REGIONAL DISTRICT OF 
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009
7:00 PM
(RDN Board Chambers)
A G E N D A
PAGES
                        CALL TO ORDER
                        DELEGATIONS
                        MINUTES
4-11                        Minutes
of the regular Committee of the Whole meeting held April 14, 2009.
12-20                      Reiko Tagami, UBCM, re 2008 Resolutions.
                        FINANCE AND
INFORMATION SERVICES
                        FINANCE
21-22                      District 68 E-911
Telephone Service – Call Answer Levy on Cellular Telephones.
                        RECREATION
AND PARKS SERVICES
                        RECREATION
23-27                      Healthy Food and Beverage Sales Grant Application.
                        WATER
AND WASTEWATER SERVICES
                        WATER
28-30                      Reconsideration of Amendment Bylaw No. 791.17 – Extension
of Rural Streetlighting
Service Area.
                              District
69 Recreation Commission.
31-36                      Minutes
of the District 69 Recreation
Commission meeting held April 16, 2009. (for information)
                              Electoral
Area ‘A’ Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission.
37-56                      Minutes
of the Electoral Area ‘A’ Parks, Recreation
and Culture Commission meeting held April 15, 2009. (for information)
1.      That the revisions to the Electoral Area ‘A’
Recreation and Culture Grant-In-Aid Program as outlined in the report and
highlighted in Appendix 1 be approved.
2.      That Parent Advisory Committees from schools located
in Electoral Area 'A' be considered eligible to apply to the Electoral Area ‘A’
Recreation and Culture Grant-In-Aid funding program.
3.      That travel expenditures be considered an eligible cost
for funding by the Electoral Area ‘A’ Recreation and Culture Grant-In-Aid program.
                              Grants-in-Aid
Advisory Committee.
57-58                      Minutes
of the Grants-in-Aid Advisory meeting held April 30, 2009. (for information)
                                    District 68
                                    That the following grants be awarded:
                                    Name of Organization                                                 Amount
Recommended
                                    Gabriola
Radio Society                                                           $    450
                                    The 
                                    Jonanco
Hobby Workshop                                                      $    905
                                                                                                                                     $ 2,355
                                    District 69
                                    That the following grants be awarded:
                                    Name of Organization                                                 Amount
Recommended
                                    Arrowsmith
Community Enhancement Society                          $    643
                                    Arrowsmith
Search & Rescue                                                  $ 2,000
                                    Building
& Learning Together                                                 $    997
                                    Building
& Learning Together                                                 $ 1,560
                                    Errington
War Memorial Hall Association                               $ 3,000
                                    
                                    Parksville
& District Association for Community Living          $ 1,000
                                    
                                                                                                                                    $ 10,800
                              Sustainability
Select Committee.
59-70                      Minutes
of the Sustainability Select Committee
meeting held April 15, 2009. (for information)
1.      That staff be directed to play a coordinating role
in developing an educational and regulatory approach to reduce and eventually
restrict the use of cosmetic pesticides.
2.      That discussion with the 
3.      That the report “Connecting Housing Needs and Opportunities”
be received for information and that it be provided to local government staff
and others involved in the provision of affordable housing in the region.
                              Arrowsmith
Water Service Management Committee.
71-76                      Minutes
of the Arrowsmith Water Service
Management Committee meetings held January 9, 2009 and March 12, 2009.
(for information)