REGIONAL COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKAGE October 20, 2011 Page Regional Council Calendar 4 October 23 - October 29, 2011 Provincial Ministries 5-6 MINISTRY OF FORESTS, LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCE OPERATIONS Referral Request - Project No. 70284-73052 7 GOVERNMENT AGENT - SERVICE BC Road Tests 8-10 MLA PAT BELL Top 10 for October 15, 2011 11-12 MINISTRY OF JOBS, TOURISM AND INNOVATION 40 more B.C. Municipalities now using BizPal Miscellaneous Correspondence 13-14 ALASKA HIGHWAY COMMUNITY Alaska Highway National Historic Site Project Work Begins Page 1 of 63 Page Miscellaneous Correspondence 15 ALASKA HIGHWAY COMMUNITY Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Arts, Culture and Heritage Scan Document Available on Request 16-18 BC COMMUNITY LIVING ACTION GROUP Housing for Adults with Developmental Disabilities 19 COLUMBIA INSTITUTE How mandatory carbon offsets are undermining real emissions reductions in BC school districts Document Available on Request 20 CITY OF GREENWOOD National Sex Offender Registry 21 SMART PLANNING FOR COMMUNITIES Online Survey Reminder 22-58 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 81 Fort Nelson School Board Agenda Tuesday October 18, 2011 News Articles 59-62 CIVIC INFO BC Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Adopts New Bylaw Dispute Adjudication System Business & Industry 63 CENTRAL INTERIOR LOGGING ASSOCIATION Facts Fax October 17, 2011 Documents Available Upon Request Page 2 of 63 Page Documents Available Upon Request TRANSITION Fall/Winter 2011 INSIGHT Tight Oil Forum December 7 - 8, 2011 CENTRE FOR CIVIC GOVERNANCE This Green House Executive Summary COLUMBIA INSTITUTE How mandatory carbon offsets are undermining real emissions reductions in BC school districts Page 3 of 63 October 2011 November 2011 October 23, 2011 - SuMo TuWe Th Fr Sa SuMo TuWe Th Fr Sa 1 12345 2345678 6789101112 9101112131415 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 October 29, 2011 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 30 31 23 Sunday 24 Monday 1:30pm 2:30pm Mayor/Administration meeting (Corporate Manager's office) - Randy McLean 4:45pm 5:15pm Lot Draw for Names on Ballots (1 Raven Room) 6:00pm 6:30pm Public Hearing (Bear Pit) 6:30pm 9:30pm Regional Council Meeting (Bear Pit) 25 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday Nicole Cruickshank 1 10/20/2011 9:10 AM Page 4 of 63 BRITISH COLUMBIA File: CLIFF 179964 October 1l,20 1 1 Mayor Bill Streeper Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Municipal Office 53 19 - 50 Avenue South Bag Service 399 Fort Nelson, BC VOC 1RO Dear Mayor Streeper; Thank you for your letter of August 19th, with summer holidays and staff being away I wanted to take the time to ensure that I had gathered the most up to date information regarding the requests in your letter. Kathie Wagar has indeed moved on and we are in the process of determining a path forward with regards to community development in the Northeast. We are certainly aware and understand the importance of access to Crown land to support community development. With regards to your letter and a recent referral request (Project IVo. 70284-73052) we have put this project on hold prior to a full review and we appreciate the concerns you have put forward and the residential plan in place. In regards to your request for a conditional reserve for Sites 3'4, 7 (this site will need to include deletion of the walking trail) and 10, we would be pleased to discuss this further with you about the type of reserve and more definition around site 10. We would also like to discuss with you and your staff the community's proposal for the sale of those lots. In our assessment we have noted the following and thus it would be beneficial to meet with you and your staff so that we all have' a clear understanding of the current state and the desires of your community. Site 3 File 8014208 Lot B of District Lot 1535, PRD, Plan 25591 there is a Notation of Interest on this lot for marketing purposes. Site 4 File 80141 12 Lot D, District Lot 1535 PRD Plan 25591 there is a Notation of Interest on this lot for marketing purposes. Page 1 of 2 Ministry of Forests, Lands Northeast Region hla~Lngilddrcss: I'hone: (250) 787-415 and Natural Resource #370,10003 1 lorhAvenue Fax. (250) 787-3219 Operations L'oct St John Fort St John HC \'I] 6M7 Websitc: m~v.gor.bc.ca/nro Page 5 of 63 Site 7 File 8014326 Remainder of Block A of District Lot 1535, PRD there is a Notation of Interest for maketing purposes. The Notation of Interest is crossed by the Crown grant to the NRRM for walking trail purposes (File 8014744) Site 10 Remainder of Block D, District Lot 1535 PRD, vacant Crown land, this is the portion that NRRM is interested in. Please feel free to contact myself via email Karrilyn.Vince@,gov.bc.ca- or by phone at (250) 787-3534 to discuss a potential meeting date. Karrilyn Vince Director of Authorizations Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Page 2 of 2 Page 6 of 63 To: [email protected] Subject: Road Tests Greetings Bill, Just wanted to let you know that we have extra examiner time promised to us for the first week of November. If you are aware of anyone that requires an appointment at that time please have them call us! Thx again. Joanne Marion Government Agent ‐ Service BC Bag 1000 Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 Ph: 250‐774‐5555 Fax: 250‐774‐3844 [email protected] Website: http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca access to government services made easy This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the e‐mail or the information it contains, is strictly forbidden. Page 7 of 63 From: Bell, Pat [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:26 PM Subject: Top 10 for Oct 15, 2011 #431 Hi All I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving last weekend! Brenda and I had a great visit with her family on Pender Island and then drove home through Lillooet to pick up some grapes. My curiosity in the wine making business is getting the best of me with a total of about 160 bottles of Foch in various stages. The drive from Pemberton to Lillooet on the Duffy Lake road is much improved and if you are driving to Vancouver in the Spring/Summer/Fall I recommend the trip. It’s about ½ hour longer but the scenery is spectacular. We had lots of good news on the economic front this past week. Great export numbers, an approval for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports and all of this coming hard on the heels of the new employment numbers. Next week we are back in the Legislature debating bills and setting the framework for our economy to grow. Have a great week! Pat http://www.patbellmla.bc.ca/ 1. Establishing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in British Columbia moved a major step closer to reality with the National Energy Board (NEB) approving a 20‐year export licence for the Kitimat LNG facility – the first license of its kind in Canada. With the capacity to supply B.C.’s natural gas to new markets, demand will increase for the province’s energy resources and investment will be secured for ongoing development. Long‐ term jobs and business opportunities will be available for northeast communities. The Kitimat LNG facility itself will create approximately 1,500 person‐years of work during its construction phase and 120‐140 permanent positions once the terminal is in operation. The facility will be supplied natural gas from through the Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) (Summit Lake to Kitimat), which is expected to create another 1,500 construction jobs. 2. We are taking steps to further encourage business immigrants to invest in communities in regional B.C. through the BC Provincial Nominee Program. This is one of a series of steps as part of a commitment in ‘Canada Starts Here ‐ The BC Jobs Plan’ to attract more entrepreneurs from other countries to help create jobs regionally. The BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) provides accelerated permanent resident status to entrepreneurs and qualified workers based on labour market and economic development priorities. Among the changes, a new online investment matching service will link potential business immigrants to business opportunities in regions, with a focus on small business succession, an area of concern identified by the small business sector. In some cases, small business owners in smaller rural communities are facing challenges in finding people to buy Page 8 of 63 their companies when they are ready to retire. The service is scheduled to launch in November. 3. As I said earlier positive export numbers again for the month of August B.C.’s exports were worth $2.874 billion, an increase of $423 million or 17.3% compared with August 2011. The big winners were coal, energy, agriculture and equipment and machinery. 4. Another great month as well for lumber exports to China with our first 8 months of exports surpassing 3 billion board feet! This represents a 107% increase year to date over last year and a year to date value of ¾ of a billion dollars! 5. Korea and Taiwan are also looking very good with year over year growth of 26% and 37% respectively.