THAT the agenda be approved.

THAT the committee adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:

90(1)(k) Negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a regional district service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the committee/board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public;

AND FINALLY THAT the in-camera portion convene immediately following the open portion of the meeting.

Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board minutes dated October 21, 2021 for adoption. [Item] 

Minutes of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Advisory Committee meeting held November 18, 2021 for receipt. [Item] 

Minutes of the Comox Strathcona Solid Waste Advanced Technology Select Committee held on October 21, 2021 for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated October 21, 2021 regarding an amendment to the Comox Valley Regional District Procedure Bylaw to include provisions for the conduct of electronic meetings and participation, the assignment of delegations to the Board or one of its committees and other administrative updates for receipt.
[Item] 

Note: The above-noted report was presented at the Comox Valley Regional District Board on October 26, 2021. At that meeting, the bylaw was referred to the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board for review.

Bylaw No. 665 being “Comox Valley Regional District Procedure Bylaw No. 1, 2008, Amendment No. 6” at third reading is attached here for review. [Item] 

Report dated November 24, 2021 regarding the importance of a territorial acknowledgment and the planned approach for First Nations engagement in the Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service area for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board endorses as a framework the Territorial Acknowledgements outlined in Appendix A of the report dated November 24, 2021 for each of the 10 First Nations that make up the Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service area.

AND FURTHER THAT these Territorial Acknowledgements be used at meetings, in-person and virtual events throughout the CSWM service area, as per the usage guidelines outlined in Appendix B of the report.

AND FINALLY THAT the following written acknowledgement be utilized for all CSWM correspondence:

"The Comox Strathcona Waste Management service area is located in the Coast Salish, Kwakwaka’wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth territories".

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding a summary of the proposed 2022 Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) Community Education Program for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System (adjudication system) as an alternative for the ticketing of bylaw contraventions, and the required draft ticketing bylaw for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the board give first, second, and third reading to Bylaw No. 687 being “Comox Strathcona Waste Management Bylaw Adjudication Ticketing Bylaw No. 687, 2021” attached as Appendix A to the staff report dated November 10, 2021.

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding an outline of key findings from the remote organics compost pilot and a recommendation to address food waste and food loss within the CSWM service moving forward for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management community education program includes education for rural and remote residents regarding the importance of food loss and food waste, and provides composting options to manage organics successfully at home;

AND FURTHER THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management service continues to support the existing pilot compost programs where there is interest and community buy in and support;

AND FINALLY THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management service provide staff resources to work with individual remote communities that have an interest in developing and establishing an organics management program, based on the unique and specific needs of each community.

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding a recommended path forward for the Quadra Island recycling depot, based on the public engagement sessions and feedback from the community to date for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service relocate and transition the existing unstaffed recycling depot on Quadra Island to a Recycle BC depot on a new property, and undertake the necessary improvements to meet Recycle BC requirements for implementation no later than fall of 2022.

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board support an annual Extended Producer Responsibility clean up event starting in 2022 for materials not accepted as part of the Quadra Island Recycle BC depot program, which could include batteries, light bulbs, ballasts, small and large appliances, scrap metal, paint, household hazardous waste and electronics.

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding the preliminary 2022 – 2026 financial plan and work plan highlights for the Solid Waste Service, functions 391-393 for receipt. [Item] 

Report dated November 25, 2021 regarding an update or resolution to a number of outstanding action items from the management report for receipt. [Item] 

THAT the management report be updated to reflect the November 25, 2021 Management Report Outstanding Action Items Summary staff report.

THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board endorse the following resolution to be submitted to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities 2022 Convention for consideration:

AVICC Resolution for Construction and Demolition Waste Regulation

WHERAS the landfilling of construction and demolition materials comprises a considerable share of solid waste within the province leading to increased costs for solid waste management and lost opportunities for such materials to be resold, reused or recycled;

AND WHERAS the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy’s Extended Producer Responsibility Five-Year Action Plan (2021-2026) does not include construction and demolition materials as a priority for their Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT UBCM request the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy to add construction and demolition materials to their EPR Five-Year Action Plan to establish a producer responsibility framework that significantly reduces such waste.

THAT the November 14, 2019 motion for “the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board direct award the purchase of $160,000 of carbon credits, which is the equivalent dollar value to purchasing 48,000 tonnes of CO2 in the global marketplace, from Cowichan Energy Alternative Society’s community carbon marketplace and to work toward a project within the Comox Strathcona Waste Management service area” be rescinded;

AND FURTHER THAT the $160,000 budgeted for the carbon offset purchase be redirected back to capital reserves in anticipation for future expenditures, to be considered as part of the preliminary 2022 – 2026 CSWM Financial Plan review.

Strathcona Waste Management Board management report dated December for receipt. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 687 being "Comox Strathcona Waste Management Bylaw Adjudication Ticketing Bylaw No. 687, 2021" be given first and second readings concurrently. [Item] 

THAT Bylaw No. 687 being "Comox Strathcona Waste Management Bylaw Adjudication Ticketing Bylaw No. 687, 2021" be read a third time.