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NATURESea, land, river PEOPLESCommunity
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Kkeen
river Discharge at Usk – freshet over |
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SQCRD to move too? Ports plans to move Phase 2 North? – End of an era in Rupert
history Council agenda full – with Mussallem taking the ‘lead’
--- Why? |
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Archives
moving to City Hall (downstairs) |
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When I was in Friday they were bagging
up documents to move etc --- asked I not take a
picture – so you will just have to imagine all those blue plastic bags filled
with paper ---- CAO would not discuss when/ if the SQCRD itself would move |
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Ports
plans |
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But first look at the achievement of
last few years --- graph is from their land use PDF Note especially the
Ridley Terminal coal exports which doubled 2009 volume—and contrast that with
the PR Grain wheat volumes --- but the real ‘rising star’ is the increasing
container volume – thus the Fairview expansion played prominent role in
discussion at Crest I attended |
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Phase
2 to North or South? |
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Earlier discussions of Phase 2 (2009)
did not discuss the northern extension possibility. At the meeting I attended
it was said that economics would decide whether north or south. --- At same
meeting Port refused to discuss whether they had purchased land from McMillan
fish plant --- as deals were in process |
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But
knowledgeable people in the industry say otherwise |
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According to informants – Port has
already purchased Okabe ship yard property --- and discussions are on-going
about the old reduction plant. I am told that several Graham avenue residents
complained about the smell during time when Herring being rendered down this
spring -- |
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Arrow
points to ‘property line’ which approaches Reduction plant – approximately |
End
of an Era?? |
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I hear that co-incidentally the
Reduction plants Permit was up for renewal --- one of the criteria was odour
should not be sensible at greater than 100 meters from facility – Graham Avenue
is much farther --- I hear that faced with a costly upgrading to meet present
requirements – the owners have chosen to shut down the Reduction facility at
end of this season --- Gold Seal has already asked for permission to dump its
fish offal out at Triple Island this summer ---- I suppose ‘we’ who dump our household
sewage into the harbour untreated don’t really have much grounds to critique
them --- though offal plus sewage might be a viable treatment --- more on
this later |
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Oh
yah—the Council meeting |
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Real highlight will be the Annual
Report – but we will have almost a month to discuss and analyse it before it
comes up for discussion at Council Note this fellow who thinks Rupert
should qualify as an isolated posting for Federal employees --- So he can
have more $$ to visit family down south --- Aren’t RCMP etc
federal? – Who will pay their increased salary?
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I
see Mussallem has put lots of material on agenda about possible Borrowing for
his pet project of RCMP new facility |
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I am told one of these lots is the
Mayors first choice where combined building would be --- others favour a site
out of town near old BC Hydro property etc I think it all needs a broader
discussion—what about regionalising our emergency response to Port Ed and even
the airport and villages? Deserves a discussion – and let new Council work
out the details |
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Line
Papa and our changing ocean |
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I will go into this in more detail
later --- but here is some recent material by DFO scientist on how much
things change |
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Water at depth along Line Papa transect
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Look
how much changes in just a year ---- those are seawater temperatures at
depths – white is where too rough to do readings in 2011 More
later |
Created by LG on June
26th
Last updated on Sunday, June 26, 2011