Welcome to the Town Hall Meeting May 25, 2019 - ..our communities association - Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association

Welcome to the

    …..our communities association

Town Hall Meeting
  May 25, 2019

Agenda
• 2:00 Welcome – Alan Stewart
              » Rotary/PHARA Community Volunteer Awards
• 2:15 Caron Hawrychuk - Garden Bay Caring Communities
• 2:25 Derelict Boats –
• 2:45 How does the Opioid Crisis impact our community? –
        Cheryl Jensen, Community Paramedic
• 3: 05 Trash Bash and Ocean Cleanup – Randy Picketts and
         Peter Robson
• 3:15 Dock Management Plan – Bill Charlton, Sean
        McAllister, Len Lee
• 4:00 Open MIC for expressions of concern from the
  community

This Town Hall Meeting is financially
 supported by the Sunshine Coast
         Regional District

Community Volunteer Awards

Caron Hawrychuk

Caron Hawrychuk

Derelict Vessels

Photo credit: MEJAN REIJM and SVCURTSY.COM

Government Process

Kwatna

Photo: Freedom Diving Systems

A Danger to the Environment

 Photo: Freedom Diving Systems

Hazardous Materials

Photo: Freedom Diving Systems

Cheryl Jensen, Community Paramedic

How to help the opioid problem

   Naloxone (narcan) training, airway
         knowledge and more

Statistic from Vancouver Coastal Health
Week of April 7 2019 – 130 OD reported
Jan 2019
– 537 OD at Emergency
-530 drug checks 63% positive for Fentanyl
-9638 visits to Insite 95 OD reversed
Dec 2019
-confirmed 25 OD deaths confirmed with fentanyl
BC wide statistic
Dec2018 – 112 deaths Jan 2018 to Nov 2018- 1380 deaths 84% was
fentanyl

 HOW FAR WE HAVE COME AND
 HOW FAR WE STILL NEED TO GO…..

What is what?
Opioid                     Stimulants
•   Morphine               •   Methamphetamines
•   Codeine                •   Amphetamine
•   Hydromorphone          •   Cocaine
•   Fentanyl               •   Khat
•   Heroine                •   Bath salts
•   Methadone              •   Spice
                           •   Crack

Here in Pender Harbour

On the week of April 6 2019, 3 od’s one that
included in death were confirmed fentanyl
    One with cocaine, one heroine, one
                unknown

What you may see
Opioid (down)           Stimulates
•   Falling asleep      •   Talking fast
•   Seem dozy           •   Fast movements
•   Not interactive     •   Suppressed appetite
•   Slow breath         •   High body temperature
•   Slow movement       •   Agitation
•   Tiny pupils         •   Psychosis
•   Pale                •   Large pupils
•   “on the nod”

What you can do to help
Stimulate
                    CALL 911
 -pinch
-call loudly
-shake
 Airway
 -watch for chest rise and fall
 -put your cheek to nose/mouth to feel breaths
 Ventilate
 -1 breath every 5 seconds
 Evaluate

 Muscular injection
   Evaluate

2019 Roadside Cleanup and Trashbash
 – Randy Picketts and Steve Luchkow

 This year’s Trash Bash is financially
            supported by

Help keep Pender Harbour clean
•   We are planning two events in 2019
•   The first is clean-up of our major access routes
•   To take place late June if there is interest
•   The second is the Trash Bash set for Sept. 7
•   Back roads and illegal dumpsites are cleaned up
•   Sign up sheets are at the back for both events
•   We will be reaching out to businesses for
    people, product or funding support

For more information
• Call/e-mail Steve at 604-883-2274,
  mcluch2@telus.net
• Or Randy at 604-989-1693, rpicketts@telus.net

2017 - 2.5 tonnes plus 2 cars and a
    boat trailer were recycled

2017

2018 - 4.13 Tonnes

2018

Ocean Cleanup – Peter Robson

Ocean Cleanup – Peter Robson

Ocean Cleanup – Peter Robson

  Photo: Forbes

Ocean Cleanup – Peter Robson

Pender Harbour and
Area Residents’
Association –

On the Road To Reconciliation
Issue Update April, 2019

Preamble
• The Province and the shíshálh Nation have signed
  agreements that set out commitments to involve
  local government and individuals, communities,
  organizations and industry throughout the shíshálh
  swiya to have roles and engagement in building
  support for share decision-making
• The Province has an MOU with UBCM to be
  partners in achieving reconciliation with Indigenous
  peoples

CONTENTS
• Shíshálh Government-to-Government Agreement
• Government-to-Government Foundation Agreement
• Province & UBCM Memorandum Of Understanding
  (MOU)
• Pender Harbour Dock Management Plan (DMP)
• Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) resolution
• Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities
  (AVICC) resolution
• DMP and MOU Initial Implementation
• Pender Harbour and Area Residents’ Association
  (PHARA)
• New Information to Augment DMP
• Proposed Information Sharing
• Conclusion

Shíshálh Government-to-Government
Agreement – June 21, 2016
The purpose of the Agreement is to establish a
framework for negotiating a Long Term
Reconciliation Agreement and to confirm actions the
Parties will take to address particular outstanding
matters between them including:
➢ The Dock Management Plan, Share Decision
  Making Agreement, Release and the Penner
  Report.

6.4 (c) the Parties will enter into a release with
respect to the 321 tenured docks in Pender Harbour.

MOU with UBCM – Convention
September, 2018

Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Province of BC and the
Union of British Columbia Municipalities:

➢ “where local governments are key partners in achieving true, lasting
  reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.”

The Province will share information, consider local government interests and
seek advice.

•   Flexibility for local government to identify and represent their interests to
    local circumstances

•   Early notice on matters that may affect local government jurisdiction

•   Sufficient information early on and with reasonable time to document their
    interests and views

•   Due consideration of interests, views and advice

•   A response from provincial representatives

Government-to-Government
Foundation Agreement – October 4,
2018
The purpose of the Foundation Agreement is to establish
a long-term relationship between shíshálh Nation and the
Province through which substantial progress in
reconciliation will be advanced.

The Foundation Agreement sets out principles that
include:
• Building Partnerships where individuals, communities,
  organizations and industry throughout the shíshálh
  swiya will have roles;
• Engagement with stakeholders in the shíshálh swiya to
  build support for the joint vision throughout the life of
  the Foundation Agreement.

Dock Management Plan – April 4, 2018
The Pender Harbour Dock Management Plan is an
instrument of provincial government policy that is to
provide guidance in relation to docks authorized or
proposed under the Land Act.
Objectives:
• Help minimize and mitigate impacts to marine
  resource values
• Protect archeological resources from disturbance
• Contribute to addressing impacts, including cumulative
  impacts of dock development on aboriginal interests
• Advance collaboration between shíshálh Nation and
  Province

shíshálh & provincial (G2G) Land Use Planning Table
• Compile and review relevant studies and information
• Address key information gaps through new studies to
  be completed within three years
• Design and complete a joint land use planning process
• Develop a joint land use plan for the shíshálh swiya for
  review and approval within five years
• A work plan and terms of reference will be developed
  and shared over the next 12 months.
  “The development of the draft joint land use plan will
     include public and stakeholder engagement.”

Sunshine Coast Regional District –
February 21, 2019
THAT the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural
Resource Operations and Rural Development and
the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and
Reconciliation be contacted to ask for active
involvement for local governments as partners in the
dialogue regarding land use planning processes,
foreshore agreements, resource management within
the district and any agreements that require the
provision of services by the SCRD between the
shíshálh and Squamish Nations and the Provincial
Government.

Passed unanimously

AVICC Resolution for April 12 to
14,    2019 Collaboration on Land Use Planning
Intergovernmental
WHEREAS the inclusion of local governments in joint indigenous -
provincial land use planning processes would offer an opportunity for
intergovernmental collaboration and open communication that
supports     relationship-building     and government-to-government
reconciliation efforts with First Nations;

AND WHEREAS local governments who are responsible for
undertaking planning activities and providing services within defined
geographic boundaries wish to engage with First Nations partners to
address common interests and community needs:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the provincial government be
urged to include local governments in land use planning discussions
with First Nations to ensure continuity of government-to-government
engagement and support collaborative and complementary
approaches to land use planning that recognize community interests.

Initial Implementation – DMP &
MOU
• Local government elected officials and local
  stakeholders were not engaged in the foreshore
  land use decisions respecting the *mandatory
  requirements for Pender Harbour dock design and
  construction
• MOU Principles governing consultation and
  information sharing have not yet been adhered to

*DMP says “instrument of policy that provides guidance; FLNRO
brochure says “mandatory requirements.”

DMPWG – 2015                             PHARA –
2019
• Dock Management Plan Working Group (DMPWG) was
  established in 2015 to advocate for dock owners and residents
  of Pender Harbour
• It has become a sub group of the newly formed Pender Harbour
  and Area Residents' Association (PHARA) which now has 500
  members

Mission Statements
• DMPWG – Develop an economically and environmentally
  vibrant community in which we all share.
• PHARA – Promote beneficial relationships between the
  residents of Pender Harbour, the Provincial Government and
  the shíshálh Nation.

Pender Harbour Private Moorage and Residential Tenures

 Information From the Province of British Columbia's Web Site as at May 22, 2019

                    Web Site Last updated on March 21, 2019

    Desktop Review Initiated - Replacement Packages Sent to Tenure Holders

 Complete Requirements Received by FLNORD                                       29

 Requirements Reviewed                                                     23

 Tenure Issued                                                            1

PHARA Current Initiatives
• Advocating changes to Dock Management Plan
• Engaged qualified professionals
• Hired a government liaison
• Obtained legal advice
• Engaged MP, MLA, SCRD area A rep
• Established a data base of every dock owner
• Promoted inclusion-foundation agreement boards

Specific DMP Issues
1. Dock width criteria - too narrow, unsafe, unstable
2. Light emission requirements 43% - unsubstantiated
3. Elimination of boathouses - not within the scope of
   the DMP objectives
4. Zones – lack of a science-based rationale;
   *information gaps
             – should be considered under land use
planning
*Pender Harbour New Zone Boundaries Overview 28/03/2018 states: “The
map has been prepared based on preliminary information gathering,”
suggesting further information is required.

New Information from
Commissioned Reports
1. Engineering studies that demonstrate max dock
   width of 1.5 m and the 43% light requirements
   are unsafe, unprecedented, expensive and do
   not achieve GOVT objectives of protecting the
   environment or archeological resources
2. Environmental study review, signed by 3
   prominent environmental biologists demonstrate
   the current dock plan does not achieve GOVT
   objectives
3. Environmental Professional (QEP) services
   related to the review of the Pender Harbour Dock
   Management Plan (DMP)

Proposal to Adhere to MOU and
DMP
A Dock Management Plan Implementation Committee be
struck to receive new information, confer with the
committee and propose amendments to the DMP that
help it achieve GOVT objectives.
Resulting in:
• Amendments to specific clauses of the DMP
• DMP objectives being achieved
• Uncertainty replaced by certainty
• Flexible design criteria that is safe and functional
• Remedial options if required

Next Steps
• The Province to make a decision on how to receive
  new information to augment the DMP and proposed
  amendments
• The Province to initiate First Nations consultations on
  the proposed DMP clause amendments
• The above parties work together to finalize the updated
  DMP

Steps Thereafter
• PHARA members and the shíshálh Nation work
  together on implementing the DMP to meet
  government objectives

The “history-making shift” the Foundation
Agreement strives to achieve is when all affected
parties are engaged in building the partnerships

Thank You
• Cynthia Shore
• Consultant to the Pender Harbour & District Chamber of
  Commerce in cooperation with the Pender Harbour & Area
  Residents’ Association

What Else Concerns Pender Harbour?

Next Town Hall Meeting
   October 5, 2019

Open Mic – Comments from the Floor
• A lot of the comments centered on our roads
  – We need new painted lines on a lot of our roads
  – The cycling route by RONA is very narrow and
    unsafe. Many of our roads are too dangerous to
    invite cyclists
  – Brush clearing is needed along Fran Penn Road. If
    DOT is responsible for this, maybe we need an
    “Adopt a Highway” plan
• How can someone get a mooring bouy>

Open Mic (continued)
• Nobody from SIB was here today. It would be
  nice if they would come, even if they sent a
  letter
• Want update on paving on Fran Penn
  (apparently will be in Harbour Spiel)
• We need a yield sign on the corner of
  Warrnock and Fran Penn Road (by the
  cemetery).

Open Mic (continued)
• Public access to Smale’s pond; there is access
  down there, but it’s boggy. Can you walk all
  around the pond?
• NARCAN training will be offered for 3 sessions
  at the Community School
• Want “Engine Retarder Break” Signs coming
  into Madeira to the Grasshopper to cut down
  on noise from trucks