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December 14^th	Interesting Council mtg
	Let the people speak

Clear and cold – brings ice and slippery roads/ sidewalks

I see Council ‘sworn in’ officially (presumably last meeting too soon to be ‘official’) --- I also note Mussallem ‘declined’ such a crass formality

Plus substation fire and response time

	Bill Flaten speaks out
	While I will go into this in more detail later --- here was a local hero –he dared to speak out, bringing his own experience to City Council (and public) about current problems with bulk wood pellets--- he works with them at Port – and he has experienced their health effects etc thus the mask imaged far left – which he brought to meeting---- more later

	There were several presentations
	From airport ‘safety’ to golf course booze to Enbridge container traffic to --

	The 2^nd star of meeting was Ken Shaw who presented power-point which combined concerns with solutions
	If not ‘solutions then directions to pursue – utilizing the guiding ideas of OCP (Official Community Plan)

‘Cheap’ at 65T$ or 95T$-initial + 5-15T$ yearly maintenance	Planning for off leash dog parks
	And supporting UFAWU concerns about Herring Roe --- there was even ‘concern’ about Enbridge Pipeline

	Airport ‘Authority’ assures us there is no problem
	Fire trucks? Don’t need them. Medics? Don’t be silly ---- Deinstadt and Airport Manager ‘assure’ us --- more later

	While not as ‘entertaining’
	And done with little attention from Council this could prove to be the most significant part of meeting (more later)

All the more reason for tax paying public to support Anna Ashley’s ‘notice of motion’

Ashley believes much of the information given behind closed doors ‘documenting’ for Council what are the real infrastructure problems and solutions could just as well be done publicly --- this seemed to be pooh poohed by the Mayor --- as ‘too boring’ etc, ‘even for Mr Golden’ --- But then the Mayor seemed to believe allowing Fish companies to export raw roe herring to be processed in China would ‘allow us’ to extract even more (processing capacity limits catch --not sustainability?)

More later	There was even a letter to the Enbridge Enquiry ‘from Council’
	Must have been done by staff--- as almost a waste of paper --- copying out two pages from OCP that some one seems to think were relevant to a ‘clean marine environment’ ---- now there is always the raw sewage Rupert dumps in that same ocean 24-7 ---- but hey, cleaning up that mess might cost us

	Fire at Oldfield substation?
	Across form McDonald’s restaurant --- I was told there was an explosion, ‘a big boom’, then the lights dimmed ---- 9-1-1 was called as flames were seen

	Lots of activity ‘remembered’ by the snow tracks
	Onlookers commented it seemed to take fire crews 15 minutes or more to show up --- luckily for ‘us’ by then the fire was out ---- This is not the only slow response time story I have heard ‘lately’ --- One incident this summer had a father being called after no ambulance siren heard --- father took wounded son to hospital himself –--- more later

While some Council wanted this alternative as no leash dog park --- (95T$) ----BUT it also requires that just ordinary walkers/ tourists can still use this popular foot path to Hays Creek estuary etc

	Official ‘swearing in’ – but not Mayor

Created by LG on 12/14/2011
Last updated on Wednesday, December 14, 2011