Spectra
Energy
Steve Henderson, Manager, Community and Aboriginal Relations, and Joanne Metz,
Community Coordinator, from Spectra Energy Transmission, appeared before the
Board to provide information relating to Spectra's operations throughout the
region. Discussions focused on socio-economic opportunities, stakeholder outreach
programs and strategic giving programs. Other areas of discussion
included Public Awareness and Emergency Preparedness as well as Spectra’s new
Natural Gas System. Further information about their programs is available
online at spectraenergy.com.
Election
of CRHD & CCRHD Chair and Vice‐Chair
The Cariboo Regional Hospital District (CRHD) and the Cariboo Chilcotin
Regional Hospital District (CCRHD) elected their Chair and Vice Chair for 2013.
Area C Director, John Massier was re-elected as Chair while Vice‐Chair duties
will be carried out by Area H Director, Margo Wagner.
Solid
Waste Management Plan Update
The Cariboo Regional District endorsed the final draft of the Updated Solid
Waste Management Plan. The plan had recently been presented to the
municipalities of 100 Mile House, Quesnel and Williams Lake for their review
and to provide their comments and approvals. The Solid Waste Management Plan
will now be submitted to the Ministry of Environment for legislated approval
and final adoption by the province.
Area
B Director Initiative Funds Approved
The Board authorized up to $1,200 of Electoral Area B Director Initiative Funds
at the request of Director Dixon-Warren. The funds will be used for the
Area Director to attend the Central BC Agriculture Advisory Committee Workshop
in Langley on March 13.
Strategic
Wildfire Prevention Initiative Funding
The Cariboo Regional District will be applying to grant funding programs for
plan, prescription, demonstration and operational fuel mitigation projects in
2013.
The Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative (SWPI) is a suite of funding
programs managed through the Provincial Fuel Management Working Group –
including the First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS), Ministry of
Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations and the Union of BC
Municipalities (UBCM). The initiative supports communities to mitigate risk
from wildfire in the wildland urban interface. The wildland urban interface is
any area where combustible wildland fuels (vegetation) are found adjacent to
homes, farm structures, other outbuildings or infrastructure.
Detailed information about the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative funding
program and applications for funding can be accessed on the UBCM website at
NCLGA
Resolutions
CRD Directors discussed a number of potential resolutions for the North Central
Local Government Association's (NCLGA) annual general meeting and convention.
Topics under consideration include resubmission of an item regarding noxious
weeds rancher authority, moving heritage week to later in the year, impaired
driving, and taxation from the sale of pet foods to support animal protection.
The annual NCLGA event will be taking place in Quesnel May 1 – 3, 2013.
Next
CRD Board Meeting
Friday, February 8, 2013
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