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>> Um, I understood that correctly.

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>> Yes. Yes, chair. That's correct. We have

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» Yes. Yes, chair. That's correct. We have

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>> Okay. Director Lennox, Director Brander,

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» Okay. Director Lennox, Director Brander,

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» Seeing none, I will call the question.

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our first uh delegation is Tom Reed, the

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president, sorry, the president and

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Senica Anthony Texa Agricultural Group.

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Uh so the floor is yours uh Danica and

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Tom and you have 10 minutes and then we

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and let's get going. Um I'm I'm Tom Reed

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the project uh that we're asking for

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funding on is our um full pantry

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initiative which is part of our food

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security uh group that we're work that

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speed from last year, hello. Okay. From

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that aren't covered by that. So the what

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accomplish everything and meet our goal

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of beginning this um service with our

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five new freeze dryers that we've

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three basic reasons that we see. The

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years of 97% of our food is imported.

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number, but we know it's a lot. And

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the city harbor. It's uh it's not on the

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fairies. Those barges uh carry many

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trucks worth of food. And if you put all

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out of room for other people. So, it

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of it, of course, comes in on trucks

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vulnerability and we want to improve our

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local food security by doing more food

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preservation which is often overlooked

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in favor of production. Secondly,

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capable of producing some very high

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quality food here. And thirdly it's

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affordability and I want to speak about

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affordability is and when it comes to

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food is looked at different ways.

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food security advocate giving people

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more money with which to buy food. Um

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what food security problem? Just it's a

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money problem. That's what they say. Um

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that you see governments do is put price

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caps on food. uh that's not likely to

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happen. In fact, neither one of those

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system, the industrial food system, the

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middleman takes most of the money, takes

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they get it. The farmers get much less.

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get more households to be more

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responsible for their own food supply.

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household at a time seems like it's not

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to scale, but it does add up over time.

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think that that will make a dent in food

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security over time. Um, there's a couple

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of other things, too. Once we take more

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responsibility for our own food supply,

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we achieve some price stabilization.

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price spike or anything like that. We

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can um we can do get around that by by

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sticking with what we can produce

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locally using our own fertility program

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here. Um and uh with that I'll turn it

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more. Oh, perfect. Um the youth from the

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school actually school districtwide

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could have um should have access will

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have access to this for education. then

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they can become more familiar with food

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security, with storing their own, with

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having a full pantry, rotating it, bring

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that home to their families and bring

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that um into their adult lives. Also, we

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um have already had at the hub and we

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will definitely have more with these

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freeze dryers uh entrepreneurs, people

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who want to do businesses. Um, we've had

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that'll work." Um, but people can try

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cost themselves and see what works and

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then maybe they um can take that

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technology and leverage that and buy

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their own or it's it's a way for people

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um we my family tried freeze drying at

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the hub because there was one freeze

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dryer there it's no longer there but um

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do more of this because it solved so

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many problems that we had because we

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farm and you have excess of something

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awesome technology. It's amazing and I

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more people should have access to it.

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the last slide there.

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little timeline is um we want to have

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this project fully implemented by the

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the stuff they harvest in the fall and

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they can just like dive right into it.

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the fall. Um our equipment is on the way

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able to fully set it off and get it

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going. So TAG's been around um doing the

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food hub since 2012. So, we're very

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stable and it's like we can deliver this

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we're doing more or less. Um, and we're

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way anything we don't know. Um, and

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we're here asking for the $12,491

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to for those ineligible expenses from

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that large grant that we got and we hope

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to get from other industry partners as

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well. um so that we can fully implement

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this and breathe easily and we can

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provide that to everyone equally like

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with low income people aren't gonna

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we're not going to be having to to try

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to extract money from people and that we

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can um have food security equally for

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everyone. Thanks. I think that's all we

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got.

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>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh

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» Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh

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are there questions from the board? I

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see Director McCormack. Go ahead.

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>> Thank you, Chair. Um really interesting

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» Thank you, Chair. Um really interesting

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presentation. Thank you very much for

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that. Um my questions are

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>> can anything be prescribed?

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» can anything be prescribed?

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Um and what's the shelf life?

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>> The shelf life is about 30 years and

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» The shelf life is about 30 years and

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what was your first part of your

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question? Sorry you cut off cut out.

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>> Yeah, sorry. Technology is not our

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» Yeah, sorry. Technology is not our

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friend today.

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>> No, it's um u can anything be

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» No, it's um u can anything be

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freeze-dried? anything from meat to fish

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to um cheese to mushrooms to whatever.

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>> Yes,

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» Yes,

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>> pretty much anything. Um some things

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» pretty much anything. Um some things

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it's a little bit of a learning curve.

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Some things are better than others. We

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freeze-dried rhubarb juice and that was

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terrible. That was the worst thing. It

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tasted like some kind of extreme like

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challenge sour candy. Do not recommend.

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But most things freeze dry really well

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and some thing they pretty much anything

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can freeze dry except for like butter

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like fat it doesn't because it doesn't

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have any moisture in it. So then you

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like it doesn't preserve like that but

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meals fish yeah you can freeze dry

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pretty much anything you can imagine.

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>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Are there director Lennin?

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» Thank you. Are there director Lennin?

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>> Thanks chair. Uh thanks for your

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» Thanks chair. Uh thanks for your

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presentation. you know, we're u always

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looking at different grants and I think

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you explained it quite well that uh like

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a lot of grants, there's a federal one

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here, the LFIF grant and um that there's

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a gap that uh isn't provided by those

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grants. So, uh what is the LFIF grant,

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please?

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>> What program is that? Okay, that's

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» What program is that? Okay, that's

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[clears throat] that's from Agriculture

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and Food Canada and it's a U it stands

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for Local Food Infrastructure Fund,

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LFIF. So, and this is the small projects

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uh part of the LFIF. They have a larger

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projects one. When they say small

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projects, they mean um they would

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entertain proposals up to 125,000

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and our proposal was 117,000

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and we were granted 88,000. Um they they

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took off for um the sales tax on

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equipment and an air conditioner, a

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window mounted air conditioner. Um

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>> and uh there was no um for like

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» and uh there was no um for like

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education and stuff like that. It's

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infrastructure only. So to get people to

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get the freeze dryers is one thing, but

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then to get the people in the freeze

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dryers to work together, we need like

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you need a bit of funding for that.

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>> Yeah. And LFIF has been around for

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» Yeah. And LFIF has been around for

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several years and has a a future. So

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it's this is a well-known program.

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>> Okay. Thanks for that.

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» Okay. Thanks for that.

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>> Great. Uh thank you. Are there any other

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» Great. Uh thank you. Are there any other

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questions? Well, with that, I will thank

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you for your presentation and we will be

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considering applications at a future

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meeting, probably the next finance

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committee meeting.

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>> Thank you very much. Thank you.

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» Thank you very much. Thank you.

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>> Yeah, you're

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» Yeah, you're

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>> welcome. Our second delegation is from

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» welcome. Our second delegation is from

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Nikki Bernett, secretary of Fort Tides

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Hospice Society. Um, Miss Bernett, I

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believe you're in the audience, so uh

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staff will help you come forward and

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you'll have 10 minutes to present to us

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and then questions

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next to move through your slides.

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Thank you.

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Hi everyone,

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sir.

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Uh my name is Nikki Ba. I'm with the

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Four Tides Hotsp society. Thank you very

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much for having us here today and

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considering our proposal. Um I'm on the

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board of directors as secretary. Uh our

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two staff members unfortunately couldn't

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be here today. So I'm going to do my

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best to present this instead.

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So uh what we're seeking funding for is

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help running some of the fantastic

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programming that we do. for Heidi's

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Hospice Society seeks to address grief

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and bereavement in our community and to

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support people who are in their end of

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life journeys. Um I'm a registered nurse

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working in paliotative care and so this

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society is very close and near to my

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heart and I know that it affects every

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single member of our cath community from

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Texa Island where we operate services

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colama nation as well as all throughout

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the rest of Kat as well. So it's

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something that of course all of us go

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through and um our programming does our

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very best to look after everyone within

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it. So um we're a registered society

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powered by volunteers in our community.

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We're also in growing at a really rapid

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pace. So we've gone from uh 200 to over

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300 referrals each year addressing

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people who are at the end of their life

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and their community members that are

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supporting them including their family

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and friends. Um, we received no actual

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government funding for our services. So,

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it's all based on fundraising and

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grants. So, that's a lot to worry about.

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We've hired uh some new staff to address

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our growing needs and also as we start

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to transition and build momentum towards

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maybe eventually a hospice house in the

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next couple of years. Um, so yeah, I

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wanted to talk a little bit about some

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of the programming that this grant would

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help support over the next couple of

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years.

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Um,

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so our philosophies were centered on

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supporting the social, emotional,

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spiritual being of those who are dying

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and their families and their caregivers.

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We recognize that dying is a normal part

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of living and our supports supplement

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medical care. So we we're focused more

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on holistic care. Um, as a nurse, I see

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that we do our very best along with our

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physician colleagues and other uh allied

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health colleagues to address the medical

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aspects of dying. But it leaves a big

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gap where it comes to the holistic

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emotional sides of it. And that's where

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the four tides hospice society uh does a

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really good job filling those gaps with

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people at the end of life as well as

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people who are caregivers for them. Um

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and it's confidential and it's free to

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everyone in the kafka community.

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So yeah, this year we've uh gone well

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over 300 referrals and we continue to

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increase um at a fairly rapid pace. We

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offer 98 almost 100 group offerings

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every year. So these look like one on

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sorry group offerings. These look like

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uh caregiver groups. The walking support

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care

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um group for complicated grief. Uh we

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also support clients at the end of their

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lives and we support caregivers and we

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support the bereaveved. We receive

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referrals from all over the community.

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These can be from clients, caregivers,

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um healthcare providers. of GPS,

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specialists, home nurses, the emergency

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department, and other places. And we

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have over 50 volunteers that we go

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through and train. And it's an extensive

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um several week long process. Many many

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hours go into it. And that's done um out

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of the we have right now only two staff

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members that put all of this on. We also

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put on regional um advanced care

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planning workshop several times a year

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as well.

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Um, so we're part of the community.

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We're always out and about trying our

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very best to um advocate advocate for

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care of the people who are at end of

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life and addressing grief in the

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community.

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Um, so some of our programming that

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runs, we have the volunteer visiting

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program. So people who are at end of

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life can get a trained volunteer for

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free that comes to their house and

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speaks with them and talks about their

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end of life journey, helps them to

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create um and visualize what end of life

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is going to be and offer personalized

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support um in that emotional holistic

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way. Um this can be done in people's

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homes as well as over the phone. It

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could be done via Zoom and it allows um

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people a little bit of time to to

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reflect on the end of their life and to

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hopefully feel support in those times of

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need. Um it also allows caregivers a bit

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of a rest break. So if someone needs to

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go out and maybe that caregiver wants to

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just go for a walk, then we the

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volunteer will sit with the loved one

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who's at who's facing end of life and um

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can go for a much needed just break to

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have a breath and kind of reset because

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it's a very exhausting emotional uh

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journey to care for someone at the end

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of life. Our caregiving support groups,

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so we have individual onetoone in the

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home over the phone. We have group

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settings. So, we've got various group

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settings for people who are bereaveved

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as well as um a brief walking group at

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the Seawwalk that runs. And then like I

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mentioned the advanced care planning

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workshops that we support in the

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community up to four a year as well as

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um some annual memorial events like the

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celebrate a life Christmas tree event

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that happens in the mall and the

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memorial momento memory that happens in

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the fall.

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Um we continue to work towards building

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a hospice house in Kit that it's

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something that we've been making a lot

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of progress on recently. Um our society

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is growing and the more grants that we

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can receive that help look after our

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basic stability of our programming the

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more focus that we can put on towards

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moving forward with this hospice house.

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Our board is really passionate about

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moving that project ahead, but our core

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thing is to keep our programming stable

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um because it makes such a difference in

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our community right now.

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Um so yeah, our website's up there. It's

539
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got lots of good information on it. Um I

540
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,600
think that and this some of our contact

541
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,520
information.

542
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,840
That is the majority of what I wanted to

543
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,000
say today. I think I finish a little bit

544
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,240
early and move on to questions if anyone

545
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,600
has any.

546
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,750
>> Thank you very much. Does anyone uh

547
00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:17,760
» Thank you very much. Does anyone uh

548
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,000
around the committee have any questions

549
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,559
for our delegate?

550
00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:24,240
Any

551
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,840
Oh, director. Go ahead.

552
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,870
>> Chair, thank you very much. Been

553
00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:30,880
» Chair, thank you very much. Been

554
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,360
following hospice since uh kind of

555
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,320
before it really started here. And I was

556
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,960
amazed how early on in the his history

557
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,159
within two or three years of serving 25%

558
00:23:44,159 --> 00:23:47,039
of of

559
00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:49,440
people departing.

560
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,149
>> Uh so and your numbers have only

561
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:52,159
» Uh so and your numbers have only

562
00:23:52,159 --> 00:23:54,000
increased since then. Obviously this is

563
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,600
something that is I really personally am

564
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,760
delighted to see our culture changing to

565
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,000
embrace what hospice does. My question

566
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,000
has to do with uh grief. Um personally

567
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,240
and having a background that has been

568
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,799
served very well by

569
00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:19,520
utilizing grief as a tool.

570
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,440
I'm curious

571
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,240
in how is there training for are you

572
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,080
training people who are going through

573
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,520
the process of needing the service

574
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,480
um or is this specifically like how how

575
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:37,279
is grief is it evolving in in um what's

576
00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:39,520
being offered through hospice.

577
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,390
>> Yeah, absolutely. Um we have an amazing

578
00:24:42,390 --> 00:24:42,400
» Yeah, absolutely. Um we have an amazing

579
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,960
um employee Anna burn who is an expert

580
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,080
in um grief and has a lot of personal

581
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,559
relation to it as well. And so she runs

582
00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,880
our volunteer um training program. I

583
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,159
believe it's a six-w weekek training

584
00:24:56,159 --> 00:24:57,840
program and they're long days like eight

585
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,559
hour days. And so there's a big emphasis

586
00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:04,480
on um on grief and about kind of that

587
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,799
like community sharing of grief because

588
00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:09,440
grief is such an individual process. But

589
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,279
in these community groups that we

590
00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:13,679
facilitate um you can usually relate to

591
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:16,640
other people and kind of share in grief

592
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,080
and understand it a little bit deeper.

593
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,760
So that's really embedded within a lot

594
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,679
of the um the programming. We're so

595
00:25:21,679 --> 00:25:23,200
lucky to have Anna as a part of it as

596
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,640
well too. know her. Uh so it is group

597
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,760
work that you're that's a a large part

598
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,200
of the focus of the work that you're

599
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:31,600
doing.

600
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,590
>> Ah yeah, a lot of the programs are are

601
00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:33,600
» Ah yeah, a lot of the programs are are

602
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,679
group um for some people they really do

603
00:25:35,679 --> 00:25:37,679
care about an individual one. So we

604
00:25:37,679 --> 00:25:41,039
offer both but we do run um group brief

605
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:43,600
programs throughout the year as well.

606
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,279
But for people where they maybe they

607
00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:48,320
don't feel ready to to go on um to a

608
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,919
group they want to be more personal with

609
00:25:49,919 --> 00:25:52,320
it. It can be individual as well um

610
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,760
based. And I know as my my day role as a

611
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,600
a nurse, I'm constantly referring to

612
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,919
Fort Tides Hospice Society because there

613
00:25:59,919 --> 00:26:01,760
isn't anything in our like medical

614
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,240
system that really like addresses that

615
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,480
is one-off counseling, but it's um it's

616
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,240
not the same level that Fort Tides is

617
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,679
and it's just not um valued as much it

618
00:26:11,679 --> 00:26:13,760
seems like in our in our uh medical

619
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,840
system. So, it's nice to have these

620
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,000
organizations that are communitydriven

621
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,640
for the community. Um, yeah, really

622
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,400
focused at like what this community

623
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,200
needs.

624
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,310
>> We're really cutting a vanguard edge in

625
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:26,320
» We're really cutting a vanguard edge in

626
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,039
more conventional more conventional

627
00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:31,520
practices to follow.

628
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,039
That's just totally wonderful. Thank

629
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,200
you.

630
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,110
>> Thank you for that. Are there any other

631
00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:37,120
» Thank you for that. Are there any other

632
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:41,039
uh questions from the committee?

633
00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,549
>> Seeing no one with their hand up, I want

634
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:42,559
» Seeing no one with their hand up, I want

635
00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:43,919
to thank you for your presentation. It

636
00:26:43,919 --> 00:26:45,919
was very good and we'll consider your

637
00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:48,480
application in an upcoming meeting.

638
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,880
Thank you all.

639
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,870
>> Thank you. Uh our third No, I maybe I

640
00:26:54,870 --> 00:26:54,880
» Thank you. Uh our third No, I maybe I

641
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,000
don't didn't understand something about

642
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000
the dragon boat. Maybe Rebecca can help

643
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,240
with this. Is it Is it Katie Souls

644
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,310
that's in the audience there?

645
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,510
Yes.

646
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:14,710
» Okay. So, next up,

647
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,000
» I'm gonna hang up my

648
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,070
>> Okay, Director Fall, I had just muted

649
00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:20,080
» Okay, Director Fall, I had just muted

650
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,360
you, uh, Carl, so if you could unmute

651
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,000
yourself.

652
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,070
>> Yeah, thanks. Sorry, I I had my phone

653
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:26,080
» Yeah, thanks. Sorry, I I had my phone

654
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,240
on. My internet seems okay now, so I

655
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,880
will try that phone in if needed. So,

656
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,279
Miss Souls, Texada Island Dragon Boat

657
00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:35,279
Club. Uh, you have 10 minutes to present

658
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:36,640
to us and then we'll have some

659
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,880
questions. Floor is yours.

660
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,750
>> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and it's

661
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:41,760
» Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and it's

662
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,440
wonderful to be here on behalf of the

663
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,640
Texa Island Dragon Boat Club. We read

664
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,960
about uh the regional district all the

665
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,799
time and we hear about decisions. So, to

666
00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:52,960
be actually here is a real privilege.

667
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,240
So, thank you very much. Uh we are here

668
00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,080
today like all of all of the people on

669
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,840
the agenda to apply for something that

670
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,559
we think is essential and it sounds sort

671
00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:06,720
of basic but it is essential for us and

672
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,679
that's a trailer for our 10p person

673
00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:12,559
boat. We're seeking a grant of $1,800

674
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:15,600
which is a portion of the total cost of

675
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,720
a trailer and it's a single piece of

676
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,799
equipment that really determines whether

677
00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:23,760
we can launch the boat or not. Our dock

678
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,600
configuration is such that we can't

679
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,240
leave our boat in the water. Uh so we

680
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,159
have to launch each and every time and

681
00:28:30,159 --> 00:28:33,360
so no trailer means uh no no paddling.

682
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,039
And we'll get into this a little bit

683
00:28:35,039 --> 00:28:37,679
more later.

684
00:28:37,679 --> 00:28:40,480
Who we are uh we've been in uh in

685
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,559
operation for eight years. We're a

686
00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:45,520
community group uh that's joined for

687
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,799
fitness, for friendship, for fun. We are

688
00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:51,520
uh active eight years. We formed in

689
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,559
2018. And a shout out to uh the Powell

690
00:28:54,559 --> 00:28:56,799
River uh Paddlers for Life. They were

691
00:28:56,799 --> 00:28:58,399
instrumental in getting us up and

692
00:28:58,399 --> 00:29:00,480
running. And as a regional district, I'm

693
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,919
sure you've heard about the regional

694
00:29:01,919 --> 00:29:04,480
cooperation of the various dragon boat

695
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,960
communities. Uh they lend us boats, we

696
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,480
lend them paddles. Uh everything is is a

697
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,880
really good cooperation between uh

698
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,760
different groups. Uh there's about 35

699
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,399
active paddlers and we have two two

700
00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:22,720
dragon boats. One dragon boat is for uh

701
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,840
up to 20, but being a smaller club, we

702
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,559
often don't get 20. Uh so we need a

703
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:31,360
smaller boat for those days when there's

704
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,399
10, 8 to 10. And so that's what uh

705
00:29:34,399 --> 00:29:36,559
that's what we need and it makes it it

706
00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:39,279
accessible for the whole community. We

707
00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:41,840
really believe in inclusivity

708
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,640
and in giving back to the community. So

709
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:49,039
our group ranges from ages 20 to 80. We

710
00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:51,039
have breast cancer survivors. We have

711
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:54,159
veterans who are working through PTSD.

712
00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:57,039
We have uh intellectually disabled uh

713
00:29:57,039 --> 00:29:59,440
people and newcomers to the island.

714
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,360
Everyone is welcome in the boat and we

715
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,520
really cherish the opportunity to share

716
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,720
that experience with them. And the bonds

717
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,480
that we create on the water in a

718
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,799
community of a thousand people certainly

719
00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:13,520
then extend to throughout the community.

720
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,159
And we really do believe in uh in giving

721
00:30:16,159 --> 00:30:18,799
back to the community. This is uh maybe

722
00:30:18,799 --> 00:30:20,320
some of you have heard of the Sand

723
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,480
Castle weekend. This is the Sand Castle

724
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:27,200
parade that we're in. And we

725
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,120
we give back to the community in fun

726
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,919
ways, but we also ask from the community

727
00:30:31,919 --> 00:30:34,399
through our fundraising. And we have

728
00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:38,080
everything from uh community dinners to

729
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,440
basket draws to, you know, selling

730
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,159
selling items at uh Christmas craft

731
00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:47,440
markets. So, uh, we we ask and we do we

732
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,480
do give back. Um, one of the ways we're

733
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,240
giving back this year is we're the

734
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,799
Dragon Club is hosting a Canada Day

735
00:30:54,799 --> 00:30:57,279
celebration. That's uh that's going to

736
00:30:57,279 --> 00:30:59,600
be a lot of fun and it's uh just an

737
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,240
example of how we like to uh to share

738
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,640
things with the uh the community.

739
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,789
>> Uh going back to why a trailer is

740
00:31:08,789 --> 00:31:08,799
» Uh going back to why a trailer is

741
00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:10,640
essential. I just got back from a dragon

742
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,000
boat camp in Salmon Arm and they get to

743
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,559
keep their boats in the water the whole

744
00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:18,559
time. So all you do is you walk down to

745
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:22,240
the boat, you jump in and off you go.

746
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,240
Many of us have had to learn how to back

747
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,799
up with a trailer to launch this boat.

748
00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:29,039
And so you can see that the boat which

749
00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:32,080
is on the bottom is is is on a trailer

750
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:33,919
and we need to launch it every single

751
00:31:33,919 --> 00:31:36,799
time. And so if we don't have a trailer,

752
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:39,440
we can't launch. and uh the community

753
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,760
loses its uh its opportunity to uh to

754
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,600
battle uh that uh that night. And we're

755
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,760
really serious. We took we took backing

756
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,000
up lessons all winter to learn how to

757
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,029
launch those uh those trailers.

758
00:31:57,039 --> 00:32:00,240
So, this is this was us in the uh the uh

759
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,960
parade, but um our ask is $1,800

760
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,880
that goes towards a $7,200 trailer. Uh

761
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,799
it would give us full season access to

762
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:14,159
our boat, continued recreation for uh

763
00:32:14,159 --> 00:32:16,320
all of us that are are participant, and

764
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,880
really help with the sustained community

765
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,080
uh programming on Texa Island.

766
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,159
So, thank you very much for considering

767
00:32:24,159 --> 00:32:26,960
our application. Any any questions?

768
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,310
>> Thank you for the thank you for the

769
00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:28,320
» Thank you for the thank you for the

770
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,480
presentation. Are there any questions

771
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,600
from around the Dr. Lennox? Go ahead.

772
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:34,950
>> Thanks, sir, and thanks for your

773
00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:34,960
» Thanks, sir, and thanks for your

774
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,679
presentation. Um, uh, you answered some

775
00:32:37,679 --> 00:32:39,919
of the questions I had, but I was

776
00:32:39,919 --> 00:32:42,960
wondering like who makes a dragon boat

777
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,880
trailer. So, like where do you find such

778
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,880
a thing? Is it a custom thing or do you

779
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,960
just order one off of Amazon or hope

780
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,559
not? [laughter]

781
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,909
>> From the dragon boat trailer factory. Um

782
00:32:53,909 --> 00:32:53,919
» From the dragon boat trailer factory. Um

783
00:32:53,919 --> 00:32:57,039
it's uh because dragon boating is so uh

784
00:32:57,039 --> 00:33:00,720
so popular. Uh there's there's uh places

785
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,279
that specialize in in boat hauling boat

786
00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:05,039
trailers and those sorts of things. So

787
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:07,440
it would it would be from there. Uh this

788
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,919
would be a second or maybe thirdhand

789
00:33:09,919 --> 00:33:12,320
trailer. So we're not buying we're not

790
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,120
buying new. Uh it's an interesting

791
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,039
culture in the dragon boat community

792
00:33:17,039 --> 00:33:19,120
because say for example boats when

793
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,840
Powell River they the uh Paddles for

794
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,240
Life gave us their first boat so we

795
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,559
could start and then we bought better

796
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:28,559
boats and now we're giving one of our

797
00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:31,120
boats to another club and the same will

798
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,320
probably

799
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,149
>> very much pay it forward and the same

800
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:34,159
» very much pay it forward and the same

801
00:33:34,159 --> 00:33:36,799
will likely happen. Uh it unfortunately

802
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:38,799
it did not happen with the trailer. We

803
00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:40,799
have to we have to buy that trailer.

804
00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:42,720
We've got another trailer for our large

805
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,240
boat. Uh, and it needed repairs, but we

806
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,399
we got a significant portion of the

807
00:33:48,399 --> 00:33:50,480
repairs for the large boat trailer

808
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,320
donated. And so we had a local welder

809
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,320
who they typically run when they see us

810
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,693
coming, but they uh they helped us

811
00:33:59,693 --> 00:34:00,720
[laughter]

812
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,399
imagine. Yeah.

813
00:34:02,399 --> 00:34:03,029
>> Thank you.

814
00:34:03,029 --> 00:34:03,039
» Thank you.

815
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:04,310
>> Any other questions?

816
00:34:04,310 --> 00:34:04,320
» Any other questions?

817
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,590
>> Great. So, is there anyone else who has

818
00:34:05,590 --> 00:34:05,600
» Great. So, is there anyone else who has

819
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,279
a question? Director McCormack.

820
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:09,109
>> Yeah. Thank you. Um, and I really

821
00:34:09,109 --> 00:34:09,119
» Yeah. Thank you. Um, and I really

822
00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:11,119
enjoyed your presentation. So, thank you

823
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:14,079
for that. And so, as well as the um

824
00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:16,560
season of good weather when you're out

825
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,720
there boating, uh, do you not have a

826
00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:20,639
fitness program as well in the winter

827
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:22,159
time

828
00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:24,000
or something like that?

829
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,470
>> Thanks, Director McCormack. We paddle uh

830
00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:26,480
» Thanks, Director McCormack. We paddle uh

831
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,800
in the season which uh depending on

832
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,599
weather uh starts usually the 1st of May

833
00:34:31,599 --> 00:34:34,639
and until race season uh which is the

834
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,560
end of end of September and we go to

835
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,839
various races with our trailers and um

836
00:34:39,839 --> 00:34:42,320
in the winter we play pickle ball in the

837
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,760
school and have uh of course and have

838
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,240
exercise programs as well. Yeah.

839
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:53,349
>> Thank you. Thank you. Cool.

840
00:34:53,349 --> 00:34:53,359
» Thank you. Thank you. Cool.

841
00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:55,359
I don't see any other hands up, but I'll

842
00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:56,399
thank you for the interesting

843
00:34:56,399 --> 00:34:58,640
presentation and we'll consider your

844
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,200
application in a future meeting.

845
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,030
>> Well, thank you for the opportunity and

846
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:03,040
» Well, thank you for the opportunity and

847
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,000
I I looking at the agenda, you've got

848
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,280
several compelling requests and and uh I

849
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,119
wish you well in your deliberations.

850
00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:12,000
Thank you.

851
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,430
>> Thank you very much. It's always a

852
00:35:13,430 --> 00:35:13,440
» Thank you very much. It's always a

853
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:14,560
challenge and it's really good to hear

854
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,320
from organizations like like yours and

855
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,160
others.

856
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,680
Okay. So, our third our fourth

857
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,680
presentation is Melinda Hourback, a

858
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,079
committee chair from the Luski Community

859
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:26,640
Association. And I believe Ms.

860
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,640
Hourback's joining us remotely

861
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,640
when she gets going on that. There she

862
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,480
is. Uh, the floor is yours. Uh, Miss

863
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,000
Hourback. You have 10 minutes and then

864
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,040
we may have some questions for you.

865
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,430
>> Well, thank you. Well, good afternoon

866
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:41,440
» Well, thank you. Well, good afternoon

867
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,839
everyone and thanks so much for this

868
00:35:43,839 --> 00:35:45,440
opportunity.

869
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,160
Um, the skiti community association was

870
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,560
established in 1971.

871
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:54,000
It's been ongoing all that time. And,

872
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,760
uh, one of the main reasons it was

873
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:57,839
established was to try to build a

874
00:35:57,839 --> 00:36:01,680
community hall. And so, back in 1971,

875
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,400
they got a LIP grant, which some of you

876
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,040
may remember from way back when, to

877
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,079
build a community hall. And it uh, we

878
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:13,119
got the foundations were put together.

879
00:36:13,119 --> 00:36:16,400
And then about 7 years later in 1977 or

880
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,960
78 we actually started building the hall

881
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,839
and that was totally a volunteer

882
00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:25,920
donations uh materials money and we got

883
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,720
the hall up and running and it's been

884
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,680
running continuously since that time and

885
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,280
it's used a lot in this community. Uh we

886
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,599
some of you directors have actually had

887
00:36:37,599 --> 00:36:39,359
come to

888
00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:41,680
uh regional director meetings in that

889
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:42,880
hall.

890
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,160
and it is a well-used building and

891
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,920
therefore it does need some ongoing uh

892
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,200
major uh renovations

893
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,599
and over the last uh since 2022 the uh

894
00:36:57,599 --> 00:36:59,920
the community association through the

895
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,079
hall building committee has had a

896
00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:06,480
strategic plan and we've done some major

897
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,280
uh renovations in terms of making it a

898
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,720
much uh warmer space through insulating

899
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:17,440
the floor and the attic and through a u

900
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,200
joint effort with the uh fires smart

901
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,359
program through the regional district,

902
00:37:23,359 --> 00:37:27,040
we got metal skirting around the the

903
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,079
hall to make it more fires safe.

904
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:34,000
And then uh just uh a little more than a

905
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,480
year and a half ago, we did a very major

906
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,839
kitchen renovation which was entirely uh

907
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:43,920
financed through uh donations and and of

908
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,720
course in all these endeavors there's uh

909
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,440
the main part of the uh labor work is

910
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,680
all volunteer.

911
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,040
And so, uh, today what I'm asking you

912
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,680
for is $5,000

913
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,560
to go towards the last item on that

914
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,440
strategic plan that we developed. We

915
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,520
have a small room that we call the

916
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,160
meeting room. And it's a place where

917
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,119
people can have some activities, small

918
00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:14,960
group activities or meetings. And that

919
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,960
uh

920
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,760
room, the meeting room, it floor needs

921
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,320
some major attention in that it was an

922
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,680
add-on after the major part of the hall

923
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:29,520
was built. And now the foundations it it

924
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,160
is sitting on, they are slowly sinking

925
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,520
into the ground. And so we need to do

926
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,880
some very remedial work on those bottom

927
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,520
foundations. We need new peers and some

928
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,200
joists. And that's it's also going to uh

929
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,160
entail doing some residing on the

930
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,480
outside because there's been major rot

931
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,240
occurring now with that siding. And uh

932
00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,640
we've looked into uh what it's going to

933
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,560
take to do this. and our uh request to

934
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,800
you for $5,000 will be matched by funds

935
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:08,400
from the skiti community associ

936
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,640
amount of $5,000

937
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:15,200
and uh our volunteer uh labor of course

938
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,880
will u match all those amounts as well.

939
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,440
We we're really lucky that way. And uh

940
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,560
just to let you know that we just have

941
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,560
uh

942
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,839
a minimum of 20 or 30 events that go on

943
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:34,560
throughout the year either weekly,

944
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:40,000
monthly, annually. It is a wellused and

945
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,480
uh cherished building. It's entirely

946
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,240
owned by the community association.

947
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,119
uh we come up with all everything that's

948
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:52,880
required to keep it running through our

949
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,680
rentals or and our

950
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,920
and our fundraising

951
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:02,000
and I would ask you to consider our

952
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,760
application kindly.

953
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,910
>> Great. Thank you very Thank you, Miss

954
00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:07,920
» Great. Thank you very Thank you, Miss

955
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,359
Alber. Does anyone have any questions

956
00:40:09,359 --> 00:40:11,680
besides myself? I'll ask a question but

957
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,079
uh if I see any else raise their hand.

958
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,680
So I'll ask a question just for

959
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,359
clarification. I assume this is the this

960
00:40:17,359 --> 00:40:19,359
is the what's called the al cove. Maybe

961
00:40:19,359 --> 00:40:21,359
for the benefit of the committee the

962
00:40:21,359 --> 00:40:23,440
question is what other things happen? I

963
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:24,880
mean I know I've used it for meetings.

964
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,480
It's uh you know you can enter in you

965
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,400
can close it off a bit. There's a stove

966
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,040
there but is it used for it's called the

967
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,160
meeting room but is it you know what

968
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,240
else is it used for?

969
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,550
>> Uh well there are small groups uh who

970
00:40:36,550 --> 00:40:36,560
» Uh well there are small groups uh who

971
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,079
may get together for uh yoga. It's a

972
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:45,119
nice small space for yoga. Um there's uh

973
00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:46,960
a medit I believe there's some

974
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:50,880
meditation group that uses it. Um and

975
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,119
it's uh

976
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:57,359
the uh it's often uh often we have small

977
00:40:57,359 --> 00:40:59,119
meetings there like the uh the hall

978
00:40:59,119 --> 00:41:00,800
building committee meets in there fairly

979
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,720
often [laughter]

980
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,599
uh every other month to to six weeks and

981
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:07,440
and other small groups like that. you

982
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,680
know, groups of up to 10 people are

983
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,319
easily accommodated in there and use it,

984
00:41:12,319 --> 00:41:13,920
especially in the winter because you can

985
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,880
heat it. The hall itself is a very large

986
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,720
building,

987
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,630
>> right? So, and I and my understanding, I

988
00:41:20,630 --> 00:41:20,640
» right? So, and I and my understanding, I

989
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:21,760
mean, by use of the hall, it's the

990
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,800
easiest room to heat in the winter for

991
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,560
something short, right? If you can fit

992
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,319
it in there, you do if you can't fit it

993
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:29,680
in there, you have to get there earlier

994
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,839
and heat the whole building. So,

995
00:41:31,839 --> 00:41:34,309
>> that's correct. Yes. Oh, and uh when we

996
00:41:34,309 --> 00:41:34,319
» that's correct. Yes. Oh, and uh when we

997
00:41:34,319 --> 00:41:36,720
have the elections, because it's also

998
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:40,800
used as the uh uh polling station, uh

999
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,599
oftent times it the meeting room can be

1000
00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:45,359
closed off because most elections tend

1001
00:41:45,359 --> 00:41:48,800
to be in uh colder times of the year and

1002
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,119
so we can actually have the actual

1003
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:53,280
polling booths right in the meeting room

1004
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,319
and it's a warmer space.

1005
00:41:56,319 --> 00:41:58,069
>> That's great. Thank you very much for

1006
00:41:58,069 --> 00:41:58,079
» That's great. Thank you very much for

1007
00:41:58,079 --> 00:41:59,280
that. Is there are there any other

1008
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,839
questions? Uh, Director Linux,

1009
00:42:01,839 --> 00:42:03,589
>> chair, just quickly, I'm not I think it

1010
00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:03,599
» chair, just quickly, I'm not I think it

1011
00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:05,520
might be more for you, but I'm wondering

1012
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,839
how we get this kind of work done for 15

1013
00:42:07,839 --> 00:42:11,200
grand because uh that seems like a

1014
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,680
pretty good deal to me. So,

1015
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,270
>> yeah. Well, I'll let I mean, I'll I'll

1016
00:42:15,270 --> 00:42:15,280
» yeah. Well, I'll let I mean, I'll I'll

1017
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,560
try to address it when it comes to our

1018
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,440
meeting, but but we have Mazour back

1019
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:20,960
here. I'll let her explain what the

1020
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,640
whole how the whole committee figures

1021
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,160
they can do anything for this amount of

1022
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,280
money. So,

1023
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,829
>> yeah, I believe it. Yeah.

1024
00:42:27,829 --> 00:42:27,839
» yeah, I believe it. Yeah.

1025
00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:30,640
Well, um it is a fairly small space.

1026
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:34,160
What is it? It's uh it's something like

1027
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,839
uh 20 by it's not 20 by 10. So, it's

1028
00:42:37,839 --> 00:42:40,000
it's probably 20 by8.

1029
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,510
>> And as I say, the uh the volunteer labor

1030
00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:43,520
» And as I say, the uh the volunteer labor

1031
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:47,200
compon component is always free. We

1032
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,560
really get and uh if we ever need to use

1033
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,760
uh a machine, that's usually the uh

1034
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,680
machine operators are willing to help us

1035
00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:01,040
out. Uh and then uh we uh we have a

1036
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:05,599
small amount of uh materials on site

1037
00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:08,079
right now because we did some tree

1038
00:43:08,079 --> 00:43:12,160
falling and and lumber milling on site.

1039
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,119
So we have some materials such as for

1040
00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:18,640
making the girders and the uh the posts

1041
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,359
and items like that.

1042
00:43:21,359 --> 00:43:23,510
>> I suspect it as much. Thank you.

1043
00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:23,520
» I suspect it as much. Thank you.

1044
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,349
>> Great. Yeah. Thanks. lots of donation

1045
00:43:25,349 --> 00:43:25,359
» Great. Yeah. Thanks. lots of donation

1046
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:27,440
donated time donated materials but uh

1047
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,599
yeah it is amazing

1048
00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:32,319
you know a modest budget for a project

1049
00:43:32,319 --> 00:43:34,400
like that so I don't see any other hands

1050
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,560
up so thank you miss hourback um we'll

1051
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,160
consider the request at a future meeting

1052
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,359
and uh that was very good to hear from

1053
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:42,800
you

1054
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,870
>> okay well thank you very much it's

1055
00:43:44,870 --> 00:43:44,880
» okay well thank you very much it's

1056
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,000
pleasure to do this

1057
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,390
>> okay our fifth delegation is Joyce

1058
00:43:50,390 --> 00:43:50,400
» okay our fifth delegation is Joyce

1059
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,720
Carlson Cathette Festival of Performing

1060
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,240
Arts And it looks like Miss Carlson's in

1061
00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:58,480
the audience. So the when you get to

1062
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,880
your the delegation's table, the floor

1063
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,400
is yours for 10 minutes and then we'll

1064
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,240
ask some questions.

1065
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:07,510
>> Thank you very much for this opportunity

1066
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:07,520
» Thank you very much for this opportunity

1067
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,880
to present to the regional district.

1068
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,880
My name is Joyce Carlson as you've been

1069
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told and I'm here on behalf of our chair

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Mel Monroe who's not available to

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attend. And uh we just I have a short we

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have a short video to show you. This is

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00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,960
a video that was prepared for a

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00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,440
presentation last year to the city of

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00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:32,000
Pal River um council. So there's like a

1076
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,440
little bit of math that needs to be

1077
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,480
done, but um it this gives some history

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00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,635
of the festival.

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00:44:39,635 --> 00:44:44,710
[music]

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Dwight Hall was the venue for [music]

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the first Paul River Music Festival in

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00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:52,480
1945. And this February, the 81st event

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00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,480
will [music] take place.

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The festival is the oldest continuing

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00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,000
cultural event in the area.

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00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,520
Thousands of feet have crossed the

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festival stages over the past decades

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00:45:03,216 --> 00:45:03,920
[music]

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00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,800
from kindergarten performers to seniors.

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00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,480
All of them sharing their love of

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performing arts with appreciative

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00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:12,400
audiences.

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00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,400
In addition, so many teachers have

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00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:15,680
shared their passion with those

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00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,599
performers and parents have encouraged

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and supported their youngsters.

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00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:23,280
After its beginnings, the festival

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00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:24,800
received [music] a name change from

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00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,040
music festival to festival of the

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00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,680
performing arts and another name change

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00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,319
occurred from Paul River to chat [music]

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in the spirit of reconciliation.

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It now takes place in three venues.

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[music]

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00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,560
James Hall at Paul River Academy of

1106
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,359
Music, Max Cameron Theater at Brooks

1107
00:45:43,359 --> 00:45:46,240
Secondary School, and Evergreen Theater

1108
00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:49,721
at the Paul Rivercreation Complex.

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00:45:49,721 --> 00:45:49,910
>> [music]

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» [music]

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00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,390
>> Former mayor Stuart Algard as a young

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00:45:52,390 --> 00:45:52,400
» Former mayor Stuart Algard as a young

1113
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,961
boy participated in piano at the first

1114
00:45:54,961 --> 00:45:58,160
[music] ever festival in 1945 and as a

1115
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,201
teenager in subsequent years with his

1116
00:46:00,201 --> 00:46:02,800
[music] high school band.

1117
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,119
Canadian astronaut Robert Thurk once

1118
00:46:05,119 --> 00:46:07,280
played piano in the festival as did

1119
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,160
renowned pianist Don Thompson. While

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00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,839
there was one adjudicator for all

1121
00:46:11,839 --> 00:46:14,720
disciplines in 1945, there is now an

1122
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:17,680
adjudicator for each. [music] A group of

1123
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,520
community volunteers organized the

1124
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:21,520
festival until the nights of Pythus and

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00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,040
the Python [music] sisters took over

1126
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,440
that task.

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00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:27,280
When the Python organizations were not

1128
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,599
able to continue, a group of festival

1129
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,800
supporters carried on until 2003

1130
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,640
when the women issued a call for

1131
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,520
assistance [music] from the community.

1132
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,520
That call was answered by the Rotary

1133
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,760
Club of Paul River.

1134
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,119
members took [music] on the task of

1135
00:46:43,119 --> 00:46:44,880
leading the organizing committee and

1136
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:46,480
have been assisted ever since by

1137
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,960
community volunteers who understood the

1138
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:52,319
workings of the festival.

1139
00:46:52,319 --> 00:46:53,680
Organizing committee [music] members

1140
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,520
include Rotarians and community

1141
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,359
volunteers for the event that features

1142
00:46:57,359 --> 00:47:01,520
performers in piano, strings,

1143
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,920
vocal and coral,

1144
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,079
speech arts,

1145
00:47:06,079 --> 00:47:07,680
dance

1146
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,040
as well as band and [music]

1147
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,359
instrumental.

1148
00:47:11,359 --> 00:47:13,520
Not knowing much about music, Rotarians

1149
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,760
applied the 4-way test which guides the

1150
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:19,200
international organization of 133,000

1151
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,760
clubs and more than 1.3 million [music]

1152
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,960
members around the world. Service above

1153
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,119
self is its motto and members undertake

1154
00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:28,720
a multitude of community and

1155
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:31,247
international projects.

1156
00:47:31,247 --> 00:47:32,079
[music]

1157
00:47:32,079 --> 00:47:34,079
All regular sessions of the festival are

1158
00:47:34,079 --> 00:47:36,319
open to the public and free of charge

1159
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:38,319
with donations gratefully accepted to

1160
00:47:38,319 --> 00:47:41,280
assist with expenses.

1161
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,880
Each festival [music] concludes with a

1162
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,960
grand concert that shows samples of all

1163
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,440
of the disciplines. Some performers are

1164
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:49,280
recommended to attend the annual

1165
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,040
Performing Arts BC [music] Provincial

1166
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,440
Festival, which this community hosted in

1167
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:57,448
1997 and 2015.

1168
00:47:57,448 --> 00:47:59,440
[music] Many performers in the festival

1169
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,200
have gone on to make a living performing

1170
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:02,960
or teaching, continuing [music] to

1171
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,720
follow their passion for performing

1172
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:07,040
arts.

1173
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:08,880
The committee is grateful to the Cath

1174
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,599
Arts Council, the city of Pal River,

1175
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:14,560
Cathet School District 47, and Cath

1176
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,640
Regional District for their continuing

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00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,440
financial and inind support for this

1178
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:25,603
impactful [music] festival.

1179
00:48:25,613 --> 00:48:27,040
[music]

1180
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:28,870
>> That tells you a little bit about the

1181
00:48:28,870 --> 00:48:28,880
» That tells you a little bit about the

1182
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,440
history. So it has been continuously

1183
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:35,680
operating since 1945. Even through co we

1184
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:40,240
held our grand concert on March 8th 2020

1185
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:43,119
and the world shut down on March 12th.

1186
00:48:43,119 --> 00:48:47,359
So in 2021 we held it virtually. So all

1187
00:48:47,359 --> 00:48:49,920
of the competitions were videoed and

1188
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,760
those videos were sent to adjudicators

1189
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,480
from Toronto and all you know throughout

1190
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:00,079
Canada and we were back fullon in in

1191
00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:04,880
2022. So, and even me and perhaps Rob,

1192
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,440
we I performed at a festival of

1193
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,839
performing arts when I was a student at

1194
00:49:09,839 --> 00:49:12,800
Cranberry Lake Elementary School. So um

1195
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,359
it has it has a deep history in the

1196
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:20,240
community and um as was mentioned uh the

1197
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:22,319
women who were looking after it couldn't

1198
00:49:22,319 --> 00:49:24,480
do it anymore and they came to a number

1199
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of community organizations

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00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:30,960
and um they came to Rotary and we said

1201
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,760
um we would consider it. I took it to

1202
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,079
the club. I was president at the time.

1203
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:39,119
Um it's not very democratic but the vote

1204
00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:41,760
was 2523 not to do it. But I said I

1205
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,000
didn't care. We're doing it anyway. Uh

1206
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,880
and I ended up chairing the committee

1207
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:50,000
for 21 years. Um which was which was

1208
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,520
joyful.

1209
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,480
So as mentioned at one point most of the

1210
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,160
organizing committee was made up of

1211
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,000
Rotarians who knew nothing about

1212
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,200
syllabuses or music or anything. We just

1213
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,880
we just knew we can organize things. And

1214
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,079
so now it's flipped again and um it's

1215
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:10,800
we're bringing on new members and it's

1216
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,040
changed now to majority community

1217
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,000
members. And uh our festival is based on

1218
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,319
the fundamental idea of providing all

1219
00:50:18,319 --> 00:50:20,240
participants with the best possible

1220
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:22,640
support for their artistic development.

1221
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,280
And we're strongly committed to the

1222
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,680
philosophy that performance is a vital

1223
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:29,920
opportunity to learn and pursue

1224
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:34,480
excellence. In 2026, a total of 1,200

1225
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,119
people from kindergarten to seniors were

1226
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:41,599
registered. We had 120 volunteer spots

1227
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:43,280
that were filled by members of the

1228
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:44,880
community, committee members, and

1229
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:48,319
Rotarians. They are greeters, ushers,

1230
00:50:48,319 --> 00:50:51,280
door, guardians, large school group

1231
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:52,880
marshers, which we used to call

1232
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,800
wranglers, but some people didn't like

1233
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,800
that. But if you've ever been around by

1234
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:58,069
>> the kids,

1235
00:50:58,069 --> 00:50:58,079
» the kids,

1236
00:50:58,079 --> 00:51:01,670
>> three or 400 kids descend on the uh

1237
00:51:01,670 --> 00:51:01,680
» three or 400 kids descend on the uh

1238
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:03,760
Evergreen Theater, you understand. But

1239
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,000
marshalls apparently, it's a better

1240
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,720
term. Um they're also ticket takers and

1241
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:11,440
sellers for the grand concert. And our

1242
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,520
organizing committee has been extremely

1243
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,200
grateful for the generous support of

1244
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,119
Cassette Regional District for many

1245
00:51:17,119 --> 00:51:21,599
years. So, um, we're here asking for for

1246
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:23,680
more money and I just want to explain

1247
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,800
some things why, like we are asking for

1248
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,319
$3,000 a year and um, for not this year

1249
00:51:30,319 --> 00:51:33,280
because we have 750. So, it would only

1250
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:39,520
be only be 20250 2250. So we we had we

1251
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:41,920
for our registration system it's if you

1252
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,000
saw the syllabus that word that not

1253
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,640
everybody knows the meaning of but um

1254
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,839
there's a lot of different places where

1255
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:53,440
people enter enter the festival in in

1256
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,520
those six categories but within those

1257
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,920
categories there are multiple categories

1258
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,480
and registration needs to be taken and

1259
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:03,440
money taken in and and the whole

1260
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,920
schedule done and we contracted with a

1261
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,400
company named select Paris who was very

1262
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:12,079
good um for art for for several years

1263
00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:14,960
and then out of the blue

1264
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:18,000
it it dissolved it went away. It had a

1265
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,480
lot of festivals connected to it and it

1266
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,359
couldn't continue and we tried to

1267
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:25,680
extract our data and our data wasn't

1268
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:29,040
available. So, so we had to we had to

1269
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,800
like rebuild everything from nothing.

1270
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:36,790
>> And um so that was that was quite the

1271
00:52:36,790 --> 00:52:36,800
» And um so that was that was quite the

1272
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:38,480
chore.

1273
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:42,240
And other things have happened too. Um

1274
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:44,559
as in as in everything, our costs have

1275
00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:47,200
increased over the past three years. And

1276
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,319
that whole Solaris thing really had an

1277
00:52:50,319 --> 00:52:52,240
impact on us because like a lot of

1278
00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:55,760
organizations we tried to keep um money

1279
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:59,200
aside so that if something happened we

1280
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:02,160
would still be able to um to continue

1281
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:06,640
but so there's increases in venues um

1282
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:10,400
adjudicators uh travel costs like

1283
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,160
there's ever there's been an increase.

1284
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,440
So um we and we have a we have a paid

1285
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,119
person. We're very lucky to have this

1286
00:53:17,119 --> 00:53:20,800
paid person and we really the festival

1287
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,040
organizing committee runs from like

1288
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,200
September to March and then disappears

1289
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,559
and so we pay somebody on an hourly rate

1290
00:53:28,559 --> 00:53:30,960
um to help and we're looking at becoming

1291
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,240
a registered society so that um there

1292
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:36,319
are more opportunities for us to bring

1293
00:53:36,319 --> 00:53:39,680
money in because basically now it's the

1294
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,079
people that were up there support us and

1295
00:53:42,079 --> 00:53:45,359
also the fees that people pay to enter

1296
00:53:45,359 --> 00:53:48,400
it. So, uh the you have the full

1297
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:52,240
application for you to pursue and um

1298
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:54,480
once again we're very appreciative of

1299
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,800
the uh support that we've had and we

1300
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,280
want to tell you how happy we are um

1301
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:01,839
with that support and I'm happy to

1302
00:54:01,839 --> 00:54:03,760
answer any questions. And there we go.

1303
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:05,760
Three seconds.

1304
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:07,829
>> Most excellent. Thank you very much with

1305
00:54:07,829 --> 00:54:07,839
» Most excellent. Thank you very much with

1306
00:54:07,839 --> 00:54:10,400
the video with the video and everything

1307
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,790
>> public speaking contest and you had to

1308
00:54:12,790 --> 00:54:12,800
» public speaking contest and you had to

1309
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,760
be within five or

1310
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,829
>> right on the right on the bell. Uh so

1311
00:54:17,829 --> 00:54:17,839
» right on the right on the bell. Uh so

1312
00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:20,880
are there any questions for Miss Carlson

1313
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,839
from around the table?

1314
00:54:23,839 --> 00:54:26,800
Uh I don't see any. I think it's a it's

1315
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,200
a seems like a really great uh

1316
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:30,800
organization and you know we've talked

1317
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,240
about it. We funded it over the years.

1318
00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:34,319
So uh well thank you very much for

1319
00:54:34,319 --> 00:54:35,520
coming before us and presenting that.

1320
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,559
We'll take it into consideration when uh

1321
00:54:38,559 --> 00:54:40,240
when this comes up at our upcoming

1322
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:41,119
meetings.

1323
00:54:41,119 --> 00:54:42,230
>> Okay. Thank you very much.

1324
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:42,240
» Okay. Thank you very much.

1325
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:44,230
>> I know it's um it's always difficult to

1326
00:54:44,230 --> 00:54:44,240
» I know it's um it's always difficult to

1327
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:47,440
make decisions. So, it's appreciated.

1328
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:49,829
>> So, our item the representative or the

1329
00:54:49,829 --> 00:54:49,839
» So, our item the representative or the

1330
00:54:49,839 --> 00:54:53,119
delegate for item 3.6 uh isn't with us

1331
00:54:53,119 --> 00:54:55,359
if I understand correctly. So, we'll

1332
00:54:55,359 --> 00:54:58,319
move on to item 3.7 which is delegate

1333
00:54:58,319 --> 00:55:01,040
delegation 3.7 which is Mac. Fraser,

1334
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,960
community coordinator. Everybody

1335
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,119
deserves a smile. And I believe Mr.

1336
00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:10,160
Fraser is coming before us to the front.

1337
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:11,680
The floor is yours, Mr. Fraser. You have

1338
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:13,680
10 minutes and then we may very well

1339
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,040
have some questions for you.

1340
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:16,870
>> Thank you very much, Chair Falls. Nice

1341
00:55:16,870 --> 00:55:16,880
» Thank you very much, Chair Falls. Nice

1342
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,960
to see everyone today. Thank you for

1343
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,520
allowing this delegation. I've sat

1344
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:23,680
before you for a number of times. We've

1345
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:26,160
been doing this for seven years. Um, I

1346
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:27,760
think it's fair to say the board knows

1347
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,240
about everybody deserves a smile. But

1348
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:32,240
today, I've brought something special. A

1349
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:34,079
product.

1350
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:37,280
Drew Boyd has been involved with

1351
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,040
Everybody Deserves a Smile since she was

1352
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,720
in grade two and now she's in grade

1353
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:43,119
eight. And I'm going to give you just a

1354
00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:44,468
bit of mechanics and then Drew

1355
00:55:44,468 --> 00:55:45,280
[clears throat] is going to tell you

1356
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,280
what she's learned because you deserve

1357
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:49,599
to see what the outcome is of your

1358
00:55:49,599 --> 00:55:51,839
financial investment.

1359
00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:54,559
So start off with thanks for the seven

1360
00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:56,480
years you've allowed us to operate and

1361
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:59,440
provided us financial assistance.

1362
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,200
The purpose of Everybody Deserves a

1363
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,359
Smile is a nonprofit organization and

1364
00:56:03,359 --> 00:56:06,400
community program that through education

1365
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,319
instills a sense of empathy and

1366
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:10,240
understanding to break down the barriers

1367
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:12,240
faced by community members who are

1368
00:56:12,240 --> 00:56:14,480
vulnerable and experiencing economic

1369
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,440
health and housing challenges.

1370
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:19,760
How we teach our children is how society

1371
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:21,760
will act.

1372
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:24,240
The educational component. The program

1373
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:25,920
achieves its objectives through an

1374
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:27,680
extensive educational component for

1375
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:29,760
elementary school students and an

1376
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,920
associated assembly and distribution of

1377
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,319
kindness bags with warm clothing,

1378
00:56:34,319 --> 00:56:36,160
cookies, and a handwritten note for the

1379
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:37,599
students and the vulnerable community

1380
00:56:37,599 --> 00:56:40,400
members. It's very easy to look at what

1381
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,599
we do and just see kindness bags come

1382
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:47,200
up. But the educational component is

1383
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,480
perhaps even more important because it

1384
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,119
will instill a lifelong objective in

1385
00:56:53,119 --> 00:56:55,680
people.

1386
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,160
Um the kindest bags get into the

1387
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,200
mechanics. In 2025, 516 bags are

1388
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:02,880
distributed through the cadet region

1389
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:07,119
including Texa and the Kohama nation.

1390
00:57:07,119 --> 00:57:09,280
So I come to you with good news and bad

1391
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:11,359
news. The bad news is we still need to

1392
00:57:11,359 --> 00:57:14,319
produce the bags. There's still a large

1393
00:57:14,319 --> 00:57:16,400
number of vulnerable people in the

1394
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,119
community who need our help. But the

1395
00:57:19,119 --> 00:57:21,520
good news is it's not growing

1396
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,520
exponentially as it did initially. We

1397
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:26,079
did 100 bags the first year. We went

1398
00:57:26,079 --> 00:57:29,280
through 200, 300, 400. We're looking to

1399
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:32,400
do 550 this year and that seems to be

1400
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,164
still filling the need. The cost

1401
00:57:35,164 --> 00:57:37,440
[clears throat] per bag has changed. The

1402
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,400
cost now is approximately $37 and the

1403
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:44,880
total budget for 2025 with 19,775

1404
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,000
with $7,800 of commute contributions in

1405
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,240
kind from the community.

1406
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:53,440
The 2026 budget is 20,100

1407
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,440
and is enclosed in the application for

1408
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:57,760
your information. So, we're not seeing a

1409
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:00,240
big rise, but inflation is hitting

1410
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,520
everybody. In 2026,

1411
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,000
we are looking to produce 550 kindness

1412
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:07,520
bags,

1413
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,119
continue to develop a financially

1414
00:58:09,119 --> 00:58:11,280
sustainable framework through increased

1415
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,680
community awareness of the project and

1416
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,720
associated donations, and thereby reduce

1417
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:18,480
dependency on charities or grants for

1418
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:20,240
augmenting the budget. I've sat before

1419
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:23,680
you previously and said we would like to

1420
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,359
have some money now, but we're working

1421
00:58:25,359 --> 00:58:27,599
to asking you for less as the future

1422
00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:30,079
goes on. And we're going to account for

1423
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:33,280
the impact of inflation.

1424
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:35,280
So this year, we're asking for financial

1425
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,839
assistance of $1,500, which is down from

1426
00:58:37,839 --> 00:58:41,119
the $2,500 we asked for previously and

1427
00:58:41,119 --> 00:58:44,240
gladly received from you. EDS Cassette

1428
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:45,680
has moved towards greater financial

1429
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:48,079
sustainability in the past two years by

1430
00:58:48,079 --> 00:58:50,240
adding to its reserve funds to improve

1431
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:53,599
project cash flow. The EDAS Cassette

1432
00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:56,640
reserve fund is currently at $16,000

1433
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:00,640
which is $4,000 more than 2025 and and

1434
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:02,400
has resulted in a lower request for

1435
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:03,920
funding.

1436
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,319
So, as I said, the need is still there.

1437
00:59:06,319 --> 00:59:09,359
That's not good news, but we're getting

1438
00:59:09,359 --> 00:59:11,440
greater contributions directly from the

1439
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:12,799
community.

1440
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:14,720
We had a low. You've heard Joyce talk

1441
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:18,400
about the impact of um pandemic. We had

1442
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:21,119
a low in giving through the pandemic. It

1443
00:59:21,119 --> 00:59:23,119
appears to be close to back to previous

1444
00:59:23,119 --> 00:59:25,920
levels which we're quite excited about.

1445
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:27,920
And the establishment of of a donated

1446
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,240
articles reserve has also been

1447
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:31,920
successful and be further developed in

1448
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:34,720
the next few years. So, thank you very

1449
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,920
much. Now, more excitingly, Drew is

1450
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,520
going to tell you what she's learned in

1451
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,839
being part of EAS.

1452
00:59:41,839 --> 00:59:46,240
I've been with EDIs for eight years,

1453
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:48,160
seven years. Seven.

1454
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:51,349
>> Um, when it first came, my mom and my

1455
00:59:51,349 --> 00:59:51,359
» Um, when it first came, my mom and my

1456
00:59:51,359 --> 00:59:55,680
family helped out and they continue to.

1457
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,079
I've learned a lot through it. I feel

1458
00:59:58,079 --> 00:59:59,839
like you can't get a better feeling than

1459
00:59:59,839 --> 01:00:01,680
when you read one of the letters that we

1460
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:04,240
get saying that this is the only

1461
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:06,799
Christmas present some people get.

1462
01:00:06,799 --> 01:00:08,880
Uh this year I've taken on a bigger role

1463
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:11,760
with it and I helped co-present the

1464
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,319
kickoff assembly for all the schools

1465
01:00:14,319 --> 01:00:16,160
this year.

1466
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:18,400
Um today I was telling one of my friends

1467
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,880
that I was coming and she said I love

1468
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,520
doing that in elementary

1469
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,760
and she really wish she could still do

1470
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:29,200
it. So it really shows how much the

1471
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,240
people who are involved have felt and

1472
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:37,829
how much they loved it.

1473
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:41,359
Thank you very much, chair. Back to you.

1474
01:00:41,359 --> 01:00:43,030
>> Well, thank you. Thank you both for your

1475
01:00:43,030 --> 01:00:43,040
» Well, thank you. Thank you both for your

1476
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:44,720
presentations. That was uh very

1477
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,119
heartfelt to hear. I would like to ask

1478
01:00:47,119 --> 01:00:49,280
if anyone around the table has any

1479
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:50,799
questions.

1480
01:00:50,799 --> 01:00:52,309
>> Um

1481
01:00:52,309 --> 01:00:52,319
» Um

1482
01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:53,599
Director Lennox, go ahead.

1483
01:00:53,599 --> 01:00:55,510
>> Thanks, J. Thank you sort of answered

1484
01:00:55,510 --> 01:00:55,520
» Thanks, J. Thank you sort of answered

1485
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,920
it. I mean, I I was wondering like you

1486
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,000
you seem to be getting a fair commitment

1487
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:03,040
from probably retailers and others in

1488
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,480
the community, but $1,500 for cookies or

1489
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,040
is there any, you know, um is that been

1490
01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:11,040
escalating or you said it's plateaued

1491
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:12,160
now and we're

1492
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:15,750
>> we just have to keep kind of at that or

1493
01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:15,760
» we just have to keep kind of at that or

1494
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:16,799
everybody thinks everything's

1495
01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:17,920
escalating, right?

1496
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:18,230
>> Yeah,

1497
01:01:18,230 --> 01:01:18,240
» Yeah,

1498
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:19,990
>> we probably peaked in what we would ask

1499
01:01:19,990 --> 01:01:20,000
» we probably peaked in what we would ask

1500
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:21,920
you for. I think in the last two years

1501
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,400
we asked for 2500. We're quite excited

1502
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,680
that we're getting more direct in in

1503
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:29,359
donations to reduce the cost.

1504
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:29,910
>> Okay.

1505
01:01:29,910 --> 01:01:29,920
» Okay.

1506
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,750
>> So, there are still some expenses, but

1507
01:01:31,750 --> 01:01:31,760
» So, there are still some expenses, but

1508
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,359
we have a wonderful support from the

1509
01:01:33,359 --> 01:01:37,680
community. Um, EDAS defines what who

1510
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:39,920
needs to get bags through 11 existing

1511
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:42,640
support agencies, and we have about the

1512
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:46,799
same number of commercial and nonprofit

1513
01:01:46,799 --> 01:01:50,960
supporters. Um, as an example, um, fire

1514
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,359
departments help us distribute

1515
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:58,160
um the bags to the support agencies. Um

1516
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:01,119
we start with uh phone calls out to 11

1517
01:02:01,119 --> 01:02:03,440
support agencies in September and they

1518
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:05,280
give us numbers and we go from there and

1519
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:08,079
produce it. So it's very involved. It's

1520
01:02:08,079 --> 01:02:11,760
wonderfully getting to be old hat.

1521
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:14,069
>> It's like oh it's that time of year. Of

1522
01:02:14,069 --> 01:02:14,079
» It's like oh it's that time of year. Of

1523
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:15,280
course we're going to support.

1524
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:17,270
>> Yeah. We have excellent support and I

1525
01:02:17,270 --> 01:02:17,280
» Yeah. We have excellent support and I

1526
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:19,520
have to without it the number one

1527
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:22,640
supporter it's not so obvious is school

1528
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:26,559
district 47. They cover all the staff

1529
01:02:26,559 --> 01:02:28,559
expenses. The curriculum has been

1530
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:31,040
changed and continues to evolve and they

1531
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:33,680
do the educational component completely.

1532
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:35,839
So they are

1533
01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:41,829
a huge partner to us.

1534
01:02:41,839 --> 01:02:43,920
» Great. Uh well I I have one question. I

1535
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:45,599
don't see anyone else's hands up and and

1536
01:02:45,599 --> 01:02:47,520
I'll try to avoid uh pontificating

1537
01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:49,280
because that's not the point of this of

1538
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:51,280
course very I'll just pre preface it by

1539
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:52,640
saying you know I would it'd be nice to

1540
01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:55,119
have some such an uh event organization

1541
01:02:55,119 --> 01:02:57,839
on luski in areas that aren't served. So

1542
01:02:57,839 --> 01:03:00,319
question I have is as I understand EDAS

1543
01:03:00,319 --> 01:03:03,839
as a as a there's a cath edit of a a

1544
01:03:03,839 --> 01:03:05,440
parent organization or I shouldn't say a

1545
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,200
bit of a there's a parent organization.

1546
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,119
What role does that parent organization

1547
01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:11,440
have to help facilitate? I mean your

1548
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:14,079
your organization seems pretty self

1549
01:03:14,079 --> 01:03:16,880
organized. So how much does that bigger

1550
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:20,880
organization uh EDAS of Canada does it

1551
01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:23,599
help um you do what you do?

1552
01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:26,630
>> Um we are largely independent. Um we're

1553
01:03:26,630 --> 01:03:26,640
» Um we are largely independent. Um we're

1554
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:29,280
the the second biggest chapter the Komox

1555
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:33,200
Valley being the first. Um the the EDAS

1556
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,039
mothership as we call it in the Kmox

1557
01:03:35,039 --> 01:03:38,640
Valley um distributes

1558
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:43,680
um Campbell River, Naimo, Red Deer, uh

1559
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:47,920
Vancouver, Lower East Side. Um so it it

1560
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:50,079
it provides support to us, but I think

1561
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:53,359
it's fair to say in seven years um we

1562
01:03:53,359 --> 01:03:55,200
we've grown to the part that we're not

1563
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:58,319
really drawing very much from it. So,

1564
01:03:58,319 --> 01:04:00,400
um, we have had discussions in the past.

1565
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,559
We need to advance them more about

1566
01:04:02,559 --> 01:04:05,760
reaching down to, but as I just said,

1567
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:08,400
school district 47 is a big part of our

1568
01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,839
project. We need to um advance it in a

1569
01:04:11,839 --> 01:04:14,799
different school system on Mosquite,

1570
01:04:14,799 --> 01:04:16,630
>> right? Yes, of course, it's Qualcomm.

1571
01:04:16,630 --> 01:04:16,640
» right? Yes, of course, it's Qualcomm.

1572
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:19,359
Um, okay. Thank Thank you for that. And

1573
01:04:19,359 --> 01:04:21,359
that's, you know, bigger discussions.

1574
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:23,280
And I was just told I missed Director

1575
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:25,680
Southcott had a question so I will pass

1576
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:26,640
it to him.

1577
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:29,109
>> Thank you chair. I'm really familiar

1578
01:04:29,109 --> 01:04:29,119
» Thank you chair. I'm really familiar

1579
01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:31,599
with the specifics of the program and I

1580
01:04:31,599 --> 01:04:35,359
I remember initially you know having

1581
01:04:35,359 --> 01:04:37,359
worked with in the past with

1582
01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:39,920
disadvantaged populations and

1583
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:42,880
understanding how powerful kindness is.

1584
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:46,400
Um but then I didn't I didn't initially

1585
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:49,839
grasp how impactful it is for the

1586
01:04:49,839 --> 01:04:53,599
providers and especially younger people

1587
01:04:53,599 --> 01:04:57,280
but I really get that now and

1588
01:04:57,280 --> 01:04:59,119
um it's been important to me. I've

1589
01:04:59,119 --> 01:05:02,240
worked with youths for a long long time

1590
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:05,839
in various venues. I'm just wondering if

1591
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:09,119
uh is there any analogous or anything

1592
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:11,280
that carries on through Brooks and like

1593
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:14,400
older age groups

1594
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:16,720
that is has anything like connected? I

1595
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,200
know EDAS is very specific, but is there

1596
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:21,119
anything happening at Brooks that sort

1597
01:05:21,119 --> 01:05:22,079
of might be?

1598
01:05:22,079 --> 01:05:25,270
>> Um in Brooks we have the Interact Club.

1599
01:05:25,270 --> 01:05:25,280
» Um in Brooks we have the Interact Club.

1600
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:26,640
They volunteer and they help with

1601
01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:27,920
bagging day.

1602
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:28,710
>> Oh, great.

1603
01:05:28,710 --> 01:05:28,720
» Oh, great.

1604
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:30,870
>> And then also the culinary program at

1605
01:05:30,870 --> 01:05:30,880
» And then also the culinary program at

1606
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:33,359
Brooks helps make the cookies. They make

1607
01:05:33,359 --> 01:05:34,880
all the cookies.

1608
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,270
>> It's a very big project. They have the

1609
01:05:37,270 --> 01:05:37,280
» It's a very big project. They have the

1610
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:38,960
entire kitchen filled with cookies by

1611
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:39,520
the end of it.

1612
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:43,349
>> A good day to be around.

1613
01:05:43,359 --> 01:05:45,200
» It's no small task. The culinary arts

1614
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,280
department makes 2,000 cookies. Small

1615
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:50,240
cookie. We have many people who decorate

1616
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,000
them and I can tell you director Brander

1617
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:57,109
decorates a good cookie.

1618
01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:58,480
» Thank you.

1619
01:05:58,480 --> 01:05:59,990
>> Well, thank you. Thank you very much. Is

1620
01:05:59,990 --> 01:06:00,000
» Well, thank you. Thank you very much. Is

1621
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:02,799
there any other question? I don't see

1622
01:06:02,799 --> 01:06:05,039
any hands up. So, thank you for the

1623
01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:07,280
presentation, both of you, and uh we

1624
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:10,160
look forward to discussing

1625
01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:11,589
>> your request.

1626
01:06:11,589 --> 01:06:11,599
» your request.

1627
01:06:11,599 --> 01:06:14,549
>> Okay. Our agenda uh says that we had a

1628
01:06:14,549 --> 01:06:14,559
» Okay. Our agenda uh says that we had a

1629
01:06:14,559 --> 01:06:16,160
scheduled break, but I'm going to

1630
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:18,720
suggest that we carry on. We've had a

1631
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,799
cancelled delegation. We carry on and

1632
01:06:20,799 --> 01:06:22,480
I've been told the food that I can't

1633
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:25,119
participate in isn't there yet. So, um,

1634
01:06:25,119 --> 01:06:27,359
we'll carry on probably for another half

1635
01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:30,079
an hour unless someone is, uh, really

1636
01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:32,880
urgently needing a break. So, uh, for

1637
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,839
time sensitivity. Okay.

1638
01:06:35,839 --> 01:06:36,950
>> Oh,

1639
01:06:36,950 --> 01:06:36,960
» Oh,

1640
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:39,349
>> it's okay.

1641
01:06:39,349 --> 01:06:39,359
» it's okay.

1642
01:06:39,359 --> 01:06:42,789
>> Okay. So, we just had a uh, a quick uh,

1643
01:06:42,789 --> 01:06:42,799
» Okay. So, we just had a uh, a quick uh,

1644
01:06:42,799 --> 01:06:43,349
>> okay,

1645
01:06:43,349 --> 01:06:43,359
» okay,

1646
01:06:43,359 --> 01:06:43,829
>> break.

1647
01:06:43,829 --> 01:06:43,839
» break.

1648
01:06:43,839 --> 01:06:44,549
>> She's in the room.

1649
01:06:44,549 --> 01:06:44,559
» She's in the room.

1650
01:06:44,559 --> 01:06:45,430
>> She's still

1651
01:06:45,430 --> 01:06:45,440
» She's still

1652
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:46,789
>> Oh, she's in the room. Okay. So, right.

1653
01:06:46,789 --> 01:06:46,799
» Oh, she's in the room. Okay. So, right.

1654
01:06:46,799 --> 01:06:48,240
So, we'll go on to the number uh,

1655
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:51,200
delegate 3.8 eight, Nikki Listister,

1656
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:52,960
president of the Pow River Therapeutic

1657
01:06:52,960 --> 01:06:56,160
Writing Association. Um, Miss Listister,

1658
01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,799
the floor is yours uh for presentation.

1659
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:00,559
10 minutes and we'll then have some

1660
01:07:00,559 --> 01:07:05,910
questions.

1661
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:07,680
» I was just told I'd come here maybe

1662
01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:10,079
answer some questions. A little more

1663
01:07:10,079 --> 01:07:12,000
formal than what I thought I was

1664
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:13,359
getting.

1665
01:07:13,359 --> 01:07:14,870
>> You don't There's no requirement for a

1666
01:07:14,870 --> 01:07:14,880
» You don't There's no requirement for a

1667
01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:16,319
formal presentation. You don't even have

1668
01:07:16,319 --> 01:07:18,000
to say anything. But uh if you want to

1669
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:19,359
tell [laughter] us something, you got 10

1670
01:07:19,359 --> 01:07:21,280
minute up to up to 10 minutes and you

1671
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:22,480
know you

1672
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:23,829
>> tell us whatever you feel we need to

1673
01:07:23,829 --> 01:07:23,839
» tell us whatever you feel we need to

1674
01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:24,559
know.

1675
01:07:24,559 --> 01:07:26,549
>> Yeah. So we're celebrating 35 years in

1676
01:07:26,549 --> 01:07:26,559
» Yeah. So we're celebrating 35 years in

1677
01:07:26,559 --> 01:07:29,039
the community this year. Um the

1678
01:07:29,039 --> 01:07:30,480
organization started as a

1679
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,880
physiootherapist talking with a horse

1680
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:34,960
versus sitting around a table having tea

1681
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:36,480
say we need to get horses and people

1682
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:38,720
together and make this happen. And the

1683
01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:40,160
community the horse community pulled

1684
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,319
together and brought their horses up the

1685
01:07:42,319 --> 01:07:43,839
road and say here use my horse for a

1686
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:45,920
lesson. And and that's kind of how it

1687
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:49,440
started. Um, now we have we're at the

1688
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,000
Radisa Exhibition Park. We have um a

1689
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:55,680
barn. We have paddics. We have a track

1690
01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:57,200
system. If you want to get into horses

1691
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:58,799
knowing what's happening, we've created

1692
01:07:58,799 --> 01:08:02,079
a natural movement for them. Um, we have

1693
01:08:02,079 --> 01:08:03,920
our big indoor arena and we are

1694
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:07,440
servicing up to 70 students a year, but

1695
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,200
everyone wants to touch a horse and

1696
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:10,720
everyone wants to spend time with

1697
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:14,000
horses. So, we need to expand.

1698
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,560
Um,

1699
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:18,239
doesn't matter if you go on Facebook,

1700
01:08:18,239 --> 01:08:19,440
someone's asking, "Where are the horse

1701
01:08:19,440 --> 01:08:20,960
lessons? Where can my kid touch a horse?

1702
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:22,159
Where can my three-year-old touch a

1703
01:08:22,159 --> 01:08:25,359
horse?" They need to do that. And as

1704
01:08:25,359 --> 01:08:27,359
people that serve the community, people

1705
01:08:27,359 --> 01:08:28,880
that are horse people, we understand

1706
01:08:28,880 --> 01:08:32,719
that impact that horses have on um our

1707
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:34,719
students and we want to just grow and

1708
01:08:34,719 --> 01:08:37,120
expand. So, we have done a lot of work.

1709
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:39,600
We've been in the past really struggle

1710
01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:41,920
to find qualified instructors. They have

1711
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:44,159
to be what's called Cantra certified.

1712
01:08:44,159 --> 01:08:45,839
So, we this year have hired three

1713
01:08:45,839 --> 01:08:47,199
instructors that we've been working

1714
01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:49,040
really hard at getting certified and

1715
01:08:49,040 --> 01:08:50,480
they're going for testing at the end of

1716
01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:52,400
June. So, that moves us from one

1717
01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:55,120
instructor to four, which means we can

1718
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,359
expand our program. Now, our main

1719
01:08:57,359 --> 01:08:59,199
instructor is going maternity leave, but

1720
01:08:59,199 --> 01:09:02,239
that's okay because she'll be back. Um,

1721
01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:04,159
we're unique that we actually have an

1722
01:09:04,159 --> 01:09:06,560
in-house trainer as well.

1723
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:10,319
um this work is hard on our horses. Um

1724
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:12,239
more traditionally it was

1725
01:09:12,239 --> 01:09:14,239
physiootherapy, but now we're seeing a

1726
01:09:14,239 --> 01:09:17,040
lot of um students with ADHD and autism

1727
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:18,799
that need the emotional regulation that

1728
01:09:18,799 --> 01:09:21,040
the horse gives them. Horses will match

1729
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:23,839
your heartbeat. So if you get on a horse

1730
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:27,120
and you're really excitable and you

1731
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:28,560
can't settle, the horse will bring you

1732
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:31,199
down. And that's what we're seeing

1733
01:09:31,199 --> 01:09:32,480
happening all the time. But that's hard

1734
01:09:32,480 --> 01:09:34,560
on the horse. I've watched horses back

1735
01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:36,560
out of the arena and say, "No, thank

1736
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:39,759
you. Not today. That's too much for me."

1737
01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:42,000
So, we respect that in the horse, but we

1738
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:44,400
also do things on their off time to give

1739
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:46,239
them the opportunity to we call it

1740
01:09:46,239 --> 01:09:48,239
filling their bucket. So, they can go in

1741
01:09:48,239 --> 01:09:50,640
and do the class and not be depleted.

1742
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:52,159
So, in turn, we have a herd that's

1743
01:09:52,159 --> 01:09:54,080
really happy and healthy. Our vet bills

1744
01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:56,960
are down. Um, our fer bills are down.

1745
01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:58,320
They just they're able to do a little

1746
01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:00,480
bit more. They only work two classes a

1747
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:02,400
day because that's all that they can

1748
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:05,360
handle. Having that horse trainer fill

1749
01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:06,880
their buckets back up and do the right

1750
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:08,880
things with them and train our trainers

1751
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:11,280
or sorry, our volunteer horse handlers

1752
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:13,120
to speak the same language with the

1753
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:14,480
horse all the time. This always means

1754
01:10:14,480 --> 01:10:16,719
go. This always means stop has also

1755
01:10:16,719 --> 01:10:18,800
helped them be healthier and in turn

1756
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:21,840
they're safer for our students.

1757
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:25,920
So we have a basic program that um what

1758
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:27,280
you would think of therapeutic riding

1759
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:29,199
the kids come or the adults come and

1760
01:10:29,199 --> 01:10:32,239
they get on they do some stretching they

1761
01:10:32,239 --> 01:10:34,080
u follow some direction moving their

1762
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:36,480
body they go out for a trail ride stuff

1763
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:38,880
like that but we've also extended into

1764
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,440
this year having vaulting program so we

1765
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:43,360
bought this big beautiful horse from

1766
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:46,880
from Alberta for our program because um

1767
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:49,920
larger people need a bigger horse and he

1768
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:51,760
was expensive And we were very excited

1769
01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:55,040
to have him. He hates the program.

1770
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:57,510
>> So to respect the horse, what can we do

1771
01:10:57,510 --> 01:10:57,520
» So to respect the horse, what can we do

1772
01:10:57,520 --> 01:10:59,679
with him? We're going to lose money. We

1773
01:10:59,679 --> 01:11:01,199
can't do that. And he's a beautiful

1774
01:11:01,199 --> 01:11:03,920
horse. So we created a vaulting program.

1775
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:05,920
So our horse trainer and instructor got

1776
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:08,159
certified as vaultting instructors. This

1777
01:11:08,159 --> 01:11:11,280
horse loves vaultting. So he he gets

1778
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:13,280
ledged around in a circle and the kids

1779
01:11:13,280 --> 01:11:15,360
get put up. They basically do gymnastics

1780
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:18,640
on the horse. It is

1781
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:21,120
very good for their bodies. Um, if

1782
01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:22,560
you've ever heard of hypotherapy, if

1783
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:24,159
physiootherapists and stuff do that,

1784
01:11:24,159 --> 01:11:25,760
hypo they have to be certified to do

1785
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:27,440
that. We can't do that. But the moves

1786
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:29,440
are all very similar. And again, the

1787
01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:32,239
kids get all this confidence, body

1788
01:11:32,239 --> 01:11:34,320
movement, they get to um express

1789
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:36,080
themselves and they work in as a team.

1790
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:38,800
So, it's an inclusive team and we have

1791
01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:40,480
six vultures this year and we're looking

1792
01:11:40,480 --> 01:11:43,199
to expand to a second day next year and

1793
01:11:43,199 --> 01:11:44,560
that horse is loving it. So, we found

1794
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:46,800
the horse a good job and we put six more

1795
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:48,480
kids together that we could pull off a

1796
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:51,040
weight list. Um, all of our students

1797
01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:53,520
currently have to be um referred to us

1798
01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:56,000
through a doctor. That's our mandate

1799
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:58,560
with our program. So, that's how that

1800
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,440
works. We are also looking at expanding

1801
01:12:01,440 --> 01:12:04,000
um what's called EAL, so equin assisted

1802
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:05,679
learning. So, it's um personal

1803
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:07,840
development coaching leadership programs

1804
01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:10,239
using the horse. And again, some of that

1805
01:12:10,239 --> 01:12:12,000
can be done as a group and some of that

1806
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,320
can be done individual. A lot of

1807
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:16,400
facilities work with PE first

1808
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:20,320
responders, anyone suffering with PTSD,

1809
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:22,480
um

1810
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:24,320
people going through addiction, stuff

1811
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:26,719
like that. So, that's another area that

1812
01:12:26,719 --> 01:12:29,440
we're looking to expand upon. Um and it

1813
01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:32,960
gets more people touching horses.

1814
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,840
Yeah. So, I don't know what else to tell

1815
01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:38,640
you. You have any question? I could go

1816
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:40,719
forever, but

1817
01:12:40,719 --> 01:12:43,280
it's a passion for sure.

1818
01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:45,120
Thank you very much. That was uh was

1819
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:48,000
very interesting information. Um is

1820
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:49,840
there anyone who has questions? Director

1821
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:51,679
Lennox, go ahead.

1822
01:12:51,679 --> 01:12:53,590
>> Sure. Thanks, Nikki um for your

1823
01:12:53,590 --> 01:12:53,600
» Sure. Thanks, Nikki um for your

1824
01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:55,920
presentation. I have a lot of sweat up

1825
01:12:55,920 --> 01:12:58,719
there at the grounds by my past. Uh

1826
01:12:58,719 --> 01:12:59,750
>> he looks close.

1827
01:12:59,750 --> 01:12:59,760
» he looks close.

1828
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:02,950
>> Yeah. So, uh I'm just looking. So, good

1829
01:13:02,950 --> 01:13:02,960
» Yeah. So, uh I'm just looking. So, good

1830
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:04,719
rundown here. It's really part of your

1831
01:13:04,719 --> 01:13:06,719
overall program to try to achieve the

1832
01:13:06,719 --> 01:13:08,640
goal. Um and you got a whole bunch of

1833
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:09,760
ambitious goals.

1834
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:13,189
>> Yeah. and a total budget of just under

1835
01:13:13,189 --> 01:13:13,199
» Yeah. and a total budget of just under

1836
01:13:13,199 --> 01:13:15,440
400,000, right? So, it's quite an

1837
01:13:15,440 --> 01:13:18,400
operation now. So, and you're asking for

1838
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:21,120
17, I think. So, I just wanted to be

1839
01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:22,560
clear about that. And looks like you're

1840
01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:24,320
getting a lot of work done with that

1841
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:26,159
money. So,

1842
01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:26,790
>> want to make sure.

1843
01:13:26,790 --> 01:13:26,800
» want to make sure.

1844
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:29,350
>> Yeah, we're a nonprofit plus a charity.

1845
01:13:29,350 --> 01:13:29,360
» Yeah, we're a nonprofit plus a charity.

1846
01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:31,120
So, there are certain things we can do

1847
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:32,800
things that can't do, but I think we're

1848
01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:35,600
seeing in the community that local

1849
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:38,640
donations are down. Um, I know everyone

1850
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:41,120
saved the kings as my personal business,

1851
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:43,520
Saved the Kings. That was a a goal in

1852
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:45,440
the community to do that. And this

1853
01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:47,679
spring we had um our family day on May

1854
01:13:47,679 --> 01:13:49,760
23rd and we do t-shirts for all our

1855
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:52,000
riders. We put salt on the back and a

1856
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:54,480
lot of people were tapped out this year.

1857
01:13:54,480 --> 01:13:56,480
We really felt that. And then a lot of

1858
01:13:56,480 --> 01:14:00,239
our out of town um foundations are now

1859
01:14:00,239 --> 01:14:01,760
um they have so many requests that

1860
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:03,040
they're only helping you every other

1861
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:05,679
year. So we're seeing that happening as

1862
01:14:05,679 --> 01:14:07,760
well. and we're trying to keep it all

1863
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:10,159
affordable, right? We don't want to

1864
01:14:10,159 --> 01:14:12,239
price people out of the service that

1865
01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:14,880
they need. Autism funding has changed. I

1866
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:16,880
think we're going to be okay because our

1867
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:19,440
um coaches are certified, so they'll

1868
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:21,600
still be able to access the autism

1869
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:23,440
funding to be able to come to our

1870
01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:26,239
facility, but it's Yeah, it's expensive.

1871
01:14:26,239 --> 01:14:28,719
I We've had horses 10 years at Tanahe

1872
01:14:28,719 --> 01:14:31,520
was 425. Now it's a thousand. Even

1873
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:33,840
buying local, it's still

1874
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:35,590
>> Glad I'm not buying it now. I know

1875
01:14:35,590 --> 01:14:35,600
» Glad I'm not buying it now. I know

1876
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:38,719
three. I have seven.

1877
01:14:38,719 --> 01:14:41,110
>> It's expensive. Um, we are very

1878
01:14:41,110 --> 01:14:41,120
» It's expensive. Um, we are very

1879
01:14:41,120 --> 01:14:42,880
fortunate in our community. We only own

1880
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:45,120
three horses at therapeutic running. We

1881
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:47,520
have eight. So, we have free leases. We

1882
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:49,199
take advantage of that. There could be a

1883
01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:50,880
horse. There's a beautiful horse. She's

1884
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:52,480
one of the best horses we have. She was

1885
01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:54,480
living in Wildwood, not doing a lot

1886
01:14:54,480 --> 01:14:56,159
because they're busy doing other things.

1887
01:14:56,159 --> 01:14:58,239
So, she comes and lives with us. Their

1888
01:14:58,239 --> 01:15:00,159
kids come and visit their horse or have

1889
01:15:00,159 --> 01:15:02,480
a lesson and she stays with us. Now, she

1890
01:15:02,480 --> 01:15:05,280
has a job. So she has purpose and she

1891
01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:07,280
she's we have most of our horses. That's

1892
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:09,040
how we have them now. We used to own

1893
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:11,600
them all. It doesn't make sense because

1894
01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:13,760
when they get tired of doing their job,

1895
01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:15,840
we have to sell them or move them along.

1896
01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:17,040
And this way we can just give them back

1897
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:19,679
to their family and maybe they'll come

1898
01:15:19,679 --> 01:15:21,040
back in a couple years if they're

1899
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:23,040
refreshed. I don't know. But I think the

1900
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:24,800
training we're doing is helping them as

1901
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:27,679
well so they don't get burnt out the job

1902
01:15:27,679 --> 01:15:30,000
that they do. And we are doing summer

1903
01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:32,159
camps. This will be our third year doing

1904
01:15:32,159 --> 01:15:34,000
summer camps. So, we're reaching more

1905
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,480
kids that way. Eight kids a week for six

1906
01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:37,840
weeks this year.

1907
01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:39,189
>> Sure. It's full.

1908
01:15:39,189 --> 01:15:39,199
» Sure. It's full.

1909
01:15:39,199 --> 01:15:41,110
>> Well, registration started today.

1910
01:15:41,110 --> 01:15:41,120
» Well, registration started today.

1911
01:15:41,120 --> 01:15:42,640
There's some people in the room whose

1912
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:46,400
grandson is on the list. I'm hoping I'm

1913
01:15:46,400 --> 01:15:49,520
hoping it's full. It should be full.

1914
01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:52,000
Usually our wait list is pretty long.

1915
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:54,800
Yeah.

1916
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:56,709
>> Yeah. Director South cut.

1917
01:15:56,709 --> 01:15:56,719
» Yeah. Director South cut.

1918
01:15:56,719 --> 01:15:58,790
>> Thank you. very exciting for me to hear

1919
01:15:58,790 --> 01:15:58,800
» Thank you. very exciting for me to hear

1920
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:00,719
that you're thinking of moving into

1921
01:16:00,719 --> 01:16:02,560
trauma

1922
01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:06,400
therapeutic work. Um I heard a statistic

1923
01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:09,679
today that 25% of Canadians have some

1924
01:16:09,679 --> 01:16:13,520
form of what we call PTSD, but I prefer

1925
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:16,000
to call stress related illness um

1926
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:17,520
effects

1927
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:19,920
because it's a have been very aware over

1928
01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:23,669
years of the

1929
01:16:23,679 --> 01:16:26,719
greatly increasing need in our society.

1930
01:16:26,719 --> 01:16:28,880
Uh

1931
01:16:28,880 --> 01:16:30,320
so I'm just wondering if you speak just

1932
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:32,480
a little more on that like when is this

1933
01:16:32,480 --> 01:16:36,000
expected and might there be even the

1934
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,480
possibility of relationships with other

1935
01:16:38,480 --> 01:16:40,640
um providing or organizations that

1936
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:42,159
provide like referrals? One thing I'm

1937
01:16:42,159 --> 01:16:43,520
aware of is that different people

1938
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:45,760
require different or or benefit from

1939
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:47,040
different approaches

1940
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:48,870
>> and it's really a vast range.

1941
01:16:48,870 --> 01:16:48,880
» and it's really a vast range.

1942
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,630
>> Yeah. So I actually went away in

1943
01:16:50,630 --> 01:16:50,640
» Yeah. So I actually went away in

1944
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:52,560
February for a week and did my EAL

1945
01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:55,760
training. I'm a certified EL personal um

1946
01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:59,679
development coach. Um

1947
01:16:59,679 --> 01:17:01,440
I made a promise to myself I wouldn't do

1948
01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:03,199
anything new for 6 months. People in the

1949
01:17:03,199 --> 01:17:04,640
room that might know me know I run a

1950
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:06,159
business in town. It takes a lot of my

1951
01:17:06,159 --> 01:17:07,920
work. Therapeutic writing is a passion

1952
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:10,480
for me. It takes a lot of work. Um I

1953
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:12,480
told my husband I won't do anything new.

1954
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:15,040
This course was literally on the island

1955
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:16,640
and I had five people send it to me and

1956
01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:17,840
I'm like but I said I wouldn't do

1957
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:19,840
anything new. I'll go in November. And

1958
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:22,159
my husband said you just need to go. was

1959
01:17:22,159 --> 01:17:23,840
at a facility that I knew and I was

1960
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:26,320
comfortable with and I went and thank

1961
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:29,120
goodness I went changed my life really

1962
01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:30,800
and the direction of where I'm going in

1963
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:33,600
my life by going through that. Um I have

1964
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:35,520
a lot of empathy for people. I think I

1965
01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:37,760
consider myself a people person and the

1966
01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:40,378
ability to listen and understand and

1967
01:17:40,378 --> 01:17:42,960
[snorts] I was paired with um a young

1968
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:44,719
girl who had lost her husband very

1969
01:17:44,719 --> 01:17:47,040
tragically. She's never spoken to anyone

1970
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:48,480
really about it. Well, I'm gonna lose

1971
01:17:48,480 --> 01:17:52,159
time and tell you the story. Anyways,

1972
01:17:52,159 --> 01:17:54,560
I'll sneak in that. Yes, the we're going

1973
01:17:54,560 --> 01:17:56,800
to I'm going to start in the fall. I'm

1974
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:58,640
going to offer to some of our kids a

1975
01:17:58,640 --> 01:18:02,080
leadership program proono just to get my

1976
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:03,840
feet wet and then we're going to reach

1977
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:07,840
out. The big thing that I want to do,

1978
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:09,840
I was going to do it at home on my own,

1979
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:12,400
but let's do it there. We have the We

1980
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:14,719
have the horses that are ready to go and

1981
01:18:14,719 --> 01:18:17,840
we have the connections.

1982
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:19,760
Yeah. And after 35 years, we have the

1983
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:21,760
reputation. So I can do that. So yeah,

1984
01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:25,040
it's a huge part of my next part chapter

1985
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:26,159
of my life.

1986
01:18:26,159 --> 01:18:26,950
>> No,

1987
01:18:26,950 --> 01:18:26,960
» No,

1988
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:30,870
>> I didn't pass the test that

1989
01:18:30,870 --> 01:18:30,880
» I didn't pass the test that

1990
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:32,310
>> pass. Sorry, [laughter]

1991
01:18:32,310 --> 01:18:32,320
» pass. Sorry, [laughter]

1992
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:34,070
>> pretty close. No, no, don't don't don't

1993
01:18:34,070 --> 01:18:34,080
» pretty close. No, no, don't don't don't

1994
01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:36,080
worry at all. Thank you for presenting

1995
01:18:36,080 --> 01:18:38,719
to us. That was very good. And uh we

1996
01:18:38,719 --> 01:18:40,640
thank you for coming before the board

1997
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:42,000
here.

1998
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,709
>> Okay. Uh on to our next one. I don't

1999
01:18:44,709 --> 01:18:44,719
» Okay. Uh on to our next one. I don't

2000
01:18:44,719 --> 01:18:45,840
believe the food's arrived, so we'll

2001
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:49,679
carry on. We have um delegate 3.9.

2002
01:18:49,679 --> 01:18:51,520
That's Kathy Brown, president of the

2003
01:18:51,520 --> 01:18:53,679
Texa Island Nonprofit Senior Housing

2004
01:18:53,679 --> 01:18:55,040
Society or affectionately known as

2005
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:58,239
Tinches. Uh I

2006
01:18:58,239 --> 01:19:00,480
is Miss Brown attending virtually, I

2007
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:01,120
believe.

2008
01:19:01,120 --> 01:19:02,390
>> I am.

2009
01:19:02,390 --> 01:19:02,400
» I am.

2010
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:04,870
>> Yes. Okay. Uh so the floor is yours or

2011
01:19:04,870 --> 01:19:04,880
» Yes. Okay. Uh so the floor is yours or

2012
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:06,880
the screen is yours for for 10 minutes

2013
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:08,560
and then uh we may have some questions

2014
01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:10,640
for you. Um Miss Brown, go ahead.

2015
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:14,070
>> Thank you kindly. Um I'm uh going to be

2016
01:19:14,070 --> 01:19:14,080
» Thank you kindly. Um I'm uh going to be

2017
01:19:14,080 --> 01:19:17,199
invisible today just because of a little

2018
01:19:17,199 --> 01:19:20,000
computer slowdown here and I have uh

2019
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:23,520
sadly no awesome presentation visually.

2020
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:25,760
So what I'll do is I'll just uh thank

2021
01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:29,520
everybody today um other delegates and

2022
01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:32,640
the board for listening. Um, I'm happy

2023
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:34,400
to be able to share that the latest

2024
01:19:34,400 --> 01:19:36,480
progress on the Texas Island Nonprofit

2025
01:19:36,480 --> 01:19:39,440
Seniors Housing Society project. Uh, it

2026
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:42,560
began as community vision uh back in

2027
01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:46,000
2019. It's rapidly transforming into a

2028
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:49,280
reality. We have successfully navigated

2029
01:19:49,280 --> 01:19:52,800
several major uh regulatory milestones.

2030
01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:54,719
I'm here to present another step in our

2031
01:19:54,719 --> 01:19:58,080
road map for making a 3.2 hectare parcel

2032
01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:00,159
shovel ready for affordable seniors

2033
01:20:00,159 --> 01:20:01,840
housing.

2034
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,239
uh with the help of uh the QRD's

2035
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:07,679
dedicated staff um both the planning

2036
01:20:07,679 --> 01:20:10,800
department and the the staff within

2037
01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:14,800
finance and other office assistants. Um

2038
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:17,280
we have overcome some significant

2039
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:19,760
hurdles. The first was excluding the

2040
01:20:19,760 --> 01:20:22,239
land of the agricultural land reserve

2041
01:20:22,239 --> 01:20:24,560
from the agricultural land reserve and

2042
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:27,440
very recently the fence and buffer plan

2043
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:29,679
that was compiled by tinches and was

2044
01:20:29,679 --> 01:20:32,239
forwarded to the QRD planning department

2045
01:20:32,239 --> 01:20:34,640
for their review and subsequently having

2046
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:36,560
it submitted to the agricultural land

2047
01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:39,440
commission. Um, we've been informed that

2048
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:43,280
the conditions of the preliminary layout

2049
01:20:43,280 --> 01:20:45,679
review have been satisfied after

2050
01:20:45,679 --> 01:20:48,159
Vancouver Coastal Health has made a

2051
01:20:48,159 --> 01:20:50,960
critical concession for us. Their

2052
01:20:50,960 --> 01:20:52,560
concern in subdivision, as you're

2053
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:54,640
probably well aware, is to ensure that

2054
01:20:54,640 --> 01:20:57,520
the wastewater is disposed of safely and

2055
01:20:57,520 --> 01:20:59,840
with larger developments, it becomes an

2056
01:20:59,840 --> 01:21:01,440
even more critical step for the

2057
01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:04,320
long-term viability of projects. Um

2058
01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:06,800
they've agreed to a blanket covenant

2059
01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:09,600
which is allowing us to defer uh

2060
01:21:09,600 --> 01:21:11,840
detailed wastewater engineering the

2061
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:14,960
schematics until the building stage. It

2062
01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:16,800
means that we can establish the land

2063
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:20,239
title and transfer the parcel sooner

2064
01:21:20,239 --> 01:21:22,400
than waiting on expensive premature

2065
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:25,120
infrastructure designs.

2066
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:28,239
Our timeline for the 2026 project is

2067
01:21:28,239 --> 01:21:31,840
strategic. Um, Sulkerk remains the owner

2068
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:33,840
until the title transfer, but they are

2069
01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:36,560
willing to work with us um before it's

2070
01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:39,440
transferred. Um, we're moving into phase

2071
01:21:39,440 --> 01:21:41,679
two civil engineering design,

2072
01:21:41,679 --> 01:21:44,159
establishing the final schematics of the

2073
01:21:44,159 --> 01:21:46,960
footprint for the housing project. Uh,

2074
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:49,679
that is this spring and early summer. Uh

2075
01:21:49,679 --> 01:21:52,400
this summer, roughly August, we have the

2076
01:21:52,400 --> 01:21:54,880
technical site evaluations that will

2077
01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:57,520
flag the footprint following immediately

2078
01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:00,880
by logging. Uh in the fall, which will

2079
01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:02,960
be September, November, we will move

2080
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:06,000
into site grubbing, fence erection, and

2081
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:08,880
a comprehensive fire evaluation to

2082
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:12,080
guarantee long-term wildfire resilience.

2083
01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:14,159
By December, we anticipate the final

2084
01:22:14,159 --> 01:22:16,960
subdivision completion and the official

2085
01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:20,159
title transfer. Finally,

2086
01:22:20,159 --> 01:22:24,000
um, in the spring of 2027, we will

2087
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:26,080
strategically plant the buffer for the

2088
01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:28,400
fence with appropriate fires smart and

2089
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:29,920
native plants where it's lacking

2090
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:33,040
adequate coverage. Our total budget

2091
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:38,070
projected sits at $252,552.

2092
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:39,760
We want to highlight the incredible

2093
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:42,159
generosity of our partner Selkerk

2094
01:22:42,159 --> 01:22:44,800
Mountain Forest Limited who is providing

2095
01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:48,719
a massive incind inkind land donation of

2096
01:22:48,719 --> 01:22:50,800
$134,000

2097
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:53,520
which represents 80% of the the land

2098
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:57,600
value as well as this summer uh $5,000

2099
01:22:57,600 --> 01:22:59,920
in logging services.

2100
01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:03,760
Um the $25,000 QRD social planning grant

2101
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:06,719
we're seeking is highly targeted. Um,

2102
01:23:06,719 --> 01:23:08,639
it'll directly fund the critical

2103
01:23:08,639 --> 01:23:10,960
technical work that matching funds won't

2104
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:14,239
cover. Um, $10,000 to further the civil

2105
01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:16,800
engineering phase 2 that will take into

2106
01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:18,719
account the possibility for more units

2107
01:23:18,719 --> 01:23:21,920
on the site plan in the future. $5,000

2108
01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:23,679
for site grubbing and the remainder

2109
01:23:23,679 --> 01:23:25,920
across legal fees, professional tree

2110
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,480
surveys, fire smart assessments, and

2111
01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:30,800
administration. Uh, every dollar is

2112
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:33,360
being leveraged to maximize the asset

2113
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:37,120
value. Ultimately uh this phase derisks

2114
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:39,600
the site making us highly attractive to

2115
01:23:39,600 --> 01:23:42,239
major provincial and federal capital

2116
01:23:42,239 --> 01:23:46,800
partners when they come back and uh

2117
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:49,120
hopefully this uh this whole project

2118
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:51,920
will move smoothly forward in the coming

2119
01:23:51,920 --> 01:23:54,480
years. Thank you and I welcome any

2120
01:23:54,480 --> 01:23:57,920
questions and appreciate your listening.

2121
01:23:57,920 --> 01:23:59,669
>> Thank you Miss Brown. That was uh good

2122
01:23:59,669 --> 01:23:59,679
» Thank you Miss Brown. That was uh good

2123
01:23:59,679 --> 01:24:01,760
to hear from you. I see director

2124
01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:03,520
McCormack has your hand up.

2125
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:07,030
>> Yes. Thank you, chair. Um, Miss Brown,

2126
01:24:07,030 --> 01:24:07,040
» Yes. Thank you, chair. Um, Miss Brown,

2127
01:24:07,040 --> 01:24:09,199
kudos to you and your group for taking

2128
01:24:09,199 --> 01:24:13,520
this from nowhere um to the very very

2129
01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:15,920
long distance that you've come. So, I'm

2130
01:24:15,920 --> 01:24:18,480
I'm really I'm just so amazed at the

2131
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:20,320
wonderful work that you've done

2132
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:22,310
>> so far and you're just really getting

2133
01:24:22,310 --> 01:24:22,320
» so far and you're just really getting

2134
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:24,800
started. So my question is about the

2135
01:24:24,800 --> 01:24:27,440
plan um for the future and I think you

2136
01:24:27,440 --> 01:24:30,080
touched on this um that the initial plan

2137
01:24:30,080 --> 01:24:34,159
is for 40 units um but there is an

2138
01:24:34,159 --> 01:24:36,080
opportunity for growth down the road.

2139
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:37,760
How would that work?

2140
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:40,310
>> Actually our original hope of having 40

2141
01:24:40,310 --> 01:24:40,320
» Actually our original hope of having 40

2142
01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:44,800
units was um pulled back by the BC

2143
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:46,800
housing when we were approaching them

2144
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:49,440
for funding initially. Um, we were told

2145
01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:51,520
flat out that no one was going to fund

2146
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:54,400
us for 40 units. So, they told us to

2147
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:58,239
rescale 20 units and that this would be

2148
01:24:58,239 --> 01:25:00,480
something that they would most likely

2149
01:25:00,480 --> 01:25:03,600
look a little more um favorable upon.

2150
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:07,120
Um, the expansion in the future would

2151
01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:10,000
bring it up to the 40 units. Um, and

2152
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:11,760
it's been a benefit to actually draw

2153
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:14,400
back to 20 because it's meant that we

2154
01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,520
can have um a regular septic field for

2155
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:21,280
20 units and then add in a second septic

2156
01:25:21,280 --> 01:25:23,600
field for another 20 units rather than

2157
01:25:23,600 --> 01:25:25,520
having to have a wastewater treatment

2158
01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:28,639
plant um which would carry the whole 40

2159
01:25:28,639 --> 01:25:30,719
units.

2160
01:25:30,719 --> 01:25:33,270
>> That makes sense. No, thank you. Thank

2161
01:25:33,270 --> 01:25:33,280
» That makes sense. No, thank you. Thank

2162
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:34,480
you.

2163
01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:36,149
>> Thank you very much. Is there any other

2164
01:25:36,149 --> 01:25:36,159
» Thank you very much. Is there any other

2165
01:25:36,159 --> 01:25:38,800
questions from the committee? I don't

2166
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:40,960
see any. Well, thank you very much, Miss

2167
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:43,600
Brown, for the presentation. We'll be uh

2168
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:46,159
discussing the the request at a future

2169
01:25:46,159 --> 01:25:47,199
meeting.

2170
01:25:47,199 --> 01:25:50,790
>> Thank you for your consideration.

2171
01:25:50,790 --> 01:25:50,800
» Thank you for your consideration.

2172
01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:54,229
>> Okay. So, I unless I don't see that the

2173
01:25:54,229 --> 01:25:54,239
» Okay. So, I unless I don't see that the

2174
01:25:54,239 --> 01:25:55,840
our food's arrived, so I haven't got a

2175
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:58,080
note yet. So, we'll go on to our uh

2176
01:25:58,080 --> 01:26:00,794
>> seated on food.

2177
01:26:00,794 --> 01:26:00,804
» seated on food.

2178
01:26:00,804 --> 01:26:02,000
[laughter]

2179
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,950
>> Not that it benefits me whatsoever. Um,

2180
01:26:04,950 --> 01:26:04,960
» Not that it benefits me whatsoever. Um,

2181
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:06,960
our our 10th delegation, well, our ninth

2182
01:26:06,960 --> 01:26:10,080
delegation, 3.10, 3.10, Joan Miller,

2183
01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:12,480
executive director, Island North Film

2184
01:26:12,480 --> 01:26:16,000
Commission. U go ahead, Miss Miller. You

2185
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:17,679
have 10 minutes and then we'll have some

2186
01:26:17,679 --> 01:26:18,400
questions.

2187
01:26:18,400 --> 01:26:19,830
>> Great. Thanks. Well, I hope the food

2188
01:26:19,830 --> 01:26:19,840
» Great. Thanks. Well, I hope the food

2189
01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:21,120
doesn't come while I'm doing my

2190
01:26:21,120 --> 01:26:22,800
presentation.

2191
01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:24,470
>> Well, we we'll take a break in between

2192
01:26:24,470 --> 01:26:24,480
» Well, we we'll take a break in between

2193
01:26:24,480 --> 01:26:26,400
presentations, so no worries at all.

2194
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:28,470
>> I know what it's like. Food comes first.

2195
01:26:28,470 --> 01:26:28,480
» I know what it's like. Food comes first.

2196
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:30,159
Um, so thank you very much. I'd like to

2197
01:26:30,159 --> 01:26:31,679
thank you, Chair Fall, and your

2198
01:26:31,679 --> 01:26:33,440
committee, um, and all your great staff.

2199
01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:35,120
The staff has been awesome to work with.

2200
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:36,719
They always have been and they continue

2201
01:26:36,719 --> 01:26:38,639
to be that way. I also want to recognize

2202
01:26:38,639 --> 01:26:41,120
all these great delegates. I've always

2203
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:43,199
listening to them and so I don't know

2204
01:26:43,199 --> 01:26:45,360
gobsmacked by the great work they do. I

2205
01:26:45,360 --> 01:26:46,960
have six regional districts I have to do

2206
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:49,360
this with and I'm always like wow. I

2207
01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:51,199
walk away and think we have the greatest

2208
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:53,600
communities that we live in. Um I want

2209
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:55,760
to spend my time and I want to ask if I

2210
01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:58,320
could have a little 31 second um

2211
01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:01,040
extension. We have a video that we

2212
01:27:01,040 --> 01:27:03,360
created for the province last year that

2213
01:27:03,360 --> 01:27:06,320
for uh profiling the work that we did

2214
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:08,480
and a lot of it was in the cath area. So

2215
01:27:08,480 --> 01:27:10,880
if you have consideration of less

2216
01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:12,400
questions and listen to our video I

2217
01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:14,080
think a lot of them will be answered. So

2218
01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:15,840
please staff if you go ahead with the

2219
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:26,070
video I'd appreciate it.

2220
01:27:26,080 --> 01:27:37,350
Rolling. rolling. [music]

2221
01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:39,600
» In 2022, the Island North Film

2222
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:42,239
Commission received a $520,000

2223
01:27:42,239 --> 01:27:44,560
economic diversification grant. The

2224
01:27:44,560 --> 01:27:46,239
purpose of the grant was to help grow

2225
01:27:46,239 --> 01:27:48,560
BC's motion picture industry within the

2226
01:27:48,560 --> 01:27:50,880
region. The investment is already paying

2227
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:51,440
off.

2228
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:53,110
>> We're very proud of the successes of the

2229
01:27:53,110 --> 01:27:53,120
» We're very proud of the successes of the

2230
01:27:53,120 --> 01:27:54,560
funding that we've had. We've been able

2231
01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:58,560
to show real um impact and and real

2232
01:27:58,560 --> 01:28:01,360
effect coming from government funding.

2233
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:03,030
>> Oh, this looks great.

2234
01:28:03,030 --> 01:28:03,040
» Oh, this looks great.

2235
01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:05,030
>> The commission's mandate is to assist

2236
01:28:05,030 --> 01:28:05,040
» The commission's mandate is to assist

2237
01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:07,440
producers in finding locations, offer

2238
01:28:07,440 --> 01:28:09,199
local crews, and help with the

2239
01:28:09,199 --> 01:28:11,600
appropriate permissions and permits. One

2240
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:14,320
recent success story is Eden Express, a

2241
01:28:14,320 --> 01:28:16,400
domestic production which spent 6 weeks

2242
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:18,560
filming in the Pow River area. We had

2243
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:21,280
cast a pretty wide net on where we are

2244
01:28:21,280 --> 01:28:23,120
looking for a location and then we we

2245
01:28:23,120 --> 01:28:24,719
did eventually end up here in Powell

2246
01:28:24,719 --> 01:28:27,440
River and and the the Vancouver Island

2247
01:28:27,440 --> 01:28:28,719
North Film Commission were quite

2248
01:28:28,719 --> 01:28:30,159
instrumental in helping us find some

2249
01:28:30,159 --> 01:28:31,440
locations here.

2250
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,430
>> Productions like this one have a large

2251
01:28:33,430 --> 01:28:33,440
» Productions like this one have a large

2252
01:28:33,440 --> 01:28:35,280
impact on local economies.

2253
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:36,950
>> When a production comes to town and we

2254
01:28:36,950 --> 01:28:36,960
» When a production comes to town and we

2255
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:39,360
see them begin to fill hotels, they go

2256
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:41,440
out for dinner. They're they're using

2257
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:43,280
restaurants. They're going out and using

2258
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:45,679
coffee shops after. They'll rent all the

2259
01:28:45,679 --> 01:28:47,360
different things they require. it is a

2260
01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:48,960
direct economic impact to that

2261
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:51,679
community. We try to hire as many locals

2262
01:28:51,679 --> 01:28:53,520
as we can definitely in you know

2263
01:28:53,520 --> 01:28:54,960
production assistance and obviously in

2264
01:28:54,960 --> 01:28:56,719
background performers. We even have some

2265
01:28:56,719 --> 01:28:58,639
like actors that we were able to hire

2266
01:28:58,639 --> 01:29:02,719
locally um construction scenic drivers

2267
01:29:02,719 --> 01:29:04,880
security. So yeah, we've been able to

2268
01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:06,159
hire a lot of folks locally which is

2269
01:29:06,159 --> 01:29:06,960
really amazing.

2270
01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:09,110
>> But the impacts are also cultural.

2271
01:29:09,110 --> 01:29:09,120
» But the impacts are also cultural.

2272
01:29:09,120 --> 01:29:11,110
>> There's nothing like seeing your town,

2273
01:29:11,110 --> 01:29:11,120
» There's nothing like seeing your town,

2274
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:13,920
seeing your street on on the big screen.

2275
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:16,400
It it it's just it's a source of pride

2276
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:17,679
and I think we have wonderful

2277
01:29:17,679 --> 01:29:19,520
communities. We have caring people. If I

2278
01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:21,199
was a filmmaker, I'd want to film here.

2279
01:29:21,199 --> 01:29:22,790
>> The community has completely embraced

2280
01:29:22,790 --> 01:29:22,800
» The community has completely embraced

2281
01:29:22,800 --> 01:29:24,800
us, too. Um everywhere we go, we're

2282
01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:26,239
always like, "Do you need more BG or are

2283
01:29:26,239 --> 01:29:27,760
you the film people?" And I saw your

2284
01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:29,760
trucks and I saw your signs and yeah,

2285
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:30,960
the community seems to have really

2286
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:32,480
embraced us. So, we're very fortunate to

2287
01:29:32,480 --> 01:29:33,199
be here.

2288
01:29:33,199 --> 01:29:34,950
>> The film commission also received

2289
01:29:34,950 --> 01:29:34,960
» The film commission also received

2290
01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:37,040
funding through Island Coastal Economic

2291
01:29:37,040 --> 01:29:39,440
Trust. The trust's investment readiness

2292
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,679
program allowed Infilm to greatly expand

2293
01:29:41,679 --> 01:29:43,360
an important resource within their

2294
01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:45,679
operation, their library of available

2295
01:29:45,679 --> 01:29:46,800
film locations.

2296
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:48,470
>> To date, we have about 4,000 files

2297
01:29:48,470 --> 01:29:48,480
» To date, we have about 4,000 files

2298
01:29:48,480 --> 01:29:50,800
rising from the original 2,000 we had.

2299
01:29:50,800 --> 01:29:52,639
Uh, a lot of those 4,000 were also

2300
01:29:52,639 --> 01:29:54,560
updates of older files. We have

2301
01:29:54,560 --> 01:29:56,080
productions that are coming because of

2302
01:29:56,080 --> 01:29:57,760
our scouting, because of our location

2303
01:29:57,760 --> 01:29:58,320
kits.

2304
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:00,310
>> 12 photographers in six regional

2305
01:30:00,310 --> 01:30:00,320
» 12 photographers in six regional

2306
01:30:00,320 --> 01:30:02,400
districts went far and wide to expand

2307
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:03,520
the database.

2308
01:30:03,520 --> 01:30:05,750
>> It was awesome. Yeah, it was one of the

2309
01:30:05,750 --> 01:30:05,760
» It was awesome. Yeah, it was one of the

2310
01:30:05,760 --> 01:30:09,280
best jobs I've ever had. Um,

2311
01:30:09,280 --> 01:30:11,120
at first they said, "Oh, can you do

2312
01:30:11,120 --> 01:30:13,840
about 150 locations?" And I thought, "Oh

2313
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:16,400
my gosh, how am I going to do 150

2314
01:30:16,400 --> 01:30:18,719
locations?" Location scouting on

2315
01:30:18,719 --> 01:30:22,560
Vancouver Island is ideal. We have

2316
01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:25,679
majestic mountain ranges, trails, old

2317
01:30:25,679 --> 01:30:28,480
growth forests. We have derelict old

2318
01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:32,400
buildings, warehouses. We have vintage

2319
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:35,600
beautiful homes. We have it all on

2320
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:37,440
Vancouver Island. It really is an

2321
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:38,880
idealic spot to film at.

2322
01:30:38,880 --> 01:30:39,990
>> You know, the Vancouver Island North

2323
01:30:39,990 --> 01:30:40,000
» You know, the Vancouver Island North

2324
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:41,679
Film Commission was really supportive of

2325
01:30:41,679 --> 01:30:43,520
us, you know, helping us find location

2326
01:30:43,520 --> 01:30:45,679
scouts, you know, taking us to some

2327
01:30:45,679 --> 01:30:47,040
locations, you know, providing a

2328
01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:49,120
locations package to us, which is, I

2329
01:30:49,120 --> 01:30:51,120
mean, it it's it's a huge cost savings

2330
01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:58,167
for us.

2331
01:30:58,177 --> 01:30:59,040
[music]

2332
01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:01,030
>> Equally as important was capturing the

2333
01:31:01,030 --> 01:31:01,040
» Equally as important was capturing the

2334
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:02,800
island's diverse scenery from high

2335
01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:04,080
above.

2336
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:06,159
The RedUp funding also allowed for the

2337
01:31:06,159 --> 01:31:08,239
purchase of a drone as well as hiring

2338
01:31:08,239 --> 01:31:10,480
drone operators to inventory more than

2339
01:31:10,480 --> 01:31:12,880
100 locations from the air. They're game

2340
01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:14,719
changers. We've heard from Creative DC,

2341
01:31:14,719 --> 01:31:17,360
the provincial film commission, how much

2342
01:31:17,360 --> 01:31:19,199
they love the files and how they're

2343
01:31:19,199 --> 01:31:21,280
getting getting into it now. Film is a

2344
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:23,360
technology- based industry and like most

2345
01:31:23,360 --> 01:31:25,120
technology- based industries, there are

2346
01:31:25,120 --> 01:31:27,520
slow advances and big hops. The drone

2347
01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:29,840
videos will be a big hop and they really

2348
01:31:29,840 --> 01:31:32,400
allow producers to identify what they're

2349
01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:34,560
shooting and as drone use becomes more

2350
01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:36,800
and more prevalent in film making it

2351
01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:38,159
just [music] makes sense to augment the

2352
01:31:38,159 --> 01:31:39,280
scouting with it.

2353
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:41,669
>> Showcasing Port Alurnie's MLAN mill in

2354
01:31:41,669 --> 01:31:41,679
» Showcasing Port Alurnie's MLAN mill in

2355
01:31:41,679 --> 01:31:43,760
this way tripled the amount of time the

2356
01:31:43,760 --> 01:31:46,159
producers of one mile and one more mile

2357
01:31:46,159 --> 01:31:47,920
spent there. and they were here for two

2358
01:31:47,920 --> 01:31:52,560
months um working um while they shot not

2359
01:31:52,560 --> 01:31:55,920
just one uh part of one but almost the

2360
01:31:55,920 --> 01:31:57,920
entirety of a sequel movie.

2361
01:31:57,920 --> 01:32:01,110
>> They had an aerial layout of the mill as

2362
01:32:01,110 --> 01:32:01,120
» They had an aerial layout of the mill as

2363
01:32:01,120 --> 01:32:03,920
well as inside the machinery and the

2364
01:32:03,920 --> 01:32:07,280
buildings. It allowed them almost a 360

2365
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:09,760
of the location so they're better able

2366
01:32:09,760 --> 01:32:12,480
to to to block out their shooting in

2367
01:32:12,480 --> 01:32:15,120
their mind. Extra days obviously results

2368
01:32:15,120 --> 01:32:17,520
in extra revenue for the venue and the

2369
01:32:17,520 --> 01:32:18,480
community.

2370
01:32:18,480 --> 01:32:19,669
>> Now they're looking for other

2371
01:32:19,669 --> 01:32:19,679
» Now they're looking for other

2372
01:32:19,679 --> 01:32:21,679
opportunities within the environment and

2373
01:32:21,679 --> 01:32:23,360
within the community. And that was

2374
01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:24,560
pretty amazing.

2375
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:26,070
>> Hi. [laughter]

2376
01:32:26,070 --> 01:32:26,080
» Hi. [laughter]

2377
01:32:26,080 --> 01:32:27,600
Don't mind me.

2378
01:32:27,600 --> 01:32:29,590
>> A byproduct of the location scout

2379
01:32:29,590 --> 01:32:29,600
» A byproduct of the location scout

2380
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:31,120
funding is that a handful of

2381
01:32:31,120 --> 01:32:32,880
photographers secured temporary

2382
01:32:32,880 --> 01:32:34,880
opportunities with productions shooting

2383
01:32:34,880 --> 01:32:35,760
in the region.

2384
01:32:35,760 --> 01:32:37,990
>> The locations manager for the Eden

2385
01:32:37,990 --> 01:32:38,000
» The locations manager for the Eden

2386
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:41,120
Express contacted me and asked me if I

2387
01:32:41,120 --> 01:32:43,760
could go scouting again. So, I did that

2388
01:32:43,760 --> 01:32:45,760
a couple of weekends.

2389
01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:48,550
>> Location scouting is a fun job. It does

2390
01:32:48,550 --> 01:32:48,560
» Location scouting is a fun job. It does

2391
01:32:48,560 --> 01:32:52,080
involve a lot of creativity, outside the

2392
01:32:52,080 --> 01:32:54,880
box, thinking, what can look like this

2393
01:32:54,880 --> 01:32:57,040
that could be paired with this? For

2394
01:32:57,040 --> 01:32:58,080
example,

2395
01:32:58,080 --> 01:33:00,070
>> a large portion of the funding also went

2396
01:33:00,070 --> 01:33:00,080
» a large portion of the funding also went

2397
01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:01,840
for the purchase of a three-tonon truck

2398
01:33:01,840 --> 01:33:03,760
and trailer, as well as two smaller

2399
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:05,679
units, all filled with industry

2400
01:33:05,679 --> 01:33:07,920
essential equipment. The trailer close

2401
01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:11,520
to me is a 9 ft utility trailer, and

2402
01:33:11,520 --> 01:33:14,000
that'll be used to carry uh uh location

2403
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:17,120
equipment, our bolt stack batteries, uh

2404
01:33:17,120 --> 01:33:19,360
just a general runaround kind of trailer

2405
01:33:19,360 --> 01:33:21,280
to augment our three-tonon truck that's

2406
01:33:21,280 --> 01:33:22,639
actually out on our production right

2407
01:33:22,639 --> 01:33:25,040
now. Our other trailer, the one farther

2408
01:33:25,040 --> 01:33:27,840
behind me, is a 14 ft multi-use trailer.

2409
01:33:27,840 --> 01:33:30,880
Uh we purchased it, kitted out as a

2410
01:33:30,880 --> 01:33:34,080
mobile first aid room and prep office.

2411
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:36,480
Inside there's shelving, a pull down

2412
01:33:36,480 --> 01:33:39,600
Murphy bed, and it is running off deep

2413
01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:41,600
cycle marine batteries. It can be put

2414
01:33:41,600 --> 01:33:43,440
out into the woods to prep a film

2415
01:33:43,440 --> 01:33:45,760
location off-rid, and it could be kept

2416
01:33:45,760 --> 01:33:46,639
there for weeks.

2417
01:33:46,639 --> 01:33:48,629
>> The commission was also able to purchase

2418
01:33:48,629 --> 01:33:48,639
» The commission was also able to purchase

2419
01:33:48,639 --> 01:33:50,719
four battery operated volt stack

2420
01:33:50,719 --> 01:33:52,880
generators to be utilized by visiting

2421
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:53,760
productions.

2422
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:55,430
>> This handy little tool should be in

2423
01:33:55,430 --> 01:33:55,440
» This handy little tool should be in

2424
01:33:55,440 --> 01:33:57,520
almost anyone's arsenal. I think it's a

2425
01:33:57,520 --> 01:34:00,400
portable power bank called a Volt Stack.

2426
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:03,360
You get 5 kW of energy, nice and silent

2427
01:34:03,360 --> 01:34:05,440
and uh environmentally friendly. There's

2428
01:34:05,440 --> 01:34:06,800
no emissions.

2429
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:08,950
>> The quiet operation of the generators

2430
01:34:08,950 --> 01:34:08,960
» The quiet operation of the generators

2431
01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:10,719
allows them to be used close to the

2432
01:34:10,719 --> 01:34:13,120
filming, eliminating any undesirable

2433
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:14,639
noise, which is a problem with

2434
01:34:14,639 --> 01:34:16,320
conventional generators.

2435
01:34:16,320 --> 01:34:18,149
>> Well, the drawbacks is when it comes to

2436
01:34:18,149 --> 01:34:18,159
» Well, the drawbacks is when it comes to

2437
01:34:18,159 --> 01:34:19,600
sound, I mean, they can hear a mosquito

2438
01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:21,440
fart, it seems like. So, the further

2439
01:34:21,440 --> 01:34:23,280
away you can be with anything that

2440
01:34:23,280 --> 01:34:24,639
doesn't sound like what they're talking

2441
01:34:24,639 --> 01:34:26,800
about on set, the better. So having

2442
01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:28,400
something close by without having to run

2443
01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:30,800
an abundance of cable is influential for

2444
01:34:30,800 --> 01:34:31,280
sure.

2445
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,590
>> The truck, trailers, and generators are

2446
01:34:33,590 --> 01:34:33,600
» The truck, trailers, and generators are

2447
01:34:33,600 --> 01:34:35,120
being used to make it more affordable

2448
01:34:35,120 --> 01:34:37,840
for producers to travel to and shoot in

2449
01:34:37,840 --> 01:34:38,560
the region.

2450
01:34:38,560 --> 01:34:40,390
>> The idea behind these are an additional

2451
01:34:40,390 --> 01:34:40,400
» The idea behind these are an additional

2452
01:34:40,400 --> 01:34:42,560
soft incentive for local producers,

2453
01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:45,840
emerging productions, and independent.

2454
01:34:45,840 --> 01:34:48,239
They're to offset the cost of renting

2455
01:34:48,239 --> 01:34:49,920
equipment and then transporting it from

2456
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:52,639
Vancouver over the ferry up to the uh to

2457
01:34:52,639 --> 01:34:54,400
the North Island. It's another truck

2458
01:34:54,400 --> 01:34:56,000
that has to come across on fairies and

2459
01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:58,480
and to service and the generators and

2460
01:34:58,480 --> 01:35:01,040
and like you know having electric

2461
01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:02,800
generators instead of gas is also a

2462
01:35:02,800 --> 01:35:05,040
savings. So no, it's I would highly

2463
01:35:05,040 --> 01:35:06,719
recommend it to every anyone anyone can

2464
01:35:06,719 --> 01:35:08,880
call me. [laughter] Any producer that

2465
01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:10,480
wants to do it can call me. I'm happy to

2466
01:35:10,480 --> 01:35:11,040
talk about it.

2467
01:35:11,040 --> 01:35:13,270
>> Having a locations kit for a series, you

2468
01:35:13,270 --> 01:35:13,280
» Having a locations kit for a series, you

2469
01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:14,639
know, that that could be a run of show

2470
01:35:14,639 --> 01:35:17,920
could be upwards of a $100,000 rental.

2471
01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:20,239
And so being able to provide that on

2472
01:35:20,239 --> 01:35:22,159
loan to productions, it's a very

2473
01:35:22,159 --> 01:35:23,840
powerful draw. Uh and the feedback we

2474
01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:25,679
have had is very very positive.

2475
01:35:25,679 --> 01:35:27,750
>> The location equipment will also be used

2476
01:35:27,750 --> 01:35:27,760
» The location equipment will also be used

2477
01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:30,000
for training local individuals hoping to

2478
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:31,760
be future film workers.

2479
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:34,229
>> The film industry always needs new

2480
01:35:34,229 --> 01:35:34,239
» The film industry always needs new

2481
01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:36,400
workers. Always needs to train new

2482
01:35:36,400 --> 01:35:36,880
people.

2483
01:35:36,880 --> 01:35:40,950
>> Hand up an inch and then pull it out.

2484
01:35:40,950 --> 01:35:40,960
» Hand up an inch and then pull it out.

2485
01:35:40,960 --> 01:35:42,790
>> Since we purchased our location kit and

2486
01:35:42,790 --> 01:35:42,800
» Since we purchased our location kit and

2487
01:35:42,800 --> 01:35:45,120
truck, uh we've been to Gibson's, Port

2488
01:35:45,120 --> 01:35:47,760
Al Bernie, uh training on site there.

2489
01:35:47,760 --> 01:35:51,590
Those are two examples.

2490
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:54,719
Drone images, location files, loanable

2491
01:35:54,719 --> 01:35:57,199
equipment, and vehicle purchases were

2492
01:35:57,199 --> 01:35:59,280
all made possible thanks to the generous

2493
01:35:59,280 --> 01:36:01,280
contributions of the Rural Economic

2494
01:36:01,280 --> 01:36:03,120
Diversification and Infrastructure

2495
01:36:03,120 --> 01:36:05,120
Program. Together with the Vancouver

2496
01:36:05,120 --> 01:36:06,639
Island North Film Commission, they're

2497
01:36:06,639 --> 01:36:08,560
drawing future productions and

2498
01:36:08,560 --> 01:36:10,320
investment. [music] We have productions

2499
01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:12,080
that are coming because of our scouting,

2500
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:13,920
because of our location kits. We're

2501
01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:16,320
finding and the productions are finding

2502
01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:18,800
the communities are outstanding. Uh we

2503
01:36:18,800 --> 01:36:20,080
have beautiful locations. We have

2504
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:21,840
wonderful incentives, but our main

2505
01:36:21,840 --> 01:36:23,440
attraction is the people.

2506
01:36:23,440 --> 01:36:26,149
>> I would say that Vancouver Island is

2507
01:36:26,149 --> 01:36:26,159
» I would say that Vancouver Island is

2508
01:36:26,159 --> 01:36:29,840
like no other place on this planet. Um,

2509
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:33,040
the opportunities here are immense and

2510
01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:34,639
the great thing about it for the most

2511
01:36:34,639 --> 01:36:36,159
part is that it's relatively

2512
01:36:36,159 --> 01:36:39,120
undiscovered and that means right now

2513
01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:42,000
that there are deals to be had.

2514
01:36:42,000 --> 01:36:45,910
>> This area has a lot of what looks like

2515
01:36:45,910 --> 01:36:45,920
» This area has a lot of what looks like

2516
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:48,960
untouched um nature. You know, it's a

2517
01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:51,440
lot easier to film something when you

2518
01:36:51,440 --> 01:36:53,760
don't have like 2500 people sitting on

2519
01:36:53,760 --> 01:36:55,760
the beach. You literally have like 10

2520
01:36:55,760 --> 01:36:57,520
that might want to go there that day.

2521
01:36:57,520 --> 01:36:59,760
It's easier to close down a location.

2522
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:02,080
And I believe the opportunities are here

2523
01:37:02,080 --> 01:37:04,080
because we have the space, we have the

2524
01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:07,119
views, we have the buildings, and we

2525
01:37:07,119 --> 01:37:09,920
have a lot more crew here now than we

2526
01:37:09,920 --> 01:37:12,239
ever did. That's been a hindrance in the

2527
01:37:12,239 --> 01:37:15,280
past, not having enough crew. We have a

2528
01:37:15,280 --> 01:37:17,760
lot more crew here now. and we have a

2529
01:37:17,760 --> 01:37:20,960
lot more opportunity in the future. I'm

2530
01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:23,600
very proud of our communities. I'm very

2531
01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:26,239
proud of the industry that has come here

2532
01:37:26,239 --> 01:37:29,119
and developed of how uh diversified we

2533
01:37:29,119 --> 01:37:31,280
are now that we've been able to bring

2534
01:37:31,280 --> 01:37:34,239
this sector into our communities and

2535
01:37:34,239 --> 01:37:36,800
really noticeably now. And it's with

2536
01:37:36,800 --> 01:37:39,520
pride that we look forward to what we

2537
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:41,040
can do now that we've been putting all

2538
01:37:41,040 --> 01:37:53,350
our tools in place.

2539
01:37:53,360 --> 01:37:54,960
So there you go. I'm happy to answer

2540
01:37:54,960 --> 01:37:56,239
questions because I know we've taken up

2541
01:37:56,239 --> 01:37:58,719
a lot of time, but um we're really it

2542
01:37:58,719 --> 01:38:01,040
was a big thing to do for four years was

2543
01:38:01,040 --> 01:38:02,719
to do all of that and we have people

2544
01:38:02,719 --> 01:38:04,080
working in your community right now. In

2545
01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:06,400
fact, I was reaching out to to Astra who

2546
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:08,639
you saw to do a couple projects today.

2547
01:38:08,639 --> 01:38:10,880
Our crews are working, people are moving

2548
01:38:10,880 --> 01:38:13,360
to our area that are skilled um because

2549
01:38:13,360 --> 01:38:15,520
our communities are fabulous. So, you

2550
01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:18,159
know, the regions of BC right now are

2551
01:38:18,159 --> 01:38:19,760
doing much better than the lower

2552
01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:21,920
mainland. People are going out to the

2553
01:38:21,920 --> 01:38:24,000
regions. Domestic industry is growing.

2554
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:25,760
Uh so, things are looking bright for us.

2555
01:38:25,760 --> 01:38:27,520
So, thank you very much and I'm happy to

2556
01:38:27,520 --> 01:38:29,280
answer any questions. Okay,

2557
01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:31,510
>> great. Thank you, Miller. Is there any

2558
01:38:31,510 --> 01:38:31,520
» great. Thank you, Miller. Is there any

2559
01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:34,000
questions of Director Isacson?

2560
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:35,990
>> Thank you, Chair. uh from the chair to

2561
01:38:35,990 --> 01:38:36,000
» Thank you, Chair. uh from the chair to

2562
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:38,320
uh Miss Miller, I'm wondering about uh

2563
01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:41,920
local employment uh as it relates to um

2564
01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:43,440
some of your work and how you encourage

2565
01:38:43,440 --> 01:38:45,679
it. For example, I I'm trying to

2566
01:38:45,679 --> 01:38:48,080
remember which production that was shot

2567
01:38:48,080 --> 01:38:50,480
in the Kat region. Um but I think there

2568
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:52,320
was someone from the island working as a

2569
01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:54,560
scout and I I suspect they would have

2570
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:56,480
been working for the production and not

2571
01:38:56,480 --> 01:38:59,360
you, but I don't know for sure. Um and

2572
01:38:59,360 --> 01:39:00,960
the location scout was from the island

2573
01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:03,119
and seeking, you know, connections

2574
01:39:03,119 --> 01:39:05,600
locally and And I feel like there's so

2575
01:39:05,600 --> 01:39:07,840
uh so many people locally who do work in

2576
01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:09,760
film production that could have been an

2577
01:39:09,760 --> 01:39:11,920
asset directly. And so I'm wondering

2578
01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:17,199
about um how some of the the work that

2579
01:39:17,199 --> 01:39:19,360
you're doing and that that this small

2580
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:21,440
piece of funding would be attributed

2581
01:39:21,440 --> 01:39:25,040
towards would also support um local

2582
01:39:25,040 --> 01:39:27,840
employment more directly when suitable.

2583
01:39:27,840 --> 01:39:29,109
>> Oh well thank you for the question.

2584
01:39:29,109 --> 01:39:29,119
» Oh well thank you for the question.

2585
01:39:29,119 --> 01:39:30,480
Well, Astra Bulock that you saw

2586
01:39:30,480 --> 01:39:32,880
interviewed there three times is from

2587
01:39:32,880 --> 01:39:35,679
Pal River. So, we trained her. She's

2588
01:39:35,679 --> 01:39:38,400
part of that we what we did with the

2589
01:39:38,400 --> 01:39:40,639
with the uh part of our funding was to

2590
01:39:40,639 --> 01:39:42,400
reach out to each one of the six

2591
01:39:42,400 --> 01:39:44,480
actually seven regional districts. We

2592
01:39:44,480 --> 01:39:46,719
hired local photographers. We put them

2593
01:39:46,719 --> 01:39:48,880
through training courses and then we put

2594
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:50,719
them sent them out to photographs. So,

2595
01:39:50,719 --> 01:39:53,840
we shot 2,000 new images, new location

2596
01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:56,880
files, which may be 60 images per file

2597
01:39:56,880 --> 01:39:59,040
throughout our whole region. So when you

2598
01:39:59,040 --> 01:40:01,280
heard Astra go, "Oh god, they asked me

2599
01:40:01,280 --> 01:40:03,920
to do 150 locations." That was her in

2600
01:40:03,920 --> 01:40:07,119
Pal River covering you. So again, we do

2601
01:40:07,119 --> 01:40:09,040
we we've reached out to ensure that we

2602
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:10,800
we have hired and trained people that

2603
01:40:10,800 --> 01:40:12,080
live in each one of the regional

2604
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:13,679
juristics that that we're funded

2605
01:40:13,679 --> 01:40:16,560
through. Um and so instead of production

2606
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:18,560
now having to send someone over from the

2607
01:40:18,560 --> 01:40:20,560
island, sometimes production will pay to

2608
01:40:20,560 --> 01:40:22,719
send a scout in. Um because we're a not

2609
01:40:22,719 --> 01:40:26,000
for-profit, we are now able to redirect

2610
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:28,560
those productions to the local people to

2611
01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:30,639
be the ones they hire because we've they

2612
01:40:30,639 --> 01:40:32,000
know what they're doing now. They know

2613
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:34,080
how to upload into our system, which is

2614
01:40:34,080 --> 01:40:36,239
a industry system that you have to have

2615
01:40:36,239 --> 01:40:38,080
permission and training to be able to

2616
01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:41,199
get into. Um so that's we did to ensure

2617
01:40:41,199 --> 01:40:43,040
that we aren't sending someone from

2618
01:40:43,040 --> 01:40:46,239
Vancouver Island over to the lower to

2619
01:40:46,239 --> 01:40:49,280
upper or lower Sunshine Coast. Um, we

2620
01:40:49,280 --> 01:40:51,840
also did training for crew that we

2621
01:40:51,840 --> 01:40:53,600
offered up through we advertised through

2622
01:40:53,600 --> 01:40:55,360
all of the employment centers. So, we

2623
01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:57,440
did have people from the Cadet Regional

2624
01:40:57,440 --> 01:40:59,440
District that took our grip lighting PA

2625
01:40:59,440 --> 01:41:03,119
courses of which we 100% funded. I wrote

2626
01:41:03,119 --> 01:41:05,199
I wrote over a million and a half

2627
01:41:05,199 --> 01:41:07,760
dollars worth of funding grants for

2628
01:41:07,760 --> 01:41:10,159
training over four years and we pro we

2629
01:41:10,159 --> 01:41:12,960
trained over 450 people fully trained

2630
01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:15,199
them to industry specs to get into the

2631
01:41:15,199 --> 01:41:17,679
unions and covered all their expenses.

2632
01:41:17,679 --> 01:41:20,159
So, we've been working really hard

2633
01:41:20,159 --> 01:41:22,880
trying to build the capacity locally so

2634
01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:24,719
they don't have to bring so many people

2635
01:41:24,719 --> 01:41:26,400
over. And when you heard one of the

2636
01:41:26,400 --> 01:41:28,239
scouts from Port El Bernie talking about

2637
01:41:28,239 --> 01:41:30,159
that, I mean, it's made a huge

2638
01:41:30,159 --> 01:41:32,960
difference. So, we're now seeing backto

2639
01:41:32,960 --> 01:41:35,040
backto backto back projects coming in

2640
01:41:35,040 --> 01:41:38,560
where they're hiring local crew or uh

2641
01:41:38,560 --> 01:41:40,800
not 100% local crew because we haven't

2642
01:41:40,800 --> 01:41:42,400
been able to get into camera and some of

2643
01:41:42,400 --> 01:41:44,159
those technical things. But when it

2644
01:41:44,159 --> 01:41:46,480
comes to production assistance, grips,

2645
01:41:46,480 --> 01:41:49,360
lighting, uh set construction,

2646
01:41:49,360 --> 01:41:51,280
carpentry, all of the types of trades

2647
01:41:51,280 --> 01:41:53,040
where people have skills in another

2648
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:55,199
sector that we could upskill and and

2649
01:41:55,199 --> 01:41:57,360
train them in so that they can jump from

2650
01:41:57,360 --> 01:41:59,280
one industry to the other when work is

2651
01:41:59,280 --> 01:42:01,760
there. We're doing our best to provide

2652
01:42:01,760 --> 01:42:04,880
those kind of skills tuitionfree to help

2653
01:42:04,880 --> 01:42:07,679
them find work when work comes to their

2654
01:42:07,679 --> 01:42:10,960
to their area.

2655
01:42:10,960 --> 01:42:12,470
>> Thank you very much. Are there any other

2656
01:42:12,470 --> 01:42:12,480
» Thank you very much. Are there any other

2657
01:42:12,480 --> 01:42:15,440
questions from the committee? I don't

2658
01:42:15,440 --> 01:42:17,600
see any. So, thank you, Miss Miller, for

2659
01:42:17,600 --> 01:42:19,600
presenting and for showing us the film.

2660
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:20,880
Relax. Thanks for coming.

2661
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:21,990
>> Appreciate it. Appreciate and we

2662
01:42:21,990 --> 01:42:22,000
» Appreciate it. Appreciate and we

2663
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:23,360
appreciate the support we've had from

2664
01:42:23,360 --> 01:42:24,880
you for the last few years.

2665
01:42:24,880 --> 01:42:27,189
>> Director South had a question. Oh,

2666
01:42:27,189 --> 01:42:27,199
» Director South had a question. Oh,

2667
01:42:27,199 --> 01:42:27,520
sorry.

2668
01:42:27,520 --> 01:42:29,189
>> Oh, oh, sorry. My apologies director

2669
01:42:29,189 --> 01:42:29,199
» Oh, oh, sorry. My apologies director

2670
01:42:29,199 --> 01:42:30,560
Southkot. I I think

2671
01:42:30,560 --> 01:42:31,669
>> I got to get more

2672
01:42:31,669 --> 01:42:31,679
» I got to get more

2673
01:42:31,679 --> 01:42:32,790
>> in the background. I don't see it

2674
01:42:32,790 --> 01:42:32,800
» in the background. I don't see it

2675
01:42:32,800 --> 01:42:34,320
always. So, we do have one question from

2676
01:42:34,320 --> 01:42:35,040
Director Southk.

2677
01:42:35,040 --> 01:42:37,030
>> I see it difficult. Yeah. Quick

2678
01:42:37,030 --> 01:42:37,040
» I see it difficult. Yeah. Quick

2679
01:42:37,040 --> 01:42:39,199
question. Having some in a previous

2680
01:42:39,199 --> 01:42:43,040
lifetime having contact with the uh

2681
01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:44,800
film industry in Vancouver when I worked

2682
01:42:44,800 --> 01:42:49,119
down there. Uh I became aware of what a

2683
01:42:49,119 --> 01:42:52,880
huge uh economic um impact the industry

2684
01:42:52,880 --> 01:42:54,960
had and also that it's very it's low

2685
01:42:54,960 --> 01:42:58,000
impact as far as environmentally etc. So

2686
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:01,119
there's it's a high benefit industry.

2687
01:43:01,119 --> 01:43:05,119
That was my impression. U this region is

2688
01:43:05,119 --> 01:43:07,119
absolutely looking for economic

2689
01:43:07,119 --> 01:43:10,560
opportunity and the two just really fit

2690
01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:13,679
together in my mind. I you know your

2691
01:43:13,679 --> 01:43:16,560
grant um request is not very big. I'm

2692
01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:19,040
really uh

2693
01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:21,679
it this area knowing that we've had four

2694
01:43:21,679 --> 01:43:24,639
feature films filmed here already and we

2695
01:43:24,639 --> 01:43:26,239
don't have the millm making noise

2696
01:43:26,239 --> 01:43:29,760
anymore to uh camper that which was a

2697
01:43:29,760 --> 01:43:32,960
problem in the past. my understood from

2698
01:43:32,960 --> 01:43:34,800
um previously

2699
01:43:34,800 --> 01:43:37,760
uh your your video doesn't really you

2700
01:43:37,760 --> 01:43:40,239
hardly even mention uh economic benefit

2701
01:43:40,239 --> 01:43:43,360
to um regions that you're working in and

2702
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:44,880
I'm just wondering if that is an

2703
01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:48,639
oversight or uh if there's a plan to

2704
01:43:48,639 --> 01:43:49,920
feature that more or what you're

2705
01:43:49,920 --> 01:43:51,360
thinking might be on that.

2706
01:43:51,360 --> 01:43:52,790
>> Well, thank you for that question. Well,

2707
01:43:52,790 --> 01:43:52,800
» Well, thank you for that question. Well,

2708
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:54,719
it was difficult because that particular

2709
01:43:54,719 --> 01:43:57,600
video was made to report back to that

2710
01:43:57,600 --> 01:43:59,440
particular fund and they were looking at

2711
01:43:59,440 --> 01:44:02,080
how did we in did we invest the money in

2712
01:44:02,080 --> 01:44:04,239
what we applied for which was purchasing

2713
01:44:04,239 --> 01:44:06,800
equipment that we could loan in order to

2714
01:44:06,800 --> 01:44:08,719
attract production out. So that's a soft

2715
01:44:08,719 --> 01:44:10,719
incentive on top of the incentives the

2716
01:44:10,719 --> 01:44:13,679
government gives to film outside. Also,

2717
01:44:13,679 --> 01:44:16,239
the training that we did and to reshoot

2718
01:44:16,239 --> 01:44:19,840
all our locations, um,

2719
01:44:19,840 --> 01:44:22,960
what we do daytoday takes weeks and

2720
01:44:22,960 --> 01:44:24,719
weeks and weeks to report out on because

2721
01:44:24,719 --> 01:44:26,880
we get such little bits of funding from

2722
01:44:26,880 --> 01:44:28,159
so many different places. So, you're

2723
01:44:28,159 --> 01:44:29,679
always trying to target it to what that

2724
01:44:29,679 --> 01:44:32,480
funding was. So, a project like Eden

2725
01:44:32,480 --> 01:44:34,719
Express, their economic impact report

2726
01:44:34,719 --> 01:44:37,280
came back at about $2.5 million spent

2727
01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:41,520
directly in the uh in the cadet area.

2728
01:44:41,520 --> 01:44:44,320
But for that particular year 2025, I

2729
01:44:44,320 --> 01:44:47,440
think we did $28 million. So we're

2730
01:44:47,440 --> 01:44:50,080
talking Port Al Bernie had two lower Mid

2731
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:52,800
Island had two feature films. Um the

2732
01:44:52,800 --> 01:44:55,040
Tofino had a feature two feature films

2733
01:44:55,040 --> 01:44:58,000
and a TV series. It's the difficult part

2734
01:44:58,000 --> 01:45:00,639
of what I do is that everybody that we

2735
01:45:00,639 --> 01:45:02,400
get a little piece of funding from wants

2736
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:05,040
us to tell us what we did in their area

2737
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:07,199
and then I have to go over top and do a

2738
01:45:07,199 --> 01:45:09,040
big one for the province. So, it's

2739
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:11,520
sometime really hard to break it all

2740
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:14,400
apart because some want to hear the big

2741
01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:15,840
picture, some want to know all the

2742
01:45:15,840 --> 01:45:17,440
economic, and then some want to know

2743
01:45:17,440 --> 01:45:20,960
what did their $3,000 get them for an

2744
01:45:20,960 --> 01:45:23,280
investment in their own area. So, it is

2745
01:45:23,280 --> 01:45:25,199
a something that we've struggled with,

2746
01:45:25,199 --> 01:45:26,960
not only our area, but the regions of

2747
01:45:26,960 --> 01:45:30,320
BC. And we're really we're really trying

2748
01:45:30,320 --> 01:45:32,080
to in a lot of meetings recently with

2749
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:33,600
the provincial government to try and get

2750
01:45:33,600 --> 01:45:35,280
them to recognize there has to be more

2751
01:45:35,280 --> 01:45:36,719
communication be the provincial

2752
01:45:36,719 --> 01:45:39,040
government's investment in this as a

2753
01:45:39,040 --> 01:45:41,440
industry that can help diversify more

2754
01:45:41,440 --> 01:45:42,960
than just Vancouver but is really

2755
01:45:42,960 --> 01:45:45,280
helping diversify the regions and the

2756
01:45:45,280 --> 01:45:47,679
rural regions in areas where they said

2757
01:45:47,679 --> 01:45:50,400
this will never happen. Um, and they

2758
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:51,920
need to talk. We need to get them. We're

2759
01:45:51,920 --> 01:45:53,840
trying to push the province to talk to

2760
01:45:53,840 --> 01:45:56,239
regional districts. So, it's not me in

2761
01:45:56,239 --> 01:45:59,280
front of a grant and aid program where I

2762
01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:00,880
feel really bad because there's these

2763
01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:02,560
amazing groups that need the money.

2764
01:46:02,560 --> 01:46:04,880
We're in the wrong we're sitting at the

2765
01:46:04,880 --> 01:46:06,960
wrong venue to talk about economic

2766
01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:10,239
development. Um, and so, yeah, we we

2767
01:46:10,239 --> 01:46:12,239
we've struggled. We've been left on our

2768
01:46:12,239 --> 01:46:14,800
own for like 28 years to kind of grow

2769
01:46:14,800 --> 01:46:16,400
it. And so, we've passionately been

2770
01:46:16,400 --> 01:46:18,159
growing it. and now they're recognizing

2771
01:46:18,159 --> 01:46:20,800
the impact is really huge, not only in

2772
01:46:20,800 --> 01:46:23,280
our area, but Okonagan, the island and

2773
01:46:23,280 --> 01:46:24,800
the Okonogan have really grown their

2774
01:46:24,800 --> 01:46:28,320
film industry. Um, but we're missing

2775
01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:30,719
we're missing that piece where we have

2776
01:46:30,719 --> 01:46:32,080
all of the different levels of

2777
01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:34,000
government sitting at one table to

2778
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:36,480
understand what the what the importance

2779
01:46:36,480 --> 01:46:39,600
of this sector like forestry or like

2780
01:46:39,600 --> 01:46:42,320
mining or anything is tourism to their

2781
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:44,480
area and not just leave it up to us to

2782
01:46:44,480 --> 01:46:46,960
try and continue to have to do these

2783
01:46:46,960 --> 01:46:48,880
three minute presentations or you've got

2784
01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:50,880
five minutes. You have five minutes to

2785
01:46:50,880 --> 01:46:53,199
tell this group what it is you do and

2786
01:46:53,199 --> 01:46:56,000
how good it is. So, um it's a it's been

2787
01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:59,760
a challenge and yes, um yes, it's it's

2788
01:46:59,760 --> 01:47:01,280
been a challenge and it's one we're

2789
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:03,360
working on and one we're hoping the

2790
01:47:03,360 --> 01:47:05,440
province will help us work

2791
01:47:05,440 --> 01:47:07,199
collaboratively with so the messaging

2792
01:47:07,199 --> 01:47:10,239
can be flowing from local government to

2793
01:47:10,239 --> 01:47:11,679
regional government to provincial

2794
01:47:11,679 --> 01:47:14,000
government so they see the impact of it

2795
01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:16,800
as um an investment in an industry that

2796
01:47:16,800 --> 01:47:19,360
benefits all. Don't know if that makes

2797
01:47:19,360 --> 01:47:22,000
any sense but sorry

2798
01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:23,750
>> my major thank you very much for your

2799
01:47:23,750 --> 01:47:23,760
» my major thank you very much for your

2800
01:47:23,760 --> 01:47:26,239
answer. Um what it tells me is that this

2801
01:47:26,239 --> 01:47:29,600
is a far larger uh conversation

2802
01:47:29,600 --> 01:47:32,960
uh to

2803
01:47:32,960 --> 01:47:35,520
pursue what I am interested in seeing

2804
01:47:35,520 --> 01:47:37,199
happen in our region.

2805
01:47:37,199 --> 01:47:38,790
>> Well we would love

2806
01:47:38,790 --> 01:47:38,800
» Well we would love

2807
01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:40,229
>> sorry we'd love to have that

2808
01:47:40,229 --> 01:47:40,239
» sorry we'd love to have that

2809
01:47:40,239 --> 01:47:42,560
conversation with you at the right time.

2810
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:45,040
Um but it's hard to do it when it's a

2811
01:47:45,040 --> 01:47:47,600
five minute give your overall and and

2812
01:47:47,600 --> 01:47:50,560
then ask answer a few questions. So yes

2813
01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:52,080
having people that are interested in

2814
01:47:52,080 --> 01:47:53,760
looking at how we can expand this and

2815
01:47:53,760 --> 01:47:56,239
collaboratively leverage all levels of

2816
01:47:56,239 --> 01:47:58,400
government to create you know this

2817
01:47:58,400 --> 01:48:00,960
industry as a viable industry in every

2818
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,360
rural and regional area of the province

2819
01:48:03,360 --> 01:48:04,960
is really important to all of us that do

2820
01:48:04,960 --> 01:48:08,790
our job.

2821
01:48:08,800 --> 01:48:11,280
Thank you very much and thank you for uh

2822
01:48:11,280 --> 01:48:13,280
presenting to our committee.

2823
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:17,030
>> Oh, thank you.

2824
01:48:17,040 --> 01:48:19,520
» Okay. Uh with that, I we'll take a

2825
01:48:19,520 --> 01:48:21,280
10-minute break and those in the room

2826
01:48:21,280 --> 01:48:23,199
can enjoy the fine food that has been

2827
01:48:23,199 --> 01:48:24,480
delivered and those who are not in the

2828
01:48:24,480 --> 01:48:26,800
room will go forge

2829
01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:28,480
and uh

2830
01:48:28,480 --> 01:48:29,990
>> 10 minutes. Is that what we what we

2831
01:48:29,990 --> 01:48:30,000
» 10 minutes. Is that what we what we

2832
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:31,840
said? Uh corporate office,

2833
01:48:31,840 --> 01:48:33,830
>> how about we return at 3:00?

2834
01:48:33,830 --> 01:48:33,840
» how about we return at 3:00?

2835
01:48:33,840 --> 01:48:36,229
>> Sounds perfect.

2836
01:48:36,229 --> 01:48:36,239
» Sounds perfect.

2837
01:48:36,239 --> 01:48:43,109
Breathe in.

2838
01:48:43,119 --> 02:03:08,229
» For those who have presented already,

2839
02:03:08,239 --> 02:03:10,880
Recording in progress.

2840
02:03:10,880 --> 02:03:11,119
Okay,

2841
02:03:11,119 --> 02:03:14,229
>> welcome back everyone. That's 301 almost

2842
02:03:14,229 --> 02:03:14,239
» welcome back everyone. That's 301 almost

2843
02:03:14,239 --> 02:03:16,400
302 where we'll carry on with our

2844
02:03:16,400 --> 02:03:19,920
delegations and item 3.11

2845
02:03:19,920 --> 02:03:22,719
is a delegation by Russell Brewer, CET

2846
02:03:22,719 --> 02:03:26,000
Tourism Society. Uh Mr. Brewer, you have

2847
02:03:26,000 --> 02:03:27,280
10 minutes and you're attending

2848
02:03:27,280 --> 02:03:29,520
virtually, so the screen is yours and

2849
02:03:29,520 --> 02:03:31,520
then maybe we'll ask questions.

2850
02:03:31,520 --> 02:03:33,350
>> Great. Thank you very much. And just a

2851
02:03:33,350 --> 02:03:33,360
» Great. Thank you very much. And just a

2852
02:03:33,360 --> 02:03:35,840
quick check you can hear me. All right.

2853
02:03:35,840 --> 02:03:36,950
>> Excellent.

2854
02:03:36,950 --> 02:03:36,960
» Excellent.

2855
02:03:36,960 --> 02:03:38,629
>> Great. Well, thank you very much, chair

2856
02:03:38,629 --> 02:03:38,639
» Great. Well, thank you very much, chair

2857
02:03:38,639 --> 02:03:41,840
and committee for uh letting all these

2858
02:03:41,840 --> 02:03:43,920
nonprofits, ourselves included, have an

2859
02:03:43,920 --> 02:03:45,520
opportunity to present. It's much

2860
02:03:45,520 --> 02:03:49,199
appreciated. And I'll try and keep it a

2861
02:03:49,199 --> 02:03:51,679
little bit briefer than my time allotted

2862
02:03:51,679 --> 02:03:53,119
because I know you've got quite a few

2863
02:03:53,119 --> 02:03:55,920
here yet to get through. Uh so I'm

2864
02:03:55,920 --> 02:03:58,880
representing Cath Tourism Society. I'm

2865
02:03:58,880 --> 02:04:02,560
the president for the board and we've

2866
02:04:02,560 --> 02:04:04,960
been established in place about 33 years

2867
02:04:04,960 --> 02:04:08,480
now. First established in 1993

2868
02:04:08,480 --> 02:04:11,599
and just thought it'd be it'd be helpful

2869
02:04:11,599 --> 02:04:13,199
to walk through who's actually on our

2870
02:04:13,199 --> 02:04:15,280
board. Uh many of them have been serving

2871
02:04:15,280 --> 02:04:16,880
for a long time. We've got Christy

2872
02:04:16,880 --> 02:04:20,560
Mitchell, Annne Nelson, Jo Mclaclin,

2873
02:04:20,560 --> 02:04:23,840
Nina Misalum, Eagle Waltz, Keith Lton,

2874
02:04:23,840 --> 02:04:26,800
Peter Harvey, Jerry Childris, Melanie

2875
02:04:26,800 --> 02:04:29,679
Hansen, and Matt McDow. And of course,

2876
02:04:29,679 --> 02:04:32,239
we have three ex officials. Councelor

2877
02:04:32,239 --> 02:04:33,920
Almeida from the city, Director

2878
02:04:33,920 --> 02:04:36,719
McCormack from the QRD, and Kelly Keel

2879
02:04:36,719 --> 02:04:39,280
from the Chamber of Commerce is on our

2880
02:04:39,280 --> 02:04:42,480
board as well. And we've also got three

2881
02:04:42,480 --> 02:04:45,119
staff at present. Jenny Allen Taves,

2882
02:04:45,119 --> 02:04:48,480
Emily Fea, and Holly Brack, as well as

2883
02:04:48,480 --> 02:04:51,360
some volunteers that have been

2884
02:04:51,360 --> 02:04:54,320
supporting the tourism society for quite

2885
02:04:54,320 --> 02:04:57,920
a long time, including Mike Ley, who is

2886
02:04:57,920 --> 02:04:59,760
coming on 20 years now. He's been a

2887
02:04:59,760 --> 02:05:02,560
volunteer for for the society. He just

2888
02:05:02,560 --> 02:05:04,159
loves doing it. And many of our board

2889
02:05:04,159 --> 02:05:05,520
members have been there quite a long

2890
02:05:05,520 --> 02:05:07,599
time as well. They come from a variety

2891
02:05:07,599 --> 02:05:08,800
of backgrounds. They're all quite

2892
02:05:08,800 --> 02:05:10,400
committed to the tourism sector and

2893
02:05:10,400 --> 02:05:13,360
supporting tourism in the region.

2894
02:05:13,360 --> 02:05:15,599
And we also have Pat and Athella who are

2895
02:05:15,599 --> 02:05:19,440
also volunteers for us.

2896
02:05:19,440 --> 02:05:22,000
So a bit of a walk through what the

2897
02:05:22,000 --> 02:05:25,440
tourism society does. We we operate the

2898
02:05:25,440 --> 02:05:28,239
visitor center obviously and provide

2899
02:05:28,239 --> 02:05:30,000
visitor information services in

2900
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:33,440
partnership with the city, the QRD,

2901
02:05:33,440 --> 02:05:36,239
destination BC as well as other

2902
02:05:36,239 --> 02:05:39,199
organizations throughout the region.

2903
02:05:39,199 --> 02:05:40,800
So we provide visitor information

2904
02:05:40,800 --> 02:05:43,119
services 12 months a year for the region

2905
02:05:43,119 --> 02:05:45,119
as a whole. We promote the region as a

2906
02:05:45,119 --> 02:05:47,360
tourism destination.

2907
02:05:47,360 --> 02:05:49,920
We support local businesses

2908
02:05:49,920 --> 02:05:52,080
upon request and and when appropriate

2909
02:05:52,080 --> 02:05:54,480
with local marketing programs created by

2910
02:05:54,480 --> 02:05:57,920
local businesses and collect stats for

2911
02:05:57,920 --> 02:06:00,000
research purposes.

2912
02:06:00,000 --> 02:06:02,400
We also collect stats on visitors to the

2913
02:06:02,400 --> 02:06:04,400
area. And that's something we share with

2914
02:06:04,400 --> 02:06:08,080
the city, the RD and Destination BC and

2915
02:06:08,080 --> 02:06:10,000
other partners

2916
02:06:10,000 --> 02:06:12,880
as as appropriate. We help coordinate

2917
02:06:12,880 --> 02:06:14,719
local events and training for local

2918
02:06:14,719 --> 02:06:16,880
businesses including destination BC

2919
02:06:16,880 --> 02:06:19,280
approved courses

2920
02:06:19,280 --> 02:06:21,760
and we work collaboratively as much as

2921
02:06:21,760 --> 02:06:24,320
we can with other tourism related know

2922
02:06:24,320 --> 02:06:26,239
regional boards, committees, businesses,

2923
02:06:26,239 --> 02:06:28,080
associations,

2924
02:06:28,080 --> 02:06:30,000
many quite a few of them actually that

2925
02:06:30,000 --> 02:06:32,719
are presenting here today as well to to

2926
02:06:32,719 --> 02:06:35,360
the committee.

2927
02:06:35,360 --> 02:06:38,960
And our request is pretty much outlined.

2928
02:06:38,960 --> 02:06:40,960
I'll I'll just read what's in there. I

2929
02:06:40,960 --> 02:06:42,000
know there's a lot of material on your

2930
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:43,599
agenda, but I I'll read a little section

2931
02:06:43,599 --> 02:06:47,520
of it. The the funds, as in past years,

2932
02:06:47,520 --> 02:06:50,320
are intended to be used to support staff

2933
02:06:50,320 --> 02:06:52,639
at the visitor center, particularly

2934
02:06:52,639 --> 02:06:54,159
through the high season in the summer

2935
02:06:54,159 --> 02:06:55,599
here, but also into the shoulder

2936
02:06:55,599 --> 02:06:57,679
seasons, so later into the fall and then

2937
02:06:57,679 --> 02:07:00,960
all the way through to May. And that

2938
02:07:00,960 --> 02:07:03,040
that helps us support the busiest months

2939
02:07:03,040 --> 02:07:05,360
of the year, but also helps transition

2940
02:07:05,360 --> 02:07:07,119
into the shoulder season so that we've

2941
02:07:07,119 --> 02:07:08,960
got smooth operations at the visitor

2942
02:07:08,960 --> 02:07:10,480
center.

2943
02:07:10,480 --> 02:07:12,320
Throughout the off season, a significant

2944
02:07:12,320 --> 02:07:14,880
portion of the funds are dedicated to

2945
02:07:14,880 --> 02:07:17,679
staff and this includes covering

2946
02:07:17,679 --> 02:07:19,599
salaries of course and other operational

2947
02:07:19,599 --> 02:07:22,800
expenses essential for smooth operation

2948
02:07:22,800 --> 02:07:25,040
of our center.

2949
02:07:25,040 --> 02:07:27,440
Maintaining year-round operations allows

2950
02:07:27,440 --> 02:07:30,800
the center to consistently support both

2951
02:07:30,800 --> 02:07:33,679
visitors and locals alike while

2952
02:07:33,679 --> 02:07:35,679
promoting local attractions and

2953
02:07:35,679 --> 02:07:37,440
amenities

2954
02:07:37,440 --> 02:07:40,239
and arguably contributing to the the

2955
02:07:40,239 --> 02:07:42,320
overall economic health and cultural

2956
02:07:42,320 --> 02:07:45,840
vitality of of the region. It's always

2957
02:07:45,840 --> 02:07:48,639
surprising to me. I've heard the

2958
02:07:48,639 --> 02:07:51,599
argument made several times, well, in

2959
02:07:51,599 --> 02:07:54,159
this era of online presence and apps and

2960
02:07:54,159 --> 02:07:56,880
such, do we really need uh physical

2961
02:07:56,880 --> 02:07:58,400
spaces?

2962
02:07:58,400 --> 02:08:00,239
I'm always surprised anytime I stop in

2963
02:08:00,239 --> 02:08:01,920
there to sign checks or check in with

2964
02:08:01,920 --> 02:08:05,199
staff or or do things. How long a visit

2965
02:08:05,199 --> 02:08:06,719
it becomes just because there's so many

2966
02:08:06,719 --> 02:08:08,800
people actually coming through the door.

2967
02:08:08,800 --> 02:08:10,400
There's lots of folks that still like to

2968
02:08:10,400 --> 02:08:12,960
stop by visitor centers to get some

2969
02:08:12,960 --> 02:08:15,679
local information, local flavor that

2970
02:08:15,679 --> 02:08:17,760
that they may not get elsewhere or just

2971
02:08:17,760 --> 02:08:21,360
through online presence.

2972
02:08:21,360 --> 02:08:23,599
Additionally, funds will be used to help

2973
02:08:23,599 --> 02:08:25,199
support staff attending events

2974
02:08:25,199 --> 02:08:27,679
throughout the region, also covering

2975
02:08:27,679 --> 02:08:30,079
expenses such as mileage, promotional

2976
02:08:30,079 --> 02:08:33,360
materials, and any participation fees.

2977
02:08:33,360 --> 02:08:36,560
So that's it in a nutshell committee and

2978
02:08:36,560 --> 02:08:38,960
happy of course to take any questions

2979
02:08:38,960 --> 02:08:41,040
you may have for our about our

2980
02:08:41,040 --> 02:08:42,480
application.

2981
02:08:42,480 --> 02:08:44,950
>> Thank you very much Mr. Brewer. Uh are

2982
02:08:44,950 --> 02:08:44,960
» Thank you very much Mr. Brewer. Uh are

2983
02:08:44,960 --> 02:08:47,840
there questions from the committee?

2984
02:08:47,840 --> 02:08:49,760
Uh Director Lennox.

2985
02:08:49,760 --> 02:08:51,910
>> Yeah. Thanks chair and thanks for your

2986
02:08:51,910 --> 02:08:51,920
» Yeah. Thanks chair and thanks for your

2987
02:08:51,920 --> 02:08:54,480
presentation. Um I'm [clears throat]

2988
02:08:54,480 --> 02:08:58,159
trying to think back. uh every board

2989
02:08:58,159 --> 02:09:00,000
meeting we do a director's report and I

2990
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:01,440
think it was director McCormack you

2991
02:09:01,440 --> 02:09:04,480
mentioned that she's uh involved and has

2992
02:09:04,480 --> 02:09:07,440
uh is following the ongoing um

2993
02:09:07,440 --> 02:09:10,800
activities of your group and um I think

2994
02:09:10,800 --> 02:09:12,669
I took a note there thinking about

2995
02:09:12,669 --> 02:09:14,320
[clears throat] it that uh you said

2996
02:09:14,320 --> 02:09:17,119
there was two students for eight weeks

2997
02:09:17,119 --> 02:09:19,040
uh focused on area events in the region

2998
02:09:19,040 --> 02:09:21,840
and other activities I'm sure and uh of

2999
02:09:21,840 --> 02:09:25,199
course up in area A we're looking for

3000
02:09:25,199 --> 02:09:27,280
those area activities around Savory and

3001
02:09:27,280 --> 02:09:29,599
other other places. Um, and so I'm just

3002
02:09:29,599 --> 02:09:32,480
wondering my question is if this

3003
02:09:32,480 --> 02:09:34,880
application were to be unsuccessful or a

3004
02:09:34,880 --> 02:09:36,960
reduced amount.

3005
02:09:36,960 --> 02:09:39,840
I is it fair to say that would impact

3006
02:09:39,840 --> 02:09:41,679
those abilities to get out in the

3007
02:09:41,679 --> 02:09:43,920
community? Um, I think you may I'm

3008
02:09:43,920 --> 02:09:45,440
assuming you'd be able to cover the

3009
02:09:45,440 --> 02:09:47,040
office because you got to cover the

3010
02:09:47,040 --> 02:09:48,639
office, but it would impact your

3011
02:09:48,639 --> 02:09:51,520
outreach. Is that fair to say?

3012
02:09:51,520 --> 02:09:53,830
>> Yeah, that through the chair. That's

3013
02:09:53,830 --> 02:09:53,840
» Yeah, that through the chair. That's

3014
02:09:53,840 --> 02:09:55,360
correct. Director Lennox, it would

3015
02:09:55,360 --> 02:09:57,040
impact

3016
02:09:57,040 --> 02:09:58,800
how often we would be able to get out

3017
02:09:58,800 --> 02:10:01,040
and impact the hours that we'd be able

3018
02:10:01,040 --> 02:10:03,520
to maintain the visitor center open. So,

3019
02:10:03,520 --> 02:10:05,040
there'd have to be a balance struck

3020
02:10:05,040 --> 02:10:08,000
between uh I think the priority would

3021
02:10:08,000 --> 02:10:10,079
still be because it's a focus of the

3022
02:10:10,079 --> 02:10:12,560
board to get more of the folks out to

3023
02:10:12,560 --> 02:10:13,920
those events throughout the region

3024
02:10:13,920 --> 02:10:15,119
throughout the year. That's been

3025
02:10:15,119 --> 02:10:16,719
something we've heard from different

3026
02:10:16,719 --> 02:10:20,560
organizations and representatives. So,

3027
02:10:20,560 --> 02:10:22,239
likely we would balance some of the

3028
02:10:22,239 --> 02:10:24,480
hours. We'd maintain the visitor center

3029
02:10:24,480 --> 02:10:27,280
open in order to allow students and

3030
02:10:27,280 --> 02:10:29,679
employees to get out to those events.

3031
02:10:29,679 --> 02:10:31,915
>> Thank you.

3032
02:10:31,915 --> 02:10:31,925
» Thank you.

3033
02:10:31,925 --> 02:10:32,880
[clears throat]

3034
02:10:32,880 --> 02:10:35,350
>> Are there any other questions from the

3035
02:10:35,350 --> 02:10:35,360
» Are there any other questions from the

3036
02:10:35,360 --> 02:10:38,239
committee? Uh I I have one question for

3037
02:10:38,239 --> 02:10:40,639
you, Mr. Burr, which is about the uh I

3038
02:10:40,639 --> 02:10:42,480
guess the off season and the shoulder

3039
02:10:42,480 --> 02:10:45,840
season. Is it the case that there's uh

3040
02:10:45,840 --> 02:10:47,920
been an increase enough to warrant

3041
02:10:47,920 --> 02:10:50,560
having more uh staff resources or is it

3042
02:10:50,560 --> 02:10:53,280
that the goal is to have that increase?

3043
02:10:53,280 --> 02:10:54,560
So, what's the balance between, you

3044
02:10:54,560 --> 02:10:56,000
know, has it already happened or is it

3045
02:10:56,000 --> 02:10:58,320
something that that uh that tourism is

3046
02:10:58,320 --> 02:10:59,760
trying to do?

3047
02:10:59,760 --> 02:11:02,229
>> That that's a great question. It's a bit

3048
02:11:02,229 --> 02:11:02,239
» That that's a great question. It's a bit

3049
02:11:02,239 --> 02:11:06,800
of both. So, uh, I think it's fair to

3050
02:11:06,800 --> 02:11:09,440
say, you know, the other partner in the

3051
02:11:09,440 --> 02:11:11,040
region, Sunshine Coast Tourism, they're

3052
02:11:11,040 --> 02:11:12,639
the destination marketing organization

3053
02:11:12,639 --> 02:11:14,159
for the upper and lower Sunshine Coast.

3054
02:11:14,159 --> 02:11:16,560
They've done a great job of marketing

3055
02:11:16,560 --> 02:11:19,599
the region as a whole. And in a recent

3056
02:11:19,599 --> 02:11:21,360
report, they shared that we're starting

3057
02:11:21,360 --> 02:11:25,040
to see a lift in those shoulder season

3058
02:11:25,040 --> 02:11:28,000
numbers and room stays and such. So,

3059
02:11:28,000 --> 02:11:29,440
we're seeing that, too, just with

3060
02:11:29,440 --> 02:11:33,360
visitors to the visitor center. So,

3061
02:11:33,360 --> 02:11:35,040
it's it's a bit of a function of the

3062
02:11:35,040 --> 02:11:36,159
good work they're doing. We're

3063
02:11:36,159 --> 02:11:37,920
definitely anecdotally and the numbers

3064
02:11:37,920 --> 02:11:39,440
show it, there's more people coming in

3065
02:11:39,440 --> 02:11:41,679
the shoulder season, hence the need for

3066
02:11:41,679 --> 02:11:43,679
more visitor information services and

3067
02:11:43,679 --> 02:11:45,920
the shoulder seasons as well, which is

3068
02:11:45,920 --> 02:11:48,480
great. I think we're starting to see

3069
02:11:48,480 --> 02:11:50,719
definitely more folks coming earlier and

3070
02:11:50,719 --> 02:11:53,199
coming later than perhaps we have over

3071
02:11:53,199 --> 02:11:55,280
the last, you know, decade or two for

3072
02:11:55,280 --> 02:11:56,719
sure.

3073
02:11:56,719 --> 02:11:59,270
>> Great. Thank you. Are there any other

3074
02:11:59,270 --> 02:11:59,280
» Great. Thank you. Are there any other

3075
02:11:59,280 --> 02:12:00,800
questions? Looking to see I don't miss

3076
02:12:00,800 --> 02:12:02,960
anyone in the room. Director McCormack,

3077
02:12:02,960 --> 02:12:04,390
>> thank you. Or not in the room is the

3078
02:12:04,390 --> 02:12:04,400
» thank you. Or not in the room is the

3079
02:12:04,400 --> 02:12:05,679
case.

3080
02:12:05,679 --> 02:12:08,310
>> Um, thank you for your presentation,

3081
02:12:08,310 --> 02:12:08,320
» Um, thank you for your presentation,

3082
02:12:08,320 --> 02:12:11,119
Russ. Um, I really enjoy being part of

3083
02:12:11,119 --> 02:12:14,639
the uh, Cath tourism discussion. Um,

3084
02:12:14,639 --> 02:12:17,119
because they're really forward thinking

3085
02:12:17,119 --> 02:12:20,880
and so my question is about kind of

3086
02:12:20,880 --> 02:12:23,760
waving the flag a little bit more. Will

3087
02:12:23,760 --> 02:12:28,480
this um these positions enable Katourism

3088
02:12:28,480 --> 02:12:31,440
to get the name out there and to

3089
02:12:31,440 --> 02:12:34,880
increase um the opportunities to promote

3090
02:12:34,880 --> 02:12:38,639
uh the local businesses in Lond or Texa

3091
02:12:38,639 --> 02:12:42,639
or Neil Sultry Bay as the case may be.

3092
02:12:42,639 --> 02:12:44,790
>> Yeah, very much so. Director McCormack,

3093
02:12:44,790 --> 02:12:44,800
» Yeah, very much so. Director McCormack,

3094
02:12:44,800 --> 02:12:48,480
I I think it'll it'll allow us to have,

3095
02:12:48,480 --> 02:12:51,199
you know, tourism, cultural ambassadors,

3096
02:12:51,199 --> 02:12:52,960
if you will, getting out to those events

3097
02:12:52,960 --> 02:12:55,280
more, sharing information, going where

3098
02:12:55,280 --> 02:12:56,960
the people are at, not necessarily being

3099
02:12:56,960 --> 02:12:58,320
in a brick and mortar building waiting

3100
02:12:58,320 --> 02:13:00,079
for the people to come come to the

3101
02:13:00,079 --> 02:13:02,400
visitor center. That's the intent very

3102
02:13:02,400 --> 02:13:03,920
much so.

3103
02:13:03,920 --> 02:13:06,950
>> Makes a lot of sense. Thank you.

3104
02:13:06,950 --> 02:13:06,960
» Makes a lot of sense. Thank you.

3105
02:13:06,960 --> 02:13:08,950
>> Thank you very much. I don't see any

3106
02:13:08,950 --> 02:13:08,960
» Thank you very much. I don't see any

3107
02:13:08,960 --> 02:13:10,480
other hands up. So, thank you for

3108
02:13:10,480 --> 02:13:11,840
presenting before us and we will

3109
02:13:11,840 --> 02:13:14,000
consider this at a future meeting.

3110
02:13:14,000 --> 02:13:16,470
>> Great. Thank you very much.

3111
02:13:16,470 --> 02:13:16,480
» Great. Thank you very much.

3112
02:13:16,480 --> 02:13:20,709
>> Okay. Uh our next item 3.12 is uh

3113
02:13:20,709 --> 02:13:20,719
» Okay. Uh our next item 3.12 is uh

3114
02:13:20,719 --> 02:13:23,119
delegate uh Dorene Fraser, community

3115
02:13:23,119 --> 02:13:26,079
coordinator, Powell River United Church.

3116
02:13:26,079 --> 02:13:28,400
And I believe Miss Fraser's in the room

3117
02:13:28,400 --> 02:13:30,480
coming to us before. So, thank you very

3118
02:13:30,480 --> 02:13:32,560
much for presenting to the committee.

3119
02:13:32,560 --> 02:13:34,800
You have 10 minutes and then we may ask

3120
02:13:34,800 --> 02:13:37,679
questions.

3121
02:13:37,679 --> 02:13:39,910
>> I'm Dope Fraser. I sit on the board of

3122
02:13:39,910 --> 02:13:39,920
» I'm Dope Fraser. I sit on the board of

3123
02:13:39,920 --> 02:13:42,480
the Paul River United Church as the

3124
02:13:42,480 --> 02:13:45,040
fishes and loaves ministry. I work

3125
02:13:45,040 --> 02:13:48,480
closely with our local outreach ministry

3126
02:13:48,480 --> 02:13:53,440
which is uh led by Cynthia Leighton. Um

3127
02:13:53,440 --> 02:13:55,599
the Palmer Reunited Church has served

3128
02:13:55,599 --> 02:13:57,599
pastor meals by donation in the chat

3129
02:13:57,599 --> 02:14:01,119
region for 25 years. But coming out of

3130
02:14:01,119 --> 02:14:04,079
COVID, we as a congregation looked

3131
02:14:04,079 --> 02:14:06,719
inside and said, "What can we do to meet

3132
02:14:06,719 --> 02:14:10,400
our mission of serving love and out of

3133
02:14:10,400 --> 02:14:14,560
that came local outreach. We just saw a

3134
02:14:14,560 --> 02:14:17,280
need inside our community and we thought

3135
02:14:17,280 --> 02:14:20,719
perhaps in some way we could bridge

3136
02:14:20,719 --> 02:14:24,239
uh things that were happening." Um so we

3137
02:14:24,239 --> 02:14:25,440
said, "Well, what is it we have to

3138
02:14:25,440 --> 02:14:27,679
offer?" So what we had to offer is a

3139
02:14:27,679 --> 02:14:30,480
building which we're privileged to have

3140
02:14:30,480 --> 02:14:33,119
reduction of costs and things and we

3141
02:14:33,119 --> 02:14:35,280
felt serving with love was opening that

3142
02:14:35,280 --> 02:14:37,119
building up

3143
02:14:37,119 --> 02:14:40,000
um we had a community kitchen. Um we

3144
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:43,840
also had a program um pasta dinners

3145
02:14:43,840 --> 02:14:48,719
which um had not run since pandemic. So

3146
02:14:48,719 --> 02:14:50,639
we said what can we do to make that

3147
02:14:50,639 --> 02:14:53,199
work? Like everyone, our volunteers had

3148
02:14:53,199 --> 02:14:56,719
fallen off. Our contacts had changed,

3149
02:14:56,719 --> 02:14:59,599
but we started to rebuild. So over two

3150
02:14:59,599 --> 02:15:02,880
years, we came back with one meal a

3151
02:15:02,880 --> 02:15:05,920
month, down from our four meals a month.

3152
02:15:05,920 --> 02:15:08,639
And during that time, this magical thing

3153
02:15:08,639 --> 02:15:13,119
happened. Um, a group called Circle of

3154
02:15:13,119 --> 02:15:16,960
Friends. It's grassroot movement. It's

3155
02:15:16,960 --> 02:15:20,079
probably 60 to 70% non-members of the

3156
02:15:20,079 --> 02:15:21,760
congregation, but members of the

3157
02:15:21,760 --> 02:15:23,920
community who care, those who wanted to

3158
02:15:23,920 --> 02:15:26,400
help us reach out and give us depth of

3159
02:15:26,400 --> 02:15:29,280
ability to to move forward. So, at the

3160
02:15:29,280 --> 02:15:31,119
end [clears throat] of the second year,

3161
02:15:31,119 --> 02:15:34,159
our outreach on ministry came forward

3162
02:15:34,159 --> 02:15:36,800
and said, "We have an opportunity. The

3163
02:15:36,800 --> 02:15:39,360
United Church of Canada is providing

3164
02:15:39,360 --> 02:15:42,079
will provide a provision grant for up to

3165
02:15:42,079 --> 02:15:45,280
three years for us to do what we're we

3166
02:15:45,280 --> 02:15:49,920
want to do. And um you know, hit the

3167
02:15:49,920 --> 02:15:51,280
wall running if you're going to hit the

3168
02:15:51,280 --> 02:15:54,960
wall, they say. So we decided to jump in

3169
02:15:54,960 --> 02:15:58,400
and we put in a a proposal that we would

3170
02:15:58,400 --> 02:16:01,040
provide not one meal but two meals a

3171
02:16:01,040 --> 02:16:04,000
week. One for seniors and one for our

3172
02:16:04,000 --> 02:16:08,000
regular meetings um with no charge. As

3173
02:16:08,000 --> 02:16:10,400
well we wanted to offer an opportunity

3174
02:16:10,400 --> 02:16:12,000
for those who were struggling to get

3175
02:16:12,000 --> 02:16:13,760
back into the workforce for whatever

3176
02:16:13,760 --> 02:16:16,000
reason. those who are living with

3177
02:16:16,000 --> 02:16:18,000
intellectual disabilities to find a

3178
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:21,119
place where they could come and work and

3179
02:16:21,119 --> 02:16:24,320
feel and grow community. Um there is a

3180
02:16:24,320 --> 02:16:26,000
small honorarium involved in this

3181
02:16:26,000 --> 02:16:29,280
program. Um we have helped people with

3182
02:16:29,280 --> 02:16:31,119
food safe. We've had people come

3183
02:16:31,119 --> 02:16:34,240
together and become a community. We have

3184
02:16:34,240 --> 02:16:36,639
one family that have taken it to the

3185
02:16:36,639 --> 02:16:38,880
point where they provide one meal a

3186
02:16:38,880 --> 02:16:42,880
month um through uh through press for

3187
02:16:42,880 --> 02:16:45,040
about 30 to 40 people all on their own.

3188
02:16:45,040 --> 02:16:47,760
And this young man when he got his first

3189
02:16:47,760 --> 02:16:51,040
honorarium from us said how pleased he

3190
02:16:51,040 --> 02:16:52,880
was because he'd always wanted to earn a

3191
02:16:52,880 --> 02:16:55,599
paycheck. So we thought okay there's

3192
02:16:55,599 --> 02:16:59,359
success in that program for us. So

3193
02:16:59,359 --> 02:17:01,359
that's was born the community provision

3194
02:17:01,359 --> 02:17:03,519
food program.

3195
02:17:03,519 --> 02:17:05,920
Um it's been exciting at times

3196
02:17:05,920 --> 02:17:08,639
challenging. Um this action of radical

3197
02:17:08,639 --> 02:17:10,319
love and acceptance when opening our

3198
02:17:10,319 --> 02:17:14,000
doors for all with no cost. It's built a

3199
02:17:14,000 --> 02:17:17,280
community. It has built this place where

3200
02:17:17,280 --> 02:17:21,040
people come and they say hi to people

3201
02:17:21,040 --> 02:17:24,399
they didn't know before. They um join

3202
02:17:24,399 --> 02:17:26,399
in. They look for people who who are

3203
02:17:26,399 --> 02:17:28,319
going to be there. And this other thing

3204
02:17:28,319 --> 02:17:30,719
that happened that we did not expect is

3205
02:17:30,719 --> 02:17:32,960
we have seen the bridging of

3206
02:17:32,960 --> 02:17:35,120
perspectives. We have seen people

3207
02:17:35,120 --> 02:17:37,359
sitting at tables who would never have

3208
02:17:37,359 --> 02:17:39,280
connected who had never been exposed to

3209
02:17:39,280 --> 02:17:42,559
each other and then talk about what they

3210
02:17:42,559 --> 02:17:45,120
had learned how they had their they had

3211
02:17:45,120 --> 02:17:47,840
changed not always but willing to talk

3212
02:17:47,840 --> 02:17:49,040
because you're breaking bread and

3213
02:17:49,040 --> 02:17:51,760
talking to each other. It was it was it

3214
02:17:51,760 --> 02:17:54,160
is really something to see this happen.

3215
02:17:54,160 --> 02:17:56,880
Um this year we've served approximately

3216
02:17:56,880 --> 02:17:58,960
7,000 meals.

3217
02:17:58,960 --> 02:18:02,639
Um we intentionally expanded our local

3218
02:18:02,639 --> 02:18:04,240
outreach. We developed a working

3219
02:18:04,240 --> 02:18:07,040
relationship with services uh who

3220
02:18:07,040 --> 02:18:09,920
delivered for us 40 meals a week um to

3221
02:18:09,920 --> 02:18:11,519
those living in an encampment or those

3222
02:18:11,519 --> 02:18:14,000
who are unable to come into the building

3223
02:18:14,000 --> 02:18:16,880
and take nourishment at our table. We

3224
02:18:16,880 --> 02:18:19,679
also delivered a minimum of 30 meals a

3225
02:18:19,679 --> 02:18:22,240
week to the meal train who was who

3226
02:18:22,240 --> 02:18:24,399
served with the support. Thankfully, of

3227
02:18:24,399 --> 02:18:26,880
that coalition to end homelessness,

3228
02:18:26,880 --> 02:18:29,359
um

3229
02:18:29,359 --> 02:18:32,000
we dug deep to make sure we weren't

3230
02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:33,679
duplicating because we wanted to ensure

3231
02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:36,080
that what we were providing was going to

3232
02:18:36,080 --> 02:18:38,080
be needed. So, we connected with the

3233
02:18:38,080 --> 02:18:40,240
Jerry Gay Center, the Cranberry Center,

3234
02:18:40,240 --> 02:18:42,800
the city of Powell River, um who offers

3235
02:18:42,800 --> 02:18:45,599
a monthly meal for seniors. So we

3236
02:18:45,599 --> 02:18:48,719
developed a senior program that meets on

3237
02:18:48,719 --> 02:18:51,920
Thursday and following that program

3238
02:18:51,920 --> 02:18:54,160
which started at 11 members and we

3239
02:18:54,160 --> 02:18:57,840
shared 58 last Thursday. Um we have

3240
02:18:57,840 --> 02:18:59,599
what's called projects half done or we

3241
02:18:59,599 --> 02:19:03,120
affectionately call it PhD

3242
02:19:03,120 --> 02:19:06,389
>> and they can stay and we have a cafe and

3243
02:19:06,389 --> 02:19:06,399
» and they can stay and we have a cafe and

3244
02:19:06,399 --> 02:19:09,280
they do and you know not always a lot

3245
02:19:09,280 --> 02:19:13,040
but those who stay have grown to connect

3246
02:19:13,040 --> 02:19:15,679
with uh with each other and you see

3247
02:19:15,679 --> 02:19:17,359
their loneliness lifting a little bit.

3248
02:19:17,359 --> 02:19:20,559
So it's been very rewarding. Um the

3249
02:19:20,559 --> 02:19:22,080
growing number of guests at our dinners

3250
02:19:22,080 --> 02:19:24,399
and lunchons indicate we are filling a

3251
02:19:24,399 --> 02:19:26,160
need in our community for not only

3252
02:19:26,160 --> 02:19:28,000
providing food but building a safe space

3253
02:19:28,000 --> 02:19:30,399
for all to be welcomed.

3254
02:19:30,399 --> 02:19:33,920
uh our volunteers

3255
02:19:33,920 --> 02:19:35,920
are

3256
02:19:35,920 --> 02:19:38,000
come in, they participate, but we're

3257
02:19:38,000 --> 02:19:40,319
always taught to and presented that this

3258
02:19:40,319 --> 02:19:42,719
is serving with love opportunity and

3259
02:19:42,719 --> 02:19:45,280
that this acceptance of where people

3260
02:19:45,280 --> 02:19:47,359
are, where they're at, how they're going

3261
02:19:47,359 --> 02:19:49,600
to be met so that they're not going to

3262
02:19:49,600 --> 02:19:51,680
be feel judged as they come through the

3263
02:19:51,680 --> 02:19:52,960
door is an important part of our

3264
02:19:52,960 --> 02:19:54,640
program.

3265
02:19:54,640 --> 02:19:57,840
Um we have partnered with we work with

3266
02:19:57,840 --> 02:20:01,680
work safe BC or work BC through press uh

3267
02:20:01,680 --> 02:20:04,720
immigration services. Um and last week I

3268
02:20:04,720 --> 02:20:06,399
was contacted by the brain injury

3269
02:20:06,399 --> 02:20:07,600
because they have people who would like

3270
02:20:07,600 --> 02:20:10,640
to come and work in our program for the

3271
02:20:10,640 --> 02:20:12,640
with the honorarium so they can build

3272
02:20:12,640 --> 02:20:13,920
this community. They've heard good

3273
02:20:13,920 --> 02:20:17,600
things about it. Um, so we do provide

3274
02:20:17,600 --> 02:20:20,560
meals. The volunteers, which is a circle

3275
02:20:20,560 --> 02:20:23,359
of friend community has grown and it's

3276
02:20:23,359 --> 02:20:25,600
almost renewed my faith in in what's

3277
02:20:25,600 --> 02:20:27,760
happening in town that there are people

3278
02:20:27,760 --> 02:20:30,399
who just genuinely don't know what to do

3279
02:20:30,399 --> 02:20:33,120
and they feel this is a place to put it.

3280
02:20:33,120 --> 02:20:37,359
and the inclusion and acceptance of this

3281
02:20:37,359 --> 02:20:41,040
our space um has been been something

3282
02:20:41,040 --> 02:20:44,080
that we have indicated and we grow from

3283
02:20:44,080 --> 02:20:47,120
that. We do often we do offer our

3284
02:20:47,120 --> 02:20:49,520
building at no charge for those who come

3285
02:20:49,520 --> 02:20:52,960
and seek it in an area that we we see as

3286
02:20:52,960 --> 02:20:56,399
supporting community outreach.

3287
02:20:56,399 --> 02:20:58,880
Um, the United Church of Canada seated

3288
02:20:58,880 --> 02:21:02,000
us with a grant at 202526

3289
02:21:02,000 --> 02:21:04,080
for $45,000

3290
02:21:04,080 --> 02:21:06,479
with a possibility of two more years if

3291
02:21:06,479 --> 02:21:08,080
we could demonstrate that there was

3292
02:21:08,080 --> 02:21:10,479
support support in our community moving

3293
02:21:10,479 --> 02:21:12,080
forward. So, we're reaching out

3294
02:21:12,080 --> 02:21:14,960
currently with a request for $3,000 to

3295
02:21:14,960 --> 02:21:16,560
demonstrate such an action in our

3296
02:21:16,560 --> 02:21:22,630
community.

3297
02:21:22,640 --> 02:21:23,840
» Thank you very much for your

3298
02:21:23,840 --> 02:21:26,800
presentation. Uh, I will see if anyone

3299
02:21:26,800 --> 02:21:30,720
around the table has a question

3300
02:21:30,720 --> 02:21:34,870
for you.

3301
02:21:34,880 --> 02:21:36,720
Don't see any hands up, but that was

3302
02:21:36,720 --> 02:21:38,080
very good information. That was nice

3303
02:21:38,080 --> 02:21:40,160
presentation. Thank you for coming for

3304
02:21:40,160 --> 02:21:40,800
us

3305
02:21:40,800 --> 02:21:42,870
>> and we'll be considering the request at

3306
02:21:42,870 --> 02:21:42,880
» and we'll be considering the request at

3307
02:21:42,880 --> 02:21:45,200
uh a finance committee meeting in in a

3308
02:21:45,200 --> 02:21:47,359
few weeks probably.

3309
02:21:47,359 --> 02:21:52,070
If we go dinner. [laughter]

3310
02:21:52,080 --> 02:21:55,840
» So, uh, item 3.13,

3311
02:21:55,840 --> 02:21:58,479
if I'm on track here. 3.13, Lesley

3312
02:21:58,479 --> 02:21:59,920
Southerntherland, Powell River Child,

3313
02:21:59,920 --> 02:22:02,479
Youth, and Family Services Society, the

3314
02:22:02,479 --> 02:22:05,280
Orca Bus. Welcome before us, Miss

3315
02:22:05,280 --> 02:22:07,760
Sutherland. I have 10 minutes and we may

3316
02:22:07,760 --> 02:22:10,163
ask questions or may not. It depends on

3317
02:22:10,163 --> 02:22:10,880
[laughter]

3318
02:22:10,880 --> 02:22:13,200
what the committee wants.

3319
02:22:13,200 --> 02:22:14,309
>> Thank you.

3320
02:22:14,309 --> 02:22:14,319
» Thank you.

3321
02:22:14,319 --> 02:22:17,910
>> Hi. Good to see you. All right. So, I'm

3322
02:22:17,910 --> 02:22:17,920
» Hi. Good to see you. All right. So, I'm

3323
02:22:17,920 --> 02:22:19,760
with the Orcab bus. My name is Lesie

3324
02:22:19,760 --> 02:22:22,080
Sutherland. I'm the coordinator of the

3325
02:22:22,080 --> 02:22:25,680
early years programs at Youth and Family

3326
02:22:25,680 --> 02:22:28,880
and the facilitator of the Orcabus.

3327
02:22:28,880 --> 02:22:32,560
So, the Orcabus stands for On the Road

3328
02:22:32,560 --> 02:22:35,200
with Children's Activities. As many of

3329
02:22:35,200 --> 02:22:37,920
you already know, the bus is a beautiful

3330
02:22:37,920 --> 02:22:42,319
2019 converted Bluebird school bus. and

3331
02:22:42,319 --> 02:22:44,880
we make stops throughout the QRD

3332
02:22:44,880 --> 02:22:47,520
providing early years outreach programs

3333
02:22:47,520 --> 02:22:51,439
for children uh ages 0 to 8 and their

3334
02:22:51,439 --> 02:22:54,319
families. So the primary goal of the

3335
02:22:54,319 --> 02:22:57,600
orca bus uh we reach families who may

3336
02:22:57,600 --> 02:22:59,520
not have access to early years

3337
02:22:59,520 --> 02:23:02,319
programming due to location and other

3338
02:23:02,319 --> 02:23:06,240
barriers. Uh we connect all the we try

3339
02:23:06,240 --> 02:23:09,120
to connect all cath families to health

3340
02:23:09,120 --> 02:23:11,920
and community services in a relaxed and

3341
02:23:11,920 --> 02:23:15,200
safe environment. Uh but above all if

3342
02:23:15,200 --> 02:23:17,680
anybody has been on the orca bus it's a

3343
02:23:17,680 --> 02:23:21,520
place for little ones to explore uh to

3344
02:23:21,520 --> 02:23:23,840
discover to play to have fun to make

3345
02:23:23,840 --> 02:23:26,960
friends and for their caregivers to take

3346
02:23:26,960 --> 02:23:30,479
a break and sit down and connect with

3347
02:23:30,479 --> 02:23:33,920
other parents. Um, anybody who has

3348
02:23:33,920 --> 02:23:38,479
parented 247 a baby or multiple children

3349
02:23:38,479 --> 02:23:41,760
under the age of six, we all know how

3350
02:23:41,760 --> 02:23:44,640
imperative and rejuvenating it is to

3351
02:23:44,640 --> 02:23:46,240
just talk and laugh with other

3352
02:23:46,240 --> 02:23:48,319
grown-ups.

3353
02:23:48,319 --> 02:23:51,760
Um, the Orca bus, we made 54 stops this

3354
02:23:51,760 --> 02:23:58,479
year. The Orca had 754 children, 325

3355
02:23:58,479 --> 02:24:01,840
parents, and 28 service providers visit

3356
02:24:01,840 --> 02:24:05,040
a total of 1,7

3357
02:24:05,040 --> 02:24:06,800
visitors.

3358
02:24:06,800 --> 02:24:09,680
Uh we visit the entire Cath Regional

3359
02:24:09,680 --> 02:24:12,800
District with stops at Northside

3360
02:24:12,800 --> 02:24:15,760
Community Center in Londipers

3361
02:24:15,760 --> 02:24:19,280
Playgroup and Shelter Point on Texa, uh

3362
02:24:19,280 --> 02:24:22,399
Clamama Nation, the CDRC as well as

3363
02:24:22,399 --> 02:24:26,399
Clammed Beach, Palm Beach, as well as

3364
02:24:26,399 --> 02:24:29,359
municipal parks, central locations such

3365
02:24:29,359 --> 02:24:31,359
as the library, the airport, the

3366
02:24:31,359 --> 02:24:34,880
hospital, as well as community events

3367
02:24:34,880 --> 02:24:37,280
such as the Frank Bone Festival and the

3368
02:24:37,280 --> 02:24:39,520
Santa Claus parade.

3369
02:24:39,520 --> 02:24:42,000
Uh I'm also a great believer in

3370
02:24:42,000 --> 02:24:43,520
collaboration.

3371
02:24:43,520 --> 02:24:46,319
We have so many early years resources

3372
02:24:46,319 --> 02:24:48,960
within this community and when we work

3373
02:24:48,960 --> 02:24:51,359
all together it simply means we can

3374
02:24:51,359 --> 02:24:55,439
reach more families. Uh this past year

3375
02:24:55,439 --> 02:24:57,840
the Orca has collaborated with the Pow

3376
02:24:57,840 --> 02:25:01,040
River Public Library with four visits

3377
02:25:01,040 --> 02:25:03,920
and participation in their story time.

3378
02:25:03,920 --> 02:25:06,000
Uh we have collaborated with strong

3379
02:25:06,000 --> 02:25:08,640
start go with the school district. We

3380
02:25:08,640 --> 02:25:10,560
have participated in the plan and

3381
02:25:10,560 --> 02:25:13,520
connect events um through the school

3382
02:25:13,520 --> 02:25:15,120
district.

3383
02:25:15,120 --> 02:25:19,040
And on the bus we host um a community of

3384
02:25:19,040 --> 02:25:22,000
professionals through coastal health

3385
02:25:22,000 --> 02:25:25,280
through inclusion and the chat child

3386
02:25:25,280 --> 02:25:27,680
care resource and referral. So, we have

3387
02:25:27,680 --> 02:25:30,240
people on board the bus who just kind of

3388
02:25:30,240 --> 02:25:32,240
casually end up coming on the bus and

3389
02:25:32,240 --> 02:25:35,200
talking to people. Uh, I also love a

3390
02:25:35,200 --> 02:25:38,479
good theme. Uh, this last April we had a

3391
02:25:38,479 --> 02:25:41,359
farm and garden tour month where I I

3392
02:25:41,359 --> 02:25:43,359
scheduled bus trips to all different

3393
02:25:43,359 --> 02:25:46,479
farms and garden centers. So, we went to

3394
02:25:46,479 --> 02:25:48,479
Blueberry Commons, we went to

3395
02:25:48,479 --> 02:25:51,520
Terranostra Farm and the garden centers.

3396
02:25:51,520 --> 02:25:54,080
And in each of those locations, uh, I

3397
02:25:54,080 --> 02:25:57,120
had a co-f facilitator outside potting

3398
02:25:57,120 --> 02:25:59,120
plants and working with the kids. So, we

3399
02:25:59,120 --> 02:26:01,600
had indoor and outdoor activities. It

3400
02:26:01,600 --> 02:26:03,920
was it was really lovely. And they also

3401
02:26:03,920 --> 02:26:06,880
got a tour of these local farms, which I

3402
02:26:06,880 --> 02:26:08,240
think is really important for little

3403
02:26:08,240 --> 02:26:11,520
people to see. So, our attendance has

3404
02:26:11,520 --> 02:26:14,399
been fantastic and growing. Many

3405
02:26:14,399 --> 02:26:16,399
families, especially during this last

3406
02:26:16,399 --> 02:26:19,120
garden and farm month, uh follow our

3407
02:26:19,120 --> 02:26:22,080
online calendar and attended every

3408
02:26:22,080 --> 02:26:24,000
location. They just would go online and

3409
02:26:24,000 --> 02:26:25,359
find out where we were going to be and

3410
02:26:25,359 --> 02:26:29,120
then show up. Um I'm very grateful for

3411
02:26:29,120 --> 02:26:31,920
our communications lead, Alice Ward

3412
02:26:31,920 --> 02:26:34,560
Cameron, who creates our ongoing

3413
02:26:34,560 --> 02:26:36,240
calendar. We have a calendar that's

3414
02:26:36,240 --> 02:26:38,960
online that you post and she posts on

3415
02:26:38,960 --> 02:26:41,120
Facebook all the time and we have these

3416
02:26:41,120 --> 02:26:44,080
lovely QR codes where people can just

3417
02:26:44,080 --> 02:26:46,240
automatically find our calendar and find

3418
02:26:46,240 --> 02:26:48,399
out where we're going to be. So that is

3419
02:26:48,399 --> 02:26:51,280
Alice and she's amazing. Um I'm also

3420
02:26:51,280 --> 02:26:53,280
very grateful for our we have three

3421
02:26:53,280 --> 02:26:56,560
regular volunteer bus drivers who make

3422
02:26:56,560 --> 02:26:59,600
the trips possible. Uh the orchid bus

3423
02:26:59,600 --> 02:27:03,439
drivers contributed 182.5 volunteer

3424
02:27:03,439 --> 02:27:08,000
hours. 75% of which were in the QRD. Uh

3425
02:27:08,000 --> 02:27:11,280
and we are looking for new drivers. So

3426
02:27:11,280 --> 02:27:14,160
if anybody has a a wild dream to drive a

3427
02:27:14,160 --> 02:27:18,000
bus, um we are looking for drivers.

3428
02:27:18,000 --> 02:27:20,960
Uh the Oraca bus provides a safe space

3429
02:27:20,960 --> 02:27:23,920
for children to play and discover and

3430
02:27:23,920 --> 02:27:26,479
for parents and caregivers to just take

3431
02:27:26,479 --> 02:27:29,520
a breath and connect with other parents

3432
02:27:29,520 --> 02:27:31,760
and connect with the services that they

3433
02:27:31,760 --> 02:27:33,600
may need.

3434
02:27:33,600 --> 02:27:36,800
Uh the first five years of a child's

3435
02:27:36,800 --> 02:27:40,640
life are a critical window of rapid

3436
02:27:40,640 --> 02:27:43,280
brain development, bonding and

3437
02:27:43,280 --> 02:27:45,600
foundational learning. It is such an

3438
02:27:45,600 --> 02:27:48,640
honor for me to facilitate the Orcabus

3439
02:27:48,640 --> 02:27:51,040
program with youth and family and

3440
02:27:51,040 --> 02:27:53,200
support these families with young

3441
02:27:53,200 --> 02:27:56,640
children during this time. So important.

3442
02:27:56,640 --> 02:27:58,800
So thank you very much. That's all I

3443
02:27:58,800 --> 02:28:01,040
have. Thank you for your support and

3444
02:28:01,040 --> 02:28:02,479
thank you for considering our

3445
02:28:02,479 --> 02:28:04,560
application.

3446
02:28:04,560 --> 02:28:07,190
>> Thank you for your presentation. Uh

3447
02:28:07,190 --> 02:28:07,200
» Thank you for your presentation. Uh

3448
02:28:07,200 --> 02:28:09,190
>> I will look around the room to see who

3449
02:28:09,190 --> 02:28:09,200
» I will look around the room to see who

3450
02:28:09,200 --> 02:28:10,960
may or may not have a question about the

3451
02:28:10,960 --> 02:28:13,280
Orcab bus which we're all well aware of.

3452
02:28:13,280 --> 02:28:15,040
We've seen uh you know talked about

3453
02:28:15,040 --> 02:28:18,479
Orcabus for quite a while many years. Uh

3454
02:28:18,479 --> 02:28:23,750
does anyone have a question for

3455
02:28:23,760 --> 02:28:26,080
Miss Sutherland? I don't see any hands

3456
02:28:26,080 --> 02:28:27,520
up, but we will be considering

3457
02:28:27,520 --> 02:28:29,439
everything you said and the application

3458
02:28:29,439 --> 02:28:30,960
at our upcoming finance committee

3459
02:28:30,960 --> 02:28:32,319
meeting next one.

3460
02:28:32,319 --> 02:28:33,990
>> So, thank you. That's really useful and

3461
02:28:33,990 --> 02:28:34,000
» So, thank you. That's really useful and

3462
02:28:34,000 --> 02:28:36,080
and thank thank you for coming before

3463
02:28:36,080 --> 02:28:37,040
the committee here.

3464
02:28:37,040 --> 02:28:41,830
>> Well, you're welcome. Thanks very much.

3465
02:28:41,840 --> 02:28:44,720
» Okay. 3.14

3466
02:28:44,720 --> 02:28:46,800
is Erica Rhymer, studio coordinator,

3467
02:28:46,800 --> 02:28:49,600
Texa Arts, Culture, and Tourism Society

3468
02:28:49,600 --> 02:28:52,319
regarding the Texa Pottery Studio

3469
02:28:52,319 --> 02:28:54,880
attending virtually. If Miss Rhyr is

3470
02:28:54,880 --> 02:28:58,399
online then uh

3471
02:28:58,399 --> 02:29:01,359
I

3472
02:29:01,359 --> 02:29:03,280
see yeah

3473
02:29:03,280 --> 02:29:06,640
there she is. Um Rhymer it's great. So

3474
02:29:06,640 --> 02:29:09,200
you have uh 10 minutes to present to us

3475
02:29:09,200 --> 02:29:12,960
and then we can ask questions.

3476
02:29:12,960 --> 02:29:15,510
>> Oh hi. Okay. Can you hear me?

3477
02:29:15,510 --> 02:29:15,520
» Oh hi. Okay. Can you hear me?

3478
02:29:15,520 --> 02:29:17,510
>> Yes we can. I can always.

3479
02:29:17,510 --> 02:29:17,520
» Yes we can. I can always.

3480
02:29:17,520 --> 02:29:20,389
>> Hi. Um thanks for inviting us to uh make

3481
02:29:20,389 --> 02:29:20,399
» Hi. Um thanks for inviting us to uh make

3482
02:29:20,399 --> 02:29:22,080
this presentation. So, I think you've

3483
02:29:22,080 --> 02:29:23,760
got our application in front of you. I

3484
02:29:23,760 --> 02:29:25,120
don't think I'll take your full 10

3485
02:29:25,120 --> 02:29:26,640
minutes because I wasn't really prepared

3486
02:29:26,640 --> 02:29:28,160
to make a presentation. I thought I was

3487
02:29:28,160 --> 02:29:30,640
just answering some questions, but I am

3488
02:29:30,640 --> 02:29:32,560
happy to um provide a little bit of

3489
02:29:32,560 --> 02:29:34,160
information on what we're requesting.

3490
02:29:34,160 --> 02:29:36,640
So, um I don't know if anybody's aware

3491
02:29:36,640 --> 02:29:39,920
of the Tuxeda Island um pottery studio.

3492
02:29:39,920 --> 02:29:42,319
So, it's located in the basement of the

3493
02:29:42,319 --> 02:29:45,600
school. Um we are a facility that runs

3494
02:29:45,600 --> 02:29:48,000
under the Tuxeda Arts and Culture and

3495
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:51,840
Tourism um society on the island. So um

3496
02:29:51,840 --> 02:29:56,240
they are uh they are this the society

3497
02:29:56,240 --> 02:29:59,680
act under which we we operate. Um we

3498
02:29:59,680 --> 02:30:03,040
have I believe around 20 active members

3499
02:30:03,040 --> 02:30:06,080
at this point. We've had about 40 total

3500
02:30:06,080 --> 02:30:10,000
um users in the past year. Uh we've been

3501
02:30:10,000 --> 02:30:13,120
operating since uh 2019

3502
02:30:13,120 --> 02:30:16,080
um in different kind of capacities. Uh

3503
02:30:16,080 --> 02:30:17,600
so right now our project is that we're

3504
02:30:17,600 --> 02:30:20,800
trying to do is uh expand our wheels,

3505
02:30:20,800 --> 02:30:23,600
our pottery throwing wheels. Um so right

3506
02:30:23,600 --> 02:30:26,080
now we have three current wheels. We've

3507
02:30:26,080 --> 02:30:28,319
purchased one more for four and we're

3508
02:30:28,319 --> 02:30:32,960
looking to add another to our studio. Um

3509
02:30:32,960 --> 02:30:36,160
so we have recently done a fundraiser at

3510
02:30:36,160 --> 02:30:38,240
the Tuxedo Home and Gardens and we were

3511
02:30:38,240 --> 02:30:40,399
able to uh collect I think just over

3512
02:30:40,399 --> 02:30:42,160
$1,000 there. I'm not too sure if that's

3513
02:30:42,160 --> 02:30:44,240
gross or net yet. Um, so we're hoping

3514
02:30:44,240 --> 02:30:46,640
with this uh remaining contribution that

3515
02:30:46,640 --> 02:30:49,520
we'd be able to purchase the final wheel

3516
02:30:49,520 --> 02:30:51,680
and then offer some more in the way of

3517
02:30:51,680 --> 02:30:54,319
wheel throwing classes u for both

3518
02:30:54,319 --> 02:30:56,479
members and and maybe at some point

3519
02:30:56,479 --> 02:30:58,640
students of the school if they're if

3520
02:30:58,640 --> 02:31:03,910
they're at that capacity.

3521
02:31:03,920 --> 02:31:06,800
» Great. Thank you very much. Uh do we

3522
02:31:06,800 --> 02:31:09,200
have any questions from the committee

3523
02:31:09,200 --> 02:31:11,439
and I see Director McCormack?

3524
02:31:11,439 --> 02:31:14,150
>> Thank you. Um, and thank you Erica for

3525
02:31:14,150 --> 02:31:14,160
» Thank you. Um, and thank you Erica for

3526
02:31:14,160 --> 02:31:16,479
your presentation. Um, will you be open

3527
02:31:16,479 --> 02:31:18,960
more days a week? Um, with the

3528
02:31:18,960 --> 02:31:22,960
additional wheels and the capacity in

3529
02:31:22,960 --> 02:31:24,800
increases obviously each time you're

3530
02:31:24,800 --> 02:31:28,080
open, but um, with more people comes

3531
02:31:28,080 --> 02:31:29,840
more demand and it then it becomes a bit

3532
02:31:29,840 --> 02:31:32,240
of a snowball. So, are you intending to

3533
02:31:32,240 --> 02:31:34,640
open um, additional days?

3534
02:31:34,640 --> 02:31:37,030
>> We can. We have. We've had um, we've had

3535
02:31:37,030 --> 02:31:37,040
» We can. We have. We've had um, we've had

3536
02:31:37,040 --> 02:31:38,880
more openings per week previously, but

3537
02:31:38,880 --> 02:31:40,399
we just didn't find that we had enough

3538
02:31:40,399 --> 02:31:43,359
people coming. Um, so yeah, of course. I

3539
02:31:43,359 --> 02:31:45,120
mean, it could it could mean that we

3540
02:31:45,120 --> 02:31:48,240
have more of a rationale for opening u

3541
02:31:48,240 --> 02:31:49,520
more than we currently do. Right now,

3542
02:31:49,520 --> 02:31:53,760
we're Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

3543
02:31:53,760 --> 02:31:56,399
um for open studio time. But yeah, I

3544
02:31:56,399 --> 02:31:58,160
don't think that um we have the

3545
02:31:58,160 --> 02:32:00,479
volunteer base there that's interested

3546
02:32:00,479 --> 02:32:04,399
in opening the space. So yeah,

3547
02:32:04,399 --> 02:32:05,910
>> thank you.

3548
02:32:05,910 --> 02:32:05,920
» thank you.

3549
02:32:05,920 --> 02:32:08,070
>> There any other question? See, and I'll

3550
02:32:08,070 --> 02:32:08,080
» There any other question? See, and I'll

3551
02:32:08,080 --> 02:32:09,600
just mention, you know, and this is not

3552
02:32:09,600 --> 02:32:11,520
really a question, but the uh Luski

3553
02:32:11,520 --> 02:32:13,439
Island, the Luski Island Arts Council is

3554
02:32:13,439 --> 02:32:15,439
building a pottery studio on Luski. So,

3555
02:32:15,439 --> 02:32:17,439
maybe there's a future opportunity for

3556
02:32:17,439 --> 02:32:20,479
connections between the two guilds

3557
02:32:20,479 --> 02:32:23,270
>> or so. So, uh I don't know when it'll be

3558
02:32:23,270 --> 02:32:23,280
» or so. So, uh I don't know when it'll be

3559
02:32:23,280 --> 02:32:24,960
open, but it's coming up. Building's

3560
02:32:24,960 --> 02:32:26,240
getting finished, and they won't have

3561
02:32:26,240 --> 02:32:27,840
that many wheels, but they'll have, I

3562
02:32:27,840 --> 02:32:29,359
think, three or something.

3563
02:32:29,359 --> 02:32:31,270
>> Awesome.

3564
02:32:31,270 --> 02:32:31,280
» Awesome.

3565
02:32:31,280 --> 02:32:33,750
>> Okay. So, uh, I don't see any other

3566
02:32:33,750 --> 02:32:33,760
» Okay. So, uh, I don't see any other

3567
02:32:33,760 --> 02:32:36,160
hands up. So, I will thank you for

3568
02:32:36,160 --> 02:32:38,160
coming before us and presenting and

3569
02:32:38,160 --> 02:32:40,640
we'll consider the application when at

3570
02:32:40,640 --> 02:32:42,000
at a future meeting.

3571
02:32:42,000 --> 02:32:43,750
>> Okay. Wonderful. Thanks for having me

3572
02:32:43,750 --> 02:32:43,760
» Okay. Wonderful. Thanks for having me

3573
02:32:43,760 --> 02:32:46,870
here.

3574
02:32:46,880 --> 02:32:49,920
» So, uh, item 315, Gary Schilling,

3575
02:32:49,920 --> 02:32:52,399
executive director, Cath Film Society.

3576
02:32:52,399 --> 02:32:54,399
And if Mr. Schilling looks like he's in

3577
02:32:54,399 --> 02:32:56,160
the audience, so thank you for coming

3578
02:32:56,160 --> 02:32:58,080
before us. And the floor is yours for 10

3579
02:32:58,080 --> 02:32:59,600
minutes and then we'll have an

3580
02:32:59,600 --> 02:33:01,680
opportunity for questions. Thank you,

3581
02:33:01,680 --> 02:33:04,160
chair. Uh, thank you, directors. Um, I

3582
02:33:04,160 --> 02:33:06,160
figure digestion is just kind of

3583
02:33:06,160 --> 02:33:08,240
happening right now for those lunches

3584
02:33:08,240 --> 02:33:11,200
and everyone.

3585
02:33:11,200 --> 02:33:14,309
>> No one's doing any kind of snoozing, so

3586
02:33:14,309 --> 02:33:14,319
» No one's doing any kind of snoozing, so

3587
02:33:14,319 --> 02:33:17,040
we're we're all still good. Um, I always

3588
02:33:17,040 --> 02:33:18,640
appreciate opportunity to speak. I'm

3589
02:33:18,640 --> 02:33:20,880
more of a off-the- cuff speaker type

3590
02:33:20,880 --> 02:33:22,640
person than a writing it on paper.

3591
02:33:22,640 --> 02:33:24,160
You've got my paper in front of you.

3592
02:33:24,160 --> 02:33:26,640
And, uh, uh, I've been leading the film

3593
02:33:26,640 --> 02:33:28,800
society since, uh, 2014. We're a

3594
02:33:28,800 --> 02:33:32,000
charitable uh nonprofit with education

3595
02:33:32,000 --> 02:33:35,680
as our core mandate. Um as owners of the

3596
02:33:35,680 --> 02:33:38,160
Patricia Theater, we provide year-round

3597
02:33:38,160 --> 02:33:40,479
entertainment to the community. And as a

3598
02:33:40,479 --> 02:33:42,800
film society, we have four major events

3599
02:33:42,800 --> 02:33:44,720
that we do through the year. Uh the

3600
02:33:44,720 --> 02:33:46,640
International Film Festival that we do

3601
02:33:46,640 --> 02:33:49,040
in March, the three years indigenous

3602
02:33:49,040 --> 02:33:51,439
film festival that we do in September,

3603
02:33:51,439 --> 02:33:53,120
National Canadian Film Day which happens

3604
02:33:53,120 --> 02:33:55,520
in April, and our youth camp which is

3605
02:33:55,520 --> 02:33:58,720
coming up in August. than what I'm here

3606
02:33:58,720 --> 02:34:01,040
to talk to you about. Um it's our 14th

3607
02:34:01,040 --> 02:34:03,600
year of our film camp. Um each year we

3608
02:34:03,600 --> 02:34:07,200
take in 30 students and uh we believe

3609
02:34:07,200 --> 02:34:09,040
there's a actually it's been shown that

3610
02:34:09,040 --> 02:34:11,040
there is a strong connection between

3611
02:34:11,040 --> 02:34:14,160
media literacy and uh mental health,

3612
02:34:14,160 --> 02:34:15,840
self-confidence and good community

3613
02:34:15,840 --> 02:34:18,800
relations. And uh anyone who's paying

3614
02:34:18,800 --> 02:34:19,760
attention to what's going on in the

3615
02:34:19,760 --> 02:34:21,680
world, media literacy becomes more and

3616
02:34:21,680 --> 02:34:25,200
more important uh in the world. And uh

3617
02:34:25,200 --> 02:34:27,359
so the camp I think is a tremendous

3618
02:34:27,359 --> 02:34:30,399
opportunity for students to for campers

3619
02:34:30,399 --> 02:34:33,760
who are students mostly uh to learn uh

3620
02:34:33,760 --> 02:34:35,200
what it's like to collaborate, what it's

3621
02:34:35,200 --> 02:34:38,640
like to tell a story, what it's like to

3622
02:34:38,640 --> 02:34:42,160
work as a team and uh make make media.

3623
02:34:42,160 --> 02:34:44,399
So um

3624
02:34:44,399 --> 02:34:46,800
the camp not only provides a a place for

3625
02:34:46,800 --> 02:34:48,479
the youth to get together but it's also

3626
02:34:48,479 --> 02:34:50,160
an opportunity for our film

3627
02:34:50,160 --> 02:34:53,760
professionals to mentor youth uh stretch

3628
02:34:53,760 --> 02:34:57,359
their skills. Uh we have five mentors

3629
02:34:57,359 --> 02:34:58,960
local filmmakers who will work with us

3630
02:34:58,960 --> 02:35:01,840
this summer confirmed and they are

3631
02:35:01,840 --> 02:35:03,920
assisted by production assistants who

3632
02:35:03,920 --> 02:35:06,560
are often uh recent graduates from high

3633
02:35:06,560 --> 02:35:08,319
school. Some of them have attended our

3634
02:35:08,319 --> 02:35:10,640
film camp in the past and they move on

3635
02:35:10,640 --> 02:35:14,319
to uh develop uh their skills. The camp

3636
02:35:14,319 --> 02:35:15,760
culminates in a screening at the

3637
02:35:15,760 --> 02:35:17,840
Patricia where the kids get to see their

3638
02:35:17,840 --> 02:35:20,080
films on the big screen. Community comes

3639
02:35:20,080 --> 02:35:23,200
out to watch those films and uh they

3640
02:35:23,200 --> 02:35:25,120
also get a chance to present their films

3641
02:35:25,120 --> 02:35:28,479
and and get a sense of what that uh that

3642
02:35:28,479 --> 02:35:31,680
means. Um each year we uh we give a

3643
02:35:31,680 --> 02:35:33,920
theme to our film camp. Um, this year's

3644
02:35:33,920 --> 02:35:36,479
theme is uh this year's theme asks the

3645
02:35:36,479 --> 02:35:38,319
question, what's your idea of a perfect

3646
02:35:38,319 --> 02:35:42,560
world and uh they often have amaze us in

3647
02:35:42,560 --> 02:35:44,960
the things that they come up with. Um, I

3648
02:35:44,960 --> 02:35:46,640
hesitate to bring video to play here

3649
02:35:46,640 --> 02:35:47,920
because I've noticed video plays

3650
02:35:47,920 --> 02:35:50,160
terrible in this room. Um, so I

3651
02:35:50,160 --> 02:35:52,319
encourage you to go to our website

3652
02:35:52,319 --> 02:35:54,080
cadetfilm.ca

3653
02:35:54,080 --> 02:35:56,479
under the youth tab. Uh we've just

3654
02:35:56,479 --> 02:35:58,479
opened our applications for the film

3655
02:35:58,479 --> 02:36:00,720
camp for this year and we have sample

3656
02:36:00,720 --> 02:36:03,680
videos from uh the previous years. It's

3657
02:36:03,680 --> 02:36:07,200
it's really a joy to see them come alive

3658
02:36:07,200 --> 02:36:10,720
uh in this process. Um funding for the

3659
02:36:10,720 --> 02:36:12,479
film camp is already confirmed. We've

3660
02:36:12,479 --> 02:36:14,319
got the city of Pal River funding us

3661
02:36:14,319 --> 02:36:17,120
through uh the arts council and the PR

3662
02:36:17,120 --> 02:36:19,280
community foundation has supported us.

3663
02:36:19,280 --> 02:36:22,479
We're still waiting on our primary funer

3664
02:36:22,479 --> 02:36:25,280
BC Gaming. the film camp will go ahead

3665
02:36:25,280 --> 02:36:27,280
uh with or without funding and it will

3666
02:36:27,280 --> 02:36:30,160
continue to be free. Um we don't get

3667
02:36:30,160 --> 02:36:32,640
funding. It just stretches our our

3668
02:36:32,640 --> 02:36:35,040
resources the the amount of base funding

3669
02:36:35,040 --> 02:36:38,240
that we have my comfort zone you know

3670
02:36:38,240 --> 02:36:41,680
lessons and my grant writing which gets

3671
02:36:41,680 --> 02:36:44,399
uh increases but uh I hope that you will

3672
02:36:44,399 --> 02:36:46,560
consider [clears throat] us. Um, I

3673
02:36:46,560 --> 02:36:48,160
appreciate the funding that we've had in

3674
02:36:48,160 --> 02:36:50,640
the past and support that we've had for

3675
02:36:50,640 --> 02:36:53,600
our film festival and for our film camp.

3676
02:36:53,600 --> 02:36:57,280
And um, that's really about it for me.

3677
02:36:57,280 --> 02:36:58,960
I'm happy to answer any questions you

3678
02:36:58,960 --> 02:37:00,479
might have.

3679
02:37:00,479 --> 02:37:03,110
>> Thank you very much. Uh, I will look

3680
02:37:03,110 --> 02:37:03,120
» Thank you very much. Uh, I will look

3681
02:37:03,120 --> 02:37:04,560
around the room, see if anyone might

3682
02:37:04,560 --> 02:37:07,120
have a question. Director Southkot, I

3683
02:37:07,120 --> 02:37:11,110
saw you this time.

3684
02:37:11,120 --> 02:37:13,600
» Dramatic. um

3685
02:37:13,600 --> 02:37:15,840
working with young people uh

3686
02:37:15,840 --> 02:37:17,439
particularly encouraging critical

3687
02:37:17,439 --> 02:37:20,160
thinking. I would imagine that's an

3688
02:37:20,160 --> 02:37:22,240
interest of yours too personally. But

3689
02:37:22,240 --> 02:37:25,680
how does that come into the film camp in

3690
02:37:25,680 --> 02:37:27,920
terms of

3691
02:37:27,920 --> 02:37:30,000
their work?

3692
02:37:30,000 --> 02:37:34,960
Well, um the Billcap begins with uh

3693
02:37:34,960 --> 02:37:38,000
exercises where they get together and

3694
02:37:38,000 --> 02:37:39,520
figure out how to work what working

3695
02:37:39,520 --> 02:37:42,238
together means and what uh thinking

3696
02:37:42,238 --> 02:37:43,120
[clears throat] together means. And I

3697
02:37:43,120 --> 02:37:46,319
think by critical thinking um everyone's

3698
02:37:46,319 --> 02:37:48,720
a critic.

3699
02:37:48,720 --> 02:37:51,840
I think thinking in as as a group and

3700
02:37:51,840 --> 02:37:54,479
supporting each other in in the thought

3701
02:37:54,479 --> 02:37:56,560
process and if you've ever been involved

3702
02:37:56,560 --> 02:37:58,960
in brainstorming which is a good part of

3703
02:37:58,960 --> 02:38:01,600
the beginning there's a there's a

3704
02:38:01,600 --> 02:38:04,080
general rule that no ideas are bad and

3705
02:38:04,080 --> 02:38:06,800
that everything must be considered and

3706
02:38:06,800 --> 02:38:10,160
uh how to work together to uh come up

3707
02:38:10,160 --> 02:38:13,200
with something that they can all embrace

3708
02:38:13,200 --> 02:38:16,319
that's important for the the process and

3709
02:38:16,319 --> 02:38:19,600
I think it's also important for um just

3710
02:38:19,600 --> 02:38:21,359
existing in the world today. So it's not

3711
02:38:21,359 --> 02:38:23,840
quite critical thinking necessarily, but

3712
02:38:23,840 --> 02:38:28,560
uh it's critically important to uh the

3713
02:38:28,560 --> 02:38:31,600
uh process of dialogue, I think, which

3714
02:38:31,600 --> 02:38:33,359
is really what I think the film camp's

3715
02:38:33,359 --> 02:38:34,640
about.

3716
02:38:34,640 --> 02:38:36,070
>> Sounds like critical thinking to me.

3717
02:38:36,070 --> 02:38:36,080
» Sounds like critical thinking to me.

3718
02:38:36,080 --> 02:38:36,560
Thank you.

3719
02:38:36,560 --> 02:38:38,309
>> Okay.

3720
02:38:38,309 --> 02:38:38,319
» Okay.

3721
02:38:38,319 --> 02:38:40,389
>> Thank you. Are there any other questions

3722
02:38:40,389 --> 02:38:40,399
» Thank you. Are there any other questions

3723
02:38:40,399 --> 02:38:43,120
from around the table? I don't see any.

3724
02:38:43,120 --> 02:38:45,520
So, thank you for sticking it out to

3725
02:38:45,520 --> 02:38:46,880
near the end of the meeting and uh

3726
02:38:46,880 --> 02:38:48,880
presenting to us in person and uh we'll

3727
02:38:48,880 --> 02:38:51,359
take your application and comments into

3728
02:38:51,359 --> 02:38:53,840
consideration when it comes before us.

3729
02:38:53,840 --> 02:38:58,550
>> Thank you so much. Appreciate

3730
02:38:58,560 --> 02:39:01,040
» Okay, we have a a late delegation. We'll

3731
02:39:01,040 --> 02:39:04,960
call it 316, which is Rob Tisdoll,

3732
02:39:04,960 --> 02:39:06,960
Powell River Salmon Society. And I

3733
02:39:06,960 --> 02:39:10,160
understand Rob's in the room. So Rob, uh

3734
02:39:10,160 --> 02:39:12,720
you when when you're when you're ready,

3735
02:39:12,720 --> 02:39:14,399
yeah, you you can present for 10 minutes

3736
02:39:14,399 --> 02:39:16,160
and then uh we may have some questions

3737
02:39:16,160 --> 02:39:18,479
for you.

3738
02:39:18,479 --> 02:39:22,630
>> Thank you.

3739
02:39:22,640 --> 02:39:26,319
» Uh thank you for inviting us here today.

3740
02:39:26,319 --> 02:39:28,240
U I didn't know if I was going to make

3741
02:39:28,240 --> 02:39:29,840
it

3742
02:39:29,840 --> 02:39:33,439
here. So uh we've had another good year

3743
02:39:33,439 --> 02:39:35,920
with the Salmon Society. uh we were able

3744
02:39:35,920 --> 02:39:39,200
to uh make our collections eggs in the

3745
02:39:39,200 --> 02:39:42,319
fall and uh we got some extra eggs from

3746
02:39:42,319 --> 02:39:46,720
uh the island for spring salmon as well.

3747
02:39:46,720 --> 02:39:51,439
So we had a a good a good egg take and

3748
02:39:51,439 --> 02:39:55,280
good survival and I had a little

3749
02:39:55,280 --> 02:39:56,960
handout. I don't know if you got this or

3750
02:39:56,960 --> 02:39:58,240
not. Did you get

3751
02:39:58,240 --> 02:40:01,190
>> Yeah. So it explains how many salmon we

3752
02:40:01,190 --> 02:40:01,200
» Yeah. So it explains how many salmon we

3753
02:40:01,200 --> 02:40:03,680
let go this last uh this last last

3754
02:40:03,680 --> 02:40:04,880
month.

3755
02:40:04,880 --> 02:40:10,000
uh 349,000 spring salmon, 368,000 chum

3756
02:40:10,000 --> 02:40:12,720
salmon, and 229

3757
02:40:12,720 --> 02:40:15,760
thin clipped coal. Uh we're very proud

3758
02:40:15,760 --> 02:40:18,240
of that because uh for two years in a

3759
02:40:18,240 --> 02:40:20,560
row now, we've been clipping our cohole

3760
02:40:20,560 --> 02:40:24,880
and yeah, we're pretty happy with that.

3761
02:40:24,880 --> 02:40:27,439
Anyhow, um

3762
02:40:27,439 --> 02:40:30,479
uh what we're requesting this year are

3763
02:40:30,479 --> 02:40:33,600
funds to do

3764
02:40:33,600 --> 02:40:35,600
normal

3765
02:40:35,600 --> 02:40:37,520
uh replacements

3766
02:40:37,520 --> 02:40:39,680
uh for some of our equipment, our some

3767
02:40:39,680 --> 02:40:43,040
of our water uh uh measuring equipment

3768
02:40:43,040 --> 02:40:45,520
that we have. Uh we we're really

3769
02:40:45,520 --> 02:40:47,840
fortunate to have

3770
02:40:47,840 --> 02:40:50,640
uh information, scientific information

3771
02:40:50,640 --> 02:40:53,200
on our watershed going back to the

3772
02:40:53,200 --> 02:40:58,000
1990s. uh the

3773
02:40:58,000 --> 02:41:01,600
uh program that conducted

3774
02:41:01,600 --> 02:41:03,280
there's three of us involved. There's

3775
02:41:03,280 --> 02:41:06,479
the community forest and there's the

3776
02:41:06,479 --> 02:41:08,319
fisheries

3777
02:41:08,319 --> 02:41:14,240
with the salmon society. Uh and u

3778
02:41:14,240 --> 02:41:17,081
who else is involved in that? City.

3779
02:41:17,081 --> 02:41:17,520
[clears throat]

3780
02:41:17,520 --> 02:41:19,750
>> So anyways, we get we get all of our our

3781
02:41:19,750 --> 02:41:19,760
» So anyways, we get we get all of our our

3782
02:41:19,760 --> 02:41:22,000
water information every year. So we're

3783
02:41:22,000 --> 02:41:25,359
replacing some equipment there and uh

3784
02:41:25,359 --> 02:41:30,000
doing some work uh around uh Lang Bay,

3785
02:41:30,000 --> 02:41:31,920
an operation that we have in Lang Bay

3786
02:41:31,920 --> 02:41:34,319
where uh we have lots of school kids

3787
02:41:34,319 --> 02:41:37,200
coming out and so uh we're we're putting

3788
02:41:37,200 --> 02:41:40,479
in better walkways and getting rid of

3789
02:41:40,479 --> 02:41:42,640
some danger trees, things of that

3790
02:41:42,640 --> 02:41:45,920
nature. uh and just some normal

3791
02:41:45,920 --> 02:41:48,319
maintenance that we're doing uh at

3792
02:41:48,319 --> 02:41:52,000
length after uh two years. We've had uh

3793
02:41:52,000 --> 02:41:54,399
two years of uh construction work that

3794
02:41:54,399 --> 02:41:59,200
we have been going on uh uh this this

3795
02:41:59,200 --> 02:42:02,800
spring. Uh we've uh uh done some work

3796
02:42:02,800 --> 02:42:07,840
out at Duck Lake uh uh for fixing up uh

3797
02:42:07,840 --> 02:42:11,760
the roofs and and storage shed out

3798
02:42:11,760 --> 02:42:14,880
there. And uh the year before uh we did

3799
02:42:14,880 --> 02:42:18,800
uh a major $160,000

3800
02:42:18,800 --> 02:42:22,960
project of uh adding on

3801
02:42:22,960 --> 02:42:25,439
room at the end of the building and now

3802
02:42:25,439 --> 02:42:27,600
we have actually have a boardroom now

3803
02:42:27,600 --> 02:42:29,680
that we can sit down and talk about

3804
02:42:29,680 --> 02:42:33,359
this. Anyways, uh so with those things

3805
02:42:33,359 --> 02:42:35,600
out of the way, now we're looking at

3806
02:42:35,600 --> 02:42:37,120
just

3807
02:42:37,120 --> 02:42:39,840
doing some fiddling up

3808
02:42:39,840 --> 02:42:42,080
things ship shape.

3809
02:42:42,080 --> 02:42:45,349
So,

3810
02:42:45,359 --> 02:42:47,439
» we're [clears throat] here uh to ask for

3811
02:42:47,439 --> 02:42:50,319
some help. Thank you very much.

3812
02:42:50,319 --> 02:42:51,590
>> Thank you very much. And we and we do

3813
02:42:51,590 --> 02:42:51,600
» Thank you very much. And we and we do

3814
02:42:51,600 --> 02:42:54,080
have your application in the FYI section

3815
02:42:54,080 --> 02:42:55,760
was attached to the agenda. So, we we've

3816
02:42:55,760 --> 02:42:58,080
seen the application in fact of all

3817
02:42:58,080 --> 02:43:00,240
groups that have have applied including

3818
02:43:00,240 --> 02:43:02,319
those that weren't officially on the

3819
02:43:02,319 --> 02:43:04,080
registered delegation. So, thank you. I

3820
02:43:04,080 --> 02:43:06,319
will see I see director Gizbborne has a

3821
02:43:06,319 --> 02:43:07,359
question.

3822
02:43:07,359 --> 02:43:10,150
>> Uh thank you, chair. I have a question

3823
02:43:10,150 --> 02:43:10,160
» Uh thank you, chair. I have a question

3824
02:43:10,160 --> 02:43:11,840
and it's a little similar to one I think

3825
02:43:11,840 --> 02:43:14,399
I asked many years ago. I'm taking a

3826
02:43:14,399 --> 02:43:17,680
look at the um statement of revenues and

3827
02:43:17,680 --> 02:43:19,840
expenditures and under revenues it shows

3828
02:43:19,840 --> 02:43:21,439
government of Canada Department of

3829
02:43:21,439 --> 02:43:25,359
Fisheries and Oceans 2024 at 213,000 and

3830
02:43:25,359 --> 02:43:28,000
then 2025 244,000

3831
02:43:28,000 --> 02:43:30,399
and I oh I can't remember what year it

3832
02:43:30,399 --> 02:43:32,080
was but I asked about you know

3833
02:43:32,080 --> 02:43:34,800
increasing the funding um from DFO and I

3834
02:43:34,800 --> 02:43:37,359
had heard at the time that DFO had not

3835
02:43:37,359 --> 02:43:39,680
done any increase in funding in several

3836
02:43:39,680 --> 02:43:41,920
decades but seeing that it looks like

3837
02:43:41,920 --> 02:43:44,319
there is an increase in funding Is that

3838
02:43:44,319 --> 02:43:46,720
uh is that like a oneoff thing uh to to

3839
02:43:46,720 --> 02:43:49,279
go from 213 to 244? I don't have the

3840
02:43:49,279 --> 02:43:51,200
previous year budgets in front of me or

3841
02:43:51,200 --> 02:43:54,080
uh like is is DFO going to continue to

3842
02:43:54,080 --> 02:43:57,840
increase their support uh in finances

3843
02:43:57,840 --> 02:44:00,309
>> or or have I learned something here?

3844
02:44:00,309 --> 02:44:00,319
» or or have I learned something here?

3845
02:44:00,319 --> 02:44:03,910
>> Jumping back to uh 188 is it that they

3846
02:44:03,910 --> 02:44:03,920
» Jumping back to uh 188 is it that they

3847
02:44:03,920 --> 02:44:07,359
normally normally get every year from

3848
02:44:07,359 --> 02:44:09,600
but [clears throat] there was uh there

3849
02:44:09,600 --> 02:44:11,680
was some funds that they they kicked in.

3850
02:44:11,680 --> 02:44:14,880
Uh, I thought it was around $40,000 that

3851
02:44:14,880 --> 02:44:16,240
they had kicked in

3852
02:44:16,240 --> 02:44:19,990
>> extra and that's a one of and we're not

3853
02:44:19,990 --> 02:44:20,000
» extra and that's a one of and we're not

3854
02:44:20,000 --> 02:44:22,319
able to depend upon that anymore. We're

3855
02:44:22,319 --> 02:44:24,960
still expecting our $188,000

3856
02:44:24,960 --> 02:44:28,880
that we've been getting since 1982.

3857
02:44:28,880 --> 02:44:31,830
>> Yeah, that that seems to be the number I

3858
02:44:31,830 --> 02:44:31,840
» Yeah, that that seems to be the number I

3859
02:44:31,840 --> 02:44:35,200
um I recall. Uh, and it just it just

3860
02:44:35,200 --> 02:44:37,200
baffles my mind that the number is

3861
02:44:37,200 --> 02:44:39,680
essentially unchanged since, you know,

3862
02:44:39,680 --> 02:44:42,319
before I was born. uh that they they've

3863
02:44:42,319 --> 02:44:45,439
kind of kept it the same. So, uh I I

3864
02:44:45,439 --> 02:44:47,120
really wish the federal government would

3865
02:44:47,120 --> 02:44:48,720
take, you know, they say they take

3866
02:44:48,720 --> 02:44:50,720
fisheries seriously and then they kind

3867
02:44:50,720 --> 02:44:52,720
of freeze the funding for longer than

3868
02:44:52,720 --> 02:44:54,880
I've been alive. Thank you. That's my

3869
02:44:54,880 --> 02:44:56,000
question.

3870
02:44:56,000 --> 02:44:59,190
>> Yeah. Thank Thank you, Director Lennox.

3871
02:44:59,190 --> 02:44:59,200
» Yeah. Thank Thank you, Director Lennox.

3872
02:44:59,200 --> 02:45:03,704
>> Thanks for coming and seeing us. Uh

3873
02:45:03,704 --> 02:45:03,714
» Thanks for coming and seeing us. Uh

3874
02:45:03,714 --> 02:45:04,880
[clears throat] I I think I understand

3875
02:45:04,880 --> 02:45:06,560
the project and appreciate you

3876
02:45:06,560 --> 02:45:08,240
especially taking care of danger trees

3877
02:45:08,240 --> 02:45:09,760
and things like that with all of our

3878
02:45:09,760 --> 02:45:12,080
little ones. uh going to the salmon

3879
02:45:12,080 --> 02:45:15,200
races as we call it. Uh I guess my

3880
02:45:15,200 --> 02:45:17,279
question is more focused on I was able

3881
02:45:17,279 --> 02:45:18,960
to do some clipping this year which is

3882
02:45:18,960 --> 02:45:22,000
amazing at the Paul River hatchery and

3883
02:45:22,000 --> 02:45:25,359
I'm just wondering um is that you know

3884
02:45:25,359 --> 02:45:27,120
you mentioned that sort of we've been

3885
02:45:27,120 --> 02:45:28,960
doing better the last little while in

3886
02:45:28,960 --> 02:45:30,800
clipping and releasing last couple

3887
02:45:30,800 --> 02:45:33,359
years. you know, is there anything that

3888
02:45:33,359 --> 02:45:35,200
we can do to support that as well?

3889
02:45:35,200 --> 02:45:36,960
Because, you know, those fish are are

3890
02:45:36,960 --> 02:45:38,960
important to be clipped so we know what,

3891
02:45:38,960 --> 02:45:40,800
you know, heading out there and what's

3892
02:45:40,800 --> 02:45:41,439
returning.

3893
02:45:41,439 --> 02:45:42,550
>> Right. Right.

3894
02:45:42,550 --> 02:45:42,560
» Right. Right.

3895
02:45:42,560 --> 02:45:44,870
>> So, do we need to kind of support that

3896
02:45:44,870 --> 02:45:44,880
» So, do we need to kind of support that

3897
02:45:44,880 --> 02:45:46,960
in any way or push anybody?

3898
02:45:46,960 --> 02:45:49,269
>> Well, the machines are expensive if you

3899
02:45:49,269 --> 02:45:49,279
» Well, the machines are expensive if you

3900
02:45:49,279 --> 02:45:50,960
want to get a machine. So, you're

3901
02:45:50,960 --> 02:45:51,600
talking

3902
02:45:51,600 --> 02:45:53,590
>> like a counting machines, right?

3903
02:45:53,590 --> 02:45:53,600
» like a counting machines, right?

3904
02:45:53,600 --> 02:45:55,910
>> They they actually do the clipping

3905
02:45:55,910 --> 02:45:55,920
» They they actually do the clipping

3906
02:45:55,920 --> 02:45:57,600
machines that do the clip clipping. And

3907
02:45:57,600 --> 02:45:59,200
there are two machines

3908
02:45:59,200 --> 02:46:02,150
>> that the fisheries have. One is

3909
02:46:02,150 --> 02:46:02,160
» that the fisheries have. One is

3910
02:46:02,160 --> 02:46:04,560
portable. It's on a truck that they

3911
02:46:04,560 --> 02:46:06,560
drive it around, but they have a hard

3912
02:46:06,560 --> 02:46:09,439
time getting on the ferry.

3913
02:46:09,439 --> 02:46:12,720
And the other and the other one is is

3914
02:46:12,720 --> 02:46:14,640
stationary, but I don't know where

3915
02:46:14,640 --> 02:46:16,399
they're keeping that what they're doing

3916
02:46:16,399 --> 02:46:20,560
with that right now. Uh so uh unless

3917
02:46:20,560 --> 02:46:23,439
we're able to find ourselves a million

3918
02:46:23,439 --> 02:46:27,200
dollars somewhere or several million to

3919
02:46:27,200 --> 02:46:29,279
buy a machine, we're going to be doing

3920
02:46:29,279 --> 02:46:31,200
it by hand. Yeah. Yeah,

3921
02:46:31,200 --> 02:46:32,785
>> be there next year. Thanks.

3922
02:46:32,785 --> 02:46:32,795
» be there next year. Thanks.

3923
02:46:32,795 --> 02:46:33,359
[clears throat]

3924
02:46:33,359 --> 02:46:37,110
>> Well, thanks. We uh great great

3925
02:46:37,110 --> 02:46:37,120
» Well, thanks. We uh great great

3926
02:46:37,120 --> 02:46:39,840
community efforts to to help us out.

3927
02:46:39,840 --> 02:46:42,080
Yeah.

3928
02:46:42,080 --> 02:46:44,550
>> Thank you. Uh before I see if anyone

3929
02:46:44,550 --> 02:46:44,560
» Thank you. Uh before I see if anyone

3930
02:46:44,560 --> 02:46:45,840
else has questions, I see director

3931
02:46:45,840 --> 02:46:47,600
Gizborn has a second question, so I will

3932
02:46:47,600 --> 02:46:49,600
recognize Director Gizbborne. Go ahead.

3933
02:46:49,600 --> 02:46:52,230
>> Uh thank you, Chair. And I I forgot to

3934
02:46:52,230 --> 02:46:52,240
» Uh thank you, Chair. And I I forgot to

3935
02:46:52,240 --> 02:46:54,399
ask another question. Uh when I took a

3936
02:46:54,399 --> 02:46:55,760
look at your application, it says,

3937
02:46:55,760 --> 02:46:57,760
"Which area does your initiative

3938
02:46:57,760 --> 02:47:00,479
benefit?" And I only see a check mark

3939
02:47:00,479 --> 02:47:04,640
for area B. And um as I understood, your

3940
02:47:04,640 --> 02:47:06,160
organization and the grant kind of

3941
02:47:06,160 --> 02:47:07,920
benefits the greater region because of

3942
02:47:07,920 --> 02:47:09,760
course the fish do end up out in the

3943
02:47:09,760 --> 02:47:12,399
ocean where we all like to fish it. So

3944
02:47:12,399 --> 02:47:15,120
is your ask uh that the funding come

3945
02:47:15,120 --> 02:47:17,840
from just area B or is your ask to to

3946
02:47:17,840 --> 02:47:20,160
come from like a broader uh subset of

3947
02:47:20,160 --> 02:47:22,000
taxpayers because area B doesn't

3948
02:47:22,000 --> 02:47:24,240
typically have a lot of money.

3949
02:47:24,240 --> 02:47:27,429
>> Oh, don't know. [laughter] Yeah,

3950
02:47:27,429 --> 02:47:27,439
» Oh, don't know. [laughter] Yeah,

3951
02:47:27,439 --> 02:47:29,190
>> wherever the more wherever the most

3952
02:47:29,190 --> 02:47:29,200
» wherever the more wherever the most

3953
02:47:29,200 --> 02:47:33,429
amount of money is.

3954
02:47:33,439 --> 02:47:35,520
» I wish I had filled out the form so I

3955
02:47:35,520 --> 02:47:37,200
can answer your question.

3956
02:47:37,200 --> 02:47:38,550
>> Maybe I could rephrase the questions

3957
02:47:38,550 --> 02:47:38,560
» Maybe I could rephrase the questions

3958
02:47:38,560 --> 02:47:40,399
that be more constructive or be

3959
02:47:40,399 --> 02:47:43,279
constructive for our deliberations. The

3960
02:47:43,279 --> 02:47:45,439
the would would the the benefit from

3961
02:47:45,439 --> 02:47:47,359
this only benefit the people from area B

3962
02:47:47,359 --> 02:47:49,279
or would it benefit people from the

3963
02:47:49,279 --> 02:47:53,830
broader regional district?

3964
02:47:53,840 --> 02:47:55,760
» That should be an easy question, but

3965
02:47:55,760 --> 02:47:56,790
>> yeah. [laughter]

3966
02:47:56,790 --> 02:47:56,800
» yeah. [laughter]

3967
02:47:56,800 --> 02:48:00,319
area. You'll have to you'll have to uh

3968
02:48:00,319 --> 02:48:02,880
inform me about what is area B

3969
02:48:02,880 --> 02:48:03,190
>> exactly.

3970
02:48:03,190 --> 02:48:03,200
» exactly.

3971
02:48:03,200 --> 02:48:05,190
>> Oh, I'm sorry. So, right. So, area B is

3972
02:48:05,190 --> 02:48:05,200
» Oh, I'm sorry. So, right. So, area B is

3973
02:48:05,200 --> 02:48:08,080
is basically the area just south of the

3974
02:48:08,080 --> 02:48:10,560
city city boundary. Uh

3975
02:48:10,560 --> 02:48:12,870
>> to Whan Road, uh so it doesn't even get

3976
02:48:12,870 --> 02:48:12,880
» to Whan Road, uh so it doesn't even get

3977
02:48:12,880 --> 02:48:15,279
to the hatchery. It's Whan Road, Paris

3978
02:48:15,279 --> 02:48:18,560
Valley, Burr Rock to the city.

3979
02:48:18,560 --> 02:48:20,790
>> We're we're we're speaking to the the

3980
02:48:20,790 --> 02:48:20,800
» We're we're we're speaking to the the

3981
02:48:20,800 --> 02:48:23,200
broad regional district.

3982
02:48:23,200 --> 02:48:23,670
>> Yes.

3983
02:48:23,670 --> 02:48:23,680
» Yes.

3984
02:48:23,680 --> 02:48:24,790
>> Yeah. Yeah, that's what we all I think

3985
02:48:24,790 --> 02:48:24,800
» Yeah. Yeah, that's what we all I think

3986
02:48:24,800 --> 02:48:27,439
all expected. I think it doesn't

3987
02:48:27,439 --> 02:48:29,750
>> I mean even if this this the fish are

3988
02:48:29,750 --> 02:48:29,760
» I mean even if this this the fish are

3989
02:48:29,760 --> 02:48:32,240
coming from a river from a particular

3990
02:48:32,240 --> 02:48:34,000
area of the regional district, they they

3991
02:48:34,000 --> 02:48:35,120
go out in the ocean and

3992
02:48:35,120 --> 02:48:36,710
>> yeah, we try to catch them on their way

3993
02:48:36,710 --> 02:48:36,720
» yeah, we try to catch them on their way

3994
02:48:36,720 --> 02:48:39,200
past line. So [laughter]

3995
02:48:39,200 --> 02:48:41,110
>> yeah,

3996
02:48:41,110 --> 02:48:41,120
» yeah,

3997
02:48:41,120 --> 02:48:42,720
they don't get back there. So anyways,

3998
02:48:42,720 --> 02:48:44,960
um yes, I think that that just addresses

3999
02:48:44,960 --> 02:48:46,240
this. It's more of a technical thing

4000
02:48:46,240 --> 02:48:48,560
we'll be discri discussing when the

4001
02:48:48,560 --> 02:48:51,200
application comes to the uh board

4002
02:48:51,200 --> 02:48:52,640
because where director Gizborn's getting

4003
02:48:52,640 --> 02:48:54,880
at is if it was funding just from area B

4004
02:48:54,880 --> 02:48:58,080
we may not have the funding. Okay. So uh

4005
02:48:58,080 --> 02:49:00,550
>> we do know that is they're even asking

4006
02:49:00,550 --> 02:49:00,560
» we do know that is they're even asking

4007
02:49:00,560 --> 02:49:04,399
now about uh uh

4008
02:49:04,399 --> 02:49:07,359
putting up nets down that way. So, they

4009
02:49:07,359 --> 02:49:11,200
need be helped

4010
02:49:11,200 --> 02:49:15,520
by the by the uh fish the work that we

4011
02:49:15,520 --> 02:49:17,760
do because they're going there's going

4012
02:49:17,760 --> 02:49:22,240
to be a a fishery out of Lang Creek

4013
02:49:22,240 --> 02:49:24,000
somewhere along the line it sounds like.

4014
02:49:24,000 --> 02:49:26,000
So,

4015
02:49:26,000 --> 02:49:27,760
we'll have to keep raising

4016
02:49:27,760 --> 02:49:29,269
>> and that's an area C if you want to get

4017
02:49:29,269 --> 02:49:29,279
» and that's an area C if you want to get

4018
02:49:29,279 --> 02:49:31,520
the letters. Uh

4019
02:49:31,520 --> 02:49:34,160
so, um south of area B. But thank you.

4020
02:49:34,160 --> 02:49:37,120
Thank you for uh delegating to us. uh in

4021
02:49:37,120 --> 02:49:39,439
person. We have the application. We'll

4022
02:49:39,439 --> 02:49:42,160
be considering it uh at a future finance

4023
02:49:42,160 --> 02:49:43,359
committee meeting.

4024
02:49:43,359 --> 02:49:44,790
>> Thank you very much.

4025
02:49:44,790 --> 02:49:44,800
» Thank you very much.

4026
02:49:44,800 --> 02:49:47,110
>> Okay. Thanks everyone who's delegated to

4027
02:49:47,110 --> 02:49:47,120
» Okay. Thanks everyone who's delegated to

4028
02:49:47,120 --> 02:49:49,920
all delegates. Uh I think let's just get

4029
02:49:49,920 --> 02:49:52,720
to my agenda here. Uh I don't believe

4030
02:49:52,720 --> 02:49:55,840
are there any other late delegations? I

4031
02:49:55,840 --> 02:49:59,040
don't think so. So uh corporate officer.

4032
02:49:59,040 --> 02:50:00,630
>> No, I was just going to say we haven't

4033
02:50:00,630 --> 02:50:00,640
» No, I was just going to say we haven't

4034
02:50:00,640 --> 02:50:02,720
had any communications to that effect,

4035
02:50:02,720 --> 02:50:04,560
chair. So we're okay to

4036
02:50:04,560 --> 02:50:06,950
>> Okay. Excellent. So, uh, question

4037
02:50:06,950 --> 02:50:06,960
» Okay. Excellent. So, uh, question

4038
02:50:06,960 --> 02:50:10,150
period.

4039
02:50:10,160 --> 02:50:12,240
» Uh, hello chair Golinsky from the peak

4040
02:50:12,240 --> 02:50:15,040
here. Um, I am wondering, uh, through

4041
02:50:15,040 --> 02:50:18,399
you to the, uh, general manager of, uh,

4042
02:50:18,399 --> 02:50:20,720
financial administration what the total

4043
02:50:20,720 --> 02:50:22,960
budget for grants and aid is with the

4044
02:50:22,960 --> 02:50:24,800
QRD.

4045
02:50:24,800 --> 02:50:27,990
>> Okay. Is Miss Green on the call here?

4046
02:50:27,990 --> 02:50:28,000
» Okay. Is Miss Green on the call here?

4047
02:50:28,000 --> 02:50:30,560
She is. So, Miss Greenan, um, would you

4048
02:50:30,560 --> 02:50:33,680
be able to address that?

4049
02:50:33,680 --> 02:50:35,110
>> Yes. Thank you, chair. through the

4050
02:50:35,110 --> 02:50:35,120
» Yes. Thank you, chair. through the

4051
02:50:35,120 --> 02:50:39,279
share. Um the total budget is $264,000

4052
02:50:39,279 --> 02:50:41,600
for 2026

4053
02:50:41,600 --> 02:50:44,080
and there are some um allocations that

4054
02:50:44,080 --> 02:50:46,560
are have already been um approved

4055
02:50:46,560 --> 02:50:48,640
through agreements. So the balance

4056
02:50:48,640 --> 02:50:53,429
available is $155,719.

4057
02:50:53,439 --> 02:50:55,359
» I thank the general manager financial

4058
02:50:55,359 --> 02:50:57,840
administration uh for that response. Uh

4059
02:50:57,840 --> 02:51:01,120
that is for all of 2026 then the spring

4060
02:51:01,120 --> 02:51:02,960
and fall allocations.

4061
02:51:02,960 --> 02:51:04,710
>> That's correct.

4062
02:51:04,710 --> 02:51:04,720
» That's correct.

4063
02:51:04,720 --> 02:51:06,399
Uh those are my questions. Chair, thank

4064
02:51:06,399 --> 02:51:07,520
you very much.

4065
02:51:07,520 --> 02:51:09,830
>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Glinsky. And I

4066
02:51:09,830 --> 02:51:09,840
» Okay. Thank you, Mr. Glinsky. And I

4067
02:51:09,840 --> 02:51:11,439
unless there's anyone else in the room

4068
02:51:11,439 --> 02:51:13,040
who has a question, which I don't

4069
02:51:13,040 --> 02:51:15,439
believe the the the room the chairs now

4070
02:51:15,439 --> 02:51:17,920
seem quite empty. Uh we there's no in

4071
02:51:17,920 --> 02:51:21,880
camera agenda. We're adjourned.