Regional Water Loan Authorization AAP

Regional Water Watershed Land Acquisition Loan Authorization Alternative Approval Process

Download the Elector Response Form [PDF/187KB]

Overview

At the January 8, 2025 Board meeting of the Capital Regional District ("CRD"), the following bylaw received three readings:

Bylaw No. 4664 [PDF/159KB] "Regional Water Watershed Land Acquisition Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1, 2025," to authorize the borrowing of Thirty-Two Million and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($32,300,000), for a period not exceeding 30 years, for the purpose of acquiring land for the purpose of supplying water within the Water Supply Local Service Area.

Bylaw Synopsis

The purpose of Bylaw No. 4664 [PDF/159KB] is to authorize the borrowing of Thirty-Two Million and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($32,300,000), for a period not exceeding 30 years, for the purpose of acquiring land for the purpose of supplying water within the Water Supply Local Service Area.

Participating area approval for Bylaw No. 4664 will be obtained for the entire service area by Alternative Approval Process. The Alternative Approval Process applies to all electors within the Water Supply Local Service Area which is comprised of all municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD), including Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Metchosin, North Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria and View Royal, and in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. 

Please note that this synopsis of Bylaw No. 4664 is not intended to be or understood as an interpretation of the bylaw. A copy of the complete bylaw and this notice may be viewed at Capital Regional District offices located at 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). 

Alternative Approval Process

The CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 4664 unless at least 31,512 electors (constituting 10% of the eligible electors) within the Water Supply Local Service Area indicate, by signing the elector response form, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of an assent vote (referendum) before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 4664. 

The alternative approval process opportunity applies to the electors within the Water Supply Local Service Area which is comprised of all municipalities of the CRD, including Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Metchosin, North Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria and View Royal, and in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.

For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions on the Alternative Approval Process. 

Elector response forms [PDF/187KB] may be obtained online or at the CRD Headquarters, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria From 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) until 4:30 pm on Monday, June 30, 2025.

Deadline for Submitting an Elector Response Form

 The deadline for submitting signed elector response forms [PDF/187KB], in relation to Bylaw No. 4664, to the CRD is 4:30 pm on Monday, June 30, 2025. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted. 

Completed forms may be submitted by hand (during regular business hours) or by mail to 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1R7, or scanning a legible, signed copy that can be emailed to legserv@crd.bc.ca. 

Elector Qualifications

Requirements for Resident Electors

You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for at least 6 months and currently reside in the Water Supply Local Service Area prior to signing the elector response form.

Requirements for Non-Resident Property Electors

You may submit an elector response form as a Non-Resident Property Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months, have owned and held registered title to property in the Water Supply Local Service Area for 30 days and do NOT qualify as a Resident Elector. If there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an elector response form.