Performance Reporting — Continued

Core Business: Effective Local Government, Aboriginal and
Women's Services

Goal 1: Open, accountable and financially responsible local government.

Objectives:

1. To deliver the Community Charter.
2. To ensure that communities have safe drinking water and appropriate sewage treatment.
3. To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the local government and public library systems.

Performance Measure	Target 2002/03	Actual 2002/03
Introduction of Community Charter legislation
• White paper including draft of Community Charter Phase 1	• Spring 2002 legislative session	• A white paper, A Community Charter: A new Legislative Framework for Local Government was released in May 2002.
• Introduce Phase 1 legislation that will deal with the day-to-day operations of municipalities	• Complete	• Bill 14, the Community Charter was introduced into the legislature on March 11, 2003.
Number of sewer and water system projects approved under the Canada/BC Infrastructure Program. Baseline: 60	75	82
% increase in population served by appropriate water systems Baseline: 50%	10% over five years	10% improvement in water and sewer systems is expected to be achieved over five years as new systems come on line. This represents an improvement for 400,000 people or about 10% of the provincial population of 3.9 million.
% increase in population served by appropriate sewer systems Baseline: 70%	10% over five years
% of municipalities meeting ministry financial tests of viability: • no deficit • no default on loan Baseline: 100%	100%	100%

Other achievements for which targets were not set in the Service Plan for 2002/03:

• The Local Government Department provided assistance leading to two major incorporation decision votes: Salt Spring Island voters rejected incorporation; Lantzville voters approved it. The District of Lantzville Letters Patent was subsequently developed and given approval by Cabinet.
• The Municipal Boundary Extension Criteria document was completed and released. This responded to significant demand on the part of local governments and the public to document these initiatives. The department also provided funding and assistance for nine restructure studies. Restructure is a generic term for any major change in the structure of a local government such as incorporation of a new municipality, or the inclusion of a significant population and rural territory into its boundary.
• The Capital Regional District board gave third reading to its Regional Growth Strategy, and the board of the Fraser Valley Regional District gave first reading to its Regional Growth Strategy. These significant milestones were reached following several years of collaborative effort amongst local governments and provincial agencies, with financial and organizational support from the Local Government Department.