Minutes of Meeting

September 14 &15, 2001 – Smithers

Attending:

Eileen Benedict, RD of Bulkley Nechako, Area ‘E’

Wally Eamer, Water, Land and Air Protection

Mario Feldhoff, District of Kitimat  

Byron Goerz, District of Fort St. James

Henry Klassen, Vanderhoof Chamber of Commerce

Rick Krehbiel, Lheidli T’enneh Treaty Office

Paul H. Jean, Mayor, Village of Burns Lake

Jerry Petersen, RD of Bulkley Nechako, Area ‘F’

Richard Prokopanko, Alcan (Vancouver)

Ralph Roy, RD of Bulkley Nechako, Area ‘D’

Kees Van Leeuwen, Vanderhoof Fish and Game

Carl Whicher, Northwest Communities Coalition

Sabra McLain, Administrative Services

 Guests:

Glen Davidson, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

Ken Duke, Alcan (Vancouver)

Colleen Nyce, Alcan

Byron Nutton, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

 Welcome: -Henry Klassen, Chair, Nechako Watershed Council

 Decision: The NWC accepts the minutes of July 13 & 14, 2001 NWC meeting in Kitimat.

 Decision:   The NWC will recognize the contribution of $15,000 from Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) in the Fiscal year 2001-2002.   MELP gave the NWC the option to do so when the contribution was made.

 Decision:  The NWC accepts the Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2001 by Reg Stowell, Sum-it Accounting as presented.

 Action: Henry Klassen will write a letter of thanks to Reg Stowell, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce for his work completing the Financial Statements.

 Action: Henry Klassen will write a letter to Sandy Carpenter, Lawson Lundell thanking him for many years of time and service on the watershed as he is moving on to new projects.

 Action:  Mario Feldhoff will ask Tom Henderson (Cloud seeding expert) to reschedule trip to northern BC so that he may attend NWC October meeting and make a presentation.

 Action:  NWC will write a letter to Premier Gordon Campbell in response to meeting with Minister Rick Thorpe in Victoria August 29, 2001 outlining workplan discussed for building a Water Release Facility at Kenney Dam.  The letter will be distributed to members September 17, 2001 and a draft sent to Minister Rick Thorpe for his review before a final copy is sent to the Premier.

 Decision:  A sub-committee will be formed to work on Water Release Facility Workplan to be submitted to the Provincial Government.  The sub-committee will include but is not limited to Wally Eamer, Rick Krehbiel, Henry Klassen, and Richard Prokopanko.

 Action: The NWC submit a Water Release Facility Workplan to the Provincial Government by December 1, 2001

 Decision:  NWC will put on hold having BC Hydro make a presentation on alternate power sources.

 Decision:  Due to small attendance and the possibility of a joint press release with the provincial government the NWC will not issue a Press release for the September 2001 meeting. 

 Decision:  The next meeting of the Nechako Watershed Council will be:

October 19 & 20, 2001 – Smithers

November 30 & December 1, 2001 – Smithers

 
 

 

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