Public notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors for the Strathcona Regional
District may proceed with final passage and adoption of Bylaw No. 522, being Cortes
Island Dog Control Service Establishing Bylaw 2023, at its meeting of Wednesday, April
24, 2024 unless at least 10% of the eligible electors within Electoral Area B of the
Strathcona Regional District submit elector response forms not later than 12:00 noon on
Monday, April 15, 2024.

Bylaw No. 522 would establish a service and authorize the Regional District to implement,
by separate bylaw, regulations for the control of dogs within the boundaries of Electoral
Area B (Cortes Island) provided that the maximum amount that may be requisitioned
annually does not exceed the equivalent of $0.03 per $1,000 of hospital assessment
within the service area.

The number of eligible electors within the boundaries of Electoral Area B of the Regional
District has been fairly determined to be 961 and the number of valid elector responses
required to prevent the adoption of Bylaw No. 522 without first obtaining the assent of the
electors by voting is 97. Elector response forms must be in the form approved by the
Regional Board and may be obtained online at www.srd.ca/cortes-dog-control-aap or in
person at the Regional District office during regular office hours. Only persons who qualify
as electors within Electoral Area B (Cortes Island) of the Strathcona Regional District are
entitled to sign and submit an elector response form for this alternative approval process.

Further information regarding Bylaw No. 522 or this alternative approval process may be
obtained at www.srd.ca/cortes-dog-control-aap or by contacting the Regional District.

T. Yates,
Corporate Officer