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Page 1 of 3 Sheila Charles, Member of Council Report for Executive Council Meeting on February 20, 2013 Portfolios A. Housing, Health & Education (CDC) B. Parks Canada (CMB) Overview A. Sherri Cook & Sarah Johnson were welcomed aboard the CDC Local Education Agreement to be completed by September 6, 2013 The Education Agreement will mostly concern kids living on TSL. An enhanced agreement is still in place for kids off TSL The Bamfield School is still teaching the language There will be layoffs for native education worker from NTC as we will be handling our own Education Agreement There are currently approximately 10 children attending the school with 90 % being Huu-ay-aht. Currently when the teacher is sick the school must be closed, this is not acceptable. A solution must be found. Ideas were to possibly get a retired school teacher (Linda Myres) or someone from the Marine Science Center etc. Some children do not want to move to Port Alberni to continue with school, correspondence might be an option for them Extra Curricular activities for children in Bamfield. Is there anyone in Bamfield who is a sports activist, perhaps someone from the Marine Science Center has sports skill that would like to share them with the children. Is there some way that the Bamfield kids could join in with Ditidaht Children for sporting events? Were some of the ideas brainstormed

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Page 1: Sheila Charles, Member of Council - Huu-ay-ahtDec 04, 2012  · MFN Directors meeting, review proposed 2013-14 budget, appointment of Pres. (Charlie Cootes) Vice Pres (Tom Happynook)

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Sheila Charles, Member of Council Report for Executive Council Meeting on February 20, 2013

Portfolios A. Housing, Health & Education (CDC)

B. Parks Canada (CMB)

Overview

A. • Sherri Cook & Sarah Johnson were welcomed aboard the CDC

• Local Education Agreement to be completed by September 6, 2013

The Education Agreement will mostly concern kids living on TSL. An enhanced agreement is still in place for kids off TSL

• The Bamfield School is still teaching the language

• There will be layoffs for native education worker from NTC as we will be handling our own Education Agreement

• There are currently approximately 10 children attending the school with 90 % being Huu-ay-aht. Currently when the teacher is sick the school must be closed, this is not acceptable. A solution must be found. Ideas were to possibly get a retired school teacher (Linda Myres) or someone from the Marine Science Center etc.

• Some children do not want to move to Port Alberni to continue with school, correspondence might be an option for them

• Extra Curricular activities for children in Bamfield. Is there anyone in Bamfield who is a sports activist, perhaps someone from the Marine Science Center has sports skill that would like to share them with the children. Is there some way that the Bamfield kids could join in with Ditidaht Children for sporting events? Were some of the ideas brainstormed

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• As the kids are in school for ½ day on Fridays this could be a good day for some extracurricular activities. A further discussion around why half day Friday was started was because as attendance was down

• Brent brought into meeting to discuss prioritizing for Post-Secondary Education

• ITA (Industry Training Authority) offers apprenticeships for trades

• HFN funding must be through an accredited school

• If an application is made and denied there is an appeal process that students can go through

• When interviews are conducted it may be possible to use Skype for students who are not in the vicinity

• RCMP welcomed into the CDC meeting on January 21, 2013

(Jay Donahue, Ray Laveck, Terry Burdart and Graham Pennington)

• Policing Agreement between HFN of Anacla and local RCMP, this would be a cost sharing program between the Provincial and Federal Governments; this is in addition to the core policing that is already in effect with Port Alberni and RCMP

• This agreement will only be in effect on TSL and be reviewed every five years

• A letter of expectation needs to be completed; this will show the priority for HFN

• This is a tripartite Agreement; four additional members would be brought for the three existing communities

• This would provide a more visible RCMP presence in the Anacla Community, with the possibility of renting out office space in the Admin building or perhaps one of the building in Lower Anacla

• Constable Bigg made an appearance at the Pot Latch in Anacla that was held in October 2012, and was greeted with great respect. He also assisted in taking down the decorations

• School Bus planning is underway as HFN will not have a school bus for September 2013

• Efforts are being made to find a driver for the HFN van must have a class 4 licence. If anyone has any ideas please contact Kathy Waddell. One recommendation would be to hire Steve Demontigny whom is presently the school bus driver

• Funeral Expenses. HFN currently assist for funeral arrangements. The Provincial or Federal Government may contribute up to 1500.00 if CPP has been

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paid into. Funeral homes will also assist in looking for outside help with costs. Looking into all options

• USMA Protocol- Kathy Waddell has been working on the USMA Protocol Agreement, with this agreement in place Kathy Waddell will be working more on a one to one basis with USMA. HFN will be able to hold USMA accountable with dealing with HFN citizens

Primarily I would like to see more HFN homes be eligible as resource homes for children

• Aftercare will be looked into as it is not in the USMA Protocol Agreement

• USMA is now using the “signs of safety” approach as opposed to the deficit approach

• USMA has increased their parameters of jurisdiction to include all the children in the Alberni Valley

• Kathy & I will to finalize a time frame for the USMA Protocol Agreement to be completed

• Now that changes to the Social Housing Points System were amended, the 3rd CMHC house has finally after many years been filled by a much needed family

B. • Work plan is presently being updated

• Ammophila Beach Grass is an invasive grass in sand dunes and destroys Pink Sand Verbena. Work needs to begin ASAP in the Keeha sand dunes where the Pink Sand Verbena was planted last year.

• I was sick on the date of the last CMB meeting on January 18th , Jack chaired the meeting. I have still not received the minutes from that meeting so therefore these are the only updates I have for the CMB portfolio.

Emerging Issues

• Not an emerging issue but still an ongoing issue regarding funds for committee

meetings. There is a ton of work needing to be worked on in the CDC and I am looking

for advice on how the CDC can get this work done.

• Jeff just informed me of a heads up he received recently regarding the river otter pelts

that HFN were to get from the otter’s that were destroyed on Seabird Rock. DFO has

confiscated the pelts and Jeff believes we will have to proceed with a lawyer to get the

pelts as were promised and part of the deal.

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CHARLIE CLAPPIS, MEMBER OF COUNCIL

FEBRUARY, 2013 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

PORTFOLIOS:

Infrastructure-Chair

Citizen Development

Media / Communications

Fisheries

Community Engagement

Community Forest Society Community Emergency Management Community Affairs Society Community School Association -Chair Active Living Society - Chair Canadian Electronic Democracy Association Leadership Vancouver Island Society Young Professionals of Cowichan Society

OVERVIEW:

This was a big month for Emergency Management. Three more courses are scheduled. Sewer discussions have been happening again, with a conference call with ACRD/Stantec . Also a Bamfield community meeting with Stantec and ACRD. We are setting up to have a hard schedule for this project in the next month.

Leadership Vancouver Island Society Leadership Day # 4: “Connecting through Community” This month’s leadership day was another exciting day. The focus was on public speaking and the preparation for involved. There was an actress (Alison Matthews) that facilitated the day. The team projects continue to plan their events. “Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Community”

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PROGRESS ON KEY INITIATIVES:

Aboriginal RunWalk 2013: The grant was approved this month for this event. Family Day: February 11th Family day event was a success-planned and hosted by Active Living Society. Emergency Management: The CORE training, EOC Essentials, upcoming Registration and referrals Sewer Project: Conference call with ACRD/Engineers to update where things were at. There were various meetings with HFN involvement through the month.

EMERGING ISSUES: Community Infrastructure Project scheduling

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www.huuayaht.org

JACK COOK, MEMBER OF COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

January 07, 2013 – February 08, 2013

PORTFOLIO:

Finance

o Alternate: CMB, Infrastructure, Treaty Implementation

OVERVIEW:

Special Exec council – Pt Alberni

Special Finance meeting – Pt Alberni

Communications – Pt Alberni

CMB – Pt Alberni

Executive council & committees Legislative review

Community visit – Vancouver

Maa-nulth directors – Campbell River

Port Alberni Port Authority

Maa-nulth Enforcement meeting – Nanaimo

Executive council – Port Alberni

PROGRESS ON KEY INITIATIVES:

Review strategic plans, Spring Legislature items, citizenship development regulations

Review 2013 – 14 draft budget, Pt Alberni office options, travel regulations

Discuss methods to communicate with citizens

Regular 1/4ly meeting, possible projects for HFN trail crew to work with Parks Canada

Review documents for Legislative review and amendments

MFN Directors meeting, review proposed 2013-14 budget, appointment of Pres. (Charlie

Cootes) Vice Pres (Tom Happynook) Sec-Treas.(Kevin Mack)

Community meeting in Vancouver (with Tom H, John J, Tawnee C), review of Ec Dev info

by John Jack, info update on amendments to laws and acts for legislature

Meet with PAPA for info update on possible partnership with PAPA and or contacts

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www.huuayaht.org

Continue discussions to develop an agreement for enforcement of HFN Laws with the

Province of BC and Federal Government

Meet with NSDC – review and update information from NSDC staff/ directors

EMERGING ISSUES:

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Tom Happynook, Member of Council

February 20, 2013 Executive Council Meeting Portfolios:

A. Treaty Implementation

B. Fisheries

C. Intergovernmental Relations

D. Media and Communications

A. Treaty Implementation

Continued work on the HFN Treaty Implementation Strategy:

Maa-nulth Core Indicator’s Project - This project is intended to inform the 15 year review between the

three parties: Maa-nulth, BC, & Canada. Data will be gathered on an annual basis within the

organization. This project is now in the hands of the communications team and senior management. Our

committee will monitor the progress on this project as it relates to the 15 year treaty review.

Huu-ay-aht Values Project - This project is intended to inform the staff and Chief and Council how we are

meeting our nation’s values or where we are lacking. This information will also be a resource for fiscal

year planning. Data will be gathered on an annual basis from our citizens. This project is also now in the

hands of the communications team. Our committee will monitor progress on this project.

HFN Implementation Work Plan - This work plan includes the review of the MNA Implementation Plan

along with each clause in the treaty. We are flagging specific action items for our government or staff

where appropriate. This work plan is a rolling draft and will be shared with the applicable staff where

needed through the liaise (Trudy).

Benefits to Huu-ay-aht Citizens List - this is an list that we add items to as we review chapters in the treaty

and MNA Implementation Plan. This list is shared with the communications department to inform our

citizens what their individual benefits of the treaty are.

Issues List - this is a running list of issues that our Nation faces as we implement our treaty, items can be

social, political (internal to HFN or external with other governments), financial or other. We identify the

issue, the person/group who can best address the issue and any solutions that person/group might

consider as a remedy.

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Drawing down of authorities from the Treaty – this is a list of the law-making and authorities that we

can draw down from the Treaty in order of priorities.

Trudy and I are making good progress on the treaty implementation strategy.

The Canadian government is being held accountable for ignoring First Nations treaty rights by the Idle No More movement and Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger fast. This is cause for concern, as the federal government’s policies could affect our Treaty as well.

B. Fisheries

I am very happy to report that our 2013/14 Harvest Document has been signed off by DFO for

our food fishery.

Our first 2013 tripartite Joint Fisheries Committee (JFC) is scheduled for February 20th, 2013.

Our right to sell our fish commercially (like Tseshaht and Hupacesaht) is entrenched in the “Me

Too” clause in our treaty. The NCN Fisheries litigation appeal will be at the BC Court of Appeals in

Vancouver from Feb 13th to 15th.

We were able to increase our food fish budget this year to 65,000.00. We couldn’t budget the

whole $125,000.00 annually because we are trying to jump a head one year by having a balanced

budget this year and not use the citizen approved $300,000.00 deficit cash.

I continue to participate on the Maa-nulth Fisheries Committee, the Joint Fisheries Technical

Committee, Joint Fisheries Committee and the Uu-a-thluk Council of Ha’wiih.

This will be our 3rd fishing season under treaty. As we move along each year we have been

figuring out the best way to catch our fish; process our fish and transport our fish to the citizens.

The federal cabinet has not yet appointed their official representative to the Joint Fisheries Committee. This is problematic as we can’t make decisions at the JFC meetings. In addition, they have not appointed the aboriginal representative to the Pacific Salmon Commission either.

C. Intergovernmental Relations

I continue to attend the Maa-nulth First Nations Directors meetings.

I keep an eye on what the Assembly of First Nations is doing on the National level and will

participate if there is a benefit to our nation.

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With the May 2013 election coming up quickly, the B.C. government is in election mode.

As reported earlier in the report we are having a tripartite Joint Fisheries Committee meeting on

February 20th 2013.

We are also having our first 2013 Tripartite Implementation Committee meeting on February 21,

2013.

The negotiation with BC on the Reasonable Opportunity Agreement and Cultural Heritage

Resource Protection Agreement continues to make progress.

There are no emerging issues for this report.

D. Media and Communications

We continue to work on our communication strategy and workplan.

I continue to do interviews with the various news agencies as they come up.

There is good progress in our communications.

We have started to hold community rounds again to keep our citizens informed and

consulted;

We have reformatted our three year strategic plan;

We are using our website; email and social media to communicate.

There are no emerging issues for this report.

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John A. Jack, Member of Council Report for Executive Council Meeting on October 20, 2013

Portfolios and Objectives

A. Economic Development / HDC Board of Directors

1. Annual Audit & Comprehensive Financial Reporting

2. Corporate Structure and Governance (8 Recommendations)

B. ACRD

1. Presentations to Local Government Leadership Academy

2. West Island Woodlands Advisory Group

Progress

A. Economic Development Committee / HDC

1. With the withdrawal of Presley & Partners from next year’s audit, the HDC is going about looking for an auditor using an Request for Proposal pro-cess similar to the HFN but specifically according to the policies it has set out for itself. Also, with the adoption of Simply Accounting and the use of RBC Express, the quality and quantity of financial reports will substantially increase.

2. The HFN organization has reviewed the proposed Economic Development Act and connected Governance and Fiscal Agreement (& Regulation) and community rounds have either occurred or have been scheduled to allow for greater input from citizens regarding economic development. HFN le-gal counsel has worked with HDC on the development of a marked up copy following the legislative review held last month.

3. Progress on the Economic Development Projects listed as “Higher Priori-ty” are as follows:

i. Sarita MicroHydro Project: HDC has received the second and third payments from the Major Project Infrastructure Fund (MPIF), the

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fourth payment is due to come in by the time of this report and the application for the fifth has been submitted.

ii. Bamfield Store and Restaurant: Contracted help XPS has complet-ed a business analysis that was presented to the Operating Board at the last meeting; a business plan is currently in development. It is likely that the plan will contemplate an equity investment by the HFN in acquisition of the Store and Restaurant if the business plan is recommended by the operating board.

iii. Anacla Campground / Gas Station / Store / Parkade: Progress has been centered on applying for the appropriate interests in land through the processes set up by the HFN’s land department.

B. Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District

1. I will be participating in a panel discussion regarding our involvement in with the Regional District at the Local Government Leadership Academy workshop held from Wednesday, February 20 to Friday, February 22. It will be held in Surrey, and travel costs will be covered by the LGLA.

2. On Thursday, Feb. 7, I attended a meeting of the West Island Woodlands Advisory group on behalf of the ACRD/HFN. The meeting centered on whether there was still a need for the group in its current form given recent rumblings in the news about harvesting conducted by Island Timberlands. The consensus was that it was important enough to keep as long as the group remembered its task – to keep things local!

Emerging Issues

A. Economic Development / HDC

1. Accessing funds for investment in future projects is a strategic concern for

the committee and the HDC boards. It will be necessary that we have a

discussion during capital budgeting regarding Executive Council’s plan for

economic development.

12/02/2013

XJohn A. Jack

Councillor

Signed by: John A. Jack