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STREAM WORKSHOP: Overview & Plan
November 22nd, 2001 ~5pm-10pm
1215 Bidwell Street (off Davie, 1 block east of Denman)
Orientation & Background Documents
Workshop Outcomes/Reports
Background
Stream integrity and
fish habitat protection, growth management, economic opportunity, and
recreational values are among the issues requiring attention for sustainability
planning and design. The Stream Protection Regulations (SPR) of the Fish
Protection Act introduced recently are intended to help guide decision-making
regarding streamside-related issues. Nonetheless, questions and concerns
have been raised regarding the SPR's role, effectiveness and/or impact
on sustainability planning, especially in the urban context.
To explore questions
and related issues, and as part of EDRS's monthly program of events, EDRS
is planning to design, develop and host a focused workshop involving members
of the following constituencies:
- The developer/development
community
- The design community
(architects, engineers, landscape architects, planners)
- Municipal government
(and other levels of government as may be interested)
- ENGOs
- Academic and general
public
Goals
Our goal is to attract
knowledgeable, open-minded, sustainability-oriented participants who are
interested in cooperatively exploring the SPR with a view to identify:
- Strengths of the
SPR and supported elements;
- Issues and questions
of concern regarding implementation particularly in the urban context;
- Consensus-based
suggestions for solutions (design, decision-making) and next steps.
The event is intended
as one step in a series of steps regarding future discussion, planning
and implementation of the SPR. Reports of the outcomes of the event
will be forwarded to participants and a wider body of constituent
groups and organizations.
Workshop Plan
We are targeting participation
by 50 people. Participants will work both in small groups and as a whole
group. Each small group will include representatives of each constituent
group.
The workshop plan
includes:
- Visual display
boards and information tables to include information and displays
from the various constituent groups, and to represent various stream
conditions and response scenarios.
- Opening remarks.
To set the stage for the workshop, some very brief opening remarks will
be made in order to define the task, process and intended outcomes,
and to emphasize a focus on sustainability, common interests and issues,
and consensus-based solutions/next steps.
- Small multi-stakeholder
working groups will work in stages on three common-interest themes
during the workshop: (1) supportable elements in the SPR; (2) issues,
concerns and questions; and (3) solutions and next steps.
- Dinner (to
occur after small group work stage 1).
- Final summary
of workshop results and outline of next steps re: reporting.
Cost (pending funding)
Members $40.00 non-members: $45.00
Note: Some corporate funding has been received but further funding for this workshop is being sought in order (a) to help cover costs of
the workshop and ensure minimum cost recovery, and (b) to provide full or partial funding for participants
that might not otherwise be able to attend. In particular, we want to
ensure participation by ENGOs who are often excluded from participating
in such workshops as a result of cost constraints. We are hoping a current grant application will be successful
but welcome any possible funding/funder suggestions you might have.
Post Workshop
Post workshop plans
are currently limited to a commitment to prepare a workshop summary for distribution to the Provincial advisory committee, various agencies, associations and interest groups.
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