New Climate Action, Housing and Smart Tourism committees are taking shape at the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
These committees will advise the Mayor and Council on matters related to three of the Council’s strategic priorities: Climate Action and Environment, housing and Strategy, and Smart Tourism.
Each committee will recruit members representing a cross-section of the community, elected officials and RMOW staff. In addition to members-at-large, the Climate Action and Environment Committee will include representatives from Whistler Blackcomb, AWARE and local Indigenous communities, while the Smart Tourism Committee will feature community leaders from different corners of Whistler’s business and hospitality sectors.
The new structure simplifies to see:
Strategic Planning becomes Housing and Strategy.
Transportation Advisory and Forest and Wildland Advisory Groups become Climate Action and Environment.
Recreation and Leisure Advisory Group, Economic Partnership Initiative and Festivals, Events and Animation Oversight become Smart Tourism.
At a council meeting on April 19, the RMOW Mayor and Council approved the new Terms of Reference for each committee. A template was developed to create consistency in committees’ operations, outlining a clear purpose, roles and responsibilities for each committee and its members.
The new committees result from an ongoing, in-depth review of the RMOW’s Committee of Council Program. Among the long list of recommendations, the review called for a smaller, more efficient committee structure focused on Council priorities.