Council Agenda
Meeting Date February 22, 2010 Meeting Location Municipal Council Chambers
Call to Order Warden
Jim Thurber Reading of Mission Statement Warden
Jim Thurber Pause to Seek Guidance Warden Jim Thurber Documents Subject Area Approval of the Agenda Additions/Deletions
Council Staff Special Presentations Presentations & Hearings
Friends of Point Prim-Doug Brown
Minutes Approval/Amendments January 25, 2010 Public Hearing January 25, 2010 Regular Council
Council Agenda
Business Arising from Minutes
1. Solid Waste By-Law Second and Final Reading
2. Integrated Community Sustainability Plan Resolution for approval of Final Plan
3. Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Gregory Councillor Amero Councillor Adams Warden Thurber
New Business # 1 Bear River & Area Health Clinic Request for funding $ 1,800 # 2 Councillor Amero Letter to Dept of Education # 3 TIANS 2010 Annual General Meeting Request for co-sponsorship # 4 Councillor Gregory Cell phone coverage # 5 Letter of Support Hanse Society-Adventure Park # 6
Council Agenda
Administration Requests for Decisions/Directions
Approval of tender for 3 geo-thermal wells and 1 domestic well for Weymouth Library
Appointment of Todd Hall to Planning Advisory Committee
Extension of Glenn Dunn’s appointment to ADEDA for six months as per policy.
CAO Report Meeting Updates Project Updates Payables- January 31, 2010 $ 750,154.65 Financial Report January 31, 2010 Correspondence
1. Environment Canada Recovery Strategy for Eastern Mountain Avens in Canada
2. PVSC 2010-2011 Budget 3. SNSMR ICSP 4. SNSMR Municipal Services Division Survey
Council Agenda
Council Committees 1. COTW Motions That Council support Le Transport de Clare’s expansion of service up to and including Barton in the amount of $7,000 for the 2010/2011 fiscal year. 2. By-law & Policy Motions That Digby Salvage & Disposal be awarded the Solid Waste Contract for 2010-2015 Youth Grant Policy Amendment Human Resource Policy Amendments Low Income Tax Exemption Policy Advisory Committees
# 1 REMO Management Planning Committee Warden Thurber/ Deputy Warden MacAlpine Minutes Nov 2009
# 2 Heritage Advisory Committee Councillor Amero Councillor Adams Minutes Jan 2010
# 3 Planning Advisory Committee Warden Thurber Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Gregory Advertisement for 3 new citizen members due Feb 20th..
# 4 Police Advisory Committee Councillor Gregory Councillor Amero Councillor Adams Next meeting April 20th
# 5 Tri County Housing Authority R Fitzgerald Last reported in October 09
Council Agenda
Regional/Joint Committees # 1 Airport Working Group Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Adams Minutes Dec, 2009 # 2 Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency Warden Thurber Minutes Dec 2009 Managing Director Report Jan 2010 #3 Digby Annapolis Development Corp Warden Thurber Councillor Amero Met Jan 21st Next meeting April 14th #4 Digby Area Learning Association Councillor Adams #5 Digby Area Tourism Association Councillor Gregory Minutes-Jan 2010 #6 Digby Area Recreation Committee Councillor Gregory Councillor Amero
Minutes Jan 2010 Managers Report Feb 2010 Community Links Bulletin Active Kids E-Bulletin #7 Digby Harbour Port Association Councillor Gregory #8 Fundyweb Broadband Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Amero No meeting # 9 Industrial Commission Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Amero Met Feb 23rd # 10 Kings Transit Authority Councillor Amero # 11 Senior Safety Committee Councillor Adams Councillor Gregory Minutes Nov 2009 # 12 Tideview Terrace Councillor Gregory Warden Thurber & Councillor Adams Minutes Dec 2009 # 13 Waste Check Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Gregory Minutes Dec 2009 Report Feb 2010 # 14 Western Counties Regional Library Deputy Warden MacAlpine Meeting scheduled
Council Agenda
Council Reports Warden Thurber Deputy Warden MacAlpine Councillor Gregory Wharf Rat Rally Buy Back Nova Scotia Councillor Amero Councillor Adams Notice of Motion In Camera Personnel Issue Adjournment
Friday, February 19, 2010
Gordon Lightfoot Lives!
The National Post, Globe and Mail and other media are reporting this afternoon that Gord Lightfoot is alive and well.
The National Post and other Canwest newspaper websites including the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and Calgary Herald all erroneously reported today that Lightfoot was dead, quoting his longtime musician-friend Ronnie Hawkins.
Now, the Post is attributing the report to an Internet hoax that was started on Twitter, reportedly by someone from Ottawa.
CP24.com has traced the story back to Canwest political reporter David Akin, who "made a well-circulated post on Twitter that the singer had died, quoting anonymous sources close to Lightfoot."
However, Canwest reported late this afternoon that Ronnie Hawkins says that someone claiming to be Lightfoot's grandson left a message for him, indicating that his grandfather was dead.
"Hawkins said he then told his wife Wanda, who sent out e-mails to some of their close friends and contacts in the music community, where the false news spread further," Canwest says.
Bernie Fielder, Lightfoot's longtime publicist and manager, told the Globe and Mail this afternoon that Lightfoot visited his dentist today and then proceeded to his office.
The Toronto Sun got through to Lightfoot himself. "I’m in great health," he told the newspaper. "I’m doing fine. I’m running around right now, doing my errands."
The National Post and other Canwest newspaper websites including the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and Calgary Herald all erroneously reported today that Lightfoot was dead, quoting his longtime musician-friend Ronnie Hawkins.
Now, the Post is attributing the report to an Internet hoax that was started on Twitter, reportedly by someone from Ottawa.
CP24.com has traced the story back to Canwest political reporter David Akin, who "made a well-circulated post on Twitter that the singer had died, quoting anonymous sources close to Lightfoot."
However, Canwest reported late this afternoon that Ronnie Hawkins says that someone claiming to be Lightfoot's grandson left a message for him, indicating that his grandfather was dead.
"Hawkins said he then told his wife Wanda, who sent out e-mails to some of their close friends and contacts in the music community, where the false news spread further," Canwest says.
Bernie Fielder, Lightfoot's longtime publicist and manager, told the Globe and Mail this afternoon that Lightfoot visited his dentist today and then proceeded to his office.
The Toronto Sun got through to Lightfoot himself. "I’m in great health," he told the newspaper. "I’m doing fine. I’m running around right now, doing my errands."
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Lobster Deaths and Pesticide
Lobster death raises questions
Pesticide used in European fish farms found on dead, weak lobsters
Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 9:59 AM AT Comments50Recommend34CBC News
New Brunswick's aquaculture industry is facing questions after an illegal pesticide was found on weak and dying lobsters on the Fundy coast last November.
Environment Canada officials are still investigating how the pesticide, Cypermethrin, made its way onto the lobsters in the Grand Manan and Seal Cove areas.
Cypermethrin is illegal to use in Canadian waters and is toxic to lobsters. But it has been used to kill sea lice in European fish farms.
And that's creating concern about its use in the Bay of Fundy considering some of the dead lobsters were found not far from aquaculture sites last fall.
David Thompson, an environmentalist, said many people in the area have suspicions about how it got in the water.
"Public feeling is that it probably originated at salmon farm sites, with people attempting to control a very serious problem they had with sea lice," Thompson said.
'We want the public to know that salmon farmers are extremely diligent at protecting marine environment. This is where we grow our fish too.'
— Pamela Parker, N.B. Salmon Growers AssociationThat allegation was strongly rebuffed by the group representing New Brunswick's aquaculture industry.
Pamela Parker, the executive director of the New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association, said the organization does not think any of its members were responsible for Cypermethrin getting into the Bay of Fundy.
And Parker said the group does not condone the use of any illegal pesticide.
"We want the public to know that salmon farmers are extremely diligent at protecting marine environment. This is where we grow our fish too," Parker said.
"We only use products authorized by Environment Canada, and we only use them [in] accordance to prescribed method of treatment. Vets are the only ones who can prescribe these treatments and the fish are under a vet's care, so we take this very, very seriously. "
Dead lobsters first appeared last November in Grand Manan's Seal Cove, and five days later a fisherman 50 kilometres away in Pocologan found more dead lobsters in his traps.
Soon after that discovery, another 816 kilograms of weak or dead lobster were discovered in Deer Island's Fairhaven Harbour.
Tests found that the lobsters were exposed to Cypermethrin, a pesticide that's illegal to use in marine environments and toxic to lobsters. Environment Canada officials said on Tuesday that human health was never in danger.
Pesticide found in 1996
Environment Canada has launched two investigations into the lobster kills on Grand Manan and Deer Island. The federal department cannot say how long the investigations will take to wrap up.
The fall lobster season in the Bay of Fundy starts in mid-November and stretches into January.
This isn't the first time that the pesticide has been found in the Bay of Fundy.
In 1996, about 50,000 lobsters were found dead in a pound near St. George.
Tests revealed they were exposed to Cypermethrin.
Many people at the time blamed the aquaculture industries in the area for the pesticide getting into the water.
Pesticide used in European fish farms found on dead, weak lobsters
Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 9:59 AM AT Comments50Recommend34CBC News
New Brunswick's aquaculture industry is facing questions after an illegal pesticide was found on weak and dying lobsters on the Fundy coast last November.
Environment Canada officials are still investigating how the pesticide, Cypermethrin, made its way onto the lobsters in the Grand Manan and Seal Cove areas.
Cypermethrin is illegal to use in Canadian waters and is toxic to lobsters. But it has been used to kill sea lice in European fish farms.
And that's creating concern about its use in the Bay of Fundy considering some of the dead lobsters were found not far from aquaculture sites last fall.
David Thompson, an environmentalist, said many people in the area have suspicions about how it got in the water.
"Public feeling is that it probably originated at salmon farm sites, with people attempting to control a very serious problem they had with sea lice," Thompson said.
'We want the public to know that salmon farmers are extremely diligent at protecting marine environment. This is where we grow our fish too.'
— Pamela Parker, N.B. Salmon Growers AssociationThat allegation was strongly rebuffed by the group representing New Brunswick's aquaculture industry.
Pamela Parker, the executive director of the New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association, said the organization does not think any of its members were responsible for Cypermethrin getting into the Bay of Fundy.
And Parker said the group does not condone the use of any illegal pesticide.
"We want the public to know that salmon farmers are extremely diligent at protecting marine environment. This is where we grow our fish too," Parker said.
"We only use products authorized by Environment Canada, and we only use them [in] accordance to prescribed method of treatment. Vets are the only ones who can prescribe these treatments and the fish are under a vet's care, so we take this very, very seriously. "
Dead lobsters first appeared last November in Grand Manan's Seal Cove, and five days later a fisherman 50 kilometres away in Pocologan found more dead lobsters in his traps.
Soon after that discovery, another 816 kilograms of weak or dead lobster were discovered in Deer Island's Fairhaven Harbour.
Tests found that the lobsters were exposed to Cypermethrin, a pesticide that's illegal to use in marine environments and toxic to lobsters. Environment Canada officials said on Tuesday that human health was never in danger.
Pesticide found in 1996
Environment Canada has launched two investigations into the lobster kills on Grand Manan and Deer Island. The federal department cannot say how long the investigations will take to wrap up.
The fall lobster season in the Bay of Fundy starts in mid-November and stretches into January.
This isn't the first time that the pesticide has been found in the Bay of Fundy.
In 1996, about 50,000 lobsters were found dead in a pound near St. George.
Tests revealed they were exposed to Cypermethrin.
Many people at the time blamed the aquaculture industries in the area for the pesticide getting into the water.
Turbines Susceptible to Cold, Ice
Ice halts northern N.B. wind farm
Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 10:45 AM CBC News
Suez Energy has shut down 33 wind turbines at its Caribou Mountain wind farm south of Bathurst, N.B., because of ice (CBC)Northern New Brunswick's cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power at the Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst.
The new wind farm's 33 turbines have been generating power since November, but they have been forced to shut down for the past two days due to ice forming on some of the blades.
The wind farm has been battling ice problems all winter.
David Cousins, the Caribou Wind Park's site manager, said when ice starts forming on the turbines' blades, they can't operate.
'Just like how an airplane won't fly with ice on it, wind turbines won't generate electricity with ice ….'
— David Cousins, wind farm site manager"As soon as there is ice rain or rime ice, which is fairly common in this area, the performance of the blades of the wind turbine diminishes significantly," Cousins said.
"Just like how an airplane won't fly with ice on it, wind turbines won't generate electricity with ice .…."
The mild winter, according to Cousins, has meant that the precipitation has not turned to snow and has remained as ice, which has then formed on the turbine blades.
While the turbines can tolerate cold temperatures, Cousins said they don't do well with ice.
Cousins said they've lost about 20 days due to ice since the park went online three months ago.
And again on Wednesday, none of the 33 windmills was operating.
The Caribou wind park near Bathurst has the capacity to produce enough electricity to power about 30,000 homes.
Company planned for problems
Ice forms on the blade of a wind turbine at the Caribou Mountain wind farm. (CBC)Danni Sabota, a spokesperson for GDF Suez Energy North America, the company that owns the park, said the company planned for these types of problems when it designed the northern wind farm.
"We have budgeted allowances for every year for possible generation interruptions like this caused by something like severe weather," Sabota said.
"We're still OK, but we believe — we hope — this year's severe icing was an anomaly."
They also hope the mild weather in the forecast will melt the ice and that there will be enough wind to get the windmills moving again.
Suez Energy was awarded a 20-year contract to build the Caribou Mountain wind farm in February 2008 and sell up to 99 megawatts of power to NB Power.
When it was announced, Suez Energy estimated it would invest $200 million to start the northern wind farm.
This isn't the first odd development that has hit a New Brunswick wind farm. In August, a fire mysteriously destroyed one of the turbines at TransAlta Corp.'s Kent Hills Wind Farm in southeastern New Brunswick.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 10:45 AM CBC News
Suez Energy has shut down 33 wind turbines at its Caribou Mountain wind farm south of Bathurst, N.B., because of ice (CBC)Northern New Brunswick's cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power at the Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst.
The new wind farm's 33 turbines have been generating power since November, but they have been forced to shut down for the past two days due to ice forming on some of the blades.
The wind farm has been battling ice problems all winter.
David Cousins, the Caribou Wind Park's site manager, said when ice starts forming on the turbines' blades, they can't operate.
'Just like how an airplane won't fly with ice on it, wind turbines won't generate electricity with ice ….'
— David Cousins, wind farm site manager"As soon as there is ice rain or rime ice, which is fairly common in this area, the performance of the blades of the wind turbine diminishes significantly," Cousins said.
"Just like how an airplane won't fly with ice on it, wind turbines won't generate electricity with ice .…."
The mild winter, according to Cousins, has meant that the precipitation has not turned to snow and has remained as ice, which has then formed on the turbine blades.
While the turbines can tolerate cold temperatures, Cousins said they don't do well with ice.
Cousins said they've lost about 20 days due to ice since the park went online three months ago.
And again on Wednesday, none of the 33 windmills was operating.
The Caribou wind park near Bathurst has the capacity to produce enough electricity to power about 30,000 homes.
Company planned for problems
Ice forms on the blade of a wind turbine at the Caribou Mountain wind farm. (CBC)Danni Sabota, a spokesperson for GDF Suez Energy North America, the company that owns the park, said the company planned for these types of problems when it designed the northern wind farm.
"We have budgeted allowances for every year for possible generation interruptions like this caused by something like severe weather," Sabota said.
"We're still OK, but we believe — we hope — this year's severe icing was an anomaly."
They also hope the mild weather in the forecast will melt the ice and that there will be enough wind to get the windmills moving again.
Suez Energy was awarded a 20-year contract to build the Caribou Mountain wind farm in February 2008 and sell up to 99 megawatts of power to NB Power.
When it was announced, Suez Energy estimated it would invest $200 million to start the northern wind farm.
This isn't the first odd development that has hit a New Brunswick wind farm. In August, a fire mysteriously destroyed one of the turbines at TransAlta Corp.'s Kent Hills Wind Farm in southeastern New Brunswick.
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