Funding for Flood Mitigation Including Dike Upgrades River Channelization

WHEREAS climate change consequences combined with above average provincial snow packs will place property and lives at risk of flooding in 2007 and future years; AND WHEREAS there are no funding mechanisms available to municipalities and regional districts to mitigate flood risks by enhanced diking and riverwaterway management initiatives: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities appeal to the Province of British Columbia to sustain funding programs to allow local governments and diking authorities to deal with potential flood threats, diking, and sedimentation management for streams and rivers within and adjacent to their boundaries.