Long-term Lease Agreement for Sandown Lands
The District of North Saanich and the Circular Farm and Food Society: Vancouver Island (Circular Farm) have agreed in principle to lease terms for the Sandown Agricultural Lands.
The draft agreement includes:
- Circular Farm will provide a range of programming and services on the Sandown Lands including:
- community gardens
- Farmpreneur Supported Incubator Plot program, to support emerging farmers
- water and soil sampling
- showcase for soil regeneration using managed intensive pasture grazing
- host workshops, events and programs
- Term (10 years): from the date of signing to December 31, 2030
- Funding: The District will provide funding to Circular Farm for the first three years:
- 2020 – $135,000
- 2021 – $125,000
- 2022 – $125,000
The District will be posting a Notice of Disposition of Land and Assistance for a period of two weeks followed by ratification of the lease agreement at a future Council meeting. View the draft lease agreement: northsaanich.ca/sandown
