2020 AVICC-UBCM Resolution Letter

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February 6, 2020       File No.: 0230-20 
 
 
Association of Vancouver Island 
and Coastal Communities 
525 Government Street  
Victoria, BC  V8V 0A8 
 
Re: 2020 Resolution 
 
Please be advised that on February 5, 2020, the Islands Trust Executive Committee passed the 
following resolution for the 2020 AVICC Annual General Meeting: 
 
That the Executive Committee direct staff to forward a resolution with backgrounder for 
consideration at the 2020 Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities and 
Union of BC Municipalities conventions, requesting that the Province of British Columbia 
work with First Nations, and federal, provincial, and local government stakeholders, to 
develop a coordinated strategy to study and address the environmental and social 
impacts associated with liveaboards on the British Columbia coastline. 
 
Please find attached the proposed resolution and backgrounder. 
 
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information. 
 
Yours truly, 
 
 
 
Carmen Thiel 
Corporate Secretary 
 

  
 
 
            2020 RESOLUTION SUBMISSION TO AVICC 
 
 
COORDINATED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS LIVEABOARDS                                              ISLANDS TRUST 
 
RESOLUTION: 
 
WHEREAS affordable housing pressures are leading to a growing population of liveaboards along 
the British Columbia coastline;  
 
AND WHEREAS there are cumulative impacts on the marine environment and inadequate access 
to public services for liveaboard communities; 
 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Province of British Columbia work with First Nations, and 
federal, provincial, and local government stakeholders, to develop a coordinated strategy to 
study and address the environmental and social impacts associated with liveaboards on the 
British Columbia coastline. 
 
 
BACKGROUNDER: 
 
Growing pressures around the lack of affordable housing and displacement from urban centres have led 
to an increase in the population of “liveaboards” (persons using boats as their primary residence, 
typically anchored in a bay, harbour or marina) along the British Columbia coastline. In many places, 
current zoning regulations prohibit the use of boats or marine structures as dwellings on surface waters. 
Some liveaboards choose to live on the water as a lifestyle choice; others may come from vulnerable 
segments of society that have been marginalized due to socio-economic factors, including the lack of 
affordable housing. While many liveaboards are responsible, there are concerns that the illegal discharge 
of sewage, garbage and debris into the marine environment can result in

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