ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE re PUBLIC LANDS

1. Does the public land have environmental, heritage, natural, cultural, social, historic, scientific, aesthetic, ecological or indigenous value? If so, detail relevant values.

2. (a) Is the public land capable at present or in the future of having a value or use that benefits the public? Identify benefits.
(b) Are there any public benefits from sale out of the public domain or alienation from the public by lease? Identify benefits.
(c) Do the benefits to the public identified in 2(a) above outweigh any public benefits identified in 2(b) above? Provide analysis and reasons.

3. If the answer to either 1 or 2(c) above is yes, then the public land is significant and should remain in public ownership and control.

Refer to The Charter adopted on 12 September 2001 paragraphs 3 and 4.