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September 2005
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Minutes of Meeting September
16, 2005 - Vanderhoof Attending:
Guests:
Welcome and Introductions Henry Klassen welcomed
everyone to Vanderhoof. Business Meeting Decision: The
NWC adopts the agenda with changes. Decision: The
NWC accepts the minutes from the June 10, 2005, meeting in Terrace as presented. Decision:
The NWC accepts the Interim Financial Statements
for the 3 Months Ended June 30, 2005, as presented by Daryl Manwaring. Nechako
Enhancement Society Update Rod Bell-Irving and Don Timlick gave an NES update regarding the CWRF Year Four workshops that have been completed and those that will be completed in the fall of 2005. Nechako
Fisheries Conservation Program Update Dave
Levy and Clyde Mitchell presented an overview of the Nechako Fisheries
Conservation Program Technical Data Review 1988 – 2002. Province
of British Columbia Jim Mattison, Acting Deputy Minister of the
Environment, gave an overview of the changes within the Provincial Government
and how that relates to the proposed Cold Water Release Facility at Kenney Dam. Action: The
NWC will form a committee to: review
and prepare a presentation regarding the NWC and the proposed CWRF at Kenney
Dam, and create opportunities and make appointments to meet with relevant
parties within the Provincial Government. Action: The new Committee will prepare a draft
presentation for distribution to all NWC members for their review and approval. Flow
Regime Dan Bouillon and Joan Chess presented the revised briefing note, with the
Flows Committee’s recommendations regarding the “Consultant’s
Recommendations About Next Steps for Developing Preferred Post-CWRF Flow
Regime”. (Memo to NES and NWC
from K. Boudreau, March 17, 2005). Decision: The
NWC accepts “in-principle” Boudreau’s recommendations, with the one
exception as noted in Table 1 (Step 6, last Optional task) for steps to complete
its work on flow regimes. Decision: The
NWC agrees to move forward now with a partial process, focusing on filling data
gaps, and to leave the initiation of the full process to reach agreement on
flows until after funding for a CWRF is announced. Action: NWC
members to identify which of Boudreau’s recommended tasks in Table 1 are a
priority for them, and ideas as to how that task could be undertaken (eg.
Resources, responsibility), and bring their suggestions to the next NWC meeting
in Vanderhoof. Decision: The
next meeting of the NWC will be November 25, 2005, in Vanderhoof. Sturgeon Recovery Update Justus Benckhuysen gave a Sturgeon Recovery Update.
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