North Island Coast Development Initiative

WHEREAS local government is best positioned to choose projects that will be beneficial in response to community needs; AND WHEREAS information concerning the North Island Coast Development Initiative was presented to AVICC members on August 19, 2005 with mid-September as a deadline for submission of input, yet the provincial government proceeded to draft the legislation prior to receiving any local government input: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities request the Ministry of Economic Development, Asia Pacific Initiative Olympics to allocate funding for the North Island Coast Development Initiative to local government on a population basis.