Cache Creek Council Jan 18 2021 Precap

Gareth Smart breaks down the Cache Creek Council agenda for the Jan 18/2021 meeting. The Cache Creek Council Meeting is set to started at 6pm live on the HUB Online Network. Councilor Lisa Defoe will not be in attendance. The meeting will started out with a delegation from Gareth Smart of the HUB Online Network. He will outlined what the impact of filming the council meetings during 2020.

The agenda is pretty standard, the minutes from the previous meetings are included, this covers both the regular meeting from Jan 4/2021 and the special council meeting from Jan 12/2021, both of those meetings unfortunately were missed by the HUB Online Network.

The Chief Administrative Officers has a report, which showcases what the village had accomplished, started or stalled on during 2020. Including letters to parliament, and a lighting project at the end of Colin's road.

There are two bylaws amendments were up for first reading, both surrounding cannabis sales and farming in cache Creek. The first Bylaw in question up for amending is 5-001, some of the amendments included "Cannabis Production" - means a federally-licensed business or service growing, cultivating germinating, producing, storing, warehousing or packaging any product or thing containing Cannabis as defined by the federal Cannabis Act. "Farm" -means a business dedicated to the growing, rearing, producing or harvesting of agricultural crops, fur bearing animals, poultry or other livestock, excluding cannabis and industrial hemp production; and includes the storage, sale and processing of primary agricultural products harvested, reared or produced by the farming operation. "Industrial Hemp Production" - means a federally-licensed business or service growing, cultivating, germinating, producing, storing, warehousing or packaging any product or thing containing hemp as defined by the federal Industrial Hemp Regulations. Another amendment covered the cost of doing business in cache Creek for Cannabis businesses is going to cost more than standard businesses.

The other bylaw is 6-001, which sees amendments add terminology and new language to incorporate cannabis businesses to operate in Cache creek, for example; “'Cannabis Production Facility" - means a federally-licensed business or service growing, cultivating ge1minating, producing, storing, warehousing or packaging any product or thing containing Cannabis as defined by the federal Cannabis Act. "Industrial Hemp" - means cannabis plants and plant parts, of any variety, that contains 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or less in the leaves and flowering heads as defined by the Industrial Hemp Regulations. Etc.

The Council will speak about a grant that has already been applied for from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program - COVID 19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream (CVRIS) Adaptation, Resilience & Disaster Mitigation (ARDM) Program.

Council will discuss possibly sending a letter of support to Nelson in their advocacy of Vaccination Priority for Essential Critical Infrastructure Municipal Employees.