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Refers to B.01 Regular Meeting November 28, 2011 Smart Meter Moratorium Motion Tally List

Current Tally: 23 A growing number of responsive and proactive B.C. Municipal and City Councils are passing motions for moratoriums on mandatory installation of B.C. Hydro's wireless "Smart" Meters: Moratorium Request for Be City Councils

"According to Bill 23-2008 of the Public Health Act, section 83 (1), a municipality must take action when it learns of something that could be harmful to its residents. It must notify the Minister of Health or take immediate action. At its June 27 Council meeting, the City of Colwood, B.C. passed a motion to write to the Minister of Health and, due to the potential for wireless smart meters to cause harm or to compromise security, request a moratorium on mandatory installations of wireless meters. The Council also requested that concerned residents.be offered safer alternatiVes at no extra cost to them."

Given the health, privacy and security concerns associated with wireless· smart meters, we ask Mayors and Councils in each BC city and municipality to request the Minister of Health to order a moratorium on the mandatory installation of wireless smart meters until the major issues and problems are independently identified and are satisfactorily addressed.

Goal: 160 Municipalities

B.C. Councils who have considered the above request, and voted in favour:

1. .y 2. Central Saanich .y

1 3. Colwood ---J

4. Highlands District ---J

5. Invermere ---J 6. Islands Trust (Gulf Islands and Bowen Island)

7. Ladysmith ---J

8. Lake Cowichan ---J

9. Langley Township ---J

10. Merritt ---J

11. Metchosin ---J

12. ---J

13. ---J

14. North Cowichan ---J

15. North Saanich ---J

16. Parksville ---J

17. Qualicum Beach ---J

18. Regional District of Nanaimo ---J

19. Saanich ---J

20. Sechelt ---J

21. Silverton ---J

22. Victoria ---J

23. White Rock ---J To be continued ...

2 Moratorium on "Smart Meter" Reality Check

Municipalities in British Columbia are local governments incorporated by the province. In total, there are 160 municipalities in the province, covering over 85% of its population. They range from a 44 hectares (109 acres) village with fewer than 200 people, to a city of 578,000.

A municipality is created to allow acommunity to govern itself and to provide and regulate local services. These services typically include, but are not limited to, the provision of drinking water, sewers, roads, fire protection, streetlights, garbage/recycling collection, land use planning, building inspection, and parks. Municipal status

Within their limited jurisdictions, Municipalities are autonomous, responsible and accountable to their citizens and to the province. Their powers and responsibilities are regulated through the Local Government Act of British Columbia, the Community Charter, and, in the case of Vancouver, the Vancouver Charter. They have the power of a natural person, the power to expropriate, and the power to establish and enforce bylaws. They are able to raise funds through property taxes and user fees, and borrow through the Municipal Finance Authority to pay for services and capital costs.

Municipalities are governed by a mayor and council. These are democratically elected on the third Saturday of November every three years. The last municipal election occurred on November 15, 2008, and the next will occur on November 19, 2011.

Each municipality is a member of a Regional District to which their councils elect representatives. The Board of Directors of the Regional District is used as a forum to discuss regional issues.

3 Union of British Columbia Municipalities "The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) is an organization that has served and represented the interests of local governments in BC since 1905.

"In today's ever-changing world, where shifts in senior government policies, or in economic, social or political conditions, can have an immediate effect on local government, UBCM stands as a "listening post." UBCM initiates, monitors, interprets and reacts where such changes could have an effect on local governments and the communities they serve."

At the UBCM Conference in September, 2011, BC delegates voted 54% to 46% to support a moratorium on Smart Meters in British Columbia. , ...

List of 160 British Columbia Municipalities

Delegations to Mayors and Councils are helping to expedite the process of sending official requests to the Ministers in Victoria. Communities whose councils have formally requested moratoriums are highlighted below.

100 Mile House Abbotsford Alert Bay"'; Armstrong Ashcroft Barriere

4 Belcara Bowen Island and Gulf Islands (Islands Trust) ,j Burnaby Cache Creek Campbell River Castlegar Central Saanich ,j Chase Chetwynd Clearwater ,j Clinton Coldstream Colwood ,j Comox Coquitlam Courtney Cranbrook Creston Cumberland Dawson Creek Delta Duncan Elkford Enderby Esquimalt Fernie Fort Nelson Fort St. James

! , Fort St. John Fruitvale Gibsons Gold River. 5 · Golden. Grand Forks Greenwood Hazelton Highlands District'll Hope Houston Hudson's Hope Invermere'll Kamloops ' Kent Kimberley Kitimat Ladysmith'll Lake Country Lake Cowichan 'II Langford Langley City Langley Township'll Lantzville Lillooet ' Logan Lake Lumby Lytton Mackenzie Maple Ridge McBride Merritt'll Metchosin 'II 6 Midway Mission Montrose Nanaimov Nanaimo Regional District V Nelson New Denver v New Westminster North Cowichan V North Saanich V North Vancouver City North Vancouver District Oak Bay Oliver Osoyoos Parksville V Peachland Pemberton Penticton Pitt Meadows Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Edward Port Hardy Port McNeill Port Moody Powell River Prince George Prince Rupert Princeton Qualicum Beach V 7 Queen Charlotte Quesnel Revelstoke Richmond Rossland Saanich District ..j Salmo Salmon Arm Sechelt District ..j Sechelt Indian Government District Sicamous Sidney Silverton ..j Siocan Smithers Sooke Spallumcheen Sparwood Squamish Stewart Summerland Sun Peaks Surrey Taylor Terrace Tofino Trail Tumbler Ridge Ucluelet Vancouver Vanderhoof

8 Vernon Victoria V View Royal Warfield Wells West Vancouver West Kelowna Whistler White Rock V Williams Lake Zeballos

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