THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
A G E N D A
Time: 1:15 PM Place: Board Room 4th Floor
465 Victoria Street Kamloops, BC
Page
1 CALL TO ORDER
2 PUBLIC HEARINGS (If Required)
3 CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
4 ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA
5 MINUTES
11 - 25 5.a 2019 August 15 Regular Board Meeting Minutes DRAFT
Attachments: Board of Directors Regular - 15 Aug 2019 - Minutes DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the minutes of the August 15, 2019 Regular Board Meeting be adopted.
26 - 27 5.b 2019 August 15 Record of Thompson-Nicola Regional District Public Hearing Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2685, 2019 Zoning Amendment No. BA 177
Attachments: Public Hearing BA177 - 15 Aug 2019 - Minutes DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Record of August 15, 2019 Public Hearing on Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2685, 2019, Zoning Amendment No. BA 177, be accepted as recorded. Agenda – Board of Directors Regular Meeting Thursday, September 19, 2019
28 - 29 5.c 2019 August 15 Record of Thompson-Nicola Regional District Public Hearing Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178
Attachments: Public Hearing BA178 - 15 Aug 2019 - Minutes DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Record of August 15, 2019 Public Hearing on Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178 be accepted as recorded.
6 BYLAWS (From Public Hearing - If Required)
7 DELEGATIONS
30 - 68 7.a Tourism and Destination Development Strategy Update Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association Jolene Lammers, Destination Development Coordinator
Attachments: Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association Request for Letter of Support
7.b Roadside Weed Control Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Graham Gielens, Manager, Roadside Development
8 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
69 - 76 8.a Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition Evelyn Pilatzke, President BC Agricultural Exhibition Society
Report by the Director of Finance dated August 16, 2019.
Attachments: BC Agri Exposition Society 2019 Board Report
Page 2 of 161 Agenda – Board of Directors Regular Meeting Thursday, September 19, 2019
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Board receive the funding request report for consideration and provide direction to staff.
77 - 84 8.b Financial Request - 2019 Provincial Winter Fair Ada Mogge, Sponsorship Committee Chairperson Kamloops Exhibition Association
Report by the Director of Finance dated August 16, 2019.
Attachments: Kamloops Exhibition Association (KXA) funding request 2019 Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Board receive the funding request report for consideration and provide direction to staff.
85 - 101 8.c Discussion Paper to Solicit Feedback from Local Governments about Class D Licences Class D Slaughter Facilities - Ministry of Agriculture Request for Local Government Input
Report by the Director of Development Services dated September 10, 2019.
Attachments: Class D Slaughter facilities Board Report Sept 10, 2019
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT Class D Licences for slaughter and meat sale be supported but only subject to:
1. the facility being inspected for a Class D appropriate standard; 2. an inspector being present at time of slaughter to ensure animal health and meat safety; and
Given these conditions being met, eliminating the restriction of meat sale by Regional District boundary.
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102 - 111 8.d Housing Needs Report Program and Municipal Partnerships
Report by the Director of Development Services dated September 10, 2019.
Attachments: Requesting Authorization to Apply UBCM Housing Needs Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT staff be authorized to apply for $150,000 to the UBCM Housing Needs Reports Program as primary applicant for a regional housing needs report project covering Electoral Areas “A”, “B”, “E”, “I”, “J”, “L”, “M”, “N”, and “P” with Clearwater, Sun Peaks, Merritt, Cache Creek, Clinton, and Logan Lake, all as partnering municipalities;
AND THAT, the TNRD provide overall grant management under the UBCM Housing Needs Reports Program.
9 BYLAWS (Other than Development Application Bylaws for 1st Reading)
10 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
112 - 117 10.a Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw NO. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178
• Lot A, District Lot 550. and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4796 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-424 ("Parcel A")
• Lot B, District Lot 550. and of Section 34. Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4836 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-432 ("Parcel B")
Cherry, BC (Cherry Creek Mobile Home Park "Owner - Parcel A" and Nassat Holdings Ltd. - "Owner - Parcel B") and Paul Douglas ("Agent")
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Report by the Director of Development Services dated September 10, 2019.
Attachments: BA 178 - Nassat - Adoption - September 2019 Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
1. THAT Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019, be adopted.
2. THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019 be adopted.
11 CORRESPONDENCE
11.a Action Requested
11.b Information Only
118 - 121 11.b.1 Quarterly Report April 1 to June 30, 2019 Office of the Ombudsperson
Attachments: Office of the Ombudsperson Quarterly Report Apr 1 - June 30, 2019
122 - 124 11.b.2 Corporate Carbon Neutrality 2018 UBCM Green Communities Committee
Attachments: UBCM Green Communities Committee
125 11.b.3 20th Anniversary of the Children's Arts Festival Kamloops Arts Council
Attachments: 20th Anniversary of Children's Arts Festival - Kamloops Arts Council
126 11.b.4 Thank you Area "P" for Continued Support Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality
Attachments:
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Sun Peaks Thank You for Continued Support
127 - 128 11.b.5 Request for a Renal Dialysis Unit in Merritt Pam Whitaker, Ken Dunning and E. Brown
Attachments: Request for a Renal Dialysis Unit in Merritt
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT correspondence for information only be received by the Board for information.
12 NEW BUSINESS - DIRECTORS
13 NOTICE OF MOTION
14 REPORTS and/or INQUIRIES
14.a Internal Committees
14.a.1 Audit Committee - Directors Raine (Chair), Quinn & Christian
14.a.2 Economic Development and Recreation Services Committee - Directors Rice (Chair), Smith (Vice Chair) Graham, Kershaw, Rothenburger, Schaffer, Stamer & O'Reilly
14.a.3 Emergency Management and Protective Services Committee - Directors Watson (Chair), Roden (Vice Chair), Elliott, Rice, Graham, Blackwell, Smith & Bass
14.a.4 Regional Solid Waste Management Committee - Directors Kershaw (Chair), Elliott (Vice Chair), Laird, Rothenburger, Watson, Stamer, Swan, Talarico & Sinclair
14.a.5 Thompson-Nicola Invasive Plant Management Committee - Directors Laird (Chair), Graham & Roden
14.a.6 Thompson Regional Hospital District - Director Christian (Chair)
14.a.7 Utilities Systems Committee - Directors Elliott (Chair), Rothenburger (Vice Chair), Kershaw, Quinn, Schaffer, Blackwell, Polderman & Bass
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14.a.8 Thompson Headwaters Services Committee - Director Quinn (Chair)
129 - 133 14.a.9 Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair)
Minutes from Wells Gray Country Services Committee Meeting June 19, 2019
Attachments: 06_19_2019 WGCSC Minutes Signed OCR
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Minutes from the Wells Gray Country Services Committee June 19, 2019 be received for information.
14.b External Committees
134 - 138 14.b.1 Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.)
Attachments: Fraser Basin Council Thompson Regional Committee Meeting Summary 11June2019 DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Minutes from the Fraser Basin Council Thompson Regional Committee meeting of June 11, 2019 be received for information.
14.b.2 Municipal Finance Authority - Director Brown, Director Dudy (Alt.)
14.b.3 Municipal Insurance Association - Director Dudy, Director Polderman (Alt.)
14.b.4 Shuswap Watershed Council - Director Crowe, Director Christian
14.b.5 Union of BC Municipalities - Director Singh
14.b.6 Kamloops Airport Authority Society - Director Kershaw, Chair Gillis (Alt.)
14.c Other Reports
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139 - 140 14.c.1 Federal Gas Tax - Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Building Envelope Upgrade
Report by the Director of Community Services dated August 21, 2019.
Attachments: Federal Gas Tax South Green Lake Fire Hall Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT an expenditure to a maximum of $55,000 from Federal Gas Tax – Community Works Fund revenues, allocated to Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau), be approved by the Board to fund energy efficiency upgrades to the South Green Lake Fire Hall located at 548 Green Lake Road S, Green Lake, BC: PID 007-575-394 – Lot 66, Plan KAP21147, District Lot 1144, LD.
141 - 143 14.c.2 Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property
Report by the Director of Community Services dated August 21, 2019.
Attachments: South Green Lake Fire Department Property Title Transfer Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Chair and Corporate Officer execute documents required to transfer title for 520 Green Lake Road South, (Lot 65, Plan 21147, District Lot 1144, Lillooet Land District PID 007-702-931) from the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Society to the Thompson- Nicola Regional District.
144 - 149 14.c.3 Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A - That portion of Section 23, Township 14, Range 27, Plan KAP68032 - South of Lytton, BC
Report by the Director of Development Services dated September 10, 2019.
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Attachments: REF 513 - Skuppah Addition to Reserve - Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT support be provided for the application to add that portion of Section 23, Township 14, Range 27, Plan KAP68032 to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A.
150 - 156 14.c.4 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562-2018
Report by the Director of Development Services dated September 10, 2019.
Attachments: REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562-2018 be accepted.
157 - 158 14.c.5 2019 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Bursaries
Report by the Chief Administrative Officer dated September 10, 2019.
Attachments: 2019 Bursary Awards Board Report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Board receive information about the TNRD Bursary recipients’ future educational endeavors for information.
159 14.c.6 TNRD Public Consultation Activities - August 2019
Attachments: August 2019 Public Consultation Activities
RECOMMENDATION:
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THAT the August 2019 Public Consultation Activities report be received for information.
160 - 161 14.c.7 TNRD Building Permit Activity Highlight - August 2019
Attachments: BP Activity Highlights - August 2019
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the August 2019 Building Permit Activity Highlights report be received for information.
15 QUESTION PERIOD
16 CLOSED MEETING (If Required)
16.a THAT the meeting be Closed to the Public under the authority of the Community Charter, Section 90(1)(e) to consider the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; Section 90(1)(f) to consider law enforcement, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an enactment; and Section 90(1)(i) to consider the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.
17 ADJOURNMENT
Page 10 of 161 THOMPSON - NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT
Thursday, August 15, 2019
MINUTES of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT held in the Board Room on Thursday, August 15, 2019 commencing at 1:15 PM.
PRESENT: Director K. Gillis (Chair) Electoral Area "L" (Grasslands) Director W. Kershaw (Vice Chair) Electoral Area "O" (Lower North Thompson) Director B. Roden Village of Ashcroft Director W. Stamer District of Barriere Director S. Talarico Village of Cache Creek Director S. Swan Village of Clinton Director R. Crowe Village of Chase Director M. Blackwell District of Clearwater Director K. Christian City of Kamloops Director A. Singh City of Kamloops Director K. Sinclair City of Kamloops Director. D. Dudy City of Kamloops Director M. O'Reilly City of Kamloops Director D. Bass City of Kamloops Director R. Smith District of Logan Lake Director J. Polderman Village of Lytton Director L. Brown City of Merritt Director A. Raine Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Director C. Schaffer Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country) Director S. Quinn Electoral Area "B" (Thompson-Headwaters) Director S. Watson Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) Director S. Rice Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) Director R. Elliott Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country) Director D. Laird Electoral Area "M" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North) Director H.S. Graham Electoral Area "N" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South) Alternate Director L. Morris Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks)
ABSENT: Director M. Rothenburger Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks) STAFF: Mr. S. Gill, Chief Administrative Officer Ms. C. Black, Corporate Officer/Director of Legislative Services Mr. D. Rae, Director of Finance Ms. R. Sadilkova, Director of Development Services Mr. J. Devlin, Director of Environmental Services Ms. J. Moore, Chief Librarian Mr. R. Storie, Director of Community Services Ms. D. Sell, Director of Corporate Services and Human Resources Mr. A. Krause, Manager of Planning Services Ms. U. Walus, Planner Mr. D. Jones, IT Services Support Technician Ms. M. Nordstrom, Manager of Communications Ms. K. Brunsgaard, Recording Secretary
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PRESS: 1 member of the media
OTHER: 9 members of the public
1 CALL TO ORDER
1.a Chair Gillis called the meeting to order at 1:15 PM.
2 PUBLIC HEARINGS (If Required)
2.a Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2685, 2019 Zoning Amendment No. BA 177 Lot 1, Section 1, Township 22, Range 15, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP59503 PID: 023-818-395 (the "Property") 6421 Upper Louis Creek Rd. Whitecroft, BC (Haines, the "Owner")
The Public Hearing commenced at 1:19 AM and adjourned at 1:22 PM.
2.b Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw NO. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178 • Lot A, District Lot 550. and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4796 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-424 ("Parcel A") • Lot B, District Lot 550. and of Section 34. Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4836 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-432 ("Parcel B") Cherry, BC (Cherry Creek Mobile Home Park "Owner - Parcel A" and Nassat Holdings Ltd. - "Owner - Parcel B") and Paul Douglas ("Agent")
The Public Hearing commenced at 1:23 PM and adjourned at 1:25 PM.
3 CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Gillis welcomed Alternate Director Lee Morris representing Electoral Area “P” for Director Rothenburger.
The Chair noted the agenda addition (Item 14a.10) and the change of date for the next Committee of the Whole Meeting to November 8, 2019. He also informed Electoral Area Directors that their UBCM information would be provided at the September Board meeting.
4 ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA
Addition of Item 14.a.10 – Committee of the Whole (July 12, 2019)
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5 MINUTES
5.a 2019 July 11 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Moved by Director Dudy Seconded by Director Shaffer
THAT the minutes of the July 11, 2019 Regular Board Meeting be adopted. CARRIED
6 BYLAWS (From Public Hearing)
6.a Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2685, 2019 Zoning Amendment No. BA 177 Lot 1, Section 1, Township 22, Range 15, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP59503 PID: 023-818-395 (the "Property") 6421 Upper Louis Creek Rd. Whitecroft, BC (Haines, the "Owner")
The Board considered the report by the Director of Development Services dated August 2, 2019 and the input from the public hearing regarding an application to rezone a 3.2 ha portion of a non ALR Property from AF-1: Agricultural/ Forestry to SH-1 Small Holding to correct a historic building encroachment and improve the overall agricultural capability.
Moved by Director Kershaw Seconded by Director Stamer
THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2685, 2019, be read a third time. CARRIED
Moved by Director Kershaw Seconded by Director Quinn
THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2685, 2019 be adopted. CARRIED
6.b Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw NO. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178 • Lot A, District Lot 550. and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4796 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-424 ("Parcel A") • Lot B, District Lot 550 and of Section 34. Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4836 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-432 ("Parcel B") Cherry, BC (Cherry Creek Mobile Home Park "Owner - Parcel A" and Nassat Holdings Ltd. - "Owner - Parcel B") and Paul Douglas ("Agent")
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The Board considered the report by the Director of Development Services dated August 2, 2019 and the input from the public hearing regarding amendments to the Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw No. 2400 for two contiguous properties in Cherry Creek. The rezoning of a portion of Parcel A from C-3: Highway Commercial to MH-1: Manufactured Home Park and re-designation of Parcel A from Agri- Residential and Commercial to Manufactured Home Park are intended to ‘clean up’ historically misaligned zoning and OCP boundaries on both Parcels.
Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019, be read a third time. CARRIED
Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Laird
THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019 be read a third time. CARRIED
7 DELEGATIONS
7.a Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition
Evelyn Pilatzke, President BC Agricultural Exhibition Society
Ms. Pilatzke introduced herself to the Board, provided an overview of the planned events for the 2019 BC Agricultural Expo and their ongoing goals. She advised that the 2019 Provincial Winter Fair is scheduled for September 27th to 30th in Barriere and requested $5,000 sponsorship to assist with operating costs.
7.b Financial Request - 2019 Provincial Winter Fair
Ada Mogge, Sponsorship Committee Chairperson Kamloops Exhibition Association
Ms. Mogge introduced herself and two participants from the 4-H Club competitions. She thanked the Board for last year’s contribution and highlighted successes of the 2018 Agricultural Expo. Ms. Moggee provided an overview of the new events for the 2019 Provincial Winter Fair scheduled for th September 27th to 30 and requested $5,000 to support this year's fair.
Chair Gillis thanked both delegations for their presentations, wished them luck with their events and reminded them that the Board will consider their requests at the next Board meeting. 2019 August 15 Regular Board Meeting Minutes DRAFT Page 14 of 161 Minutes - Board of Directors Regular Page 5 Thursday, August 15, 2019
8 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
8.a Proposed Cache Creek/Ashcroft Eco-Depot
The Board considered the August 15, 2019 report by the Director of Environmental Services that provided details of four (4) public open houses held in Cache Creek and Ashcroft during the third week of June to gather public input on three possible locations for a proposed new Eco-Depot to service area residents.
Moved by Director Rice Seconded by Director Roden
THAT staff be directed to pursue acquiring property at the Campbell Hill Drive East location as the preferred location to construct and operate a new Eco-Depot for Cache Creek, Ashcroft, and surrounding area residents;
AND THAT the Boston Flats location be the alternate location, if suitable property cannot be acquired at the Campbell Hill Drive East location. CARRIED
9 BYLAWS (Other than Development Application Bylaws for 1st Reading)
9.a Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2665, 2018 Application No. BA 163 Lot A, District Lot 292, KDYD, Plan KAP78657, PID: 026-371-669 ("Property") Monte Creek, BC (1146551 BC Ltd. / Nirvair Singh ("Owner") OTG Developments Ltd. / Dylan Anderson ("Agent")
The Board considered the August 2, 2019 report by the Director of Development Services that provided details of a commercial development application for a site-specific amendment to Zoning Bylaw 2400 to allow a commercial cardlock facility on the subject property in conjunction with other uses permitted in the C-5: Local Commercial zone.
Moved by Director Quinn Seconded by Director Roden
That Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2665, 2018, be adopted. CARRIED
10 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
None
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11 CORRESPONDENCE
11.a Action Requested
None.
11.b Information Only
11.b.1 Discussion Paper to solicit feedback from Local Governments about Class D Licences - Ministry of Agriculture, July 29, 2019
11.b.2 Business Adhesion Program - support in "Drive for Sustainability" - Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association
11.b.3 TUP Process for Short Term Rentals - Linda and Phil Hartl, East Barriere Lake
11.b.4 Support for UBCM Resolution - Access to Provincial Emergency Preparedness Funding for Independent Fire Services - Cariboo Regional District
11.b.5 UBCM Resolution - Regional Management of Forestry - Municipality of North Cowichan
11.b.6 Application for 2019 Community Excellence Awards - UBCM
11.b.7 Gas Tax Agreement Community Works Fund Payment - UBCM
11.b.8 Supporting a Social Safety Net for BC Communities Facing Sawmill Closures - United Way of BC
11.b.9 2019 UBCM Official Opposition Meeting Opportunities Todd Stone, MLA - Official Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs
11.b.10 TNRD Film Commission Digital Photo Library and Marketing Materials Project - Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust
Moved by Director Singh Seconded by Director Kershaw
THAT correspondence be received for information. CARRIED
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In response to the Chair’s query to the Board for interest in considering of any of the correspondence items received for information, Directors Brown and Watson requested that more information be provided in order to consider Correspondence Item 11.b.1.
Moved by Director Brown Seconded by Director Watson
THAT staff be directed to prepare a report on Class D licenses for Provincial Meat Inspection for consideration by the Board at the September regular meeting. CARRIED
12 NEW BUSINESS - DIRECTORS
12.a Letter of Support – Wells Gray Community Forest
Moved by Director Schaffer Seconded by Director Elliott
THAT the TNRD send a letter to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Development indicating the Board’s support for the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation’s request for an expansion of their tenure and recognition of the benefits and support that the corporation has provided to Electoral Area “A” residents. CARRIED
12.b Roadside Weed Control - Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Roden
THAT an invitation be sent to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to attend the September Board meeting to discuss weed control priorities and funding. CARRIED
12.c Letter of Support - Gold Country Services Community "Rural Creates" Project
Moved by Director Watson Seconded by Director Rice
THAT the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board provide a letter of support to the Northern Initiative Development Trust for the Gold Country Services Community’s “Rural Creates” project. CARRIED
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12.d Support for Gold Country Communities Society BC Rural Dividend Application
Moved by Director Rice Seconded by Director Laird
THAT a letter of support be sent for Gold Country Services Community’s BC Rural Dividend Application for funding to create a series of workshops that will provide training to build skills that will promote tourism economic assets and create a structure for resilient and profitable businesses. CARRIED
12.e Remuneration and Reimbursement of Expenses for Attendance at August 14, 2019 Meeting
Moved by Director Quinn Seconded by Director Blackwell
THAT Director who attended the briefing meeting with the RCMP on August 14, 2019 receive remuneration and reimbursement of expenses for their attendance. CARRIED
13 NOTICE OF MOTION
None.
14 REPORTS and/or INQUIRIES
14.a Internal Committees
14.a.1 Audit Committee - Directors Raine (Chair), Quinn & Christian
Director Raine advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.2 Economic Development and Recreation Services Committee - Directors Rice (Chair), Smith (Vice Chair) Graham, Kershaw, Rothenburger, Schaffer, Stamer & O'Reilly
Director Rice advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.3 Emergency Management and Protective Services Committee - Directors Watson (Chair), Roden (Vice Chair), Elliott, Rice, Graham, Blackwell, Smith & Bass
Director Laird advised that there was no meeting.
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14.a.4 Regional Solid Waste Management Committee - Directors Kershaw (Chair), Elliott (Vice Chair), Laird, Rothenburger, Watson, Stamer, Swan, Talarico & Sinclair
Director Kershaw advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.5 Thompson-Nicola Invasive Plant Management Committee - Directors Laird (Chair), Graham & Roden
Director Laird advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.6 Thompson Regional Hospital District - Director Christian (Chair)
Director Christian advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.7 Utilities Systems Committee - Directors Elliott (Chair), Rothenburger (Vice Chair), Kershaw, Quinn, Schaffer, Blackwell, Polderman & Bass
Director Elliott advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.8 Thompson Headwaters Services Committee - Director Quinn (Chair)
Moved by Director Quinn Seconded by Director Elliott
THAT the Minutes from the Thompson Headwaters Services Committee July 9, 2019 meeting be received for information. CARRIED
14.a.9 Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair)
Director Schaffer advised that there was no meeting.
14.a.10. Committee of the Whole - July 12, 2019
Moved by Director Rice Seconded by Director Crowe
THAT consideration of the potential development of an economic development function be referred to the Economic Development and Recreation Committee for investigation.
CARRIED
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Moved by Director Schaffer Seconded by Director Watson
THAT a letter be sent to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development encouraging the engagement of CEOs of the forest industry, First Nations and local communities in discussions about the impacts to forestry.
CARRIED
Moved by Director Watson Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT staff be directed to find a way to conduct a feasibility study regarding the creation of a first stage hemp processing plant run as a cooperative in the TNRD to provide the ability to process industrial hemp grown in the Interior of BC creating products for spin off industries such as hempcrete, textiles, oil and seed production and bast fiber that can used as insulation as well as composite plastics. CARRIED
14.b External Committees
14.b.1 Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.)
Director Rice advised that there was no meeting.
14.b.2 Municipal Finance Authority - Director Brown, Director Dudy (Alt.)
Director Brown advised that there was no meeting.
14.b.3 Municipal Insurance Association - Director Dudy, Director Polderman (Alt.)
Director Dudy advised that there was no meeting.
14.b.4 Shuswap Watershed Council - Director Crowe, Director Christian
Director Crowe advised that there was no meeting.
14.b.5 Union of BC Municipalities - Director Singh
Director Singh advised that the 2019 UBCM Convention is being held in Vancouver and noted some of the topics that will be addressed at the conference. He gave an overview of the positions that are open and described the UBCM Board Elections that will be taking place.
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14.b.6 Joint Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair), Director Blackwell
Moved by Director Schaffer Seconded by Director Smith
THAT the Minutes from the Joint Services Committee July 8, 2019 be received for information. CARRIED 14.b.7 Kamloops Airport Authority Society - Director Kershaw, Chair Gillis (Alt.)
Director Kershaw advised that there was no meeting.
14.c Other Reports
14.c.1 Housing Needs Reports Program and Municipal Partnerships
The Board considered the August 2, 2019 report by the Director of Development Services advising of the Provincial Housing Needs Reports Program and to seek support for partnering with member municipalities on funding applications to assist with the cost of preparing housing needs reports.
Moved by Director Swan Seconded by Director Smith
THAT the Board support partnering with member municipalities and applying for UBCM funding opportunities for Housing Needs Reports. CARRIED
14.c.2 Federal Gas Tax Funding - Electoral Area "J" (Copper Dessert Country) - Stake Lake Trails Lighting Upgrade
The Board considered the August 6, 2019 report by the Director of Community Services recommending an allocation of $10,000 in Federal Gas Tax funding to support the completion of an LED lighting upgrade for the Stake Lake Ski Trails system. The Board was advised that Electoral Area Director Elliott has supported the funding request that will assist with the upgrade of inefficient and ineffective fluorescent lighting to LED lighting for both safety and reduction in operating costs.
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Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Smith
THAT the expenditure of $10,000 from Federal Gas Tax Revenues - Community Works Fund component, allocated to Electoral Area “J” (Copper Desert Country), be approved to fund the completion of LED lighting upgrades for the Stake Lake Ski Trails, tenured under Recreation Sites and Trails BC Partners Management Agreement #16660-27/Overlander;
AND THAT the Chair and Corporate Officer be authorized to execute an agreement with the Overlander Ski Club (Club), which will require the Club to fulfill the requirements of the Federal Gas Tax Fund – Community Works Fund agreement. CARRIED 14.c.3 Federal Gas Tax Funding - Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks) - Paul Lake Wastewater Plant Replacement Equipment
The Board considered the August 15, 2019 report by Director of Community Services advising that the existing Rotating Biological Contractor (RBC) rotor assembly at the Paul Lake wastewater plant has reached the age where fatigue failure is a possibility and recommending that new equipment be secured now for subsequent installation.
Moved by Alternate Director Morris Seconded by Director Kershaw
THAT $149,000of Federal Gas Tax Community Works Fund revenue, allocated to Electoral Area “P” (Rivers and the Peaks), be approved to purchase a new Rotating Biological Contractor (RBC) rotor assembly for the Paul Lake wastewater treatment plant. CARRIED
14.c.4 Federal Gas Tax Funding - Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks) Sun Peaks Centre
The August 6, 2019 report by the Director of Community Services regarding $300,000 in Federal Gas Tax funding for the development of the Sun Peaks Centre was considered by the Board.
Moved by Alternate Director Morris Seconded by Director Quinn
THAT the expenditure of $300,000 from Federal Gas Tax Revenues - Community Works Fund component, allocated to Electoral Area “P” (Rivers and the Peaks), be approved to assist with the development of the Sun Peaks Centre;
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AND THAT the Chair and Corporate Officer be authorized to execute an agreement with the Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks (Sun Peaks), which will require Sun Peaks to fulfill the requirements of the Federal Gas Tax Fund. CARRIED
14.c.5 Library Advocacy - 20 Million in 2020 Campaign
The July 31, 2019 report by the Chief Librarian advising that the TNRD has been invited to participate in advocating for the 2020 public library priorities by the Public Library Partners: the British Columbia Library Trustees Association (BCLTA), Association of BC Public Library Directors (ABCPLD), InterLINK, and the BC Libraries Co-op was considered by the Board.
Moved by Director Schaffer Seconded by Director Watson
THAT the Board approve a letter in support of the 20 Million in 2020 Campaign advocating for the provincial government to address the funding gap for BC public libraries. CARRIED
14.c.6 Referral Response File No. REF519 Huldra Tailings Storage Facility & Former Craigmont Mine Closure Lower Nicola, BC
The Board considered the August 6, 2019 report by the Director of Development Services regarding a referral of an application to amend Mines Act Permit M-68 for Craigmont Mill, owned by Nicola Mining Incorporated to import fill from off-site sources and temporarily store fly ash and remediated fill material – and subject to approval - use these materials as a part of the required mine reclamation plan; and to extend the duration for storage of ore imported to site for custom milling purposes.
Moved by Director Laird Seconded by Director Elliott
THAT the TNRD response to the Ministry cite the Board Policy and advise that land use amendment is required for activities not directly related to ore extraction, mine reclamation, and not permitted in the existing I-3: General Industrial Zone. CARRIED
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14.c.7 Request for Meeting with Minister of Forests at UBCM
The Board considered the Chief Administrative Officer’s August 1, 2019 report supporting a request for a meeting with the Minister of Forests at the UBCM Conference this September.
Moved by Director Crowe Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT the Executive Assistant submit a request for a meeting with the Minister of Forests at UBCM to discuss long term access to Crown Land for Recreational/Tourist Commercial purposes. CARRIED
14.c.8 TNRD Public Consultation Activities - June/July 2019
Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT the June/July 2019 Public Consultation Activities report be received for information. CARRIED
14.c.9 TNRD Building Permit Activity Highlight - July 2019
Moved by Director Kershaw Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT the July 2019 Building Permit Activity Highlights report be received for information. CARRIED
14.c.10 Unaudited Interim Finance Report for 6-Months ended June 30, 2019
The August 7, 2019 report by Director of Finance that provided a high-level comparison of year to date actuals to annual budget revenues and expenditures for the 6 months ended June 30, 2019 was considered by the Board. The Board was advised that no issues or significant deviations from the approved plan were noted.
Moved by Director Elliott Seconded by Director Schaffer
THAT the Unaudited June 30, 2019 Interim Financial Report be received for information. CARRIED 2019 August 15 Regular Board Meeting Minutes DRAFT Page 24 of 161 Minutes - Board of Directors Regular Page 15 Thursday, August 15, 2019
15 QUESTION PERIOD
None.
16 CLOSED MEETING
16.a Moved by Director Christian Seconded by Director Stamer
THAT the meeting be Closed to the Public under the authority of the Community Charter, Section 90(1)(e) to consider the acquisition of property. CARRIED
16.b The closed meeting commenced at 2:45 PM and adjourned at 2:55 PM.
17 ADJOURNMENT
Certified Correct:
Chair
Corporate Officer
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RECORD OF A THOMPSON - NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING
Thursday, August 15, 2019
RECORD of a PUBLIC HEARING held by the Board of Directors of the THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT held in the Board Room on Thursday, August 15, 2019 commencing at 1:19 pm.
PRESENT: Director K. Gillis (Chair) Electoral Area "L" (Grasslands) Director W. Kershaw (Vice Chair) Electoral Area "O" (Lower North Thompson) Director B. Roden Village of Ashcroft Director W. Stamer District of Barriere Director S. Talarico Village of Cache Creek Director S. Swan Village of Clinton Director R. Crowe Village of Chase Director M. Blackwell District of Clearwater Director K. Christian City of Kamloops Director M. O’Reilly City of Kamloops Director K. Sinclair City of Kamloops Director. D. Dudy City of Kamloops Director M. O'Reilly City of Kamloops Director D. Bass City of Kamloops Director R. Smith District of Logan Lake Director J. Polderman Village of Lytton Director L. Brown City of Merritt Director A. Raine Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Director C. Schaffer Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country) Director S. Quinn Electoral Area "B" (Thompson-Headwaters) Director S. Watson Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) Director S. Rice Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) Director R. Elliott Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country) Director D. Laird Electoral Area "M" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North) Director H.S. Graham Electoral Area "N" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South) Director L. Morris (Alt.) Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks)
ABSENT: Director M. Rothenburger Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks)
STAFF: Mr. S. Gill, Chief Administrative Officer Mr. D. Rae, Director of Finance Ms. R. Sadilkova, Director of Development Services Mr. J. Devlin, Director of Environmental Services Ms. C. Black, Corporate Officer/Director of Legislative Services Ms. J. Moore, Chief Librarian Mr. R. Storie, Director of Community Services Ms. D. Sell, Director of Corporate Services and Human Resources Mr. A. Krause, Manager of Planning Servicees Ms. U. Walus, Planner
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Mr. D. Jones, IT Services Support Technician Ms. M. Nordstrom, Manager, Communications and Marketing Ms. K. Brunsgaard, Recording Secretary
PRESS: 1 media person
9 members of the public OTHERS:
1 PUBLIC HEARING
Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2685, 2019 Zoning Amendment No. BA 177 Lot 1, Section 1, Township 22, Range 15, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP59503 PID: 023-818-395 (the "Property") 6421 Upper Louis Creek Rd. Whitecroft, BC (Haines, the "Owner")
The Chair introduced the matter of the Public Hearing at 1:19 PM.
The Chair asked the Director of Development Services if any written submissions had been received. The Director of Development Services stated that none had been received.
Barb Haines was on hand to answer any questions the public or Board may have. The Chair called three more times for input from the public. Nobody came forward. The public hearing closed at 1:22 PM.
Certified Correct:
Chair
Corporate Officer
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RECORD OF A THOMPSON - NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING
Thursday, August 15, 2019
RECORD of a PUBLIC HEARING held by the Board of Directors of the THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT held in the Board Room on Thursday, August 15, 2019 commencing at 1:23 pm.
PRESENT: Director K. Gillis (Chair) Electoral Area "L" (Grasslands) Director W. Kershaw (Vice Chair) Electoral Area "O" (Lower North Thompson) Director B. Roden Village of Ashcroft Director W. Stamer District of Barriere Director S. Talarico Village of Cache Creek Director S. Swan Village of Clinton Director R. Crowe Village of Chase Director M. Blackwell District of Clearwater Director K. Christian City of Kamloops Director M. O’Reilly City of Kamloops Director K. Sinclair City of Kamloops Director. D. Dudy City of Kamloops Director M. O'Reilly City of Kamloops Director D. Bass City of Kamloops Director R. Smith District of Logan Lake Director J. Polderman Village of Lytton Director L. Brown City of Merritt Director A. Raine Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Director C. Schaffer Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country) Director S. Quinn Electoral Area "B" (Thompson-Headwaters) Director S. Watson Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) Director S. Rice Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) Director R. Elliott Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country) Director D. Laird Electoral Area "M" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North) Director H.S. Graham Electoral Area "N" (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South) Director L. Morris (Alt.) Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks)
ABSENT: Director M. Rothenburger Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and The Peaks)
STAFF: Mr. S. Gill, Chief Administrative Officer Mr. D. Rae, Director of Finance Ms. R. Sadilkova, Director of Development Services Mr. J. Devlin, Director of Environmental Services Ms. C. Black, Corporate Officer/Director of Legislative Services Ms. J. Moore, Chief Librarian Mr. R. Storie, Director of Community Services Ms. D. Sell, Director of Corporate Services and Human Resources Mr. A. Krause, Manager of Planning Servicees Ms. U. Walus, Planner
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Minutes - Public Hearing Page 2 Thursday, January 17, 2019
Mr. D. Jones, IT Services Support Technician Ms. M. Nordstrom, Manager, Communications and Marketing Ms. K. Brunsgaard, Recording Secretary
PRESS: 1 media person
9 members of the public OTHERS:
1 PUBLIC HEARING
Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw NO. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019, Application No. BA 178 • Lot A, District Lot 550. and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4796 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-424 ("Parcel A") • Lot B, District Lot 550. and of Section 34. Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 - 4836 Trans-Canada Highway, PID: 018-632-432 ("Parcel B") Cherry, BC (Cherry Creek Mobile Home Park "Owner - Parcel A" and Nassat Holdings Ltd. - "Owner - Parcel B") and Paul Douglas ("Agent")
The Chair introduced the matter of the Public Hearing at 1:23 PM.
The Chair asked the Director of Development Services if any written submissions had been received. The Director of Development Services stated that none had been received.
Paul Douglas was on hand to answer any questions the public or Board may have. The Chair called three more times for input from the public. Nobody came forward. The public hearing closed at 1:25 PM.
Certified Correct:
Chair
Corporate Officer
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DELEGATION REQUEST FORM
In order to appear before the Board as a delegation, please take the time to complete this form. It will help you in providing the Board and regional district staff with an overview of your presentation and the key points you wish to bring to the Board’s attention. We ask that you keep your presentation to a MAXIMUM of ten (10) minutes so that there will be a reasonable amount of time for the Board to address any questions that may arise.
PLEASE NOTE that the information contained on this form, the delegation’s presentation and any supporting materials may be included on the agenda (time permitting) and will be made available to the public and the media at the time the agenda is published.
1. Name of Organization or Group & Contact Information
2. Name(s) and title(s) of Person(s) making presentation:
3. The subject of your presentation is
4. What are you seeking from the Board? (i.e. a letter of support, change in a bylaw or policy, to provide information only, request for financial support including the amount, etc):
5. What value does your project/subject provide regionally?
6. Briefly explain how your request aligns with our strategic priorities? (You can find the strategic priorities of the TNRD by clicking here: 2019 TNRD Strategic Plan
7. Are you or your group seeking any form of financial assistance or funding from the TNRD? Yes No If Yes, a budget including expected sources of revenue must be attached.
8. How will you communicate the success of your project or plan back to the Board if your request is approved?
Thank you for taking the time to prepare yourself and the Board Members for your presentation.
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CARIBOO CHILCOTIN
COAST
R E G I O N A L DESTINATION
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
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CONTACTS
Destination BC Representatives
Seppe Mommaerts Manager, Destination Development
Jody Young Senior Project Advisor, Destination Development [email protected]
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association Amy Thacker, CEO (250) 392-2226, ext. 200 [email protected]
Jolene Lammers, Destination Development Coordinator (250) 392-2226, ext. 209 [email protected]
Indigenous Tourism Association of BC (604) 921-1070 [email protected]
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Amber Mattock (250) 356-1489 [email protected]
Tourism Café Canada Nancy Arsenault (Project Lead) and Lesley Anderson (250) 941-7702 [email protected]
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Regional Destination Development Strategy (RDDS) is the result of a two-year process led by Destination British Columbia, which is designed to enhance the competitiveness of the region over the next 10 years and beyond. The tourism destination development program, carried out in partnership with the Regional Destination Management Organizations (RDMOs), is a critical component of Destination BC’s corporate strategy, and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (TAC). The RDDS illuminates the priorities for the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region in consideration of the recommendations from the three planning areas strategies: Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail, and Interlakes. Together with their community, business, government and Indigenous stakeholders, working groups will be created to advance implementation. Special thanks are given to the Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail and Interlakes working groups and many private-sector, First Nations, public-sector, and not-for-profit tourism partners who contributed throughout the destination development planning process.
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast RDDS plays an important role in integrating the planning area strategies from the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast into one overarching regional strategy. This plan elevates the objectives and actions identified within planning area strategies that would benefit from regional leadership and coordination for implementation or would provide positive exponential benefit for the industry.
The RDDS can play an important role in helping to help advance the implementation of destination development within the region, for both the regional and planning area strategies. The strategy, built off a common planning framework, sets out a path for strong regional leadership, collaborative action, integration, and alignment to support destination success in and throughout the region and planning areas.
This integrated approach will deliver strategically aligned plans providing direct benefit to all. When implementation is successful at one planning level, the strategy implementation can be expedited for all levels. While local champions and tourism partners will continue to focus on implementation for the Gold Rush Trail, Interlakes and Chilcotin Central Coast, the regional strategy will guide and coordinate efforts at the regional level to ensure the priorities are executed with an integrated approach.
Developed between July 2018 and March 2019, the strategy was informed by meetings with Destination BC (July-August 2018), presenting a regional discussion document to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association (CCCTA) Board of Directors (September 2018), presenting to 65 stakeholders at the CCCTA AGM (November 2018) then hosting a working session to allow partners to provide input to inform streamlining the priorities. A stakeholder survey followed (November 2018), along with meetings with the CCCTA to finalize the priorities and identify success networks (December 2018) that will advance the regional priorities. The formal review process included the CCCTA Board of Directors, Destination British Columbia, and TAC (January-March 2019).
The Regional Vision The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is a geographically distinct region that reflects and respects the unique heritage, people, and cultures found within it. Future growth of the visitor economy lies in ensuring the long-term sustainability of accessible backcountry adventures, front country resorts, outdoor activities, and cultural, heritage and Indigenous experiences, while preserving the natural assets and way of life valued by residents and travellers alike. Essential to the future of this region is quality transportation, which includes steady, predictable ferry services, road and communication upgrades on major highways, and affordable air access.
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The Regional Goals
The four regional goals are to:
1. Strategically grow the benefits from tourism while respecting the limited carrying capacity of the land and its cultural and heritage assets and striving to preserve the way of life valued by its residents. 2. Maintain an understanding of the customer, adapt to changing needs of the market, and develop experiences that will attract higher-yield travellers who value and appreciate what the area has to offer. 3. Demonstrate leadership through strategic, collaborative planning, development, and investment to achieve mutually beneficial tourism development outcomes for visitors, residents, and businesses. 4. Amplify awareness about the region by developing visitor experiences that showcase the region’s unique assets, heritage, and cultures, attract more travellers, and increase the length of stay and spend throughout the year.
Destination Development Priorities
A total of 43 opportunities emerged as a result of the aggregate analysis of the three individual planning areas (Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail and Interlakes). The final synthesis resulted in seven development themes, 12 catalyst projects and 31 additional objectives that represent important projects to remain at the forefront of future destination development considerations (Table 1).
Each project is associated with a proposed implementation timeframe as a quick win (1-3 years) or a longer- term action (4-10 years). Projects marked as provincial in scope have a broader impact and overlap with other regions.
Table 1: Regional Catalyst Projects
Theme 1: Transportation, Access, and Safety 1. Continue to work with BC Ferries to secure an agreement for a ferry schedule that stimulates tourism growth, anticipates future demand, and provides a long-term commitment. (Longer- term action, Regional scope) 2. Improve emergency services and safety for visitors and citizens alike, travelling along the Gold Rush Trail, Highway 20, and within the Interlakes. (Longer-term action, Regional scope)
Theme 2: The Visitor Experience 3. Support the growing interest in diversifying the availability of guided outdoor recreation opportunities including: fishing, mountain biking, hiking, front and back-country adventures. (Longer-term action, Regional scope) 4. Create a committee of interested stakeholders who are willing to work in a cluster to invest in staying open and offering products and experiences at a new time of year to strategically lengthen the tourism season or stimulate a new season – e.g., winter. (Quick Win, Regional scope)
Theme 3: Lead Strategic Growth and Collaboration as a Region Rich with Touring Opportunities 5. Improve the understanding with residents and businesses of the tourism eco-system, the value of the visitor economy, and the benefits of working collaboratively under the high-profile brands
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(e.g., Gold Rush Trail, Great Bear Rainforest, and British Columbia’s provincial brand. (Longer- term action, Regional scope) 6. Grow visitor and stakeholder awareness, between businesses and communities, of the visitor experiences currently available, and of business development opportunities and needs along the primary touring corridors: GRT, Discovery Circle Tour Route (currently being renamed) and Highway 24 (Longer-term action, Regional scope)
Theme 4: Infrastructure, Resources, Land and Title Rights 7. Collaborate regionally to harmonize the land-use management opportunities between government departments that impact the growth and success of tourism businesses and destination development opportunities. (Longer-term action, Provincial scope) 8. Working in partnership with the province and First Nations to advance tourism management and communication activities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous tourism partners. (Longer-term action, Provincial scope).
Theme 5: Respectful, Balanced Tourism Growth 9. Complete a regional trails strategy. (Quick Win, Regional scope)
Theme 6: Enable Business Viability and Success 10. Establish a framework for collaborative action between CCCTA, ITBC, and ITAC to leverage the long-term destination development opportunities for the best interest of business opportunities and visitor outcomes. (Longer-term action, Regional scope) 11. Assist businesses in becoming market and/or export ready, price and package travel for domestic and international travelers, as well as work to repair relationships with travel trade partners as a result of historic BC Ferries challenges. (Longer-term actions, Provincial scope).
Theme 7: Optimize the New Municipal Regional District Tax (MRDT) Funds 12. Prioritize the MRDT funding to leverage the region’s national and international primary demand generating icons: The Gold Rush Trail, Tweedsmuir Park, the GBR, the western side of Wells Gray Provincial Parks, and Barkerville Historic Town & Park. (Longer-term action, Regional scope)
It is important to note, that while this is a regional strategy that has been created and informed by the Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail and Interlakes destination development strategies, given the central location of the region, the plans and development activities of five planning areas also impact the long-term development of tourism (Figure 1). These planning area Destination Development Strategies include the North Thompson & Nicola Valleys, Fraser Valley, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Northwest BC, and relative to the flow of visitors via BC Ferries, North Vancouver Island.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... 6 FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...... 8 INTRODUCING THE STRATEGY ...... 9 CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST OVERVIEW ...... 12 A DISTINCTIVE DIRECTION – VISION, GOALS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND DEVELOPMENT THEMES ...... 20 CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ...... 21 Catalyst Projects ...... 35 IMPLEMENTATION ...... 36 MEASURING AND MONITORING SUCCESS ...... 37 APPENDIX: LIST OF COMMUNITIES AND FIRST NATIONS ...... 38
ACRONYMS
BCVTA Bella Coola Valley Tourism Association BCHA British Columbia Hotel Association BCLCA British Columbia Lodging and Campground Association BIA Business Industry Association CCCTA Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association CCRD Central Coast Regional District CF Community Futures CFN Coastal First Nations (Heiltsuk, Gitga’at, Nuxalk, Kitasoo Xai’Xais, Oweekeno) CRD Cariboo Regional District DDP Destination Development Program DDS Destination Development Strategy DMO Destination Management Organization EDO Economic Development Offices GBR Great Bear Rainforest GRT Gold Rush Trail GRTC GRT Committee IEA Interlakes Economic Association MRDT Municipal and Regional District Tax (commonly referred to as the ‘Hotel Tax’) NDIT Northern Development Initiative Trust NPTG New Pathways to Gold OCP Official Community Plan RD Regional District
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RDMO Regional Destination Management Organization TNG Tsilhqot’in National Government WCTA West Chilcotin Tourism Association
PROVINCIAL MINISTRIES/ENTITIES
AGRI Ministry of Agriculture CITZ Ministry of Citizens’ Services EMBC Emergency Management BC EMPR Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ENV Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy FIN Ministry of Finance FLNR Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development JTT Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology IRR Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation ITBC Indigenous Tourism Association of British Columbia LBR Ministry of Labour MAH Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing TAC Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture TIABC Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia THRC Tourism Human Resource Council TRAN Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
FEDERAL MINISTRIES/ENTITIES DC Destination Canada DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans INAC Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada ITAC Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada TIAC Tourism Industry Association of Canada THRC Tourism HR Canada
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FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Foreword
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is a region that offers rural, off-the-beaten path experiences for those who want to get away from the hustle of everyday life. It’s an outdoor recreation paradise for nature lovers, and home to some of BC’s most significant heritage assets for those who have a keen interest in delving into the history and cultures of our people.
This Destination Strategy (RDDS) is of six strategies being developed to enhance the appeal and competitiveness of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast tourism region over the next 10 years and beyond.
This document is part of Destination BC’s Destination Development Program (DDP). The Program is a critical component of Destination BC’s corporate strategy and facilitates the collaboration of local, regional and provincial agencies, Indigenous communities, entrepreneurs, destination marketing and management organizations, tourism operators, and other community interests to guide the long-term growth of tourism.
This Destination Development Strategy (RDDS) is the outcome of a multi-year research and stakeholder engagement process that produced three planning area destination development plans for the Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail and the Interlakes. his strategy is the regional roll-up of priorities for the region to be led by the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association (CCCTA) and various stakeholder success networks. As one of six regional destination development strategies being produced, it will contribute to the tapestry of long-term provincial planning efforts that will support BC’s development as a world-class tourism destination offering remarkable, authentic experiences.
Acknowledgements
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association (CCCTA), Destination British Columbia (DBC), and the project facilitation team thank the many private-sector, First Nations, public-sector, and not-for-profit tourism partners who contributed throughout the process by supporting the numerous community meetings, surveys, stakeholder interviews, and follow-up conversations, and by providing relevant documents that informed the planning area and regional reports and strategies.
We thank the Indigenous communities on whose traditional territories we travelled and gathered for our community meetings. We acknowledge that many significant agreements have been realized in this tourism region resulting from successful cooperation between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, the private sector, governments, not-for-profit organizations, and passionate volunteers.
Special thanks are offered to members of the three working groups who provided guidance and insight into their respective planning area strategies which then informed the creation of this regional DDS.
Additionally, special thanks are offered to the facilitators of the regional destination development process: Nancy Arsenault (Project Lead) and Lesley Anderson of Tourism Café Canada.
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INTRODUCING THE STRATEGY
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast DDS is being developed to enhance the competitiveness of the region over the next 10 years and beyond. The strategy is being developed as part of Destination BC’s Destination Development Program (DDP). The Program is a critical component of Destination BC’s corporate strategy and facilitates the collaboration of local, regional and provincial agencies, Indigenous communities, entrepreneurs, destination marketing and management organizations, tourism operators, and other community interests to guide the long-term growth of tourism.
A Focus on the Supply and Visitor Experience
Destination development is the mechanism whereby the natural life cycle of tourism (e.g., development, stagnation, decline, and rejuvenation) is managed to ensure a destination evolves to remain ‘desirable’ for the ever-changing consumer and hence, competitive in its target markets. Destination development happens when industry and government plan and work together to enhance the quality of the visitor’s experience by ensuring tourism products, services, amenities, and practices meet and exceed visitor expectations over the long term.
Tourism has two primary revenue drivers – supply and demand (Figure 1). Destination development focuses on the supply side of tourism by creating a compelling visitor experience to attract new visitors and entice repeat visitation. Arguably, in this age of near instantaneous sharing of experiences via social networks and third- party platforms allowing the traveller to review their experience, the quality of the destination and the experiences it offers is now an essential element of the marketing toolbox.
Figure 1: Tourism Revenue Drivers
There are multiple dimensions to supply that are considered in destination development planning to enhance the visitor experience: the setting in which our experiences take place and how to access them; policies that establish and maintain opportunities and growth barriers; the investment enhancement framework; products and experiences matched to consumer interests, including infrastructure and amenities (which are all often public in nature and used by residents as well as visitors); visitor servicing programs that meet and exceed guest expectations; and, capability, skills, and training needed by the tourism to excel.
Program Vision and Goals
On a provincial level the DDP strives to accomplish the following vision: • BC is a world-class tourism destination that offers remarkable products and experiences that are authentic, driven by visitor demand, exceed expectations, and align with BC’s brand.
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• Make BC the most highly recommended destination in North America. • Create 10-year strategies for tourism development and improve return-on-investment for government and private sector investments in tourism assets. • Elevate BC’s ability to compete as a premium destination while making the province more attractive for investment.
Destination development brings together planning, policy and capacity building efforts to: • Ensure that a destination is well positioned to make future strategic decisions. • Address impediments to growth and capitalize on opportunities. • Outline key assets of a destination including the main product themes/experiences available. • Outline key priorities for new product, infrastructure and amenity development. • Identify impediments to development and tourism growth (e.g., potential policy or capacity issues, available funding, access to funding etc.).
Purpose
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast RDDS is intended to serve as a guide for tourism partners as they proceed with implementation. The strategy should be reviewed and updated as necessary to reflect changing tourism objectives, priorities, and market conditions. Also, results should be tracked regularly to ensure learnings can help future implementation activities be even more effective in increasing economic, social, and cultural benefits to the entire region.
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Destination Development Strategy plays an important role in integrating the planning area strategies from the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast into one overarching regional strategy. This plan elevates the objectives and actions identified within planning area strategies that would benefit from regional leadership and coordination for implementation or would provide positive exponential benefit for the industry.
The RDDS can play an important role in helping to help advance the implementation of destination development within the region, for both the regional and planning area strategies. The strategy, built off a common planning framework, sets out a path for strong regional leadership, collaborative action, integration, and alignment to support destination success in and throughout the region and planning areas.
Methodology
Great strategies don’t come together overnight, and the Regional Destination Development Strategy is no exception. It is the result of an extensive, multi-phased planning process that included significant groundwork and engagement to, first, develop three planning area strategies. Further industry engagement and prioritization, as well as thoughtful consideration, led to the creation of this unifying regional strategy that represents focused priorities for tourism development.
As part of Destination BC’s Destination Development Program, strategies were prepared for three primary planning areas within Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region (Gold Rush Trail, Interlakes and the Chilcotin Central Coast), additionally, five planning areas impact the region (Sea-to-Sky Corridor, North Thompson & Nicola Valleys, Fraser Valley, Northwest BC and the North Island). The discussions and outcomes from the eight processes have informed this strategy (Figure 2). Specifically, in the creation of this strategy: TourismCorporate and Destination Logos Development Strategy Update CaribooCariboo ChilcotinChilcotin Coast DestinationCo... DevelopmentPage 40 Strategy of 161 | Page 10
• A review of three planning area destination development plans produced between 2018 and 2018 for the Gold Rush Trail, Chilcotin Central Coast and Interlakes destination development planning processes (2016 – 2018). • A regional priorities meeting with Destination BC and the CCCTA CEO, July 2018. • A discussion document with the regional priorities prepared for Cariboo Chilcotin Coast (August – September 2018) which was reviewed by Destination BC and the CCCTA prior to presenting the findings to their stakeholders at the November 2018, CCCTA Tourism Summit, attended by 65 stakeholders. • The streamlining of priorities emerging from this meeting were then placed in an online stakeholder survey to invite broader. • This strategy was drafted in November 2019. • The draft strategy review process involved the CCCTA Board of Directors, Destination BC and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (January – March 2019).
Figure 2. Levels of Destination Development Planning
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Sea-to-Sky Corridor
Fraser Valley
North Thompson & Nicola Valleys
North Vancouver Island Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Northwest BC Destination Development Strategy
Provincial Destination Development Strategy
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CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST OVERVIEW
About the Region
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is a region that offers rural, off-the-beaten path experiences for those who want to get away from the hustle of everyday life. It’s an outdoor recreation paradise for nature lovers, and home to some of BC’s most significant heritage assets for those who have a keen interest in delving into the history and cultures of our people.
From the rich Indigenous beginnings that date back millennia, to the powerful ‘Mighty Fraser River’ that is more than a transportation corridor, the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is symbolic of the strength and passion of the people who choose to make this region their home and the foundation for their tourism businesses. Described as the ‘land less travelled’, this region has yet to realize its full potential compared to other areas of the province – and for some stakeholders, it is that preservation of the way of life that is intimately linked to the charm of the area, and its lure for visitors. Tourism growth ‘at all costs’ is not desired. Rather, a careful, measured, sustainable, and strategic approach is essential. This region has endured challenges and evolutions unlike any other region in the province, including the negative impacts of the Bella Coola ferry cancellation followed by a delay in reinstating its return, the wildfires and floods experienced in 2017 and 2018, and the Supreme Court of Canada Tsilhqot’in Land Title decision. Yet, like other areas, tourism is seen as a valued element of the economy, bringing the potential for economic growth. A “community first” approach is desired, where tourism contributes to the lifestyle, amenities, and economic base in a way that can attract residents and families who value balancing economic prosperity with the preservation of local values and the environment.
Regional Insights
In 2014, the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast received a total of 988,000 visits in total, with 528,000 being overnight visits, generating over $168 million in related overnight spending.1 The 2017 the CCCTA Regional Tourism Profile revealed that domestic overnight travellers accounted for 84% of visitation and 70% of related spending. International and US travellers accounted for 16% and 30%, respectively. On average, travellers in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast stayed 3.3 nights and spent $99 per night during their trip. BC travellers in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast stayed 3.5 nights and spent $77 per night during their trip. Other Canadian travellers stayed 2.8 nights and spent $86 per night. US travellers spent 2.3 nights and $299 nightly, with international travellers spending 2.2 nights and $212 per night.
British Columbia makes up the largest share (73%) of visitors to the region, representing 61% of the total spend. In second place is Alberta at 11% of regional visitation and 9% of the spend. Washington is the third largest market at 3%, representing 6% of the spend followed by California at 2% of the region’s total visitation but 12% of the visitor spend.
1 Destination BC. (2017, May). Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Regional Tourism Profile. Retrieved from: https://www.destinationbc.ca/content/uploads/2018/05/Cariboo-Chilcotin-Coast-Regional-Tourism-Profile_2017.pdf
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Key Visitor Markets Success in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, over the longer term, will be based on attracting niche markets – visitors with certain profiles. There are nine primary Explorer Quotient (EQ) types2 for Canada, three of which Destination BC is targeting: Authentic Experiencers, Culture Explorers and Free Spirits.
Via multiple stakeholder engagement sessions throughout the Region, it was determined that Authentic Experiencers, Cultural Explorers, Free Spirits, and Cultural History Buffs should be the primary target segments, as they provide the best match between what visitors are seeking, and the assets found within the region (Figure 3). Personal History Explorers align well with the outdoor recreation and activity-based pursuits available in the Interlakes planning area and represent a potential secondary market.
Figure 3: Regional Explorer Quotient Priority Profiles
Cultural History Buff
Similar to cultural explorers, cultural history buffs travel to further research their hobbies and interests. Discovering culture and history are their main motivations for travelling.
• Spontaneous • Choose destinations to experience • Enjoy learning about diverse natural beauty cultures • Appreciation cultural interaction • Interested in the history of places • Constant travellers they visit • Don’t require luxury or pampering • Not big consumers when • Want to travel with like-minded people travelling
Authentic Experiencers, Cultural Explorers, and Cultural History Buffs are independent travellers who enjoy multi-day touring by car, and who tend to stay away from organized tours and want to get off the beaten path. They enjoy a mix of self-discovery and paid, guided activities and experiences; having these experiences available is important to enhance the overall visitor experience for these types of travellers.
Cultural Explorers enjoy many of the outdoor activities available in the region including horseback riding, guest ranches, canoeing, kayaking, and hiking. All these EQ types have a high interest in local cultural events and
2 Destination Canada. (2012). EQ profiles. Retrieved from https://www.destinationcanada.com/sites/default/files/archive/2013-01- 01/Tools_ExplorerQuotient_Profiles_2015_EN.pdf.
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festivals, as well as Indigenous cultural tourism experiences. The region could benefit from an increased availability of Indigenous cultural products and experiences to complement the strong outdoor recreational opportunities that exist and contribute to increasing stay length and spend.
Free Spirits are more structured travellers who enjoy lodges and resorts, but also have a higher propensity to camp. As the more adventurous travellers of the three target segments, Free Spirits enjoy winter activities including snowshoeing, snowmobiling, dogsledding, as well as many of the other outdoor recreational opportunities available in the region including fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hunting, mountain biking, horseback riding, swimming, and geocaching.
Authentic Experiencers, Cultural Explorers, Free Spirits, and Cultural History Buffs represent 44% of short-haul travellers to BC (BC, Alberta, and Washington) and 60% of long-haul travellers from the Greater Toronto Area, other parts of Ontario, and the USA. And their preferred activities are aligned with what this area offers: sightseeing, scenery, and touring/driving trips.
Summary of Key Regional Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities
The aggregate strengths, weakness, and opportunities for the region highlight both the immense potential, as well as the limitations, that must be managed. Strengths, challenges and opportunities were identified within each planning area process in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast. These then informed the summary for the regional strategy. These key strengths, challenges, and opportunities are summarized below in no particular order (Figure 4).
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Figure 4: Regional Strengths, Challenges, Key Opportunities
Key Regional Demand Generators and Motivating Experiences
There is a substantial list of tourism demand generators and motivating experiences in the region catering to a broad visitor audience dependent on the experience, activity, or service offered. The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region houses several of the province’s unique, distinctive features including the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR), Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Bowron Lakes Provincial Park, Wells Gray Provincial Park, the GRT, the Fraser River, and Fraser River Canyon. It is one of the most ecologically diverse regions in the province, and is home to world class bear viewing, including accessible, market and export-ready experiences to see the Kermode/Spirit bears only found in this area.
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Great Bear Rainforest
The Great Bear Rainforest™3 covers 6.4 million hectares on B.C.’s north and central coast. A large portion of this designated area lies within the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region, and the region provides the primary access points to most of the current visitor opportunities within the GBR.
As the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, the notoriety and visitor interest in this area has been growing since it became protected in 2016, with the designation established to conserve 85% of the forest, and 70% of the old growth forest.
Bear and Wildlife Viewing
Wildlife viewing rates highly amongst trip activities for visitors to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast4. In particular, the rare and unique Kermode/Spirit Bear has brought attention to the Central Coast area. While there is limited opportunity to experience these unique animals, the Spirit Bear Lodge (Kitasoo Xai’Xais First Nation) was recognized for its visitor experience “In Search of the Spirit Bear with the Kitasoo” and is listed amongst the Canadian Signature Experiences being promoted internationally by Destination Canada (DC). Grizzly bear viewing opportunities offered throughout the region are a lure for international visitors who are keen to experience BC’s wildlife in pristine natural environments. Other wildlife viewing opportunities in the region include black bear, moose, bighorn sheep, elk, deer, wolves, as well as a variety of birds and marine wildlife.
Independent Touring
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast’s diverse scenery, rural character, plentiful parks, unique heritage, and key highway corridors (Highways 1, 20, 24, 26 and 97) draw independent travellers who are touring by car, RV, and motorcycle. Reinstating the full service in 2019 of the direct Port Hardy to Bella Coola ferry will increase the visitor potential once again to enjoy the Discovery Coast Circle route5. For east-west visitors travelling from Jasper to the Lower Mainland, Highway 24 offers a quieter touring alternative to the main Highway 1 corridor for those who enjoy getting off the beaten path. And the GRT attracts touring visitors looking to experience the scenic beauty of the Fraser Canyon and BC’s unique heritage assets.
The Gold Rush Trail
The GRT is a unique, scenic, heritage touring route that stretches from Fort Langley National Historic Site to Barkerville Historic Town & Park – the largest historic site in western North America. The GRT traces sections of the historic Cariboo Wagon Road that was used by more than 10,000 gold rush prospectors during the 1860s and is home to 58 First Nations. Incorporating the Fraser River, designated a Canadian Heritage River for its natural and human heritage values, and the Fraser River Canyon, this planning area offering stunning natural landscapes for visitors to enjoy travelling north and south along the primary corridors of Highways 1 and 97.
3 While the designation of the Great Bear Rainforest is provincial, the Kitasoo First Nation owns the trademark for the name. 4 Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Regional Profile, 2017. 5 Note: The name of this route is under reconsideration.
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Indigenous Tourism
With a significant portion of the province’s Indigenous nations calling this region home, and the growing interest in Indigenous tourism, there is an opportunity to grow this tourism sector and increase its contribution to the demand generators within the region. Within the region, the currently available Indigenous tourism experiences are the most plentiful along the GRT.
Lodges, Resorts, and Ranch Vacations
A rich history of cattle ranching in the Chilcotin and Cariboo exists, with a variety of guest ranches that offer horseback riding and a chance for visitors to experience western cowboy heritage. Throughout the region, lodges and resort-based experiences offer everything from wildlife viewing, fishing, yoga, horseback riding, paddling, and hiking, all set in exquisite nature-based surroundings, luring long-haul guests to visit and partake in these activities.
Visiting Well-Known Parks
The region is home to five of BC’s highly popular parks, that are primary demand generators, including Tweedsmuir, Wells Gray, Bowron Lake, Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux, and the South Chilcotin Mountains. Bowron Lake is a renowned 116km canoe circuit encompassing lakes, waterways, and connecting portages. Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux has been an extremely important location for the Nlaka’pamux people for thousands of years, and visitors come to experience the spectacular scenery and outstanding historical,
cultural, and spiritual values of the park. The South Chilcotin Image: jpmckenna/Flickr Mountains is famous for its stunning scenery, remote wilderness, and network of backcountry trails for mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding. The west side of Wells Gray is home to unique and significant geological features and beautiful waterfalls. Tweedsmuir is known for its bear-viewing opportunities and Hunlen Falls, Canada’s highest freefalling waterfall.
Year-Round Front and Back-country Outdoor Recreation
This region epitomizes the provincial brand under which British Columbia is marketed. The CCC offers a spectacular backdrop for a wide variety of front and backcountry outdoor adventure, including paddling, river rafting, recreational boating, heli and nordic skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, ATVing, hiking, mountain biking, and more, that draws visitors throughout the year.
The region is also home to the long-distance Gold Rush Snowmobile Trail, which draws visitors through the winter months.
Seafood Harvesting, Salt and Freshwater Fishing
The diversity and plentitude of harvesting and fishing opportunities draws visitors to the region. With over 8,000 lakes, 17,000 km of rivers, countless streams, many fjords, and numerous ocean inlets and passages, this TourismCorporate and Destination Logos Development Strategy Update CaribooCariboo ChilcotinChilcotin Coast DestinationCo... DevelopmentPage 47 Strategy of 161 | Page 17
region is home to world-class seafood harvesting, and spectacular salt and freshwater fishing. The Fraser River hosts all six species of Pacific salmon and is one of only three rivers in BC where the prehistoric white sturgeon thrives and spawn. Highway 24 is known as the Fishing Highway for its plentiful lakes that provide back and frontcountry fishing opportunities. The Coastal area provides an opportunity for ocean angling for salmon, halibut and other seafood while coastal area rivers are iconic for salmon and steelhead fishing.
Key Partners in the Regional Success Network
Successful destination development implementation recognizes that “we all have a role to play”. The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Regional DDS is not intended to work in isolation nor disregard the existing policy and planning framework that already exists. Rather, the planning process has brought tourism to the table in a coordinated fashion that will work with wider policies and planning efforts.
Success networks represent the clusters of businesses and organizations who will need to collaborate and work in harmony to bring the opportunities to fruition and implement the plan. As such, these strategies have been built on a foundation of utilizing federal, provincial, regional and local organizations and available resources for implementation. It is recognized that only by working collaboratively in the continued planning and implementation of destination development that the true potential of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region can be realized.
Tourism partners throughout the development of this plan have articulated their desire to work cooperatively on key aspects of implementation. The following organizations, agencies, and community groups have informed the creation of this plan, and/or have a role to play in executing the plan (Figure 4). In addition to these organizations, there are multiple local organizations that play a role in destination development.
It is the aspiration that over time this strategy will inform, and become embedded in, local, regional, provincial, and federal decision-making processes. The result will be an integrated system of priorities that will result in better development decisions and drive greater tourism revenues and benefits for businesses and communities in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast. This will contribute to a sustainable thriving, vibrant, and growing economy.
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Figure 5: Key Partners in the Regional Success Network
Federal Indigenous Provincial Regional Local
•Destination Canada • Indigenous •Destination BC •Cariboo Chilcotin Coast •First Nations •Tourism Industry communities •Tourism Industry Tourism Association •City of Quesnel Association of Canada •Indigenous Association of BC •Bella Coola Valley •City of Williams Lake •Small Business & entrepreneurs and •Provincial Tourism Tourism •District of 100 Mile Tourism businesses Sector Associations •West Chilcotin Tourism House •Western Economic •Indigenous economic •Ministry of Tourism Association •District of Hope development Diversification Arts and Culture •South Cariboo Tourism •District of Lillooet •Indigenous Tourism •Tourism HR Canada •BC Parks •Fishing Highway 24 •District of Wells Association of BC Tourist Association •Canadian Heritage •Provincial ministries •Village of Ashcroft •Indigenous Tourism identified in the •Watch Lake Green •Indigenous and •Village of Cache Creek Northern Affairs Association of Canada success networks Lake Business •Village of Clinton •Immigration and •Coastal First Nations Association •Village of Lytton Citizenship •Lower North Thompson Tourism •Unincorporated •Tourism Wells Gray communities •Gold Country •Local tourism Communities Society associations •Cariboo Regional •Tourism businesses District •Central Coast Regional District •Thompson Nicola Regional District •Fraser Fort George Regional District •Squamish Lillooet Regional District •Fraser Valley Regional District •Community Futures •Northern Development Initiative Trust
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A DISTINCTIVE DIRECTION – VISION, GOALS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND DEVELOPMENT THEMES
Vision
The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is a geographically distinct region that reflects and respects the unique heritage, people, and cultures found within it. Future growth of the visitor economy lies in ensuring the long-term sustainability of accessible backcountry adventures, front country resorts, outdoor activities, cultural, heritage, and Indigenous experiences, while preserving the natural assets and way of life valued by residents and travellers alike. Essential to the future of this region is quality transportation which includes steady, predictable ferry services, road and communication upgrades on major highways, and affordable air access.
Goals
The aggregate goals are to:
1. Strategically grow the benefits from tourism, while respecting the limited carrying capacity of the land, and its cultural and heritage assets, and striving to preserve the way of life valued by its residents. 2. Maintain an understanding of the customer, adapt to changing needs of the market, and develop experiences that will attract higher-yield travellers who value and appreciate what the area has to offer. 3. Demonstrate leadership through strategic, collaborative planning, development, and investment to achieve mutually beneficial tourism development outcomes for visitors, residents, and businesses alike. 4. Amplify awareness about the region by developing visitor experiences that showcase the region’s unique assets, heritage, and cultures, and serve to attract more travellers and increase lengths of stay and spend throughout the year.
Guiding Principles
Recognize and respect local values, cultures, communities, and heritage, while rebuilding environmental assets and responding to the needs of today’s travellers. Prioritize support and enhancement of existing assets before investing to create new. Prioritize initiatives that generate sustainable economic benefits for tourism businesses and the overall visitor economy. Grow and improve a culture of meaningful communication between partners. Strengthen collaboration and unite stakeholders around recognizing the value of tourism.
Development Themes
Seven regional development thematic clusters emerged as a result of the analysis of the Chilcotin Central Coast, Gold Rush Trail, and Interlakes Destination Development Strategies as well as those outside the region that influence tourism within it. Each cluster is important to the long-term regional development.
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CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
The prioritization of each objective, and the relative timing for implementation, is based on the following framework:
1. Quick Wins – high value tactics with low complexity and can be achieved within 3 years (2019-2022). 2. Longer Term Actions – high value, high complexity tactics that require 4 to 10 years to achieve results (2023-2029), albeit activities can begin immediately. 3. Set Aside Until Resources Allow – low complexity and low value tactics, to be addressed when time and resources exist. 4. Leave out of Strategy, Re-evaluate in Future - high complexity and low value tactics, not realistically achievable in the 10-year time frame of this strategy.
Presenting the destination development objectives with a consistent framework will allow the province and the tourism region the opportunity to expand on the three planning area strategies and provide emphasis on objectives that benefit the entire region. The regional strategy elevates the objectives and actions identified within planning areas strategies that would benefit from regional leadership and coordination for implementation. Considerable effort has gone into developing the regional strategy in an integrated way with priorities from the planning areas strategies helping to shape the priorities of this strategy.
Setting Priorities
In setting the regional priorities stakeholders were asked to prioritize those that will:
1. Have the greatest regional tourism destination benefits over the next 10 years.
2. Are most likely to be actioned and gain the stakeholder momentum, commitment, and resources required for implementation.
A total of 43 aggregate regional opportunities emerged from the three Cariboo Chilcotin Coast destination development strategies. Through the CCCTA regional board input, a stakeholder workshop at the AGM and a stakeholder survey, twelve priorities, identified as catalyst projects, emerged in seven thematic areas. Thirty- one additional regional initiatives are identified as ‘Additional Regional Development Objectives’ within their respective thematic areas. Chapter 6 lists the top 12 regional priorities according to the survey results. While the results are not generalizable due to the small sample size, they do provide some quantitative guidance from the stakeholders of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region.
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Development Theme 1: Transportation, Access and Safety
Rationale: Transportation was determined to be the single most important element to growing the tourism potential in the region which would also lead to enhancing the quality of life for citizens and visitors alike. It will be important to work with BC Ferries to provide a long-term commitment, which demonstrates to tour operators and communities, the commitment to sustaining the Port Hardy – Bella Coola route to rebuild confidence for domestic and international travellers and the travel trade. Additionally, road improvements, maintenance, affordable airlift and enhanced public transportation are vital to the long-term development of tourism in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of BC.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 1-1. Continue to collaboratively work with BC Ferries to secure an agreement for a Longer term ferry schedule that stimulates tourism growth, anticipates future demand, and Action provides a long-term commitment. Regional Scope ACTIONS
Collaborate with BC ferries to secure an agreement in writing to extend the operating season from the May long weekend to Thanksgiving for a period of 5-years, to offer travel trade and independent traveller security in vacation planning from 2020-2025. Seek a commitment from BC Ferries to maintain a daytime sailing schedule with travel during daylight hours, enhancing the visitor experience, and assisting with staffing needed to support visitor arrivals at hotels, restaurants, etc. Strive to secure a commitment from BC Ferries to publish and commit to a schedule and fares at least one year in advance to facilitate consumer and travel trade bookings and provide access to online booking software for advanced reservations and bookings. Work together to explore opportunities for aligning BC Parks and bear watching seasons to the new ferry schedule, increasing the length of season for things to see/do. SUCCESS NETWORK: BC Ferries, BC Ferries Vacations, BC Ferries Advisory Committee, BC Parks, CCCTA, Bella Coola Valley Tourism, West Chilcotin Tourism Association (WCTA), Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (TRAN), Coastal First Nations (CFN), Tourism Vancouver Island, Indigenous Tourism Association of BC (ITBC), ITAC, Central Coast Regional District (CCRD), Cariboo Regional District (CRD)
1-2. Improve emergency services and safety for visitors and citizens alike, travelling Longer-term along the GRT, Highway 20, and within the Interlakes. Action
ACTIONS Regional Scope Work collaboratively to improve emergency services along the GRT:
- Meet with partners to determine any imminent improvements as a result of the 2017/2018 wildfire learning.
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- Work to ensure wildfire learnings are adopted into legislation and policy. - Enhance the wildfire/emergency exits along the circle route. - Identify individuals from each success network that could form a short- term working group to establish next step priorities and serve as a champion for change within their organizations. Seek upgrades to road infrastructure in slide-prone areas. Work with TRAN and FLNR to complete an inventory of key forest service roads used for tourism and wildfire egress. Secure funding and support to expand the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Emergency Management Pilot a permanent position Support the implementation of the 16 Destination BC Tourism Marketing Committee tourism industry emergency recommendations. SUCCESS NETWORK: Regional Districts, municipalities, First Nations, BC Ambulance, Ministry of Citizens’ Services (CITZ), Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Emergency BC (PSSG), Fire Service, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNR), TRAN, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV), CCCTA, local Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), tourism businesses
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY 1-3. Secure the return of passenger rail service to the region. Longer-term Action ACTIONS Strike a special taskforce to revisit the work done to date and identify next Provincial Scope steps. (crosses regions) Identify potential funding sources to commission a feasibility study.
SUCCESS NETWORK: Via Rail, Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), Regional Destination Marketing Organizations (RDMOs), businesses, municipalities, TRAN, First Nations, ITAC, RDs
1-4. Create a communications committee to identify priority locations for Longer-term technology/communication service upgrades and identify key locations for additional Action cell coverage and wi-fi hotspots. Provincial Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: TRAN, municipalities, RDs, First Nations, Telecom companies, (crosses regions) Network BC, RDMOs, tourism businesses, trusts offering funding opportunities, CITZ 1-5. Address the shortage of public and shared transportation options. Longer-term Action SUCCESS NETWORK: Municipalities, BC Transit, RDs, businesses, First Nations, Car rental companies, ride-share companies, ICBC Regional Scope
1-6. Work with tourism and community stakeholders to provide TRAN with clear local Longer-term
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guidance on regional directional and interpretive signage needs. Action
SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, Destination BC, TRAN, municipalities, RD, First Nations, Regional Scope businesses, Visitor Information Centres, RDMOs, DMOs, BC Parks
1-7. Advocate with the appropriate government departments for improved road Longer-term maintenance, access and visitor amenities to enhance the tourism potential of the Action western side of Wells Gray Provincial Park. Regional Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: FLNR, TRAN, Visitor Information Centres, RDMOs, DMOs, First Nations, BC Parks, RDs, Rec Sites and Trails, Tourism Wells Gray
1-8. Initiate multi-stakeholder meetings to inventory existing stops along Highways 1, Quick Win 20 and 97, including their available amenities. Including a ranking in priority order to identify investment needs and secure the financial commitment to complete the Regional Scope work.
SUCCESS NETWORK: TRAN, municipalities, RDs, MLAs, Ministry of Finance (FIN), TAC, GRT Committee (GRTC), First Nations, BC Hydro, Visitor Information Centres (VICs)
Development Theme 2: The Visitor Experience
Rationale: In broadening the destination appeal, new and enhanced tourism products, services and experiences are needed to encourage visitors to stay longer and spend more while travelling. The region has the opportunity to invest in, and benefit, product development that will increase visitor opportunities for paid and unpaid activities, improved food services, Indigenous tourism and an appropriate mix of digital and traditional visitor services.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 2-1. Support the growing interest in diversifying the availability of guided outdoor Longer-term recreation opportunities including: fishing, mountain biking, hiking, front and back- Action country adventures. Regional Scope ACTIONS
Develop a regional trails strategy to guide and prioritize strategic investment into the future. Inventory and increase awareness of existing guiding services available within the region. Support the development of packages and itineraries for guided activities that promote and sell what is already available. Accelerate product development by providing training such as Remarkable Experiences. Work with FLNR and BC Parks to identify and invest in boat access points to support increased guided fishing opportunities.
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Support the development of Indigenous guided outdoor recreation experiences.
SUCCESS NETWORK: FLNR, tourism businesses, First Nations, ITBC, ITAC, CCCTA, Community Futures (CF), Destination BC, DMOs, New Pathways to Gold (NPTG), municipalities, communities, ENV, BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, Sector Associations, user groups, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
2-2. Create a committee of interested stakeholders who are willing to work in a Quick Win cluster to invest in staying open and offering products and experiences at a new time of year to strategically lengthen the tourism season or stimulate a new season – e.g., Regional Scope winter. ACTIONS Explore opportunities for investments in events that could help draw visitors at new times of year, beginning with growing existing shoulder season events. Inventory existing winter/shoulder season operators. Develop packages and suggested itineraries to promote new seasonal development with the cluster of businesses involved. Explore opportunities to connect snowmobile trails from Clearwater to the Gold Rush Snowmobile Trail. SUCCESS NETWORK: RDMOs, DMOs, tourism businesses, Interlakes Economic Association (IEA), RDs, BC Parks, user groups, Economic Development Offices (EDOs), Chambers of Commerce, CF, Communities, First Nations, FLNR, GRTC, NTPG, First Nations, Heritage BC, ITBC, ITAC
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY
2-3. Encourage the growth and diversity of food and beverage opportunities, Quick Win particularly north of Hope, and along Highways 20 and 24. Regional Scope ACTIONS
Develop a forum for business owners to discuss solutions to staff challenges and business hours. Expand the diversity of food options, responding to visitors’ interests in local or traditional foods as part of their travel experience. Work with provincial and federal agencies to provide support to entrepreneurs to access investment and start-up funds. Encourage investment in food trucks, ‘grab and go’ fresh lunches, and food kiosks at gas stations and hotels to add capacity with a lower overhead, and the ability to increase capacity in the summer season.
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SUCCESS NETWORK: Operators, RDMOs, RDs, Ministry of Agriculture (AGRI), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), CF, FIN, Entrepreneurs, RDMOs, DMOs, Banks, EDOs, Chambers of Commerce, ITAC
2-4. Explore opportunities for sustainable funding to not-for-profit heritage Longer-term organizations in ways that allow them to strategically invest in product development, Action long-term asset maintenance, and maintain operations. Provincial Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT), Heritage BC, Heritage Canada, TAC, CF, RDs, municipalities, FLNR, Barkerville, Hat Creek, Yale Historic Sites, Cottonwood, GRTC 2-5. Develop a visitor information services plan that acknowledges and addresses the Quick Win lack of modern communication connectivity in multiple locations in the region. Regional Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, First Nations, RDMOs, community and sub-regional DMOs, RDs, BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, Visitor Information Centres, DBC Visitor Experience Strategy team
2-6. Continue to invest in current and future primary heritage and cultural demand Longer-term generators, with a priority on the McAbee Fossil Beds, the Alexandra Bridge, and Action Bridge Lake Ice Caves projects that are currently underway. Regional Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: NDIT, Heritage BC, Heritage Canada, TAC, CF, RDs, municipalities, FLNR, Barkerville, Hat Creek, Yale Historic Sites, NPTG, First Nations, GRTC
2-7. Create more purchasable cultural and experiential travel offers and packages for Quick Win both independent and group travellers along the Discovery Coast Circle Tour6 and across Highway 24 with Indigenous and non-Indigenous businesses. Regional Scope
SUCCESS NETWORK: First Nations, tourism businesses, ITBC, ITAC, CCCTA, CFs, RDMOs, Destination BC, DMOs, NPTG, TRAN, BC Ferries Vacations, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Western Diversification, AGRI, ENV, BC Parks, communities, RDs with an agri focus
6 The name of this route is currently under review.
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Development Theme 3: Lead Strategic Growth and Collaboration as a Region Rich with Tourism Opportunities
Rationale: The need for increased collaboration to realize the full potential of the region was a strong theme throughout the planning processes. It was felt that tourism is not fully understood or valued as an economic generator relative to the traditional resource industries. There was also an interest expressed by various government organizations to embrace a plan that will help streamline collaboration to areas that have the greatest overall impact.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 3-1. Improve the understanding with residents and businesses of the tourism eco- Longer-term system, the value of the visitor economy, and the benefits of working collaboratively Action under the high-profile brands (e.g., Gold Rush Trail, Great Bear Rainforest, and British Regional Scope Columbia’s provincial brand).
ACTIONS • Support and encourage incorporating tourism development interests and activities in Official Community Plans (OCPs), Comprehensive Community Plans and strategic planning documents/ band council documents. This includes any land use interests, evolutions, environmental/cultural protection, and allowed/encouraged visitor activities. • Actively, and continually, invite new businesses, elected officials and new employees in government organizations into local, regional, and provincial tourism conversations to garner diverse input and create advocates who can speak on behalf of the industry. • Promote and continue to educate communities, politicians, and residents about the value of tourism and the benefits of a robust visitor economy. • Consider the creation of a Tourism Ambassador program that fits the needs of this region. • Encourage and support training on tourism career options in high schools. SUCCESS NETWORK: Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC), Destination BC, TAC, RDMOs, DMOs, Chambers of Commerce, go2HR, Economic Development Organizations, Business Industry Associations (BIAs), CF, First Nations, municipalities, RDs, VICs, GRTC, FLNR, ENV, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (EMPR), TRAN, AGRI, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAH), school districts, residents
3-2. Grow visitor and stakeholder awareness, between businesses and communities, Longer-term of the visitor experiences currently available, and of business development Action opportunities and needs along the primary touring corridors: GRT, Discovery Circle Regional Scope Tour Route (currently being renamed) and Highway 24.
ACTIONS Encourage and support the creation of a set of communication protocols amongst tourism operators that will enhance communication and awareness
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of what’s happening within the region. Create and distribute a list of key tourism information resources that can be used by operators and given to visitors who are looking for information. Enhance training for visitor centre staff on GRT along the entire corridor. SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, DMOs, sub-regional DMOs, tourism businesses, VIC’s, Chambers of Commerce
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY 3-3. Work collaboratively with FLNR and TRAN on a development and maintenance Longer-term plan for regional touring routes. Action
ACTIONS Provincial Scope Measure existing road use and prioritize route options.
Assess and inventory needs relative to touring route signage and visitor amenities. Work to develop accurate Google mapping as routes are developed. Connect to relevant wildfire/natural disaster planning task forces looking at future road options, and any other relevant road development initiatives. SUCCESS NETWORK: TRAN, FLNR, EMPR, VICs, RDMOs, DMOs, First Nations, BC Parks, RDs, Communities, Elected officials
3-4. Increase the accuracy of Google mapping along the Gold Rush Trail. Quick Win
SUCCESS NETWORK: RDMOs, DMOs, Destination BC, tourism businesses, Google Provincial Scope
Development Theme 4: Infrastructure, Resources, Land and Title Rights
Rationale: Partners in the region have negotiated many long-term agreements, treaties, plans, and practices through collaboration and dialogue. It was recognized that opportunities that will have the greatest impact on the strategic development of the destination will continue to require high levels of collaboration. Infrastructure enhancement, land management planning, and protecting the natural and cultural resources will be critical to growing the tourism potential for all stakeholders and in contributing to the future of tourism business viability.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 4-1. Collaborate to harmonize the land-use management opportunities between Longer-term government departments that impact the growth and success of tourism businesses Action and destination development opportunities. Provincial Scope ACTIONS
Support efforts by TIABC and tourism operators to address the need for
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updated land management planning. Establish a framework for the discussion and approach to collaborative decision making related to land use that, includes a tourism land value along with extractive industries. Increase collaboration and communication about tourism’s opportunities with land-use decision makers and resource companies. Communicate the impacts of decisions that negatively impact the land base and viability of the tourism industry. Invest in economic impact research to communicate tourism’s importance in relation to extractive industries. SUCCESS NETWORK: TAC, TRAN, FLNR, ENV, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (IRR), EMPR, RD, RDMOs, TIABC, TAC, EMPR, resource companies, communities, First Nations, EDOs, ITAC
4-2. Working in partnership with the Province and First Nations to advance tourism Longer-term management and communication activities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Action tourism partners. Provincial Scope ACTIONS
Support the creation of a framework to address three key opportunities emerging from the DDP consultation process: o Understand acceptable land use by non-Indigenous operators and visitors within title lands (motorized vs non-motorized activities, consumptive vs non-consumptive activities). o Create new land tenure agreements and application processes for non-Indigenous tourism business owners for permitted user activities on title lands, including permit pricing structures and the tenure agreement length. o Establish communication and management protocols for Indigenous and non-Indigenous business development.
SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, ITBC, Destination BC, ITAC, TAC, First Nations, IRR, INAC, BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, tourism businesses, FLNR, RDs, municipalities
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY 4-3. Build relationships with local forest service management companies and Longer-term government representatives to establish improved communication related to key Action issues impacting tourism’s success, including viewscape management, communication on land transfers to logging/mining companies, and FSR deactivation. Provincial Scope
SUCCESS NETWORK: FLNR, EMPR, TAC, resource companies, RDs, ENV, RDMOs, DMOs, tourism businesses, communities, First Nations
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4-4. Encourage the upgrading of existing accommodations that have become tired Longer-term and/or don’t meet modern standards for accessibility and today’s visitor Action expectations. Provide support for capital investment, research, business planning and funding for operators. Work with the Province to establish a capital investment fund Regional Scope for tourism operators. Create a no or low-interest fund through which businesses could access capital to upgrade and/or expand their operations.
SUCCESS NETWORK: Private/public sector accommodators, First Nations, EDOs, municipalities, RDs, British Columbia Lodging & Campgrounds Association (BCLCA), BC Hotel Association (BCHA), RDMOs, Access BC, NDIT, RDs
4-5. Work with Provincial and Federal Government agencies and Indigenous Longer-term Communities to develop approaches to assist tourism operators to adapt to changes Action in the operating and regulatory environment resulting from Indigenous Land Claim Decisions reached in Treaty Negotiations and Indigenous Land Title Agreements Provincial Scope awarded by the Courts. SUCCESS NETWORK: Tourism operators, CCCTA, tourism sector organisations, First Nations, Provincial and Federal Government agencies.
Longer Term Action, Provincial Scope.
4-6. Continue exploring the opportunity to safeguard and celebrate the Chilcotin Ark Longer-term as a permanently recognized or designated land area. Action
SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, First Nations (TNG, Ulkatcho, Tl’etinqox, Toosey, Tsi Del Regional Scope Del, Yunesit’in, Xeni Gwet’in, St’at’imc), tourism operators, WCTA, BC Parks, FLNR, Rec Sites and Trails, Chilcotin Ark-Strategic Campaign, BC Spaces for Nature, Wilburforce Foundation, Chris Harris Photography, BCVT
4-7. Build on the GRT trails strategy, where the development opportunities and Quick Win discussions are relevant to the Interlakes and Chilcotin Central Coast. Regional Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: FLNR, BC Parks, Rec Sites & Trails, First Nations, CCCTA, RDs, TRAN, operators, INC, EMPR, AGRI, Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), sector associations, user groups, municipalities
4-8. Explore with TRAN the options to increase the availability of recreational vehicle Longer-term services along Highways 1, 24, and 97, and create more traditional Action campgrounds/campsites throughout the region. Provincial Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: RDMO, TRAN, BC Campground & RV Association, BC Parks, FLNR, Campground operators, RDs, municipalities
Development Theme 5: Respectful, Balanced Tourism Growth
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Rationale: Engagement identified the need for a process to define which tourism activities should be respectfully developed and which should not around the region. There is an opportunity for a land and yield management planning to better understand, then support the carrying capacity and management of the delicate areas in the region to ensure growth occurs at a sustainable pace.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 5-1. Complete a regional trails strategy. Quick Win
ACTIONS Regional Scope Strike a taskforce with provincial government and First Nations to create a regional trails strategy to guide strategic investment. Identify funding sources.
SUCCESS NETWORK: FLNR, Recreation Sites & Trails BC, First Nations, Sector Associations, RDs, municipalities, user groups, ITBC, ITAC, CCCTA, GRTC, NPTG, WCTA, Bella Coola Valley Tourism Association (BCVTA), BC Parks
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY 5-2. Establish a short-term, highly focused taskforce that will collaborate to determine Quick Win how the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region will support the planning areas priorities and Regional Scope guide implementation.
SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, TRAN, BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, Tourism businesses, RDs, FLNR, NDIT, BC Ferries, First Nations, ITBC
5-3. Manage and monitor the growth of visitor volumes based on the carrying Longer-term capacity of the Great Bear Rainforest as it grows in prominence, BC Ferries increases Action access to the region in 2019, and the Destination BC destination development Regional Scope strategies are implemented and sustainable growth to the region.
SUCCESS NETWORK: First Nations (Heiltsuk, Gitga’at, Nuxalk, Kitasoo Xai’Xais, Oweekeno), Tourism Operators, Destination BC, BCVT, WCTA, Hakai Institute, BC Parks, WD, DFO, FLNR, BC Parks, First Nations Watchmen, Ahoy BC, Central Coast Chamber of Commerce, Great Bear Project, Sport Fishing Institute, CCCTA, Northern BC Tourism Association (NBCTA), Tourism Vancouver Island (TVI)
5-4. Launch discussions to manage the growing recognition of the Great Bear Quick Win Rainforest name, and the impending retail trademark as it relates to the future use of the term ‘Great Bear Rainforest’ by a broad range of stakeholders, including tourism Regional Scope businesses, First Nations, educators, geographers etc., all of whom have an interest in this unique area within Canada.
SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, NBCTA, TVI, First Nations, Destination BC, BCVT, WCTA, TAC, CCRD, Great Bear Project
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Development Theme 6: Enable Business Viability and Success
Rationale: Tourism business viability is being impacted by a variety of issues, the most prominent of which were the ability to attract and retain labour, address business succession challenges, affordable housing, and the need to streamline policy that supports long-term business success.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 6-1. Establish a framework for collaborative action between CCCTA, ITBC, and ITAC to Longer-term leverage the long-term destination development opportunities for the best interest of Action business opportunities and visitor outcomes. Regional Scope ACTIONS
Align the relationship building and the destination development goals between ITBC, CCCTA, and ITAC to build on past strengths and build new bridges and relationships. Secure funding for a full-time, permanent, Indigenous liaison staff person within the CCCTA to build relationships with Indigenous communities, train and support tourism development, align and manage development opportunities. Secure funding to update the 2013 Cariboo Chilcotin Coast regional Aboriginal tourism strategy to reflect new regional developments and align with ITBC’s and ITAC’s 5-year strategies. SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, ITBC, ITAC, IRR, DBC
6-2. Assist businesses in becoming market and/or export ready, price and package Longer-term travel for domestic and international travellers, as well as work to repair relationships Action with travel trade partners as a result of historic BC Ferries challenges. Provincial Scope ACTIONS (crosses regions) Support training and capacity building for operators to elevate their business
readiness standards.
SUCCESS NETWORK: Tourism businesses, Destination BC, Destination Canada, CCCTA
ADDITIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PRIORITY 6-4. Support efforts by TIABC and tourism operators to improve government Quick Win processes including the time/process to secure tenure, permits and development approvals. Regional Scope
SUCCESS NETWORK: RDMOs, DMOs, RDs, TIABC, elected officials, tourism businesses
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6-5. Identify the greatest human resource needs (e.g., staff shortages, seasonal Longer-term workers) and their locations, then collaborate with go2HR to research best practices Action in addressing the needs. Provincial Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: RDMOs, go2HR, Tourism Human Resource Council (THRC,) TAC, ITAC, ITBC, Ministry of Labour (LBR), First Nations, NDIT, CF, IRR, operators
6-6. Initiate regional actions to address the need for business succession planning and Longer-term foreign ownership policies. Action
SUCCESS NETWORK: TIABC, Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology (JTT), tourism Provincial Scope businesses, EDOs, municipalities, go2HR, CFs, Tourism HR Canada (THRC), Ventures Connect, Chambers of Commerce, , Small Business BC
6-7. Form a regional committee to approach the provincial and federal governments Quick Win to seek temporary tax relief and operating permit relief for three years (2019 – 2022) for tourism businesses impacted by the 2017 and 2018 natural disasters. Regional Scope
SUCCESS NETWORK: FIN, FLNR, municipalities, BC Parks, RDs, TAC
6-8. Support natural disaster recovery actions. Quick Win
SUCCESS NETWORK: ENV, FLNR, EMBC, TRAN, PSSG, insurance companies, tourism Regional Scope businesses, BC Parks, municipalities, TAC, RDs, RDMOs, First Nations, Destination BC
6-9. Seek Provincial support to provide training to new foreign investors and their Longer-term staff to fast-track their understanding of the Canadian tourism eco-system, laws, Action opportunities, and limitations. Provincial Scope SUCCESS NETWORK: JTT, TAC, Destination BC, RDMOs, EDOs, go2HR, THRC, municipalities, Chambers of Commerce, go2HR, tourism businesses, ITAC, Small Business BC, ITBC
Development Theme 7: Optimize the New Municipal Regional District Tax (MRDT) Funds
Rationale: The implementation of the Municipal Regional District Tax has created a transformative opportunity for the region. Partners are committed to ensuring that these funds are used strategically to responsibly grow tourism.
CATALYST PROJECT PRIORITY 7-1. Prioritize the MRDT funding to leverage the region’s national and international Longer-term primary demand generating icons: The Gold Rush Trail, Tweedsmuir Park, the GBR, Action the western side of Wells Gray Provincial Parks, and Barkerville Historic Town & Park. Regional Scope ACTIONS
Identify the key destination development projects to be supported to allocate the appropriate funds to support implementation of targeted actions.
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SUCCESS NETWORK: CCCTA, MRDT Marketing Committee
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Catalyst Projects
The top twelve regional priorities are summarized here, in the order of importance expressed by stakeholders.
1. 7-1. Optimize the MRDT funding to leverage the region’s national and international primary demand generating icons: The Great Bear Rainforest, Gold Rush Trail, Tweedsmuir Park and the western side of Wells Gray Provincial Parks, and Barkerville Historic Town & Park.
2. 4-1. Collaborate to harmonize the land-use management issues between government departments that impede/impact tourism businesses and growth and success of tourism businesses and destination development opportunities.
3. 4-2. Working in partnership with the province and Indigenous Nations, advance tourism management and communications activities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous tourism stakeholders.
4. 3-2. Grow visitor and stakeholder awareness, between businesses and communities, of the visitor experiences currently available, and of business development opportunities and needs along the primary touring corridors: GRT, Discovery Circle Tour Route (currently being renamed) and Highway 24.
5. 2-1. Support the growing interest in diversifying the availability of guided outdoor recreation opportunities including: fishing, mountain biking, hiking, front, and back-country adventures.
6. 1-1. Continue to work with BC Ferries to secure an agreement for a ferry schedule that stimulates tourism growth, anticipates future demand, and provides a long-term commitment.
7. 3-1. Improve the understanding with local citizens and businesses of the tourism eco-system, the value of the visitor economy, and the benefits of working collaboratively under the high-profile brands (e.g., Gold Rush Trail, Great Bear Rainforest, Destination BC).
8. 6-1. Establish a framework for collaborative action between CCCTA, ITBC, and ITAC to leverage the long-term destination development opportunities for the best interest of business opportunities and visitor outcomes.
9. 6-2. Collaborate to assist businesses in becoming market and/or export ready, price and package travel for domestic and international travellers, as well as work to repair relationships with travel trade partners.
10. 2-2. Create a committee of interested stakeholders who are willing to work in a cluster to invest in staying open and offering products and experiences at a new time of year to lengthen the tourism season or stimulate a new season – e.g., winter.
11. 1-2. Improve emergency services and safety for visitors and citizens alike, along the Gold Rush Trail, Highway 20, and within the Interlakes.
12. 5-1. Complete a regional trails strategy.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Implementation of Destination British Columbia’s destination planning activities will occur at three levels. Twenty planning areas will each have destination development plans that will guide local area tourism development opportunities.
For each of the six tourism regions, a regional plan will be produced, focusing on regional initiatives that span two or more planning areas. The provincial strategy will focus on the destination development needs that benefit multiple planning areas and multiple regions. Together, this suite of plans provides a highly aligned approach to tourism development and coordinated implementation. This integrated approach will deliver strategically aligned plans providing direct benefit to all. When implementation is successful at one planning level, the strategy implementation can be expedited for all levels.
For implementation to be successful, working groups will need to be established to facilitate ongoing dialogue, secure resources (human, financial, technical) and set forth realistic time frames plus roles and responsibilities for action.
While local champions and tourism partners will continue to focus on implementation for the Gold Rush Trail, Interlakes and Chilcotin Central Coast, the regional strategy will guide and coordinate efforts at the regional level to ensure the priorities are executed with an integrated approach. It is critical all strategies are coordinated as they are being implemented to ensure maximum impact and effectiveness of these efforts.
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MEASURING AND MONITORING SUCCESS
The key measures of success for monitoring progress are summarized in Table 10.
Table 1: Goals and Performance Measures
GOAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES
1. Demonstrate leadership through strategic, Establish research measures collaborative planning and targeted development # shared use/collaboration agreements and investment to optimize the region’s assets and # strategic, collaborative project outcomes strengthen business viability.
2. Amplify awareness amongst visitors, businesses and Increase in visitor spend residents alike of the unique experiences this region Increase in length of stay has to offer. Increase in overnight stays Increase in # authentic Indigenous experiences Net Promoter Score7
3. Incrementally grow the benefits from tourism while # of education/training opportunities respecting the limited carrying capacity of the land # participants in professional training and residents’ desire to retain the area’s unique Various measures for consumer marketing character and culture. 4. Maintain a keen awareness and understanding of the Visitor surveys customer, adapt to the changing needs of the MRDT data market, and develop visitor opportunities that enhance the visitor experience, attract more travellers, increase length of stay and spend throughout the year.8
7 http://www.destinationbc.ca/Resources/Monitoring-and-Evaluation/Net-Promoter-Score.aspx 8 Marketing is not part of BC’s destination development planning program measures of marketing success can be secured from Destination BC’s marketing department.
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APPENDIX: LIST OF COMMUNITIES AND FIRST NATIONS
Incorporated and Unincorporated Communities 1. Alexis Creek 21. Clinton 41. Lillooet 61. Spence's Bridge 2. Alkali Lake 22. Dawsons Landing 42. Little Fort 62. Spuzzum
3. Anahim Lake 23. Denny Island 43. Logan Lake 63. Stone Creek 64. Stuie 4. Ashcroft 24. Firvale 44. Lone Butte 65. Tatla Lake 5. Barkerville 25. Forest Grove 45. Loon Lake 6. Barriere 26. Gold Bridge 46. Lytton 66. Watch Lake
7. Bella Bella 27. Green Lake 47. McLeese Lake 67. Wells
8. Bella Coola 28. Hagensborg 48. Namu 68. Williams Lake 9. Big Creek 29. Hanceville 49. Nemiah Valley 69. Wuikinuxv 10. Boston Bar 30. Hartley Bay 50. Nimpo Lake 70. Yale 11. Bouchie Creek 31. Hixon 51. Pavilion 71. 70 Mile House
12. Bowron Lake 32. Horsefly 52. Ocean Falls 72. 100 Mile House 73. 108 Mile Ranch 13. Bralorne 33. Horse Lake 53. Quesnel 74. 150 Mile House 14. Bridge Lake 34. Kersley 54. Redstone Riske 15. Butedale 35. Kimsquit Creek 16. Cache Creek 36. Kleena Kleene 55. Rivers Inlet 37. Klemtu 17. Canim Lake 56. Roe Lake 38. Knight Inlet 18. Chezacut 57. Savona
19. Chilanko Forks 39. Lac La Hache 58. Seton Portage 40. Likely 20. Clearwater 59. Sheridan Lake
60. Springhouse
First Nations 1. ?Esdilagh (Alexandria) Indian Band 13. High Bar First Nation 26. Simpcw Nation 2. Ashcroft Indian Band 14. Kanaka Bar Indian Band 27. Siska Indian Band 3. Bonaparte Indian Band 15. Kitasoo Xai’Xais Nation 28. Skuppah Indian Band 4. Boothroyd Indian Band 16. Kluskus Indian Band 29. Spuzzum Indian Band 5. Boston Bar Indian Band 17. Lytton First Nation 30. Sts’ailes First Nation 6. Canim Lake Indian Band 18. Nazko First Nation 31. Stswecem’c Xgat’tem (Tsq’escenemc) 19. Nicomen Indian Band (Canoe/Dog Creek) First Nation 7. Cayoose Creek (Sekw’el’was) Band 20. Nuxalk Nation 32. T’it’q’et First Nation 8. Clinton Indian Band 21. Oregon Jack Creek Band 33. Tl’esqox (Toosey) Indian Band 22. Pavillion (Ts’kw’aylaxw) 9. Cook’s Ferry Indian Band 34. Tl’etinqox (Anaham) Nation Band 10. Esk’etemc First Nation 35. Tsi Del Del (Redstone) Nation 11. Gitga’at Nation 23. Red Bluff Indian Band 24. Seton Lake First Nation 36. Ulkatcho Nation 12. Heiltsuk Nation 25. Shackan Indian Band 37. Williams Lake Indian Band 38. Wuikinuxv Band 39. Xat’sull (Soda Creek) Indian Band 40. Xaxli’p First Nation 41. Xeni Gwet’in Nation 42. Xwisten First Nation 43. Yale First Nation 44. Yunesit’in Nation
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TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: August 16, 2019
FROM: Director of Finance
SUBJECT: Request for Funds – BC Agricultural Exposition Society 2019
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Board receive the funding request report for consideration and provide direction to staff.
DOUGLAS RAE Approved for Director of Finance Board Consideration CAO
SUMMARY:
Evelyn Pilatzke, President of the BC Agricultural Exposition Society, appeared at the August 15, 2019 regular meeting with a request for financial assistance of $5,000 for the 2019 Exposition featuring 4H and Open Youth. The Board will consider this request at the next regular meeting scheduled September 19, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
TNRD Policy 5.1.1 on Grants and Sponsorships states that the TNRD does not generally provide grant or sponsorship funding from the Regional District as a whole, but that upon request individuals/ organizations may be permitted to appear before the Board of Directors to request a waiver of policy and make request for grants and or sponsorships under the categories of “Electoral Area Administration” or “General Administration”.
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The TNRD has long provided sponsorship funding to the Provincial Winter Fair in support of the 4H exhibition. Annual funding was typically $5,000 up until 2016, along with some supplemental funding coming from individual Electoral Area Directors discretionary funds.
Beginning in 2016, the organizing group split into two separate Societies, each holding a similar event. This group, the BC Agricultural Exposition Society, holds one in the Barriere area, while the other group, the Provincial Winter Fair Committee of the KXA, holds one in the Kamloops area.
In 2017, the Board decided that the historical $5,000 amount be split between the two groups rather than increase the overall financial assistance for what are now two separate events. As such, in both 2017 and 2018 each group received a sponsorship of $2,500, with funding coming from the General Administration service.
DISCUSSION:
Both groups appeared as delegations at the August 15, 2019 Board meeting, with the BC Agricultural Exposition Society asking for $5,000 as sponsorship for their 2019 event.
So far this year, the Board has awarded $6,000 in financial support to two other organizations that appeared as delegations prior to this out of a budget of $20,000 in the Administration service, to which all areas of the TNRD contribute taxes.
ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
❎ NOT STRATEGIC - OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC:
The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public:
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in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website; and
Via written communication with the proponent group.
Attachment(s)
Previous delegation funding request materials
Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition Evelyn Pilatzke, Pre... Page 71 of 161 Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition Evelyn Pilatzke, Pre... Page 72 of 161 Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition Evelyn Pilatzke, Pre... Page 73 of 161 Financial Request - 2019 BC Agricultural Exhibition Evelyn Pilatzke, Pre... Page 74 of 161 BC Ag Expo 2019 Budget Auctioneers 500.00 Freight Expenses 00.00 Bank Charges 500.00 Administration 8000.00 Meeting Expenses 00.00 Trophies/Ribbons/Banners/Prizes 20000.00 Parking Attendants 00.00 CIDC Levy 285.00 Advertising/Catalogues 4000.00 Memberships (BC Fairs) 250.00 Banquet Meal 9250.00 Banquet Dance DJ 680.00 Brand Inspection 682.00 Judges 7000.00 Rent: Facility/Buildings 9000.00 Carcass Grading Fees 2400.00 Slaughterhouse Fees 1400.00 Prize Money 16000.00 Office Supplies/Barn Supplies 7000.00 Fuel & Vehicle Expenses 5600.00 Janitorial /Garbage & Manure Removal 1700.00 Accommodation –Staff/Judges 4000.00 Septic Expenses 1400.00 Security 1200.00 First Aid Expenses 950.00 Volunteer Expenses/ Thank You Cards 275.00 Insurance 3250.00 Internet/Website 250.00 Promo Items 3000.00 Accounting 1450.00 Total Expenses 110022.00
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Camping 3000.00
Banquet Admission 6000.00
Sponsorships 38000.00
Advertising Revenue 1000.00
Food Vendor Commissions 500.00
Entry Fees 12000.00
Commission 19000.00
Gaming 34000.00
Merchandise Sales 1600.00
Total 115100.00
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TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: August 16, 2019
FROM: Director of Finance
SUBJECT: Request for Funds – Kamloops Exhibition Association 2019
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Board receive the funding request report for consideration and provide direction to staff.
DOUGLAS RAE Approved for Director of Finance Board Consideration CAO
SUMMARY:
Ada Mogge appeared at the August 15, 2019 regular meeting to represent the Kamloops Exhibition Association (KXA) with a request for financial assistance of $5,000 in support of the 81st Provincial Winter Fair, held September 27th–30th. The Board will consider this request at the next regular meeting scheduled September 19, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
TNRD Policy 5.1.1 on Grants and Sponsorships states that the TNRD does not generally provide grant or sponsorship funding from the Regional District as a whole, but that upon request individuals/ organizations may be permitted to appear before the Board of Directors to request a waiver of policy and make request for grants and or sponsorships under the categories of “Electoral Area Administration” or “General Administration”.
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The TNRD has long provided sponsorship funding to the Provincial Winter Fair in support of the 4H exhibition. Annual funding was typically $5,000 up until 2016, along with some supplemental funding coming from individual Electoral Area Directors discretionary funds.
Beginning in 2016, the organizing group split into two separate Societies with each holding a similar event. This group, the Provincial Winter Fair Committee of the KXA, holds one in the Kamloops area, while the other group, the BC Agricultural Exposition Society, holds one in the Barriere area.
In 2017, the Board decided that the historical $5,000 amount be split between the two groups rather than increase the overall financial assistance for what are now two separate events. As such, in both 2017 and 2018 each group received a sponsorship of $2,500, with funding coming from the General Administration service.
DISCUSSION:
Both groups appeared as delegations at the August 15, 2019 Board meeting, with the KXA asking for $5,000 as sponsorship for their 2019 event, which will be the 81st Annual BC Provincial Winter Fair.
So far this year, the Board has awarded $6,000 in financial support to two other organizations that appeared as delegations prior to this out of a budget of $20,000.
ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
❎ NOT STRATEGIC - OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC:
The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public:
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• in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website; and
• Via written communication with the proponent group.
Attachment(s):
• Previous delegation funding request materials
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TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019
FROM: R. Sadilkova, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Class D Slaughter Facilities Ministry of Agriculture request for Local Government Input
RECOMMENDATION(S): THAT Class D Licences for slaughter and meat sale be supported but only subject to: 1. the facility being inspected for a Class D appropriate standard; 2. an inspector being present at time of slaughter to ensure animal health and meat safety; and Given these conditions being met, eliminating the restriction of meat sale by Regional District boundary.
R. Sadilkova Approved for Director of Development Services Board Consideration CAO SUMMARY:
This report is further to Board direction at the August 15th, 2019 meeting requesting a staff report with information regarding Class D licensed slaughterhouses. In July of 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a Discussion Paper to solicit feedback from local governments about Class D licensed facilities. Specifically, the Ministry is reviewing rural slaughter capacity and inviting input regarding 1) proposals for new Class D regions or sub-regions (currently there are 10, see map next page); and 2) designation of new regions or sub-regions. Meat produced in a Class D slaughter facility must be The subject is complex with submissions from both sides of labeled as “not government the issue (see attached for some of the input we received). inspected” and can only be The recommendation above echoes that of the Ministry’s sold in the regional district in which the farm is located. Select Standing Committee. It seeks a compromise so localized smaller producers can slaughter within prescribed animal unit limits while stressing the importance of animal and public health. Given the progressive increases in BC’s ag-industry over the past decade, it is reasonable for the Province to support this by retaining additional meat inspectors.
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September 10, 2019 Page 2 of 7 Subject: Ministry of Agriculture Request for Input – Class D Slaughterhouses
BACKGROUND: In September of 2018, an all-party Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fish and Food released a report: Local Meat Production and Inspection in British Columbia setting out 21 recommendations (see attached for the executive summary). In response to this report, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) seeks input regarding recommendation #3 - Help Class D and E licensed producers reach markets closer to home by investigating alternative boundary restrictions for sales, other than regional districts.
There are four classes of slaughter licences in BC as per in the diagram below. Class D licences allow small-scale on-farm slaughter and sales but only within the boundaries of the region where it was produced. Currently, Class D licences are available in 10 designated regions: Central Coast, Kitimat- Stikine, Mount Waddington, Northern Rockies, Qathet, Skeena-Queen-Charlotte, part of Strathcona, Sunshine Coast, Stikine, and Squamish-Lillooet (see map below). The TNRD is not a designated area therefore has no Class D licences. We understand these regions were ‘designated’ by the Province due to remoteness (low population & transportation challenges), lack of licensed Class A & B slaughter facilities, and lower livestock numbers. The MoA is requesting input on whether to designate more regions for Class D licences. The deadline for feedback is October 1st, 2019. Note that major producers send to southern Alberta, medium send to Class A/B facilities, and small producers either slaughter for their own consumption only or send to a Class A/B facility.
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DISCUSSION: There are 5 provincially licensed slaughter facilities in the TNRD, two Class B and 3 Class A facilities. The table below outlines the differences between each Class of licence. Class A and B facilities require pre and post-slaughter inspection of each animal. These facilities require the highest level of investment to establish and operate and are also subject to the highest level of oversight.ɤ This is an important distinction. Class D licences have periodic facility assessments and an audit of slaughter records. There is no inspector to gauge the condition of an animal. The Class A facilities are Rainer Custom Cutting in Darfield (Area “O”), Rangeland Meats in Heffley Creek (Area “P”), and Kam Lake- View Meats in Cherry Creek (Area “J”). Copper Mountain Farms in Cherry Creek has a Class B licence specializing in poultry, and XH Buffalo Ranch in 70 Mile House has a Class B licence specializing in bison. There is also one federally licensed facility in Westwold.
Licence Activities Sales Geographic # of Animal Oversight Permitted Permitted Scope Units* Class A Slaughter, cut- Retail and B.C. Unlimited Pre and post- and-wrap direct to slaughter consumer inspection of each animal Class B Slaughter only Retail and B.C. Unlimited Pre and post- direct to slaughter consumer inspection of each animal
Class D Slaughter only Retail and Sales 1 – 25 Periodic site/facility (own animals direct to restricted assessments and and other consumer within the audit of operational peoples’ regional slaughter records animals) district where meat is produced
Class E Slaughter only Direct to Sales 1 – 10 Periodic site/facility (own animals consumer only restricted assessments and only) within the RD audit of operational where meat is slaughter records produced
Personal Use Slaughter only None For producer Unlimited None only
ɤ In terms of initial capital investment the cost to go from Class D to B is high, but not as substantial as compared to going from a Class B to a Class A (to enable cutting and wrapping). *One animal unit is the combined weight, when measured alive, of 1000 lbs (454 kg) of meat
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What input have we received? We initially received input from the Small-Scale Meat Producers Association who are lobbying for changes to facilitate more Class D licences (see attached written submission). Their position is that there is a lack of available slaughter capacity and small-scale producers should have the ability to slaughter and sell their own animals under a Class D licence. They also have challenges with the limitation on RD boundaries as their markets may be just over the border in the next regional district. They recommend the TNRD support making Class D licences available in the TNRD and across the Province AND allowing the sale of Class D processed meat with no division at RD boundaries. Meanwhile, the BC Association of Abattoirs, who represent livestock producers and abattoirs throughout BC, does not support expansion of Class D licences. A letter from their Association outlining their rationale is attached for Board consideration. We have also received input from TNRD Class A and B licence holders. They welcome competition from smaller producers but state that the animal and slaughtering should be inspected. This is in part on the basis of the poor health of some of the animals brought to them for slaughter. They mark this meat as “unfit for human consumption” but are concerned that not all producers may do the same.
So what are the critical issues? 1. Lack of Slaughter Capacity The Small-Scale Meat Producers cite a lack of slaughter capacity at Class A and B facilities as an important reason for enabling more Class D licences. The existing Class A facilities in our region indicate they have slaughter capacity but it may not always be at the optimal times/dates for smaller producers. The existing TNRD facilities we contacted indicated they have capacity and interest in accepting pork and other animals in addition to their regular beef clients. However, while medium and larger producers in the region may have access to Class A facilities, small scale producers indicate that they find it difficult and costly to find facilities that will accept their small number of animals and scale of production. Parts of the region do not have convenient nearby access to Class A/B facilities, making it more costly to ship animals for slaughter. For example, the south part of the region (Merritt area and Lytton) would have to ship to Cherry Creek or Heffley Creek, north of Kamloops, for processing or send them out of the region. The BC Association of Abattoirs suggests there may not be a capacity issue but cut-and- wrap capacity may be limited. A Class D licence can slaughter but not cut-and-wrap therefore even if Class D licences are expanding to the TNRD, demand could remain for cut-and-wrap services.
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2. Public Health – Food safety One of the central concerns with Class D licences is lack of inspection and the potential health risk of uninspected meat reaching retail market and consumers. Class A & B slaughter establishments are provincially licensed through the Ministry of Agriculture – each slaughter must be inspected by a Provincial meat inspector. Class D establishments would require a licence from Interior Health and are subject to periodic site inspections (inspection of premises and ensuring potable water is available) but not meat inspection. This was highlighted by the BC Association of Abattoirs as well as verbally relayed by local operators and by a poultry processor in Cherry Creek, Copper Mountain Farms, who submitted written comments for Board consideration. While both sympathize with the plight of small livestock producers, there is significant concern that allowing uninspected meat from Class D facilities to reach market could pose a food safety risk and jeopardize the entire industry if contaminated meat is sold. Class D Oversight of BC meat production/processing industry is operators could market and sell to local shared primarily between two distinct entities, based on restaurants if they were eligible for a Class the different classes of abattoir licences. Ministry of D licence. Restaurants that receive Agriculture inspectors are responsible for monitoring uninspected meat 'tend' not to advertise slaughter at Class A and B licensed facilities. Their area that it's not inspected. of focus is the health and treatment of animals before, In closing, one key consideration is that during and after the slaughter process. if ‘bad meat’ ends up in the system, all Environmental Health Officers (employed by IHA), are producers and plants are affected, responsible for ensuring requirements and standards are met at Class D and E licensed facilities; their focus is on including Class A plants. the state of the facility, rather than the animals.
3. Impact on existing facilities Allowing new Class D licences undermines existing Class A/B licence holders in the region who have made significant investments in their facilities and must adhere to the highest public health standards. Most regions with Class D licences presently have no local area fully licensed slaughterhouses (they need a ferry or long haul) and no scale of production or markets to support one. The TNRD differs as there are five (see map on next page). Existing facility owners state they would support new Class A facilities and competition but they want a level playing field whereby all must adhere to similar health inspection and regulations. A middle ground approach may be to encourage more Class A facilities but not support new uninspected meat facilities. Our research suggests the issue is not regarding slaughter for personal use but rather the risk of uninspected meat ending up in retail and restaurants.
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Options 1. Recommend that the Province provide funding and incentives to support small producers in establishing new Class A and B facilities in under-served areas of the TNRD (rather than expand unin- spected Class D licences). 2. Recommend that Class D licences be supported only in areas of the Province with no nearby Class A facilities – i.e. no other reasonable options – as per the current regime. 3. Recommend Class D licences be allowed in the TNRD without restriction and eliminate regional boundary limits on sales. 4. Recommend Class D licences be expanded to the TNRD and eliminate regional boundary limits on sales SUBJECT to applying basic meat inspection service to these smaller facilities.
Option 4 above, is the staff recommendation as set out on the first page of this report. Again, option four is consistent with the recommendation of the Select Standing Committee’s report. The executive summary, attached, and the report as a whole provide sound advice including a recommendation to ensure there are proper training opportunities for staffing of slaughtering facilities and that current travel time restrictions for animal transport between licensed facilities be reduced from two hours to one hour.
Attachment(s) 1. Local Meat Production and Inspection in BC - 3 page Executive Summary 2. BC Association of Abattoirs letter dated August 27, 2019 3. Small-Scale Meat Producers Association letter dated August 8, 2019 4. Blue Sky Ranch Letter dated July 22, 2019 5. Copper Mountain Farms email of August 16, 2019
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TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019
FROM: Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Housing Needs Reports Program and Municipal Partnerships
RECOMMENDATION: THAT staff be authorized to apply for $150,000 to the UBCM Housing Needs Reports Program as primary applicant for a regional housing needs report project covering Electoral Areas “A”, “B”, “E”, “I”, “J”, “L”, “M”, “N”, and “P” with Clearwater, Sun Peaks, Merritt, Cache Creek, Clinton, and Logan Lake, all as partnering municipalities;
AND THAT, the TNRD provide overall grant management under the UBCM Housing Needs Reports Program.
R. Sadilkova Approved for Director of Development Services Board Consideration CAO
SUMMARY: This report is further to Board direction from the August 15th meeting regarding partnership with member municipalities in applying for UBCM funding for housing needs reports. The Province has made grant funding available to local governments to assist with the cost of preparing housing needs reports. Grant applications can be submitted individually by municipality/community or via a coordinated regional approach. Staff reached out to member municipalities and received confirmation and Council resolutions from Clearwater, Sun Peaks, Cache Creek, Merritt, and Clinton requesting the TNRD be the lead applicant for grant funding to prepare regionally coordinated housing needs reports.
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BACKGROUND: Effective April 16, 2019, Provincial legislation requires all local governments to complete a housing needs report by April of 2022 and update it every five years thereafter. We must also prepare and publish an online housing needs report which shows current and projected housing needs for at least the next five years. This must be broken down by jurisdiction, including by EA.
DISCUSSION:
Staff contacted all member municipalities to inquire about partnership interest. In response, we received confirmation from the District of Clearwater, Village of Cache Creek, Village of Clinton, Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, and City of Merritt. Each of these partnering municipalities has authorized the TNRD to apply for UBCM grant funding on their behalf. District of Logan Lake staff also confirmed interest in regional partnership (Council consideration is scheduled for the meeting on September 17th). Partnering with member municipalities and combining EAs will share resources and streamline the process. The application will demonstrate regional cooperation and cost savings to us and the grant program as compared to each partnering community hiring their own consultants.
Recall, on May 16, 2019, the Board supported a request from the District of Barriere to apply to UBCM for funding to cover a housing needs report for Barriere and Electoral Area “O” (Lower North Thompson). They have their funding confirmed and are commencing with the project. Kamloops, Chase, and Ashcroft are proceeding with their own grant applications.
Deadlines & Dates
The next grant application intake is November 29, 2019. The total funding request for regional projects cannot exceed $150,000. UBCM staff advise that there is no guaranteed intake after this current one at the end of November and future intakes are funding dependent. They further indicate that as long as each planning area is only funded once over the span of the program, we could submit one application per intake on behalf of our partnering communities. However, there is risk that funding may not be available after the November 29th intake thus staff recommend applying now for the maximum allowable amount of $150,000.
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Funding Applications
For a UBCM funding submission to be joint, it requires an application form, a budget, the rationale, and a specific resolution for each local government indicating support for the primary applicant to apply for, receive, and manage any grant funding allocated on their behalf. We have received resolutions from Clearwater, Clinton, Cache Creek, Merritt and Sun Peaks. A resolution from Logan Lake is anticipated on September 17th.
Next Steps…
If authorized by the Board, staff will proceed with the UBCM funding application. We will also begin the request for proposal process to solicit a consultant with expertise in housing reports. There are a limited number of such consultants and - given, all local government in BC is on a similar timeline for a similar project - there will be competition to retain expertise and manage the project so as the deadlines are met.
Ideally, once funding approval is received we can immediately proceed with the project in early 2020. Completion is required within one year – this timeline may be impacted by consultant availability and the timing of UBCM’s funding announcement.
Communication to Public
The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website.
Attachments • UBCM Housing Needs Reports 2019 Program & Application Guide (pages 1-7)
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Housing Needs Reports Program 2019 Program & Application Guide REVISED AUGUST 2019
1. Introduction
Starting in April 2019, local governments are required to develop housing needs reports on a regular basis. The reports will strengthen the ability of local governments to understand what kinds of housing are most needed in their communities, and help inform local plans, policies, and development decisions.
Housing Needs Reports Program The Housing Needs Reports program supports local governments in undertaking housing needs reports in order to meet the provincial requirements. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing (MMAH) has confirmed $5 million over three years for this program. The program is structured to reflect the planning areas for which local governments are required to complete housing needs reports: municipalities, electoral areas, and local trust areas (within the Islands Trust). Funding is scaled based on the net population of each planning area. Refer to Section 6 and Appendix 1 for eligible funding amounts.
2. Eligible Applicants
All local governments in BC (municipalities, regional districts, and the Islands Trust) are eligible to apply. Local Trust Committees must apply through the Islands Trust. Each planning area (municipality, electoral area, and local trust area) can only be funded once over the full span of the program. Updated August 2019 - Funding permitting, the Islands Trust and regional districts can submit one application per intake to undertake separate housing needs reports for different trust areas/electoral areas, including regional applications and participation as a partnering applicant in a regional application. Planning areas that were funded in the May 2019 intake are not eligible for subsequent intakes. Refer to Appendix 1 for eligible planning areas.
3. Eligible Projects
To qualify for funding, a project must: • Be a new project or an update to an existing, eligible housing needs report. Retroactive funding is not available.
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Regional Projects Funding requests for a combination of planning areas (municipalities, electoral areas, and/or local trust areas) may be submitted as a single application for eligible, collaborative projects. In this case, the maximum funding available would be based on the number of eligible planning areas included in the application and the funding maximums for each as identified in Appendix 1. It is expected that regional projects will demonstrate cost-efficiencies in the total grant request. The primary applicant submitting the application for a regional project is required to submit a Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee resolution as outlined in Section 7 of this guide. If the additional planning areas are outside of the primary applicant’s jurisdiction, each partnering local government is required to submit a Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee resolution that clearly states their approval for the primary applicant to apply for, receive, and manage the funding on their behalf. The total funding request for regional projects cannot exceed $150,000.
4. Requirements for Funding
To qualify for funding, housing needs reports must: • Meet the requirements of the Local Government Act (or Vancouver Charter) in relation to the development of a new or updated housing needs report; • Result in a housing needs report for at least one entire planning area: municipality, electoral area, or local trust area; • Be received by the local government Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee in a meeting open to the public. In the case of regional projects, the report must be received by the Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee responsible for each planning area that is included in the project; and • Be published online for free public access.
5. Eligible & Ineligible Costs & Activities
Eligible Costs & Activities Eligible costs are direct costs that are approved by the Evaluation Committee, properly and reasonably incurred, and paid by the applicant to carry out eligible activities. Eligible costs can only be incurred from the date of application submission until the final report is submitted (unless specified below). Under the Housing Needs Reports program, eligible costs and activities must be cost-effective and include: • Development of new or updated housing needs reports (as required by the Local Government Act and Vancouver Charter), including:
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o Research specific to the development of housing needs reports; o Community engagement, such as collaboration with neighbouring local governments and partner organizations, community surveys, and engagement activities. • Publication of housing needs reports including editing, proofing, graphic design, etc. • Presentation of housing needs reports to Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee.
The following expenditures are also eligible, provided they relate directly to the eligible activities identified above: • Consultant costs; • Incremental staff and administration costs; • Public information costs; • Training and capacity building for local government staff specific to developing housing needs reports.
Ineligible Costs & Activities Any activity that is not outlined above or is not directly connected to activities approved in the application by the Evaluation Committee is not eligible for funding. This includes: • Collection of data similar to that made available at no cost via the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing for the purpose of housing needs reports; • Routine or ongoing operating and/or planning costs or activities (e.g. tracking and reporting of development and building permits); • Capital costs; • Purchase of software, software licences, or service subscriptions; • Preparation of maps and spatial data.
6. Grant Maximum
Funding maximums are based on the population of the planning area (using the 2016 Census data). The Program can contribute a maximum of 100% of the cost of eligible activities – to a maximum of the amounts identified in Table 1. For certainty, Appendix 1 outlines the net population and eligible funding for each planning area (municipality, electoral area, and local trust area) in BC.
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As noted in Section 3, the funding maximum for all regional projects is $150,000. In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds, all other contributions for eligible portions of the project must be declared and, depending on the total value, may decrease the value of the funding.
7. Application Requirements & Process
Application Deadline Applicants will be advised of the status of their application within 60 days of the following application deadline: November 29, 2019. Funding permitting, program information for 2020 intakes will be available following this deadline.
Required Application Contents • Completed Application Form; • Detailed project budget; • Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee resolution, indicating support for the current proposed activities and willingness to provide overall grant management; • For regional projects only: Each partnering local government must submit a Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee resolution indicating support for the primary applicant to apply for, receive, and manage the grant funding on their behalf; Resolutions from partnering applicants must include the language above.
• Optional: Up to five letters of support as evidence of partnership or collaboration with community organizations and/or other local stakeholders.
Submission of Applications Applications should be submitted as Word or PDF files. If you choose to submit your application by e-mail, hard copies do not need to follow. All applications should be submitted to: Local Government Program Services, Union of BC Municipalities E-mail: [email protected] Mail: 525 Government Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 0A8
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o Neighbouring local governments o First Nations and local Indigenous organizations o Non-profit service providers, health authorities, and/or post-secondary institutions o Non-profit and for-profit development sector o Vulnerable populations (e.g. individuals experiencing homelessness, those at risk of experiencing homelessness, youth, seniors, new immigrants or refugees, etc.) • Include strategies for training and capacity building for local government staff to undertake housing needs reports and subsequent updates; • Are cost-effective; • Include in-kind or cash contributions to the project from the eligible applicant, regional partners, or other grant funding.
Point values and weighting have been established within each of these scoring criteria. Only those applications that meet a minimum threshold point value will be considered for funding. The Evaluation Committee will consider the population and provincial, regional, and urban/rural distribution of proposed projects. Funding decisions will be made on a provincial priority basis.
8. Grant Management & Applicant Responsibilities
The applicant is responsible for completion of the project as approved and for meeting reporting requirements. Applicants are also responsible for proper fiscal management, including maintaining acceptable accounting records for the project. UBCM reserves the right to audit these records.
Notice of Funding Decision All applicants will receive written notice of funding decisions. Approved applicants will receive an Approval Agreement, which will include the terms and conditions of any grant that is awarded, and that is required to be signed and returned to UBCM. Grants under the Housing Needs Report program will be awarded in two payments: 50% at the approval of the project and when the signed Approval Agreement has been returned to UBCM and 50% when the project is complete and the final reporting requirements have been met.
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Progress Payments In exceptional circumstances, to request a progress payment, approved applicants are required to submit: • Written rationale for receiving a progress payment; • Description of activities completed to date; and • Description of funds expended to date.
Changes to Approved Projects Approved funds are specific to the project as identified in the application, and not transferable to other projects. Approval from the Evaluation Committee will be required for any significant variation from the approved project. To propose changes to an approved project, approved applicants are required to submit: • Revised application package, including updated, signed application form, revised budget, and updated Council, Board, or Local Trust Committee resolution(s); and • Written rationale for proposed changes to activities and/or expenditures. The revised application package will then be reviewed by the Evaluation Committee. Applicants are responsible for any costs above the approved funds unless a revised application is submitted and approved prior to work being undertaken.
Extensions to Project End Date All approved activities are required to be completed within one year of approval and all extensions beyond this date must be requested in writing and be approved by UBCM. Extensions will not exceed one year.
9. Final Report Requirements & Process
Applicants are required to submit an electronic copy of the complete final report, including the following: • Completed Final Report Form; • Financial summary; • Completed Housing Needs Report(s).
Submission of Final Reports All final reports should be submitted to: Local Government Program Services, Union of BC Municipalities E-mail: [email protected] Mail: 525 Government Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 0A8
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All final reports will be shared with the Province of BC
10. Additional Information
For enquiries about the application process or program, please contact:
Union of BC Municipalities 525 Government Street Victoria, BC, V8V 0A8
Email: [email protected] Phone: (250) 952-9177
For more on the Housing Needs Reports requirements, supporting data, and guidance, please visit the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing website.
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TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019
FROM: Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Cherry Creek-Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019 Application No. BA 178 • Lot A, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 – 4796 Trans-Canada Highway PID: 018-632-424 (“Parcel A”) • Lot B, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 – 4836 Trans-Canada Highway PID: 018-632-432 (“Parcel B”) Cherry Creek, BC (Cherry Creek Mobile Home Park “Owner – Parcel A” and Nassat Holdings Ltd. – “Owner – Parcel B”) and Paul Douglas (“Agent”) RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. THAT Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019, be adopted. 2. THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019 be adopted.
R. SADILKOVA Approved for Director of Development Services Board Consideration CAO
SUMMARY: On behalf of the two Owners, the Agent requests amendments to the Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan (OCP) and Zoning Bylaw No. 2400 for two contiguous properties in Cherry Creek. The application is primarily intended to ‘clean up’ historically misaligned zoning and OCP boundaries on both Parcels. Firstly, the Owner of Parcel A seeks an OCP redesignation from Agri-Residential and Commercial to Manufactured Home Park and to rezone a portion of Parcel A from C-3: Highway Commercial to MH-1: Manufactured Home Park. The changes would allow the owner to continue operating the existing manufactured home park. Secondly, the Owner of Parcel B seeks an OCP redesignation from Agri-Residential to Commercial and to rezone Parcel B in its entirety from MH-1: Manufactured Home Park to
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C-3: Highway Commercial. In addition, the Owner of Parcel B seeks a site-specific amendment to the C-3 zone as follows:
(c) two family dwelling, used in conjunction with highway commercial uses, in the case of Lot B, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 (4836 Trans-Canada Highway, Cherry Creek, BC)
This site-specific amendment would allow the Owner to rebuild the pre-existing, non-conforming two family dwelling lost in a 2018 fire. All told, the proposed amendments are considered minor in nature and not requested as a means to introduce any new land uses or densities.
At their August 15, 2019 meeting, the Board supported Bylaws 2688 and 2689 second reading and public hearing with the proviso that bylaw adoption be withheld pending said Bylaw 2689 being supported and signed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Bylaw 2689 was signed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure on August 20, 2019.
COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC: The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD website.
Attachments • Bylaw No. 2688, 2019 • Bylaw No. 2689, 2019
Cherry Creek - Savona OCP Amendment Bylaw NO. 2688, 2019 Zoning Amendme... Page 113 of 161 THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT BYLAW NO. 2688
A BYLAW TO AMEND “CHERRY CREEK-SAVONA OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW NO. 2472, 2014”
WHEREAS the Board of Directors adopted the Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2472, on October 23, 2014;
AND WHEREAS an application has been received to amend this Plan;
AND WHEREAS the Board of Directors deems it desirable to adopt the amendments to the Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan;
AND WHEREAS the amendments are consistent with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Regional Growth Strategy and the amendments do not affect the Financial Plan;
NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1. CITATION This bylaw may be cited as “Cherry Creek-Savona Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2688, 2019.”
2. AMENDMENTS 2.1 The future land use designation on 4796 Trans-Canada Highway (legally described as Lot A, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631), is changed from Agri-Residential and Commercial to Manufactured Home Park, as shown shaded on Schedule “1” attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw.
2.2 The future land use designation on 4836 Trans-Canada Highway (legally described as Lot B, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631), is changed from Agri-Residential to Commercial, as shown shaded on Schedule “1” attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw.
READ A FIRST TIME the 11th day of July, 2019. READ A SECOND TIME the 11th day of July, 2019. PUBLIC HEARING held on the 15th day of August, 2019. READ A THIRD TIME the 15th day of August, 2019. ADOPTED this day of , 2019.
______Corporate Officer Chair
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This Schedule “1” is incorporated in and forms part of Bylaw No. 2688, 2019
Certified Correct:
Corporate Officer
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BYLAW NO. 2689
A bylaw to amend “Thompson-Nicola Regional District Zoning Bylaw No. 2400”
WHEREAS an application for amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2400, 2012 has been made
AND WHEREAS the proposed changes in uses of land and buildings are deemed advisable;
NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1. CITATION
1.1 This bylaw may be cited as “Thompson-Nicola Regional District Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2689, 2019.”
2. AMENDMENTS
2.1 Schedule ‘A’ Zoning Map, to Bylaw 2400, is changed by rezoning a portion of 4796 Trans- Canada Highway (legally described as Lot A, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631) from C-3: Highway Commercial to the MH-1: Manufactured Home Park zone, as shown shaded on Schedule “1” attached hereto and forming a part of this Bylaw; 2.2 Schedule ‘A’ Zoning Map, to Bylaw 2400, is changed by rezoning 4836 Trans-Canada Highway (legally described as Lot B, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631) from MH-1: Manufactured Home Park to C-3: Highway Commercial;
2.3 The following is added to Bylaw No. 2400 as s. 21.1.1: 21.1.1 Permitted Uses – Site Specific
(c) two family dwelling, used in conjunction with highway commercial uses, in the case of Lot B, District Lot 550, and of Section 34, Township 19, Range 19, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP51631 (4836 Trans-Canada Highway, Cherry Creek, BC).
READ A FIRST TIME this 11th day of July, 2019. READ A SECOND TIME this 11th day of July, 2019. PUBLIC HEARING held on the 15th day of August, 2019. READ A THIRD TIME this 15th day of August, 2019. APPROVED by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure this 20th day of August, 2019. ADOPTED this day of , 2019.
______Corporate Officer Chair
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SCHEDULE “1”
This Schedule “1” is incorporated in and forms part of Bylaw No. 2689, 2019
Certified Correct:
Corporate Officer
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Request for a Renal Dialysis Unit in Merritt Pam Whitaker, The Region of BC's Best THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT Wells Gray Country Services Committee Wednesday, June 19. 2019 MINUTES of a meeting of the WELLS GRAY COUNTRY SERVICES COMMITTEE of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District held at Dutch Lake Community Centre, 209 Dutch Lake Rd, Clearwater, BC on Wednesday, June 191h, 2019 commencing at 5:00 PM. PRESENT: Chair C. Schaffer Director, Electoral Area "A" TNRD M. Miller Birch Island S. Neufeld Upper Clearwater M. Savage E. Blackpool J. Tobin Vavenby ABSENT: 8. Ludtke E. Blackpool H. Wadlegger Vice-Chair STAFF: S. Madden Services Coordinator, TNRD J. Vermeer Recording Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Schaffer called the meeting to order at 5:06 PM. 2. ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA Add item 8b) Trans Mountain Pipeline Moved by M. Miller Seconded by J. Tobin THAT the agenda for the June 19, 2019, Regular Committee meeting be accepted as amended. CARRIED 3. MINUTES a) April 10, 2019 Wells Gray Country Services Committee Minutes DRAFT Moved by M. Miller Seconded by M. Savage THAT the minutes of the April 10, 2019, Regular Committee Meeting be adopted. CARRIED 4. DELEGATIONS None. Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair) Minute... Page 129 of 161 Wells Gray Country Services Committee Page 2 June 19, 2019 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) Community Meetings • Three community meetings have been held to date, all were well received. • Blackpool meeting will be held when the Ferry Road Park is opened. Discussion occurred regarding children opening the park. • Vavenby meeting will be held in September. b) Wells Gray Outdoors Club - Sponsorship for the 3rd Annual Banff Film Festival Presentation in Clearwater • Discussion occurred regarding the request made at the April meeting for $250.00 sponsorship for the 3rd Annual Banff Film Festival. • TNRD for Area "A" provided $24,000.00 of Federal Gas Tax funds to the Wells Gray Outdoors Club to aid in the increase of trails. Moved by S. Neufeld Seconded by J. Tobin THAT the Committee approve the request from the Wells Gray Outdoors Club for $250.00 sponsorship for the 3rd Annual Banff Film Festival. CARRIED 6. CORRESPONDENCE a) Action Requested - None b) Information Only i. Wells Gray Community Forest 2010 Society, re: TNRD - Ferry Rd Park Blackpool Grant Request • The request made to the Wells Gray Community Forest 2010 Society was not approved however the request was moved to the Wells Gray Community Forest Commission. ii. District of Clearwater, re: Funding for Ferry Road Picnic Shelter Project • The Wells Gray Community Forest Commission approved the funding request in the amount of $50,000.00 for the Ferry Road Picnic Shelter project. Moved by M. Savage Seconded by M. Miller THAT items 6b)i. and 6b)ii. be received for information. CARRIED 7. REPORTS and/or INQUIRIES a) Joint Services Committee - (Director Schaffer, H. Wadlegger) - Next meeting July 8, 2019 Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair) Minute... Page 130 of 161 Wells Gray Country Services Committee Page 3 June 19, 2019 b) Tourism Wells Gray Association (H. Wadlegger)- Next meeting July 3, 2019 • Attached for Committee member information: Tourism Wells Gray RBM Minutes April 3, 2019 Tourism Wells Gray RBM May 2019 Minutes Tourism Wells Gray RBM June 5, 2019, DRAFT. Moved by M. Miller Seconded by M. Savage THAT the Tourism Wells Gray Association minutes of April 3, May 1 and June 5 (draft) 2019, be received for information. CARRIED c) District of Clearwater Forestry Working Group (S. Neufeld) - Next meeting July 9, 2019 Moved by J. Tobin Seconded by M. Miller THAT the May 7, 2019 District of Clearwater- Forestry Working Group minutes be received for information. Moved by S. Neufeld Seconded by M. Savage THAT the Committee requests the Thompson-Nicola Regional District advocate for, and participate in, a District of Clearwater led coalition within the Kamloops Timber Supply Area (TSA) for the purposes of participating in the Forest Sector Revitalization Initiative being launched by the Provincial Government. CARRIED d) District of Clearwater - Wells Gray Community Forest Commission (M. Miller) - Next meeting TBD • Applications have been processed, M. Miller spoke of several successful applications. e) Member Udates i. B. Ludtke • Not in attendance. ii. M. Miller • Birch Island Community Park is looking great. iii. S. Neufeld • Thanks Director Schaffer for the community meeting - people really enjoyed. • Discussion occurred regarding a fire danger rating sign being installed in Upper Clearwater, as requested by the residents at the Community Meeting. Request has been passed on to BC Wildfire Service by the Services Coordinator. • Several residents have begun brushing along Clearwater Valley Rd on their own, not waiting for the MOTi contractor to complete the work. The residents believe this is a safety issue. • Would like to invite BC Parks to next year's community meeting. Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair) Minute... Page 131 of 161 Wells Gray Country Services Committee Page 4 June 19, 2019 iv. M. Savage • This year is the 4oth anniversary of the Blackpool Fire Hall. A special tee shirt will be made for the fire department members. • Fire training grounds will be set up behind the fire hall. Fencing will be installed, clearing completed and sea-cans installed for storage and public display. • Two full weeks of training will be coming up this month and July. • Ferry Road Park - beaver has taken out 3 trees. Services Coordinator will call ARGO for removal as they overhang the road and affect traffic. • Photos with respect to 3 properties with unsightly premises have been sent in. • A live mock emergency exercise was held May 28, 2019. Multiple agencies participated. Went very well. • Questioned progress on highway signs. Services Coordinator will check on progress. • Street light is out across from fire hall. Services Coordinator will submit a request for repair to BC Hydro. v. J. Tobin • Young people in Vavenby are remaining positive despite the Canfor shutdown. • New fence at the fire hall is very nice. vi. H. Wadlegger • Not in attendance. f) Director's Report • Director's Report for Apr-May 2019 attached for Committee information. • Discussion occurred regarding the new fee structure for solid waste disposal. • May have to re-evaluate project spending/timelines for projects. g) Services Coordinator Report • Report dated 06-10-2019 attached for Committee information. • Services Coordinator asked Vavenby rep if asphalt had been removed from Vavenby Communityh Park - she will follow up. Will look into grass seeding the area in future. • An update on the Ferry Road Park progress was given. Playground installation should begin July 3rd or 4th. Fencing to be installed July 15th then trail construction. Anticipate park opening in August. • Services Coordinator answered questions regarding her report. h) Electoral Area "A" Project Updates • Report dated 06-10-2019 attached for Committee information. 8. NEW BUSINESS a) Canfor Closure • Many meetings have been held since closure of Canfor. • Director Schaffer attended meeting in Vancouver with the Hon. Mike Farnworth where they spoke about broadband for this area, fire mitigation and TNRD authority to slow boats. Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair) Minute... Page 132 of 161 Wells Gray Country Services Committee Page 5 June 19, 2019 • Would like to see broadband from McBride to Clearwater. • Fire mitigation work would last about 1 year. • Trans Mountain Pipeline work will last approximately 2 years. • Would like to meet with Premier John Horgan about the mine and push to see it operating sooner. Currently looking at 5 years. • Would like to meet with Ministry of Forests regarding forest tenure. • Discussion occurred regarding assistance to Cantor employees ie: job fair, financial counselling. There is a significant amount of support available. • June 27, 2019 at 7:00 in the Dutch Lake Community Centre gym the District of Clearwater and the TNRD will be hosting a meeting with multiple agencies for all businesses to receive information. • July 8, 2019 at 7:00 a town hall meeting will be held at Clearwater Secondary School. • Rail siting to be maintained. • Director is seeking a legacy from Cantor for Vavenby. • SD73 has confirmed that there will be no changes within the local schools in the next year, but they will be assessed after that. b) Trans Mountain Pipeline • $175,000.00 is the amount allocated within Area "A" for Community Benefits. • Discussion occurred about how to utilize the funds. Moved by M. Savage Seconded by S. Neufeld THAT the Trans Mountain Pipeline funds for Area "A" be disbursed as follows: $50,000.00 to Blackpool Community Park; $37,500.00 to Birch Island; $62,500.00 to the Vavenby water system; $25,000.00 to a portable sprinkler system (SPU) for use in Area "A". CARRIED 9. NEXT MEETING DATE The next regular meeting of the Wells Gray Country Services Committee is Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM, at the Dutch Lake Community Centre, 209 Dutch Lake Rd, Clearwater, BC. 10. ADJOURNMENT Moved by M. Miller That the meeting be adjourned at 6:50 PM. Certified Correct: ~Cti . f I Wells Gray Country Services Committee - Director Schaffer (Chair) Minute... Page 133 of 161 Thompson Regional Committee Meeting Draft Summary for June 11th 2019 In attendance: Steve Rice Thompson-Nicola Regional District Director Arjun Singh City of Kamloops Committee member Hank Cameron Regional District of North Okanagan Committee member James Gordon Thompson Rivers University Committee member Peter Busse Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Committee member (alternate) Mike Simpson Fraser Basin Council Staff Erin Vieira Fraser Basin Council Staff Meeting commenced at 10:00 AM 1. Welcome and introductions • Mike welcomed all present. Secwepemc territory was acknowledged. • The agenda and summary from the last meeting were accepted. 2. Staff Reports Shuswap Watershed Council Background The FBC is the program manager for the Shuswap Watershed Council, a partnership of local governments, first nations, and provincial agencies to enhance water quality and safe recreation in the Shuswap for the long term. See www.shuswapwater.ca for more information. Update Staff are delivering education campaigns about Zebra & Quagga Mussels and safe boating practices. Both of these issues will be promoted through spring/summer tourism season. An annual report for 2018-19 (to March 31st) is complete and has been distributed to government offices throughout the Shuswap; it’s also available online. The 2018 Annual Water Quality Summary is being prepared. The SWC will meet tomorrow; part of the meeting will include a discussion on next steps for the Council on nutrient-loading to the Shuswap and Salmon Rivers, considering the interim results of nutrient research as well as the new provincial Agricultural Environmental Management Code of Practice. Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.) Page 134 of 161 Nicola Watershed Background The FBC is facilitating a number of different initiatives in the Nicola watershed, see www.nicolaplan.ca for more information. Development of a Nicola Water Management Tool has been underway since 2013 in various stages as funding permits. See below for updates. Update ESSA Technologies and FBC are doing a watershed characterization in the Nicola watershed for the Nicola Forum, which is a joint project of the five Nicola First Nations and the Province. This work was recommended in the Nicola Memorandum of Understanding. One phase of the characterization project is underway, which includes a literature review and several interviews to ascertain qualitative information and priorities about the watershed. Staff have received notice of funding from the Coastal Restoration Fund for several projects to be done in the Nicola watershed, including a SHIM (Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping), various restoration projects, and Water Management Tool for the Mamette Lake Dam. Thompson Watershed Disaster Mitigation Project Background FBC has secured funding from Emergency Management BC and Public Safety Canada to undertake a flood and debris flow risk assessment for the entire Thompson watershed. See www.thompsonflood.ca for more information. Update The results of the first phase of the TWDMP are in. The whole Thompson watershed (all of the waters draining to Lytton) has a systematic assessment that looks at risk for clear water floods, debris flows, and landslide-induced floods. Staff have received notice that the project is receiving additional funding to obtain more LiDAR data in late summer/early fall (low water), which will then inform more detailed flood mapping. These maps will be useful for local governments in emergency response, and for planning and development. Four regional districts concurrently applied for funding to do some flood mapping; of the four, TNRD and Cariboo Regional Districts were successful. FBC is coordinating this work with a single contractor to produce coarse-level flood maps. Thompson Steelhead/Bonaparte River Background FBC is facilitating a working group of members from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Secwepemc and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development to better manage steelhead in the Thompson and Nicola River systems. See www.thompsonsteelhead.ca for more information. FBC’s involvement in projects in the Bonaparte River is a legacy of work done on steelhead. The Bonaparte is important habitat for salmon and steelhead. Update The Working Group has not met since December 2017. Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.) Page 135 of 161 FBC has received, on behalf of the Working Group, three years of funding from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to monitor water temperatures in the Bonaparte River. Secwepemc Fisheries Commission is carrying out this work. The data will inform better water management. Shuswap Trails Background The Shuswap Trails Roundtable is a collaborative group with roles in trail development, stewardship, and promotion. The FBC provides support to the Working Group (quarterly meetings) and the Roundtable (annual meeting). Update The Shuswap Trails Roundtable Working Group is meeting later this week, it will include a short field tour at the Larch Hills trail network. NEW: Interior Forest Sector Renewal Background FBC is working with the provincial government to initiate engagement how the forest sector in the BC Interior can be revitalized considering the last decade of mountain pine beetle and associated loss of timber supply, wildfires, and recent mill closures, both temporary and permanent. The group is exploring how to get away from commodity boom-bust cycles, how to align mill capacity will timber supply, and the future of employment in the forest sector. NEW: Hullcar public meeting Background Staff are facilitating a public meeting on behalf of the provincial government to provide an update on the Hullcar aquifer. Meeting attendees will have an opportunity to receive information and ask questions about the state of the aquifer (quantity and quality), the Hullcar Aquifer Response Plan, and the new provincial Agriculture Environmental Management Code of Practice. The meeting will take place later in June. 3. Fraser Basin Council Business Operations Committee Report No report was available. The next Board of Directors meeting is in Prince George on June 13th; there will be a tour on the 12th. 4. Committee Members’ Reports Steve Rice • Anticipating further robust discussion on cannabis production, sales at the TNRD board table Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.) Page 136 of 161 • Awaiting funding for fuel mitigation in Venables Valley • Anticipating a good turn-out for the McAbee Fossil Site ‘soft opening’ on June 21st • TNRD and Gold Country are working on tourism promotion, including a focus on points of interest along Highway #1. Hank Cameron • Attended chinook fry release at Shuswap Falls with representatives from Syilx • BC Hydro has indicated they are interested in a process to initiate fish passage above Wilsey Dam • Toured South Fork Slide • Heli-ski operator is looking for non-ALR land near Cherryville to build a lodge • Breakfast On The Farm event on June 8th was a big success. • RDNO has a retail bylaw for cannabis. James Gordon • Thompson Rivers University has a new president, Dr. Brett Fairbairn • Office of Sustainability is promoting ‘casual Fridays’ where people are encouraged to dress down and the air conditioning is turned down (warmer) to save energy • The university has acquired some property adjacent to campus and will be centralizing recycling and solid waste collection there • University energy plan aims to develop more solar energy, enough to provide for approximately 1/3 of the university’s energy needs • Hosting an electric vehicle event on June 23rd at the Grand Hall. Arjun Singh • Has been re-appointed to Venture Kamloops board for another term. Priority issues include transportation and logistics, warehousing, and construction. • City Council is supporting a committee in developing a proposal for a performing arts centre • City Council will have a public hearing on secondary suites. Peter Busse • Aspen Planers in Merritt has reduced their operations; don’t anticipate it will impact the plant in Lillooet • 10-mile slide is open to regular traffic and some commercial traffic including buses, but not B-trains • Fort Berens winery in Lillooet is doubling its production • DFO held a meeting in Lillooet recently about sturgeon Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.) Page 137 of 161 • Some residents are concerned about noise levels and nuisance disturbances on the Fraser River. Regional Committee field tour: The annual field tour is scheduled for July 9th, in lieu of a regular committee meeting. Staff reviewed the tour agenda: it will include a stop at the McAbee Fossil Site, Horsting’s Farm for lunch, and the fishway on the Bonaparte River. A detailed agenda will be sent out later in June. Committee members who wish to attend MUST RSVP. Next TRC meeting: No meeting in July – committee field tour instead. No meeting in August. Next regular committee meeting: September 10th 2019, 10 AM – 12 PM. Fraser Basin Council - Director Rice, Director Watson (Alt.) Page 138 of 161 Community Services BOARD REPORT TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: August 21, 2019 FROM: Director of Community Services SUBJECT: Federal Gas Tax – Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Building Envelope Upgrade RECOMMENDATION: That an expenditure to a maximum of $55,000 from Federal Gas Tax – Community Works Fund revenues, allocated to Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau), be approved to fund energy efficiency upgrades to the South Green Lake Fire Hall located at 548 Green Lake Road S, Green Lake, BC: PID 007-575-394 – Lot 66, Plan KAP21147, District Lot 1144, LD. RON STORIE Approved for Director of Community Services Board Consideration CAO SUMMARY: Director Watson is in favour of allocated Federal Gas Tax revenue to fund building upgrades for the South Green Lake Fire Hall. BACKGROUND: The TNRD owns and operates the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department. Upgrades, including installation of rigid insulation and replacement of siding, windows and lighting, are anticipated to improve energy efficiency and reduce annual operating costs. Federal Gas Tax - Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lak... Page 139 of 161 August 21, 2019 Page 2 of 2 Subject: Federal Gas Tax – Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Building Envelope Upgrade DISCUSSION: Director Watson has indicated her support for this project. The Federal Gas Tax program was developed to help communities build and revitalize public infrastructure that supports national objectives of productivity and economic growth, a clean environment and strong cities and communities. This project would fall under the Community Energy Systems category, which lists the following as an eligible project: “Retrofit local government buildings and infrastructure.” ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN: This project supports the delivery of services in an efficient and cost effective fashion. COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC: The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website. Federal Gas Tax - Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lak... Page 140 of 161 Community Services BOARD REPORT TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: August 21, 2019 FROM: Director of Community Services SUBJECT: Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property RECOMMENDATIONS: THAT the Chair and Corporate Officer execute documents required to transfer title for 520 Green Lake Road South, (Lot 65, Plan 21147, District Lot 1144, Lillooet Land District PID 007-702-931) from the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Society to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. RON STORIE Approved for Director of Community Services Board Consideration CAO SUMMARY: Board approval is required to authorize the transfer of title for the property located at 520 Green Lake Road South, from the Society that operated the South Green Lake Fire Department to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. BACKGROUND: In compliance with the results of a public ascent process held in June 2019, ownership and operation of the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department (see picture below) transferred over to the TNRD effective January 1, 2019. The transfer process was to include transfer of all assets, including the title on all vehicles and land. Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property Report by t... Page 141 of 161 August 21, 2019 Page 2 of 3 Subject: Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property Picture showing the South green Lake Fire Department. DISCUSSION: The South Green Lake Fire Department occupies two lots, located at 520 and 548 Green Lake South Road. The TNRD owns the lot addressed as 548 Green Lake South Road, however 520 Green Lake South Road (see map below) is still under the name of the Society that owned and operated the fire department prior to the public assent process. Map showing fire department properties 548 and subject property 520 Green Lake South Rd. Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property Report by t... Page 142 of 161 August 21, 2019 Page 3 of 3 Subject: Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property Required at this time is Board approval for staff to facilitate the transfer of title for the lot located at 520 Green Lake Road South to the TNRD. Ownership of all other assets, including vehicles, have already been transferred to the TNRD. ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN: This project increases value to our ratepayers by focusing on community and public safety. COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC: The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website. Title Transfer for South Green Lake Fire Department Property Report by t... Page 143 of 161 Development Services Department BOARD REPORT TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019 FROM: Director of Development Services SUBJECT: Referral File No. REF 513 – Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A - That portion of Section 23, Township 14, Range 27, Plan KAP68032 South of Lytton, BC RECOMMENDATION: THAT support be provided for the application to add that portion of Section 23, Township 14, Range 27, Plan KAP68032 to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A. R. SADILKOVA Approved for Director of Development Services Board Consideration CAO SUMMARY: Planning staff have received a referral requesting Board of Directors’ comments on the proposed transfer to reserve of the parcel illustrated under Plan KAP68032 (the “Property”) to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A (Reserve). The requested change is in response to Skuppah Indian Band’s efforts to incorporate lands that were never properly granted reserve status when the Reserve was created in 1938. The cumulative area for the Property is approximately 8 hectares. Please refer to the Property plan on the following page and maps attached to this report. BACKGROUND: In conformance with Board policy and previous direction, all changes and additions to reserve referred to the TNRD are directed to the Board for comment. Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 144 of 161 September 10, 2019 Page 2 of 4 Subject: Referral No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A Site Characteristics The Reserve lands are located just south of Lytton, between the CPR right of way and the Trans- Canada Highway. The Reserve, comprised of three parcels, has a combined area of approximately 6 hectares. The Reserve lands fall within Federal legislation and are exempt from Provincial and local government land use regulation. The Property proposed for reserve status is a surveyed portion of forested Crown land bounded by the Fraser River to the west and CPR right of way to the east. Crown land is to the north and south. Project Description Provincial staff confirm that according to 1992 research by both Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) - supported in part by research concluded by the Province of BC during the same year - the lands described under Plan KAP68032 were never properly granted reserve status when Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A was created in 1938. Thus, ISC requests the Governor General in Council grant the lands reserve status and add it to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A. However, before the federal Order in Council (OIC) required for this directive can be signed, it has been recommended by the DOJ and the Province’s Ministry of Justice that, based on the lack of clarity in the historical record, title to the land must be transferred to Canada from the Province by provincial OIC. The first step in this complex process is to get approval from the Province to transfer the lands to Canada for the use and benefit of the Skuppah Indian Band. DISCUSSION: The RGS implementation supports meaningful opportunities for engagement of First Nations, whose rights and interests may be affected, to collaboratively participate in regional settlement planning, and land and resource management. The properties are located outside any designated Rural Settlement Areas of the STSS. There is no OCP for this area. Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 145 of 161 September 10, 2019 Page 3 of 4 Subject: Referral No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No. 2A The vacant Property is zoned RL-1: Rural and was created by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development pursuant to Section 29 of the Canada Lands Surveys Act. Local government bylaw compliance is not required for survey plans created via this legislation. Communication to Public The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the website. Attachment(s) • Overview Map • Zoning & ALR Map • Ortho Map Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 146 of 161 Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 147 of 161 Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 148 of 161 Referral File No. REF 513 Proposed Addition to Skuppah Indian Reserve No... Page 149 of 161 Development Services BOARD REPORT TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019 FROM: Director of Development Services SUBJECT: Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562-2018 RECOMMENDATION(S): That Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562-2018 be accepted. R. SADILKOVA Approved for Director of Development Services Board Consideration CAO SUMMARY: Planning Services has reviewed the amended Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562- 2018 (read a second time by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Board on July 25, 2019), and confirms that it does not adversely affect development, infrastructure, or the delivery of services within the TNRD; nor does it have an impact on any of our Official Community Plans (OCPs) or our Regional Growth Strategy (RGS). Accordingly, Planning Services recommends that the Board of Directors ‘accept’ SLRD Regional Growth Strategy Amendment Bylaw No. 1562- 2018. BACKGROUND: Section 436 of the Local Government Act requires a Regional District that is preparing a RGS to refer its Bylaw to the Board of each local government that adjoins the Regional District that is preparing the RGS. Those local governments in receipt of the referral must review the document in the context of their adopted or proposed OCPs and the RGS. The TNRD has received a request, dated August 6, 2019, from the SLRD to “accept” (the operative Local Government Act term) Bylaw 1562, 2018. Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 150 of 161 September 10, 2019 Page 2 of 7 Subject: REF 531 - Squamish-Lillooet RD Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1562-2018 DISCUSSION: The SLRD initiated a major amendment of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1062, 2008 to address housekeeping amendments, clarify implementation processes, address specific content gaps (notably food/agriculture and climate change) and amend mapping. Before third reading, the SLRD Board must submit the RGS to affected (neighbouring) local governments for acceptance. TNRD Planning Services received a letter from the SLRD requesting local government resolution of either acceptance or refusal of RGS Amendment Bylaw No. 1562-2018 by October 6, 2019. Neighbouring local governments of a newly proposed RGS are required under the Act to provide a resolution on the matter within a limited window. Context The TNRD shares an approximately 220 km boundary with the SLRD which runs alongside Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau) and Electoral Area “I” (Blue Sky Country) as shown below. Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 151 of 161 September 10, 2019 Page 3 of 7 Subject: REF 531 - Squamish-Lillooet RD Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1562-2018 Along the boundary, there is predominantly unsurveyed Crown land in both Regional Districts. There are no areas near the boundary within the TNRD which have an OCP. Right alongside or within a few kilometres of the boundary with Electoral Area “E”, lies communities of both the Ts’kw’aylaxw Nation (Pavilion Indian Band) and Whispering Pines/ Clinton Indian Band; as well as surveyed crown land around Downing Park and Kelly Lake. Near Electoral Area “I”, Highways No. 12 and 99 connect the two Districts. Along or near this electoral area there are also First Nations reserves for the Ts’kw’aylaxw Nation (Pavilion Indian Band) and Lytton First Nation, as well as surveyed crown land. Regional Growth Strategy Changes The RGS review proposed is intended to be an update not an entire overhaul of the current RGS. Content revisions and additions are proposed such as developing a Food Systems Goal and Climate Change Goal, policy and priorities of preferred transportation modes, and expanded affordable housing policies. The focus is on implementation of the RGS and developing criteria and processes to support collective agreement and responsibility. The revised RGS will also address various housekeeping amendments (such as updating population, employment, and dwelling unit projections; updating monitoring indicators; and updating terminology and references), as well as updating mapping. We note that in their new RGS the SLRD has suggested highway service improvements on both Highway 99 (the Duffey Lake Road segment which runs from Lillooet to Pemberton), as well as Highway 12 in order to improve accessibility, enhance safety, and support economic development. Both Highway 99 and Highway 12 connect the SLRD with the TNRD. In Closing, On the whole, the SLRD RGS remains a thorough and well-written document which shares several of the same overarching goals as the TNRD RGS. Shared goals include improving transportation/ mobility, protecting and encouraging food production, ensuring housing options and affordability, collaborating among jurisdictions, and working with and enhancing relations with First Nations. The draft bylaw, as well as full project details and staff reports can be viewed at: https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/current-projects-initiatives/regional-growth-strategy-rgs-review Attachment(s) • Referral Letter from the SLRD, dated August 6, 2019 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 152 of 161 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 153 of 161 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 154 of 161 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 155 of 161 Referral File No. REF 531 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Regional G... Page 156 of 161 Administration BOARD REPORT TO: Chair and Board of Directors DATE: September 10, 2019 FROM: Administration SUBJECT: 2019 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Bursaries RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Board receive information about the TNRD Bursary recipients’ future educational endeavors for information. Sukh Gill Chief Administrative Officer SUMMARY: In 2019, the TNRD had three bursary recipients, as follows: • Justin McIvor-Tighe from School District #58 – registered with the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in the Associate of ARTS-Criminology Program • Khristyn Humphrey from School District #73 – registered with the University of Victoria in the Faculty of Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences • Tyler Antoine from School District #74 – registered with Thompson Rivers University in the Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Program • School District #27 – no recipient identified BACKGROUND: In 2012, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District created a bursary program to assist rural students with post-secondary education opportunities and encourage students to pursue a career in local government. Students living within the rural Electoral Areas are eligible to apply. 2019 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Bursaries Report by the Chief Adm... Page 157 of 161 August 21, 2019 Page 2 of 2 Subject: Federal Gas Tax – Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau) South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department Building Envelope Upgrade Four $1,000 bursaries are available for award to students in the four school districts within the TNRD boundaries (total of $4,000 annually). DISCUSSION: School Districts adjudicated applications and selected successful candidates. Applicants must have been residents of an electoral area within the TNRD for a minimum of 12 month prior to their application date. Other criteria includes: must be a high school graduate, have reasonable academic achievement, demonstrated community volunteerism and submit a 500 word essay about local government. Bursary recipients must redeem their bursary within two years of being awarded. ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN: These bursaries support the economic growth in facilitating connections between the TNRD, communities and other organizations with an economic impact. COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC: The decision of the Board of Directors regarding this item will be communicated to the public in the minutes of the meeting at which this item will be considered by the Board of Directors; said minutes to be included in the next regular Board of Directors’ meeting agenda on the TNRD’s website. 2019 Thompson-Nicola Regional District Bursaries Report by the Chief Adm... Page 158 of 161 TNRD PUBLIC CONSULTATION & COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES August 2019 Meeting/Event Purpose Date Location FireSmart Educate the public on August 1 Pinantan Lake firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 7 Lac Le Jeune firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 8 Cherry Creek firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 13 Lower Nicola firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 14 Iron Mountain firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 15 Brookmere firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 20 Blue River firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 21 Vavenby firesmarting their homes FireSmart Educate the public on August 24 East Barriere Lake firesmarting their homes North Thompson Fall Thompson-Nicola Invasive August 30 – North Thompson Fair Plant Management September 1 Agriplex, Barriere Committee had an information booth to provide education and answer questions about invasive plants Public Consultation Activities in Current Month: 10 Public Consultation Activities in 2019 (Year to Date): 60 TNRD Public Consultation Activities - August 2019 Page 159 of 161 Imm_am_..._m_ 0o33m_.o_m_ TNRD Building Permit Activity Highlight - August 2019 _:m=E=o:m_ _:a:m=._m_ w_:m_mmm3__ _sw:SmnE_.mn Ioam ._.o.m_ z_=_._ ..\. _um3= ._.o.m_ Imm.n_m:._m_c:_.mO_.mm.mn_ oosmzcnzoa >:m.:m_no.u 88 mm =m vs 5.. _um:==w ._.x mmmam:._m_c_.__.mo..mm.ma >:n:m.N3 m <3 MS o m mm o me >:u:m.88 >:o=m~mo; <._.U mew <._.U 83