Members of the Chemainus Residents Association elected a new board by acclamation at their Annual General Meeting Nov. 24. Past Chair Bernie Jones, who has indicated he will not take on the role in the coming year, said participation in the first in-person AGM in more than two years (due to the COVID pandemic) was encouraging.
Six members will form the new board: Bernie Jones, Lorraine Taylor, Kathy Wachs, Tim Openshaw, Kristi Hagen and Craig Spence. A seventh member had to step down after the election for personal reasons. Positions on the board will be decided at its first meeting in early December.
In his Chair’s report on the previous year’s activities Jones highlighted the all-candidates meeting for October’s District of North Cowichan municipal election; participation on the MNC’s Official Community Plan advisory committee; and outreach communications via the CRA’s web site, eNews updates and social media.
After the official AGM concluded, the meeting was turned over to North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas, who was joined by Councillor Chris Istace, taking questions from the floor. Topics raised included:
- Affordable housing
- Homelessness,
- The Official Community Plan
- Updating the Chemainus Town Centre Revitalization Plan
- Progress on a Kin Beach to Old Town waterfront boardwalk
- Managing the MNC’s municipal forest
- Ongoing dialogue between the municipality and residents’ organizations like the CRA.
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