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March 26, 2013

The Board adopted the 2013Five Year Financial Plan By-

law No. 5660.

Manager of Financial Ser-

vices Peter Jarman creditedthe Directors for their contri-bution to the plan which in-volved budget meetings andworkshops over the past

several months.

The Five-Year plan will beposted on the CSRD website:

www.csrd.bc.ca

Board adopts five-year financial plan bylaw

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CSRD Directors

Area A Garry Habart

Area B Loni Parker Area C Paul Demenok

Area D Rene Talbot

Area E Rhona Martin

Area F Larry Morgan

Golden Christina Benty

Revelstoke David Raven

Sicamous Darrell Trouton

Salmon Arm Nancy Cooper &

Debbie Cannon

To contact the CSRD office call

250-832-8194 or toll free at

1-888-248-2773, or visit ourwebsite at www.csrd.bc.ca or

email inquiries@csrd.bc.ca

Next Board Meeting

April 18, 2013

The CSRD will be closed on thestatutory holidays: Good Friday,

March 29 and Easter Monday,April 1.

Auditors praise staff for thoroughness

Jeff Johnson of BDO CanadaLLP told the Board that afterreviewing the 2012 Year EndFinancial Statements, the Re-gional District was given a

clean audit report.

Mr. Johnson praised CSRDfinancial staff for their work.

Under the Local Government

Act, all municipal and region-al governments are obliged tohave outside auditors review

their year end statements.

Proposed Ideas for increased waste diversion

Waste Management Coordi-nator Ben Van Nostrand in-formed the Board that staffwill be bringing forward aproposed facility licensingbylaw next month consistentwith Solid Waste Manage-

ment Polices.

The bylaw will focus on larg-er business that generate com-mercial volumes of waste toassess their waste manage-ment practices and quantify

their recycling efforts.

Mr. Van Nostrand also ad-vised the Board that staff will

be working with commercialhaulers and the general publicthis spring and summer toprovide education by identify-ing materials that are prohibit-

ed from being landfilled.

Two Delegations seek board support

Mr. Doug Wood of the Shus-wap Community Foundationdistributed copies of its Annu-al Report and thanked theBoard for its past financial

support.

Mr. Wood noted that the

foundation will be submittinga request for a grant-in-aid in2013 as well.

Community Futures ShuswapManager Corey Sigvaldasonjoined Settlement ServicesSocietys Bernie Desrosier in

requesting that the CSRD signthe Shuswap CommunityDeclaration of Inclusion andpartner in the WelcomingCommunities Program.

The request was referred to

staff for review.

Area c Visitor information services

The Board has agreed to ter-minate the Visitor Infor-

mation Centre agreement withthe South Shuswap Chamber

of Commerce.

Notice of termination wassent in writing to the SouthShuswap Chamber of Com-merce on March 12, 2013.The Chamber will be reorgan-izing and cannot provide

visitor information services

for 2013.

The Sorrento and Area Com-munity Association (SACA)has offered to take over the

service for 2013.

The Board agreed to enterinto a contract with SACA, avolunteer group which hasbeen delivering visitor infor-

mation services for a numberof years in Sorrento.

Shuswap Economic Develop-ment Officer Robyn Cyr saidshe will provide ongoing sup-port and assist with definingthe deliverables and reportingrequirements for this agree-ment

Visit the CSRD website or find us on Facebook for up-to-date information.

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P A G E 2 C S R D B O A R D I N B R I E F

area c alr application supported

The Board gave third reading to the Area

B Official Community Plan (Shelter

Bay Lands Ltd.) Amendment Bylaw No.

850-2.

The applicant, Shelter Bay Lands Ltd, is

proposing to develop 767 residential

dwelling units along with mixed com-

mercial use, including a marina, lodge,

Area b ocp amendment3rd reading

Community works

fund expenditure

approvedThe Board approved an expenditurefrom the Electoral Area Community

Works Fund:

Area F - $150,000 for a Communi-ty Sewer and Water System Plan forScotch Creek. The project will in-volve the review of the approved Liq-uid Waste Management Plan concep-tual design and Master Water Plan todetermine possible options of a waterand sewer system in Scotch Creek.The monies will be used to hire an

engineering consultant.

Community Works Fund money is a

gas-tax rebate given to local govern-

ments for projects that, in general,help clean up water, air, or reduce

greenhouse gas emissions.

Grant-in-Aid

Requests approvedThe Board approved the followinggrant-in-aid requests:

Area C

Tappen/Sunnybrae Firefighters Asso-ciation$3000; Larch Hills Nordic

Society$1000.Area D

Larch Hills Nordic Society-$1000.

Area E

District of Sicamous (Eagle Valley &District Cemetery)$700; MalakwaCemetery Society$700.

Development

Variance permitsThree development variance permit

(DVP) applications were presented tothe Board for consideration.The Board approved two of the threedevelopment variance permits.

restaurant, spa, fitness facility and other

amenities. A network of public walking,

hiking, mountain biking and cross coun-

try skiing trails is also proposed.

With third reading, the bylaw goes to the

Province for approval and then back to

the Board for adoption.

The Board will send a recommendationof approval to the Agricultural LandCommission for an application for subdi-vision within the Agricultural Land Re-serve (ALR) in Blind Bay.

The applicant is applying for subdivision

to create new .808 hectare parcel for useas a garden centre; consolidating 4.28hectares with the existing golf courseacross the Trans-Canada Highway, leav-ing an 8.96 hectare remainder.

For more information contact Senior Planner

Scott Beeching at 250-833-5930.

Public hearing slated for area c

The Board gave first and second readingto South Shuswap Official CommunityPlan (Shuswap Lake Estates) Amend-ment Bylaw No. 700-71 and South Shus-wap Zoning Amendment (Shuswap LakeEstates) Bylaw No. 701-71, and delegat-

ed a public hearing.

The date for the public hearing will beadvertised in the local newspaper.

The applicant is proposing to create a 75unit seniors residence, 74 dwelling unitsconsisting of single family and duplexdwellings on bare land strata lots, and acommon property including roads and

green space.

For more information contact Senior Planner

Scott Beeching at 250-

833-

5930.

Salmon valley land use amendment

The Board gave third reading to SalmonValley Land Use Amendment (CSRD)Bylaw No. 2547 which defines and regu-

lates large-scale composting.

The amendment adds organic mattercomposting facility as a use in the Agri-

cultural Processing Zone.

This bylaw addresses concerns that were

brought to the CSRD by the public.

The bylaw will be forwarded to the Prov-ince for approval, then it will come back

to the Board for adoption.

Public hearing slated for magna bay

The Board gave second reading to Magna

Bay Zoning Amendment (United Churchof Canada) Bylaw No. 800-17. The ap-

plicant is proposing to rezone a portion of

the Camp Grafton property to allow for a

three-lot subdivision. The plan includes

the creation of two residential lots and

leaving the remaining 14.56 hectares asits youth camp.

A public hearing has been delegated and

the date will be advertised.

The Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) will be holding its

Annual General Meeting and Convention in Salmon Arm this year from Wednesday,

May 1 to Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort.

SILGA represents 37 municipalities and regional districts.