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May 21 , 2013

Okanagan-Shuswap MP ColinMayes and Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilksspoke to the Board concern-ing a few issues includinginfrastructure funding andupcoming changes to thefederal legislation concerningmedical marijuana.

Mr. Mayes discussed variousfunding programs and told theBoard the Conservative gov-

ernment has spent more mon-ey on infrastructure than anyother government in the

history of Canada.

Mr. Wilks advised the Boardthat the Supreme Court rulingnecessitated changes in feder-al laws concerning medicalmarijuana.

He said the federal govern-ment is currently draftinglegislation and, as of October

1, 2013, all old home-basedmedical marijuana licenseswill be taken out of exist-ence.

Mr. Wilks said the result willbe fewer licenses but largerindustrial facilities may bepermitted to operate within amuch more regulated environ-ment (e.g. personal securitychecks and 24-hour surveil-

lance).

Federal politicians discuss various issues

CSRDBoardinBrief

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

June 20, 2013

Moving toward New voting options

The Board adopted GeneralLocal Government Electionand Other Voting Bylaw No.5661 that will allow a mail-invoting option for electionsand other voting (i.e. referen-

dum).

Deputy Manager of CorporateServices Carolyn Black ex-plained that staff received anumber of requests to includethis option for electors whoare unable to attend a polling

station on voting day.

Ms. Black advised the Boardthat other proposed changesto the bylaw include provi-sions for posting nominationdocuments, disclosure state-ments, supplementary reportsand signed declarations on theRegional Districts website.

Taking a look

at the new

equipmentCSRD Fire Services Coordina-

tor Kenn Mount (centre) shows

Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin

Mayes (left) and Kootenay-

Columbia MP David Wilks one

of the CSRDs two new Struc-

tural Protection Units (SPU).

One SPU is stationed in the

Shuswap and the other in the

Columbia area.

The MPs attended the monthly

CSRD Board meeting which

took place in Electoral Area F

as part of the CSRDs Board

on the Road initiative.

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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

Seymour arm bylaw moves forward

David Morris of Suda Management pre-sented the Malakwa Elementary SchoolAcquisition Feasibility Study to theBoard.

The consultant recommended the CSRDconsider the acquisition subject to a num-ber of conditions. The feasibility studyaddresses not only the acquisition of theformer Malakwa School, but also thedevelopment of a corporate policy to ad-

dress similar circumstances in the future.

Malakwa school acquis ition study

Community works

fund expenditure

approvedThe Board approved expendituresfrom the Electoral Area Community

Works Funds:

Area C -

$21,900 for energy efficient up-grades in heating and cooling to theEagle Bay Community Hall.

Area D -

$15,000 for stream bank restoration

and improved riparian health on the

Salmon River.

Community Works Fund money is a

gas-tax rebate given to local govern-

ments for projects that, in general,

help clean up water or reduce green-

house gas emissions.

Grant-in-Aid

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

Area CSouth Shuswap Childrens TheatreFoundation - $5,000; Shuswap Com-

munity Foundation - $1,000.

Area D

Ranchero Deep Creek 1st ResponderSociety - $4,000; Falkland-Westwold

First Responders - $5,000.

Anglemont

water upgradeThe Board awarded the contract toAcres Enterprises Ltd. for design andconstruction of the Vickers Trail andHudson Road Water Main upgrade inAnglemont. The total project cost is

$747,482.

Letter of thanksThe Board accepted the resignation ofKathy Porter from the Electoral AreaD Advisory Planning Committeeand will send a letter thanking her forher contribution.

The Board gave three readings to theMalakwa Resource Facility FinancialContribution Service Area EstablishmentBylaw No. 5665 to move the process

forward.

The bylaw will be sent to Victoria forapproval by the Inspector of Municipali-ties. Upon receipt of that approval, theBoard will be asked to set the date of thereferendum. A tentative date for the ref-erendum is September 28, 2013.

The Board gave three readings to Sey-mour Arm Electric Power Service AreaEstablishment Bylaw 5663 and SeymourArm Electric Power Loan Authorization

Bylaw No. 5664.Chief Administrator Officer CharlesHamilton advised the Board the total esti-mated cost to local users would be $4.2million but the loan bylaw is for $3.6million, which is short of the estimatednecessary funds.

Were trying to be practical here, theCAO explained. If we borrowed thewhole amount, the residents will be pay-ing $800 to $900 a year. If you cap the

annual cost at $600 a year there is agreater likelihood that a referendum willbe successful and well go chase other

government granting sources.

The bylaw will now be sent to Victoriafor approval by the Inspector of Munici-palities. Upon receipt of that approval,the Board will be asked to set the date of

a referendum.

A tentative date set for the referendum isSeptember 28, 2013. If the referendum issuccessful, it is anticipated that it willtake two to three years for the project to

be completed.

9- 1 - 1 Upgrade to help sicamous areaThe Board authorized the allocation of$17,000 of 9-1-1 capital budget for theinstallation of a Radio Over Internet Pro-tocol Communication at the Sicamous

Volunteer Fire Department.

Environment & Engineering ServicesManager Gary Holte told the Board thissystem will help alleviate problematic

communication issues in Sicamous.

Kicking horse culture overview

Bill Usher, Executive Director of KickingHorse Culture, gave the Board an over-view of the positive economic and cultur-

al impact that Kicking Horse Culture hashad in Golden.

Mr. Usher thanked the CSRD for its sup-port over the years and explained that the

grants from both the CSRD and the Townof Golden ($600,000) have resulted in asubstantial overall economic impact

($3,694,000).

Were proud of the economic impact,said Mr. Usher, but our mission is forquality of life issues. Were there to in-

vigorate the community.

Area b ocp amendment adopted

The Board adopted Electoral Area BOfficial Community Plan Amendment(Shelter Bay Lands Ltd.) Bylaw No. 850-2. This facilitates a mixed use develop-

ment in the Shelter Bay area as it in-cludes policies and a new Shelter Bay

Development Permit area.