"39729ff7-69d5-4a30-a3c7-8f37ef7d62c4"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2018-02-05"@en . "[1964]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0363996/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF\nMUNICIPAL AFFAIRS\nREPORT\nfor the\nYEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31\n1963\nPrinted by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1964\n To Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes,\nV.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nI have the honour to transmit herewith the Annual Report of the Department\nof Municipal Affairs for the year ended December 31, 1963.\nW. D. BLACK,\nMinister of Municipal Affairs.\nVictoria, B.C.\n Report of the Department of Municipal Affairs\nVictoria, B.C., February 11, 1964.\nThe Honourable W. D. Black,\nMinister of Municipal Affairs.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report of the Department of Municipal Affairs for the year ended December 31, 1963.\nThe 1963 gross assessed value of land and improvements in city, district, town,\nand village municipalities in British Columbia amounted to $4,062,459,644. The\npercentage increase of only three-quarters of 1 per cent over 1962 values is the\nsmallest annual increase experienced in recent years. The dollar growth in the\nmunicipal tax base over the last eight years is portrayed in the following table:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nGrowth in Combined Assessed Values and Taxes in Municipalities\nof British Columbia\nGross Assessed Values\nAssessed Values Actually Taxed\nTax\nRevenues\nYear\nAll Properties\nTaxable\nProperties\nSchool\nMunicipal\n1956\t\n$2,432,313,912\n2,765,873,099\n3,047,766,854\n3,327,118,937\n3,569,240,135\n3,717,472,643\n4,032,288,772\n4,062,459,644\n$2,035,542,999\n2,315,295,651\n2,569,271,281\n2,805,547,214\n3,015,844,390\n3,142,969,534\n3,407,538,034\n3,433,937,080\n$1,586,627,603\n1,854,677,597\n2,053,934,444\n2,248,145,499\n2,417,467,198\n2,508,401,082\n2,770,194,168\n2,795,430,982\n$1,238,390,209\n1,415,935,241\n1,562,991,738\n1,721,746,974\n1,843,967,404\n1,920,101,216\n2,182,411,559\n2,224,805,763\n$66,418,657\n1957\n1958\n78,811,653\n92,429,190\n1959\n104,819,992\n1960\n116,857,478\n1961\n122,272,311\n1962...\t\n128,865,831\n1963\t\n137,000,0001\n1 Estimated.\nThe over-all increase in 1963 assessed values was in land assessments, while\nthe assessed value of improvements remained the same. A sufficient analysis has\nnot been made to determine the reasons for this sudden change in trend, although\nit would appear that new construction was offset by depreciation of existing improvements, leaving appreciation of land responsible for the increase in total assessed\nvalues. It is of interest to report that approximately 75 per cent of the value of\ntaxable properties in the Province as a whole is within municipal areas, even though\nthe total area of the municipalities represents less than one-half of 1 per cent of the\ntotal land area of the Province.\nThe total assessed values actually taxed for school purposes in the Province in\n1963 amounted to $3,647,914,966. Of this total, $2,795,430,982 or 77 per cent\nrepresented values within the municipalities, approximately equal to the population\npercentage between municipally-organized and unorganized areas.\nDuring the year under review $14,581,915 in term borrowing by the municipalities was approved by the Inspector of Municipalities. Most of these borrowings\nwere supported by serial debenture issues, although a considerable amount was\nfinanced on a short-term basis by way of bank loans and on a long-term basis\nthrough the metropolitan water and sewer boards or the Central Mortgage and\nHousing Corporation. Further details of financing through the Central Mortgage\nand Housing Corporation under the provisions of the National Housing Act follow\nin this Report.\n5\n BB6\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nGenerally speaking, bond sales proceeded at an orderly pace during the year,\nalthough some of the smaller municipal units experienced difficulty in disposing of\ntheir issues. The backlog of issues resulting from by-law complications arising out\nof financing through the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation have now, for\nthe most part, been sold. New issues to be financed in part by this means or under\nthe provisions of the Municipal Development and Loan Act will be finalized more\npromptly through use of a new innovation in by-law structure introduced into the\nMunicipal Act in 1962, whereby the issue of series debentures is greatly simplified.\nThis new method of processing series issues will prove its worth in the months ahead\nwith so many of the new projects requiring term borrowing, being financed under\nthe provisions of the Municipal Development and Loan Act.\nThe amount and purpose for which the borrowings were authorized are set out\nbelow. Borrowings by the City of Vancouver and by the metropolitan water and\nsewer boards are not subject to the approval of the Inspector of Municipalities and\ntherefore are not included in this table.\nDistribution of Authorized Debenture Debt by Purposes\nfor the Year 1963\nPurpose\nCities\nDistricts\nTowns\nVillages\nLocal\nDistricts\nTotal\nSewers and drainage..\nWaterworks\t\nPaving, streets, and sidewalks-\nHospitals\t\nCivic projects\t\nConsolidated local improvementS-\nElectric utility -\n$1,226,754\n1,213,000\n545,472\n250,000\n644,000\n600,000\nParks and recreation-\nTotals\t\n$2,634,053\n892,216\n1,399,500\n1,470,000\n200,000\n759,366\n62,000\n$4,479,226\n$7,417,135\n$431,500\n49,500\n70,000\n50,000\n$1,307,554\n649,000\n110,000\n$18,000\n$5,599,861\n2,821,716\n2,054,972\n1,790,000\n844,000\n759,366\n600,000\n112,000\n$601,000\n$2,066,554\n$18,000\n$14,581,915\nTotal debenture debt as at December 31, 1962, of all municipalities, including\nthe City of Vancouver, is shown by the following table. The debenture debt of the\nmetropolitan water and sewer boards is not included.\nTotal Authorized Debenture Debt as at December 31, 1962\nIssued, Sold\nand Outstanding\nUnissued\nand Unsold\nTotal\nCities (excluding Vancouver)-\nDistricts\t\nTowns\t\nVillages\t\nLocal districts\t\nTotals-\nVancouver\t\n$47,181,574\n51,089,325\n3,585,192\n6,058,761\n57,000\n$107,971,852\n152,271,401\nGrand totals..\n$260,243,253\n$10,687,728\n9,122,442\n1,264,000\n1,742,000\n$22,816,170\n1,200,000\n$24,016,170\n$57,869,302\n60,211,767\n4,849,192\n7,800,761\n57,000\n$130,788,022\n153,471,401\n$284,259,423\nProvincial guarantees authorized under the provisions of the Municipalities\nAssistance Act amounted to $2,305,600 during the year. Provincial guarantees\nhave been reduced in number over the past few years, partly as a result of the\nincreased participation in the field of municipal finance by the Central Mortgage\nand Housing Corporation. It is not the practice for the guarantee to be offered for\nthis type of loan. The same policy applies to borrowings under the Municipal\nDevelopment and Loan Act, and, therefore, it is likely that while these two pro-\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963\nBB7\ngrammes are in effect, the amount of debentures guaranteed by the Province will be\nsubstantially less than in the past. Borrowings which were guaranteed during the\nyear are summarized below. The City of Vancouver did not apply for a guarantee\nduring 1963.\nMunicipalities Assistance Act Guarantees Approved during 1963\nCities (excluding Vancouver).\nDistricts\t\nTowns\t\nVillages\t\n$1,667,000\n156,500\n142,000\n340,100\nLocal districts-\nTotal..\n$2,305,600\nA summary of the amount of debentures guaranteed by the Province under\nthe Municipalities Assistance Act and under the Village Municipalities Assistance\nAct outstanding as at December 31, 1963, is indicated below. No borrowings have\nbeen guaranteed under the latter Act for a number of years as this legislation has\nlargely been replaced by the Municipalities Assistance Act.\nOutstanding Debentures Guaranteed by the Province as at\nDecember 31, 1963\nVillage\nMunicipalities\nAssistance\nAct\nMunicipalities\nAssistance\nAct\nTotal\nCities (excluding Vancouver) \t\n$476,000\n299,000\n2,104,500\n2,704,650\n$13,162,000\n9,445,707\n691,000\n2,674,600\n55,000\n$13,638,000\n9,744,707\nTowns . \t\nVillages _ \t\n2,795,500\n5,379,250\n55,000\nTntpls\n$5,584,150\n$26,028,307\n18,023,000\n846,000\n2,080,000\n171,000\n21,505,000\n$31,612,457\n18,023,000\n846,000\n2,080,000\n171,000\n21,505,000\n$5,584,150\n$68,653,307\n$74,237,457\nIt is conservatively estimated that the liability represented by guaranteed debenture issues is supported by the revenues of self-liquidating utilities or enterprises\nwith an appraised value in excess of $115,000,000. While the debt for such undertakings is met from the revenues of the undertaking, it is nevertheless a direct\nliability of the issuing municipality or other authority.\nIn addition to the guaranteed debt recorded in the above table, there is also\noutstanding under the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act\ndebentures totalling $31,335,500.\nThe Department of Finance of the Federal Government has advised the Department that as at January 1, 1964, all semi-annual repayments have been met on\nloans authorized under the provisions of the Municipalities Improvements Assistance\nAct, 1938. This programme is nearing its conclusion, with the outstanding obligations reduced to $86,029.39 from a total of $2,146,759.70.\nThe scheme of financing for municipal sewage-disposal projects offered by the\nCentral Mortgage and Housing Corporation under the provisions of the National\n BB 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nHousing Act has played an increasingly important role in municipal term financing\nduring the past year. This scheme, coupled with the new financial assistance programme authorized under the provisions of the Municipal Development and Loan\nAct, will have an important effect on municipal borrowing in the coming years. It\nis not possible to accurately gauge the impact of the Municipal Development and\nLoan Act as yet, but it is significant to report that a large number of the municipalities and other authorities coming within the scope of the legislation have made\npreliminary application to participate. Both this programme and the National\nHousing Act scheme offer below-market interest rates for long-term borrowing, as\nwell as very attractive debt-cancellation features. Several major projects in the\nrange of one or more million dollars have been proposed by some of the larger\nmunicipalities under the Municipal Development and Loan Act. These include\nlarge-scale civic centre and recreation facilities which would likely have otherwise\nbeen held in abeyance.\nAnother important feature of municipal term financing is the short-term capital\nloan. These undertakings are normally by way of a direct bank loan, although one\nor two have been arranged with the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation\nfor sewage-disposal facilities. These short-term loans have proved most useful in\nfinancing projects under $100,000. The maximum term of the loan is fixed at five\nyears, and the amount is limited by population. Borrowing under this provision\namounted to $202,625 during 1963. A large number of municipalities at one time\nor another have made full use of their borrowing power under this provision for a\nwide range of projects which otherwise would have had to be financed by way of\na debenture issue. One of the advantages of this provision is that minor capital\nprojects can be undertaken with a minimum of formality.\nI have to report that it was found necessary during the year to hold one\ninquiry into an application for a certificate of approval to a money by-law. A village municipality failed to meet certain statutory requirements in connection with\nthe holding of a vote of the owner-electors on a borrowing proposal. Since no\nobjections were lodged, the certificate was duly granted.\nDuring 1963, 13 municipalities were granted either subsisting or provisional\ncertificates of self-liquidation in respect of 15 utility systems, sewerage systems, and\nother municipal enterprises. Of these certificates, nine were subsisting and six\nprovisional. The provisional certificates are issued in respect of new undertakings\nand will be replaced by subsisting certificates when the municipality has proved by\nactual operation that the new utility or enterprise is on a self-liquidating basis. One\nhundred and forty-six certificates of self-liquidation have been granted to date, 97\nof which are subsisting.\nThrough a misunderstanding of intent, a subsisting certificate of self-liquidation\nwas issued to a municipality covering the operation of its sewer enterprise. It\neventually transpired that the Council did not propose to maintain this method of\noperation, and the certificate was withdrawn. This marks the first occasion for such\naction by the Inspector of Municipalities.\nReserve funds of the municipalities for various purposes amounted to\n$14,122,812 at the close of 1962 in spite of expenditures for various purposes\nduring the year. This represents an increase of approximately 1.5 per cent or\n$208,183 over the previous year.\nIn September the Minister of Municipal Affairs' annual shield awards to the\nmunicipalities having the highest percentage turnout of electors at the annual elections were presented to the recipients at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Convention at Dawson Creek. The year 1963 was the fourth year of these\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963 BB 9\nawards. The municipalities receiving the awards for returns of the December, 1962,\nelections in the three categories of the competition were: Cities and towns\u00E2\u0080\u0094Revelstoke, with a turnout of 76 per cent; districts\u00E2\u0080\u0094Kitimat, with a turnout of 72 per\ncent; villages\u00E2\u0080\u0094Stewart, with a turnout of 85 per cent. Stewart has won the village\naward three years out of a possible four, losing out to Natal in the returns for the\n1961 election. It is felt that the awards are achieving their purpose of adding\ninterest to civic elections and thereby encouraging the municipalities to make an\neffort to increase their percentage turnout of electors.\nMembers of the Department participated in two major British Columbia\nmunicipal conferences during the year. The first was the Municipal Officers' Association Conference held in Victoria in May, and the second was the annual Union\nof British Columbia Municipalities Convention held in the fall at Dawson Creek.\nMembers of the staff attended a number of regional municipal conferences also.\nThe undersigned, on behalf of the Department, met with senior officials of some of\nthe major investment firms in Eastern Canada. The purpose of these visits was to\nacquaint eastern investors with the opportunities in the British Columbia municipal\ninvestment field.\nOne community was incorporated as a municipality. This was the Village of\nClinton. A number of incorporation plebiscites had been held previously, all of\nwhich failed to gain a sufficient majority. However, a successful plebiscite was held\nin the early summer, and incorporation took place on July 16th. The population\nof Clinton is 1,019, and the area comprises 225.35 acres. A number of small communities expressed interest in incorporation, but none had progressed to the point\nof holding an incorporation plebiscite by the end of the year.\nTwo regional planning boards were established during the year\u00E2\u0080\u0094the South\nOkanagan Regional Planning Board and the Central Okanagan Regional Planning\nBoard. The purpose of a regional planning board is to prepare land-use plans\napplicable to its area. A number of other communities showed interest in establishing regional planning boards, and it is anticipated that several of these boards\nwill be established in the near future.\nSeven local areas were established under the provisions of the Local Services\nAct. The following table indicates the number, purpose, and date of establishment\nof all existing local areas, including those established in 1963:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLocal Areas by Purpose Established under the Local Services Act\nName Date Established\nA. Home nursing\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCampbell River May 28, 1962.\nCourtenay July 23, 1957.\nGlendale December 14, 1961.\nGrand Forks June 6, 1961.\nKoksilah Valley August 9, 1960.\nLadysmith January 8, 1963.\nMalahat South April 25, 1961.\nMission December 23, 1963.\nNanaimo May 28, 1962.\nNelson April 25, 1961.\nNorth Saanich August 9, 1960.\nParksville-Qualicum __ October 16, 1958.\nRobson February 1, 1962.\nSimon Fraser March 8, 1962.\nSooke December 5, 1960.\n BB 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nName Date Established\nA. Home nursing\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued\nSouth Fort George May 28, 1963.\nSproat Lake November 8, 1960.\nYoubou June 13, 1961.\nB. Fire protection\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBurns Lake November 13, 1963.\nHuntingdon November 1, 1960.\nPhair Flats November 23, 1961.\nRed Bluff June 21, 1963.\nSpences Bridge February 1, 1962.\nTwo Mile Flat November 21, 1963.\nVanderhoof March 26, 1962.\nC. Ambulance service\u00E2\u0080\u0094Revelstoke February 8, 1963.\nD. Public comfort station\u00E2\u0080\u0094View Royal April 19, 1962.\nE. Community planning\u00E2\u0080\u0094Provincial Community\nPlanning Area June 1, 1959.\nThe Provincial Community Planning Area includes the whole of the unorganized area of the Province but is active only where regional community planning\nareas have been designated by the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Details of these\nareas and of other planning activities are reported separately by the Director of the\nRegional Planning Division.\nThe Campbell River Local Area, established for the purpose of providing\ngarbage collection and disposal services in the unorganized area surrounding the\nVillage of Campbell River, was disestablished before commencement of the service.\nThis was recommended upon evidence that an industrial complex located within\nthe area would be paying by far the major share of the cost without benefiting from\nthe service. Lacking the industrial assessment, the provision of service was found\nto be economically unsound, and the local area was accordingly disestablished.\nTwo Boundary Commissions heard evidence respecting the extensions of area\nof the Town of Fort St. John and the Village of Sidney. The membership of the\nCommissions was made up of staff from the Department. The Fort St. John\nBoundary Commission recommended that the boundary be fixed as petitioned for\nby the Council. A minor adjustment was recommended by the Sidney Boundary\nCommission. The legislation providing for the establishment of Boundary Commissions was introduced into the Municipal Act in 1961 and has proved to be a very\nworkable means of dealing with problems arising from a petition of Council to\nextend the area of a municipality.\nDuring 1963, extensions of areas were granted to the City of Dawson Creek,\nthe District of Coldstream, the Towns of Fort St. John and Quesnel, and the Villages of Lillooet and Sidney (twice). In addition, the City of Grand Forks applied\nfor and received a reduction in its area. This was to accommodate residents isolated\nfrom the main part of the municipality.\nThe following table shows the adjustment in area as well as the alteration in\npopulation:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n report of department of municipal affairs, 1963 bb 11\nAdjustments in Area and Population, 1963\nArea (in Acres)\nPopulation\nMunicipality\nBefore\nExtension\nof Area\nContained\nin Area\nAdded\nAfter\nExtension\nof Area\nBefore\nExtension\nof Area\nContained\nin Area\nAdded\nAfter\nExtension\nof Area\nCities\n3,660.00\n1,539.00\n18,758.00\n1,329.10\n1,581.00\n306.00\n855.50\n901.70\n308.00\n637.00\n4,297.00\n10,946\n2,347\n2,161\n3,619\n4,673\n1,304\n1,874\n1,930\n386\n4\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 17\n6\n228\n43\n56\n549\n10,950\n\u00E2\u0080\u009498.00\n1.441.00\n2,330\nDistricts\n109.00 [ 18,867.00\n563.54 ! 1.892.64\n2,167\nTowns\nFort St. John \t\n3,847\n626.00\n10.52\n46.20\n862.00\n6.90\n2,207.00\n316.52\n901.70\n1,763.70\n314.90\n4,716\nVillages\nLillooet\t\n1,304\n1,930\nSidney -_ . _\t\nLocal Districts\n2,479\n386\ni Reduction of area.\nThe populations shown are the 1961 Census adjusted for extensions or reductions of boundaries to December 31, 1963.\nUpon petition the membership of the Council of the District of North Cowichan was increased from four Councillors to six, exclusive of the Reeve. This was\nundertaken by supplementary Letters Patent.\nThe training programme in municipal administration provided by the University of British Columbia under the sponsorship of the Department continues satisfactorily compared with other years. Current enrolment is as follows: First year,\n38; second year, 25; third year, 18; and fourth year, 14. In addition, five students are enrolled in the Assessors' Course.\nIn 1963 the University granted diplomas in municipal administration following\nexaminations in May, as follows: 19 Junior diplomas, 11 Senior Administration\n(Law), and 10 Senior Accounting (Finance), a total of 40 in the year.\nDuring the year the Board of Examiners granted 36 certificates of proficiency.\nThe following table illustrates the classification of the certificates issued during\n1963 and indicates the number and classification of certificates issued by the Board\nto date. Certification is evidence in the opinion of the Board that the person\napplying is qualified to perform a particular municipal office and possesses the\nrequired academic training and experience.\nCertificates of Proficiency Issued by the Board of Examiners\nType of Certificate\nJunior\t\nSenior\u00E2\u0080\u0094Administration-\nSenior\u00E2\u0080\u0094Finance\t\nProperty Appraisal\t\n1963\nTo Date\n6\n40\n3\n57\n6\n63\n21\n27\nTotals 36\n187\nThe Municipal Act was not opened at the 1963 Session of the Legislature,\nalthough amendments through the Statute Law Amendment Act were necessary to\n BB 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\ncorrect a faulty reference and to rectify administrative procedures in the commercial-\nvehicle licensing programme, which had been initiated the year before. However,\na number of amendments were made to other Acts which affect municipalities.\nSome of the more important Acts which were amended included the Municipalities\nAid Act, the Motor-vehicle Act, and the Municipal Superannuation Act. The\namendments to the Municipalities Aid Act require special mention. Under this\namendment the Province grants to municipalities with specified land and improvements held by the Province a sum equal to the product obtained by multiplying the\nfull assessed value of Provincial land as denned by the Act and three-quarters of\nthe full assessed value of improvements on Provincial land by 15 mills. This provided a very welcome additional source of revenue for municipalities with Provincial\nproperty within their boundaries, particularly those municipalities which are Government service centres or are the sites of valuable Provincial properties.\nThe Juvenile Courts Act was repealed, and the Family and Children's Court\nAct was enacted in its place. An additional responsibility beyond that of providing\nfacilities for the Court within the municipality and providing children's homes is\nthat each city and district is now required to appoint a Family Court Committee to\nassist in guiding family and children's work in the municipality.\nThe Vancouver Charter was amended also, as was the City of Greenwood Debt\nRefunding Act; the latter by increasing the remuneration payable to members of\nCouncil to the level fixed for all other municipalities by the Municipal Act. A number of municipalities were affected by specific additions or amendments to the\nMunicipalities Enabling and Validating Act. These municipalities were Surrey,\nBurnaby, Richmond, Delta, Mission City, North Vancouver (District), Sidney,\nSquamish, and Victoria.\nEarly in the year Mr. J. D. Baird, Supervisor of Municipalities and Deputy\nInspector of Municipalities, was promoted to Assistant Deputy Minister, while\nretaining his appointments as Deputy Inspector of Municipalities.\nThe past year has been one of varied activity. The problems engendered by\nreason of the Department being charged with the responsibility of administering the\nlicensing of commercial vehicles, reported in the 1962 Annual Report, have now\nbeen overcome, and this function is progressing smoothly. However, the year\n1963 saw the enactment of the Municipal Development and Loan Act by the\nGovernment of Canada. The Department has been made responsible for the Provincial administration of the programme under this Act and is presently engaged\nin setting up and organizing this activity. Needless to say, this appreciably affected\nthe work load of the staff. The general responsibilities and duties of the Department continue to expand year by year commensurate with the enlarging activities of\nthe municipalities. It is clearly evident that the Department is playing an increasingly important role as a major service function of the Provincial Government.\nI would again express, on behalf of the Department and myself, our thanks\nto all municipal officers for their continued courtesy and assistance, to the members\nof the executive and the staff of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, to\nthe executive of the Municipal Officers' Association, and to departmental heads\nand staff of the other departments of government. I am especially grateful to you,\nSir, for your continued direction, confidence, and encouragement.\nJ. E. BROWN, F.C.I.S.,\nDeputy Minister.\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963 BB 13\nREPORT OF THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER AND\nDEPUTY INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES\nVictoria, B.C., February 10, 1964.\n/. E. Brown, Esq.,\nDeputy Minister of Municipal Affairs.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094As anticipated, the expansion and active growth evident in the municipalities over the past several years continued during 1963. Total revenues,\nincluding those of utilities of all municipalities, exceeded $220,000,000 in 1962.\nDuring that year slightly more than $48,000,000 was expended on capital works,\npart of which was financed by debenture loan and part by capital expenditures out\nof revenue. It seems evident that this period of expansion and development of the\nvarious municipal services will continue for some time to come due to the demands\nmade by residents of the new urban communities.\nWhat should now perhaps be referred to as normal growth in the municipalities has continued over the past several years, although by pre-war standards it\nwould be considered extraordinary. This growth, plus the introduction of the\nMunicipal Commercial Vehicle Licensing Programme, has strained the administrative capacity of the Department to the limit. The general administration of the\nprogramme, which is the responsibility of the Department, consists of having the\nlicence and exempt plates manufactured, determining the requirements of each\nmunicipality and arranging for the allotment of plates. Pursuant to the requirements\nof the Municipal Act, the proceeds from the sale of commercial-vehicle licences by\nthe municipalities are remitted to the Inspector of Municipalities and later distributed on a per capita basis. Records must be maintained of the serial numbers\nof the licence and exempt plates supplied to each municipality and as issued by the\nmunicipal licence inspectors. Proceeds from the sale of licences have exceeded\n$600,000 to date for the licence-year which ends on February 29, 1964.\nBecause of the pressure of other work caused by the introduction of the motor-\nvehicle licensing programme as well as other features, a number of the normal\nactivities of the Department were curtailed or altered. Among these was the\npolicy, which has been in effect for some years, of having a senior member of the\nDepartment visit each municipality at least once during the year, which we were\nnot able to carry out this year. However, with certain adjustments to the work\nload we expect that this and other problems will be more satisfactorily met during\nthe coming year.\nA record of major activities of the Department during 1963 would include\nthe following:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1) One hundred and fifty-one visits were made to municipalities. The\nnumber of municipalities actually visited was 111, some receiving more\nthan one visit.\n(2) Two hundred and sixty-eight Minutes of Council were prepared and\nsubsequently approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.\n(3) One hundred and five certificates of approval for municipal loan by-laws\nwere issued.\n(4) Eighty-six debenture issues were examined and subsequently certified\nby the Inspector of Municipalities, consisting of 12,441 debentures of a\ntotal par value of $14,171,157.\n BB14\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n(5) Six hundred and ninety-two by-laws were examined and registered. Of\nthis amount, 79 were town by-laws, 607 were village by-laws, and 6 were\nlocal district by-laws. Many of the by-laws required advice and correspondence, resulting in resubmission in revised form.\n(6) Many draft by-laws and similar documents were submitted for review\nand comment, involving a considerable amount of correspondence.\n(7) Publication of the Annual Report of Municipal Statistics, which includes\nsome 30 different schedules.\n(8) Editing the financial and statistical returns of the municipalities to ensure\nconformity with statutory and other requirements. This phase of\nadministration involves considerable correspondence with municipal\nofficials and auditors.\n(9) Administration of the Municipal Winter Works Incentive Programme.\n(10) Administration of the Municipal Commercial Vehicle Licensing Programme.\n(11) Administration of the Municipal Development and Loan Act.\n(12) By correspondence and by personal visits to the various municipalities,\nencouraging the adoption of good financial, accounting, and administrative procedures.\nWe are continuing in our efforts to ensure that financial and other statistical\ninformation contained in the annual edition of Municipal Statistics is accurate and\non a comparable basis with prior years. In this regard I would like to acknowledge\nthe co-operation which we have continued to receive from the various municipal\nofficials and auditors in submitting financial and other statements promptly and in\nthe required form.\nThe Government of Canada has, for the sixth consecutive winter, provided an\nincentive for municipalities to undertake winter works for the relief of unemployment. The incentive, as in prior years, is the offer by the Federal Government to\npay one-half of the direct labour costs of approved projects of a capital nature.\nThe programme period for the current programme is November 1st to April 30th,\nwith a declaration of the Federal Government not to extend the programme as in\nthe previous years. There are no basic changes in the regulations or in the type\nof project which may be undertaken during the current programme except that\nwork cannot proceed until a project has been accepted by the Federal authority.\nIn past years, work could commence upon Provincial approval.\nThe Government of this Province has, in addition to the incentive offered by\nthe Federal Government, agreed to pay to municipalities 25 per cent of the approved\ndirect labour costs relating to accepted projects. In addition, the Province has\nagreed to pay a further 25 per cent of the wages of any person employed on an\naccepted project who has been continuously in receipt of welfare assistance from\non or before August 15, 1963, to the date of being engaged on the project.\nAn indication of the growth of the programme may be gained from the\nfollowing:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCost of Projects\nMan-days Work\nPayroll\n1959/60 as at January 15, 1960 \t\n1960/61 as at January 15, 1961 \t\n1961/62 as at January 15, 1962 \t\n$7,000,000\n20,000,000\n26,500,000\n25,000,000\n19,527,859\n183,000\n392,000\n426,000\n413,000\n413,210\n$3,000,000\n7,000,000\n8,333,333\n1962/63 as at January 15, 1963\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\n7,500,000\n1963/64 as at January 15, 1964 _\t\n7,979,178\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963 BB 15\nThese are estimated figures of the municipalities for the programme period.\nAs of January 15, 1964, approvals had been given to 451 projects, whereas the\ntotal number for last year's programme was 529 projects. It is anticipated that\nadditional applications will be received this year following the consideration of\nmunicipal budgets by the Councils in 1964.\nThe following tabulation gives a summary of the British Columbia municipalities participating in the Winter Works Programme as at January 15, 1964, according to the records of this office:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNumber of men 5,914\nMan-days work 413,210\nTotal cost of projects $19,527,859\nFederal share (payroll cost) $4,023,558\nProvincial share (payroll cost) $2,043,103\nMunicipal share (payroll cost) $1,912,517\nTotal payroll under offer $7,979,178\nNature and Total Cost of Projects\nWaterworks $4,132,568\nSewers 6,037,310\nDrainage 698,163\nRoads 2,228,664\nSidewalks 715,408\nBuildings 3,251,606\nParks 1,123,893\nOther , 1,340,247\nMunicipalities Participating Number of Accepted Projects\nCities , 27 Cities 178\nDistricts 24 Districts 133\nTowns 4 Towns 9\nVillages 33 Villages 84\nOther - 26 Other 47\nTotal 114 Total 451\nTable 1 shows the final summary of the Municipal Winter Works Incentive\nProgramme for the year 1962/63 as issued by the Department of Labour, Ottawa,\nand Table 2 indicates the same information for the current programme as at\nJanuary 10, 1964.\nIn September the Province agreed to administer the Municipal Development\nand Loan Act of Canada. This Act provides for the loaning of $400,000,000 to\nmunicipalities in Canada for acceptable capital projects which have not been\nincluded in the current budget plans of the municipalities or, if planned for, have\nbeen advanced at least a year in time. A further stipulation is that an accepted\nproject cannot be one which displaces another capital project during the period\nending March 31, 1966.\nThe Province in administering the Act examines all project applications and\napproves or rejects. The Province has been allocated $35,728,900 as its share of\nthe total amount. This represents a per capita share of the whole.\nAs at December 31, 1963, the following loans had been applied for, and\napproved by the Province on the date shown:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n BB16\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nDate\nMunicipality\nAmount\nPurpose\nNov. 12,\nNov. 21,\nDec. 2,\nDec. 9,\nDec. 9,\nDec. 10,\nDec. 16,\nDec. 17,\nDec. 17,\nDec. 23,\nDec. 23,\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\n1963\nGreater Vancouver Water District-\nGreater Vancouver Water District-\nDistrict of Central Saanich\t\nVillage of Merritt\t\nVillage of Valemount-\nDeep Cove Waterworks District-\nVillage of Golden-\nSouth Pender Harbour Waterworks District-\nDistrict of Terrace \t\nGreater Vancouver Water District\t\nCity of Victoria \t\nTotal..\n$527,000\n512,600\n34,000\n47,000\n74,717\n120,666\n261,305\n156,000\n200,000\n184,300\n28,600\nPumping-station.\nReservoir roof.\nMunicipal hall.\nSewer extension.\nWaterworks.\nWaterworks.\nWaterworks.\nWaterworks.\nMunicipal hall.\nWaterworks.\nLandscaping,\nCivic Square.\n$2,146,188\nThe first loan accepted by Canada under the terms of the Municipal Development and Loan Act was that for the Greater Vancouver Water District shown on\nthe list above.\nThe Department has continued the previous policy of stressing the importance\nof maintaining a programme to encourage the collection of current taxes. Some\nthought has been given toward legislative changes required for instalment payment\nof taxes. Any proposal suggested must meet the needs of the municipalities to have\noperating funds available throughout as much of the entire year as possible.\nChart 1, showing percentage tax collections for municipalities, reflects the\nresults of the programme of the past 10 years to improve tax collections. The\nresult in the case of villages is more spectacular, merely because of the general lack\nof effort 10 years ago on the part of village officials. The key is to look at outstanding taxes as a percentage of the current levy. Cities, districts, and villages all have\narrived at a more or less comparable level.\nThe percentage collection of current taxes in British Columbia municipalities\ncontinues to rank among the highest in Canada, while the percentage of arrears of\ntaxes is among the lowest.\nChart 2 indicates the trends in various financial aspects of municipal government compared to population and income.\nWith the evident prospects of industrial and commercial development in the\nProvince over the next decade, all municipal officers and all Councils should take\na hard look at the possible effects this development will have on the municipality.\nPlanning in advance for capital improvements is a vital necessity. Planning for\nland use is essential, or costly mistakes can result by misdirection of extensions of\nmunicipal works and services.\nIn this day and age a municipality without a chart for the future is headed\nfor trouble.\nJ. D. 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\u00C2\u00A3\ns p\n8\"B \u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\nrt 01 3?\n1 ap\nouortrty-iC^Hrtc\nrt u_\n;3;a;fl Pg o u o P a\ne o\nft a ft .3 -a y ,s -a\nft ft D, r/, \u00C2\u00AB- n- \u00C2\u00AB- \u00C2\u00ABi\nfl 3\n<\n<\n<\nmm\nCm\na\nUJ\nW\nZ\nJO\nrt\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963 BB 19\nM\n\u00C2\u00ABM Tt r- Tt r- rl\u00C2\u00A9cnoo es o en r- rtOTtoo rtOTto\\nS3\nencs encs encs encs cncS enen m cnen m enen in enen in\n31\nzi\ncn\nIh\n4U\n>\nZ\nO\n\u00C2\u00A3\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2o\nc^-^ jinmrirH i; III! 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Su\nt\ns\na\np.\nc\nH\n00 v\nA3 I ?\n-C cs y\n> VO U\n\"C a\n1\u00C2\u00B0\nQh\nrt)\nrt\n>\n1 *3 cn | TJ \u00C2\u00AB 1 TJ w\ncnUQ^ob^UQ\n21\nvo U\nC\nOv\nOn\nOv\nON\nOn\nOv\nON\nOV\nON\n BB20\nPERC\nCHART\nLEGEND\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nENTAGE TAX COLLECTIONS\ni.\n%\n96\n95\n94\n93\n93\n91\n90\n69\nPERCENTAGE OF CURRENT LEVY COLLECTED\n\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2jl\n\t\nK v \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -\n..........\n.-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\"j+*i\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>*\nS\n*>.\n^\"\"\"*\n>\n,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n/\n\t\n...\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\n/\n\u00C2\u00A3_\n.X\n,\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\"\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB.\n/\n,/\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2VS*N-\u00C2\u00BBWrtV.\n%\n13\n14\n13\nli\n11\n10\nOUTSTANDING TAXES AS A PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT LEVY\n.....\u00C2\u00AB\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\;\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2J\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0099\u00A6.\n\"'-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-..._\n\\n8\n7\n6\n5\n --\n->\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n*^\u00C2\u00BBv\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0]\n\\nH\n.-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0V\n^\n...-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n-A\n-. '\nh*.vj,:\n.*\u00C2\u00BB-**'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0n-\"\u00C2\u00ABj'-;\n*\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2...\n\t\n\t\n1933\n94\nS3\n16\n57\nsa\n59\n60\n61 ^ 63\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963\nBB21\nTRENDS IN FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT\nCOMPARED TO POPULATION AND INCOME\nCHART\nLEGEND\ni Population in millions\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094Total revenue in millions of dollars\nBuilding permits in millions of dollars\nDebenture debt in millions of dollars\n Maximum values taxable in hundreds of millions of dollars\n..-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Personal income in hundreds of millions of dollars\n30\n20\n33\n36\n30\n\t\na \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 a a a \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a\nr^-t.\n59\n60\n BB 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nREPORT OF THE DIRECTOR, REGIONAL\nPLANNING DIVISION\nVictoria, B.C., February 10, 1964.\nJ. E. Brown, Esq.,\nDeputy Minister of Municipal Affairs.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I am glad to report that interest in the community planning process has\ncontinued to increase in 1963 throughout the Province. One result of this is the\nformation of two regional planning areas in the Okanagan Valley. The South\nOkanagan Regional Planning Area encompasses the City of Penticton, the Villages\nof Oliver and Osoyoos, and surrounding unorganized territory, and the Central\nOkanagan Regional Planning Area includes the City of Kelowna, the District of\nPeachland, and the surrounding unorganized territory. Other groups of communities in the Interior are now investigating the feasibility of establishing such areas.\nThere is some apprehension that the Planning Boards will have direct authority to\ndeal with land-use control. This is understandable because in some other Provinces\nthis is the case, but the function of a Planning Board in this Province is still an\nadvisory one. This advice is important because the Board and its staff should be in\na position to see the land-use pattern as a whole and make recommendations to the\nresponsible authority, which will have a reasoned long-run approach rather than a\nshort-run approach of considering cases in an isolated way without thinking of the\nlarger community.\nThe Division's main interest continues to be the settled areas beyond the two\nlarge urban concentrations of Vancouver and Victoria. During the past year there\nhas been a marked increase in applications for a change of zoning in the community\nplanning areas. So far no statistical record of the number of applications has been\nkept, but it is estimated that about 100 were received, and, of these, 50 were given\nfinal approval. This number is in contrast to 17 applications received eight years\nago in 1955. It may be of interest to explain how applications for a change of zoning\nare processed. The owner of the property affected makes an application for a\nchange to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, usually through the local building\ninspector. The Minister receives a technical report, and where there is an Advisory\nPlanning Commission, their recommendation. The Minister then either approves\nthe application in principle or rejects it. When an application is approved in principle, a public hearing must be held before the Minister reconsiders this request.\nShould final approval be given, the change becomes a legal change of the zoning\nregulations when it is published in Part II of The British Columbia Gazette.\nThere is growing evidence that if there were an official community plan showing agreed future land uses, this problem of individual changes of zoning could be\nstudied in a better frame of reference. To this end, the Division is preparing plans\nfor future land use in two community planning areas and co-operating with the\nCapital Region Planning Board in another. The first plan for presentation will\nbe the area around Prince George, involving a population of around 9,000. The\narea is growing rapidly for its population, with 152 dwelling units built in 1963.\nThe plan will not be complex in comparison with some, but it will contain one\nessential ingredient\u00E2\u0080\u0094the extension of land uses for the future orderly growth of the\ncommunity. In North Saanich (Community Planning Area Number 5) a plan\nprepared by the Capital Region Planning Board will be presented after the people\nin the area have had an opportunity to study the proposals. A large number of\n REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1963\nBB23\nzoning and subdivision applications have been processed during the course of the\npreparation of the plan for an extensive area around Nanaimo. This region is a\nrapidly growing complex of land uses, and the knowledge of the area and the practical experience gained in dealing with such a variety of problems should yield a\nmore realistic and satisfactory pattern of land uses for the plan. It should also\nprovide valuable background as to the kinds of zoning and subdivision problems\nwhich are peculiar to the semi-rural urban fringe areas which characterize our\nCommunity planning areas. There is no doubt that the zoning and subdivision\nregulations written in the course of the preparation of the community planning\narea's plans presently being drawn will have wider application throughout all our\ncommunity planning areas within a few years.\nWe prepared last year a new set of mobile-home park regulations after consultation with officials in the Health Department, the Department of Recreation\nand Conservation, the Mobile Homes Manufacturers' Association, the Division of\nHousing in California, and others in the business of manufacturing mobile homes.\nSo far mobile-home parks have been unregulated, and there has been a growing\npublic prejudice against them. We feel, however, that in areas where there is a\nrapid and widely fluctuating population increase, such, for example, as large construction projects might cause, the mobile home provides a suitable means of\naccommodation for a necessarily transient population. It is not generally realized\nthat one out of four families in British Columbia moves each year. There is a\ntendency and pressure to only allow single-family housing in a community, but\nevery community needs a variety of housing. Regulations should not inhibit the\nvarious kinds from being developed as long as overcrowding of land is not allowed\nand reasonable minimum health and safety standards are maintained.\nA set of camp-ground regulations has been prepared, and they will be recommended for adoption in those community planning areas as needed.\nInvestigation is continuing into the possibility of controlling land use around\nairports and on flood plains. Three commercial zones were created in Highway\nPlanning Area Number 1, and I feel that this area is doing much to protect the\ncapacity of the Trans-Canada Highway in Columbia Electoral Riding.\nThe value of construction in the community planning areas in 1963 totalled\n$22,035,210. This represents an increase over last year's figure of 27 per cent.\nThe value of construction, number of dwelling units, and the population of the\ncommunity planning areas are shown on the following table:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n BB24\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nDwelling\nUnits\nBuilt,\n1963\nDwelling\nUnits Built\nsince Areas\nEstablished\nTotal Value\nof AU\nConstruction,\n1963\nApproximate Population of\nArea, 1961\nCommunity Planning Area Number 1 (around Kelowna) _\nCommunity Planning Area Number 2 (around Vernon)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 3 (View Royal) _\nCommunity Planning Area Number 4 (Langford-Metchosin)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 5 (North Saanich)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 6 (around Nanaimo)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 7 (around Prince George)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 8 (around Kamloops)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 9 (around Quesnel).\nCommunity Planning Area Number 10 (Connaught Heights,\nD.L. 172, next to New Westminster)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 11 (around Alberni)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 12 (around Dawson Creek)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 13 (Woodhaven near loco)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 14 (north of Campbell\nRiver to south of Courtenay)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 15 (around Fort St. John)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 16 (Sicamous)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 17 (Fort Nelson)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 18 (West Bench, near\nPenticton) (subdivision regulations only)\nCommunity Planning Area Number 19 (Hudson Hope)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 20 (Crooked River, 60\nmiles north of Prince George)\t\nCommunity Planning Area Number 211-\n229\n52\n19\n122\n36\n275\n135\n151\n15\n1\n3\n4\n136\n42\n7\n1\n31\nCommunity Planning Area Number 22 (Chase)..\nOthers\t\n1,533\n512\n514\n207\n548\n2,076\n1,060\n1,010\n204\n71\n10\n232\n36\n263\n193\n13\n33\n35\n2\n16\n68\n$3,494,296\n857,094\n312,700\n1,673,970\n607,310\n3,023,972\n1,649,210\n4,109,466\n133,010\n23,900\n39,000\n116,028\n154,260\n3,704,719\n516,023\n156,666\n628,639\n656,608\n950\n177,389\nTotals-.\n1,275\n8,636\n$22,035,210\n10,000\n4,600\n3,400\n11,200\n3,300\n14,000\n9,200\n6,500\n500\n1,450\n200\n1,800\n400\n13,400\n3,400\n1,000\n2,500\n200\n700\n10\n1,000\n88,760\ni Community Planning Area Number 21 has been incorporated as the Village of Chetwynd.\nTotal value of all construction to date, $116,460,790.\nThe 1960 National Building Code was adopted in all the community planning\nareas. In addition, the Code has had a widespread acceptance, and we have given\nassistance to villages in the drafting of by-laws for its adoption. A shorter form of\nthe Code will be available shortly, and it is thought that this will prove most useful\nto smaller centres.\nThe Division has been active in promoting the training of building inspectors,\nand a correspondence course for this purpose is now being prepared by the National\nResearch Council. It is hoped that courses of training will be coupled with a programme of certification of building inspectors to make for improved standards of\npublic service in this important and growing field.\nDon South, M.T.P.I.C,\nDirector, Regional Planning Division.\nPrinted by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1964\n1,060-264-4320\n"@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1964_V02_19_BB1_BB24"@en . "10.14288/1.0363996"@en . "English"@en . 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