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Land documents
CA CVIC Series CRS-260 · 1858-1956
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of records dealing with land sales including conveyances, deeds, mortgages, and land and Crown grants.
The documentation traces the history of ownership of various properties until they come into the possession of the Corporation of the City of Victoria.
The City acquired ownership of many of these properties for the purpose of rights of way for sewer, paths etc., the creation or extension of roads, or for public schools. City properties acquired for other purposes include the BC Agricultural Association lands at Willows in Oak Bay, the proposed cemetery at Ogden Point and Ross Bay Cemetery. Copies of various Crown grants such as the James Bay mud flats, Mt. Douglas and Beacon Hill Park are also included.
Arranged by property or section

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Special reports and projects
CA CVIC Series CRS-263 · 1884-1939
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series includes of correspondence, reports, contracts, agreements, tenders, specifications, and resolutions apparently removed by the City Clerk's Office and retained in groupings by topic. Material pertains to public utilities, transportation, and the B.C. Electric Railway Company (1938-1939); the Victoria and Sidney Railway 1892-1906); and the Songhees Indian Reserve (1884-1906).
Series forms part of earlier City of Victoria Archives' "Series IV, Special Reports and Projects," for which an item list is available

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-275 · 1901
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of the minutes of the Celebration Committee and its various subcommittees during its efforts to commemorate the 1901 May 24th (Victoria Day) celebration. Includes minutes, newsclippings, and advertisements.
Part of accession 98104-03

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-279 · 1906-1908
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of the minutes of this committee of Council.
During 1907 known as the Streets, Bridges, and Sewers Committee and, during 1908, as the Streets, Bridges, Sewers, and Water Committee

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-28 · 1926-1962
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks, bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942 to 1952

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-281 · 1951-1956
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a register of applications to Council for rezoning land. Includes information on the application number, date, street, legal description of property, nature of the rezoning applied for, name of the applicant, and whether or not the application was approved.
Indexed numerically by application number and alphabetically by name of applicant

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-286 · 1985-1995
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of an index to the Committee of the Whole. Although the minutes of this committee of Council have not been transferred to the Archives, they can nonetheless be accessed through City Hall

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-287 · 1988-1995
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of an index to property-related items discussed by Council or Committee of the Whole or both. Includes street name and number, nature of the discussion (heritage designation, strata conversion, and so forth), file number, the date the item went to Committee of the Whole or Council, and its status (approved, declined, tabled, etc).
Indexed alphabetically by street name for each year.
Includes a complementary index to Advisory Planning Commission applications for 1988-1991 indexed numerically by application number

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CA CVIC Series CRS-29 · 1951-1971
Part of City of Victoria fonds

This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly to City Council (the others being the Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse, and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development. Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities Committee

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Polling records
CA CVIC Series CRS-292 · 1932-1967
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series includes declarations of result of polls, vote counts, alphabetical divisions of polls, supply lists, and notes created in the course of administering elections and referenda

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Bylaws
CA CVIC Series CRS-3 · 1862-2000
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of local laws and regulations passed by City Council to control, regulate, and administer affairs within its jurisdiction. The original bylaws are stored in City Hall, but bound duplicates of most of them are located in the Archives. Although some of the originals are missing, many of them can be found among the bound versions. Only those bylaws located in the Archives are included in the file list.
Registered bylaws are those that have been signed and sealed as certified copies of the originals.
For individually bound budget estimates bylaws, see CRS 243

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CA CVIC Series CRS-30 · 1948-1965
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of papers pertaining to the planning of City social events, including an official centennial dinner and the plans for a retirement party for long-time City Clerk, Frank Hunter

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CA CVIC Series CRS-32 · 1962-1970
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of the records of this agency, which was formed to oversee the planning and development of parking facilities in the City of Victoria

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CA CVIC Series CRS-33 · 1972-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of agendas and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee included members from the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed include planning and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner harbour, the downtown economy, and housing development in the downtown area

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CA CVIC Series CRS-34 · 1957-1964
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of correspondence and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee was formed because the City of Victoria owned several parks within the boundaries of the Municipality of Saanich, the most notable being Mount Douglas Park. This committee was also known as the Victoria Saanich Mount Douglas Park Committee

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-35 · 1963-1970
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of minutes and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee was originally designed to deal with the Capital Region sewerage issue. The title and probably the responsibilities of this committee have changed. This committee has also been known as Engineers Technical Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, and Regional District Technical Committee

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-36 · 1951
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of mainly of the minutes of this City Council committee. Includes minutes from two meetings of the Greater Victoria Transportation Committee, one in 1951 and one in 1952. Also includes copies of agendas for the last half of 1951 that were originally filed with the City Clerk for information

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Buildings Committee minutes
CA CVIC Series CRS-38 · 1951
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of one sheet containing minutes 51-17 to 51-20 from the meeting of 15 August 1951.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Building Committee, see CRS 140

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Committee reports
CA CVIC Series CRS-4 · 1885-1956
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of reports to City Council by various committees. Prior to the implementation of the committee system in 1885, ad hoc committees were common, and their reports were recorded in the Council minutes (CRS 1).
The reports began to be numbered in 1891. These numbers were used as references in the indexes: the record of reports of committees (CRS 5) and the topical indexes (CRS 15). A chronological item-level descriptive list provides some subject access to the reports for 1885 to 1892.
There are gaps in this series for the first half of 1887, the first half of 1888 and all of 1890

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CA CVIC Series CRS-40 · 1961-1962
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a list of the officers of the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society, 1962 and a report of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate possible projects to celebrate the 1962 Victoria centennial

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk