Community Heritage Commission
Membership: 10 members, including 7 citizen appointees
Length of Term: 2-year term
Meetings: Monthly, the first Wednesday. No meeting in August
Mandate: The purpose of the Community Heritage Commission will be to identify and advise the Council of the City of New Westminster on heritage issues within the City, particularly with respect to Part 15 of the Local Government Act. The role of Community Heritage Commission is to advise Council and staff on matters related to the City’s heritage program, including continuing public education and awareness of heritage, maintaining the City’s heritage register and heritage inventory, supporting the conservation of heritage resources, implementing policies to protect heritage resources, monitoring of identified heritage resources and the heritage program, promoting and enhancing City owned heritage resources, and requesting expenditures for heritage purposes, with Council approval.
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