Title
AVICC Resolution: Inclusion of Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands in the Islands Coastal Economic Trust (Directors Holman & Howe)
Recommendation
The Electoral Areas Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
That the following resolution be submitted to AVICC:
Whereas the Capital Regional District has advocated for a change in the rural designation from urban to rural for the Electoral Areas of Salt Spring Island, Southern Gulf Islands, and Juan de Fuca as they are not eligible to participate in support programs to help diversify their economy;
And whereas the province made a regulation change in 2020 to include only the unincorporated Electoral Area of Juan de Fuca, in the Islands Coastal Economic Trust territory;
Therefore be it resolved that AVICC and UBCM request that the provincial government include the Salt Spring Island Electoral Area and the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area within the North Island-Coast Development Trust Region Regulation.
(NWA)