Minutes of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board meeting held March 8, 2018 for adoption. [Item] 

Minutes of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Advisory Committee meeting held on March 22, 2018 for receipt. [Item] 

Minutes of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Advisory Committee meeting held on April 5, 2018 for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated April 12, 2018 providing a brief summary of the Regional District of Nanaimo’s (RDN) current Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) update, for receipt. [Item] 

Note: Larry Gardner, Manger of Solid Waste Services, Regional District of Nanaimo, will provide a brief presentation.

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board provide a letter of support to the Regional District of Nanaimo in support of their Solid Waste Management Plan update, affirming that the regional solid waste boards should have autonomy over their waste management affairs.

Waste to Energy Select Committee minutes dated April 5, 2018 for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated April 12, 2018 to present the final results and recommendations regarding the Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) Waste to Energy (WTE) business case assessment. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board invite Sustane Technologies Inc. and Waste Treatment Technologies (WTT) Netherlands B.V. to present information regarding each company’s waste management technologies to a future CSWM Board meeting.

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) Board invite the Ministry of Environment to explain the provincial regulations associated with waste to energy technologies including a discussion on definitions associated with the objectives for 70% diversion and the reduce, reuse and recycle approach to solid waste management to a future CSWM Board meeting.

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board direct staff to monitor waste management technology proposed by Sustane Technologies Inc., in Nova Scotia, for up to one year of full operations;

AND FURTHER THAT a report on its effectiveness and efficiencies be presented to the CSWM Board following the monitoring period.

THAT the Waste to Energy Business Case Assessment staff report dated April 12, 2018, including the Waste to Energy Assessment report dated April 9, 2018 prepared by Morrison Hershfield, be referred to the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities Special Committee on Waste Management for information.

Report dated April 12, 2018 regarding a proposed five month mattress diversion pilot program at the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre (CVWMC) for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the board approve the implementation of a mattress diversion pilot program, facilitated internally, utilizing staff at the Comox Valley Waste Management Center.

Report dated April 5, 2018 regarding a site visit, coordinated by staff, to a waste to energy facility in Chester, Nova Scotia during the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Convention for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated April 11, 2018 regarding an update of the five year effectiveness review of the Solid Waste Management Plan for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management board continue to implement the Comox Strathcona Waste Management 2012 Solid Waste Management plan with a particular focus in the following areas:

• Closure of CSWM landfills in compliance with Ministry of Environment (MoE) requirements;
• Increased diversion of organic waste;
• Continued optimization and development of recycling programs to achieve 70 per cent diversion or greater;
• Investigation of increased environmental controls;
• Further monitoring of Waste to Energy technologies as per the April 12, 2018 Waste to Energy business case assessment staff report.

Report dated March 26, 2018 regarding the strategic priorities for Comox Valley Regional District staff for function 391, being Comox Strathcona Waste Management. [Item] 

THAT the 2015 – 2018 strategic plan attached to this report, be received;

AND FURTHER THAT the completed items (shaded blue) be removed from schedule A and added to schedule B (completed strategic priorities).

Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board management report dated April 2018, for receipt. [Item]