2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
It's that time of year again - when members and SCCA aficionados get together to mingle, talk conservation, and connect with our Board, staff and volunteers!
Please join us for our 2018 Annual General Meeting:
Tuesday, June 12th
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt
Doors & refreshments from 6:30 pm
Meeting starts at 7 pm.
Feel free to bring a snack item to share (sweet or savoury treats).
MEMBERSHIP & VOTING
If you were a member in 2017 and would like to have voting privileges at the AGM, please ensure your membership is up to date. Memberships can be renewed at the AGM, or you can renew online. NEW members must have been in good standing for at least 90 days before the AGM to have voting privileges. To find out your membership status, contact: membership@thescca.ca.
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 May 2018 06:00
Tell BC Parks we say no to degrading Chapman Lake!
BC PARKS OPEN HOUSE - THURSDAY MAY 24th
As part of BC Parks consultation process, they are hosting another Open House to get input from our community on either revoking the Tetrahedron Provincial Park's Class A status, or removing Chapman and Edwards Lake from the Park in order to build the Chapman Water Expansion Project.
Thursday, May 24th from 7 - 9 pm
at the Roberts Creek Hall
1309 Roberts Creek Road
Please help us send a powerful message to BC Parks and Minister George Heyman that neither option they have presented is acceptable!
See you at the Roberts Creek Hall on Thursday May 24th!
You can also share your message on their Public Consultation page here.
CLICK HERE FOR A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ISSUES
Scroll down for more information and a list of contacts ...
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 May 2018 19:26
30 days to send your message to BC Parks
BC Parks has initiated a 30 day consultation period to bring our community's input on the future of the Tetrahedron Park and our Watershed to Minister George Heyman.
Over 175 community members overflowed out the doors of the Seaside Centre to participate in the first open house on Wednesday, May 2nd, despite the inadequate and short notice. They are planning on hosting another open house in the last week of May - stay tuned for details or check their BC Parks website.
In the meantime, please share your thoughts by contacting:
Minister of Environment & Climate Change Strategy: George Heyman
ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca 250.387.1187
Powell River - Sunshine Coast MLA: Nicholas Simons
nicholas.simons.mla@leg.bc.ca 604.741.0792
Your SCRD Area Director - find their contact information here
And directly with BC Parks staff: bcparks.planning@gov.bc.ca.
You can also send your comments online to BC Parks here.
Read on for more information, and see links below for our SCCA briefing documents. Please share with your friends and networks!
- Last Updated: Saturday, 19 May 2018 00:25
URGENT MESSAGE: Save Tetrahedron Park!
CLICK HERE FOR A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ISSUES
BC Parks Open House Wednesday May 2nd, 5-7pm at Seaside Center, seeks input on either revoking the Tetrahedron Provincial Park’s Class A status or removing Chapman and Edwards Lake from the Park in order to build the Chapman Water Expansion Project.
The Chapman Water Expansion Project would degrade our most important potable water source. Tetrahedron Park was explicitly created to protect this source for the benefit all Sunshine Coast communities.
Please help us send a powerful message to BC Parks and the Provincial Government that neither option they have presented is acceptable. The timing of this open house is deliberately short notice, don’t let them stop you from responding! See you at the Seaside Center in Sechelt on Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2nd
5 - 7 pm at the SEASIDE CENTRE
5790 Teredo Street, Sechelt
READ ALL ABOUT IT IN OUR LATEST BRIEFING
Although SCRD Directors representing approximately 1/3 of Chapman system users continue to push the unsustainable Chapman Water Expansion Project (CWEP) forward, SCRD Directors representing approximately 2/3 of Chapman supply users strongly support wiser, more sustainable options for long-term solutions.
If the SCRD goes ahead with the CWEP, it would be wasting $5 million on a temporary measure! This money would be much better spent on long-term conservation measures, infrastructure upgrades and aquifer development.
The SCCA is totally opposed to removing the Park’s Class A status or removal of land from the Tetrahedron. We fully support developing viable water source and storage alternatives outside our Class A Park. We are committed to protecting drinking water source areas and working with the SCRD, as we have done for 30 years, in support of sustainable watershed solutions, such as those proposed by the new SCRD Chair Bruce Milne.
We have strong political leadership, community and NGO support and actions already being taken to develop viable alternatives which will ensure a diverse and sustainable water supply on the Sunshine Coast.
Please attend this Open House and the let the BC Government know, there is no justification for compromising our source area in Tetrahedron Provincial Park.
More information:
· LATEST SCCA Briefing: Tetrahedron Park & Sunshine Coast Water Supply
· Tetrahedron Provincial Park and the SCRD’s Chapman Lake Project FACTSHEET
· Chapman Lake Water Woes - Editorial in SCCA Newsletter
· Opinion of sitting SCRD Director, Lorne Lewis
· Milne urges Action On Reservoir
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 May 2018 19:27