Agricultural Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Council Chamber
City Hall, 1435 Water Street
Members Present
  • Domenic Rampone
  • Jeff Ricketts (Alternate)
Members Absent
  • Ed Schiller
  • John Janmaat
  • Keith Duhaime
  • Kevin Daniels (Alternate)
  • Pete Spencer
  • Tarsem Goraya
  • Yvonne Herbison

Staff called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.

Request to nominate a Vice Chair. Moved by Dom seconded by Aura that Yvonne Herbison be nominated as Vice Chair.

Carried

 

Moved by Yvonne Herbison seconded by Jeff Ricketts that the minutes be adopted.

  • THAT the Minutes of the May 9,2019 Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting be adopted.


Staff displayed a PowerPoint presentation providing a background on cannabis production in the Agricultural land Reserve (ALR).

Outlined potential impacts of cannabis production:

services and utilities - much higher demand

water - higher demand than most crop production

wastewater = effluent can contain contaminants

most ALR properties are on septic systems

Farm retail sales - zoning bylaw prohibits cannabis sales in farm retail sales use

Outlined regulatory options:

1. Allow all forms as per the ALC Act

2. Limit to soil based production

3. Require Council approval

Staff responded to questions from the Committee.

Staff confirmed that the regulations looking at being put into place would be specific to cannabis production versus farm products.

Moved by Dom option 3 seconded by Jeff Rickets Carried

Anedotal Comments:

Council consideration in future that it be preserved in the future for agricultural food production.

Encourage the potential to micro-cannabis production facilities.

Encourage cConcil to have strong bylaws and policies so there is clarity and consistency moving forward

Encourage site specific recommendation

Encourage Council to suipport the small micro cannabis facilities

Encourage Council to cprotect  futre agrfdicultural production of the lands.

 

 

 

There are no updates.

No new business

​The next Committee meeting has been scheduled for July 11, 2019.

The Chair declared the meeting terminated at 7:20 p.m.