Board Highlights

Board Highlights - September 26, 2024

CRD Board greenlights next steps with regional trails and parks proposal

What started as a long discussion ended with the Cariboo Regional District taking its first step towards authorizing a new regional service. The Board ratified an initial decision made at its September 5th Committee of the Whole Meeting to confirm the CRD’s desire to implement a regional trails and parks service and discuss the proposal with each municipal council to seek their participation. A regional trails and parks...

Board Highlights - September 5 & 6, 2024

Region-wide trails & parks service discussed, CRD makes preliminary commitment

After an initial conversation, it appears that the Board will be investigating a regional parks and trails service. Initially brought forward in the previous Board term, an updated memo and overview of the proposed service was presented by Darron Campbell, Manager of Community Services. This memo outlined a framework for a regionwide service and the process to establish it.

The CRD has historically invested grant and...

Board Highlights - August 16, 2024

Board on the Road to 100 Mile House

Join us in 100 Mile House as the Board of Directors takes its meetings on the road to 100 Mile House! We will be in the community on September 5 and 6, bringing out Board meetings closer to one of the many communities we serve. Area residents can also join us on September 5 in Centennial Park from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for a community barbecue, cooked by the 100 Mile House Wranglers, to meet CRD Directors and staff and speak with them about our services and...

Board Highlights - July 5, 2024

MOTI provides an update on the Cariboo Road Recovery Projects

Greg Bruce, Director, Cariboo Road Recovery Projects, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, joined the meeting to provide a progress update on the project. Changing weather patterns have hit the Cariboo particularly hard in recent years, contributing to hundreds of landslides and road washouts in 2020 and 2021. The Cariboo Road Recovery Projects are restoring access where feasible. The program is designing and building...

Board Highlights - June 19th & 20th, 2024

Board discusses FireSmart strategy and how to move forward

The Board held early discussions over the CRD’s wildfire mitigation strategies, in advance of a future funding opportunity. A FireSmart education program is currently underway, and has seen CRD staff present at public meetings and events to provide information about the benefits of incorporating FireSmart practices into home maintenance and design. The Board requested more information for a possible review of the current program in the...