Underfunded 51 community requests and Town projects. $3,483,954 asked or
budgeted, $691,000 given.
Seniors & accessibility (5) Item Amount Got Status Robust accessibility plan Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Accessibility action plan Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Seniors Activity Centre expansion and needs assessment Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $30,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Better access to the foreshore (planning) Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $15,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Dementia-friendly community Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $5,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Total $150,000 $0
Kids & families (5) Item Amount Got Status Qualicum Commons repairs Community centre in the former elementary school: daycares, a school for neurodivergent students, dance, therapists. Town directed $590,000 to maintenance (Mar 2025, made public Oct 2025), then declined $1.5M–$2M in repairs (Apr 2026); lease extended one year $1.5M–$2M (estimate) $590,000 Cutkept open to June 2027 Saahtlam Park playground Town project. Moved from 2026 to 2028 by the Eaglecrest funding plan; kept there in the Dec 2025 budget (4–1, Westbroek opposed) $350,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Childcare centre fee waiver Asked by Qualicum School District $144,554 $0 Declined Youth and family retention strategy Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Kwalikum Secondary multi-purpose court Asked by Qualicum School District (Kwalikum Secondary) No amount stated $50,000 (for 2027) Postponed Total $544,554 $590,000
Housing (3) Item Amount Got Status Climate-ready design guidelines for new buildings Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $75,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Backyard suite (accessory dwelling) design template Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $30,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Ravensbourne affordable housing, phases 1 and 2 Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 ($10,000 in 2027, $10,000 in 2028) $20,000 $0 Postponedeach year, 1 year later Total $125,000 $0
Arts, culture & heritage (7) Item Amount Got Status The Old School House arts centre Asked by The Old School House (TOSH) Arts Centre $504,000 $50,000 Cut Visual Identity Refresh Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 ($20,000 in 2026, $50,000 in 2027, $50,000 in 2028) $120,000 $0 Postponedeach year, 1 year later Legion cenotaph Asked by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 $40,000 Moved to 2027 Postponed Land for a performing arts centre / cinema Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $30,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Retired fire Engine 2: care and use Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $10,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Heritage designation, Old Baptist Church Town project. Unfunded wish-list idea; moved from the 2026 to the 2027 planning session by the Eaglecrest funding plan Not stated $0 Postponedto 2027 planning Public art, including BC Hydro boxes Town project. Separate motion, Jul 2025 (4–1, Harrison opposed) Not stated $0 Postponedto 2027 planning Total $704,000 $50,000
Parks & environment (12) Item Amount Got Status Hamilton Marsh matching donations Asked by Hamilton Marsh purchase (Cllr Harrison’s motion) $500,000 No decision Postponed Biosphere Society: Leigh House rent Asked by Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Society $120,000 $48,000 Cut Park inventory prioritization plan Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $100,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Community Park needs assessment Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Bylaw to ban smoking in parks and trails Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $45,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Tree Protection Bylaw update Town project. Moved twice: 2025 to 2026 by the Eaglecrest funding plan, then to 2027 in Dec 2025 citing Eaglecrest workload (4–1, Skipsey opposed) $40,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Urban Forest Master Plan update Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $40,000 $0 Postponedto 2030 Controlling outdoor cats Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $30,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Climate mitigation actions Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $25,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Conservation area (OECM) management plans Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 ($10,000 in 2026, $10,000 in 2027) $20,000 $0 Postponedeach year, 1 year later Natural asset management Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $10,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Encourage fossil-free power equipment Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $10,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Total $990,000 $48,000
Infrastructure & safety (8) Item Amount Got Status St. Stephen's church parking lot Asked by St. Stephen's United Church $100,000 $0 Declined Fire Department Strategic Plan Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Uptown mobility study, phase 2 Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $50,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Parking management strategy Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $42,000 $0 Postponedto 2027 Encroachment policy review Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $30,000 $0 Postponedto 2028 Commercial centre delivery hours Town project. Moved by the Eaglecrest funding plan, Jul 2025 $20,000 $0 Postponedto 2029 Wayfinding signage, phase 1 Town project. Dropped from the Dec 2025 budget after no progress in 2025 (unanimous) $3,100 $0 Postponeddropped; back to 2027 planning Water pipe renewals Town project. Staff, Nov 2025: water reserve savings are too low, so required renewals were deferred Not stated $0 Postponedto future years Total $295,100 $0
Amount is what a group asked for, or what the Town had budgeted for its own project.
“Not stated” means no dollar figure appears in the Town’s records. Town projects include all 33 strategic
initiatives the Eaglecrest funding plan pushed back on July 23, 2025, “or until the Strategic Initiatives Reserve is
replenished from subsequent property sales.”
Behind the infrastructure numbers Water pipes. Town staff wrote in November 2025 that yearly savings for water pipe replacement are
“currently insufficient,” and that required renewals “have been deferred to future years.”
Buildings, drainage, vehicles and roads. The same report says the reserve for replacing these is
underfunded compared with what needs renewing.
Eaglecrest Drive. Replacing an old asbestos-cement water main and a storm main there is a
$2,863,000 project. In June 2026 Council applied for a federal grant. Construction is planned for 2028.
Seacrest Place. In January 2025 Council moved other capital projects back to pay $2,581,000
for slope repairs. The minutes don’t list which projects moved.
To be fair: water pipes are paid for from the Town’s separate water utility budget. None of the
Eaglecrest purchase money came from it.
Sources: Committee of the Whole agenda and scoping sheets, Nov 12, 2025 (PDF, opens in a new tab) ; Special Council minutes, Jun 29, 2026 (PDF, opens in a new tab) ; Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (PDF, opens in a new tab) ; Regular Council minutes, Jan 22, 2025 (PDF, opens in a new tab) . Staff quotes are from the golf club irrigation scoping sheet (Nov 12, 2025 agenda, p. 52).
Pushed back, then restored These were also moved to pay for Eaglecrest in July 2025, but later came back. They are not counted above.
Bus garage site: $1,000,000 put back in the 2026 budget (Dec 2025, 3–2).Pickleball courts, Town share: early approval for 2026 (Dec 2025, unanimous); waiting on the club’s share.Public works workplace modernization: back to $6M in 2027 and $6M in 2028 in the 2026–2030 plan; needs assessment under way. The Saahtlam Park playground, moved at the same time, is still in 2028.
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About these numbers
From the Town’s own minutes, agendas, staff reports and budgets. The headline counts 13 requests from
10 groups, including 3 still postponed; it leaves out the Hamilton Marsh motion, which came from a
councillor. The Eaglecrest figure is the Town’s full project budget to 2028, adopted July 15, 2026. Last checked
September 18, 2026.
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