Letter from Capital Regional District re: Bylaw No. 3837

July 20, 2012

Mr. Kim Anema Chief Administrative Officer Town of View Royal 45 View Royal Avenue Victoria, BC, V9B 1A6

Dear Mr. Anema:

RE: Bylaw No. 3837, Harbours Environmental Action Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2012

Please place Bylaw No. 3837, at third reading, on your next Council agenda with a request to give consent to the adoption of the Bylaw in accordance with Sections 802(2) and 801.4 of the Local Government Act.

The purpose of Bylaw 3837 is to amend Bylaw No. 3743, Harbours Environmental Action Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2010, to reflect the outcomes of a service review performed by representatives from the CRD and participating municipalities. The amendments are necessary to:

• allow related work that is outside the Chapter 11 Liquid Waste Management Plan requirements (e.g., coordination of Gorge Waterway Initiative and Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative)
• raise the maximum requisition amount to $350,000 (from $275,000) to accommodate potential future supplementary budget requests if required for special projects (any future increases would have to be approved in each annual budget)
• remove the December 31, 2012 bylaw expiry clause (required to continue the Harbours Environmental Action Program service past that date).

The attached report to the CRD Environmental Sustainability Committee, dated June 27, 2012, provides further background information.

CRD Environmental Protection division staff are available to give a brief presentation to Council regarding the bylaw amendments and/or answer questions if needed. To make such arrangements, or if there are any questions, please contact Dale Green, 250.360.3093, email dgreen@crd.bc.ca.

Yours sincerely,

Sonia Santarossa Manager, Legislative Services T 250.360.3128 F 250.360.3130 E ssantarossa@crd.bc.ca