Water

INFORMAL REPORT
on the
SATURNA ISLAND GROUNDWATER WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the Islands Trust
May 7, 2011
Saturna Island
Ron Monk
Resolution Services
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Table of Contents
Scope of the report……………………………………………………… p. 3
Background……………………………………………………………… p. 4
Purpose of the workshop………………………………………………. p. 5
Advertising and promotion………………………………………………. p. 5
Groundwater workshop format…………………………………………. p. 6
Facilitator’s comments on the format………………………………….. p. 7

Media Release
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2011

CRD Launches Rain Barrel 101 Campaign on Sustainable U

Victoria, BC –- The Capital Regional District’s Stormwater, Harbours and Watersheds program (SHWP) is launching a new campaign to promote the sustainable management of rainwater in order to protect watersheds throughout the region. As part of the campaign, the CRD will be giving away 20 rain barrels in 20 days to promote rainwater harvesting in the region.

Subject:

[sipoa] Rain Water Catchment Collective

Date:

Sat, 7 May 2011 17:45:13 -0700

From:

Jude White <osojude@gmail.com>

To everyone interested in rain water catchment:

Water Conservation on Saturna: An Information Paper Offered by SIPOA

Update to Members on Bylaw 104 -- Local Trust Committee Meeting held August 31st, 2011

The Aug 31, 2011 LTC meeting was an extended session that ran from 12:30 pm until 6 pm. This meeting was well attended, particularly through the Community Information and the Public Hearing sections on proposed Bylaw 104 that were scheduled as the first main items. These sessions ran past 4 pm.

Ron Hall, on behalf of SIPOA gave a presentation [see below], as a delegation, providing a summary of the letter that SIPOA had submitted on August 17th, commenting on Bylaw 104.

Dear Members:

It has been a month since the Islands Trust sponsored the Ground Water Workshop. Many thanks go out to Trustees, Bev Neff and Dian Johnstone, for their work to make the workshop such as success.

More recently the Moderator’s Report and Minutes of the Proceedings from the Islands Trust have been released. If you haven’t already read the two reports, the SIPOA board encourages all members to read them.

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Saturna Island Property Owners Association

P.O. Box 27, Saturna, British Columbia V0N 2Y0

July 5, 2011

Re: Proposed Bylaw 104

Recently the Saturna Trustees asked the Islands Trust planner to draft an amendment to Bylaw 99. It would apply to all building on Saturna. Bylaw 104 received first reading on June 22, 2011. The public is being asked to comment.

Saturna Island Property Owners Association

PO Bo 27, Saturna, British Columbia

Email: sipoa@saturnacan.net

Website: www:sipoa.ca

Beverly Neff
Dian Johnstone

Saturna Local Trust Committee May 9, 2011

Dear Beverly and Dian:

On behalf of the Saturna Island Property Owners (SIPOA) board of directors, we would like to extend our thanks for the informative and productive water workshop of this past weekend.

                      DRAFT

               NOTES OF THE SATURNA ISLAND 
        GROUNDWATER INFORMATION and PLANNING SESSION 
           HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011 AT 10:00 AM 
          AT THE COMMUNITY HALL, SATURNA ISLAND, B.C.

PRESENT:     Peter Luckham   Chair
             Beverley Neff   Local Trustee
             Dian Johnstone  Local Trustee
             Gary Richardson Island Planner
             Ron Monk        Facilitator
             Jenna Foster    Minute Taker

Saturna Island Property Owners Association wrote:

Dear Gary:

As we discussed on the phone last month, I am forwarding you the comments SIPOA has received from those members who responded to the questions we posed below. It is in excel format, is tabulated and includes any additional comments if provided. I believe you indicated that you needed this input by February 10th in order to attach them to the Meeting Agenda.

Posted below is the Staff Report regarding water conservation options for East Point developed by the Islands Trust Planner for the Saturna Local Trust Committee (LTC). Maps are not included in this post. A complete copy of the meeting is available on the Islands Trust website, Saturna Local Trust page. A full copy of the report is available under "Staff Reports".