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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Salmon Arm Observer
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Shaulayia Charbonneau chooses cookies at the Valentine’s Day Cookie Walk on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the SASCU Field House at Little Mountain hosted by Shuswap Food Action Co-op to raise funds for a community garden. EVAN BUHLER/OBSERVER
New policy on cell towers City: Council to add local guidelines, procedures. By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF
Salmon Arm will have its own personalized consultation policy on siting cell towers, but it won’t be quite what Citizens for Safe Technology had envisioned. Back in October of last year, city council deferred a motion on ‘communication system location and consultation policy,’ pending a public input session in January. The deferred motion recommended that council recognize Industry Canada protocols to guide tower siting and consultation. Council subsequently revisited the motion at its meeting of Monday, Feb. 10. The old motion was defeated and, in its place, a new one crafted by Coun. Alan Harrison was unanimously supported. The new motion recognizes Industry Canada protocols – which were revised in July 2014 – just as the old one did, but will add two ‘made in Salmon Arm’ sections. One will be aesthetic guidelines regarding a tower’s structure. The other will detail consultation procedures so that everyone in the community – not just those who live nearby – will know of plans to erect a tower. The motion will be finalized and voted on within three months. Kevin Pearson, the city’s director of development services, said two towers – the
tower on the top of the Telus building and the one in the Domino’s Pizza/Subway parking lot – weren’t subject to Industry Canada’s consultation protocols, but would be if erected now under its revised guidelines. Pearson emphasized that local governments don’t have a regulatory role regarding towers, Industry Canada does. Councillors thanked Pearson and spoke at length about the issue. Coun. Tim Lavery said he would like council to be notified of all transmitter installations, not just towers. “If we don’t count it we can’t measure it,” he said. Coun. Louise Wallace Richmond said it’s important to assume that all levels of government care about citizens’ well-being and that information from citizens should be passed along to the other levels. Coun. Ken Jamieson said the January public meeting was one of the best, and he would like council to continue its role as a conduit for information. Coun. Kevin Flynn and others did not want to set up unrealistic expectations by acting as if council has the power to regulate cell tower emissions. Coun. Chad Eliason said the city is, unfortunately, late in trying to shape Industry Canada protocols because the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and oth-
ers were already consulted. After the meeting, Ruth McLaren, a member of Citizens for Safe Technology, said the new policy will be a step in the right direction. She emphasized how far behind Industry
Canada’s Safety Code 6 is compared to Europe’s guidelines for electromagnetic radiation. She added she is pleased Lavery and Jamieson expressed interest in the monitoring of overall levels of electromagnetic radiation in the city.
DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan Number: Salmon Arm~MOS~PMP~2015/2020 Applicant: City of Salmon Arm. Box 40. 10030th Street SE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 Tel: (250) 803-4087 Attention: Rob Hein Location: The City of Salmon Arm intends to apply pesticides for mosquito control within the city boundaries with permission of the appropriate landowner, manager or agency. Pesticides: The active ingredients and trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (AM65-52) (Vectobac 200G, & Vectobac 1200L); Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (BMP-144) (Mosquito Dunks, Aquabac XT,& Aquabac 200G); Bacillus sphaericus (VectoLex WSP & VectoLex CG); and Methoprene (Altosid XR briquets & Altosid Pellets). No adulticiding will be conducted under this Plan. Application Methods: Backpack applicator, & manual placement for Vectobac 200G, Aquabac 200G & Altosid Pellets. Manual placement only for Mosquito Dunks, Altosid XR Briquettes & VectoLex WSP. Backpack sprayer & truck/ATV mounted sprayer for Vectobac 1200L & Aquabac XT. Helicopter for Vectobac 200G, Vectobac 1200L, Aquabac 200G, VectoLex CG & Aquabac XT. The selection of insecticides has been chosen to target mosquito populations in the most environmentally responsible manner. The proposed term of the PMP is 5 years from April 20, 2015 to April 19, 2020. A draft copy of the PMP may be viewed at City Hall at 500-2nd Ave NE, Salmon Arm or online at www.salmonarm.ca/publicworks A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the Pest Management Plan, may send copies of the information to the consultant at the address below within 30 days of the publication of this notice: BWP Consulting Inc Attn: Cheryl Phippen 6211 Meadowland Cres S Kamloops, BC V2C 6X3 Phone 250-573-1750 Email: bwp@shaw.ca
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