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Development of Land Nicola Lake IR#1 Lot 87 (previously Lot 84) Designation In the Beginning The UNB Chief & Council has given direction to the Band Administrator to proceed with a Designation to lease land The Band Administrator

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Development of Land Nicola Lake IR#1 Lot 87 (previously Lot 84)

Designation

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In the Beginning

The UNB Chief & Council has given direction

to the Band Administrator to proceed with a Designation to lease land

The Band Administrator has given direction to

the UNB Lands Department to initiate the Designation

It takes at least one year for a Band to

complete a Designation

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What is a Designation?

“designation” means the conditional or unconditional

surrender that is not absolute by a First Nation to Her Majesty of any right or interest of the First Nation and its members in all or part of a reserve, for the purpose

f the reserve land being leased or a right of interest

therein being granted as permitted under subsection 38(2) of the Indian Act

In other words; the reserve land remains reserve land

but it can be leased out legally to external proponents

Examples of Designated Reserve lands of other Bands

will be provided at the information presentations

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What is a referendum?

A vote to determine if the members are in

favour of the intended use of the land

At least one information meeting for Band

members must be held prior to the referendum

Must include off-reserve members
The Minister of Indian Affairs will appoint an
fficer to oversee the referendum and certify

the results

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History of this venture

Documentation from 2005 – Band Council

Resolution (BCR) dated June 29, 2005

Survey request 2006
Hydro line was installed in 2006
Land Encumbrance check to Indian Affairs in

2006, referring to “Quilchena Terrace”

BCR dated February 28, 2007 requesting a

referendum

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Terms of the Designation

99 year designation
Headlease with subleases
Development Corporation to hold Headlease

for the Band

Almost 400 acres to be designated (all of Lot

87)

Will be a General Designation

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What are we required to do?

Environmental Assessment (EA)
Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA)
Appraisal
Obtain legal advice
Legal Description of land – survey
Information to members
Referendum – a vote by membership

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What will we build there? Ideas:

Light industrial
Hotel / resort
Solar farm (Upper Nicola Band Development

Corporation 200 acres)

Houses
Recreational projects
Retail stores
Businesses
Any other ideas?

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What are the benefits?

Jobs
Development of businesses
Water and sewage
Taxes
Lease revenue

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When?

The AIA, EA, survey, and Appraisal being finalized.
Once these are done we create an Information

Document for Band members – end of July 2017.

INAC, along with our legal advisor, creates a

Designation Document – July 2017.

The Designation Document then gets sent off to

the Justice Dept. at INAC to review and approve by the end of August 2017.

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When continued

Information meetings will be held for Band

members in August, September and October 2017

The Referendum date is planned for October 30,

2017

INAC will be in charge of the referendum and the

voting process

We are hoping to have a conceptual drawing of

the development for the Information Meetings

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