The full technical report

We've produced a full Technical Report on the work we've done to date, and we invite you to have a look. It includes all the material we've produced in the course of the study. It's quite large, so we've broken it up into chapters for this web version.

South Cowichan Services and Governance Study

Table of Contents
Summary and Conclusions
1. Introduction
2. Basic Characteristics
3. Local Services Under the Current Model
4. The Cowichan Valley Regional District
5. Other Local Governments
6. Property Taxes
7. Services Under a Municipal Model
8. Water Management and Protection
9. Summary of Local Service Powers
10. Municipal Boundary Considerations
11. Alternatives to Municipal Status
12. February 2009 Public Meetings
13. Stakeholder Meetings
14. Summary of the March 2009 Survey
15. The May 2009 Survey on Boundaries and Phase 2

Appendix 1: Q & A from February 2009 Meetings
Appendix 2: Comments & Questions from May 2009 Meetings
Appendix 3: Website Comments and Questions
Appendix 4: Results of the March 3009 Survey
Appendix 5: Newsletters ... Newsletter 1 (January 2009)
Newsletter 2 (May 2009)
Appendix 6: Maps of the Study Area

You can see a paper copy of the full report at the Mill Bay library and the Cowichan Valley Regional District

Study area basics

The current model

The municipal model

Alternate models

Mailers, reports, etc

Meetings and minutes

March survey results

The May 2009 survey