Late Business Agenda to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Board Meeting October 1, 2014 @ 10:30 AM

SLRD Boardroom 1350 Aster Street, Pemberton, BC

Items of Late Business

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13. Late Business

13.1 Presentation for Delegation - B. Biring, Planning Forester and K. Grozier, Timber Sales Manager - BC Timber Sales - Chinook Business Area Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Presentation

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13.2 Director’s Reports - Letter of Support Requested for Additional RCMP Member for the Bridge River First Nation and Area.

Email from Sergeant Eling requesting a Letter of Support

to retain an additional RCMP member for the Bridge River First Nation and surrounding area.

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Pemberton, BC

October 1, 2014

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In 2003- 2004 some of the mills were closed

Communities dependent upon forest industry for jobs and taxes were significantly impacted

Two types of Changes:

i) Change in govt. direction/ priorities

ii) Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) with US

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Forestry Revitalization Plan (FRP):

Action: Licensees were required to return 20% of their volume or Allowable Annual Cut (AAC)

FRP Opportunities:

i) ½ AAC or volume will be given to First Nations, Communities and new woodlot licensees

ii) ½ AAC of volume will be sold at auction for timber flowing through open markets

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2003 – under FRP govt. initiated a new BC Timber Sales Program (BCTS)

volume managed or sold through open market by BCTS increased from 14 to 20%

open market allow independent mills and value added sector access to the timber market to meet their needs

Increased volume allowed more favourable trade conditions with US under SLA

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BCTS is responsible for selling 20% of the province’s timber volume though open market

Operational presence in all areas of the province – 12 Business Area (offices in 33 communities)

Chinook BA has offices in 3 communities (33 staff members, 5 in Squamish)

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To provide credible representative price and cost benchmark data for the MPS.

Benefits:

i) Data to support SLA and negotiations

ii) Stumpage rate determination for Crown

iii) Create direct and indirect jobs by providing opportunities to small operators, contractors and First Nations

iv) Work with communities and First Nations

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HARVEST VOLUME (AAC)

Chilliwack – 250,000 m3

Haida Gwaii – 176,000 m3

S2S (Squamish) – 147,420 m3

i) Soo TSA =105,197 m3

ii) TFL =42,224 m3

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What we do to create jobs?

Timber harvest planning – consultation with First Nations and stakeholders

Block layout and engineering

Road construction and maintenance, bridge installations, and

Auction of timber in open market

Silviculture activities such as tree planting, surveys and stand treatments

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Timber harvest planning – consultation with First Nations and stakeholders

i) First Nations Consultations (60 day review)

ii) Stakeholders Review and Comments

-2013 - two operating plans 11 and 12

-2014 - two operating plans 14 and 15

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Working with Squamish Nation

Agreement in principle with In-Shuck-ch Nation

Discussions with Lil’wat Nation and N’Quatqua

CFA -Discussions with Village of Pemberton

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From: Mickey Macri

Sent: September-28-14 5:23 PM

To: Lynda Flynn; Patricia Heintzman

Cc: Regional District Board

Subject: Letter of Support for Regular RCMP Member to Police the Bridge River First Nation and Area Hi Lynda and Patty,

Could this request from the RCMP please be placed on the agenda under Director’s Report?

Sergeant Mike Eling is requesting a letter of support from the SLRD for an extra member which I do

support immensely. This would also assist with more enforcement especially when the Seton/Shalath

Hydro project gets going which is supposed to last 5-7 years and have at least 70 extra workers staying

within the area.

This will also free up members to do more policing within the Lillooet area and Electoral Areas A and B

Thanks for your consideration,

Mic

MICKEY MACRI

SLRD DIRECTOR

AREA B

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From: SGT. MIKE ELING

Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:40 PM

To: Mickey Macri

Cc: Xwisten Band Office

Subject: Letter of Support for Regular RCMP Member to Police the Bridge River First Nation

and Area

Greetings Mickey,

Firstly it was a pleasure to meet with you and discuss the community and policing issues we both serve.

As such, I would like to take you up on your offer of a letter of support from the Squamish Lillooet

District, in obtaining an additional RCMP member to police the Bridge River First Nation and area.

Since being posted to Lillooet, I have been working closely in partnership with the Bridge River First

Nation in acquiring a Regular RCMP member to work in their community in an effort to build on key

fundamentals.

As you may know, Aboriginal Policing is one of the RCMP’s Five Strategic Priorities. The primary goal of

the Aboriginal Strategic Priority is to contribute to the health and safety of aboriginal communities.

Health and Safe Aboriginal Communities are achieved by developing community strategies to prevent

crime. Through social development, ongoing delivery of culturally competent policing services and

continual consultation, this collaborative effort helps us to ensure that the needs of the community are

being met.

Given that the Bridge River First Nation has one of the largest territories in the province, securing an

additional RCMP member will ultimately enhance service and delivery for all the communities we serve.

Thank you for support and I look forward to working in partnership with you.

Sgt. Mike Eling

NCO i/c

Lillooet Detachment

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