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Lessons from Gambier
Bowen Islanders reflect on neighbouring island’s logging battle
Logging
New RCMP Officer
Woodall’s perspective
Soaking up the Island experience
BIM loses appeal on CRC docks MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Aubin Van Berkel greets young artists heading in to her garden to learn principles of design, colour intensity, and brush techniques - and also to eat and paint with the many berry varieties found in the garden. Rebecca Smith, camp leader, at right. photo submitted
Islanders mobilize to Defend Island Forests
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Last Sunday, a group of roughly thirty Bowen Islanders gathered at Collins Hall to work on formulating an understanding of the legal parameters of a logging on Bowen, and to brainstorm tactics on how to stop it from happening. They formed a steering committee made up of people with various areas of expertise, and by mid-week had named the group, Defend Island Forests. “We figure we need to get 1,000 people to the open house that BC Timber Supply is hosting next Sunday,” says organizer John Dowler. “But we also need to figure out what to do with them when they get there. I feel like we are organizing Woodstock at the same time as taking a legal course.” This effort is just one of many initiatives that has emerged to combat potential logging on Bowen.
Julie Vik is printing anti-industrial logging shirts, and two petitions are being floated, and one has close to 2,000 signatures stating an opposition to logging on Bowen. The Bowen Island Conservancy has created a set of talking points with facts and suggested actions. The information page states, “if we get to the point where logging is approved and we have to take drastic measures to try to prevent it, the proverbial horse is out of the barn. What we need to do is stop the initiative in its tracks. The only way to accomplish that is to have Bowen Island removed from the FSP (Forest Stewardship Plan), and then we won’t have to think about what comes next.” Mayor Murray Skeels has also written a letter to Enrique Sanchez of BC Timber Sales (BCTS), stating that in disregarding council’s request for a reasonable consultation date, he is acting against the best interests of the people of Bowen Island. Further, Skeels requests that BCTS exclude Bowen from the current review and comment process, as well as the draft update of the next FSP (FSP 643).
Last November, the BC Supreme Court dismissed a petition against the Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) by Zongshen Envirotech Limited for withholding a building permit for a dock on the shoreline of Cape Roger Curtis, and on Monday, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia overturned that decision and ruled in favour of Zonshen. Zongshen purchased waterfront Lot 14 in 2011 and first submitted applications to the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources to build a dock across the foreshore in 2013. By the time provincial approval for the docks was given, council denied Zongshen a building permit based on the enactment of the bylaw disallowing docks on the shoreline of Cape Roger Curtis. At the time, Zongshen argued that the municipality improperly used the building bylaw to delay the application for a building permit. When the court ruled in favour of BIM, it awarded the municipality the costs of the lawsuit. In the appeal, which the court heard several months ago, Zongshen argued that the previous judges interpretation of the terms “private moorage facility” or “permanent moorage” as defined by the Land Use Bylaw, and and disallowed on the shoreline of Cape Roger Curtis by Bylaw No. 381. The judgement hinged on this particular definition. As explained in the reasons written by Mr Justice Lowry, as defined by the Land Use Bylaw a private moorage facility means: A float on the surface of the water that is affixed to the sea bed. Justice Lowry noted that the previous judge “discounted the requirement that to be such a facility, the dock would have to be ‘a float on the surface of the water.’ As stated, the proposed dock would not in any way be a float on the surface of the water. It would all be supported by pilings resting on concrete footings: no part of it would float on the water.” The court has ordered that the Municipality issue a building permit for Lot 14 that is subject to the application made in March, 2015, subject only to Zongshen submitting to the municipality a current title search and re-submitting the application fee. BIM’s lawyer in the case, Christopher S. Murdy, said that theoretically the municipality could appeal this decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, but getting the court’s permission to do so would be difficult.
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Whale trail presentation Representatives from the Vancouver Aquarium will be visiting Bowen Island for the unveiling of the new interactive Whale Trail sign at Cape Roger Curtis. Join us for a conversation about the Whale Trail, local species, and the BC Cetacean Sightings Network. Saturday, July 29th, 2017 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Cape Roger Curtis Beach (aka Pebble Beach) Questions? Please contact Carla Skuce, Parks and Environment Technician at 604-947-4255 or cskuce@bimbc.ca.
Snug Cove Improvements Working Group
Water treatment pilot project to begin this month
July 25, 2017 7:15 pm Transportation Advisory Committee
July 26, 2017 8:45 am Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee
All meetings are held in Council Chambers at Municipal Hall unless otherwise noted.
Drinking water and persons who are immunocompromised The Provincial Health Officer advises all British Columbians with compromised immune systems (such as HIV, organ or bone transplants, chemotherapy or medications that suppress the immune system) to avoid drinking water from any surface water or ground water that is under the influence of surface water, unless it has been boiled, filtered, distilled or treated with UV. Bowen Island and other areas in British Columbia use surface water sources (lakes, rivers, streams). This is not a general boil-water advisory for the general public, but rather is directed only at persons with compromised immune systems. Please discuss your immune system status with your physician.
When you’re passing by Grafton Lake this summer, you may notice a new structure sitting by the dam just off the side of the road. This container, expected to be fully installed mid-July, will house a mini water purification system that will serve as a pilot project to establish whether a proposed water treatment technology – ceramic ultra-filtration membrane process – will effectively treat Cove Bay water. The overall goal of the project is to help provide clean, clear and safe drinking water to the more than 600 households that use the Cove Bay Water System. The pilot project is expected to be operational until the end of November, during which time water samples treated with the ceramic ultra-filtration membrane process will be analyzed, and municipal staff trained on the operation and maintenance of the system. The ceramic ultra-filtration membrane process – a technology developed in Canada – filters out bacteria, pathogens and organic matter in the water.
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Lessons learned from Gambier New RCMP officer settles into life on Bowen Island logging dispute MERIBETH DEEN
A view of Gambier from the water shows areas affected by logging.
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MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
In the spring of 2014, residents of Gambier Island pulled together to fight the creation of two woodlots comprising 1,326 hectares on the island’s northeast corner. In November of that year, the Ministry of Forests announced that it would delay the tendering process on those woodlots after the Gambier Island Conservancy launched an injunction asking a judge to halt the process. The Conservancy hired Bowen Islander John Rich as their lawyer, who says that legal actions were made more difficult by the lack of involvement Gambier residents had in the early stages of the consultation process. “I was hired at the eleventh hour,” says Rich. “What became apparent very quickly once we got all the documents gathered by the Conservancy was that people on Gambier did not get involved in the process in a timely manner, and I think this is very relevant to Bowen. There had been a meeting roughly a year prior where a few people had turned up, but people didn’t realize this was their only shot at consultation from the perspective of the Ministry of Forests. From the perspective of BC Timber Sales, it was too late in the process for people to be objecting. That made the process of trying to get an injunction very difficult, BCTS had no legal obligation to do anything.” Rich adds that in the end, the factors that brought about a halt to logging on Gambier are not relevant to the Bowen situation. “It turns out that the Minister of Forests had previously made a promise to officials from Gambier that there would be more consultation, and in the end the government agreed to withhold issuance of the woodlot licences pending further consultation, which is what our injunction application had sought,” says Rich. “Looking to the consultation experience on Gambier, people on Bowen should be aware of the fact that Open Houses are cleverly designed to assist the proponent of a project. It is a very one-sided process. The proponent, being well prepared and seeking to advance
the project, displays favourable material and deals with questions one on one, so that the public do not have the benefit of competing information.” Islander Stephen Foster is currently working on lining-up support for a National Park Feasibility study on Gambier Island, and says that the experience of battling against these proposed woodlots seems to have challenged residents to hold serious discussions on the possibility of a park. “Somehow Bowen Island seemed to inoculate itself against this threat for some time,” says Foster, who worked on the National Park proposal for Bowen in 2011. “When I was working on the park proposal here, I spoke with the chief forester for our district and he told me a decision had been made to keep Bowen as part of the district’s inventory and therefore eligible for logging at some point. I was told economics would be the deciding factor. However, when I brought this up at public meetings people opposed to the park labeled this information as fear tactics.” On the stoppage of logging on Gambier, Foster points to
the influence of the Squamish and Tsleil- Waututh Nations on the process. “Both nations wrote strongly worded letters to the government stating their concerns about consultation, pointing out that proper process had not been followed,” says Foster. “This resulted in a statement from the Ministry calling for a pause in granting timber extraction on Gambier’s crown land. It is my understanding that the Gambier woodlots are back in play again, but this time, with the Squamish Nation at the table.” Foster says that he sees collaboration between Bowen, Gambier and the Squamish Nation as critical to a positive outcome in the current logging bids. “A unified vision for the future of Howe Sound is critical, and it is about drawing hard lines about what can, and cannot happen here,” says Foster. “This should be part of a larger collective effort, instead of the inevitable series of smaller individual battles. It is also critical to keep the lines of communication open with the Squamish Nation; it’s their territory after all.”
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Bowen Island’s newest member of the RCMP, Zhivka Ivanova started work on Bowen last week, which marks the beginning of her first long-term stint working in a small town Ivanova has been with the RCMP for 10 years, starting in Toronto, working in schools with Cpl. Paulo Arreaga in North Vancouver, on what she calls her most exciting gig - the Olympics - and also doing a five-week stint as an officer in Baker Lake, Nunavut. In an interview with The Undercurrent, she said she wanted more small town experience with the RCMP, and also, that a move to Bowen would be ideal for her 13 year-old daughter.
RCMP report: Vandalism in Crippen Park and at USSC PAULO ARREAGA RCMP
On July 13th, Metro Parks reported graffiti damage to the undercover benches and area at the Bowfest Field in Crippen Park. The damage was caused some time throughout the night. Metro Parks was able to clean up the mess, but they are hoping this won’t be a re-occurring event. The next day, on July 14th, the Union Steamship Marina and BC Ferries reported damage to their properties. There was some writing on a building, a planter pulled apart, some street cones thrown off the ramp, and what appears an attempt to take one of the bicycles from the bike racks. As a result, police have increases patrols in the area. If anyone has any information on
this mischief, please contact Bowen Island RCMP at 604 947 0516. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to not drink and drive this summer (or ever). We’ve investigated several impaired drivers since the beginning of the summer which have resulted in loss of licences for 30 days and vehicle impoundments for 90 days. Next to the risk in safety this decision brings, people who have been charged with impaired driving are surprised of the consequence of financial burden. It’s never worth the risk. Kudos to the organizers of special events on Bowen Island. Your inclusion of using our local bus services to shuttle people home safely has made your nights and our nights a success.
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Finally! A public toilet at Pebbly Beach Finally, finally municipal staff took notice of the health hazard at Pebbly Beach and placed a Port-APotty on public property for the summer. Mannion Bay has two beaches which have been enjoyed by residents and visitors alike for over one hundred years. Water quality, however has been, is and will be precarious to the point that Sandy Beach had to be closed for swimming and bathing because of a high coliform count. Consequently bathers, old and lots of young concentrate on Pebbly. Unfortunately, the only public toilets are on Sandy Beach and it would take a brisk walk of 15 minutes to reach them from Pebbly. By
that time nature will have taken its course. For years people have relieved themselves on the beach behind scant shrubbery or even on private property and what is worst : in the tidal waters at the beach! Finally, after decades of comments, discussions and pleas the Public Works Operations Manger, after obtaining the full agreement from the Manager of Parks and Environment, had an inconspicuous portable toilet placed in an accessible spot near the beach. This long overdue act to maintain public health was overwhelmingly welcomed by individuals and families with e-mails and phone calls. Yet five foreshore residents objected so
vociferously that BIM’s CEO, ordered the toilets removed forth with, overriding the permission given by the Parks Manager. This is one of the worst NIMBY-isms in Bowen’s history. That puts the wisdom governing public safety decisions made by top staff at Municipal Hall into serious doubt. My family has used Pebbly for 40 years and like all users we consider it our most precious beach on the east coat of Bowen and will defend its integrity. If the public toilet is removed from Pebbly Beach the names and addresses of the objectors should be published that needy people might know where to go. HC Behm
A thank you from Snug Cove House Dear Editor, A big thanks to the many generous islanders who came to Norma’s Dock last Friday to enjoy the 4th Annual Snug Cove House Society BBQ. Thanks to Norma for the use of her fun dock space, to Brian of the General Store for the gift of the buns, to Alderwood Farm for a break on the cost of its delicious burgers and Mayor Murray Skeels and Janice for slaving over hot barbeques with our Project Architect Don Nicolson. And
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of course thanks to the World Famous Snug Cove House Ukulele Band for belting out those tunes to accompany the dulcet tones of Maggie Davidson and Marc Gawthrop. It was an excellent celebration for the Snug Cove House Society, now close to finalizing plans for its seniors’ residence and very close to marketing the private building lots on its land that will make the construction of the residence possible. Graham Ritchie For the Board of Snug Cove House
I have been coming to Bowen through my entire life, since babyhood. My family has had a cabin here since the 1950s, and my husband, children and I now have our own place in Bluewater. This is my second home, yes, but it’s where I feel most alive and happy, and it’s a direct result of being surrounded by the beauty of this magical place. When I take visitors through the trails above our home, or around Killarney lake, or anywhere else on the island I point out to them the nurse stumps and the signs of the logging of the past - we marvel at how enormous the trees were when they were felled, and at nature’s reclamation project as new trees clamber over the old stumps and grow, looking as though they are set to walk off any day, lumbering on long legs. I imagine what the island must have looked like before, what it must have looked like after, and I see photos of other islands, more recently logged. I look out across the strait to the Sunshine Coast beyond Keats, and see the scars on their hillsides, and imagine a scalped Bowen, which could be our future. The Bowen of today is not the Bowen of the past; it is occupied all over, loved, revered; there are treasures and secret paths and places all over. It is an oasis of calm,
of community, of peaceful rural life. It is also a great big rock with no groundwater, with delicate water reserves that struggle to provide enough water in the summer, and that from time to time give us dirty looking water. Our roads are rural, our speeds are slow. There are handmade signs up: Slow Fawns! There are deer all over, making their living where they can. There is a family of 5 that sleep on our lawn and in our rhododendrons. We took down our deer fence to accommodate them. Hearing that logging could be going on here, over such a large portion of the island, in each of our watershed areas, above every neighbourhood, in areas where all our trails and paths go, facing the north shore, the ferry routes, our neighbors on the Sunshine Coast and Keats and Gambier, the Sea to Sky highway, it just turns my stomach. The thought of the impact on our water, our recreation, our tourism, our appearance to the world driving and sailing by, the impact to our way of life here, the roads, the overburdened ferry, the displaced wildlife, our health and safety, I wonder what BC Timber Sales must be thinking. It must just be about money because the impact on our community would be devastating. Virginia Keyton
Dear Editor, We are all reeling from the news that BC Timber Sales is intending to log over a quarter of the island. I understand they are concerned that there is misinformation flying about, but that is what happens in the absence of information - the void fills with all of our worst fears. It’s unfortunate the news and the information couldn’t have come at the same time. But I will confess, it’s hard to imagine anything they have to say will lead me to believe this is a good idea. Though this is not an issue to revisit, it is impossible not to recall our opportunity to protect the Crown Lands on Bowen. There were many reasons that residents feared the National Park proposal, but those in support feared more what is coming to pass: and that is, to learn that our Crown Lands are not protected. They are resources, after all, and we are a voracious species when it comes to anything we can exploit, no matter what the cost to the environment. So here we are. Apparently, the province’s priorities are clear, which is beyond disappointing, so it is up to us to stand up to protect the vulnerable lands and watersheds of Bowen Island for all - for now and future generations. We wouldn’t have Crippen Park today if islanders hadn’t stood in front of the bulldozers. Shari Ulrich
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The Slow Evolution of Bonnie Dear BC Campbell’s Umbilicus Timber Sales: Bonnie Campbell hard at work in her studio. Fitch Cady, photo
Seven years ago, after a lifetime of working in fashion, sculpture, motion picture wardrobe, masks, and “wool everything,” Bonnie Campbell took a break from the pressures of deadline-based art. What she found in the space she carved out for herself was a philosophy of art creation based on taking it slow. Granted, this was never to be a cessation of creating for Bonnie, for whom, in speaking with her, it is evident that “making stuff ” is an immutable impulse and way of life, deadline or no. In her casual jewelry-making an idea occurred to her to craft felted wool beads. Having worked in wool for fifty years, but never in felting, a new creative path beckoned as she was compelled to expand beyond beading to sculpture, felting large beach rocks, and then giant eggs. Although she had no exhibition end-goal in sight at the time, she reflects on the significance of the rocks as “‘Still life,’ but transformed into eggs, which are all about life,” signalling the beginnings of the var-
Anne Franc de Ferrière-Chollat I am writing to express my concern about planned industrial-scale logging on Bowen Island. As a long-time resident of Bowen Island, I am acutely aware of the crucial need for water management and conservation during our protracted summer droughts. Our island is entirely dependent upon rainwater collected during the winter months, and every year our water table is dropping. The proposed logging developments encompass much of our watershed and encroach on our ecological
reserves. Large scale timber harvesting would pose a real threat to our existing aquifers both in water quality and quantity. We need to conserve our forests to protect our water supply. Our community’s survival is at risk if logging is allowed to occur. I urge you to remove all of Bowen Island from the list of possible logging sites. Sincerely, Aubin van Berckel
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ied creations that were to make up her collection and show of sculptures and cut canvas paintings, titled “Umbilicus.” Inspired by her daughter’s pregnancy announcement, Bonnie’s eggs gave way to a proliferation of felted umbilical cords, wombs, and babies. The babies grew and became more active. “I completely followed the rhythm and pace that this led me to.” This proved to be a very valuable, internal, private undertaking. “It was about doing the best, making them the best they could be. Pace was important. I worked daily for seven years, and felted constantly.” Bonnie, having always had an interest in health food and the slow food movement, discovered for herself a nourishing and meditative process of creating which she called “slow art.” She has since discovered that this term was simultaneously being developed in reference to a movement against rapid and mindless consumption of art, now embodied as Slow Art Days at galleries worldwide, where art is taken in by the public in no less than ten minutes per piece. For her, both the creation and consumption of art benefit from this approach. “Art is important because it’s an exploratory process that helps us understand more about who we are. And we don’t really give it its due, we don’t give it the time that it deserves, so we don’t get the rewards of art in our life. We don’t go slowly, we don’t look carefully, we don’t listen intently. …Slow art requires your participation, requires that you engage with it.” In the presence of “Umbilicus,” one realizes how much art can tell the viewer, if one has the time and intention to listen. As a former counsellor with a particular interest in Jungian psychology, it is no surprise that Bonnie’s art is infused with symbolism and metaphor: Eggs, representing life, beginnings, fragility; wombs as places of magic and safety; the pelvis being both a container and a gateway into life; and women’s bodies, in Bonnie’s words, are simply “amazing, miraculous, beautiful.” But she is reluctant to over-explain. Of importance to Bonnie is allowing space for the viewer to come to their own conclusions and find personal meaning from her art. “You want to be with the thing. Like a joke or magic trick, you don’t want people to explain it to you.” For viewers who come to see Umbilicus, showing for the first time on Bowen Island, Bonnie hopes they will take the time to consider the works at the speed they were created: slowly.
The coming intent of contemplating the logging on Crown Lands on Bowen Island is ill advised and this is why: In 2005, the Geological Survey of Canada published the first of a series of special reports or waterscape posters illustrating the water issues for communities across Canada. The Bowen Island Waterscape is a very thorough illustration of all the issues relating to water and confirms that our sole source of water is rainwater. Our “clean water factory” is: the forests, streams and wetlands located on Crown Lands. The whole island is our catchment area and whether we are on the surface water intake or on a deep well, the whole island drinking water will be very rapidly and negatively affected by any of the proposed and planned logging of Crown Lands. This is one of the major reasons that logging on Bowen Island should not be done, as the long term consequences of it are unpredictable and unavoidable and the cost of them can not be estimated. Yours sincerely
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BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY NOTICE OF ASSENT VOTING SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017
(Main Fire Hall & Emergency Operations Centre Bylaw No.441, 2017) PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of Bowen Island Municipality that a vote will be held on the following question: “Are you in favour of the Council of Bowen Island Municipality enacting Bowen Island Municipality Loan Authorization (Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre) Bylaw No. 441, 2017, which authorizes the Bowen Island Municipality to borrow a sum not to exceed $3,000,000 to construct a new Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre? YES or NO”
VOTING DATES & LOCATIONS Advanced Voting Day: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Bowen Island Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC
General Voting Day: Saturday, August 19, 2017 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Bowen Island Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC
ELECTOR REGISTRATION There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting, however voters may find that pre-registration will save time on voting day. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: • • • • •
18 years of age or older on general voting day Canadian Citizen Resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day Resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Bowen Island Municipality for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting.
Resident Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity. Non-Resident Property Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner, written consent from a majority of the property owners to appoint one owner voting. A person may only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in a jurisdiction. Only those individuals who own property may register as non-resident property electors – corporations do not have the right to vote.
MAIL BALLOT VOTING Mail ballot packages are available from Municipal Hall (contact information below). Electors may vote by mail if they: • •
have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity; OR expect to be absent on general voting day and on advanced voting day.
If either of the above apply, you must complete an Application to Vote by Mail Ballot and submit it no later than 4:00 PM on August 4, 2017, to Bowen Island Municipality by hand, mail, fax or email to: Bowen Island Municipality Attention Chief Election Officer 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 Fax: 604-947-0193 Email: Referendum2017@bimbc.ca To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 PM on Saturday, August 19, 2017 (General Voting Day).
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SCRUTINEERS On Saturday, August 19, 2017 qualified electors within Bowen Island Municipality will be voting on the question as outlined above. Scrutineers for and against the Question must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. Scrutineer applications are being received for the following voting opportunities to be held at Municipal Hall, Council Chambers, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island: • • •
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 ADVANCED VOTING DAY 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Saturday, August 19, 2017 GENERAL VOTING DAY 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Saturday, August 19, 2017 BALLOT COUNT & RESULTS 8:00 PM – Midnight (approx. 4 hours between 8:00 PM and Midnight)
An equal amount of scrutineers “in favour” and “opposed to” the Question will be appointed by the Chief Election Officer for each of these opportunities (up to a maximum of 3 scrutineers for each side of the question). If more applications are received than positions available, the Chief Election Officer will determine the appointments “by lot” as outlined in the Local Government Act. Please note that the application is also a solemn declaration attesting to the applicant’s elector eligibility and whether they are “in favour” or “opposed to” to the Question. The signature of the applicant must be witnessed, in person, by the Chief or Deputy Chief Election Officer. A copy of the application is available on the Municipal website at or by contacting Municipal Hall during regular business hours 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM Monday to Friday. Applications will be received up until 4:00 PM on Friday, August 4, 2017.
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED BYLAW BYLAW NO. 441, 2017 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Loan Authorization (Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre) Bylaw No. 441, 2017” provides for the following: Empowers and authorizes Bowen Island Municipal Council to undertake and carry out or cause to be carried out the construction of the Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre generally in accordance with general plans on file in the municipal office and to do all things necessary in connection therewith and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: a. b. c.
To borrow upon the credit of the Municipality a sum not exceeding $3,000,000; to acquire all such real property, easements, rights of way, licenses, rights or authorities as may be requisite or desirable for or in connection with the construction of the Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre; site preparation, environmental site remediation, installation of all ancillary road works, on-site and off-site services and utilities for use in connection with the Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre. The maximum term for which debentures may be issued to secure the debt created by this bylaw is thirty (30) years.
TAKE NOTICE that the above is a synopsis of the proposed bylaw and that this synopsis is not intended to be and is not to be understood as an interpretation of Bylaw No. 441, 2017. The full bylaw may be inspected at the Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, B.C. during regular office hours, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact: Kathy Lalonde Chief Election Officer
Hope Dallas Deputy Chief Election Officer
Bowen Island Municipality 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2
Tel: Fax: E-mail:
604-947-4255 604-947-0193 Referendum2017@bimbc.ca
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