Director R. Loomis Electoral Area B

Director E. Hamilton Electoral Area C

Director I. Savage Electoral Area D

Director G. Holme Electoral Area E

Director J. McLean Electoral Area F

Director J. Stanhope Electoral Area G

Director J. Duncan Electoral Area H

Alternate

Director A. Duggan City of Parksville

Director B. Luchtmeijer Town of Qualicum Beach

Director L. McNabb City of Nanaimo

Director J. Little City of Nanaimo

Director B. McGuffie City of Nanaimo

B. Colclough General Manager, Environmental Services

C. Mason General Manager, Corporate Services

D. Trudeau Manager of Liquid Waste

N. Tonn Recording Secretary

MOVED Director McNabb, SECONDED Director McGuffie, that the minutes of the regular Environmental Services Committee meeting held on Tuesday, April 28, 1998, be adopted.

CARRIED

MOVED Director McNabb, SECONDED Director McLean, that the correspondence from the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks regarding the RDN Solid Waste Management Plan, be received for information.

CARRIED

MOVED Director McGuffie, SECONDED Director Luchtmeijer,:

That Regional District of Nanaimo Trucked Liquid Waste Disposal Bylaw No. 988, 1995" be amended to increase the septage dumping fee over a one year period to $0.14 per gallon.

That "Regional District of Nanaimo Trucked Liquid Waste Disposal Amendment Bylaw No. 988.01, 1998" be introduced, read three times and forwarded to the Inspector of Municipalities for approval.

DEFEATED

MOVED Director McGuffie, SECONDED Director McNabb, that staff enter into discussions with the City of Nanaimo with regard to raising the septage dumping fees in the City of Nanaimo to coincide with septage dumping fees proposed for the French Creek Pollution Control Centre.

CARRIED

MOVED Director McNabb, SECONDED Director McGuffie, that "Decourcey Water Supply Local Service Area Establishment Bylaw No. 1096, 1998" be introduced, read three times and forwarded to the Inspector of Municipalities for approval.

CARRIED

MOVED Director McGuffie, SECONDED Director McNabb, that the following resolution be forwarded to the Union of BC Municipalities:

WHEREAS water management is imperative to the long term safety and well being of all communities, and groundwater is an essential component of many water supply strategies and systems;

AND WHEREAS there are currently no regulations in place in British Columbia to protect or manage either the quality or quantity of groundwater;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities petition the provincial government to immediately initiate a process to finalize groundwater regulations, for enactment as soon as possible.

CARRIED

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director McNabb, that a letter be sent to MOTH requesting that a traffic light be positioned at the intersection of Lee Road and the Island Highway, and further that the speed limit at the Wright and Johnson Road intersections be reduced from 80 km to 60 km.

CARRIED

MOVED Director Holme, SECONDED Director McNabb, that this meeting terminate.

CARRIED

TIME: 8:03 PM

CHAIRPERSON