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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Comox Valley Record Friday 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… 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

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

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

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 Regional Growth Stats Incentives Bill 27 etc 2009 Comox Valley Learning Lunch Seminar Series An Integrated Watershed Approach to Settlement

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

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

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