2017 UBCM Minister Meetings Attendees from City: Mayor Bob Simpson, Councillors: Paull, Roodenburg, Thapar, Elliott Minister Rob Fleming New School for Quesnel Education Municipal/School District partnerships for vulnerable children Capital improvements Minister Mike Farnworth 2017 Wildfires - Emergency response Public Safety/Solicitor General lessons learned & resources needed to improve response capacity Minister Katrine Conroy Quesnel’s high child vulnerability – more Children and Family Development accessible social programs and family supports in BC Minister Scott Fraser Quesnel Recognition, Reconciliation & Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Partnership Initiative – L’htako Dene Cultural Centre project Minister George Heyman Improvements to Community Climate Environment and Climate Change Strategy Charter Rationalizing and integrating climate objectives [Eg. GHG reduction vs. air quality] Bio-economy options to address climate change while transforming the forest sector - Potential immediate projects Minister Doug Donaldson Post-fire recovery strategies & options, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations AAC re-determination, Fibre supply Bio-economy options in PG Quesnel region Quesnel’s request for an interface community forest and new CWPP Rural community & economic development options & opportunities Minister Adrian Dix Quesnel’s physician recruitment/primary Health care success and lessons learned Major renovation of GR Baker Memorial Hospital Rural needs for improved services and delivery mechanisms *MH&A Requests redirected to Health: Rural needs for improved services & delivery mechanisms Quesnel partnership with Northern Health Minister Selina Robinson Quesnel's housing needs Municipal Affairs and Housing Provincial "maintenance standards" & stronger tenancy act Alternate regional governance models Minister Lisa Beare Tourism recovery post fire season Tourism, Arts and Culture Rural arts & culture needs and opportunities Quesnel Arts, Culture & Heritage Initiative Minister Shane Simpson Rural poverty issues, especially as Social Development and Poverty Reduction resource sector declines/transitions Partnership opportunities to address systemic poverty [local gov’t, health, social services, school district] Seniors’ poverty CRD Minister Meetings Mayor Simpson to attend Premier John Horgan Overall impacts of the wildfires in the Cariboo region and the region's economic future - Funding for fire-impacted residents and businesses .