(excludes approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, destroying ballots after elections at AGM's and adjournment of meeting)
Note: No general meetings in August.
December 1994
Fire Department committee member.
High Salal subdivision – longer response time requested.
Management of Mount Geoffrey Regional Park.
Development at Union Bay.
Opposition to Union Bay development.
November 1994
Bob Farrell (Bob's Auto Repair, 5820 Seawright Road) meeting environmental standards.
Gates at the entrances to the upland crown lands and Mt. Geoffrey Regional Park.
Support of the Forest Management Society re. park in the crown lands.
October 1994
Approval of budgets for: Recycling, Fire Department, First Responders, Hall, Privy Council, and Clinic.
September 1994
Bylaw concerning open fires.
Committee for open fire bylaw.
Recycling Depot committee member.
Employment of HIRRA recording secretary.
July 1994
Bylaw for Fire Department mandate.
Article for First Edition in August.
June 1994
No motions.
May 1994
Committee to study open fire bylaw.
Funding of First Responders' vehicle.
April 1994
No motions.
March 1994
Support of arrested Clayquot Sound protesters.
February 1994
Letter about Eamonn O'Brian's sanitary problems on his lot in Sandpiper.
January 1994
Financial audit to be undertaken.
Support of Beryl Geppert to continue to serve coffee at meetings.
Letter to support grant application for crisis support training. (carried??)
Number of members on a committee to be five.
December 1993
Approval of budgets for administration and recycling.
November 1993
Approval of budgets for Fire Department and Privy Council.
Appraisal of the Hall for insurance.
Liquor license for the Athletic Club for fund raising.
October 1993
Potentially hazardous accumulations of combustible materials in a residential area.
September 1993
No motions.
July 1993
Clinic Committee responsible for a First Response Vehicle for one year.
Regional District wanting to change the structure of the management committee system.
June 1993
No record of meeting available.
May 1993
RDCS to be requested to regulate Community Commission on Hornby Island.
Hornby community have at least two members on the bylaw committee.
RCMP to be invited to HIRRA meeting to discuss community concerns.
Anyone who has to be called to order more than twice shall lose participation privilege and must leave the meeting.
April 1993
Legal definition of "resident" for the purpose of HIRRA membership.
BC Ferries, support of simple number system for keeping order on the ferries (Gravelly Bay to Denman West)
March 1993
Suitable arbitration between David Work and the previous Recycling Committees.
Staff remuneration in the Fire Department.
Illegal logging of the crown lands.
Two motions on "Committee Guidelines".
February 1993, General Meeting and Annual General Meeting
Watershed protection, setting up a committee and other means.
Protesting Assessment Authority handling of farmland taxation assessment.
Maintenance of the High Salal oak grove in untouched pristine condition.
Tabling of the motion that the Committee Guidelines report be accepted.
Approval of budgets for: Recycling, Fire Hall, Community Hall, Outhouse and Clinic committees and the budget for general office administration.
January 1993
Letter to BC Parks about removal of beach logs by parks staff.
Creation of a new electoral area containing only Denman and Hornby Islands.
Tabling of the Committee Guidelines until the next meeting.
December 1992
No motions.
November 1992
Acceptance of preliminary budgets for: Recycling, Hall, Firehall, Clinic.
Regional District to put in writing their concerns about the operation of the Recycling and Fire Hall.
Letter to Municipal Affairs about the unilateral action of the Regional Director.
October 1992
No motions.
September 1992
Committee to study proxy voting by absentee ratepayers; to report in November.
Support of the Bike Fest for one year.
Committee to deal with the issue of the homeless on Hornby.
July 1992
July meeting next year should be devoted to summer peoples' concerns, notice perhaps to go with tax notices.
June 1992
No motions.
May 1992
Acceptance of Treasurer's report.
Preparation of leaflet re problems of pet control, requesting cooperation of the public.
April 1992
Acceptance of Treasurer's report.
General meetings to start at 7:30 pm from now on.
Ferry issues: priority loading, reduced fares for residents, overheight charge on single deck vessels.
Support of Forest Management re stewardship program for Hornby Island forest management.
March 1992
Crown Land Committee name change to Hornby Island Community Centre Planning Committee.
HIRRA to sign a three year lease with the RCMP.
HIRRA meetings to be announced in two Grapevines issues per month.
February 1992
With one ballot and one vote, a member can only be nominated for one position.
January 1992
Rejection of the propane barbecue pit (at Tribune Bay Park).
Letter to Regional Director to improve the communication between the Regional District and the Recycling Depot.
December 1991
Approval of the Treasurer's report.
Approval of the location of a new outhouse at Whaling Station Bay.
Committee on Committees to be dissolved and mandate handed over to the executive.
November 1991
Community Centre Park plan to be submitted to Ministry of Crown Lands.
Approval of budgets for: Clinic, Fire Hall, Outhouses, Hall, Recycling, and Executive.
October 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Support of Flora Islet becoming part of Helliwell Park.
September 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Tabling of a motion concerning recommendations of the Committees on Committees.
Hornby Island Crown Land to be considered as a watershed over any forest harvesting uses.
July 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Action Committee to address the problem of long term camping on Hornby Island.
No August meeting.
June 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Cease discussion on the recommendations of the Committee on Committee recommendation until copies are available for study.
Support Islands Trust re mandatory binding cutting plans for commercial logging on Hornby Island.
May 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Crown Land (adjacent to the Clinic land) Committee struck for study of acquisition, development.
$2 per bag fee at the Recycling Depot.
Thanks to David Work for his recycling efforts at the Depot.
Fire Bylaws, Clause # 32.
April 1991
Recognition of Dale Chases work for the Fire Department.
Fire Bylaw: refuse burning and beach fires.
Bylaw be worded in non sexist language (carried or not?)
Acceptance of the Outhouse budget.
Support of Save the Straits.
Installation of pay phones on the Island by BC Tel.
Fire Bylaw issues.
March 1991
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Election protest: vote of confidence in the existing method of election and in the members chosen by this process.
Letter of thanks to the Lester B. Pearson students who worked at the Recycling Depot.
Letter to Superintendent of School regarding supervision of large bike groups arriving on Hornby.
Support of the Islands Trust attempt to get a separate electoral area for Denman and Hornby.
Deferral of discussion of the Fire Bylaw to the first order of business at the next meeting.
February 1991
Tourist Toll proposal.
Recommendation on the functioning of the HIRRA's standing committees to be posted.
Letter to Highways asking them to install bike lanes in an environmentally sound fashion.
Increase of the contingency fund for the Recycling Depot; increased from $5,000 to $10,000.
Vote of confidence in the Fire Chief and crew.
January 1991
Gordon Moore to audit the HIRRA's books.
Acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
Letter to Highways asking them to install bike lanes on both sides of the main road between the Ferry and the Coop.
December 1990
Acceptance of Treasurer's report.
Tabling of the Recycling Depot issues to the next meeting.
Speaker to be invited to the island to talk about ambulance issues.
HIRRA to join Save the Straits organization.
Islands Trust to be urged to close 48 toxic waste dumps in Georgia Straits.
Hall Committee budget to go back to the committee.
Three year capital expenditure plan for the Hall.
November 1990
Approval of budgets: Clinic, Fire Hall, Hall and Recycling.
#7 on the Hall budget to be moved from Operations to Capital Reserve.
October 1990
Acceptance of Treasurer's report.
Improvements, including gating, of the access points into the crown lands.
Decision on drilling a new Hall well on the 10 acre crown land referred to the executive.
Letter of recommendation to the RCMP member for work done with the teens last summer.
September 1990
Acceptance of the resignations of Gary Law and Michael Baird.
Letters of thanks to Gary Law and Michael Baird.
Regional District requested to conduct a referendum concerning the comfort station bylaw.
Community Commissioner bylaw. Ministry of Municipal Affairs speaker to be invited.
Fire Chief to pursue bylaw to give local control over burn permits and campfires.
July 1990
Islanders do not want a liquor outlet on Hornby Island.
Executive to send out flyers for the remainder of the year.
Recycling Committee to bring a mandate for approval by the membership.
Application for crown land (Depot site) to be transferred to Regional District.
RCMP to patrol Little Tribune Bay.
Outhouse maintenance funds.
June 1990
Flyers (announcing the monthly meeting) to be sent out each month.
May 1990
Support of the Islands Trust for a moratorium on commercial logging in the Trust area until suitable process is in place.
Recycling Committee to have a representative present in June to address incineration issues.
Special General Meeting to be called to discuss burning/incineration issues at the Depot.
Unfair/unnecessary overheight vehicle surcharge -- letter to BC Ferries.
Monthly meeting agenda to be sent, ahead of time, to all island residents.
April 1990
Letter in support of the location of the Co-op outhouse.
Comfort station bylaw -- letter to RDCS about "counter petition" type of referendum.
Excess incineration capital be spent on water storage tanks (at the Recycling Depot).
Resolution: environmental planning study, threats to the planet, green plan, world-wide environmental programs.
March 1990
Support for the Forest Management Society position -- woodlot operation managed on-island.
February 1990
Water line from Clinic well to Hall and Pre-school.
Signs for trail that runs through Sorensen's property.
Letter of support for HI Athletics Assoc. for $20,000 application for facility extension.
Transfer Fire Dept. $3,000 surplus into equipment fund.
Aceptance of reports for Clinic, Hall, Fire Department, and President's report.
Letter of thanks to John Blackburn for 10 years of service at the Recycling Depot.
Acceptance of the revised budget of the Recycling Depot.
January 1990
Resolutions passed at an ad hoc public meeting on the Oak Grove, in January 1990, be endorsed.
Strike a committee to study use of the ten acres of Crown Land (leased to HIRRA).
"In the event of a conflict between the wording of a motion on this page and the wording of the paper copy kept in the central HIRRA file, the wording of the paper copy shall prevail."
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