Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands
- Past Committees
- Blue Water Park Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Bowen Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Community Centre Select Steering Committee
- Community Grants Advisory Committee
- Cove Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Eagle Cliff Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Finance Advisory Committee
- Heritage Commission
- Hood Point Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Housing Advisory Committee
- King Edward Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee
- Communications Team
- Emergency Management Plan Review Task Force
- Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Infrastructure Advisory Committee
- Internet Connectivity Working Group
- On-Island Composting Working Group
- Recreation & Community Services Commission
- Snug Cove Sewer System Local Advisory Committee
- Tunstall Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee
- Transportation Advisory Committee
Purpose of the Committee:
The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to Council that:
- Ensures community benefits result from the Community Lands.
- Develops a high-level overview of the best uses of the Community Lands.
- Reviews the characteristics of specific areas of the lands and relate those characteristics to the utilization of the lands for community purposes and their marketability.
- Develops a market valuation process.
- Identifies lands that should remain in a land bank for future community use.
- Helps set priorities and a timeline for the lease and/or sale of some of the lands.
- Identifies a target for funds to be raised from the sale of some of the lands.
- From the sale of some of the lands, pays down some of the municipal debt.
- From the sale of some of the lands, secures funds to support the development of community amenities.
Committee Members
- Mayor Gary Ander, Chair
- Frits de Vries
- Tom Swann
- Councillor David Hocking
- Councillor Maureen Nicholson
- Liam Edwards, Chief Administrative Officer (Staff Liaison)
- Chief Financial Officer (Staff Liaison)
- Daniel Martin, Manager of Planning and Development (Staff Liaison)
To contact the Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands, please email: MSCCL@bimbc.ca.
Governing Documents
Video Recordings
Reference Documents
Housing on Bowen (August 2016)