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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 100 Mile Free Press
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Cariboo representation strong at UBCM
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Cariboo Regional District (CRD) chair Al Richmond looks back across his week at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) conference, as its newly elected third vice-president. Nine of the CRD’s 10 resolutions were successfully passed during the Sept. 24-28 conference and annual general meeting. “I think the resolution that we all wanted to make sure it got through was the reconsideration of rural tourism assessments. We’re just really, really pleased.” The third time was the charm for this resolution that has been put forward each year since 2010, but
Al Richmond had not attracted the needed support. “I think the directors feel good about that and I know the tourism folks in the Cariboo who we’ve let know it passed are quite pleased.” The lobbying done by the CaribooChilcotin Coast Tourism Association and its sister organizations, as well as the CRD’s own efforts, have paid off, he says,
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tion not passed by delegates was to allow ranchers a limited licence for treating noxious weeds on tenured rangelands. District of 100 Mile House Mayor Mitch Campsall is now the North Central Local Government Association, which he chairs, representative to UBCM, and says he is “very pleased” to see seven members
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adding CRD directors were handing out related pamphlets in the coffee room during UBCM. “Our resolution on potable water went through and we’re also pleased about that. Hopefully, something can be done to protect the watersheds.” Two other resolutions for fencing adjacent to highways and fencing of the agriculture interface were passed, he notes, as did another to assist First Nations communities in their ability and capacity to respond to local government referrals. Other successful resolutions the CRD put forward that Richmond is pleased about relate to restricting the rural release of dangerous offenders, increasing workplace safety awareness, reinstatement of federal funding for rural Internet, and allowing sufficient time for UBCM debates. The CRD resolu-
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