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Again, just to clarify this, it's just
the wording on uh item 3A where the

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chair of the regional district shall
receive an additional 30,000 per year

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and and uh Chair Parker did clarify that
that that isn't 30,000 plus the 7,000

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extra for the role directors. It's in
total. Is that correct? It's just the

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way it's worded. It looks like you're
getting that the chair would get 30,000

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plus the extra 7,000 as well. So, if you
could just maybe the wording could could

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encompass that.
So it's an increase of 7,100 and

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something right all over the whole year.
That's including like the rural

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directory pay and everything but that um
the 30 is throwing the increase from the

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current rate of 23 or whatever it is
right is what that is. So it's not a

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full 30.
>> So if you take a look at page 189 uh

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director Maguire. So, um, the with the
current recommendation, a real director

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would, uh, make $39,60.
And if that real director was also the

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chair, they would receive another 30,000
on top of that.

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» Yeah. Where right now it's 20, where is
it on there? 20.

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» Yeah.
>> 22.

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» 2022 right now.
>> What page you're page 189?

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» Yes.

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Okay,
that that's what you said. Page 189,

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right?
>> Uh 189. Yes.

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» Okay. Thank you. It's just the way it
was worded on page 199. Thanks.

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» Yeah. Yeah. So, it's a difference of
about Yeah. Just 7,000 a year or so

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increase.
>> Okay.

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We have an amendment on the floor. So if
there's um no more questions on the

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amendment itself.
>> Go ahead.

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» Just want one clarification again from
staff. So this year obviously not a huge

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impact but in future years it would
would have to either we would have to

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tax more for it or we'd have to reduce
services in other areas. Correct.

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» That's right. There is a as you can see
there's a real cost of approximately if

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you add the 38,000 and the 42,000
together there would be a cost of

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approximately $80,000
additional cost.

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» Okay, go ahead. What does that represent
in terms of a tax increition increase?

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the requisition. Well, that would be the
requisition increase if it wasn't offset

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by other services, right?
>> Percentage though in terms of taxation.

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» Um, right now we're um for depending on
on your municipality or or your

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electoral area, but if right now we're
about a$110 and you would be going up um

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if you were a rural area by just about a
penny per thousand. So, you'd be going

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up a little bit less than um 3/4 of a
percent.

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So penny so a dollar for $100,000
um

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» that's that's correct. And for um
municipalities it's it's less than half

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that.
>> Okay.

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» Okay.

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I don't see any other questions or
comments on the amendment.

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Have you got it clearly written down?
Okay.

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» Sure. If you could read it back please.
I think that would be good.

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» Go ahead, please.
>> That RDBN director's remuneration and

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expenses bylaw number 2115 2026 be given
second reading as amended as follows.

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That meeting remuneration set out in
schedule B for meetings constituting a

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full day 3 and 1/2 hours plus be set at
$290. and further that the meeting

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remuneration set out in schedule B for
meetings constituting a half day less

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than three and a half hours be set at
$145

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except for board meetings for which
directors will receive the full day rate

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of $290.
>> Okay, that's one

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and the first one. We're good. You want
to just refresh us on the first one? I

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just That's okay. We read it. Doesn't
matter. I'll do it in a minute. We'll go

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before I call the question. I just want
to make sure that we have both. Okay, I

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just want to make sure. Okay, you're
clear on that one. So, all in favor the

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amendment.

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Okay, just sec. I got to get hands
again. So, this is to decrease this.

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Okay, one, two, three.
Three online. Who's there? Just the two

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of you.
>> I would like that reported. Yeah.

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» Yeah. That you're voting in favor of the
decrease. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

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So, those three
So all opposed.

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» One, two, three, four, five.
Okay.

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» Can you can I can I see?
>> Okay. Can you get your hands just on the

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oppos? He just wants to write it down so
we know who's opposed. Okay. Director.

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Six of them now. Seven of them. Director
Moon.

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» Six.
>> Uh, do you have Director Magcguire and

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Director Story?
Director Moon.

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» Okay, now you've got them. Director
Moon.

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So, we're tied
>> and Director Moon.

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» Yep. Okay.

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» Actually, we're not. We're defeated.
>> We're defeated because we don't have

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Director Breen in here or Director
Lambert for that matter. Okay.

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So, that's defeated.
So the way it reads now that the meeting

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stays at the higher amount of
350.

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Okay, we still have the one amendment
that we approved

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and so unless there's any other thing
that we want to discuss or try to amend,

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I'll call the question.
Okay. So I'm going to go and I'll call

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the question that the regional district
of Balkin Chakaco director's rumination

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and expense bylaw number 2115 2026 be
given second reading this 20th day of

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August 2026 as amended.
All in favor?

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Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven.

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Got dryer. Just going to make sure.
Dryer. Meguire. Story. Atal

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Greenway.
Deacons weeb. [sighs and gasps]

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Anybody on this side have their hands up
in favor? And director Stolenberg.

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Okay.
Opposed.

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One, two, three, four, five.
So, it's carried

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» again. Would like it
>> recorded.

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» Sorry. The oppos one more time just so
she can write it down. Sorry. Okay.

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Director Moon Reese Christensen Mutree
New

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» got it. Okay. Thank you.

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» It's carried.

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Done.

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Okay, [sighs] thank you everybody. I
know it's always this is a very

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difficult difficult thing to get through
and discuss. Nobody likes to talk about

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funds and money and everything like
that. So I do appreciate the good

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dialogue. Um appreciate staff all the
work you've done on this too to try and

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keep us on give us all the information
to work with as well. I think that was

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there and it gave us lots of things to
think about. So thank you. Okay. And

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now,
okay, here we go. Um,

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chief announced officer, director's
rumination bylaw number 2115. Now, we're

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moving on to recommendation number
three. Regional district of Balkina

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Chaka, director's rumination and expense
bylaw number 2115, 2026 be given third

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reading this 20th day of August.

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» So, all in favor, Chair Parker.
>> Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, I'd like to be

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excused on the grounds that I work for
one of the organizations that may be

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impacted
>> on Okay.

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» on the renumeration.
>> Yeah, we're doing third reading.

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» Oh, [laughter]
>> no.

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» No, we're doing We just got through all
that complicated two.

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» I thought
>> No, we're not. No, we got through number

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two. Sorry, we did all of that amendment
stuff, but No, now we're just the final

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straw. So and again number three the
region of district Balkina director's

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renumeration and expense bylaw number
2115 2026 be given third reading this

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20th day of August 2026 as amended or no
okay didn't think so

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» I need a second
>> okay and can I get somebody to move it

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okay I've got uh Director Deakons and
Director Stolenberg

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[sighs and gasps]
final comments

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» Mr. chair.
>> Yes. Thank go ahead. Sorry, director.

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[laughter]
>> On this third reading, can you please

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just quickly clarify the only change
that we've made to this this morning?

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» Absolutely. We can have manager Anderson
just quickly read back that small

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amendment.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. The change was

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that RDBN director's remuneration and
expenses bylaw number 21152026

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include that be amended that the chair
the vice chair of the regional district

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board shall receive an additional $6,000
per year paid in equal monthly amounts.

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» Thank you.
>> Okay. Any [clears throat] other

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clarifications? Go ahead.
>> I just had a question.

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» Go ahead. I'm sorry.
>> No, that's okay. I want to make sure

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it's very clear.
>> Yeah. Okay. So, when we discussed this

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before, we discussed that we had a um
the chair was a regional director and

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the um vice chair was a mayor. But what
if it turns around and the uh chair is a

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mayor and the vice chair is a regional
director and that regional director is

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going to be having a lot more work put
on them.

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How are we going to um justify that part
of it?

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» I can speak to that because I've been
there um being on both sides. So I was

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vice chair when we had a municipal
chair. Um and to be honest with you, the

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meeting predium like if if when [snorts]
it was um

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Jerry Tissson was the chair and he would
have me cover something like an event to

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go to an event, I would get that pdeium
for to go and cover that. Right. So if

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you were asked to do something outside
of the just that monthly thing, the

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monthly piece was to yeah to bounce
[clears throat] stuff off, talk about

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cover for you, you know, back and forth.
But if I was actually leaving Fraser

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Lake and he said, "Hey, I'm in that I
got a mayor commitment that day. Um

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there's an opening, grand opening, and
you know, in Houston for something, can

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you go and attend that please on
behalf?" Sure. There's my mileage.

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There's a big deal. Yeah. I we did it
that way to cover off that difference if

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if you were getting that workload. So,
>> thank you. That clarifies it and it

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makes it a lot tidier. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thanks.

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» Okay. So, got a first and seconder.
I [snorts] will call the question. All

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in favor?
[sighs]

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Okay. One, two, three, four.

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One, two, three, four, five. I got two
online. One, two, three, four. Okay,

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six. [laughter]
We're inching along here. So, I've got

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six hands.
Anybody? Okay. Can I have opposed?

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Okay. One, two, three, four,
five.

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It's only five hands. So, you want to
hold up, too? It's five hands. So, it's

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carried.
Yep. Again. Did you get them this time?

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Okay. Excellent.
Record them, please do. Okay.

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All right.
Now, I would like to be excused.

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» Now, [laughter]
me too.

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» There's no excuse for me. I know.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Good. Yeah. Okay. Just

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a second. Got to go back now. We did
that one.

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Okay, on to pages 204 to 216. Um, bylaw
for first, second, and third reading and

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adoption is from uh manag CFO 5-year
financial plan amendment. There is a

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recommendation on page 204
Stolenberg. Thank you. Secondary

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director at
any questions for manager Illis on this

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one?
Seeing none, all in favor?

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That's carried.
Okay, we can let Directories Christian

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back in.

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Okay, we've already done 217 to 218. Uh
so we'll move on to 219. Manager Davis,

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uh manager strategic initiives and rural
services build community strong fund

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community stream grant to the town of
Smithers for library project

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recommendation 102 on 219.

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I'll let you catch up. There you go.
Director Stolenberg and Director Aro.

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Thank you. Any questions?
Seeing none, all in favor? And that's

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carried.
Page 220 to 226 is from again uh manager

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Davis. Um this is area a spitter t rule
grant aid for telco museum society new

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furnace. Page 220 is the recommendation.
Thank you, Director Stolenberg and

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Director Moon. Thank you. Um, any
questions on that?

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Seeing none, all in favor?
And that's carried.

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One thing I will say, it's nice that
with that changes to grant made now

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because we lost that ability to do
furnaces and stuff like that before.

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It's nice because
fits in nicely for these halls and

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museums. Uh, page 227 is from Sher
Jansen. uh community development

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coordinator letter of support request
calls of new Calonia. There is a re

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recommendation on 227.

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Thank you, Director Stolenberg and
Director Weeb. [sighs]

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Anybody? Everybody good with that? Okay.
All in favor? That's carried.

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228. Sherry Jansen again. A resolution
of support request for Evelyn Community

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Association. There's a recommendation on
228. Director Stolenberg, Director Aro.

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Thank you.
We're good with that one.

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All in favor? That's carried. [gasps]
229 again uh from Sher Jansen and this

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is resolution of support request
Smither's White Water Club on 229.

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Director Stolenberg, Director Atro.
Thank you.

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Look good to everybody.
[sighs and gasps] All in favor? That's

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carried.
2:30 to 238 is from Christopher Walker,

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emergency service manager. Order and
counsel number 186 for Edund. That is

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for receipt.
Thank you, Director Greenway and

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Director Deakons.
Anybody have any comments or questions

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on that one? Anything you want to add to
that? Uh, Mr. Taka?

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Yeah. Um, it interesting to see the
order and council and read through it

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and then go back through the couple of
years of the regulation committee and

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sort of see where some of this fits. And
I mean I the big the big big takeaway

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here as far as workload was taking risk
management out of Crownland. [laughter]

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It was huge when we started. It was
everything and like we didn't we're like

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we cannot manage crown land as far as
risk management.

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So, I'm really pleased to see some of
these things and again, you know, just

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seeing your feedback on it, it was
really good to get kind of now that

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you've had a chance to digest it all as
well, the you know, some of it's not all

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doom and gloom. Some of it's okay and
you can deal with it and work with it.

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So, good. Go ahead.
Thank you, chair. Yeah, the the order in

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council did uh lay out very clearly the
positive changes that through your

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advocacy and those on the committee for
regulations had in changing that and the

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the uh narrowing of the scope for crown
land and risk assessments was was a

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really big piece for us that we very
strongly advocated for. Um and then the

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with the timelines um the they they come
in force on January 1st 2027 but we have

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a number of years to implement um the
business continuity the emergency

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management plans the risk assessments
and our previous uh hazard risk

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vulnerability analysis that was done a
number of years ago still is valid under

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these conditions.
>> Yeah. Well, and and part of that

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conversation, you know, too, is and I
can't divulge a lot of it, but some of

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it was around um you know, if that
timeline was really tight, that put so

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much strain on staff and caused us to
hire probably more capacity to complete.

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So, pushing them out 5 years to complete
some of these allowed us, you know,

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regional districts to be able to do that
with existing sort of staff without

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having to to ramp up to have something
completed in in for, you know, in 16

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months or something like that. So, I'm
glad that that should help us as far as

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capacity goes as well. Okay. Thank you.
All in favor of receipt. [snorts]

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And that's carried.
Uh administration correspondence. Page

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239 is U. Union of BC Municipalities.
Thank you. Letter to MUA. Uh local

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government advisory committee admiral
regulations. And that's just for

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receipt. Thank you, Director Mutree.
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again just kind of spoke to it. It was a
long process, but I think at the end of

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the day, it was rewarding. And um the
last thing again is making really

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pleased to be able to at least they had
representation from North Central BC in

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the north cuz other than that there was
nothing after this. It was the top end

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was here and the rest was also so good
that we got to have some bit of northern

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perspective. Um did I give all favor?
All in favor receipt. That's carried.

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And 240 union of BC municipalities build
community strong fund community stream

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first community works fund for receipts.
George Stlenber and Moon. Thank you.

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Good to see things coming along. Getting
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on to we don't we did the supplementary
already. Then we got oh verbal reports.

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Um,
let's start with you, Director Weeb,

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because you're the head of the table
down there. I'll come back to you in a

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minute, Director McGuire, but I'll start
with Director Weed.

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» Thanks, Sher. Um, not a lot to report.
We have uh some um paving going on in

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town and our
uh rebuild of our burn is well on its

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way. Um, looking good.
And just a little um

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story. I u when I was on holidays two
weeks ago, I was talking to a friend of

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ours when we were v visiting down in in
um Logan Lake and he was telling me a

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story of his son who had like mountain
biking and ran into this fellow that had

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was mounting bike mountain biking, but
he had flown in from Europe and was was

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going across Canada biking all the parks
that he could many parks as he could

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bike. [gasps]
And so his son had asked him, "Out of

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all the fire parks you've ridden,
which is your favorite?" He says,

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without a doubt, he says, "Burns Lake
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» that's my report. Thanks.
>> Nice.

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» Go ahead, Director.
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» Yeah. Um, if anybody's traveled to Telco
lately, they know we got water man going

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in the ground and it's everywhere.
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But we got to get through that to have
our result to have a new water uh main

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put in. So, uh, we started the road
project. So, we're fixing all our gravel

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roads in Tqua and hopefully tarn and
chipping them. And just want to remind

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everybody the 114th barbecue is coming
up in Labor Day. Try to get out and

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support it.
>> Thanks.

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» RBA plug for that water in those
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» It is.
>> Good. Very good. Uh, Director Greenway,

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» thank you. Um, I did a chili bakeoff at
Cottonwood Beach, which was really,

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really the was the district's um,
Calonia days and it was really good. It

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was a lot of fun. Yeah, they had um
they only had three, which was a shame,

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but hope next year they're hoping to get
a lot more. And they all got a an apron

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saying that they were the winners and
they got a little

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kind of a badge or something that went
with it. It was it was but it was pretty

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cool. And um they're doing seal coating
on our roads on Souchi Road. to all of

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our gravel roads on Souchi roads or
Saouchi road is now being um seal coated

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and uh right now they're working on
Highway 27 and [clears throat] um

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everybody was really really happy about
it until they started doing it and now

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everybody's complaining about the damage
done to their vehicles and um and I can

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attest to it because it's taken out my
whole windshield. But um yeah, damage to

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vehicles, sun roofs, like it's just
going crazy and and everybody is phoning

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and they are not happy. [laughter]
So I'm I'm not too sure what's going on

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there, but I'll try to get to the bottom
of it. And other than that, I've been

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really busy with some personal, so I
haven't had much else to report. Thank

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you.
>> Did you give a package of Tums to the

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winner as well or that chili bake off?
You probably wanted a good little

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package on. There you go. Uh, go ahead,
Director New.

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» Thanks. Um, I just wanted to report
that, uh, there's quite a bit of logging

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happening in area G. Um, mostly to the
south on the Moriso from Canour's

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license that uh, looks I I I heard it
was 400,000 cubic meters, but I'm not

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sure. It's just there's a ton of traffic
on the uh, um, on the Marissa one forest

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service road. And as you all know, that
wood is just being it's being logged,

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which is, you know, it's good for
contractors and and I'm glad for the

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that they're working, but it's not being
milled locally. So, that is very

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concerning to me. Um, also there was a
house fire on the buck flats and so uh

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um I appreciate some of the help that uh
um was received because it's outside of

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a fire um control uh you know fire
management area as as far as you know

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protection uh structure protection but
there was still um we did get some help.

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Um but it sure points to just how
vulnerable uh rural people are. You

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know, it uh we we pay taxes and and
things, but a lot of rural areas there

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is no fire protection. And so when a
when a house goes up or a fire starts um

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it's the chances of that structure
uh surviving is is very slim. And

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thankfully in this case, no no one that
I know of was was hurt. Um, and I say no

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of because sometimes those things
aren't,

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you know, you you you survived, you're
walking, it seems like everyone's fine.

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It's smoke inhilation and things like
that that's uh um have long-term

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effects. But anyway, that's all I have
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» Okay, Director Ael.
>> Thanks, Dr. Parker. Um,

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few things. Um
I guess probably one of the big things

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is that um Premier EIE came to Smithers
at the end of July which was really

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nice. Certainly been asking for quite
some time to have um that level of

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engagement in our communities. We see
the premier and ministers traveling

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particularly to western communities
where there's a lot of um the major

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projects. So I was grateful to have the
premier come. The things that we were

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able to focus on, not just the
municipality, but other agencies in the

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community, was housing, including uh
showing some of the projects that have

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been built, of course, the RBA.
Um there was from the Smither's

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perspective just an opportunity to show
off what I think is the entrepreneurial

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spirit. Um, you know, Smithers focuses a
great deal on its downtown, on

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amenities, and we were able to sort of
walk about and, um, the premier was able

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to just talk to a few people on the
street that interrupted him for an

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opportunity to chat. And, um, uh, you
know, just a coffee chat with

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[clears throat] some of the local
businesses and of course, very

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important, a chat with Percy the cat,
our main street cat. The premier uh, has

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a photo with Percy. It's a that's that's
a big thing for Smithers. And then um

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you know on a serious side again we we
met up in the community forest and so

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members of the wood lot association the
community forest the lency and um

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municipalities and first nations were
able to just have a less structured uh

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on the ground conversation and I think
you know there there's a peacefulness

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that comes with that. You're actually in
the bush looking at the mountains and uh

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there's no one else around observing the
conversation. So I think there was a

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real benefit to that. Mayor Deakons was
there. he may have a different

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perspective, but I think it was uh worth
doing. So, I was grateful for that. On a

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couple of other things, just um
recognizing as well these also um impact

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the regional district. Uh Mayor Deacons
talked about the water lines, but if you

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go through telco, you're also going to
see some shiny new trail pavement. And I

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think the RD always uh deserves credit
for cycle 16. It was housed here, home

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here, incubated here. So, phase one is
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We have a mystical phase two to go. Um,
but it's a nice trail where you can see

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cyclists, walkers, people with
strollers. It's safe off the highway. It

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just makes so much sense once it's
there. So, thank you RD director

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Stolenberg as well. And the skate park
uh society opened phase 4. So, and

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acknowledging the RD contribution. Um,
some Olympic athletes, some you know,

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skateboard uh celebrities were there and
they opened phase four of the skate

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park. So, it's a those are kind of
heartwarming. Someone asked me, one of

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the funders asked me what I thought of
it and I was like, well, you know, I see

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a lot of people getting air over
concrete. Seems like some parts of it

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don't make any sense to me, but it
creates a lot of joy in the community.

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So, it was a pretty fun thing to be a
part of. Um,

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let's see.
Oh, and I just wanted to acknowledge um

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Mayor Weeb said something about the um
the recognition that Bore Mountain

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Trails get and folks know like my other
job is in tourism. And so I thought I'd

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just let you know that through a
cooperative that the regional district

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is a part of the ride north uh mountain
bike cooperative. There is um a

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journalist that has now just left the
region, but he was at War Mountain about

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a week ago. His name is Bryce Sherbach
if you want to look him up and it's a

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project called Underexposed. So he will
be turning his journalistic skills to

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talking about the trails including Bor
Mountain uh when the project concludes.

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So he he did a tour from Veilmont
to Terrace um which are the ride north

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trails and that is Bina Chakaco is a
part of that. So you might be interested

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in just taking a look at that. Look up
ride north and uh keep an eye on

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underexposed and you'll see this region
featured again. So I'll leave it there.

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Thank you.
>> Yeah. If you just catching up there,

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Director Lambert, we're on verbal
reports, so be prepared. It's coming

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around.
>> Perfect. Thank you,

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» Director Moon.

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[snorts]
>> I had the opportunity to work with the

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Fal Farah a bit this summer and uh it
looked to me like they had a very, very

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good turnout, especially with young
families. And it did my heart good to

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see a couple hundred toddlers, five, six
year olds running around their activity

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center. It was really fun. Um, we had
the opportunity to judge. On the

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Saturday, I believe there was 35
market steers in the class, which was

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also very encouraging because on the end
of the altar was each of each steer was

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a young person. So, I thought that was
pretty good. The 4 auction I think set a

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record which I didn't think was going to
happen. That's a lot of steers to sell

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plus pigs, chickens,
photos, whatever the kids bring in. But

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I think it was over $400,000 that night
that went through the 4 barn. Um

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what else?
Oh yeah, the we started or I helped

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start a purebred pen show there. And I'm
not sure if most you probably aren't

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familiar with showing cattle, but um in
the past it's always been halter broke

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calves that go around the ring or steers
or cow calf pairs.

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» But since co that fell off the the map
and the amount of cattle at the fairs

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has been dropping substantially.
So what we started was a pen show where

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you would bring a female and her calf in
or two bull calves, two heer calves.

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They don't need to be halter broke or
fitted. They're run into a small pen

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that the judge is there, a certified
judge and she judges them on the quality

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and then the next pair comes in and
they're placed. So what that does is it

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encouraged young producers to come out
and some old ones because there's not as

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much of your summer tied up with
messing around with cattle. So overall

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it was very good and [clears throat] the
two young breeders

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that came are pretty excited about
carrying it on for other years and

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bringing other breeders into the fair.
So I think it'll be good

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» way to plant that seed. Um, I did the
one comment on the fall fair. I think

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the biggest lineup I saw though while I
was there the whole time was for the

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kids in the mechanical bull. Man, they
were [laughter] they were lined up way

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back. They they just steady and they go
to the back of the line and wait to go

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again. They loved it. So, Director
Stolenberg.

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Area A. [clears throat]
Well, the big thing in area A these days

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appears to be everybody down at the
river trying to catch coho.

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It uh it's getting pretty busy.
down at the confluence of the Bokeley

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and the Telpa. So other than that uh
like uh Director Act said, phase three

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of the bike trail is completed and the
amount of use that it's getting, it

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looks like we might have to resurface it
by the time they get phase two done

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because it's being very well used by a
lot of people every day.

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That's it.
>> Yep. Director Reese Christensen. Yeah.

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» Thanks, Chair Parker. Um participated in
a uh Zoom update with City West on

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connectivity projects in the eastern end
of the district, and I think there's

409
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:12,960
some good news there. And then on
September 3rd, I'll be participating in

410
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:16,880
the great healthc care walk at Spirit
Square, which is to welcome new medical

411
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:21,679
professionals and show appreciation for
those who are already working here.

412
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:27,279
» Thanks, Ditra.
Um, couple of things. Uh, air show. I

413
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:31,120
just learned a couple of days ago that
they ended up in the black, which is a

414
00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:35,200
huge sigh of relief. When you're putting
on those major events these days, it's

415
00:32:33,039 --> 00:32:38,559
harder and harder uh to keep it there,
especially when you have something

416
00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:44,399
that's as fuel reliant as an air show.
Uh, those costs just keep on going up.

417
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:48,960
Um, Director Moon touched or talked
about the the fall fair. Uh again, I

418
00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:51,919
think that was a great event and uh
important to see that we can keep those

419
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:56,159
fall fairs going throughout our
communities and and make sure they get

420
00:32:53,440 --> 00:33:03,440
the support they need. [sighs]
Um uh

421
00:33:00,399 --> 00:33:08,720
for I'll go first. Um uh one event we
have coming up this weekend is Pride in

422
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:13,039
Vanderhahoof on Saturday. So a little uh
late, but it was a busy summer, so uh

423
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:18,240
hopefully it looks like a beautiful day
for it. So that should go uh well. And

424
00:33:16,159 --> 00:33:22,960
then just want to touch on um director
New's comments about fire departments

425
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:27,360
and you know they're these big expensive
beasts that municipalities struggle with

426
00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:32,240
all the time.
And just for clarity there even within

427
00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:36,320
municipal fire departments. I mean every
once in a while we save a structure but

428
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:39,279
it is very seldom that you do that.
Really what you're trying to do is stop

429
00:33:37,679 --> 00:33:44,159
that fire from spreading to the next
home or the one after that. So

430
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:49,880
rural fire is tough no matter what you
do. Uh whether it's a small community or

431
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,880
the outlying areas

432
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:58,080
and freezing.
>> I'm going to jump because I wanted to do

433
00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:03,360
a real shout out to the fire smart
assessment that I had for my property.

434
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:09,040
That was incredible. Your employee was
fantastic and so knowledgeable. And I

435
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:13,280
did think I actually thought I knew a
lot because I'd already read stuff and I

436
00:34:10,879 --> 00:34:17,440
always think I know a lot. But when he
came and did the full assessment, I

437
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:21,599
realized some of the really small
reasonable things costwise that I could

438
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:28,639
do to improve the safety of my home and
I was I was blown away by it actually.

439
00:34:24,399 --> 00:34:34,960
Um I I do think um one of the things he
said was that even in Jasper in a small

440
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:39,760
like when a row of houses was burnt in
Jasper one house wasn't burnt just

441
00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:46,159
because of mesh netting right like it
was incredible what small changes could

442
00:34:42,399 --> 00:34:50,960
make your house more safe anyway I was
really super impressed we are also

443
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:55,839
struggling with rural fire department of
course because it's a huge cost to our

444
00:34:53,119 --> 00:35:02,079
municipality to have our second uh fire
department out on Sha and I that's going

445
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:06,240
to be a big discussion I think coming in
the future just as money gets tighter.

446
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:11,839
I'm not sure what Martin has already
shared with you. Um we did get that $7

447
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:17,839
million grant for water a new water
project federal and provincial funding

448
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:23,280
and that's uh exciting. But uh one of my
favorite things is the park work that

449
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:27,920
has been done in um the Cotton No
Cottonwood Park is it? No, no. Which

450
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:31,839
Goodwood Goodwin Park. Uh my mom is
really excited because she there's now

451
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:37,040
an ashalt walk around so she can go with
her walker and lots of the seniors have

452
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:41,359
been really pleased with that. So that's
where we're at. Thank you.

453
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:46,000
» Thank you Director Story and I Magguire
to round it off.

454
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:49,200
» Thanks. Um not a whole lot to report.
Uh, but I it looks like I'm finally

455
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:53,520
getting a sidewalk for the first time in
Fraser Lakes history. So, that's

456
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:57,760
exciting. I've never had a sidewalk in
front of my house. Uh, yes, there's

457
00:35:55,599 --> 00:36:04,960
other sidewalks, but not not there. And
the water tower is uh complete, and the

458
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:08,800
old water tower has been removed, and
that is a project that we really needed

459
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:13,119
to get off the books. But once the
paving's done, which looks like it might

460
00:36:11,359 --> 00:36:20,000
not be completed till September, this
project was only a year and a bit over

461
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:27,119
the timeline it was supposed to be done.
And as for things that are exciting, uh

462
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:31,280
we don't have uh as much uh uh bike
parks in our area, but we at least have

463
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:36,800
one. So uh Glattus tell them they should
come and check out our new one that's 10

464
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:41,440
km. Um but I haven't seen how much
they're using it. I did ask staff if

465
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:45,760
it's being used lots or not. And uh we
have Salmon Fest. Uh the Slatin First

466
00:36:43,599 --> 00:36:49,440
Nations is putting Salmon Fest on. So
I'm probably going to try to attend

467
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:54,240
that. That's on the 26th to the 28th if
anybody's out and about and board. Um

468
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:58,720
and it looks like I might be frozen. So
hopefully I'm not. But hopefully you

469
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:03,359
heard that. And I think I'll just leave
it there. Yep.

470
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:06,880
» Director Maguire and then bring it home.
Director Lambert.

471
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:10,560
» Thanks, Mr. Chair. Just a couple of
things. Um, our annual Grand All Days

472
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:14,320
was last weekend, but for the first time
in 15 years, I've been away on vacation,

473
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:17,760
making my way home now. I'm calling in
from Prince George today. Um, I

474
00:37:16,079 --> 00:37:23,119
understand it was a hu huge success and
talking to uh members of my council that

475
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:27,839
both uh MP Ellis Ross and MLA John
Restad were at the were at the

476
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:31,599
festivities. Um, August is always busy
in Grand Al with the salmon season and I

477
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:36,880
understand everybody's catching their
limit and the fish are looking great. Uh

478
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:40,720
our thank you RBA. Our paving project
for this year is wrapping up and just

479
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:44,480
about complete. Um and we're hoping for
a renewal. Director Atrol, if you're

480
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:49,680
listening, we're hoping for a renewal on
that uh [laughter] RBA for another 5

481
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:53,920
years. Um I have a meeting with Northern
Health on Monday probably to talk about

482
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:57,040
UBCM. And speaking of UBCM, I'm sure
we're all going to be starting to pivot

483
00:37:55,599 --> 00:38:00,960
on the meetings that we requested with
the ministers we thought we were going

484
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:05,040
to get. And now with recent portfolio
changes due to the minister's health

485
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:08,560
crisis, uh we have different ministers
that are going to be sitting in front of

486
00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:12,800
us on the issues that we uh that we had
wanted. So we're going to have to pivot

487
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:18,000
really quickly here and uh get them onto
the file. So we'll uh we'll see how many

488
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:23,280
successful meeting requests we get now
with the new with the new portfolio

489
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:26,336
changes. So anyway, that's it. Thanks,
>> Dr. Lambert. [snorts]

490
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:35,760
» Thanks, Chair. [clears throat] I had a
meeting with the my first nations

491
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:43,280
yesterday. It went really well. Um
we uh discussed the uh the helipad

492
00:38:41,346 --> 00:38:50,079
[laughter]
to great length. Um

493
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:55,280
but uh you know like we
we looked at uh some other examples from

494
00:38:53,040 --> 00:39:00,720
other [clears throat] places and they're
not and and I I remember John said it

495
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:07,760
was a a Brown quote or something like
that or

496
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:12,720
estimate brown estimate and uh
you know like we were looking at some

497
00:39:09,359 --> 00:39:19,119
that were anywhere from [snorts] you
know the the $30,000 range. Basically,

498
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:26,800
it went from 30,000 to 800,000.
Um, and and we we don't need an $800,000

499
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:33,839
helipad. We need a $30,000 helipad,
right? and and so

500
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:40,240
I just I don't know where Northern
Health's at on their getting back to us

501
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:44,400
with their quote, but um
it's already the end of August, so if

502
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:53,440
we're going to get on this thing this
summer, we need to to get on it here. Um

503
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:58,560
also brought up uh the Three Nations
Water Project over there. They're

504
00:39:55,520 --> 00:40:05,839
looking at changing their intake on
their plant from I can't remember what

505
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:12,392
it was, two or three 6 in intakes to
130in intake. [sighs and gasps]

506
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:18,400
And uh basically um they're
[clears throat] running out of water.

507
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:22,640
they uh they're going to try to with
that 30-inch intake

508
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:27,920
um
make that plant run to its max capacity.

509
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:35,839
And even then, you know, after they put
the uh uh Chesada put their band office

510
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:42,160
on on that system, it's strained. And
so, um, there's an opportunity there, I

511
00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:47,839
think, uh, that we can partner with them
and and be able to to do something good

512
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:51,280
there for the community. So, looking
forward to that. But,

513
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,200
» where is that water source pulled from?
>> France Lake.

514
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:58,880
» It comes out of France. Okay.
>> Yeah. So, we we can pull whatever amount

515
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:01,599
of water on there, which side you're
coming from, the south or the north.

516
00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:06,319
[laughter]
So, okay. But,

517
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:09,359
» yeah, that's all I've got. Cool. Thanks.
Go ahead if you have a question for Dr.

518
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:13,280
Wade.
>> Thanks, Sher. Congratulations on your

519
00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:19,280
helipad. [laughter]
And one thing I forgot to mention was

520
00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:24,880
that uh our rock dock and light up the
lake is on August 29th from 4:30 till

521
00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:30,640
10. [snorts] So if anybody's around,
take it in. Thanks.

522
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:34,960
Sounds good. Um all right, just a few
things. Um unfortunately, we had

523
00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:37,760
Minister Pam coming up. She was supposed
to be here yesterday. We had that

524
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:40,720
planned a while back. A lot of it's
unfortunate. A lot of work went into

525
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:45,520
setting up a tour day with her and
everything and bringing her around, but

526
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,480
um we probably saw it coming towards the
last week there with all the fires down

527
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:54,560
south and all the producers that were
burned out and fences and water systems

528
00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:57,920
and loss of animals. So, uh did get a
phone call too and then um you know when

529
00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:02,319
I talked to them and I said, "Yeah, we
we totally understand. It's probably

530
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:06,800
where the the minister probably should
be rather than up here right now at this

531
00:42:04,319 --> 00:42:10,640
time touring here. It'd be better to be
front and center in the in the

532
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:13,440
devastation and and director Lambert
know just from the BC cattleman some of

533
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:18,960
the stories that are coming out of down
there are just horrific. So absolutely

534
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:22,880
horrible stuff. So to to be doing photo
ops up here on Beaver Dam analogs

535
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,839
probably wasn't the best timing. So we,
you know, and I did emphasize though, we

536
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:30,079
still would like to have her and her
chief of staff up here at some point

537
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:35,119
once things settle down. So
unfortunately that didn't happen. Um, a

538
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:38,880
couple of things that are taking up a
lot of my time or were starting to slow

539
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:43,920
down a bit on it. One was obviously the
Lake View Trailer Court. Um, with the

540
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:48,240
province's decision to uh, shut it down,
decommission it. So there's 28 29

541
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:53,040
residents in there still they're still
working. goes back so far it was really

542
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:57,200
hard to understand who actually was
there paying you know and had actual um

543
00:42:55,599 --> 00:43:01,440
assessments paying taxes and who was
just pulling in trailers and took a long

544
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:04,880
time to sort it out but with the
compensation it's gone better than I

545
00:43:03,359 --> 00:43:08,960
thought like we did a lot of things to
get stuff put in place to make sure that

546
00:43:06,319 --> 00:43:13,680
they have the supports needed um and
it's worked and yeah you know some some

547
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:18,079
are struggling but some are quite
pleased some have bought houses with the

548
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:21,520
buyout amount and got you know a better
quality of life than they had, [snorts]

549
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,800
you know, with proper running water and
septic systems. Uh whether it's buying a

550
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:28,240
house in the community or moving their
trailer or buying a different trailer.

551
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:32,240
So, it is moving along. It's going to
take time. It'll go right till next end

552
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:36,480
of next summer before it's all the last
person's probably leaving. But, it's in

553
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:41,280
the process and some are already where
do I sign? See you later. So, that's

554
00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:45,280
starting. Also, you'll notice the other
end. I got the Indakaco Hotel is now

555
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:50,640
reduced to kind of rubble and somewhat
loaded out and they're cleaning that up

556
00:43:48,319 --> 00:43:54,480
and once it's all said and done, it'll
be uh leveled off and it'll just for now

557
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:58,240
it's just going to stay a crown
property. Um no, no indication that

558
00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:01,680
they're willing to put it on the market
yet at this point. They just want to let

559
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:06,160
things settle and and carry on there.
So, pretty major project. Um a lot of

560
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,960
you know, again, it's it's not a
heritage building, but it has a lot of

561
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:12,240
history and a lot of memories. And
again, it's another kind of one of these

562
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:16,480
things. We lost our hotel and and Stick
and Stone Pub. This goes down. A lot of

563
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:20,640
people's growing up areas are
disappearing and then the memories. So,

564
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:23,599
I I understood people's concerns. And I
did reach out ahead of this to a lot of

565
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:27,119
the longtime residents, made sure I
phoned them personally and told them

566
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:31,359
what was happening and why. And so,
that's basically almost going to be

567
00:44:29,119 --> 00:44:34,480
done. So, that'll be off the docket. Uh,
a couple of good things. Saturday is the

568
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:40,000
Fort Fraser Fire Department. They're
having a 60th anniversary barbecue since

569
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:42,960
that fire department was going. So, way
before I was ever on the board and doing

570
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:47,280
anything with that, they've been there.
And uh then tomorrow, just interesting

571
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:52,800
having a meeting quickly with Nigel
Fischer and uh Claudet Goer who came

572
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:56,240
over from Satara now for FPX Nichols.
So, I'm going to have a quick meeting

573
00:44:54,079 --> 00:45:01,200
and get an update with them and a couple
of things to follow up on from even

574
00:44:59,119 --> 00:45:05,599
director Greenway as well. So on that
conversation, so um leave it there.

575
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:10,119
Anybody have any other questions for
anybody on anything going on?

576
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:14,160
» Mr. Chair,
>> oh yeah, sorry.

577
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:20,000
» Just a quick question on your endeavor
hotel. Who bore the costs of that demo?

578
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:24,800
» It was the province. It's because it
went to crown like it was went back to

579
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:28,880
them. It [snorts] was in um a joint
ownership until they gave x amount of

580
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:32,160
time for the original owner to come up
and pay the back taxes. And then once

581
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:36,240
that time finally passed, it reverted
back to the province. As soon as they

582
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:39,280
had it and it was only in in their name,
then the they just they knew the state

583
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:44,079
of it and they knew what was happening
in it. They wanted it demolished. And in

584
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:47,119
talking to the contractor, once they got
inside there, they said the

585
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:51,839
contamination level, everything was so
poor and so badly beat up in there that

586
00:45:49,839 --> 00:45:56,079
there was no there was never going to be
an option to put it on a tax sale and

587
00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:59,359
try and reconstruct it. So
>> thank you. I was I I thought it probably

588
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:02,800
was a province, but I just want to
clarify. Thanks.

589
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,520
» Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think it was then
the village of Grand was going to chip

590
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:10,480
in the other part or something. I'm not
sure. Something like that. I tried.

591
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:14,640
» Nice try.
Can I have a motion to receive verbal

592
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:17,599
reports? Thank you, Director Deakons.
And uh Director Lambert, we'll take you

593
00:46:16,319 --> 00:46:20,880
put you on the [clears throat] put you
in the minutes.

594
00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:24,720
» Keep me in the minutes. [laughter]
>> Okay. What time we got? We got 10

595
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:29,680
minutes. Do we have Manager Davis handy
because we're going to Okay, we'll

596
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:34,680
quickly
go into that. So,

597
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:47,839
that that that. All right. Any new
business before we move along?

598
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:52,240
Okay, seeing none, I will take a motion
uh to go in camera and that is that this

599
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:56,240
meeting be closed to the public suant to
section 92B of the community charter for

600
00:46:54,640 --> 00:47:00,640
the board to deal with matters relating
to connectivity. Can I have somebody

601
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:06,880
move that for me, please? Thank you,
Director Newell and Director Deakons.

602
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:11,040
Okay, [sighs and gasps] all in favor and
that's carried.

603
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:14,960
Can I have a motion to adjourn the
regular meeting? Thank you, Director

604
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:17,119
Lambert and Director Stolenberg. You
thought I was going to forget, didn't

605
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:23,200
you?
>> Uh, I thought you

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» Okay. All in favor? That's good. Thank
you. [sighs] All right. All right, we

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will call the in camera agenda for
Thursday, August 30th to