Regional
District of Nanaimo MOU
9. Emergency
Planning
9.1 The
RDN will respond to emergencies as per the RDN Emergency procedures
manual.
10. Term
10.1 The
term of this agreement is three years from signing. Prior to the
expiration of this agreement, the signatories will review the
terms and conditions of the agreement and amend and/or extend
the agreement as determined at that time.
11. Meeting
Schedule
11.1 Every
four months, the signatories or their designates, will meet to
review selected development proposals or planning issues identified
by any signatory during that time.
12. Liability
12.1 The
RDN assumes no liability or responsibility under this Agreement
in addition to that normally assumed through its jurisdiction
over land use and other matters enabled under the Local Government
Act, Land Act, Land Title Act and other applicable legislation.
12.2 Nothing
in this Agreement alters the legislatively mandated roles, responsibilities
and duties of any of the signatories
13. Enforcement
13.1 Signatories
when possible will consult prior to undertaking enforcement actions
that may negatively affect the enforcement ability of another
signatory when the matter is cross-jurisdictional.
13.2 The
parties agree to collaborate and coordinate compliance and enforcement
activities when the matter is cross-jurisdictional and apply the
most effective enforcement actions to resolve non-compliance.
13.3 The
parties agree to respond in a timely and effective manner, within
the limits of their legislative mandate, to reports of environmental
damage.
14. Dispute
Resolution
14.1 The
parties agree to pursue methods of dispute resolution that will
ensure the timely resolution of disagreements and non-compliance
before negative impacts on the environment or the economy occur.
Appropriate staff will conduct dispute resolution. However, should
resolution not be possible, the parties agree to bring the issue
forward to senior staff, if necessary to resolve the issue. The
ultimate responsibility for unresolved dispute resolution shall
be with the signatories to this agreement as outlined in section
15.1.
15.
Signatories
15.1 The
signatories of this Agreement are the following:
- Area
Chief, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, South Coast Area, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada; (Except Article 8)
- Regional
Director, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks; (Articles
1 to 13) and
- Board
Chair and Secretary, Regional District of Nanaimo (Articles
1 to 13).
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Bruce
McDonald
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Earl
Warnock
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Geo
Holme
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The
Area Chief
Habitat & Enhancement Branch South Coast Area Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
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Regional
Director,
Vancouver Island Region
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
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Chairperson
Regional District of Nanaimo
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January
8, 2001
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December
22, 2000
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February
6, 2001
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