CAMPFIRES PERMITTED THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL FIRE CENTRE
PARKSVILLE – Effective at noon Sept. 1, 2010, campfires will be permitted throughout the Coastal Fire Centre due to a decreased risk of wildfires.
Although campfires, fireworks and Tiki torches are now permitted, open fires of any other description remain prohibited, including burning barrels.
The rescinding of the campfire ban applies to all BC Parks, Crown and private lands, but does not apply within the boundaries of local governments that have open fire bylaws and are serviced by a fire department. Please check with civic authorities for any restrictions before lighting a fire.
Campfires must not be larger than 0.5 meters wide or 0.5 meters tall. Anyone who lights a campfire must have a hand tool such as a shovel, or at least eight litres of water nearby to fully extinguish it. Never leave a campfire unattended, and make sure ashes are completely cold to the touch before leaving the area.
Anyone found in violation of an open fire ban may be issued a ticket for $345. Should a wildfire occur as a result of recklessness, a person can be fined up to $1 million or spend three years in prison and be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.
The Coastal Fire Centre is responsible for wildfire response for about 2.1 million hectares of land. Geographically, the centre covers all the area west of the height of land on the Coast Mountain range from the U.S./Canada border at Manning Park to Tweedsmuir Park in the north, the Sunshine Coast, the lower mainland, all of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
To report a wildfire or unattended campfire please call *5555 on your cell or toll-free 1-800-663-5555. For more information on open fire prohibitions, area restrictions or for updates on current wildfire activity, visit www.bcwildfire.ca.
TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER
Secondary Suites “Demystified”!
Education Session on September 13, 2010!
On July 19th, Council adopted a new Zoning bylaw amendment legalizing the construction of new Secondary Suites in single family residences, after Sept 7, 2010. Also on July 19th, Council adopted a policy around how the new regulations will apply (or not apply) to Secondary Suites built before Sept 7, 2010. This new policy comes into effect on Sept 20, 2010.
If you are interested in learning about the new regulations, or want to know how they might affect you, an education and question/answer session is planned. It will occur on Monday Sept 13, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Village Hall. If you can’t attend, watch the Village website afterwards. We will try to post the Q’s and A’s.
PUBLIC MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 7PM
Re: THE LOWER LIONS BAY WATER PIPELINE REPLACEMENT AND POTENTIAL UNDERGROUND WIRING PROJECT
All Residents of Cloudview, Seaview and Lions Bay Avenue Please Attend.
AECOM, our engineers, BC Hydro, Shaw and Telus will present the overall plan and costing. There will be a detailed question and answer period.
Please Plan To Attend.
COMMUNITY CENTRE CONSULTANT REPORT
The following link is for the PERC Report as specified under Project Scope in the RFG for the New Lions Bay Community Centre and Village Offices.
Village of Lions Bay Public Facilitation and Programming Lions Bay Community Centre >>
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Programming, Pre-design Planning and Preliminary Project Costing
It is the Village of Lions Bay intention through this Request for Proposal (RFP) to elicit relevant information about a firm’s capability to provide facilities programming, pre-design planning and preliminary project costing services for the programming and planning of a New Community Centre and Village Office (including an extension of the Lions Bay School Gymnasium) for the Village of Lions Bay. The information submitted in response to this RFP will be evaluated and ranked according to the criteria specified herein as part of the consultant selection process for this project.Link to the complete RFP PDF >>
2009 CORPORATE REPORT
Posted June 30 2010, the Village of Lions Bay Annual Corporate Report - Link >>
Corporate Report 2009 "ACHIEVEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE OF LIONS BAY COUNCIL"Appendix A >>
