COMMITTEEOF THE WHOLEMEETING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the District of Campbell River Council Chambers (Main Level), 301 St. Ann's Road, Campbell River, BC. The agenda presents the recommendations extracted from the reports that comprise the agenda background package. To request a copy of a specific report, please contact the appropriate department.
OPEN PORTION OF THE MEETING AT 7:30 FOLLOWING THE IN-CAMERA BUSINESS.
IN-CAMERA BUSINESS: "THAT Council move In-Camera under the authority of Section 90 (1) (a-o) of the Community Charter. " 1. DELEGATIONS: (a) Michael Dunn, Canadian Wildlife Service, presenting information on the Establishment of the Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area (MWA) and the Triangle Island - Ten Years of Research at British Columbia's Largest Seabird Colony Booklet - (circulated separately).
"THAT the Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area - Background Information - January 2004 and Triangle Island - Ten Years of Research at British Columbia's Largest Seabird Colony Booklet be received. "
(b) Michele Babchuk, Robron Committee Against School Closure Chairperson, 8 regarding the closure of Robron Middle School.
"THAT the correspondence received January 22, 2004 from Michele Babchuk, Robron Committee Against School Closure Chairperson, regarding the closure of Robron Middle School be received. " 2. MINUTES:
3. OTHER MINUTES:
4. CORRESPONDENCE:
5. MAYOR'S REPORTS:
6. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS: (a) January 19, 2004 Finance and Personnel Committee Report regarding Finance and 10 Personnel Terms of Reference.
"THAT Council adopt the Finance and Personnel Terms of Reference as 0 recommended by the Finance and Personnel Committee. " 7. STAFF REPORTS: Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, January27, 200 Page 2 A. Administrator: (i)Administrator's January 21, 2004 Report regarding Work Assignments for 2004 12 {and Council Follow-Up Report for 2003 (circulated separately)}.
"THAT Council receives the updated Strategic Plan for 2004 and the Council Follow-Up Report for 2003 as information. "
(ii) Administrator's January 8, 2004 Report regarding District Vision, Mission and 39 Principles.
"THAT Council review the attached vision, mission and principles statements which arise from their direction and discussions at the Strategic Retreat 2004 and upon refinement adopt same and incorporate them into the Districts Strategic Planning and Official Community Plan process. "
B. Community Services Division:
C. Municipal Services Division:
D. Corporate Services Division:
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
9. NEW BUSINESS:
10. INFORMATION:
11. ADJOURNMENT: "THAT the meeting be adjourned. "
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Establishment of the Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area (MWA) Canadian Wildlife Service - Pacific and Yukon Region Background Information - January 2004
Synopsis of the Initiative Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service is leading an initiative to establish a Marine Wildlife Area (MWA) in the marine waters surrounding the Scott Islands, off the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island (see accompanying map). This protected marine area would serve to safeguard the critical foraging area used by the seabirds that occupy the five islands that make up the Scott Islands. In recognition of the importance of these bird populations, the Scott Islands and the waters immediately surrounding them have been designated as Ecological Reserves by the British Columbia government. These islands, extending in a line westward from 10 to 46 km offshore of Cape Scott, sustain over two million breeding seabirds - the largest concentration of breeding seabirds in the eastern North Pacific south of Alaska, and the most important colony in British Columbia. The MWA Study Area also supports significant seasonal populations of pelagic bird species such as the Black-footed Albatross, an internationally listed species at risk.
A Marine Wildlife Area associated with the Scott Islands will be the first marine area designated under theCanada Wildlife Act.The MWA Study Area covers approximately 2,700,000 hectares, the majority of which is deep water west of the Pacific continental shelf and slope - this is approximately 6% of Canada's Pacific Coast marine area. The Study Area was identified after 20 years of extensive research collected throughshipboard observation surveys and four years of telemetry data tracking the foraging patterns of birds breeding on the Scott Islands. Triangle Island (Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve) is the largest and most diverse of the Scott Islands and has been a site for seabird ecological studies since the mid 1970s. The Canadian Wildlife Service and Simon Fraser University presently conduct a research and monitoring program from a station on the island.
The overall objective of a proposed Scott Islands MWA is to sustain the marine area's ability to support migratory seabird populations - minimizing, wherever possible, human threats or interactions that would have an impact on this ability. A MWA will help to protect rare and endangered species assemblages and enhance protection of seabird forage areas for such internationally, nationally and provincially significant species as Cassin's Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet and Tufted Puffin.
This initiative supports Environment Canada's responsibilities under theMigratory Birds Convention, Species at Risk Act,Canadian Conservation of Biodiversity Strategy, North American Bird Conservation Initiative, Important Bird Areas Initiative, draft BC Marine Protected Areas Framework, national and regional seabird plans, the Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy Program, and other legislation and cooperative initiatives. The Scott Islands MWA will also contribute significantly to the recent G8 countries' call for protection of marine ecosystems within their jurisdiction.
The Canadian Wildlife Service is presently undertaking discussions among interested parties and in communities to provide information, gather comments and confirm the process for working toward a Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area designation. This first step is a precursor to the subsequent consultation phase and is intended to build the dialogue and the preferred communications tools for that next phase. Further phases of this process will form part of a collaborative federal-provincial marine protected areas framework for British Columbia.
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Marine Birds of the Scott Islands Group Between March and September of every year the Scott Islands support an estimated 2.2 million breeding seabirds, the densest congregation of breeding seabirds in the eastern North Pacific, south of Alaska. These colonies: Are the most important seabird breeding colonies on the Pacific Coast of Canada - in terms of both numbers and diversity; Are home to 13 species in numbers of global, national or provincial significance: Three in numbers of global significance (Cassin's Auklet - with as much as 55% of the global and 70% of the national population; Rhinoceros Auklet - 7% of the global and 12% of the national population; and Tufted Puffm - 2% of the global and almost 90% of the Canadian population); and Eight in numbers of national significance (Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Leach's Storm-petrel, Pelagic Cormorant, Brandt's Cormorant, Black Oystercatcher, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, and Pigeon Guillemot); and Two in numbers of western Canadian significance (Thick-billed Murre - the only known site in Canada where the Pacific population nests; and Horned Puffin - with less than 25 pairs in British Columbia).
The marine waters surrounding the Scott Islands group support significant seasonal populations of non- breeding pelagic bird species, such as Sooty Shearwater, and Black-footed Albatross - an internationally listed species at risk. Large numbers of migrating and wintering seaducks, such as White-winged Scoter, also frequent the area.
Most of the region's seabirds feed on fish (sandlance, rockfish and others) or zooplankton (euphausiids, copepods) in the marine waters over a wide area surrounding the islands.
Species at Risk The Scott Islands MWA will offer enhanced protection, directly or indirectly, to the following nationally listed species and species of concern at the provincial level: Nationally Listed Species(COSEWIC) Marbled Murrelet - Threatened Orea whale (resident North Coast) - Ancient Murrelet - Special Concern Threatened Blue Whale - Endangered Sea Otter - Threatened Sei Whale - Endangered Short Tailed Albatross - Threatened Fin Whale - Special Concern Pink footed Shearwater - Status in progress Orca whale (offshore) - Special Concern (May 2004 COSEWIC) - Red listed Orca whale (transient West Coast) - Peregrine Falcon (anatum) - Threatened Threatened
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Provincial Species of Concern in the Scott Islands Group' Homed Puffin - Red listed - Scott Cassin's Auklet - Blue listed - Scott Islands breeder Islands breeder Pelagic Cormorant (pelagicus) - Red Red-necked Phalarope - Blue listed - listed - Scott Islands breeder migrant Brandt's Cormorant - Red listed - Scott Buller's Shearwater - Blue listed - Islands breeder migrant Common Murre - Red listed - Scott Flesh-footed Shearwater - Blue listed - Islands breeder migrant Thick-billed Murre - Red listed - Scott Laysan Albatross - Blue listed - Islands breeder Northern Sea Lion - Red listed - Scott Tufted Puffin - Blue listed - Scott Islands breeder Islands breeder
Future Management of the MWA The full protection of marine birds in a Scott Islands MWA will only be achieved through the cooperatively applied authorities of the federal and provincial governments and participation of First Nations. In addition, the ongoing participation of stakeholders and interested parties will be necessary in the management of the day-to-day activities that occur in the MWA. Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service) has a tradition of working in partnership with stakeholders to attain conservation objectives. The final determination of a MWA will be within the context of a shared federal and provincial marine protected area framework for coastal British Columbia.
A Protocol on Cooperation and Understanding, involving the Tlatlatsikwala First Nation, Canadian Wildlife Service and the British Columbia provincial government, is currently being negotiated. The Protocol will set out roles of the parties in working cooperatively to achieve mutual interests in the management of seabird populations and their habitats.
Fisheries in the Scott Islands MWA Study Area include halibut, rockfish, and trawling for groundfish and shrimp. A cooperative management regime for the Scott Islands MWA will include identification, with DFO and related agencies, of any necessary measures to address fisheries related concerns affecting seabird conservation.
There has been significant recent interest in reviewing the long-standing moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration - with a view to possible development of British Columbia's offshore oil and gas resources. Federal and provincial oil and gas permit holders - established prior to the moratorium - exist within the Scott Islands MWA Study Area. Exploitation of marine minerals is another potential future resource extraction activity in the region.
Some of the other uses of the MWA study area include shipping and transportation, recreation and tourism activities. The primary threats to seabirds around the Scott Islands group are oil spills from marine shipping traffic or incidents, and other human activities in the marine environment. Seabird breeding
' British Columbia uses "Red and Blue lists" to sort species into groups with similar conservation risks. The Red list includes species that have been legally designated as Endangered under the provincial Wildlife Act, are extirpated, or are candidates for such designation. The Blue list includes species not immediately threatened, but of concern because of characteristics that make them particularly sensitive to human activities or natural events.
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E colonies are also threatened by the potential introduction of invasive alien species (such as mammalian predators) and disturbance from boaters. All the existing and potential uses within the Study Area will be assessed and this information will contribute to the final boundary delineation and cooperative management regime components of the MWA designation process.
Preparing the Way for Consultation on the MWA Canadian Wildlife Service is currently planning to hold information meetings in northern Vancouver Island communities, as well as in Victoria and Vancouver, early in 2004. The objectives of these meetings are to:
1) Provide information to interested parties and community members about the wildlife values of the Scott Islands MWA Study Area and the proposed process for establishing a MWA; 2) Provide an opportunity for input and feedback to Canadian Wildlife Service staff; 3) Establish an ongoing dialogue and develop the preferred communications tools for the consultative phase of a Scott Islands MWA establishment process; and 4) Identify interest in, and collect advice regarding, an advisory group to be established to develop recommendations on a boundary for the MWA and on the Scott Islands MWA cooperative management plan.
Further Information For further information concerning the proposed Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area process, contact: Greg Mallette Habitat Conservation Planner, Canadian Wildlife Service 6th Floor, 401 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3S4
Telephone: 604-666-8008 E-mail: [email protected]
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TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH AT BRITISH COLUMBIA'S LARGEST SEABIRD COLONY
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A Blackburn, Harry Penner. Henrik KNOWLEDGMENTS Osterblom, Holly Butler, Hugh Knetchel, Ian Jones, James Burns. Jasper Lament, We owe great thanks to financial and Jean-Francois Aublet, Jean-Francois Savard. logistical supporters who have contributed Jen Tusz, Jenny Rock, Jeremy Kendall, to thisproject. Theseinclude:Canadian Joanna Smith, Johanne Dussereault, John Wildlife Service, NSERC, Baillie Ryder, Julia Parrish, Kaj Kammp. Karen Foundation, Vancouver Foundation, Bober, Kathryn Lansley. Kerry Woo, Krista National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Amey, KristinCharleton,Laura Cowan, Administration(NOAA),NestuccaTrust Laura Jones. Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Fund,World WildlifeFund,Importan Bird Lori Barjaktarovic, Louis lmbeau. Louise Areas Community action fun (IBACAF), Blight, Lukas Keller, Lynn Lougheed, Mark Climate Change ActionFund(CCAF), Drever,MarkHipfner.MarkWinfield, Canadian Nature Federation, Science MarshaKleiv.MartinGrimm.Martin Horizons Program of Environment Canada, McNichol, Martina Schmidt, Michael Gill, CanadianCoast Guard(especiallythe Michael Wiley. Micheal Jaskiewicz. Mike o11 icers and crew of the Sir Wilfred Laurier, Toochin. Mitch Meredith. Moira Lemon, the 13artlett, and the Narwhal), Natasha Schorb. Nicola Benjamin, Richard BC MILP/BCMWLAP (especiallyMartin Poeklington. Rick Toochin. Robert St. Clair, Duick, IanMacLellan,Rik Simmons, and Ron Ydenberg. Roxana Tones Aviles. Sara 0 LindaPhillips),Bob Percheski of Cooper Elfvendahl, Scott Norris. Sharilynn E Air, West Coast Helicopters, Kees Vermeer, Wardrop, Sharon Dechesne. Shauna Gary Kaiser,SeanBoyd,Steve Shisko, Hawkins. Stephen Hureau.StuartSharp, Jason Komaromi, Michael Dunn, Kathleen Susanna Cerruti Sola.Suzanne Romain, Moore. JoanneHarrington,Connie Smith, Sylvia Humble, Tasha Smith, Tim Lash, BarbaraSherman,and Judy Higham. Tom Platte. Tonv Williams, UliSteiner, This project would not have been possible Valerie Lebrecque. Wendv Beauchamp, and without theskilland dedication of the Yolanda Morebv. researcher directors, project leaders, graduatestudents,fieldassistants, and LMT would particularlylike to thank Mark volunteers who worked on Triangle Island Hipfner for help with the text of thisreport. over the years: Alan Burger, Alison Agness, Alison Watt, Anders Kling, Andi Lonon, And lastly, we thank the birds. Andrew Lang, Anna King, April Hedd, Bill Sheehan,BoydPiper,BrettVanderkist, BrianCarter,BriannaNewton,BriAnne Addison,Carina Gjerdrum, Carolyn Yakel, CeciliaLougheed,ChrisChutter,Chris Schmidt.ChristinaCiesielski.Christine Adkins,ChristophRohner, CindyAnderson, Colleen Cassady-St. Clair, Dania Lemieux. DannyTyson,DavidIngram,Don Garnier, DonHack,DoriDick,Doug Bertram. Edith Albertz. Emanuela Brocato.Eric Davies. 0 FredCooke,GinnyCollins,Glen Keddie, E 1 GrantGilchrist,GregorYanega. Gwvli 11
2 TRIA.'"' LE ISLANDRESEARCH PRO E i993-2OC t E AkBLEOF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2 SUMMARY 4 BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION 5 WILDLIFE ON THE ISLAND 6
RESEARCH ON TRIANGLE ISLAND RATIONALE 7 NATURAL HISTORY OF PRIMARY SEABIRDS STUDIED
CASSIN'S AUKLET RHINOCEROS AUKLET TUFTED PUFFIN COMMON MURRE
RESEARCH PROGRAM AT TRIANGLE ISLAND
SEABIRD INTERACTIONS WITH THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM 9 LACK OF FORMAL PROTECTION FOR CRITICAL MARINE HABITAT 10 CLIMATE CHANGE 11 Seabird chick growth and breeding success 12 SEABIRD BYCATCH AND OILING 14
TRANSIENT AND RESIDENT SEABIRDS IN THE MARINE AREA 15
SEABIRD INTERACTIONS WITH THE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
MARKING THE POPULATION 17 COLONY CENSUS 18 PREDATION AND KLEPTOPARASITISM 18 RADAR AND TELEMETRY MONITORING 20
SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THIS REPORT 21 LITERATURE PRODUCED FROM RESEARCH ON TRIANGLE ISLAND 22 TRIANGLE ISLANDRESEARCH PROJECT 1993-2003
AMMARY
The Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve on Triangle Island, British Columbia, has a history of biological research dating back to the 1950s. and has been the site of intensive seabird research and monitoring every summer since 1994. Both because seabirds are long-lived birds, and because ocean processes operate on a large time scale, research projects studying seabirds provide the most useful information when carried out over the long-term. Short-term studies cannot address the complexity of the interactions between seabirds and their environment.Thus. itis anticipated that a research presence on Triangle Island will continue for many years to come. This report reviews the main scientific studies carried out on Triangle Island from 1994-2003.Cassin's Auklets. Rhinoceros Auklets, and Tufted Puffms, have been the main species studied at the colony.The main study projects on seabird behaviour, E breeding success, foraging ecology. and marine distribution, have been instrumental in L realizing that this colony and the surrounding marine area are crucial to the seabirds breeding in B.C., leading to the proposal for a marine wildlife area to protect waters and wildlife around Triangle Island and the other islands of the Scott Group. Researchers have put their seabird knowledge to good use in proposing the most biologically relevant area used by foraging seabirds. The Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Study Area reflects this understanding.
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CKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Triangle Island is one of British Columbia's most remote islands, 46 kilometers from Cape Scott.In every season, hurricane-force winds and driving rainstorms batter the island, but it affords no protection from these elements; it is steep-sided, rocky, snarled with salmonberry bushes, and generally inhospitable to people.Seabirds are not so finicky about a little bad weather, and show up every summer to use this island for their most delicate of tasks: raising chicks. Triangle Island is the most westerly of the Scott Island Group, an archipelago jutting off the northwest tip of Vancouver Island (bottom left).Triangle Island is the largest seabird colony in British Columbia and supports over a million breeding seabirds, including Rhinoceros Auklet, Tufted Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Leach's Storm Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Black Oystercatcher, and the world's largest colony of Cassin's Auklets. Naturally, this many seabirds attract attention, beginning with First Nations peoples, who once made summer trips to the island to gather food. The seabirds, mammals, and plants of the island were recorded by the B.C. Provincial Museum in 1950s. and the seabirds themselves have been studied since the 1970s. In 1971, the island was designated as an Ecological Reserve, and was
closed to the public,in order to protectits wildlife and their habitat.All of Scott Island
ProvincialParkisnow designated asan Important Bird Area.Researchers at Canadian Wildlife Service and Simon Fraser University
havejustcompletedtheirIO'hyear of a proposed 20-year study of seabirds on Triangle
Triangle Island, off the northwest tip of Island. Thisresearchiscrucialtothe Vancouver Island. B.C. conservationplan forthe Scott Islands
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Important Bird Area, providing information on the health and longevity of seabird populations. and the many important factors that affect the ability of these seabirds to raise chicks on Triangle Island.In addition to the island itself, the waters around the Scott Island chain are of overwhelming importance to breeding and transient seabirds, and have been chosen as the location for a marine wildlife area, for wildlife conservation and research. Research on Triangle Island will continue to be critical in monitoring the effects of a national Marine Wildlife Area on the seabirds there.
HISTORY OF PEOPLE LIVING ON TRIANGLE ISLAND
Evidence of First Nations' historical inhabitance on Triangle Island include this petroglyph (left), and a large midden containing the bones of seabirds, marine mammals and seashells. Much later, a light station E (right) was built on top of the island. The light was too high for ships to see through the fog, and the winter weather was severe enough to terrorize even the most seasoned Iightkeepers, so after only 10 years of service (1910-1920), the station was dismantled. Since its designation as an Ecological Reserve, human visitation to the island is strictly regulated, and permission must be obtained before landing there.
WILDLIFE AT THE ISLAND
A variety of birds make Triangle Island their home. In addition to the seabirds already mentioned (above). common landbirds seen on the island are Northwestern Crows, Common Ravens_ Song and Fox Sparrows, and Winter Wrens.The island supports several pairs of nesting Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons.Many forest birds and shorebirds use Triangle Island as a stop-over point in their spring and fall migration, and more than 80 species have been recorded on the island and nearby waters. Few species of mammals inhabit the island. Keen's mice and Townsend`s voles are the only native terrestrial mammals. Domestic rabbits are now plentiful, after being introduced to the island by lighthouse keepers in the early 1900s. The island provides important breeding sites for harbour seals and Stellar's sea lions, and for a few California 0 sea lions. The Stellar's sea lion rookery at Triangle Island is the largest in Canada, and
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since alarmingpopulation declines in parts of Alaska in recent decades, the second largest in the world. A few immature elephant seals loaf on the beaches every summer; and Orcas, Humpback, Grey, and Minke whales, Pacific White-sided dolphins, Harbour porpoises, and sea otters, have all been seen passing by within sight of the island. The ocean and tidal zone around the island is teeming with life. Many species of invertebrates (eg. shellfish, crabs, urchins, sponges), algae, and seaweed are found in the intertidal and subtidal zone around the island.Rockfish, halibut, surfperch, ling cod, greenling, sculpin, and many other fishes swim in the waters around the island.
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RATIONALE The Centre for Wildlife Ecology, located at Simon Fraser University. directs the current research program on Triangle Island. The Centre for Wildlife Ecology comprises a group of people from both Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Wildlife Service, who try to do two things:l) conduct biological research, to learn more about the ecology, behaviour, physiology, and population dynamics of organisms: and (2) use this research to make better decisions about the best way to maintain these organisms in the environment. with the help of conservation, management. and/or regulatory policies created by the federal or provincial governments. Triangle Island is a perfect candidate for our research program: itis a wonderful place to do novel seabird research. and because itis home to an internationally significant seabird colony. policies to protect it 71 are critical.
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Seabirds are long-lived, so the research and monitoring must be conducted for long enough to understand how populations change over time.Triangle Island has the most extensive time series data for the region, spanning three decades.However, the current seabird monitoring program was established at Triangle Island in 1994 by the Centre for Wildlife Ecology.Its aim is to determine how populations of seabirds are affected by the highly variable marine environment.Achieving this goal requires the collection of data on a variety of seabird species that eat a wide variety of prey, over a number of years.Basic elements of seabird biology are also studied by following individual seabird. We believe that a full understanding of processes observed at the population level requires knowledge about processes acting directly on individuals. Ultimately, our goal is to provide the information necessary to enable the Canadian Wildlife Service to achieve its long-term conservation objectives for marine birds.
NATURAL HISTORY OF PRIMARY SEABIRDS STUDIED
CASSIN'S AUKLET - This is a small (190 g), nocturnal, burrow-nesting member of the family Alcidae.It lays a single white egg, which the parents take turn incubating for about 38 days, until the egg hatches. Both parents return once each night to feed zooplankton to the chick, which they carry in a special throat pouch. The chick `sips' the bright pink, soupy zooplankton directly from the parent's throat.Once the chick reaches 45 days old,itleaves the burrow (or `fledges') to begin an independent life at sea.Triangle Island supports about 500,000 breeding pairs of Cassin's Auklets.
RHINOCEROS AUKLET - This medium-sized (500 g) alcid is nocturnal, nests in burrows, and eats fish.It too lays a single white egg, which is incubated underground in the burrow by both parents for about 45 days, until the egg hatches.Rhinoceros Auklet chicks are fed one billfull of fish. once a night; by each parent, until it is able to fledge at 55 days old.Triangle Island supports about 40.000 breeding pairs of Rhinoceros Auklets.
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E IV TUFTED PUFFIN -This large alcid (780g)is notable for its beautiful plumes (or tuffs) andlarge,brightly-colored bill. Tufted Puffins also nest in burrows in which a single white egg is laid, but unlike the nocturnal Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets, Tufted Puffins are active at the colony in the day. Both parents incubate the egg for about 45 days, until it hatches. Although the puffins mainly feed on large zooplankton, they deliver fish to the chick for 40 or more days.Triangle Island supports about 30,000 breeding pairs of Tufted Puffins.
COMMON MURRE - This is the largest alcid (I kg), and is notable for its loud, raucous cry and its densely-packed nest sites.These birds nest shoulder-to-shoulder, laying their eggs precariously on narrow cliffs and ledges. The parents take turns incubating the egg for 33 days. Because they nest in the open, not in burrows, one parent must stay with the chick at all times, to protect it from predators and aggressive neighbors.The other parent delivers fish several times a day, until the chick is about 21 days old and only one-quarter of adult size.With a spectacular sky-diving leap, the chick then leaves the colony, accompanied by its father, and finishes growing at sea.Triangle Island supports about 4,000 breeding pairs of Common Murres.
RESEARCH PROGRAM
SEABIRD INTERACTIONS WITH THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM
For conservation actions,itisnecessary to have currentinformation on seabird population status and reproductive performance, which can be used to differentiate between natural variation and human-induced effects that might affect the birds through the marine ecosystem.Although most of the research on Triangle Island focuses on seabirds breeding at the colony, much of it makes direct links between the seabird population and the marine ecosystem. Our core research program at Triangle Island helps to address conservation threats and issues judged to be top concerns for marine birds in the region. including: (1) lack of
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formal protection for breeding colonies and critical marine habitat; (2) climate change; (3) seabird bycatch and oil pollution.
(1) LACK OF FORMAL PROTECTION FOR CRITICAL MARINE HABITAT The Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area would be created primarily to protect key habitat, such as foraging habitat, for the huge numbers of seabirds that use these waters throughout the year. However, a critical information gap became apparent early in the process to designate a marine area: what are the foraging ranges of seabirds that breed on the Scott Islands? Where do they forage?
s To answer these questions, researchers placed radio transmitters on Cassin's Auklets (in 1999, 2000, and 2001) and Rhinoceros Auklets (in 2002) breeding on Triangle Island, in order to track them at sea, to determine where they were foraging. In 1999 and 2000, we found that Cassin's Auklets were 50-75 km southwest of Triangle Island, off the continental shelf break and in very deep water (see diagram below).In 2001, they foraged at similar distances but to the northwest of Triangle Island, again in very deep water. In 2002, the Rhinoceros Auklets foraged up to 80 km to the north of Triangle Island, on the shelf in waters just over 100 m deep. Importantly, without this information on foraging ranges and foraging locations, the original area of interest boundary around the Scott Islands proposed by the Canadian Wildlife Service was too small to encompass these critical foraging areas.With the help of radio telemetry, biologists were able to draw a boundary that included those foraging sites. and therefore, make the Marine Wildlife Area biologically relevant to the birds breeding on Triangle Island.
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(2) CLIMATE CHANGE Ocean temperatures vary both in the short term (within and among years), and the long term (over many decades). and in doing so dramatically affect the marine ecosystem. For example. the process of ocean warming called `El Nino'. occurring irregularly in the Pacific ocean every 2-7 years. influences climate and weather around the globe, and in doing so. has widespread influence on seabird populations.It is critical to understand how the ecology and populations of seabirds respond to ocean climate variability.This information will be vital to predicting and understanding how seabird populations might respond to Jong-term. anthropogenic climate change. Our approach to this issue has been to study adult survival and breeding success. adult body condition, chick diets and growth. We hope that these aspects of seabird biology provide better answers for how seabirds respond to ocean climate variability and to other ecosystem processes. Below. E
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we describe some studies that have helped us understand the link between ocean climate variability and seabird biology:
Seabird chick growth and breeding success.Since the mid-90s, seabird breeding success on Triangle Island has been determined by compiling estimates of successfully hatched eggs and fledged chicks. Seabird chick growth and breeding success are closely tied.Chick growth reflects how well chicks are fed.In years when fishing is poor for adult seabirds, they are unable to feed their chicks sufficiently well to sustain chick growth. If this is the case, chicks may die, reducing the parent's breeding success for that year; or chicks may have a low mass when they leave colony, which decreases the chance that they will survive at sea to return to the colony in subsequent years.
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When breeding success was -low for one seabird species, it was usually also low for others at the colony.
Variation inseabird reproductive successiscontrolled by severalfactors, including weather. and timing and quality of available food. As at other seabird colonies in the Pacific Ocean, Triangle Island researchers have found that, through changes in the availability of seabird prey (zooplankton, fish), breeding success is affected by variation in ocean temperatures. For example. when the ocean is warm, production of zooplankton is low. In turn, this will impact the reproductive performance of seabirds, because those 0 seabirds have to work harder to bring food to their chicks, but in spite of this, they may E
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not return to the colony with enough food to sustain the chick"s growth.This effect seems to hold for both planktivorous (plankton-eating) and piscivorous (fish-eating) seabirds. On the B.C. coast the 1990s were warmest decade of the century with some of the highest sea surface temperatures on record.On Triangle Island, warm sea surface temperatures corresponded with (1) drastically decreased growth rates of Tufted Puffin chicks and breeding success of adults, (2) poor chick growth in Cassin's Auklets. especially in years when spring was warm and early, and (3) poor breeding performance of Rhinoceros Auklets. The birds were affected in all stages of breeding: in years when the ocean was warm, females were less likely to lay eggs, those that did were less likely to hatch their eggs, fewer of the chicks survived to leave the nest, and the few Growth rate of Cassin's Auklet Chicks chicks that did fledge were very light 6 (which means they may not survive once they get to sea). Despite different r-a types of prey (i.e. zooplankton vs. fish) c 5 between species, when breeding success is poor for one seabird species. it is usually poor for the others at the 4 colony (see figure above). and reflects s how broad-scale oceanographic J processes can affect all seabirds in the 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 Sea Surface Temperature(C) system.It appears that ocean climate affects abundance and availability of zooplankton and Pacific sandlance that feed the adults and chicks of the 4 main seabirds
species.Generally, this will cause population declines of those seabirds depending on that prey.In 1999, there was a switch from a warm to a cold ocean regime.Cassin's Auklet breeding success has improved since then, and subsequently. The numbers of adult and young Cassin's Auklets are increasing in the capture program on the island. Longer study is needed to determine how long this improved breeding success will Iast. and how consistent the trend is with other seabirds breeding on the island. TRIANGLE ISLAND RESEARCH PROTECT 1993-2003
0 (3) SEABIRDOILING AND BYCATCH The coastal waters of British Columbia support some of thehighestdensitiesofseabirds.waterfowland shorebirds in the eastern North Pacific. The British Columbia coast also supports a large amount of marine shipping traffic. This traffic means that occasionally, there will be both major and minor spills of petroleum products on occasion, as well as chronic oil pollution.Chronic oil pollution is the small-scale, frequent recurrence of small oil spills, oil leaks, or dumping of oily bilge by shipping traffic.Although these sources of oil seem insignificant compared to major oil spills, evidence is mounting that chronic oiling kills more seabirds over time than will a major spill.Oil pollution poses a great threat to seabirds because the physical properties of oil degrade the insulating and waterproofing properties of feathers, or can poison birds internally.At a location like Triangle Island, around which a million breeding seabirds must find food at sea, any measure of oil spilling will have catastrophic effects. and seriously impact the seabird population of British Columbia. E Seabird bycatch is the accidental mortality of seabirds in fishing gear, either in nets or on lines, and has significant consequences for many species of piscivorous birds, especially those that are endangered or threatened.For example, about half a million seabirds per year die accidentally in gillnet fisheries in the North Pacific. Most seabirds caught in these fisheries are those that dive after their prey. such as Rhinoceros Auklets. Common Murres, and Tufted Puffins. The numbers of seabirds killed by bycatch and oiling are not fully known for seabird populations in B.C. However. we do know that the Common Murre is one of the species most often killed by these two factors in waters off British Columbia. This has raised concerns about the population-level effects of mortality on the murre populations in B.C. More than 95% of all murres breeding in B.C. have historically bred on or near Triangle Island.Numbers of Common Murres in nearby Washington state have been declining, but we know little about what trends might occur for the population of B.C.
murres. We need to know: what is the population status of Common Murres in B.C..and 10 if thepopulation is declining. Is mortality due to bycatch and oiling an important factor? E
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To answer this question, we began an intensive monitoring study of Common Murres at Triangle Island in 2002, monitoring annual variation in adult survival, breeding success, and chick diets and growth.In addition, in summer 2003, we resurveyed all murre breeding sites around Triangle Island, and made comparisons with the results of a similar survey done in 1991. We found that numbers of Common Murres have declined about 24-30% since the 1991 survey.However, breeding conditions and breeding success appear appear very favorable for murres on Triangle Island.If that is the case, any population declines may well be driven by factors operating outside the breeding season (i.e. away from Triangle island). This project will continue.
TRANSIENT AND RESIDENT SEABIRDS IN THE MARINE AREA
Annual seasonal counts of seabirds are made by at-sea surveys from ships that pass near Triangle Island (see first figure next page). These surveys have identified many other seabirds using the marine waters around the Scott Islands Group, some of which are on E international and national lists identifying endangered or threatened species, or species of
SEABIRDS USING THE MARINE AREA AROUND THE SCOTT ISLANDS Year-round residents Summer Nonbreeders Visitors
Northern Fulmar Black-footed Albatross Common Loon Common Murre Laysan Albatross Pacific Loon California Gull Short-tailed Albatross Red-throated Loon Glacous-winged Gull Buller's Shearwater Double-crested Cormorant Herring Gull Pink-footed Shearwater Pomarine Jaeger Tufted Puffin Sooty Shearwater Long-tailed Jaeger Short-tailed Shearwater Parasitic Jaeger Summer Breeders South Polar Skua Western Gull Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Arctic Tern Leach's Storm Petrel Migrants Cassin's Auklet Red Phalarope Rhinoceros Auklet Red-necked Phalarope Pelagic Cormorant Sabine's Gull Pigeon Guillemot Ancient Murrelet Winter residents Marbled Murrelet Black-legged Kittiwake Mew Gull Thayer's Gull Horned Puffin Xantus Murrelet Mew Gull Horned Puffin
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Shipboard marine transects (red lines) done during four seasons (1981-2001). Birds were plentiful along all transects in all years. The shaded area outlines the proposed Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area boundaries, and takes into account the foraging area of Rhinoceros and Cassin's Auklets breeding on Triangle Island.
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SEABIRD INTERACTIONS WITH THE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
In addition to those studies with direct links to marine ecosystems, other studies at Triangle Island in the last 10 years have investigated factors that affect individual seabirds when they are on land, for instance. predation risks for adults and chicks at the island, attendance patterns of adults at the colony. and kleptoparasitism (food-stealing). Many of these studies require that seabirds be marked so that individual identification is possible:
(1) MARKING THE POPULATION. Marking birds so that they are individually identifiable allows us to track them across time. greatly improving our understanding of their survival, behaviour and ecology, and other population processes. To each individual bird captured, we attach a small metal ring (or "band") to one leg.Each band has a unique number, which is recorded in a database.If the bird is captured again, that unique number identifies the individual. and researchers can consult the database to determine the original date and location of capture, the age of the individual, and other important long-term information. The more birds marked, the better understanding we have of the biology of individuals, such as how long they live. how many young return to breed at Triangle Island, and the age of first breeding.Over 10 years, we have banded 10421 seabirds on the island, and recaptured 6083 of them (see table below for details on species).Color bands have also been used (particularly on Tufted Puffins), enabling researchers toidentify individual birds from adistance, without re-capturing the individual. Over 100 Tufted Puffins are now color-banded and attending the colony, allowing researchers to study the behaviour of individuals (across years) without having to recapture the individual.
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Table 1. Number of seabirds banded in 10 years of research on Triangle Island.
SPECIES Years Banded Adults BandedChicks bandedBirds Recaptured Cassin's Auklet 1994-2003 5350 1361 4546 Rhinoceros Auklet 1994-2003 1715 1028 1530 Tufted Puffin 1994-2002 188 386 0 Common Murre 2002-2003 96 38 5 Leach's Storm Petrel 1994 & 2003 130 0 0 Pigeon Guillemot 1994 60 3 2 Glacous-Winged Gull 1995 3 63 0
(2) COLONY CENSUS. Counts of nesting burrows at Triangle island allow researchers to determine roughly how many birds are breeding on the island and how those numbers may change over time, including natural and human-induced changes. The burrows of Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets, and Tufted Puffins, are censused every 5 years by Canadian Wildlife Service staff.Between 1989 and 1999, the average number of Cassin's Auklet burrows found per year has declined, however, numbers of Tufted Puffin and Rhinoceros Auklet burrows have remained about the same.Common Murre censuses are carried out less regularly, but tentative results of a survey done in 2003 show that Common Murre numbers may have decreased by 27% since 1989. This project will continue, to provide a constant baseline of numbers of breeding birds at this important seabird site in B.C.
(3PREDATION AND KLEPTOPARASITISM AT THE COLONY.
Predation on eggs -Depredation of eggs, adults, and young by rodents usually plays a significant role in seabird breeding success, and is the reason why great pains must be taken to keep rats and mice off seabird islands.However, Triangle Island has two endemic (i.e. not artificially introduced) species of rodent: Keen's mouse and Townsend's vole.The vole is vegetarian, eating the terrestrial plants on the island, however, the mice prey primarily on seabird eggs and terrestrial invertebrates. Egg predation on Triangle Island is a general phenomenon in the mouse population, rather than occurring in only a few specialist individual mice. Egg depredation by Keen's mice occurs in up to 30% of burrows for Cassin's Auklets and 34% of burrows for Rhinoceros Auklets on Triangle Island. Mouse depredation has been
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considered the single largest cause of egg loss for Rhinoceros Auklets. but is probably related to temporary egg neglect by foraging parents.Further, egg depredation may increase in years of low marine productivity, when adults have to spend more time foraging; in other words, in a bad year, adults must spend more time foraging at sea, and are more likely to leave their egg unattended in the burrow instead of incubating the egg. With the parent gone, the mouse has an opportunity to eat the egg.
Predation on adults and chicks -Crows and ravens are known to eat eggs and chicks when they get the chance. As well, several pairs of Peregrine falcons and Bald eagles breed on the island in the summer. The threat of predation during the day has likely been partially responsible for the nocturnal habits of the Rhinoceros and a :- Cassin's auklets; that is, they are active at the colony at night only, and thereby avoiding r the daytime predators. Cassin's Auklets and Rhinoceros Auklets are occasionally Li captured at dawn and dusk, when they are leaving or returning to the colony at very low light levels, when the eagles ' } ^` ` t== and falcons are still able to see to pursue and catch them. The impact of predation by, eagles and peregrines on the seabirds at Triangle Island is not fully known and requires study.
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Kleptoparasitism (foodstealing)Gulls are particularly known for this behaviour, and often steal fish from Tufted Puffins returning to the colony. Because Tufted Puffins usually do so poorly raising chicks on Triangle Island, even when other acids at the colony do alright, some researchers have wondered if gulls have contributed to the problem by stealingalot of food from the puffins. However, it was found that while kleptoparasitism may exacerbate poor food years, gulls are unlikely to cause complete reproductive failures.
(4) RADAR AND TELEMETRY MONITORING - these techniques allow us to study the numbers of birds attending the colony at 8"Iy A) L0 1 night.Radar has been used at Triangle Island to count Cassin's Auklets flying into the colony at night (see left).This provides an estimate of the number of auklets breeding in burrows on the slopes of the colony, and reveals changes in nightly activity at the colony across the
B) I breeding season.In the long term, this method could be used to identify changes in the population of adults breeding at the colony. Similarly, radio telemetry on birds returning nightly to burrows can show howsynchronously adults return to the colony atnight,how much time they These radar images captured from videotape show low activity (1May, 00:20h)and high spend brooding the chick in the burrow, activity (10 May23:33h)of Cassin's Auklets how many times per nightthey feed on Triangle Island.. J the chick.
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SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THIS REPORT
All annual data was compiled from the Triangle Island Annual reports to BCMOELP/BCMWLAP (1994- 2003), from the CWS Technical Report Series, and from unpublished data held by the Centre for Wildlife Ecology Triangle Island Project.
Section on oiled birds in British Columbia and photo from http://www.bsc-eoc.org/regional/bcbeachbird.html
Bertram, D.F., D.L. Mackas, and S.M. McKinnell. 2001. The seasonal cycle revisited: interannual variation and ecosystem consequences. In McKinnel, S.M., Brodeur, R.D., Hanawa, K., Hollowed, Q.B., Polovina, J.J. & Zhang, C.I. (Editors). Pacific climate variability and marine ecosystem impacts from the tropics to the Arctic. Progress in Oceanography (49)1-4: 283-307.
Blight, L.K., J.L. Ryder and D.F. Bertram. 1999. Predation on Rhinoceros anklet eggs by a native population of Peromyscus. Condor 101: 871-876.
Drever, M.G., L.K.Blight, K.A. Hobson, and D.F. Bertram. 2000. Predation on seabird eggs by Keen's Mice (Peromyscus keeni): using stable isotopes to decipher the diet of a terrestrial omnivore on a remote offshore island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78 (11): 2010-2018.
Gjerdrum, C, A.M. J Vallee, C. Cassady-St. Clair, D.F. Bertram, J.L. Ryder, and G.S. Blackburn.2003. Tufted puffin reproduction reveals ocean climate variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (16): 9377-9382.
Hedd, A., J.L. Ryder, L. L. Cowen, and D.F. Bertram. 2002. Inter-annual variation in the diet, provisioning and growth of Cassin's Auklet at Triangle Island, British Columbia: responses to variation in ocean climate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229: 221-232.
Melvin, E.F., J.K. Parrish, & L.L. Conquest. 1999. Novel tools to reduce seabird bycatch in coastal gillnet C fisheries. Conservation Biology 13: 1386-1397. St. Clair, C. C., R. C. St. Clair, and T. D. Williams. 2001. Does kleptoparasitism by Glaucous-winged Gulls limit the reproductive success of Tufted Puffins? Auk: 118 (4): 934-943
LITERATURE PRODUCED FROM RESEARCH ON TRIANGLE Like any scientific program, the articles, papers, and reports produced by this project are published in order that our results have a wider reading audience, and can useful to others in the scientific community. See the next few pages (22-24) for a full list of literature produced in the last 10 years.
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TERATURE PRODUCED
PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
Bertram, D. F., T. Golumbia, G.K. Davoren, A. variation and the specific identification of deer mice Harfenist, and J. Brown. 2002. Short visits reveal (Peromyscus) from Triangle Island, British Columbia, consistent patterns of interyear and intercolony Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79 (12): variation in seabird nestling diet and performance. 2257-2260. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80 (12): 2190-2199. Drever, M.C., L.K. Blight, K.A. Hobson, and D.F. Bertram, D.F. 2001. Seabirds reflect changes in ocean Bertram. 2000. Predation on seabird eggs by Keen's climate. In Alexander, V., A.S. Bychkov, P. Mice (Peromyscus keen): using stable isotopes to Livingston, and S. M. McKinnell (Editors). decipher the diet of a terrestrial omnivore on a Proceedings of the ICES/CoMUIPRC Workshop on remote offshore island. Canadian Journal of Zoology "Impact of climate variability on observation and 78 (11): 2010-2018. Prediction of ecosystem and biodiversity changes in the North Pacific" PICES Scientific Report No. 18. Gjerdrum, C, A.M. J Vallee, C. Cassady-St. Clair, D.F. Bertram, J.L. Ryder, and G.S. Blackburn. 2003. Bertram, D.F., D.L. Mackas, and S.M. McKinnell. 2001. Tufted puffin reproduction reveals ocean climate The seasonal cycle revisited: interannual variation variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of and ecosystem consequences. In McKinnel, S.M., Sciences of the United States of America 100 (16): Brodeur,R.D., Hanawa, K., Hollowed, Q.B., 9377-9382. Polovina, J.J. & Zhang, C.I. (Editors). Pacific climate variability and marine ecosystem impacts from the Hedd, A., J.L. Ryder, L. L. Cowen, and D.F. Bertram. tropics to the Arctic. Progress in Oceanography 2002. Inter-annual variation in the diet, provisioning (49)1-4: 283-307. and growth of Cassin's Auklet at Triangle Island, British Columbia: responses to variation in ocean Bertram, D. F., I.L. Jones, E.G. Cooch, H.A. Knechtel, climate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229: 221- and F. Cooke. 2000. Survival rates of Cassin's and 232. Rhinoceros Auklets at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Condor 102 (1): 155-162. Hipfner, J.M., K. Charleton, and W.E. Davies. In press. Rates and consequences of relaying in Cassin's and Bertram, D.F, L. Cowen, and A.E. Burger. 1999. Use of rhinoceros auklets breeding in a seasonal radar for monitoring colonial burrow-nesting environment. Journal of Avian Biology 35. seabirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 70 (2): 145- 157. Stanley, R.D., A.M. Cornthwaite, R. Kieser, K. Cooke, G.D. Workman, and B. Mose. 1999. An acoustic Bertram, D.F. 1999. Report from Triangle Island biomass survey of the Triangle Island widow rockfish seabird research and monitoring station: changes in (Sebastes entomelas) aggregation by Fisheries and the 1990s. Bird Trends 7: 26. Oceans, Canada and the Canadian Groundfish Research and Conservation Society, January 16 - Bertram, D.F., and G.W. Kaiser. 1993. Rhinoceros February 7, 1998. Canadian Technical Report of Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) diet may gauge Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2262: i-v, 1-51. Pacific Sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) recruitment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Morbey, Y.E. 1996. The abundance and effects of ticks Aquatic Science 50: 1908-11115. (Ixodes uriae) on nestling Cassin's Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) at Triangle Island, British Blight, L.K., J.L. Ryder and D.F. Bertram. 1999. Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1585- Predation on Rhinoceros auklet eggs by a native 1589. population of Peromyscus. Condor 101: 871-876. Morbey, Y.E., and R.C. Ydenberg. 2000. Seasonal Burger, A. E., R.P. Wilson, D. Gamier, and M-P. T. decline in nestling growth: support for the parental- Wilson. 1993. Diving depths, diet, and underwater quality hypothesis in Cassin's Auklets. Auk 117 (4): foraging of Rhinoceros Auklets in British Columbia. 1065-1068. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71 (12): 2528-2540. Morbey, Y.E., R. C. Ydenberg, H.A. Knechtel, and A. Chirhart, S. E., R. Arianpour, R.L. Honeycutt, and I.F. Harfenist. 1999. Parental provisioning, nestling 0 Greenbaum. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA sequence
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departure decisions and prefledging mass recession ANNUAL AND TECHNICALREPORTS in Cassin's auklets. Animal Behaviour 57:873-881. Bertram, 2002. D.F. Seabird Reproductive Morbey, Y. E., and R.C. Ydenberg 1997. Intraspecific performance on Triangle Island and in Laskeek Bay variability in nestling growth and fledging behaviour (Queen Charlotte Islands). InDFO 2002. 2001 of Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, British Pacific Region State of the Ocean. (DFO Science Columbia. Condor 99 (2): 361-371. Ocean Status Report 2002).
Piatt, J.F., and A.S. Kitaysky. 2002. Tufted Puffin Bertram, D.F. 2002. Seabird Survival. In Indicators of Fratercula cirrhata. In The Birds of North America, climate change for British Columbia. Ministry of No. 708. 27pp. Water Land and Air Protection, Victoria, B.C.
Smith, J.L. and K.H. Morgan. A review of seabird Bertram, D.F. 2001. Seabird reproductive performance bycatch in the longline and gill net fisheries in British on Triangle Island (with notes on Frederick Island). Columbia. Canadian Widlife Service Technical In DFO 2001. 2000 Pacific Region State of the Report, Environment Canada. In review. Ocean. (DFO Science Ocean Status Report 2001).
St, Clair, C. C., R. C. St. Clair, and T. D. Williams. Bertram, D.F. 2000. Seabird reproductive performance 2001. Does kleptoparasitism by Glaucous-winged on Triangle Island. In DFO 1999 Pacific Region Gulls limit the reproductive success of Tufted State of the Ocean. (DFO Science Ocean Status Puffins? Auk: 118 (4): 934-943 Report 2000).
Toochin, R. 1995. A Great Crested Flycatcher at Bertram, D.F. 1996. Triangle Island Seabird Research Triangle Island, B.C. - the first provincial record. Station 1996 Third Annual Report to BC Ministry of Bird Journal 4: 106-109. Environment Lands Parks Ecological Permit Number 2804 Vanderkist, B.A., T.D. Williams, L.L. Lougheed, D.F. Bertram, and J.L. Ryder. 2000. Indirect, Bertram, D.F. 1995. Triangle Island Seabird Research physiological, assessment of reproductive state and and Monitoring Station 1995 Second Annual Report breeding chronology in free-living birds: an example to BC Ministry of Environment Lands Parks in the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus Ecological Permit Number 2804. marmoratus). Functional Ecology 14: 758-765. Bertram, D.F., and J.L. Ryder. 1997. Triangle Island MASTERS OF SCIENCE THESES Seabird Research and Monitoring Station 1997. Fourth Annual Report to BC Ministry of Environment Blight, L. K. 2000. Egg neglect and it's implications for Lands Parks Ecological Permit Number 2804 egg predation in the Rhinoceros Auklet. M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Bertram, D.F. 1994. Triangle Island Seabird Research Canada. Station 1994. First Annual Report to BC Ministry of Environment Lands Parks: Ecological Permit Gjerdrum, C. 2001. Nestling growth and parental Number 2804. provisioning of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, B.C. M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser Boyd, W.S., J.L. Ryder, S.G. Shisko, and D.F. Bertram. University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. 2000. At-sea foraging distributions of radio-marked Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, B.C. Technical Knechtel, H.A. 1998. Effects of age, gender, and Report Series No. 353. Canadian Wildlife Service, condition on the reproductive effort of Cassin's Pacific and Yukon Region, British Columbia. Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) on Triangle Burnaby, B.C., Simon Fraser University. Island, British Columbia. M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Rodway, M.S. 1991. Status and conservation of breeding seabirds in British Columbia. IGBP Morbey, Y. 1995. Fledging variability and the Technical Publication No. 11:42-102. application of fledging models to the behaviour of Cassin's Auklets (Ptycoramphus aleuticus) at Rodway, M.S., M.J.F. Lemon, and K.R. Summers. Triangle Island, B.C.. MSc. Thesis, Simon Fraser 1990. British Columbia Seabird colony inventory: University, Burnaby, B.C, Canada. Report #4 -Scott Islands. Census results form 1982 to 1989 with reference to the Nestucca oil spill. Vanderkist, B.A. 1999. Sex ratio and physiological Technical Report Series No. 86. Canadian Wildlife indicators of reproduction in the Marbled Murrelet Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, British Columbia. (Brachyramphus marmoratus). M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Ryder, J.L. and D.F. Bertram. 1998. Triangle Island Seabird Research and Monitoring Station 1998. Fifth
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Annual Report to BC Ministry of Environment Lands Ryder, J.L., C. Gjerdrum, S. Wardrop, and D.F. 0 Parks Ecological Permit Number 2804 Bertram. 2000. Triangle Island Seabird Research E and Monitoring Station 2000 Seventh Annual Report Ryder, J.L. and K.D. Amey. 2001. Triangle Island to BC Ministry of Environment Lands Parks Seabird Research and Monitoring Station 2001 Ecological Reserve Permit Number ST9910186 Eighth Annual Report to BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. Ecological Reserve Permit Ryder, J.L., M.J.F. Lemon, G. Yanega, and D.F. Number ST9910186. Bertram. 1999. Triangle Island Seabird Research and Monitoring Station 1999 Sixth Annual Report to Ryder, J.L., W.S. Boyd, S.G. Shisko, and D.F. Bertram. BC Ministry of Environment Lands Parks. Ecological 2001. At-sea foraging distributions of radio-marked Permit Number 2804. Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, B.C., 2000. Technical Report Series No. 368. Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, British Columbia.
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24 Mayor Nash and Council:
Thank you for allowing us to speak with you this evening. We are the parent group from Robron Middle School that has been actively opposing the local School Board of Trustee's decisions to close our educational facility. Not only do we see ourselves as advocates for our children's education but also as advocates for our community. As you already know, on December 16th, 2003 our local School Board of Trustees voted 5 to I in favor of a motion to close Robron Middle School as of June 30, 2004. We believe as concerned citizens of this community that the decision will be detrimental to the growth and future success of Campbell River. We have several concerns about the impact of this decision, the first being the North/South polarization of the educational facilities and it's effect on the local infrastructure. In an economy where efficiency is a must, can we afford to have our town demographically shifting in opposing directions (Northwardand Southward), creating a void in the central portion of town, a portion that is presently a functioning hub for Campbell River? Are we going to be able to afford to keep up the levels of service in the areas of policing, fire halls, maintenance that the tax paying citizens of this community have come to rely on? These questions along with others need to be explored before we implement a decision that cannot be reversed. Another of our concerns revolves around the prospective growth and marketability of our town. As we read in the local paper it does not take long to realize that the two most enquired about resources, when considering relocation, are in serious jeopardy in this town: Healthcare and Education! It would be a tragedy to lose our Campbell River Hospital, but it would be municipal suicide to add to that the loss of schools and/or the lack of available space within schools to accommodate migrating families. As I am sure you will agree, healthcare and education are services that entice people to relocate and if we allow these to be removed from our community our ability to entice anyone (from seniors to young families) will become seriously handicapped. It will be a hard sell to show Canada and the World that the best place to live and raise a family is in Campbell River. With these points in hand, as a group we believe that the ramifications of this decision have not been thought through thoroughly by City Council and our local SchoolBoard of Trustee's. Throughout this whole process we have offered alternatives and suggestions to the School Board and they have not spent the time to explore any of our researched material. When speaking as parents we are gravely concerned about the level of education that this district is going to be able to offer our children, as well as the mainstreaming, overcrowding and loss of services for our more challenging students. In all of our research we have found that Middle Schools of approximately 500 are of beneficial size to the physical, emotional and psychological maturing adolescent, a researched fact that makes each Middle School in this district viable, as we have a projected population in this sector of 1600. With concerns like this being swept under the carpet it is, in our opinion, an even greater concern that strong community issues like mentioned above would also be dismissed. It is forthis reason thatwe feel that it is now time for this council to take a stand and e a presentationat the next re ly scheduled School Board Meeting and discussthe negative affect that this schoolclosure is going tohaveon the citizens and comm'of Campbell Rivers As acommittee wewould like to see the council offer to work with the school boardand the ntgroups to actively seek alternatives, delathe - decision for closureuntil allof the negative effects,and demographics can beproperlyresearched. An example of this would be to establish a committeeto work in conjunction (City Council and SchoolBoard) to see what the communitycostsare when considering closure of centrally located schools.
Thank You Again for the opportunity to be added to the agenda for the Tuesday January 27th sessionof City Council.
Michele Babchuk Robron Committee Against School Closure Chairperson ne Mayor ; 4 - m tell River
09 DISTRICTOFCAMPBELLRIVER CORPORATE SERVICES
File No.: 0360-20 FSPS
TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Finance and Personnel Committee DATE: January 19, 2004
SUBJECT: FINANCE AND PERSONNEL TERMS OF REFERENCE
Recommendation:
That Council adopt the Finance and Personnel Terms of Reference as recommended by the Finance and Personnel Committee.
Communication:
No communication action is required.
0 DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER
TERMS OF REFERENCE
FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
PURPOSE:
Under the guidance of the Chair, the Committee will examine the District of Campbell River's finances with the intent to make recommendations on the strategic financial direction the District should be going.As well the Committee will be tasked with examining major personnel issues affecting the corporation and as referred to the Committee by the Administrator. The Committee's purpose will be to provide recommendations on financial and personnel management including such issues as debt load and guidelines on capitalexpenditures and theselection process for the Administrator and Directors of the corporation.
DETAILS:
The Committee will meet at the call of the chair prior to each annual review of the five- year financial plan as well as provide Council with input dependant upon finance and personnel issues as they arise.
The Committee will:
Review the Provincial legislation on finance and financial plan management as enacted in the Community Charter. Review general service levels provided by the District with the intent of making recommendations on appropriate service levels. Make recommendations with regard to debt management by the District. Research and make recommendations on alternate methods of financing of service delivery or other methods the District could use to put forward the most appropriate financial plan, balancing the needs of the community against the ability of the community to pay. Make recommendations to Council concerning major personnel issues as they arise. Research and recommend salary levels for management and excluded staff.
MEMBERSHIP:
Chair, Councillor Bill Matthews Councillor Roy Grant Councillor Laird Ruehlen Staff Liaison: Doug Raines, Administrator; Doug Lang, Corporate Services Director Administrative Support: Adrian Maas, Finance Manager Clerical Support: Leslie Lloyd, Executive Assistant to the Administrator 0 DISTRICT OF CAMPBELLRIVER ADMINISTRATOR
File No.: 0570-00 STPL
TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Administrator DATE: January 21, 2004
SUBJECT: WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2004
Recommendation
That Council receives the updated Strategic Plan for 2004 and the Council follow- up report for 2003 as information.
Background
At the 2004 Retreat held on November 28/29, 2003 one of the issues that concerned Council was the workload of District staff above and beyond the Strategic Plan assignments.To that end Council requested that on a regular quarterly basis the Administrator report to Council not only on the progress made to date on the 2004 Strategic Plan but provide Council with a listing of assignments to staff coming out of Council meetings. To that end both an updated Strategic Plan for 2004 and a Council assignments worksheet are provided for Council review. As Council can see from the material provided a great deal of work is generated by Council. This is in addition to the day-to-day assignments and tasks of the various Municipal departments and divisions as well as work generated by the District's boards, committees and commissions. At the Strategic Retreat Council discussed whether a system of formalized Council requests for information should be put in place.District Senior staff and the facilitator, Gordon McIntosh have reviewed a possible system however, it is felt at this time that the current processes, so long as they are reviewed as per Council's direction on a quarterly basis, will give an appreciation and understanding to Council of the work loads assigned to staff and better direct Council initiatives in the future.
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3 2004 CORPORATE PRIORITIES 0 District of Campbell !River
2004 COUNCIL CORPORATE PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM SUMMARY
SIX-ACRE SITE STRATEGY
COUNCIL VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY OF CAMPBELL RIVER
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY
COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
PROGRAM AND SERVICES REVIEW C DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER 2004 CORPORATE PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM
PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When 1. Begin discussions with DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO FIND THE BEST 1.Public Strategy on use -/Complete USE OF THE SIX-ACRE FORESHORE SITE leading to development of Band and Province over site. use of site.- Dec 2003 CAO Desired outcomes 2.Negotiate with Province andCampbell Indian 2. Develop a public process + Best use for community input for `Complete Bandfor useof site.. +First Nations relations ideas for use of site.- Jan 3. Do nothing - site reverts 2004 CAO and Mayor +Provincial relations to Province and then to Campbell River Indian 3. Report back to Council O Master Land Agreement with concepts for Band Sept 2005 * Disposition of site development of site. - 4.Develop a program O Community support April 2004 CAO and combining 1.& 2. Mayor + Mixed Use 4. Implement 3.- 2004/2005 * Land Use Decision 0
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
COUNCIL VISION FOR THE DISTRICT OF 1.Council to develop a 1.Council to articulate vision CAMPBELL RIVER Community Vision to Complete and principles- Dec 2003 incorporate into Retreat Council's Official 2. Paper to be developed based + Common understanding of our community vision Community Plan Complete on Strategic Retreat Vision 0 * Provide the vision and principle to drive the new Senior Staff January 2004 Official Community Plan 2.Establish a public - 3. Paper discussed by Council Pending committee to formulate o Articulate District of Campbell River Core values at January 2004 COW - a vision. Amended and Adopted - 3.Hire a consultant Council/Senior Staff 4. Council integrates Vision and Principles into Draft OCP - March 2004 5. Public reviews OCP including Council Vision - Spring 2004 6. OCP adopted by Council - Summer/Fall 2004
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What Who and When ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY
1.Hire a consultant 1. Council to meet with +* Diversifyy Industryy Rivercorp to discuss 2003 +* Council vision progress and opportunities + *Growth 2.Council to drive process around Rivercorp doing Economic Diversification +Increased tax base Study -Dec 2003 3.Council working with +Rivercorp accountability Rivercorp to develop 2. That terms of reference for O Transportation Economic Diversification an Economic Strategy O Infrastructure Diversification Strategy O Benchmarks defining deliverables and O Results focused cost to be developed - District and Rivercorp - OEnvironmentallysensitive Feb 2004 O OCP compatible 3. That Council provide its Community Vision, Mission and Principle to the public for scrutiny and after review inclusion in the District OCP- Feb 2004
4. That Rivercorp present to Council its Economic Targeting report - Rivercorp -Apr 2004
* Main Result 0 Prerequisite + Benefit Completed 5. That an Economic Development/Diversificati on Strategy be developed ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY: jointly by council and (cont.) Rivercorp- Jun 2004
6. Implementation to begin on Strategy - Rivercorp - Fall 2004
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM 1. Staff to provide Council IMPLEMENTATION I.Hire external with Communications communications firm to Policy improvements, handle District including Communications * Ensure district's message is getting out information. Support Plan- Feb/04 0 +Better understanding of District's proposals 2. Refine District's current 2. Council implements communications practices. + More informed public recommendations - 3.Status quo March/04
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
PROGRAM AND SERVICES REVIEW 1.Staff to provide Council 1.External review by with an updated Core Consultant To evaluate District services to determine priority services review.- August programs and ensure the most appropriate services and 2.Staff to prepare review 04 programs are being provided to the citizens of Campbell 3.Establish a Citizen's River. Committee to review 2.Survey of public satisfaction of District services services- September04 * Balance programs against costs to ensure the best services are being provided at the best cost + Ensure best programs 3. Council reconcile 2.& 3. + Services being offered and provide direction for + Community informed 2005 Budget --Oct/Nov 04 O Services and programs defined
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2004 II OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER
2004 OPERATIONALPRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION
2004 Financial Plan 2004 Financial Plan Middle Point Barge Terminal+ First Nations Protocols Cruise Ship Dock Development + Waterfront Acquisition Bylaw Review First Nations Protocols
MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION DIVISION 621 Maritime Heritage Centre+ Airport Strategy+ New OCP+ Road Network Plan+ Fire Hall relocation/Public Works combined Primary Disinfection Facility facility potential Design (UV)+ Community beautification Fire Hall relocation/Public Works combined facility potential Highway 19A LIP Foreshore Sewer Line/Seawalk+
any over from 2003 DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER 2004 OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM
PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When
2004- 2008 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN 1.Tax Increase I.Review updated Financial /Complete 2.Draw on Surplus from Plan with CAO, directors previous years and Finance Manager *+ Fiscally Responsible Plan (November) Eliminate or reduce 2.Review Service Level 3 services -/Complete *+ Increased public awareness of services Change Requests provided by District and cost of same. 4.Alternate Service Delivery (December) methods 3.Review with Finance and -/Complete 5.Find new revenue sources Personnel Committee or increase existing (December/January) 4.Prepare Public Process 6.Blend of the previous Plan (January 30th) options 5.Commence Public Process (February 1`t) 6.Provide feedback from Public Process to Finance and Personnel committee (March3rd) 7.Financial Plan Deliberations (March 0 16/17/18th)
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When
MIDDLE POINT BARGE FACILITY I. Meet with various 1.Negotiate the Divestiture proponents sharing interest /Complete withFederalTransport inBargeTerminal- *District to see to completion the Federal divestiture Canada. Mayor and Council, CAO of the Middle Point Barge Facility - Winter/2001/Spring 2.Allow Transport Canada to 2002 /Complete divestBarge Terminal 2. Develop a joint position + Ensure maximum access to Middle Point BBarge independent of Campbell with Hamatla Treaty Terminal as economic driver for Middle Point River involvement. Society on future of Barge Industrial Park and Campbell River Terminal- District and Proponents - JanlFeb /Complete 2003 +Establishment of First Nations partnership 3. Proposal to Transport Canada -Feb/March 2003 4. Transport Canada accepts orrejectsproposal- Spring 04 5. If proposal accepted, operating structure put in place. If proposal rejected, Transport Canada goes to publictendertodivest Middle Point Barge Terminal- Spring 2004
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
DEVELOPMENT OF A CRUISE SHIP DOCK IN 1.Prepare a coordinated and 1. Working with the Campbell CAMPBELL RIVER strategicapproachtothe RiverIndianBandand development of a cruise ship TourismNCIpreparea Complete dock in conjunction with the submission to the Federal * To seek Federal and Provincial funding to construct a Campbell River Indian Band and Provincial governments E cruise ship dock in Campbell River capable of and Tourism North Central for funding for the cruise accommodating 2000+ passenger cruise ships into Island thereby to increase and ship dock- December 2002 Campbell River. diversify the economic base 2.Working with port cities in +Expand tourism base of Campbell River. B.C., including Vancouver, In Progress + Expand transportation infrastructure in the Victoria, Nanaimo, and Community PrinceRupert,develop a cruise ship strategy for the + Work jointly on this economic development issue with Pacific coast which draws Campbell River Indian Band and Tourism North Central cruiseship companiesto Island these locations on a regular basis- Band, Tourism NCI, District, CAO, Port of Call Committee - Spring/Summer 2003 3.Funding requests of the Complete Federal government E successful- Dec 2003 4.Construction of cruise ship Design dock improvements at started, Westmin Boliden Argonaut environmenta Wharf dock- Completion 1 approval August 2004 being sought
* Main Result 0 Prerequisite + Benefit Completed DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER 2004 OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM
PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When FIRST NATIONS PROTOCOL
1.Prepare a discussion paper * Mutual understanding of our working relationships 1.Joint working group made on what a protocol up of CRIB, Homalco & agreement might look like Quinsam to develop for Campbell River(CA 0) + Expedite the implementation of new agreements protocol framework. March 2004
+ Expansion of First Nation relationships 2.District develops protocol 2. Arrange meeting(s) with framework in isolation of First Nations groups to First Nation involvement discuss protocol agreement desire.(CAO'S Office) April 2004
3. Present completed protocol agreement to respective participants for 0 approval in principle. - June 2004
4. Signing ceremony with all parties present including media.- September2004
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
TO REVIEW WATERFRONT ACQUISITION 1.Expand current bylaws. 1. Review existing waterfront COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT COST public open space CHARGES BYLAW 2.Status quo. inventory -Clerk-April 2. Determine if boundaries of waterfront property To identify waterfront properties that are strategically purchase bylaw should be important to the District of Campbell River expanded and if so to what extent (including whether * Expand the scope of the waterfront acquisition the properties along the program starting from the south boundary of the Campbell River) - District to the north boundary. Property Services Manager-June 3. Determine Value of any +continuity and protection of access to waterfront additional lands to be +enhanced community value included- Property + community beautification Services Manager- December 4. Investigate acquisition vs. statutory right of way Amend Development Cost Charges to reflect new property to be purchased - to be effective for the next rate review and implemented January 2006- Municipal Clerk December 2005
* Main Result 0 Prerequisite + Benefit Completed DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL RIVER 2004 OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM
PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When 621 ISLAND HIGHWAY SITE DEVELOPMENT Provide advice and guidance to 1. Appoint Building Inspector 111 the Daybreak Rotary Club in the to serve as DistrictLiaison. Complete * Complete construction of Maritime Heritage Centre at 621 development and construction of Nov.2001 the Maritime Heritage Centre. Island Highway site. 2. Sign off on working agreements Complete Secure adequate funding (ongoing) with Rotary.(Legal Services Working agreements operational Manager) Nov/Dec 2001 E Operations society up and running. 3.Issue Building Permit for the project. Building Inspection. Complete + Development of new destination. Nov/Dec.2001 + Improve aesthetics. 4. Contract and tenders prepared + Preserve maritime history for the area. by Rotary Club.2003 Ongoing + Tourist attraction/public meeting place. 5.Contracts awarded by Rotary + Provide employment opportunities. ClubFeb 2004 6.Society to revamp Business Plan Ongoing + Provide educational opportunities. for Daybreak Building Society April 2003 Complete 7. Rotary to continue with major fundraising Ongoing 8. Operation society to finalize policy for use.Nov/Dec 2003 - "Society" Under 9. Construction completed byearly Review January 2004 10. Official Opening- Mar/Apr 2004. - Council/Rotary/Society
* Main Result 0 Prerequisite + Benefit Co0 d DISTRICT OFC*PBELLRIVER 2004 OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES WORK PROGRAM
PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN Prepare a new Official 1.Staff to finalize ComPlete Community Plan Community profile- Feb To find the balance between the economy, environment 2002. Combined with: and social elements of our community that best provide 2.Preparation of work plan-/Complete for our future. - use of consultant Feb. 2003 - Staff - in house 3.Schedule of Town Hall o Review existing plan. meeting for feedback on -/Complete o Community profile in place. existing policies and regulations.- May/June + Provide stability and direction for long term growth 2003- Staff/Community and development. 4.Establishment of Primary /Complete Objectives- + Coordinate more efficient use of services. Staff/APC/DLG -Feb/July 2003 + Contain urban sprawl. 5.Preparation of draft Ongoing policies- Staff/APC/DLG + Preserve Environment/Greenways. Dec 2003. 6.Review and presentation of draft policies - Staff/Community Jan/Mar 2004 7.Adoption process - Staff/Council - Apr/May 2004
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What, Who and When
COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION Preferred Strategy: 1.Identify/prioritize high * Increase funding for high profile profile areas. Review That Campbell River presents itself as a clean and areas. operational budgets to satisfy attractive community for citizens to live & tourists to visit. increased maintenance & Options: operations standards. Review + Community pride is increased. I.Reallocate funding to high low profile areas and report + Community prospers. profile areas from lower to Council- Feb. 2004 - E profile areas. Parks & Rec./Public Work. + Increased tourism. 2. 2.Develop community Review parks budget.- Apr. + Attract new citizens. involvement programs and 2004 - Council. + Attracts new businesses & industry. partnerships, encouraging 3.Implement. Community service groups, schools, Beautification program agencies & neighbourhoods pending funding changes approval- May 2004 - oRequires adequate funding. to participate. (i.e. Pitch in oRequires high profile / low profile areas to be identified Week). Public Works. 4.Research community & prioritized (i.e. re-landscape entrance sign at Jubilee 3.Seek out funding & Island Highway). g beautification opportunities (i.e. corporate projects/partnerships in other oRequires annual maintenance programs & standards to be sponsorships). communities- Jul. 2004 - developed and initiated (i.e. timeline for power washing 4.Combination of above. Parks & Rec. & sealing brick areas, tree pruning). 5.Report to Council outlining findings from researching other communities- Aug. 0 2004 - Parks & Rec. 6.Search out opportunities for local corporate sponsorships/partnerships. - Dec. 2004 - Parks & Rec.
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strate What, Who and When AIRPORT STRATEGY:
1.Assign infrastructure 1. Infrastructure: development to Rivercorp. AirportManager to 2.Have Engineering Coordinate. That the Campbell River Airport resolves its Department coordinate infrastructure needs, in order to provide for orderly upgrades. growth. 3. Have Airport Manager coordinate, with assistance 1. Grant applications and of Engineering Dept. and engineering being fast tracked.- January 1.District Supply of Domestic Water. consultants. 2. ACAP funding application 2.Development of a new and enlarged Septic Note: submitted and under System. That the Campbell River review, response 3.Seismic Upgrades are incorporated into the Air Airport use funds from the anticipated by year-end. Terminal Building renovations. Airport reserve accounts in 3. Engineering consultant to 4. Runway 11/29 Extension order to achieve these improvements, with a be hired -January. minimum of $500,000 being 4. Grant applications and retained in the account. And benefit analysis to be that user fees be increase to completed by consultant - Airport Reserve Account recommended contribution. allow for an anticipated first quarter of 2004. 1. Water Supply - $450,000 growth of $50,000 per year in the reserve account. 2. Septic System - $400,000 5. Financial report on the 3. Seismic Upgrades - $150,000 Airport to be presented to Council- January 2004
Current Reserve Accounts level is approx. $1,500,000, with above expenditures $500,000 remains in reserve.
* Main Result O Prerequisite + Benefit Completed AIRPORT STRATEGY:(cont.) 1.Rivercorp to be Rivercory to continue as II. EconomicGrowth: responsible for marketing assigned by Council. Campbell River Airport.
2.District to hire consultant 1. Rivercorp to complete a to market Airport. direct mail out. March 1.Program to attract air cargo operator. 2004. 3.District to do marketing 2. Rivercorp to provide a 2.Implement Marketing Program to highlight directly. detailed explanation of 0 existing land lease opportunities. program to Council in January 2004. WEB site launch February 2004. 3. Rivercorp to report to Council on the educational training facility in January 2004. 3.In conjunction with North Island College develop an aviation educational training facility W on the airport lands.
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strate What,Who and When
MAJOR ROAD NETWORK PLAN 1.Prepare plan with in- Prepare Terms of Reference Complete house staff Request Proposals Complete Main Result 2.Hire a transportation specialist on contract * an effective, efficient and safe transportation network Prepare Draft Plan - 0 3.Utilize a consultant Winter/03 within the community through a competitive RFP process Finalize Plan -Winter 03 + Desired Outcomes + improved clarity with respect to necessary future road Final Plan endorsed by network expansion and/or improvements Council- Spring/04 + more accurate road DCC's + improved timeliness of transportation projects
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
PRIMARY DISINFECTION FACILITY DESIGN 1.Complete detailed design 1. Prepare Terms of (UV) with in-house staff Reference - Engineering 2.Complete detailed design Spring/04 * Main Result with use of water specialists hired on 2. Request Proposals - + enhance quality of potable water supply to the contract Engineering Spring/04 community 3.Complete detailed design 3. Complete detailed design with use of a qualified - Consultant Winter/04 OPrerequisites consultant through a Qprotection of raw water quality through ongoing competitive RFP process management of risks within watershed
+ Desired Outcomes c + protection from protozoa (cryptosporidium and giardia) + reduced chlorine use and reduced potential for byproducts associated with chlorine use i
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HIGHWAY 19A LIP 1.Complete detailed deign 1. Prepare Terms of with in-house staff Reference - Engineering Winter/04 * Main Result 2.Complete detailed design with use of specialists * revitalized highway corridor through Willow Point hired on contract 2. Request Proposals - commercial area Engineering Winter/04 3.Complete detailed design with use of a qualified 3. Complete detailed design + Desired Outcomes consultant through a - Consultant/Engineering + beautification of highway corridor competitive RFP process Spring/04 + replacement of underground utilities 4. Materials tender - + improved pedestrian/bicycle networks Maintenance + reduced vehicular conflicts Services/Engineering Summer/04
5. Construct - Contract/Consultant/Engin eering Fall/04 through Spring/05
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes OPTIONS/Preferred ACTION STATUS Strategy What,Who and When
REPLACEMENTOF FORESHORESEWER 1.Complete detailed design 1. Make application for 2/3 -/Complete FORCEMAIN & SEWAGE LIFT STATION #7 and reconstruct critical funding under Canada/BC (Rockland Road to Maritime Heritage Centre) components as failures Infrastructure Program - occur Engineering * Main Result 2.Complete detailed design 0 and reconstruct portions in 2. Complete detailed design reliable sewage collection service for Willow planned phases - Consultant Spring/04 Point catchment area 3.Complete detailed design 3. Tender -Engineering and reconstruct in its Summer/04 Q Prerequisite entirety 0. secure financing (either through Canada/BC 4. Construction- Fall/04 Infrastructure grant or through increased user fees) through Spring/05
+ Desired Outcomes + reduced potential of environmental contamination + enhanced capacity for future development within Willow Point area + improved ease of maintenance/operations + extension of Seawalk
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PRIORITY/Desired Outcomes Preferred Strategy ACTION STATUS What Who and When FIRE HALL NO. 1 RELOCATION STRATEGY Establish two working Over the period of 2004the Current AND PUBLIC WORKS I SCHOOL DISTRICT72 committees to review thesefollowing will be COMBINED MAINTENANCE FACILITY STUDY priorities: accomplished:
1.FireHall No. 1 has had a seismic study 1. The Fire Hall working 1. Form committees. '/Complete completed that recommends a new facility. A committee will be made up strategy for the assembly of the necessary land is of the Community 2.Identify and review site needed at this time. Services Director, the Fire options. (June) Chief and the Property Services Manager. 3. Make a recommendation 2.School District 72 has identified the need for a to the School Board and new Maintenance Facility and has raised the 2. The Combined Maintenance Facility District Liaison possibility of a combined or shared area. The Committee. (September) District Public Works Facility is in need of some committee will consist of OD The Corporate and significantimprovementstomeetcurrent 4. Finalize recommendation demands. Municipal Services Director as well as the to Council. (December) Secretary - Treasurer and Benefits: Manager of Operations from School District 72. 1.Relocation of Fire Hall off Flood Plain. 2. New facility will meet current seismic standards. 3.Public Works facilitywillreceive upgrades necessary after 25 years of operation. 4. More efficient use of lands.
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File No.: 0570-00 STPL
TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Administrator DATE: January 8, 2004
SUBJECT: DISTRICT VISION, MISSION AND PRINCIPLES
Recommendation:
That Council review the attached vision, mission and principles statements which arise from their direction and discussions at the Strategic Retreat 2004 and upon refinement adopt same and incorporate them into the Districts Strategic Planning and Official Community Plan process.
Background:
The District of Campbell River has relied on a strategic planning process, which developed both Council and departmental priorities on a one to three year basis outlining work plans in each year.This focus on shorter-term priorities and objectives came about because the Councils had been operating under an existing Official Community Plan, which laid out the growth and development strategies for the community for the long term. With the requirements to create a new Official Community Plan, Council at this years' Strategic Retreat moved back from a focus on shorter-term priorities and objectives to examine the bigger picture.
Council focused on how it governs and the principles that Council wish to see in place to develop Campbell River. To this end, a great deal of time was spent at the retreat focusing on the vision, mission and principles for the community as well as working on specific corporate and operational priorities for this year.
Council directed that its work in this area was to be brought back in a draft report layingouta recommended draftvision, mission and principlesfor the municipality, which Council would then refine and incorporate in both *h- Strategic Planning process and the Official Community Plan. vision, mission and principles would then be reviewed by the adopted as part of the Official Community Plan, which adoption i, June of this year.
Many municipalities and corporations in Canada and around the A focusing on the development of a vision and mission as well as p. values for their organizations.
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ca9 A vision sets out where an organization wants to be. Amiss0ion tells both the organization and the community what the purpose of the organization is and the values and principles guide how business is conducted.
Many municipalities have developed visions, which are fairly generic.As an example, the vision for the city of Calgary is, "Working together to create and sustain a vibrant, healthy, safe and caring community."Prince George, BC's vision is. " Bold leadership. Bright future." The City of Waterloo, Ontario has combined the vision and mission into a statement that reads as follows, "Waterloo, a progressive organization built on principles, which anticipate and satisfy the requirements of our customers and citizens, achieved through a team of committed, highly skilled and valued people."Example of a private sector mission is that of Quizno's, [yes the sub place].Their mission is "To be the leader in quick service restaurants by serving the best sandwich in the market place... onesuccessful restaurant and one [wowed] customer at a time."
Campbell River's Council in itsStrategic Retreat of 2004 worked on the development of a vision, mission and principles. Principles would be found in the four cornerstones of sustainable community: economic diversity; environmental sustainability; cultural fabric and social well being. The attached chart lays out the draft vision, mission and the specific principles under these four broad pillars of community growth and sustainability. They are presented so that Council may refine them and incorporate them into the Strategic Plan and the Official Community Plan of the District of Campbell River.
Communication:
That after Council has refined the vision, mission and principles of the District this will be incorporated into the draft of the Official Community Plan and reviewed by the public. Upon review and comment from the public it will again be refined and incorporated into the Official Community Plan for the District of Campbell River.
Doug Raines
DDR/lel
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Campbell River, the centre for North Vancouver Island continues to grow as a diverse community with all of its elements working to create a healthy, vigorous economy and sustainable environment, supporting our unique cultural fabric and ensuring our social well being.
DISTRICT MISSION
To serve our community through open, accessible, effective and efficient local government.
PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES
Economic Cultural Fabric Social Well Being Environmental Diversity Sustainability Create a climate Support for and A safe Protect and supportive of recognition of Community maintain our business our history A positive physical Improved particularly our community spirit environment infrastructure First Nations A very livable, Effective land Enhance tourism roots healthy, varied use and hospitality Recognition of community Residential Meaningful jobs the ethnic Opportunities for diversity - particularly for diversity of our positive lifestyles youth Community [all ages, stages Commercial hub A viable arts and abilities] Community community both vision visual and rformin
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