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For earlier materials see Table of Contents

May 6^th	We See
	Circus, in town (and Council) + OCP & GHG emissions

We are going to have amendments to Official Community Plan on 10th and 25th meeting

Saving the planet or Saving $$ --- Mayor wants no commitments to spending $$

We See Around Rupert

The Eagle taking advantage of the view above CityWest is from Tuesday --- the re-roofing of older Totem theater perhaps means new use for the building foreseen

The OCP maps get an update – going digital and looking at all the City not just the developed area

Public Hearing – at May 10^th meeting to Amendment QLOCP Long Range Land Use Plan (LRLUP)--- specifically only the map left will change (The document and links to map etc are on City site or here is the map (PDF 3.2megs)

Two points here --- note the change in detail from 2007 map (below left) --- and all the added or changed items --- as highlights on excerpt below

	Updated map and what has changed (excerpt)

These greening changes to OCP will come up for public hearing at may 25th meeting – Councillor Joy Thorkelson pointed out during the discussion that City already had a GHG emissions report dating from 2007 consultants report --and this should be used for PR baseline data – the file is still available online –

I question the GHG emissions from electricity used here as PR is all Hydro (water) with only back up dependent upon fossil fuels

Note too that Solid Waste emissions are not part of Bill 27

Commitments and Spending $$$ --- Link to City 2007 file on Community Energy Plan

Climate Action Charter – and our commitment (City facilities) to becoming Carbon Neutral by 2012

Mussallem did not want any commitments that might cost us $$ -- but it was unclear (at Council meeting) if City signing on to the Climate Charter was legally binding (we would have to buy offsets etc if not meet our goals – whatever they might be)

-- a reading of the Climate Action Charter found the following

So are there 3 maps or just the one? – Legal implications

Here is previous Carbon Neutral Discussion in February 2008(end of page)

Also see my previous on OCP etc

OCP public input at Westview school -- appropriate container for cultural
OCP public discussion at Lax Kxeen -- what is missing?

Plus 3rd look at OCP --- in anticipation of Public meetings Weds & Thurs.- --Earlier stories:: UMA Engineering Ted Becker unveils OCP plan --- then > skeptical view: -- Part 2: Nice sounding phrases but ----- ((OCP download available from this City page – doesn’t say that it is a 4.3Meg PDF

Official Community Plan (OCP)
Below are my previous articles:
·    OCP update -- has housing stock to 2005; + demographic changes
·    Planning in PR: Looks at City Plans for Seal Cove area 1908 to present
·    OCP backgrounder: do we have enough water? Looks at our reservoir system and feeds --- looks OK so far ·   Environmental constraints to growth -- using BC Hydro site proposal as illustration

Created by LG on 6/5/2010

Last updated on Thursday, May 06, 2010