Advisory Planning Committee

The Advisory Planning Committee (APC) meeting supported an ALR application to split a property so the 2 owners  can leave the property to their heirs without the unneeded hostility that could be created when two parties own the same property. The property is in Magna Bay near Ross Creek flats. 

Brian David from the Skmana X Country  Ski Club was supported  to receive $3,000 to help replace the exhausted machinery to help the ski trails. The Skmana cross country ski trails fell on hard times due to a lack of support and volunteers . It has a new breath of energy has lifted  it out of the doldrums and is creating, not only an improved cross country ski trails but also snowshoeing , biking, hiking  and possibly a touring snowmobile trail. They are going into a fresh direction and need help to get them over this hump. The advantages for the North Shuswap is of course is access to the snowshoe/ski trails within less than ½ hour from Scotch Creek; as well as possible economical spin offs, improved life style that could attract people to the area (bringing in doctors nurses and other professionals) and access to improved  health sport choices.  To see what the trails and organizations like go to: http://ski-skmana.com/  .

Two applications were not supported; one the BC Lake Stewardship Society and the North Okanagan Shuswap Brain Injury Society. Though both of these societies do good things and likely are useful to some of the North Shuswap, they are not directly involved in Area “F”. It becomes more nebulous with those societies that are more wide spread and not localized near the North Shuswap. It is a hard line to divide how monies should be handed out to different benevolent societies when they are mainly based outside of the area. Once we go down that steep & slippery slope of giving funds to the many good will groups that “could” help the North Shuswap, funds will quickly be depleted from our Grant In Aid.    

I also introduced my new Alternate Steve Rivett to the APC group. Other discussions were: the need for a new Regional Director, Special Events, changes to the Fires Services Bylaw,  the Celista /Magna Bay/Anglemont ground water report, Subdivision Servicing Bylaw changes, Noise Bylaw and the Soil Bylaw(a bylaw dealing with illegal gravel pits & illegal dumping).