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Social Cohesion

Award Winning Town!

Current Concerns and Collaborations

George Hotel 

• PUBLIC HEARING
  • Public Hearing Process
  • George Public Hearing – SAMPLE Comments
  • March 25, 2014 Committee of the Whole meeting transcript (transcribed from Town of Gibsons audio recording)

• ISSUES
  • Factsheet on The George Hotel
  • Too Big doc
  • Too Tall!
• Background
  • Backgrounder re- Harbour Development as related to george proposal
  • 2007 APPROVALS PROCESS FOR THREE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN GIBSONS LANDING
  • 2009 DRAFT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL HARBOUR PLAN

• TOWN OF GIBSONS PROCESS
  • The Infamous May 1st Letter
  • The Disappearing May 1 Letter
  • Three "Key Ingredients"
  • Development Agreement Overview Oct. 6 2015
  • Covenant/Developmetn Agreement
• Aquifer
  • (GABC) George Hotel Excavation - Geotechnical Review (pg 1j peg / pg 2 jpeg)
  • Threats to the Aquifer and Environment from the George  
• Contaminated site
  • Complaint to BC Ministry of Environment re: Hyak Marine not properly characterized.re: Hyak Marinenot properly characterized.
  • Letter to the Town of Gibsons from West Coast Environmental Law, on behalf of GABC  Re: Rezoning of Hyak Marine Site, Gibsons, BC
  • Site Profile
  • Letter from MoE Re: Site Profile Submission – Site Decommissioning
  • Letter from GABC to The George Hotel Ltd. c/o Keystone Environmental Ltd. Re: Site Profile Submission – Site Decommissioning 377 to 407 Gower Point Road and 689 Winn Road, Gibsons.
  • Primer by ELAW for GABC re: tributyltin (TBT)
  • Report of Findings – Detailed Site Investigation 377, 385, 397 and 407 Gower Point Road and 689 Winn Road, Gibsons, BC Project No.: 12845-04

• Economics
  • GABC letter to Chamber re: polling membership to position on the George
  • GABC letter to Chamber re:request to reconsider position on the George 
  • GDCC Position Statement re: George Hotel
  • Independent 3rd-party Economic Impact Analysis of The George Proposal
  • Analysing Economic Promises from a Developer: The Case of The George Hotel and Residences
  • Harbour Plan Phase 2 Economic Modelling

• Concerned Citizens
  • Citizens for Sustainable Development BLOG
  • Development permit application documents
  • Winn Road Appraisal

• Friends of the Harbour Legal Defence 
  • Friends of the Harbour re: Winn Road
  • Friends of the Harbour letter to Town of Gibsons Re: Illegal Permitting
  • Town of Gibsons reply to Friends of the Harbour re: Illegal permitting
  • Friends of the Harbour response to Town of Gibsons re: Illegal Permitting

Coast Reporter AD 15-09-25 GABC Website Sources

• Waterline Resources RE: Gibsons Aquifer Review of Geotechnical Investigation Report (Revised) for the Proposed  “The  George”  Mixed  Use  Development  at  377,  385  &  407  Gower  Point  Road,  397 & 689 Winn Road, and Winn Road Right-of-Way, Gibsons, BC 

• LEVELTON ENGINEERING: Geotechnical Review: Horizon Engineering Inc. Geotechnical Investigation Report – 07 May 2015 Proposed ‘The George’ Mixed Use Development, Gibsons, BC

• Clear Coast Consulting Inc Re: Improper Contamination Assessment, Hyak Marine property, Gibsons, BC     

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION PROGRAM 

• BYLAW.756 14/02/95 Town of Gibsons FOI Policy - Requests for Access to Records under Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act (FOIPPA)
• Adequacy of Search Complaint to the Town of Gibsons FOI 2015-06
• Adequacy of Search Complaint to the Town of Gibsons FOI 2015-07
• Adequacy of Search Complaint to the Town of Gibsons FOI 2015-08
  
• ToG Fee Estimate Letter FOI 2015-07
• ToG Fee Estimate Letter FOI 2015-08
• GABC FOI request 2017-14 Hydro/Geo Peer Review Reports for the George
• ToG Response to FOI 2017-14 Hydro/Geo Peer Review reports for the George
• OIPC Order F20-31 Expert Hydro/Geo Peer Review reports (The George) Responsive Records 

Gibsons Deserves Better!

Gibsons Deserves Better doc

• Alternative Plan B
• Alternative ideas:
  • Brentwood Bay Resort collage
  • Cannon Beach Hotels
  • Best Western Tin-Wis, Tofino

Drinking Water Protection

• Gibsons Aquifer
• Gibsons Aquifer mapping final report
• Gibsons Aquifer mapping final report appendices
• Gibsons Aquifer mapping video presentations
• Chapman Creek Watershed

 Town of Gibsons Official Community Plan Update 

• Town of Gibsons Official Community Plan
• Harbour Plan  
• Zoning By-Law
• Official Community Plan Update
  • Steering Committee Terms of Reference
  • Issues
  • Draft Plan
    
  • OCP as "fluid document"

• OCP HEARING SUBMISSION EXAMPLES

• • OCP Submission Land Use Designations FSRs/Density
  • OCP Submission Notwithstanding Clause
  • OCP Submission Unnecessary Deletions
  • OCP Submission Unnecessary Removal View Protection
  • OCP Submission HAP Economic Modelling Study
  • OCP Environmental Site Assessment

Gibsons Harbour Area Plan 

Armours Beach

• Town of Gibsons - Armours Beach
• Armours Beach proposal

Gospel Rock 

•  Friends of Gospel Rock Society

Howe Sound 

• Howe Sound Management Planning
• SAVE HOWE SOUND - Again! Sign the petition
• SOUND INVESTMENT
  • Woodfibre LNG
  • WFLNG-Fortis - the Pipeline From Nowhere (Detailed Technical Explanations)
  • Dangers of LNG tankers H
    • DANGERS OF LNG Hazard Zone Map
    • DANGERS OF LNG FACTSHEET
  • Burnco Gravel Mine
  • Gambier Woodlots
  • Port Mellon Incinerator
  • Kinder Morgan and You Part 1
  • Kinder Morgan and You Part 2

Getting here and around

• BC Ferries - http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/vasc-current.php
• Harbour Air - http://www.harbourair.com
• BC Transit - Translink - http://www.translink.ca
• Sunshine Coast Transit - http://www.transitbc.com/regions/sun/schedules/map.cfm?
• Malaspina Coach lines - http://www.malaspinacoach.com/default.html
• Coast Car Co-Op  - http://www.coastcarco-op.ca
• Spin Cycles - http://spincyclesbikestore.com
• Gibsons Marina -http://www.boatersbluepages.com/Marinas/GibsonsMarina.html
• Gibsons Harbour Ferry -
• Sunshine Coast Water taxi –

Play outside!

• Gibsons Maps (trails, parks etc)
• Sunshine Kayaking - http://www.sunshinekayaking.com
• Gibsons Paddle club - http://www.gibsonspaddleclub.ca
• Gibsons Sailing School - http://gibsonssailing.org/programs.html
• Suncoast Sailcruise - http://www.sailcruise.net/skipper.html
• SCRD maps
• Tetrahedron http://tetoutdoor.weebly.com
• Elphinstone Logging Focus http://www.loggingfocus.org
• Elphinstone Mycological Society - 

Happenings

• Coast Cultural Alliance - http://www.suncoastarts.com
• Jazz Festival - http://www.coastjazz.com
• New Moon Festival - http://www.newmoonfestivalsociety.org
• Sea Cavalcade - http://www.seacavalcade.ca
• Music in the Landing - http://www.suncoastcentral.com/letter.asp?l=97
• Sunshine Coast Art Crawl - http://www.suncoastarts.com/profiles/artcrawl/
• International Howe Sound Outriggers Race - http://www.clippercanoes.com/outrigger/

Economic Well-being

• Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Report – see Year End Perspective PDF pg 20).

Jobs and Economic development

• Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce -http://www.gibsonschamber.com
• Best Coast Initiatives - http://www.onecoast.ca
• Town of Gibsons - http://www.gibsons.ca/index.php/business-resources/economic-development
• Magas & Associates employment and training - http://www.scces.ca

Food, Farms, Food Security

• Onestraw Society - http://www.onestraw.ca
• Sunshine Coast Beekeepers - https://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastBeekeepers
• Seaweed’s Healthfood Store - http://www.seaweedshealthfood.com
• Beldis Fish Co – 604.740.6371
• Fiddlehead Farmers Market http://www.fiddleheadfarmersmarket.com
• Gibsons Landing Sunday Market - https://www.facebook.com/gibsons.landing.sunday.market

Local Farms

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Sustainability

• Sustainable Coast Magazine http://sustainablecoast.ca
• Sunshine Coast in Transition - http://sunshinecoastintransition.wordpress.com/about/
• Gibsons Recycling and Resource Recovery Depot - http://www.gibsonsrecycling.ca

Cultural Flourishing

History

• Squamish First Nation
• Sechelt First Nation
• Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives
• Gibsons Heritage Registry

ART

• Arts Building
• GPAG
• Purple banner
• Art Crawl

Words

• Festival of the Written Arts
• Gibsons & District Public Library

Performing Arts

• Heritage Playhouse
• Driftwood Players
• Zoe’s Danceworks

Film

• Green Film Series
• Rhizome Up
• Sunshine Coast Film Society
• Gibsons Cinema

Music

• Music in the Landing
• Landing Jazz Festival

Local Musicians, Techs, studios

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Health and Wellness

• Gibsons Wellness Center
• Gibsons Medical Clinic - www.gibsonsmedicalassociates.net
• North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Services – www.nscg.ca
• Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living http://www.scacl.ca

Environmental Health

Conservation

• Sunshine Coast Conservation Association - http://www.thescca.ca
• Future of Howe Sound Society - http://futureofhowesound.org
• Gambier Island Conservancy - http://www.gambierc.ca

Wildlife and Marine life

• Wildsafe BC & Bear Aware, Kim Drescher
• Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre -http://www.gibsonswildliferehabcentre.org
• Conservation Officer - http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/contacts.html
• Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers - http://www.pskf.ca/program/trainers/d_sanford.html
• Friends of Forage Fish - http://www.friendsofforagefish.com
• Squamish Streamkeepers http://www.squamishstreamkeepers.net/streamkeepers/Welcome.html
• CPAWS – Glass Sponge Reefs http://cpawsbc.org/campaigns/glass-sponge-reefs
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans - 

Air Quality

• Sunshine Coast Clean Air Society - http://www.cleanaironthecoast.com
• Sea To Sky Clean Air Society - http://seatoskyairquality.ca

Process

Town of Gibsons

• CAO Attack on Citizens of Gibsons 
• GABC Response Letter to Town of Gibsons 
• CAO Apology 

• Smart Growth BC
• Community Involvement
• Civic Info BC

Didn’t find what you’re looking for here?

Try these Sunshine Coast BC websites…

• Coast Clarion
• Suncoastcentral
• Big Pacific

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