Nature Without Borders – A Call to Courage!

1. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement Nature Without Borders – A Call to Courage! • CAVI - 2008 – Learning at Lunch Series – Recap: • Understanding • Commitment • Progress – project-specific itemstools September 2009

2. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “EVOLUTION”

3. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “TOOLS”

4. Timing Surface water runoff Soil Depth Building Elevation /lot grading Land Development – ‘Responsibilities’

5. A Guide To Erosion and Sediment Control 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “Hard” “Soft”

6. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “REGIONAL NEEDS”

8. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement N (“Boundaries - Natural & Imposed”)

9. Sustainability Strategy Regional Growth Strategy Parks and Greenways Regional Sewerage Study Regional Water study Nature Knows No Boundaries Current Initiatives in the Comox Valley Commonalities Boundaries

10. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement • Regional Approach to Local Solutions • Integrated Planning • Watershed basis • Hard & Soft Tools • Break down barriers - Commonalities • Foster 4 - “C’s”

11. Regional Thinking Think Globally, Act Locally 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement • Collaborate • Communicate • Cooperate • Coordinate The ‘Historic Moment’

12. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement Comox Valley RecordFriday Wednesday March 11, 09 … “Regional framework for land-use activates” “The intention is that the four participants (CVRD, Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland) work collaboratively and collectively …

13. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement Comox Valley RecordFriday March 13, 09 …water doesn’t adhere to boundaries, yet political boundaries remain firm. …co-operation between different government should also mean that service can be expanded over borders…

14. Sustainability Strategy Regional Growth Strategy Parks and Greenways Regional Sewerage Study Regional Water study 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement Current Initiatives in the Comox Valley Regional Growth Strategy Commonalities Boundaries

15. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

16. Where are we now? What do we have to work with? Where do we head from here? 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

17. Ingredients & Recipe 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

18. Regional Thinking Think Globally, Act Locally 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement • Communication • Collaboration • Cooperation • Coordination Internal – Planners / Engineers / Inspectors, etc. Regional – jurisdictions Local / Provincial / FN / Feds

19. Collective Desire Financial capacities (Some) Legislation (provincial LWS) Vision of a Regional Team Approach 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

20. Challenge! Process Legislative tools Inter-jurisdictional MOU’s RegionalGrowth Stats Incentives Bill 27 etc 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

21. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “See planning, not as a land-zoning function, but as an iterative process that embraces the concept of integrated basin / watershed management / stewardship planning”.

22. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement Nature Without Borders – A Call to Courage! • Challenge: • Walk the talk • Develop a process to move forward • Be leaders September 2009

23. 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”