So I could get some apples and apples things.

1081
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:38,000
But I couldn't find it anywhere.

1082
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:45,000
Is there is some way I could find that information when I was curious about it?

1083
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:51,000
I believe that I was trying to explain to in one of my news releases.

1084
01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:54,000
Just exactly what it meant, you know.

1085
01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:59,000
So does this information exist in this report?

1086
01:35:59,000 --> 01:36:01,000
Better to jailer.

1087
01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:02,000
Right.

1088
01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:10,000
The timeline's exist in attachment A, maturity and the term length.

1089
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:13,000
That would be page 537.

1090
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:18,000
I'm actually looking at page 537.

1091
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:25,000
And I can see the principle balance remaining.

1092
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:27,000
I see the annual service cost.

1093
01:36:27,000 --> 01:36:31,000
I see the interest rate, but I don't see the amount we initially borrowed.

1094
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:37,000
And how long we had borrowed that for.

1095
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:41,000
Sorry, could I clarify which loan you're referring to?

1096
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:44,000
Yeah, all of them.

1097
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:50,000
So when the loan was taken out and what was the term.

1098
01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:54,000
I apologize because I originally thought you were talking about proposed that.

1099
01:36:54,000 --> 01:37:00,000
That is something that staff could consider adding in to future iterations of this report.

1100
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:01,000
For sure.

1101
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:03,000
Useful information.

1102
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:04,000
Okay.

1103
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:05,000
Thank you.

1104
01:37:05,000 --> 01:37:06,000
All right.

1105
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:07,000
Directorator.

1106
01:37:07,000 --> 01:37:10,000
Can you keep your comments brief?

1107
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:12,000
You know, I'll try.

1108
01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:13,000
Thank you.

1109
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:14,000
Yeah.

1110
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:17,000
That's kind of what I was asking for earlier was the makeup of our debt.

1111
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:19,000
And it's a lot of staff work.

1112
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:25,000
And what chair tooth is saying about public communications and what the public understands is really

1113
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,000
needs to be clear decisions.

1114
01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:31,000
How we fees versus overall public taxation.

1115
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:33,000
We need to make sure we're clear about that.

1116
01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:35,000
And we talk about that.

1117
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,000
Just just ending really quickly.

1118
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:44,000
A lot of the Republicans in the US still think that tariffs are paid for by other countries.

1119
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:48,000
So that's an example of how we need to inform the public.

1120
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:49,000
Thanks.

1121
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:50,000
Yes.

1122
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:57,000
There is misinformation and disinformation out there about the finances of the world.

1123
01:37:57,000 --> 01:38:02,000
And it serves some people and does a disservice to others.

1124
01:38:02,000 --> 01:38:06,000
I am looking around and I don't see any hands up at the moment.

1125
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:10,000
I'm going to just move right along to our.

1126
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:15,000
The minutes from our P tack meeting of Tuesday February 17th.

1127
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:21,000
I see that director Lee and director man were at this meeting.

1128
01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:27,000
And I'm going to look to them to see if there's any comments that they wish to put to the board.

1129
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:30,000
Otherwise.

1130
01:38:30,000 --> 01:38:36,000
These minutes are one of the reports that was adopted go ahead director Lee.

1131
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:42,000
I did want to mention that there was a presentation made that was extremely interesting.

1132
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:46,000
I don't know if if it's kept somewhere or not.

1133
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:48,000
What was the nature of the presentation?

1134
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:54,000
It talked about actual money to be borrowed and the impact long term.

1135
01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:59,000
It was quite a nice presentation made to the group.

1136
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:04,000
The updates to the draft solid waste management.

1137
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:05,000
Yes.

1138
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:09,000
Is that something that we've already seen in it.

1139
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:12,000
Or that is available online.

1140
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:16,000
Go ahead director or sorry general manager Rosenbum.

1141
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:18,000
Thank you for the question here.

1142
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:23,000
That's the same information as was provided earlier to the board.

1143
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:26,000
You know, report about funding strategies.

1144
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:31,000
I've put a protocol that's mentioned in the sort of the budget management plan and the presentation.

1145
01:39:31,000 --> 01:39:41,000
I believe is available on the P tack side on our LDS city website on the P it's based.

1146
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:49,000
Available and can you repeat that last part on the website on the SHD website on their P tack advisory committees.

1147
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:50,000
Okay.

1148
01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:53,000
Yeah. On the front page advisory committee.

1149
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:54,000
Thank you chair.

1150
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:55,000
Yeah.

1151
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:57,000
I had seen the information before.

1152
01:39:57,000 --> 01:40:01,000
But it was put in a different format.

1153
01:40:01,000 --> 01:40:04,000
Simplified format, which I really did like.

1154
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:06,000
So I'm going to go pull it now.

1155
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,000
Excellent.

1156
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:08,000
Good.

1157
01:40:08,000 --> 01:40:15,000
With no other comments on this item, I'm going to move to 5.1, which is.

1158
01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:19,000
It is a correspondence.

1159
01:40:19,000 --> 01:40:25,000
From Joanne Malar communications coordinator regional district of Oconogans and El Camine.

1160
01:40:25,000 --> 01:40:29,000
About orphan dams.

1161
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:31,000
Sorry, orphan dikes.

1162
01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:39,000
And although at first I thought that this might be something that should be dealt with at UBCM.

1163
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:44,000
I realized that UBCM has put some restrictions on our resolutions in that they should be.

1164
01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:47,000
They should be.

1165
01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:50,000
They should fit into the entire province's.

1166
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:53,000
Per view and not be to regional.

1167
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:56,000
And so this is I believe there is.

1168
01:40:56,000 --> 01:41:03,000
A dikes that's owned and operated by the regional district, which we could fall into.

1169
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:05,000
This category.

1170
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:07,000
Go ahead, director.

1171
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:09,000
I'm.

1172
01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:13,000
I'm a bit confused why this is on here because we we do get correspondence from other.

1173
01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:18,000
Well, governments all the time saying, hey, can you here's our motion? Can you support it?

1174
01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:23,000
So I've been kind of looking around seeing did any director ask for this to be on the agenda and I don't see it.

1175
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:25,000
So.

1176
01:41:25,000 --> 01:41:26,000
I.

1177
01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:31,000
I feel like we should continue to follow a general protocol, like if a director asks for something to come to the board.

1178
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:34,000
Let's let's do that, but I'm not seeing that and.

1179
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:37,000
Given that I don't see anybody jumping a jumping in.

1180
01:41:37,000 --> 01:41:40,000
I just we've received this already let's move on to the next agenda item.

1181
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:42,000
I don't think we need to get.

1182
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:44,000
I don't think we need to.

1183
01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:46,000
I address every single request.

1184
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:52,000
I just saw one from Cam loops that came in about indigenous relations last week and I don't see that on the agenda.

1185
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:54,000
We're not putting it on the town agenda.

1186
01:41:54,000 --> 01:41:55,000
I was a bit too.

1187
01:41:55,000 --> 01:41:56,000
Because nobody's asked for it.

1188
01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:57,000
So.

1189
01:41:57,000 --> 01:41:59,000
I bet let's just move on.

1190
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:00,000
It's my.

1191
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:05,000
Yes, excuse me, we are being asked to sign their letter.

1192
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:08,000
It is a specific action.

1193
01:42:08,000 --> 01:42:10,000
It's not to support their.

1194
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:12,000
They're motion at UBCM.

1195
01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:17,000
We are being asked to to be added as a signatory on their letter.

1196
01:42:17,000 --> 01:42:18,000
Okay.

1197
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:19,000
So do we need to.

1198
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:23,000
We need a motion to sign this letter.

1199
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:25,000
If that is the will of the committee.

1200
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:27,000
Go ahead.

1201
01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:28,000
Yes.

1202
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:30,000
Okay.

1203
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:35,000
So, director Lee.

1204
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:37,000
Thank you, chair.

1205
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:44,000
I didn't really think it was our business because we don't have any dikes anywhere.

1206
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:47,000
So we could become handling on something.

1207
01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:51,000
Do we have a dike somewhere that's we need to worry about.

1208
01:42:51,000 --> 01:42:52,000
I had to.

1209
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:53,000
Thank you.

1210
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:55,000
Thank you for the question.

1211
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:56,000
Yes.

1212
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:58,000
The idea is that I could the outside.

1213
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:01,000
But it's registered in our name.

1214
01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:07,000
Our contacts are tax anywhere in the province where there is actually no owner for.

1215
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:12,000
And hence it's a big risk to the community because there's nobody responsible for operating

1216
01:43:12,000 --> 01:43:15,000
a maintenance of those of those tax.

1217
01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:17,000
This is different.

1218
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:24,000
So the motion is to put the board signature on this letter and return it to.

1219
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:29,000
The request is, but I'm going to put it to the board is motion.

1220
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:30,000
Are you making that motion?

1221
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:31,000
I am.

1222
01:43:31,000 --> 01:43:32,000
Okay.

1223
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:33,000
Do we.

1224
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:34,000
Anybody second again?

1225
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:36,000
Is anybody second in me?

1226
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:37,000
No.

1227
01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:43,000
Then I'm going to abandon that motion and we're going to move on to the.

1228
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:48,000
In camera portion of our agenda.

1229
01:43:48,000 --> 01:43:50,000
I move.

1230
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:55,000
That the public be excluded from attendance at the meeting in accordance with sections nine one

1231
01:43:55,000 --> 01:44:00,000
one K and sorry ninety one K and ninety two be.

1232
01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:03,000
Three of the community charter.

1233
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:05,000
So moved.

1234
01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:08,000
So second it all in favor.

1235
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:09,000
Okay.

1236
01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:10,000
Thank you.

1237
01:44:10,000 --> 01:44:15,000
And we're going to adjourn the public portion of the meeting.

1238
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:16,000
Sorry.

1239
01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:18,000
We're going to pause public portion.

1240
01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:21,000
And we're going to go to in camera.

1241
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:23,000
We shall return here in five minutes time.

1242
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:27,000
Thank you.

1243
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:57,000
Thank you.

1244
02:58:30,000 --> 02:58:54,240
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to the open portion of the Sunshine

1245
02:58:54,240 --> 02:59:00,240
because regional district committee of the whole meeting for Thursday, February 26th.

1246
02:59:00,240 --> 02:59:03,240
It is currently 12.29.

1247
02:59:03,240 --> 02:59:13,240
And I am going to inform the public that we shall change the time for our board meeting.

1248
02:59:13,240 --> 02:59:20,240
This afternoon, from 1 o'clock until 1.30, due to the length of our morning meeting.

1249
02:59:20,240 --> 02:59:24,240
So I'm looking for a motion to adjourn this morning's meeting.

1250
02:59:24,240 --> 02:59:27,240
I have a motion, I have a seconder, all in favor.

1251
02:59:27,240 --> 02:59:28,240
Very good.

1252
02:59:28,240 --> 02:59:29,240
Thank you.

1253
02:59:29,240 --> 02:59:31,240
We'll see you in an hour.

1254
02:59:31,240 --> 02:59:32,240
Are there-

1255
02:59:32,240 --> 02:59:33,240
Are there-

1256
02:59:50,240 --> 03:00:00,240
Are there-

1257
03:14:00,000 --> 03:14:12,080
Good afternoon everybody, everybody and welcome to the Sunshine Coast Regional District. Regular board

1258
03:14:12,080 --> 03:14:18,840
meeting for February 26th, 2026. It's 131. I would like to call the meeting to order and acknowledge

1259
03:14:18,840 --> 03:14:24,720
that the SDRD is located on the traditional territories of the Shishal Khan School Hall Machinations.

1260
03:14:24,960 --> 03:14:31,920
Directors, we do have a fairly lengthy agenda in front of us today. I've had a request to strike

1261
03:14:31,920 --> 03:14:38,880
Directors reports from the agenda today. We've got a notice of motion from Director Gabbius that we're

1262
03:14:38,880 --> 03:14:45,360
going to be adding as item 8.2, which is just for introduction. And I would like to move the motions

1263
03:14:46,080 --> 03:14:53,520
up to after item 3 on the agenda. Directors, are there any other changes to make

1264
03:14:53,520 --> 03:15:02,320
to amend this amended agenda? If not, I would look for motion to adopt.

1265
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:19,000
The amended amended agenda, director Lee, director Gabbius, all those in favor. Thank you, that's carried. So first up, item 3.1, regular board meeting, minutes of February 12, 2026, before we adopt those directors, are there any errors or omissions?

1266
03:15:19,000 --> 03:15:42,000
If not, can I have a motion to adopt? Thank you, director McMahon, seconded. Thank you, all those in favor. Any opposed? That motion's carried. Okay, so now we're going to go to item 8.1, which is the notice of motion regarding Sunshine Coast Pickleball. Director Baxis is your motion. I'm going to turn it over to you.

1267
03:15:42,000 --> 03:16:01,000
Thank you. Before we begin, I would like to draw your attention to the last line after the motion, and I move to strike the last line. You haven't made any motion yet, so you can just not move that as part of your motion.

1268
03:16:01,000 --> 03:16:16,000
I move that, whereas the Sunshine Coast Pickleball Association, which is to enter into a land use agreement with the SCRD for the development of the recreation complex. On the parks designated property immediately west of 1309 Roberts Creek Road.

1269
03:16:16,000 --> 03:16:34,000
And I've got the folio number, etc. Therefore, be it resolved that the relevant staff meet with representatives of the SCPA to discuss the next steps in the process of entering into a land use agreement and return a report to the board.

1270
03:16:35,000 --> 03:16:54,000
Okay, full stop. Thank you, Director Bax. You did submit the motion in time for debate for our procedure by law, and the additional item item be technically was constituted as a late item, but the motion itself is in order. So I will look for a seconder.

1271
03:16:54,000 --> 03:17:04,000
Because this is park service, it's going to be park's function participants, so rural directors. Okay, thank you. Director, I assume that was going to be your question.

1272
03:17:04,000 --> 03:17:13,000
Yes. All right, thank you, Director Lee, your second day. Okay, so we have a motion currently on the floor. Directors discussion, Director Bax.

1273
03:17:13,000 --> 03:17:30,000
So the rationale behind this is simply an opportunity for us to officially sanction the staff entering into discussions with the pickable association. I see them here in the gallery.

1274
03:17:30,000 --> 03:17:48,000
In order to find out what it is that the pickable association needs to do in order to pursue the proposal that they have brought forward and how they're going to interact with the regional district.

1275
03:17:48,000 --> 03:18:02,000
I know that they're I've talked with some of the people within your executive and that director Bax to me. Sorry, I know that the executive of the pickable association is discuss with me and they have.

1276
03:18:02,000 --> 03:18:11,000
I have information about similar land use agreements that have been brought forward in other jurisdictions that I think would be very pertinent and time saving.

1277
03:18:11,000 --> 03:18:21,000
In this discussion and I'm looking forward to seeing if I can find support amongst my peers here to put this motion forward.

1278
03:18:21,000 --> 03:18:29,000
Okay, thank you, Director Bax. I mean, the motion's already been put forward. So you know, we're in debate now, Director McMahon.

1279
03:18:29,000 --> 03:18:43,000
Yes, I get it. The pickle ball is looking for a home. I am just concerned that there may be other options and to narrow it down to just this parcel, maybe premature.

1280
03:18:43,000 --> 03:18:58,000
I still have not heard back any clear reason why the pickle ball could not be place next to the seashell arena in seashell, which is already a recreational hub with parking and all the other amenities.

1281
03:18:58,000 --> 03:19:18,000
So we do not yet know what's involved there. So I hope it will continue to work with the district of seashell as well because it may prove to be an easier ask.

1282
03:19:18,000 --> 03:19:29,000
So knowing that that question was coming, I did ask staff the district of seashell about where things landed because the loop hadn't been closed with council yet.

1283
03:19:29,000 --> 03:19:44,000
And what I heard from corporate staff was that there was going to be a number of like lot consolidations that we're going to have to happen in order to create, you know, legal space in order to cite the facility.

1284
03:19:44,000 --> 03:19:54,000
Because I think the proposal that was brought to the district to seashell, and that we sort of talked about moving forward with staff would have cited the building right across a property line.

1285
03:19:54,000 --> 03:20:02,000
And they're both our properties, but there are set back like there are procedures and requirements for properties when it comes to parcel lines.

1286
03:20:02,000 --> 03:20:12,000
I haven't been able to touch base with the planning staff since you brought that question up. So I know from the corporate side that sort of where things stalled, if you will.

1287
03:20:12,000 --> 03:20:20,000
But I also would support continuing that that work in seashell to possible director angster.

1288
03:20:20,000 --> 03:20:22,000
Yeah.

1289
03:20:22,000 --> 03:20:23,000
Yeah.

1290
03:20:23,000 --> 03:20:33,000
I'd love to see more recreation that area. It's it's a big recreation area arena golf course soccer fields lit baseball.

1291
03:20:33,000 --> 03:20:37,000
I'd love to see it, but it seems complicated.

1292
03:20:37,000 --> 03:20:46,000
And I'm not sure exactly what piece you're referring to in terms of going across a lot line. I know I just don't know exactly. I know the lot the layout.

1293
03:20:46,000 --> 03:20:55,000
But also to this board should remember that if it if it takes into account the arena property, then that's regional district in a sense too, right?

1294
03:20:55,000 --> 03:20:56,000
Yeah.

1295
03:20:56,000 --> 03:21:02,000
So not necessarily the district of seashell because we've leased it to the regional district for the arena use.

1296
03:21:02,000 --> 03:21:10,000
So I'd love to see that pursued, but it seems so complicated sadly for a group of people who have been asking for a number of years.

1297
03:21:10,000 --> 03:21:15,000
Much like the lawn bowlers were for facility. Thanks.

1298
03:21:15,000 --> 03:21:20,000
I think my first meeting with the Sunshine Coast Pickable Association was back in 2019.

1299
03:21:21,000 --> 03:21:28,000
So yeah, definitely been been searching for a while on how to land this director backs.

1300
03:21:28,000 --> 03:21:45,000
Yeah. Thank you. And one of the things that I think makes this particularly attractive to the people of Robert's Creek as well as the Sunshine Coast and anybody who uses a community hall, which is a really popular venue.

1301
03:21:45,000 --> 03:22:00,000
But one of the drawbacks of the community hall is the lack of parking. And so when I was first approached by the Pickable Association, I asked them to include a parking lot that could be used for the by the community association for their events.

1302
03:22:00,000 --> 03:22:26,000
As well as I asked them to approach the Disc Golfers Association to incorporate Disc Golf course on this land and I think that the it could become a new recreation hub in Robert's Creek that's that would offer these type of amenities as well as bike lockups for people that take transit.

1303
03:22:26,000 --> 03:22:37,000
And if when you get at the chance to have a look at the plan, you'll see what kind of a boon it will be for my community as well as the Pickable ballers.

1304
03:22:37,000 --> 03:22:42,000
Thank you. Any other comments from directors director.

1305
03:22:42,000 --> 03:22:47,000
Thank you chair and happy to see so many people showing up in support.

1306
03:22:48,000 --> 03:23:00,000
I'm supportive of sharing of information between staff and the Pickable Ball Association because they're, you know, I think that's one option for them that's one land option.

1307
03:23:00,000 --> 03:23:12,000
There's the arena there's probably other ones as well. And so what would it entail for the association to go forward with this parcel. I'm I'm totally okay with that.

1308
03:23:12,000 --> 03:23:16,000
I don't know much about that parcel. I don't know what can happen there.

1309
03:23:16,000 --> 03:23:27,000
And I don't know what the, you know, the constraints of that site either. And I don't know if the association is knows about the, any constraints that could maybe get in the way.

1310
03:23:27,000 --> 03:23:39,000
But so all this to say like I'm supportive of the conversation between staff and the Pickable Ball Association and just so that they have more information to move forward with their plans.

1311
03:23:39,000 --> 03:23:45,000
With you know I'm assuming there'll be other, there might be other options being supported at the same time.

1312
03:23:46,000 --> 03:23:52,000
Thank you, director Gavis. Any other discussion from my directors rural or municipal.

1313
03:23:52,000 --> 03:24:00,000
If not, I will call the question, rural directors only all those in favor.

1314
03:24:00,000 --> 03:24:03,000
And that is carried unanimously. Great.

1315
03:24:03,000 --> 03:24:09,000
Thank you, director Bax and thank you to the Sunshine Coast Pickable Ball Association for bringing that forward.

1316
03:24:16,000 --> 03:24:21,000
And we don't normally, you know, we don't endorse that sort of, you know, clapping and shit livelyness.

1317
03:24:21,000 --> 03:24:23,000
But thank you for coming today, guys.

1318
03:24:23,000 --> 03:24:25,000
Thank you very much. Yep.

1319
03:24:45,000 --> 03:24:47,000
You

1320
03:25:15,000 --> 03:25:44,000
Okay. And note our entire gallery has left us so sad that they didn't want to stay for the financial plan by law.

1321
03:25:44,000 --> 03:25:54,000
But moving on to item 8.2, which is the notice of motion being read into the record.

1322
03:25:54,000 --> 03:25:56,000
We're doing motions now.

1323
03:25:56,000 --> 03:26:06,000
So director Gavis has a notice of motion to read into the record for next board meeting.

1324
03:26:06,000 --> 03:26:13,000
Thank you, Gerry. I have a notice of motion not to be debated today, but to look at future board the next board meeting.

1325
03:26:13,000 --> 03:26:20,000
So the motion is that the following be submitted to AVICC as a late resolution.

1326
03:26:20,000 --> 03:26:28,000
Here's the resolution establishing a provincial system of local watershed boards across British Columbia.

1327
03:26:28,000 --> 03:26:31,000
Okay, I'm going to read the whole thing.

1328
03:26:31,000 --> 03:26:33,000
It's right. Yes, for the public at home.

1329
03:26:33,000 --> 03:26:42,000
Whereas communities in British Columbia are experiencing increasing drought flooding, water impacts, and water supply and certainty that are contributing to infrastructure damage.

1330
03:26:42,000 --> 03:26:46,000
Rising emergency response costs and economic disruption.

1331
03:26:46,000 --> 03:26:52,000
And whereas local governments are responsible for protecting drinking water and supporting housing, economic development and climate preparedness.

1332
03:26:52,000 --> 03:26:58,000
But like the authority coordinated watershed governance structures and stable resources to manage growing water security risks.

1333
03:26:58,000 --> 03:27:09,000
Therefore, be it resolved that the Union of British Columbia municipalities call on the province of British Columbia to establish a provincial framework and provide stable long term funding for locally based watershed boards.

1334
03:27:09,000 --> 03:27:19,000
Go develop with first nations and local governments to support watershed scale planning source water protection and coordinated drought and flood preparedness across British Columbia.

1335
03:27:19,000 --> 03:27:20,000
Thank you, Gerry.

1336
03:27:20,000 --> 03:27:24,000
And that will be up on the next board meeting agenda.

1337
03:27:24,000 --> 03:27:26,000
Let's do that. You didn't make it longer though.

1338
03:27:26,000 --> 03:27:28,000
Just a little more reading time.

1339
03:27:28,000 --> 03:27:38,000
Okay, and so we're going to move on to item 4.1, which is business arising from those board meeting minutes that we adopted before the.

1340
03:27:39,000 --> 03:27:42,000
Pickable conversation.

1341
03:27:42,000 --> 03:27:48,000
So item 4.1 is an amendment to transit expansion funding resolution corporate officer.

1342
03:27:48,000 --> 03:27:50,000
Did you want to speak to that real quick.

1343
03:27:50,000 --> 03:27:51,000
Thank you chair.

1344
03:27:51,000 --> 03:27:59,000
So this is just to actually reflect the action that we have to take going forward due to the loss of transit expansion funding.

1345
03:27:59,000 --> 03:28:05,000
So staff are requesting the minutes be amended to reflect the absence of that funding.

1346
03:28:05,000 --> 03:28:12,000
Thank you and we've got a recommendation here on page 19.

1347
03:28:12,000 --> 03:28:16,000
And then that's been moved. That's been seconded any discussion.

1348
03:28:16,000 --> 03:28:19,000
All those in favor.

1349
03:28:19,000 --> 03:28:21,000
Any opposed. That motion's carried.

1350
03:28:21,000 --> 03:28:23,000
Okay. Thank you.

1351
03:28:23,000 --> 03:28:28,000
And so we're going to move on to item 6.1 because we have no delegations today.

1352
03:28:29,000 --> 03:28:38,000
Community the whole meeting recommendations. One to eight of February 12th, 2026.

1353
03:28:38,000 --> 03:28:44,000
Directors do wish to pull any of those for separate consideration.

1354
03:28:44,000 --> 03:28:49,000
Before we endorse the block.

1355
03:28:49,000 --> 03:28:57,000
If not, I will call the I will look for a motion to endorse please moved seconded any discussion.

1356
03:28:58,000 --> 03:29:00,000
All those in favor.

1357
03:29:00,000 --> 03:29:02,000
Thank you. That's carried.

1358
03:29:02,000 --> 03:29:04,000
Correct.

1359
03:29:04,000 --> 03:29:05,000
Yes. Thank you.

1360
03:29:05,000 --> 03:29:07,000
And just a question for staff.

1361
03:29:07,000 --> 03:29:11,000
If I may about the accessibility plan.

1362
03:29:11,000 --> 03:29:15,000
Tories with the next steps are now that we're endorsing the plan.

1363
03:29:15,000 --> 03:29:17,000
When are we going to see it next?

1364
03:29:17,000 --> 03:29:18,000
What's happening now?

1365
03:29:18,000 --> 03:29:20,000
Thank you.

1366
03:29:20,000 --> 03:29:21,000
Corporate officer.

1367
03:29:21,000 --> 03:29:22,000
Thank you chair.

1368
03:29:22,000 --> 03:29:25,000
So subject to board endorsement of the plan.

1369
03:29:25,000 --> 03:29:29,000
We have a let's talk page that's ready to launch as well as a news release.

1370
03:29:29,000 --> 03:29:34,000
The accessible B.C. Act says that once the plan has been put together.

1371
03:29:34,000 --> 03:29:36,000
We must put it out for public feedback.

1372
03:29:36,000 --> 03:29:39,000
So we will continue that process.

1373
03:29:39,000 --> 03:29:44,000
And you may recall that we've also recommended that the committee terms be extended for the next three years

1374
03:29:44,000 --> 03:29:49,000
to facilitate some continuity and ongoing conversation with that committee.

1375
03:29:49,000 --> 03:29:54,000
We committed to meeting at least once per year to update the committee on the progress.

1376
03:29:54,000 --> 03:29:56,000
That the local governments are making on the plan.

1377
03:29:56,000 --> 03:30:00,000
And just to provide updates on any public feedback that.

1378
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:17,000
That we're receiving, also following endorsement, the plan will have to be circulated to staff, so that we can have a look at some of the things that may already be in progress, things that we may already be doing, and then to identify any new opportunities that the committee has identified for the local governments.

1379
03:30:17,000 --> 03:30:25,000
So the process will be ongoing and we'll be back likely to the board with updates as we go along.

1380
03:30:25,000 --> 03:30:36,000
Thank you. All right, and see no other hands. We'll move on to item 6.2, which is the electoral area services committee meeting recommendations 1 to 8 of February 19.

1381
03:30:36,000 --> 03:30:41,000
Directors, are there any of those that you want to pull for separate consideration?

1382
03:30:41,000 --> 03:30:50,000
If not, can I have a motion to endorse the block please moved and seconded any discussion on the block?

1383
03:30:50,000 --> 03:30:56,000
All those in favor. Any opposed? That motion is carried.

1384
03:30:56,000 --> 03:31:06,000
All right, next up is item 6.3, which is committee of the whole meeting recommendations 1, 4, 5 and 9 from this morning.

1385
03:31:06,000 --> 03:31:18,000
And directors, are you wanting to pull any of those for separate consideration?

1386
03:31:18,000 --> 03:31:24,000
This is if you're looking at the PDF of the amended agenda, it's page 32 and 33.

1387
03:31:24,000 --> 03:31:26,000
Director Bax?

1388
03:31:26,000 --> 03:31:46,000
We did discuss this morning about recommendation number 9 of the directors re-neumeration at which point should we should we pull this now and discuss the appointment of directors for this re-neumeration task group, whatever you want to call it?

1389
03:31:46,000 --> 03:31:50,000
For simplicity sake? Yes, because we're considering endorsement of the block.

1390
03:31:50,000 --> 03:31:52,000
Right, and so this is the time.

1391
03:31:52,000 --> 03:31:55,000
Okay, we'll pull recommendation number 9, please.

1392
03:31:55,000 --> 03:31:57,000
Okay, so 1, 4 and 5.

1393
03:31:57,000 --> 03:32:03,000
I don't see anybody else jumping at the bat, so I can have a motion to endorse those three, moved and seconded.

1394
03:32:03,000 --> 03:32:05,000
All those in favor.

1395
03:32:05,000 --> 03:32:07,000
Okay, that's carried. Thank you.

1396
03:32:07,000 --> 03:32:15,000
Now, recommendation 9, Director Bax, you asked to pull it because of the, I assume the appointment of one or two directors to this working group.

1397
03:32:15,000 --> 03:32:24,000
That's correct, and I'm looking to the other directors to see what kind of agreement we can come to as to who should be populating this group.

1398
03:32:24,000 --> 03:32:35,000
There was discussion earlier this earlier today that we should have a minimum of two of us on this group and a pair of staff members as well.

1399
03:32:35,000 --> 03:32:46,000
And so I'm, I'm going to, I'm going to recommend that Director Gabias be on this.

1400
03:32:46,000 --> 03:32:47,000
No.

1401
03:32:47,000 --> 03:32:50,000
So, I just want to clarify this.

1402
03:32:50,000 --> 03:32:51,000
Corporate officer.

1403
03:32:51,000 --> 03:32:54,000
Okay, because it's a working group.

1404
03:32:54,000 --> 03:33:02,000
I think as Board Chair, I can appoint people directly to it unless you guys otherwise direct.

1405
03:33:02,000 --> 03:33:09,000
Not to put you on the spot. Corporate officer.

1406
03:33:09,000 --> 03:33:15,000
So there's no formal guidelines around working group.

1407
03:33:15,000 --> 03:33:19,000
I believe it should be at the Board's discretion.

1408
03:33:19,000 --> 03:33:27,000
If the Board's comfortable with the Board Chair appointing individuals, I don't see an issue with that from a procedural perspective.

1409
03:33:27,000 --> 03:33:29,000
Okay, so I've seen head nods this far.

1410
03:33:29,000 --> 03:33:31,000
Director McMahon.

1411
03:33:31,000 --> 03:33:43,000
Yeah, I would be fine with the Board Chair appointing. He has, in all previous instances, you know, talked to us about whether we want to do this. He doesn't fall in told us.

1412
03:33:43,000 --> 03:33:52,000
So if we just change the wording to say, and that the Board Chair appoint one or two directors to the working group.

1413
03:33:52,000 --> 03:33:59,000
And so then the recommendation can stand and I will just suggest, although it may not, you know,

1414
03:33:59,000 --> 03:34:04,000
my suggestion is that it'd be one EA director and one municipal director.

1415
03:34:04,000 --> 03:34:05,000
Thanks.

1416
03:34:05,000 --> 03:34:08,000
But you're going to move the recommendation with.

1417
03:34:08,000 --> 03:34:14,000
I move recommendation number nine with the addition of the one chair.

1418
03:34:14,000 --> 03:34:15,000
Okay.

1419
03:34:15,000 --> 03:34:20,000
And I've got a seconder for that. Any other discussion?

1420
03:34:20,000 --> 03:34:28,000
Yeah, so this is on page 33 of the amendment agenda package, which is that a working group comprised of directors and staff be established.

1421
03:34:28,000 --> 03:34:34,000
To conduct an internal review of director's remuneration allows us as expense reimbursements and benefits.

1422
03:34:34,000 --> 03:34:39,000
And that the board chair appoint one to two directors to the working group.

1423
03:34:39,000 --> 03:34:51,000
And that the CAO appoint one or two staff to the working group and that a report be brought back before Q4 2026 with recommendations for directors remunerations allowances expense reimbursements and benefits.

1424
03:34:51,000 --> 03:34:55,000
And further that this recommendation be forwarded to the February 26 board meeting.

1425
03:34:55,000 --> 03:34:57,000
So yeah.

1426
03:34:57,000 --> 03:35:03,000
And I hear you guys loud and clear and you know, because we only talked about it this morning as this being the path.

1427
03:35:03,000 --> 03:35:09,000
Uh, we kind of short notice to try and pull together who wants to be on it. So we'll figure it out over the next couple days.

1428
03:35:09,000 --> 03:35:13,000
But I don't see any other hands up. So I'll call the question all those in favor.

1429
03:35:13,000 --> 03:35:15,000
Thank you. That's unanimous.

1430
03:35:15,000 --> 03:35:22,000
And so with that, I think we move on to item 6.4, which is contract award for RFP.

1431
03:35:22,000 --> 03:35:25,000
To 511702 mobile device services.

1432
03:35:25,000 --> 03:35:29,000
This is starting on page 34 of our amended agenda.

1433
03:35:29,000 --> 03:35:36,000
And, uh, manage your nails. Was there anything you wanted to introduce on this report?

1434
03:35:36,000 --> 03:35:37,000
Thank you chair.

1435
03:35:37,000 --> 03:35:44,000
Uh, yeah, this report request board direction and options to award a three year mobile device services contract.

1436
03:35:44,000 --> 03:35:47,000
Yes, sir, D has received two compliance.

1437
03:35:47,000 --> 03:35:58,000
From Rogers and tell us that met requirements in response to the RFP that was closed in December with tell us receiving the highest overall value score.

1438
03:35:58,000 --> 03:35:59,000
Thank you chair.

1439
03:35:59,000 --> 03:36:00,000
Great.

1440
03:36:00,000 --> 03:36:01,000
Thank you very much.

1441
03:36:01,000 --> 03:36:04,000
Directors any questions.

1442
03:36:04,000 --> 03:36:06,000
Discussion recommendations.

1443
03:36:06,000 --> 03:36:07,000
Director Bax.

1444
03:36:07,000 --> 03:36:11,000
This curiosity question. How many mobile devices are we talking about here?

1445
03:36:12,000 --> 03:36:14,000
Just just for curiosity sick.

1446
03:36:14,000 --> 03:36:16,000
I thought I had read it, but my apologies.

1447
03:36:16,000 --> 03:36:17,000
It's a little bit.

1448
03:36:17,000 --> 03:36:20,000
So manager Nelson.

1449
03:36:20,000 --> 03:36:22,000
Yes, thank you for the question.

1450
03:36:22,000 --> 03:36:26,000
We currently have 226 mobile devices.

1451
03:36:26,000 --> 03:36:40,000
But in conjunction with creating a mobile device allocations policy, we were able to identify 54 of those devices, which wouldn't meet the criteria.

1452
03:36:40,000 --> 03:36:45,000
If the new contract, so we'd be getting it down to about 172.

1453
03:36:45,000 --> 03:36:47,000
Thank you.

1454
03:36:47,000 --> 03:36:49,000
Um, yeah.

1455
03:36:49,000 --> 03:36:53,000
So directors any director.

1456
03:36:53,000 --> 03:36:58,000
I just want to move the recommendations on page 31.

1457
03:36:58,000 --> 03:36:59,000
Thank you.

1458
03:36:59,000 --> 03:37:00,000
And I've got a seconder for that.

1459
03:37:00,000 --> 03:37:03,000
So 34 of the amended agenda package.

1460
03:37:03,000 --> 03:37:04,000
Uh, that's okay.

1461
03:37:04,000 --> 03:37:09,000
I appreciate you have that copy open so that when somebody else has that copy open they know what page it's on.

1462
03:37:10,000 --> 03:37:12,000
I don't see any other hands up.

1463
03:37:12,000 --> 03:37:13,000
So I'll call the question.

1464
03:37:13,000 --> 03:37:14,000
All those in favor.

1465
03:37:14,000 --> 03:37:15,000
Thank you.

1466
03:37:15,000 --> 03:37:16,000
Anybody opposed.

1467
03:37:16,000 --> 03:37:18,000
Emotions carried.

1468
03:37:18,000 --> 03:37:19,000
Thank you.

1469
03:37:19,000 --> 03:37:20,000
Manager Nelson.

1470
03:37:20,000 --> 03:37:21,000
Next up.

1471
03:37:21,000 --> 03:37:25,000
We have item 6.5, which is the Pender Harbor Living Heritage Society.

1472
03:37:25,000 --> 03:37:28,000
Portable on Sarah Ray Hall Land.

1473
03:37:28,000 --> 03:37:32,000
Uh, this is starting on page 36 of the amended package.

1474
03:37:32,000 --> 03:37:40,000
And turn this over to staff to, uh, sorry.

1475
03:37:40,000 --> 03:37:43,000
I'm sorry, manager Huntington and I'm getting caught up myself.

1476
03:37:43,000 --> 03:37:46,000
Was there anything you wanted to speak to with this report?

1477
03:37:46,000 --> 03:37:48,000
Uh, thank you chair.

1478
03:37:48,000 --> 03:37:57,000
Uh, the purpose of the report for you is to provide update to the board regarding the Pender Harbor Living Heritage Society's request to place a portable building on the Sarah.

1479
03:37:57,000 --> 03:38:00,000
Sarah Ray Hall property.

1480
03:38:00,000 --> 03:38:08,000
Uh, staff have received correspondence from the society advising that they will not be proceeding with the relocation of the building.

1481
03:38:08,000 --> 03:38:13,000
Um, and given this change staff are recommending that the outstanding board directive be resented.

1482
03:38:13,000 --> 03:38:14,000
Thank you.

1483
03:38:14,000 --> 03:38:15,000
Thank you very much.

1484
03:38:15,000 --> 03:38:16,000
I'm going to like to the area director.

1485
03:38:16,000 --> 03:38:17,000
Go ahead.

1486
03:38:17,000 --> 03:38:19,000
Uh, thank you chair.

1487
03:38:19,000 --> 03:38:25,000
I'd like to make a motion that we accept the recommendations as stated on page 36.

1488
03:38:25,000 --> 03:38:26,000
Thank you.

1489
03:38:26,000 --> 03:38:29,000
We've got a second or four that any discussion.

1490
03:38:29,000 --> 03:38:31,000
All those in favor.

1491
03:38:31,000 --> 03:38:33,000
Thank you any opposed.

1492
03:38:33,000 --> 03:38:34,000
That motion's carried.

1493
03:38:34,000 --> 03:38:36,000
Thank you manager Huntington.

1494
03:38:36,000 --> 03:38:44,000
And next up we have item seven point one, which is a letter from Liz Kelly Eggmont Community Club.

1495
03:38:44,000 --> 03:38:50,000
Regarding a request for letter support for phase two project property revitalization.

1496
03:38:50,000 --> 03:38:53,000
Uh, director Lee will look to you because it's your area.

1497
03:38:53,000 --> 03:38:55,000
Uh, yes, thank you chair.

1498
03:38:55,000 --> 03:39:05,000
I'd like to make a motion that the SCRD board provide a letter and support with respect to the Eggmont Community Club's phase two waterfront park and play project.

1499
03:39:05,000 --> 03:39:06,000
Thank you.

1500
03:39:06,000 --> 03:39:09,000
I've got a second or four that.

1501
03:39:09,000 --> 03:39:11,000
Any discussion.

1502
03:39:11,000 --> 03:39:13,000
All those in favor.

1503
03:39:13,000 --> 03:39:14,000
Thank you.

1504
03:39:14,000 --> 03:39:15,000
That's carried.

1505
03:39:15,000 --> 03:39:16,000
All right.

1506
03:39:16,000 --> 03:39:18,000
We've already dealt with item eight.

1507
03:39:18,000 --> 03:39:21,000
So now we move on to bylaws.

1508
03:39:21,000 --> 03:39:23,000
Everybody's favorite.

1509
03:39:24,000 --> 03:39:27,000
And uh, first up is item nine point one.

1510
03:39:27,000 --> 03:39:34,000
SCRD municipal ticket information system amendment bylaw five five eight point fourteen twenty twenty six.

1511
03:39:34,000 --> 03:39:36,000
Starting on page forty six corporate officer.

1512
03:39:36,000 --> 03:39:38,000
Did you have anything you want to introduce.

1513
03:39:38,000 --> 03:39:39,000
Thank you chair.

1514
03:39:39,000 --> 03:39:43,000
I'll just point out that item nine point one and nine point two.

1515
03:39:43,000 --> 03:39:49,000
Are both ticketing bylaws coming forward in order to align our ticketing offenses and fines with.

1516
03:39:49,000 --> 03:39:57,000
The newly adopted building bylaw number seven seven nine and the water rates and regulations bylaw seven seven eight.

1517
03:39:57,000 --> 03:39:58,000
Thank you.

1518
03:39:58,000 --> 03:40:02,000
And I can do three readings at a time on this one right for second and third.

1519
03:40:02,000 --> 03:40:03,000
Correct.

1520
03:40:03,000 --> 03:40:04,000
Thank you.

1521
03:40:04,000 --> 03:40:08,000
If there's no opposition to doing first second and third readings at once.

1522
03:40:08,000 --> 03:40:18,000
Um, can I have a motion for first second and third reading of sunshine coast regional district municipal ticket information system amendment bylaw number five five eight point fourteen twenty twenty six.

1523
03:40:19,000 --> 03:40:21,000
So moved by director angster.

1524
03:40:21,000 --> 03:40:23,000
Seconded by director McMahon.

1525
03:40:23,000 --> 03:40:26,000
Is there any discussion or debate on this motion.

1526
03:40:26,000 --> 03:40:30,000
If not, I will call the question all those in favor.

1527
03:40:30,000 --> 03:40:31,000
Thank you.

1528
03:40:31,000 --> 03:40:32,000
That's carried.

1529
03:40:32,000 --> 03:40:34,000
Now can I have a motion.

1530
03:40:34,000 --> 03:40:36,000
I should say this is voting all directors one vote each.

1531
03:40:36,000 --> 03:40:46,000
Uh, now can I have a motion for sunshine coast regional district municipal ticket information system amendment bylaw number five five eight point fourteen twenty twenty six for adoption.

1532
03:40:47,000 --> 03:40:49,000
Moving seconded.

1533
03:40:49,000 --> 03:40:53,000
Any final comments or any comments at all.

1534
03:40:53,000 --> 03:40:56,000
I will call the question then all those in favor.

1535
03:40:56,000 --> 03:40:57,000
Thank you.

1536
03:40:57,000 --> 03:40:58,000
That is carried.

1537
03:40:58,000 --> 03:41:09,000
And so now we will move on to item nine point two which is sunshine coast regional district bylaw notice enforcement amendment bylaw number six three eight point fifteen twenty twenty twenty six.

1538
03:41:09,000 --> 03:41:14,000
Can I have a motion for first second and third reading director angster.

1539
03:41:15,000 --> 03:41:16,000
Seconded.

1540
03:41:16,000 --> 03:41:17,000
Thank you.

1541
03:41:17,000 --> 03:41:20,000
Is there any discussion on this particular motion.

1542
03:41:20,000 --> 03:41:23,000
If not, this is all directors one vote each.

1543
03:41:23,000 --> 03:41:25,000
All those in favor.

1544
03:41:25,000 --> 03:41:26,000
Thank you.

1545
03:41:26,000 --> 03:41:27,000
That is carried.

1546
03:41:27,000 --> 03:41:36,000
Now may I have a motion to adopt sunshine coast regional district bylaw notice enforcement amendment bylaw number six three eight point fifteen twenty twenty six.

1547
03:41:36,000 --> 03:41:38,000
Director Gabbius.

1548
03:41:38,000 --> 03:41:40,000
Director McMahon.

1549
03:41:40,000 --> 03:41:41,000
Thank you very much.

1550
03:41:41,000 --> 03:41:43,000
Any final comments.

1551
03:41:44,000 --> 03:41:45,000
Favorite.

1552
03:41:45,000 --> 03:41:49,000
Thank you anybody opposed that motion is carried.

1553
03:41:49,000 --> 03:41:50,000
All right.

1554
03:41:50,000 --> 03:41:51,000
Thank you very much.

1555
03:41:51,000 --> 03:41:54,000
And so moving on to item nine point three.

1556
03:41:54,000 --> 03:42:02,000
Which is the sunshine coast regional district twenty twenty twenty six to twenty thirty financial plan bylaw number seventy twenty twenty twenty six.

1557
03:42:02,000 --> 03:42:03,000
CAO.

1558
03:42:03,000 --> 03:42:04,000
Did you want to.

1559
03:42:04,000 --> 03:42:07,000
Speak to this or introduce in any way.

1560
03:42:08,000 --> 03:42:11,000
No then then here it is.

1561
03:42:11,000 --> 03:42:12,000
Okay.

1562
03:42:12,000 --> 03:42:17,000
Now directors again we can do three readings of this one at the same time as well.

1563
03:42:17,000 --> 03:42:19,000
Perfect.

1564
03:42:19,000 --> 03:42:23,000
Do I have any opposition to doing for second and third reading at one go.

1565
03:42:23,000 --> 03:42:24,000
No.

1566
03:42:24,000 --> 03:42:34,000
Can I have a motion to give first second and third reading to sunshine coast regional district twenty twenty six to twenty thirty financial plan bylaw number seventy twenty twenty twenty six.

1567
03:42:35,000 --> 03:42:36,000
Director.

1568
03:42:36,000 --> 03:42:38,000
I see your hand thank you.

1569
03:42:38,000 --> 03:42:40,000
Director Lee seconding.

1570
03:42:40,000 --> 03:42:42,000
Any discussion.

1571
03:42:42,000 --> 03:42:44,000
Director McMahon.

1572
03:42:44,000 --> 03:42:45,000
Yeah.

1573
03:42:45,000 --> 03:42:47,000
I am.

1574
03:42:47,000 --> 03:42:50,000
The our budget processes extremely.

1575
03:42:50,000 --> 03:42:54,000
Complicated and very challenging and.

1576
03:42:54,000 --> 03:43:00,000
When I saw the bottom line I wasn't altogether happy and I thought about voting against budget.

1577
03:43:00,000 --> 03:43:02,000
I'm very seriously.

1578
03:43:02,000 --> 03:43:12,000
I'm not going to do that because I don't think there's anything to be gained by doing so at this point but I am going to remind the board that.

1579
03:43:12,000 --> 03:43:24,000
We did a survey of the public in October and November last year about priorities financial priorities and the public came back with their five priorities.

1580
03:43:24,000 --> 03:43:34,000
We're drinking water fire protection solid waste emergency management and parks not completely in that order every time but that was it the five.

1581
03:43:34,000 --> 03:43:39,000
And when I look at where we're spending our money number one is drinking water yay.

1582
03:43:39,000 --> 03:43:44,000
Number two is recreation facilities which isn't even on the top five.

1583
03:43:44,000 --> 03:43:46,000
And.

1584
03:43:46,000 --> 03:43:52,000
And that that our top five and and I realize is very supporting to what services you're in blah blah blah.

1585
03:43:52,000 --> 03:43:59,000
But our top five really are drinking water recreation facilities transit solid waste and fire protection.

1586
03:43:59,000 --> 03:44:01,000
So.

1587
03:44:01,000 --> 03:44:05,000
I just I feel like sometimes are.

1588
03:44:05,000 --> 03:44:15,000
Our actual on the ground spending is not necessarily aligned with either our strategic priorities or.

1589
03:44:15,000 --> 03:44:20,000
The public priorities however that's that's a long term.

1590
03:44:20,000 --> 03:44:25,000
Challenge that we're going to have to deal with over the course of time.

1591
03:44:25,000 --> 03:44:31,000
Thank you director McMahon and and it's interesting because like transit.

1592
03:44:31,000 --> 03:44:38,000
I wonder if we're I create how much recreation even comes to people's mind until it's not there for some reason.

1593
03:44:39,000 --> 03:44:50,000
Close the pool for a couple days or you know don't run the bus for a day and suddenly it's everybody's number one priority even over you know water and solid waste.

1594
03:44:50,000 --> 03:44:53,000
So you know that's my own perspectives.

1595
03:44:53,000 --> 03:44:58,000
You know we did discuss this at my council we discussed this is part of the intergovernmental.

1596
03:44:58,000 --> 03:45:00,000
I've been hearing pretty loudly.

1597
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:20,000
Social leaders are here earlier today. Recreations important to people. Could they go play fickleball in a parking lot? Sure. But that's, you know, another example of services where people are looking for more than just the bare minimum rate. Director Stanford, I saw your hand.

1598
03:45:20,000 --> 03:45:49,000
Why is words that's exactly what I was going to say? Thank you. Any other discussion on this? If not, I will call the question. This is all directors as a weighted vote. All those in favor. Any opposed? Director White opposed? That motion is carried. And can I have a motion to adopt sunshine coast regional district 2026 to 2030 financial plan by a lot number 721-2026?

1599
03:45:49,000 --> 03:46:18,000
Moved and seconded. Any final comments? Discussion? I will call the question then all those in favor. And those opposed? Director White opposed? That motion is carried. All right. Thank you. So we've struck directors reports. We have no new business. Any more new business. But we do have an in-camera section. So I look for a motion that the public be excluded from attendance at the meeting in accordance with section 90.

1600
03:46:19,000 --> 03:46:33,000
To be triple-eye of the community charter. Moved, seconded, all those in favor. Thank you. That's carried. Any questions from online?

1601
03:46:33,000 --> 03:46:45,000
Chair, I do see the coastal border online. Okay. Any questions, Connie? Otherwise, I know we're going to be talking later. Okay. Go ahead.

1602
03:46:45,000 --> 03:46:54,000
You should be able to unmute yourself. Thank you, Chair. And through you.

1603
03:46:54,000 --> 03:47:08,000
Hi, Connie. We can hear you. Thank you, Chair. And through you to Director White. Is there a reason for the vote against the budget?

1604
03:47:08,000 --> 03:47:19,000
I mean, speak on behalf of the border. Do you do those? Well, it was a question to you. A lot of lots of reasons have been over the budget process.

1605
03:47:19,000 --> 03:47:33,000
I don't need to repeat them all today. It would take too long, probably, but there were there were a number of votes that we had both me and our alternate director to against portions of the budget.

1606
03:47:33,000 --> 03:47:40,000
Those, I think, I think the reporter was probably present for those or see those. So those would be the reasons.

1607
03:47:40,000 --> 03:47:50,000
Thank you for that. Thank you, Connie. All right. So we're going to take a couple of minutes while we're going to go in camera and we're just going to take a couple minutes to reset the room.

1608
03:48:03,000 --> 03:48:08,000
Thank you.

1609
03:48:33,000 --> 03:48:43,000
Thank you.

1610
03:49:03,000 --> 03:49:13,000
Thank you.

1611
03:49:33,000 --> 03:49:43,000
Thank you.

1612
03:50:03,000 --> 03:50:13,000
Thank you.

1613
03:50:33,000 --> 03:50:43,000
Thank you.

1614
03:51:03,000 --> 03:51:13,000
Thank you.

1615
03:51:33,000 --> 03:51:43,000
Thank you.

1616
03:52:03,000 --> 03:52:13,000
Thank you.

1617
03:52:33,000 --> 03:52:43,000
Thank you.

1618
03:53:03,000 --> 03:53:13,000
Thank you.

1619
03:53:33,000 --> 03:53:43,000
Thank you.

1620
03:54:03,000 --> 03:54:13,000
Thank you.

1621
03:54:33,000 --> 03:54:43,000
Thank you.

1622
03:55:03,000 --> 03:55:13,000
Thank you.

1623
03:55:33,000 --> 03:55:43,000
Thank you.

1624
03:56:03,000 --> 03:56:13,000
Thank you.

1625
03:56:33,000 --> 03:56:43,000
Thank you.

1626
03:57:03,000 --> 03:57:13,000
Thank you.

1627
03:57:33,000 --> 03:57:43,000
Thank you.

1628
03:58:03,000 --> 03:58:13,000
Thank you.

1629
03:58:33,000 --> 03:58:43,000
Thank you.

1630
03:59:03,000 --> 03:59:13,000
Thank you.

1631
03:59:33,000 --> 03:59:59,000
Thank you.

1632
04:45:30,000 --> 04:45:40,000
Thank you.

1633
04:46:00,000 --> 04:46:02,000
You