Invasive Plant
Management Report
The CRD Board of
Directors received the annual review of the Invasive Plant Management
department. Treatment crews completed an inventory on 1448 sites over the 2012
operational season that began in May. The CRD follows the concepts of an
integrated pest management program; employing a whole suite of tools to control
invasive plant species dependent on the species and/or site conditions.
Treatment activities included mechanical, chemical, and biological. The
presentation also included an overview of the 2013 plan which includes the
start of a five-year 50/50 cost share program within the Landowner Assistance
program. Further information about the Invasive Plant Management program is
available online at cariboord.bc.ca
or by calling the CRD’s Environmental Services department at 250-392-3351 or
toll free 1-800-665-1636.
CCRHD Foundation Partnership Grant Approved
The Cariboo Chilcotin
Regional Hospital District approved a funding request from the Auxiliary to the
GR Baker Memorial Hospital for a portable ultra sound machine for the
hospital's emergency room. The purchase cost of the ultrasound machine is
$53,000, and the Auxiliary has already raised 60 percent of the funds required.
The CCRHD will provide $21,200 (40 percent funding) from the Cariboo Chilcotin
Regional Hospital Foundation Partnership Grants program. The five year
financial plans and budgets for the CCRHD have included an amount of $300,000
annually for foundation partnership grants. Further information is available
online at cariboord.bc.ca.
Support for Heritage BC
The Cariboo Regional
District will be sending a letter of support to Heritage BC. Following an
intensive study last fall, a new model for Heritage BC's future was presented
to the provincial government and has now received support from the Minister of
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, under which heritage is
managed. Further information about Heritage BC, their mandate and programs is
available online at heritagebc.ca.
North Cariboo Parcel Tax Roll Review
The CRD Board of
Directors appointed three members to a North Cariboo Parcel Tax Roll Review
Panel to consider any complaints resulting from local service parcel taxes
being applied to a property for the first time in 2013. Directors Dixon-Warren,
Glassford and Armstrong were appointed by the Board to attend any meetings to
be held in the North Cariboo for the convenience of affected residents who may
wish to attend. Further information is available online at bcassessment.ca.
Federal Election Boundaries Commission Report
The Cariboo Regional
District reviewed the recently released 2012 Federal Election Boundaries
Commission. The CRD, the District of 100 Mile House with support from the North
Central Local Government Association successfully lobbied the Commission to
retain the existing boundaries. The recommendation from the commission which
was ultimately defeated, would have moved a major portion of the South Cariboo
into a riding serviced by the Member of Parliament from Chilliwack. The full
report can be viewed online at redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca
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