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COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, December 14, 2012
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Grieve returns as CVRD chair Scott Stanfield
gether. The Emergency Program always has provided emergency exits. If Macaulay Road is blocked, so far we have three different ways they could leave.” Evacuation routes have been mapped out north of Oyster River via a logging road to the Inland Highway and at Saratoga Beach by Seaview Road to Williams Beach Road. To the south, residents need to cross a farmer’s field to Hamm Road. Next week’s meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Oyster River Fire Department.
laboration. I encourage discussion — even passionate discussion — but always with decorum. “We have a good team and we can cover good distance. Whether it’s a new deep water intake, a new hospital, environmental protection, managed growth — we just need to work together and we can accomplish so much.” Directors, who elect the chair and vice-chair position each year, serve a three-year term. The board is comprised of directors appointed by municipal mayors and councillors, and elected representatives from electoral areas A, B and C. Grieve commended Comox director Patti Fletcher for her efforts over the past year as vice-chair. He also welcomed Bill Anglin, a new member of the board who sits on Courtenay council. Along with Anglin and Ambler, Courtenay is also represented by Couns. Starr Winchester and Manno Theos. Remaining board members are Coun. Tom Grant (Comox), Coun. Gwyn Sproule (Cumberland), director Bruce Jolliffe (Area A) and director Jim Gillis (Area B).
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Area C director Edwin Grieve retained his position as chair of the Comox Valley Regional District board by acclamation at Tuesday’s inaugural meeting. Courtenay director Jon Ambler was acclaimed as vice-chair. They will serve in these positions for the next year. This will be Grieve’s third term as chair. He and nine other directors oversee activities and services the district delivers to nearly
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64,000 residents. “We are all in the same canoe and may as well be paddling in the same direction, because what affects one of us affects us all,” Grieve said. “Our future requires a col-
Meeting booked Tuesday Scott Stanfield Record Staff
The Comox Valley Emergency Program hosts a public information meeting next week — the second such meeting in recent weeks with residents in and around Black Creek. Some people were trapped during a March storm when fallen trees and power lines closed the dead end Macaulay Road. At the first meeting, CVEP co-ordinator Mike Fournier and other personnel discussed emergency exits or re-entry points. He notes some residents want to open roads into major arteries such as Hamm Road and the Inland Island Highway. Martin Park Drive resident Robert Duncan has said the problem to the south would be solved if Macaulay joined with Hamm. Fournier, however, said this idea is an issue for the Ministry of Transportation. “Not everybody is in favour of that because obviously people don’t want extra traffic on their street,” Fournier said. “That would be a different issue alto-
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