26 Feb 2024 Council meeting Governance

Property Disposition - District Lot 9 Lands

Motion
That Council: 1. approve the disposition of District Lot 9 to the Province of British Columbia as represented by the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for $1,455,000; and 2. direct the Mayor and Corporate Officer to execute the necessary documents to affect the transaction.
Minutes, page 9
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda, whole meeting
Staff reportPage 1
Purpose
To obtain council approval to dispose of City-owned property located within the Regional District of Nanaimo known as District Lot 9 to the Province of British Columbia as represented by the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for the purpose of transferring the land to Snuneymuxw First Nation.
Staff report, page 1
Staff recommendation
That Council: 1. approve the disposition of District Lot 9 to the Province of British Columbia as represented by the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for $1,455,000; and 2. direct the Mayor and Corporate Officer to execute the necessary documents to affect the transaction.
Staff report, page 1
DocumentsStaff report about Arts, Culture & Heritage, Governance & Civic Engagement

Leonard Krog Yes

So. Moved. Secondary council, eastmere. Any need for discussion? Let me just say that this is very much, as I said earlier, a good news story for both. Cinema, first Nation and the city of Nanaima. This land has absolutely no value or use to us whatsoever, and we are pressured constantly to acquire properties within city limits that. Would be extremely useful. Valuable for public purposes. So delighted, and congratulations to staff who spent time negotiating and working on this. All those in favor?

Questions and answers

Councillor Janice Perrino
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
Carson. It's a good news story. Cal Saprino. Thank you, you, worship. It is a good news story. And I just wanted to ask. From a perspective of the city. Is there anything that we would have needed to keep this land for? Because I can't. See it. Like you said, it's the donut in the middle of the it's. A perfect opportunity, and we're doing the right thing. So I just wonder, is there a need to keep it in the city at all. Was there. Three wisher council
City staff answered
pre note? No. We looked at this property Mr. Sims is quite familiar with. It. In his previous role of looking after the water system. Lands, there really was surplus. There could have been some harvesting done. But in this way, we're transferring the lands to cynamic. And our understanding is. One of their goals is to put this in as part of their land inventory for future forest. Activities.