REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL OKANAGAN
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
AGENDA

Thursday, March 20, 2025

9:30 A.m. - 4:30 P.m.

Woodhaven Board Room

1450 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, BC

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

Chairperson Wooldridge to call the meeting to order.

As an open meeting, a live audio-video feed is being broadcast and recorded on rdco.com.

2.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The RDCO acknowledges our presence on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx / Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial. We recognize, honour, and respect the syilx / Okanagan lands upon which we live, work, and play.

3.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To adopt the March 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting agenda.

4.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To adopt the February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes. 

5.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING

THAT the March 20, 2025 Regular Board meeting be closed to the public pursuant to sections 90(1) (c) (k) and 90 (2) (b) of the Community Charter to discuss items related to:

• labour relations or other employee relations; and
• 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 board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the board if they were held in public; and
• the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

6.

ADJOURN TO CLOSED MEETING

7.

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

8.

DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

8.1

Regional Agricultural Strategy (Phase 2) - Update

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To provide a progress update on the Regional Agricultural Strategy (Phase 2).

8.2

Application for a Rural Licensee Retail Store - LL-24-01 - 10358 Westside Road - EA West

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To provide non-support referral feedback to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, in response to an application for a Rural Licensee Retail Store in Westshore Estates.

8.3

FrontCounter BC Referral Application - CL-24-01- Mountain Bikers of Central Okanagan - EA East

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider a FrontCounter BC referral application to legally designate Crown land for a recreation trail for mountain biking.

8.4

FrontCounter BC Referral Application - CL-24-02 - Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan - EA East

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority – LGA s.208

To consider a FrontCounter BC referral application to legally designate Crown land for a recreation site for mountain biking.

9.

PROTECTIVE SERVICES

9.1

Kelowna Dirt Bike Club Annual Special Events Permit Request - 2025

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote – Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider the Kelowna Dirt Bike Clubs (KDBC) request for approval of their Special Event Permits for the 2025 Season.

9.2

Notice of Motion introduced by Director Kraft at the January 16, 2025 Regular Board Meeting

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To consider the notice of motion introduced by Director Kraft at the January 16, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

9.3

Bylaw No. 1066 - Fire Prevention and Regulations

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208)

To seek board direction regarding potential amendments to Consolidated Bylaw No. 1066.

10.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

10.1

2025-2029 Five-Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 1563

All Directors – Weighted Corporate Vote – Majority (LGA s.210)

To consider the Regional District of Central Okanagan 2025–2029 Five-Year Financial Plan bylaw for three readings and adoption.

11.

CORPORATE SERVICES

11.1

Alternative Approval Process for Okanagan Regional Library Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1558

All Directors - Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208) 

To direct staff to undertake an Alternative Approval Process for the Okanagan Regional Library Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1558.

11.2

Attendance Approval for Electoral Area East Director - 2025 Keeping It Rural Conference

All Directors – Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority (LGA s.208) 

To consider approval for Electoral Area East Director Kraft’s attendance at the 2025 Keeping it Rural Conference.

12.

CORRESPONDENCE

To receive for information.

12.1

Letter from Recycle BC's Proposed Plan Update from Ministry of Environment and Parks - January 17, 2025

13.

COMMITTEE AND NEW BUSINESS

To receive for information.

13.1

Okanagan Regional Library Board of Trustees Regular Minutes - September 11, 2024

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

13.2

Sterile Insect Release Board Report - October 4, 2024

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

13.3

Westside Wastewater Service Standing Committee Minutes - November 14, 2024

13.4

Okanagan Regional Library Board of Trustees Regular Minutes - November 20, 2024

13.5

Sterile Insect Release Board Report - November 22, 2024

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

13.6

Central Okanagan Economic Development Advisory Committee Minutes - November 27, 2024

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

13.7

Electoral Area Services Committee Minutes - December 12, 2024

Deferred from February 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

13.8

Central Okanagan Economic Development Advisory Committee Minutes - January 22, 2025

13.9

Sterile Insect Release Board Report: January 31, 2025

13.10

Okanagan Basin Water Board Report - February 4, 2025

13.11

Okanagan Basin Water Board Report - March 4, 2025

14.

DIRECTOR ITEMS

15.

ADJOURN