Title
BC Local Government Climate Action Program - Funding Distribution
Recommendation
[On September 21, 2022, the Electoral Areas Committee passed the staff recommendation and advanced the report to the CRD Board meeting that afternoon. At the CRD Board meeting, the following motion was made and subsequently referred to the Environmental Services Committee along with the supplemental information attached to this report:
That the CRD Board allocate $73,150 of the funding available through the new provincial climate funding in 2022 to help complete the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan
At the September 28, 2022 Environmental Services Committee meeting, the committee passed an amended version of the referred motion (with funding from reserves) and endorsed the staff recommendation as follows:]
The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That the funding associated with the new BC Local Government Climate Action Program in 2022, 2023 and 2024 be distributed as follows: $79,496 for CRD Climate Action Service; $11,512 for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area; $24,552 for Salt Spring Island Electoral Area; and $10,522 for Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area.
(WP - All)
2. That the CRD Board allocate $73,150 of the funding available through reserves to help complete the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan.
(WA)