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SQCRD & its QCI
committees – governance ·
And liabilities issue ·
QCI dump for instance ·
When did PR
become part of SMFCA? ·
We See ·
– Sophia Z looking for
direction? ·
Snow
plows and pedestrians ·
Pineapple
due soon? |
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On SQCRD
appointed Committees on QCIs
Different
structure
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Role & Liability of SQCRD
Appointments
and Reporting |
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While not in the RD
minutes I suspect the ‘roles and responsibilities’ question was
prompted by Evan Putterill SQCRD’s Electoral Area E Director, Area who is
making use of a Face
Book page for information and public inputs Allow
alternatives
Other than the QC
Rec Committee (which has detailed and well written reports) I see very little
in way of reports or Minutes from above committees on SQCRD agenda packages |
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For SQCRD votes
and tax base see my earlier |
Then there is the question of Liabilities |
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How
broad is the liability issue? Is it just water? Or are things like the land
fill on QCIs (see below) etc our liability (here I am referring to fact that
PR has 75% of the tax base of the SQCRD but only 7 votes of 16 votes --on
financial matters) |
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Are
PR taxpayers ‘paying’ for the dump deficits in QCIs? --- Here is a thoughtful
letter to Observer saying Dumps governance/ management model should
be changed and brought ‘home’ to Charlottes |
QCI dump –
item 8.4 |
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Seems
the ‘Stump Dump’ lot needed renewal of expired (July 2009) Crown land license
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In
recent years much of the deficit/ budgeting woes at SQCRD can be traced back
to the dump (with a short fall of 278T$ in 2008) of which only about 20T$ to
be recovered in 2009 budget year |
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How did we (PR? SQCRD?) become part of this ‘Alliance’?
This
‘Alliance’ could either be the leading edge of community involvement into
fisheries matters or a ‘special interest group’ posing as a quasi public body
– more later |
Who Speaks
for PR and under what mandate? |
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Note in the Agenda item at Friday’s SQCRD meeting it says SMFCA
(left) is looking at a meeting next January 18, 19 at Crest where plan to
invite, speak with upriver 1st nations In
that material SMCA talks about such lofty goals as doing the Integrated
Fishing Management Plan among themselves rather than let DFO do it |
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I
am dubious that too much public $$ be put into Tourism: first there was the
Pocket Cruise lines, then the public $$ put into building the Cruise Docks
(that Wal-Mart approach to cruises ‘worked’ after 9/11 put scare into US
tourism market – but slowly faded as States’ tourist became less ‘worried’
--- the latest US housing crisis put another prick in US Tourism bubble etc |
And after
the SMFCA meeting comes a tourism meeting at Crest |
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The
C2C model shows great potential – but at present it is seen as a
‘sounding’ board’ – a way of getting local bands’ issues put to wider
audience – thus the Community Policing
issue noted earlier |
We See around PR
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Good
Northern View
article on newly built bulk grain ship Sophia Z and its ‘unlucky?) maiden
voyage |
Sophia Z |
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This
ship went aground in the last wind storm – now docked at cruise Ship line
berth --- perhaps looking for (proper) guidance from the old mariner statue
(yellow arrow) – but more realistically probably waiting for Transport Canada
Ship Safety inspection of the ship |
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Here
is part of solution – putting grit etc on city sidewalks so pedestrians can
get some traction too |
Pedestrian
hazards – snow ploughs |
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It is that time
of year again – snow ploughs push the stuff onto sidewalks making walking
treacherous – in case above could have been remedied by ploughing at a slower
speed |
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Weatherman
predicting the Pineapple express should be with us for next few days – Yes
that means rain but warmer temperatures and not snow |
Clear cold weather to become mild
again?
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Created by LG on 22/12/2009
Last updated on Tuesday, December 22, 2009