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Municipality of North CowichanForestry Advisory Committee

Agenda

Date: Friday, October 26, 2012Time: 8:00 a.m.Location: Municipal Hall - Committee Room

Pages

1. Call to Order

2. Introduction of Late Items

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Adoption of Minutes 5 - 8

Adoption of the April 27, 2012 Forestry Advisory Committee meeting minutes.

4.1 Action Item List

Review Action Item List from the April 27, 2012, meeting

5. Business

5.1 Quarterly Report 9 - 12

YTD Second Quarter to September 30, 2012

5.2 2011 Annual Report - Final Draft 13 - 26

Review the final draft of the 2011 Annual Report

5.3 Current Affairs

5.4 2013 Budget 27 - 31

5.5 Audit/Benchmarking Report

Update

5.6 Revenue Opportunities

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5.6.1 Nanaimo Shipyard Group 32 - 39

Proposal by Nanimo Shipyard Group to extract sandstone rock formforestry lands

5.6.2 Gravel Sales 40 - 41

Duncan Paving - Grace Road area

5.7 Engineer Tendering 42 - 42

Contract awarded to Eco Connected

5.8 Logging Tendering

Update

5.9 Invasive Species 43 - 43

Treatments completed in 2012.

5.10 Wildland Urban Interface Treatment at the Cliffs Development and the MunicipalForest Reserve

Verbal report

5.11 Forest Legacy Fund

5.11.1 Value-added Woodworking Contest 44 - 51

2012 Value-added Woodworking Contest winners

2013 project - coat rack

5.11.2 Scholarship and Bursaries Winners 52 - 52

2012 winners

2013 update

5.11.3 Forest Legacy Fund - Funding Request - Vancouver Island University 53 - 54

Funding request by VIU for fall field trip. We have missed their tripdeadline but might consider having them do a service for NorthCowichan for future requests and a contribution to their trip. Anexample of the type of work would be the pulling of tansy ragwort.

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5.11.4 Forest Legacy Fund - Funding Request - Cowichan Rugby Club 55 - 58

Funding request by Cowichan Rugby Club for $35,000 towards newbleachers at their Herd Road facility.

5.12 New Parks and Forestry Trails Brochure

5.13 Cowichan High School 59 - 65

Stewardship program on Mt. Prevost

5.14 Mount Prevost 66 - 66

Proposed park/trail development at the mountain's peak

5.15 Mountain Bike Society 67 - 68

5.16 ABCFP Video 69 - 72

Video by the ABCFP promoting the profession of forestry on Municipal ForestReserve land.

5.17 Maple Bay Peninsula Local Area Road Service Petition 73 - 76

Review petition to establish a local area road service

6. Information Items

6.1 Scholarship Thank You 77 - 77

Thank you note from Grace Peng - 2012 Scholarship winner, $1,200.

6.2 Hang Gliding Accident 78 - 79

Review hang gliding accident that occurred May 2, 2012, on Mount Prevost.

6.3 Off-road Vehicle Management Framework - Outdoor Recreation Council of BC 80 - 80

6.4 BC Community Forest Association 81 - 84

June Newsletter

6.5 Ministry of Forests - Press Release 85 - 86

New tunure for biomass

6.6 National Forestry Week 87 - 87

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Poster - September 23 - 29, 2012

6.7 Cowichan News Leader - Forestry Articles 88 - 89

May 11, 2012 - Letter to the Editor - Forest Reserve

June 29, 2012 - Article on Geocaching in the valley

6.8 Cowichan Valley Citizen - Forestry Article 90 - 90

May 23, 2012 - Article on Prevost downhill race

6.9 Silviculture Magazine 91 - 92

In support of community forests - Summer 2012

6.10 United Steel Workers 93 - 96

April 27, 2012, letter on log exports

6.11 Vancouver Sun Article 97 - 98

"Charting a new course for forestry" by Catherine Cobden

7. Adjournment

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MUNICIPALITY of North COWICHAN Minutes

Meeting Forestry Advisory Committee Date April 27, 2012 Time 8:00 a.m. Place Municipal Hall - Large Committee Room Members Present Wayne Coombs, Chair; Councillor John Koury; Councillor Al Siebring (after 8:16

a.m.); Eric Jecklin; Mark Carter; Mayor Lefebure (comprising a quorum) Members Absent Councillor Barb Lines Also Present Councillor Kate Marsh Staff Present Darrell Frank, Forester; Dave Devana, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO); Mark

Ruttan, Director of Administration / Deputy CAO. Agenda The Committee adopted the agenda, as amended. Minutes The Committee adopted the minutes of the meeting held October 28, 2011, and

reviewed a list of the status of actions arising out that meeting. Scholarships and Bursaries

The Municipal Forester will invite a couple of Committee members to evaluate this year’s applications for the forestry scholarship and bursaries, as well as the criteria and fund balance for setting next year’s funding levels and numbers of scholarships and bursaries.

Business Keys and Gates The Committee supported the Municipal Forester investigating and reporting

back on less expensive gate locks. The Municipal Forester also reported on his efforts to accommodate a resident that wants vehicle access to Maple Mountain. The Committee directed the Municipal Forester to not provide gate keys to residents that want vehicle access to the mountain. The Committee further directed the Municipal Forester to write to the resident, who had sought access, to explain that vehicle access cannot be accommodated due to the risks of garbage dumping and vandalism.

Quarterly Report

The Committee reviewed the Municipal Forester’s 1st quarterly report for 2012, noting the following accomplishments:

• 4, 243 cubic metres were harvested, generating a net profit from logging of $145,424 (or $34.11 per cubic metre);

• 37.7 hectares were planted with 33,269 seedlings. 2011 Annual Report The Committee reviewed the Municipal Forester’s April 18, 2012, draft 2011

Annual Report, noting the following accomplishments: • 17,775 cubic metres were harvested, generating a net profit from logging

of $664,170 (or $37.37 per cubic metre), which is up slightly over the 25-

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year average; • 40.3 hectares were planted, with a survival rate of 100%; and • Total annual direct and indirect jobs from managing the municipal forest

was 31.99. The Committee will reconsider the final draft at the next meeting.

The Committee discussed ways to increase the forestry program’s profitability

and agreed to continue this discussion at a future meeting. Current Affairs The Committee received a brief update from the Municipal Forester on current

forestry issues and log markets.

Contract Tendering Benchmark Report

The Committee reviewed a draft report from the Municipal Forester, dated March 27, 2012, providing a comparison of coastal industry logging, development, and silviculture costs. The Municipal Forester will forward the report to the Forestry Advisory Committee when the additional information comes in from other community forest operations. Recommended resolution: that Council support the current practice of letting out municipal logging contracts, but direct staff to issue a tender to log 5,000 cubic metres in order to determine if current costs are competitive with current industry costs.

Audit The professional foresters agreed to proceed with their regular audit of the

Municipal Forestry program, focusing on current forestry systems to look for ways to increase efficiency and remove costs that are not associated with forestry.

Fire Fighting Agreement

The Committee reviewed an email from the Municipal Forester, dated September 1, 2011, on the likely cost increase that will be imposed by the Ministry of Forests under a new fire control cost agreement.

Invasive Species Education

The Committee discussed invasive species education opportunities, and directed staff to put information or a link on the Municipal Website regarding invasive species. The Committee also discussed having staff and interested Council members attend an upcoming workshop, on June 7, in Victoria on invasive species.

Herbicide Program The 2012 herbicide program will involve spot treating last year’s treatment areas,

right-of-way areas on Mt Richards, and potentially blocks R-230, R-260, and P-173.

Mt. Tzouhalem Trail The Committee reviewed the Municipal Forester’s April 20, 2012, memo and

Riley McIntosh’s March 28, 2012, email regarding rebuilding and extending a trail named “East of Eden” on Mt. Tzouhalem. The Committee directed the Municipal Forester and Director of Parks and Recreation to meet with Mr. McIntosh and to report back to the Committee on stewardship options for trails. The Committee also discussed the need to have a formal group carry on these types of roles rather than an individual.

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Trail Brochure The Committee noted that the trails, parks, and forestry brochure will be finished

by June and 15,000 copies will be printed. Firewood Draw The Committee reviewed the Municipal Forester’s April 2, 2012, report to Council

regarding the annual firewood draw, which provides three logging truckloads of firewood to non-profit groups supporting youth in North Cowichan. This year there were eight applications, and Council chose the following groups at random: 1. Maple bay Yacht Club, 2. New Life Community Baptist Church; and 3. Maple Bay Rowing Club.

Mt. Prevost Road The Committee reviewed Krista Siefken’s March 28, 2012, News Leader Pictorial

article on Duncan’s Daybreak Rotary Club’s initiative to coordinate the construction of a paved road and parking lot on Mt. Prevost to improve accessibility to the peak, war memorial, and park at the top of the mountain. The Committee noted the Council has directed staff to prepare a report on the feasibility of this proposal.

Mt. Tzouhalem Gate

The Committee discussed the Municipal Forester’s April 20, 2012, report regarding a request to lock the gate to the entrance to the water tower on Mt. Tzouhalem from dusk to dawn to stop late night partying in the parking lot. The report noted that the annual cost to have a security company provide this service will be $7,380, 47% of the Forestry Department’s annual security budget. The Committee directed staff to ask the RCMP to deal with this concern.

New Business Minor Forest Products

The Committee directed the Municipal Forester provide a report on minor forest product and other revenue opportunities

Information Items The Committee received for information the following items:

1. Letter from Darren Hart, dated February 24, 2012, regarding the Cowichan Secondary School stewardship program to remove refuse from Mt. Prevost;

2. Mt. Prevost Bike Race - The Committee discussed the Municipal Forester’s March 8, 2012, report setting out conditions for a mountain bike race that Cowichan Cycles plans to sponsor on Mt. Prevost on May 20, 2012;

3. Letter of thanks, dated November 10, 2011, for help removing trees and advice on post logging site treatments;

4. UBCM Member Release, dated October 26, 2011, regarding the proposed Natural Resource Road Act;

5. Kelowna Capital News article, dated December 13, 2011, entitled “New law will govern B.C. backroads”;

6. Lake Cowichan Gazette article, dated December 13, 2011, entitled “Mossiest forest in Canada creating buzz in Lake Cowichan”;

7. Memo from Municipal Forester, dated December 6, 2011, providing an update on the municipal forestry program;

8. Letter of reappointment of Wayne Coombs to Committee, dated January 20, 2012;

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9. Email from Jerry Baker, dated January 24, 2012, regarding trapping in North Cowichan;

10. Letter from United Steelworkers, dated January 20, 2012, regarding raw-log exports;

11. Emails regarding conflicts between hikers and bikers on Mt. Tzouhalem trails;

12. Documents regarding Healthy Forests—Healthy Community initiatives. Meeting Closure The Committee closed the meeting to the public at 11:20 a.m. under section 90

(1)(e) of the Community Charter, rose without reporting, and ended the meeting at 11:35 a.m.

Next Meeting The next meeting will be held at the call of the Chair.

Certified correct Signature of Recording Secretary Chair or presiding member

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THE CORPORATION OF THE

DISTRICT OF NORTH COWICHAN

MUNICIPAL FORESTER’S QUARTERLY REPORT

April 16, 2012 - to September 30, 2012

File No: 8930-20 MON Highlights:

Harvesting: Costs Year-to-date- $364,319 Budget - $605,000

A total of 7,662m³ was harvested over the period generating $519,825 or $66.67/m³ in log sales. Logging costs year-to-date are $30/m³.

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Road Construction, Maintenance, and Deactivation:

Costs year-to-date - $127,614Budget - $161,000

Area Road Name Activity Accomplishments

Mount Prevost Block P-139 Construct temporary access road and surface with shale rock; install two temporary culverts

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156 400 450

m mm mm

Mount Prevost Block P-124 Construct permanent road and surface with shale rock; install three culverts

1 1 1

495 300 450 600

m mm mm mm

Mount Prevost Block P-895 Construct temporary access road and surface with rock; install two culverts

1 1

430 600 500

m mm mm

Mount Sicker B-40 Block P-548

Construct permanent road, surface with rock; and, install two culverts

1 1

200 800 500

m mm mm

Mount Sicker Plantation Road Widened and used coarse material for repairing Blacktail Rd

25 m

Mount Sicker Blacktail Road Remove organics in road bed, replaced with suitable ballast and surface with rock.

200 m

Mount Prevost Wolf Road Borrow Pit #2

Developed rock/shale for road building

750 m³

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Area Road Name Activity

Mount Prevost W-20 Repaired soft spot on road with shale around culvert #17

30 180

m m³

Mount Prevost Block P-139 Post-harvesting cleanup and install hay bales in drainage

400 m

Mount Prevost, Mount Sicker, Mount Richards, Maple Mountain, Mount Tzouhalem

Various Blocked 4x4 access by various gates during fire season

N/A

Accomplishments

Forestry Quarterly Report October 2012

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Forestry Quarterly Report October 2012

Planting and Tree Protection: Costs - $66,026. Budget - $100,000.

Survival plots were established in the 2012 planting blocks. The average survival rate at time of surveying was 91%. Several of the blocks, namely P-900 and P-795A, had poorer survival rates due to the long storage time of the seedlings treated with Plantskydd. The 2011 survival plots were revisited this summer, and the plantations had a 95% survival rate. Cone maintenace was done on 7.9 ha.

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Site Preparation: Costs - $4,320. Budget - $14,000

Fire Protection: Costs year-to-date $2,644. Budget - $12,400

The Municipal forest Reserve gates were closed July 13, and were still locked as of October 11. No wildfires have occurred on Municipal forest lands.

Integrated Resource Management: Costs - $222. Budget - $4,000.

No activity.

Silviculture:

Plantation Brushing:

Mechanical: Costs - $9,873 44.8 ha $220/ha Budget - $28,000 Herbicide: Costs - $0 Budget - $16,000 White Pine Pruning: Costs - $3,390 47.6 ha Budget - $20,000

Public Relations: Costs - $0 Budget - $500. Staff worked with Cowichan High School assisting on their stewardship/roadside litter pickup on Mount Prevost. A total of 1,430 kg were picked and delivered to the CVRD Bings Creek site. A total of 17 and 24 volunteers assisted on January 25 and April 3, 2012.

Please find attached, a summary of estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the year-to-date as of September 30, 2012. Darrell J. Frank, RPF Municipal Forester

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2012 Year to Date

Budget Jan 1 to Sept 30

Revenue

Log Sales 1,340,000 793,198

Volume 11,905m3

Cost of Sales

Logging 605,000 364,319

Scaling 500 -

Contract Engineering 28,000 31,024

Road Construction 80,000 104,222

Road Maintenance 75,000 19,072

Road Deactivation 4,000 -

Site Preparation 14,000 4,320

Planting 55,000 54,285

Brushing and Weeding 28,000 9,873

Brushing Herbicides 16,000 -

Pruning 20,000 3,390

Tree Protection 45,000 11,741

970,500 602,246

Gross Margin 28% 369,500 24% 190,952

Other Revenue 15,300 14,767

Rentals (Cell Towers) 68,775 33,335

453,575 239,054

1,424,075 841,300

Expenses

Administration 343,600 249,437

Fire Protection 12,400 2,644

Security 15,000 9,706

Five year Development Plan 6,000 -

Watershed Analysis 5,000 2,388

Tours 500 -

Integrated Resource Mgmt 4,000 222

Community Wild Fire Protection - -

Forestry contractor 7,000 -

Juvenile Spacing - N/A

Recreation Roads Maintenance 2,000 1,400

Scholarships 2,400 3,600

Grants in Aid 9,300 7,979

Invasive Species Control 5,000 6,567

Vehicles 31,000 13,957

Fire Truck 4,000 2,261

447,200 300,161

Net Income 6,375 (61,107)

Reserve Fund January 1, 2012 807,273 807,273

Interest 5,900

*Capital Expenditures (8,000) 0

***Forest Legacy Projects N/A N/A

Total 805,648 752,066

*Note: Capital Expenditure is for the final payment for the forestry fire truck

**Note : Forest legacy is to cover the cost of the Scholarhsip and Bursary12

djfoct12_12rrp_M&C_2011 Ann Rprt

7030 Trans Canada Highway, Box 278, Duncan, BC V9L 3X4 Ph 250-746-3100 Fax 250-746-3133 www.northcowichan.ca

Report Date October 12, 2012 File:

8930-20 ANN

To Mayor & Council

From Darrell J. Frank, Municipal Forester Endorsed by

Subject 2011 Annual Report

In the 2011 year, we saw small positive changes in the demand for logs, log prices, and the Canadian economy. North Cowichan harvested 17,775m³, or 89% of our annual allowable cut. A total of 45.5ha was logged, with net volume of 391m³/ha from ten cut blocks. The demand for Douglas-fir poles was again off for most of the year, removing a lucrative market for the product. Harvesting areas were on Mount Tzouhalem, Maple Mountain, Mount Richards, Mount Prevost, and Mount Sicker. The harvesting program generated $1,175,026 in log sales, with $510,855 in harvesting costs, for a net of $664,171, or $37.37/m³. Gross margins on the forestry operation were 26%, or $303,475. The Municipal Forestry program manages 25% of the land base of North Cowichan at no cost to the taxpayer. The program is funded by revenues generated from the land base, which includes log sales, land leases, and minor forest products. In 2011, the program donated three logging truckloads of firewood to non-profit groups supporting youth in the Cowichan and Chemainus valleys. The year’s winners were: Maple Bay Rowing Club, DJBA Red Hots Fastpitch Team, and Duncan Junior Baseball. Also funded by the Forestry Program were the Forestry Legacy Fund Scholarship and Bursaries awards and the Forest Legacy Fund Value-added Woodworking Contest. This year’s Scholarship and bursary winners were:

Jackson Jane $1,200. Scholarship Rebecca Hubsher $600. Bursary Samantha Potts $600. Bursary

This year’s Value-added Woodworking contest winners were:

Aaron Van Boven $500. Matt Griffiths $250. Daniel Boer $250. Josh Palou $200.

The Forestry Program donated $3,750 to the Halalt First Nation for salmon enhancement work in Bonsall Creek. Other highlights for the year included the purchase of a forestry fire truck, replacing the 1975 International with a 3,000 gallon tank with a 1994 tandem Volvo gravel truck fitted with a 1,700 gallon tank. The 2011 budget contributed a $10,000 capital expenditure from the Reserve Fund and the $8,000 balance will come from the 2012 capital budget. The Forest Legacy Fund contributed $80,000 towards North Cowichan’s share of costs to build the Friendship Trail from downtown Duncan to the Cowichan Commons mall on the Trans Canada Highway. Another impact for 2011 was the installation of a buried fibre optic cable and power lines to service Environment Canada’s Doppler radar facility at the top of Mount Sicker, which impacted forestry roads on Mount Sicker and Mount Prevost. The line installation on the Mount Prevost Mainline and BC Tel Road forced North Cowichan to replace a number of culverts which were not budgeted for. Approximately $10,000 was spent purchasing culverts by North Cowichan and Environment Canada paid for culvert installation. The works done in the last few months of the year closed the Mount Prevost area for logging access purposes.

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7030 Trans Canada Highway, Box 278, Duncan, BC V9L 3X4 Ph 250-746-3100 Fax 250-746-3133 www.northcowichan.ca

The Forestry Department saw long-time Forestry Assistant Mike Clarke retire, and Lynn Laliberte was hired as the new Forest Technologist. The 2011 program, before transfers from the Reserve Fund, had a $55,879 loss for 2011, or a loss of $3.65/m³. An $80,000 transfer from the Forest Legacy Fund covered the Friendship trail construction costs, and an additional $10,000 was transferred from the Forest Reserve Fund to cover the capital cost of the new Forestry tanker truck. The Forestry program generated 10.7 person years of work in 2011, hosted seven woods tours, and was used for the Gut Buster Running Race and the Cowichan Challenge Triathlon. The 2011 Forestry Program highlights are attached.

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Forestry Annual Forestry Annual Forestry Annual

Report 2011Report 2011Report 2011

The Corporation of The Corporation of The Corporation of

the District of North Cowichanthe District of North Cowichanthe District of North Cowichan

October 2012October 2012October 2012

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Municipality of NORTH

COWICHAN Report

Date April 18, 2012 File 8930-20 ANN To Mayor & Council From Darrell Frank, RPF, Municipal Forester Endorsed by Subject 2011 Annual Report

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Listed below are the 2011 Forestry Program highlights: HARVESTING: The 2011 budget was 22,500m³, generating $1,496,175, with logging expenses of $652,500. The actual accomplishment was 17,775m³, generating $1,175,026 with logging costs of $510,855. A total of 45.5 ha were logged with an average net volume of 391 m3/ha from 10 cut blocks. The average cut block size was 4.6 ha. As in 2010, there was a slow steady increase in log prices and they continued to improve in 2011. Demand for large Douglas-fir poles was off for most of the year. The Municipal logging contractor focused on maximizing the highest value for each cubic metre harvested.

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Accomplishments:

Logging Sales $1,175,025. 17,775m³ $66.11/m³

Direct Logging Costs $510,855. 17,775m³ $28.74/m³

Logging costs included post-harvesting slash piling for future burning. In some cases, the slash was forwarded 100 metres from adjacent private property to facilitate open air burning. Logging costs also covered the forwarding of firewood to the roadside for removal by the public and volunteer groups such being a revenue generator for School District 79 Alternate Education group and VITAL (Valley Integra-tion to Active Living Society). The Municipal Forest Reserve is located in a high forest fire hazard area with close proximity to urban areas. As such, we are required by the Ministry of Forests to abate slash on all our cut blocks. All logged areas require a post-harvesting fuel treatment to lessen the chance of a forest fire. All logging areas have significant green tree retention, the retention of wildlife trees as well as old growth Douglas-fir, and 10 dominants or co-dominants per hectare. The retention trees increase the complexity and costs for harvesting these areas.

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Firewood Permits: Revenue $1,938 Budget - $1,000 The public purchased 51 cords of wood, Cowichan Valley Alternate School purchased 30 Cords. Salal Permits: Revenue $540 Budget $1,000 The public purchased 9 permits, generating $540 in sales.

PLANTING: Costs - $43,575 Budget - $48,000 Accomplishments: 40.3 hectares were planted with 43,150 seedlings at a cost of $43,575 or $1.01 per seedling. Initial Planting: 39.4 hectares were planted with 42,302 seedlings.

Fill Planting: 0.8 hectares were planted with 848 seedlings. Species Planted:

Seedlings Percent

Douglas-fir 31,269 72.4

Western red cedar 5,160 12

Grand fir 1,075 2.5

Sequoia 216 0.5

Totals 43,150 100

Western white pine 5,430 12.6

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Historical Accomplishment: The Municipality has planted 1,821,747 seedlings since the start of its intensive silviculture program in 1982.

SURVEYS: Survival surveys were established in the 2011 plantations to monitor seedling survival rates by our summer student. The 2011 plantations had a survival rate of 100%. The 2010 plantations were re-visited and they had a survival rate of 91% after two growing seasons. Free-to-grow surveys were carried out on 62.2 ha and declared free growing. Eight blocks, encompassing 48.9 hectares, were assessed for number of trees per hectare after treating them for the invasive species, Scotch broom or potential low seedlings per hectare. Follow up treatments will be carried out on four of these blocks in 2012 by fill planting 5.7 ha.

Tree Protection: Costs $26,420 Budget - $45,000 Accomplishments: Deer repellent was applied to the Douglas-fir and Western red cedar 2011 planting stock prior to planting at a cost of $0.073 per tree. Tree cages were installed on 6.6 ha of seedlings with 5,042 cages at a cost of $2.43/tree. Maintenance of cages was done on 12.9 ha which included straightening cages pushed over by Roosevelt elk, deer, and snow; and removing cones from trees which had grown taller than the cones. Finally, cones which had been removed were recovered for reusing on new trees in the future. The deer and elk populations are having a significant impact on new seedling growth. Areas located east of the Trans Canada Highway are under increasing pressure from an expanding deer population especially close to urban areas. New conifer plantations may have 100% of the planted trees browsed by deer in their first growing season in the field. The deer browsing sets back tree growth for the first few years.

Road Construction and Maintenance: Costs $183,263. Budget - $224,000 Road construction, road maintenance, and road deactivation were:

Activity

Major road construction, improvements, and temporary roads 3.9 km

Road maintenance post-harvesting cleanup 2.1 km

New culverts installed by North Cowichan 6

Culverts removed/replace by Environment Canada 11 *

Quarries: rock developed 4,920 m³

Debuilt roads 250 m

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The Mount Prevost Mainline and BC Tel Road were severely impacted in November and December by the installation of new fibre optic and utility cables to service Environment Canada’s Doppler Radar site. The lines were replaced by Environment Canada because the existing lines were failing. Access to Mount Prevost was curtailed during the operations, forcing harvesting operations to go to areas typically not used at this time of the year. Additional costs were incurred to allow harvesting to take place in the John’s Mainline and Mount Sicker areas. Logging operations could not resume on Mount Prevost until the Spring of 2012 because of these changes with the fibre optic installation. The road will have to “set up” again before heavy equipment may haul over the road”. The Forestry Department maintains and estimated 170 km of roads in the Municipal Forest Reserve. * Note: The Municipality supplied the culverts at our cost on site and Environment Canada covered the installation costs.

Activity

Road grading 16.0 km

Snowplowing 3.4 km

Roadside brush cutting for roadside visibility improvements 1.8 km

Gate installation none

SITE PREPARATION: Costs $9,938 Budget - $20,000

The fall burning program consisted of 160 piles from 11 harvesting blocks. Burning results were good. The burning program was focused on cured piles, with logging completed prior to July 1, 2011. Piles were built according to the best management practices of the Southern Vancouver Island Smoke Man-agement Plan. The members of the Committee include the Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Environment, and major licensees operating on Southern Vancouver Island. The group exchange results, information, and training establishing the best practices for open air burning on forested lands. Burning took place on October 14 and 27, 2011.

Burning Costs - $8.47/pile ($1,355)

Estimated cost of chipping this material would have been approximately $64,000.

Accomplishments:

Logging debris areas piled and burned 42.7 ha

Logging debris areas piled in 2011, to be burned in 2012 11.3 ha

FIRE PROTECTION: Costs - $5,386 Budget - $10,500 The Municipal Forest Reserve gates were locked from July 7 to July 18, 2011, and July 29 to September 19, 2011. The year was very quiet, with no forest fires on the Municipal Forest Reserve. The department’s water truck was replaced and upgraded from a 1975 International 3,000 gallon to a 1994 Volvo gravel truck complete with 1,700 gallon tank. The new truck is capable of pumping directly from the truck with a hydraulic pump.

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SECURITY AND VANDALISM: Costs - $15,055 Budget - $13,000 The expenditures were predominantly for blocking 4x4 access to our lands, and re-enforcing gates where vandals were cutting the pins off of gates for access to the Municipal Forest Reserve.

INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Costs - $1,523 Budget - $7,000 All harvesting areas incorporated single and group tree retention. Old growth Douglas-fir, Western white pine, wildlife trees, and 10 dominant and co-dominant trees were retained in all cut blocks. Expenditures included costs for traffic controllers at a harvesting area on Mount Tzouhalem, Osborne Bay Road, and for falling danger trees.

WATERSHED ANALYSIS - Mount Sicker: Costs - $2,421 Budget - $7,000 Ongoing annual water monitoring has been done since 2003. The sampling has been done to measure the water for turbidity and suspended sediment from creeks which drain through the mid-slopes of the north face of Mount Sicker. The sampling has given us a short term baseline before a mid slope road and harvesting take place.

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SILVICULTURE: Contract crews completed the following: Accomplishments:

Ha Costs

Plantation brushing – *manual 68.6 $19,765 $288. ha

Invasive species – **herbicide treatment to control Scotch broom

18.8 18,600 $989. ha

Deer repellant purchase N/A 2,737 N/A

Deer repellant application on seedlings 2,025 $ 0. tree

White pine pruning 129.1 25,457 $197. ha

Tree caging installations (5,042) 6.6 13,275 $ 2. tree

Tree caging maintenance and cone recovery 12.9 13,145 N/A

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Plantation Brushing *Manual Treatment: are carried out as required on a spot basis. The treatments are done where

the plantations have been established with evenly distributed potential crop trees. Cutting is done where the competing vegetation will impact the growth of crop trees.

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Plantation Brushing - cont’d **Herbicide Treatment: is carried out where we have had problems getting a conifer plantation

established. Competing vegetation, such as broom, has grown aggressively and spread through the cut block. The herbicide treatments will allow fill planting to get these areas back to restocked and healthy young stands of conifers.

The presence of the invasive species, Tansy Ragwort, in the Stoney Hill block SH-203 was brought to the attention of North Cowichan by the residents of the area. A severe invasion had taken place in this block and spread throughout the block and along the main access roads. Concerned Stoney Hill residents volunteered and hand-pulled plants along the right-of-way and in the block. The Forestry Department hired a contractor to assist in pulling the plants, and the area was completed. The flowers from the Tansy Ragwort were bagged and kept for burning this fall, and, finally, disposed of. The Municipality would like to recognize these residents for their efforts in controlling this plant on Municipal lands, as well as raised this issue with North Cowichan to make it a priority to treat. With the addition of this year’s activities, the Municipality has completed the following activities since 1982: Municipal Forest Reserve and Tax Sale Lands managed by the Forestry Department - 5,344 ha.

Juvenile spacing 2,206 ha

Pruning 1,102 ha

White pine pruning 814 ha

Plantation brushing 2,830 ha

Harvesting 1,475 ha

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JOB CREATION PROGRAM: Costs $889 Budget $10,000 No programs were accessed for funding in 2011, expenditures were for our Community Wildfire mapping works completed previously.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Costs $151 Budget $800 North Cowichan hosted seven tours of the Municipal Forest Reserve. Other highlights for the year included the use of Mount Tzouhalem for the Gut Buster Running Race and the Cowichan Challenge Triathlon at Fuller Lake /Cottonwood area.

3 Logging truckloads of firewood $2,100

2 Bursaries @ $600 $1,200

1 Scholarship $1,200

Prizes for the Value-added Woodworking Contest through our local high schools

$1,200

Bonsall Creek Salmon Enhancement Work through the Halalt First Nations $3,750

Donations/Scholarship/Bursaries funded by the Forestry Department:

21

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Ha

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226

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32

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90

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80

M-2

16.5

376

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44

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6$15,2

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50

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22

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77

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341

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53

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77

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30

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465

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80

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65

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49

$70

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26

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40

3.3

210

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$28.4

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17

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84

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8.0

264

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$28.0

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$64

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383

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87

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68

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58

$98,8

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100.0

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100.0

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$23,5

53

$66,4

75

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22

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me m

³V

olu

me

/Ha

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$/m

³A

cre

s

11987

63.4

13,1

59

208

$204,7

72

$15.5

6-$

24,8

25

-$1.8

9$0

-$24,8

25

$0

$0

21988

73.9

18,6

02

252

$354,2

56

$19.0

4$115,8

85

$6.2

3$0

$115,8

85

$0

$0

31989

43.2

14,7

98

343

$272,9

13

$18.4

4$38,4

86

$2.6

0$0

$38,4

86

$0

$0

41990

36.1

10,9

69

304

$254,8

31

$23.2

3$48,5

71

$4.4

3$0

$48,5

71

$0

$0

51991

32.2

12,7

40

396

$271,2

17

$21.2

9-$

12,3

70

-$0.9

7$0

-$12,3

70

$0

$0

61992

63.3

12,9

35

204

$289,1

02

$22.3

5$67,2

31

$5.2

0$45,0

00

$22,2

31

$0

$0

71993

55.2

14,9

07

270

$542,8

21

$36.4

2$272,2

76

$18.2

7$240,0

00

$32,2

76

$0

$0

81994

58.6

16,1

60

276

$692,4

14

$42.8

5$275,8

80

$17.0

7$250,0

00

$25,8

80

$0

$0

91995

78

21,5

56

276

$1,2

05,3

29

$55.9

2$802,7

71

$37.2

4$442,2

30

$33,3

13

$92,3

08

$140,9

20

35

acre

s

10

1996

48.7

14,4

27

296

$639,0

17

$44.2

9$131,0

57

$9.0

8$65,0

00

$51,0

57

$15,0

00

$0

11

1997

32.3

13,3

71

414

$625,4

37

$46.7

8$24,8

15

$1.8

6$24,8

15

$0

$0

$0

12

1998

30.2

12,0

85

400

$444,9

33

$36.8

2$47,4

20

$3.9

2$0

$37,9

35

$9,4

85

$0

13

1999

41

16,4

28

401

$564,8

67

$34.3

8$99,2

14

$6.0

4$0

$79,3

71

$19,5

16

$113,8

40

26

acre

s*

14

2000

35.9

13,3

78

373

$564,7

78

$42.2

2$33,7

45

$2.5

2$9,8

65

$17,0

57

$6,8

23

$0

15

2001

39.3

415,5

38

395

$660,9

24

$42.5

4$111,8

51

$7.2

0$100,6

66

$11,1

85

$0

$0

16

2002

39.9

13,8

80

348

$580,6

31

$41.8

3$95,3

75

$6.8

7$28,6

12

$47,6

88

$15,6

18

$0

17

2003

49.2

15,8

41

322

$661,0

89

$41.7

3$94,4

84

$5.9

6$52,1

62

$22,2

73

$18,6

09

$1,4

40

$0

18

2004

64.4

719,1

26

297

$773,9

40

$40.4

7$121,9

32

$6.3

8$29,1

83

$68,8

80

$19,4

55

$0

$0

19

2005

54.6

16,0

18

293

$672,8

76

$42.0

1$29,9

01

$1.8

7$14,9

51

$27,7

49

$14,9

50

$1,5

09

$0

20

2006

53.4

17,5

18

328

$792,5

62

$45.2

4$30,3

43

$1.7

3$15,1

71

$41,8

29

$15,1

72

$2,1

92

$0

21

2007

65.6

21,1

53

322

$804,3

75

$38.0

3$65,3

44

$3.0

9$0

$65,3

44

$0

$0

$0

22

2008

39.5

13,7

03

347

$619,8

66

$45.2

4-$

20,3

93

-$1.2

9$0

-$20,3

93

$0

$0

$0

23

2009

46.5

14,2

96

307

$439,9

36

$30.7

7-$

119,3

82

-$6.2

4$0

-$119,3

82

$0

$0

24

2010

42.1

16,4

18

390

$451,2

87

$27.4

9-$

137,4

09

-$8.3

7$0

-$137,4

09

$0

$0

25

2011

45.5

17,7

75

391

$664,1

70

$37.3

7-$

55,8

79

-$3.1

4$0

-$74,8

79

*-$

600

$0

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tal

1232.1

1386,7

81

314

$14,0

48,3

44

$36.3

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36,3

23

$5.5

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17,6

55

$397,7

52

$226,9

36

$4,5

41

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60

61 A

c

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49.3

15,4

71

314

$561,9

34

$36.3

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53

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06

$15,9

10

$9,0

77

$189

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25

District of North Cowichan

Forestry

Statement of Operations and Reserve Balances

December 31, 2011

2011 Actual Actual Appendix EBudget 2011 2010

Revenue

Log Sales 1,496,175 1,175,026 920,491

Cost of Sales

Logging 652,500 510,855 469,203

Scaling 500 -

Contract Engineering 34,000 30,501 40,400

Road Construction 160,000 126,004 81,543

Road Maintenance 60,000 54,499 64,811

Road Deactivation 4,000 2,760 1,550

Site Preparation 20,000 9,938 13,723

Planting 48,000 43,575 50,078

Brushing and Weeding 22,000 22,940 17,756

Brushing and Herbicides 11,000 18,600 12,350

Pruning 16,000 25,459 7,290

Tree Protection 45,000 26,420 40,211

% of General Program

1,073,000 871,551 798,915

Gross Margin 28% 423,175 26% 303,475 13% 121,576

Other Revenue 7,300 16,678 43,067

Rentals (Cell Towers) 68,775 75,946 68,775

499,250 396,099 233,418

Expenses

Administration 383,750 374,390 315,034

Fire Protection 10,500 5,386 5,925

Security 13,000 15,055 4,730

Five year Development Plan 8,000 - 3,579

Watershed Analysis 7,000 2,421 594

Tours 800 151 211

Integrated Resource Mgmt 7,000 1,523 5,587

Community Wild Fire Protection 10,000 889 23,993

Forestry contractor 7,000 7,087 740

Juvenile Spacing 5,000 -

Recreation Roads Maintenance 6,000 216

Scholarships 2,400 600 2,400

Grants in Aid 9,200 7,079 5,097

Vehicles 35,000 18,810 24,544

Fire Truck 17,000 18,371

521,650 451,978 392,434

Net Income (22,400) (55,879) (159,016)

Reserve Fund End of year 943,250 1,148,739

Interest 9,769 9,361

*Capital Expenditures (10,000) (25,834)

**Forest Legacy Projects (80,000) (30,000)

Reserve Fund, End of year 807,140 943,250

*Note: Capital Expenditure is for the final payment for the forestry fire truck

**Note : Forest legacy Expenditure is for the new Friendship Trail between Duncan and North Cowichan

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Draft 2013 Budget Highlights

Account 2012 Budget

Amount

2013 Budget

Amount

Details/Goals

General Program 343,600 357,330 ▪ Allow for the hiring of a summer student 16 wks

▪ Administration fee of $26,800 ▪ Reprinting of hiking trails brochures and

updates first printed in 2012 $4,000. ▪ Does not include any recoveries for DF / LL

time doing jobs for other departments. Charge out as incurred

Engineering 28,000 30,000 ▪ Field layout of 20,000m³ @$1.00 m³ of logging

areas. ▪ Legal surveys $4,000 ▪ SP’s $6,000

Scaling 500 500

Road Construction 80,000 136,000 ▪ Construct 4.0 km of new road (1.0 km in 2011) ▪ misc temporary access roads

Road Maintenance 75,000 50,000 ▪ 15 days work with MNC brush cutter for improving site lines on roads

▪ Spring road grading and compacting $18,000 ▪ Backhoe rental for 4 weeks

Fire Protection 12,400 11,000 ▪ No contribute to Fire Fighting Contingency

fund currently sits at $146,184 ▪ Recommend the current Forest Fire Fighting

agreement be modified for 2013 to have the MNC supply less firefighting resources

▪ Forest fire fighting insurance through the MoF 2012 - $1,856

Recreation Road Maintenance

2,000 3,000 ▪ Backhoe work on Cairne Road, Mines Road, and Grace Road - 3 days or grading

Road Deactivation 4,000 4,000 ▪ Debuild as required

Security& Vandalism 15,000 15,000 ▪ Blocking 4x4 access around gates $3,000

▪ New locks $6,000 ▪ Painting, and repairing gates - $2,000 ▪ Weekend Patrols - 10 days $3500

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Site Preparation 14,000 15,000 ▪ Post-harvesting roadside cleanup $12,600 ▪ No tarping of piles ▪ Labour for burning logging slash piles,

continuing with MNC aggressive fuel reduction for reducing the threat of forest wildfires 200 piles @ $10/pile

Integrated Resource Management

4,000 3,000 ▪ Trail maintenance - Maple Mountain, Mount Tzouhalem, Prevost Educational trails

▪ Flag people for traffic control on trails when logging

▪ Hazard tree assessment

Forestry Contractor 7,000 4,000 ▪ Update for siviculture record keeping ▪ Additional coverage when LL/DF are away

Development Plan 6,000 5,000 ▪ 20,000m3 paper layout mapping works @25cents /m3

Watershed Analysis 5,000 4,000 ▪ Ongoing monitoring of Mt. Sicker, North face

only to be done if active in area with new logging road building

Planting 55,000 53,000 ▪ Plant 48,000 seedlings Spring 2013

▪ Sow 58,000 trees for spring planting 2013

Tours 500 500 ▪ Transportation and food costs

Brushing & Weeding 28,000 21,000 ▪ Manual treatment 40 ha @ $400/ha ▪ assessment surveys 80 ha @ $65/ha

Juvenile Spacing 0 0 ▪ N/A

Pruning 20,000 13,200 ▪ White pine pruning 66ha @ $200/ha

Trucks

35000 36,000 ▪ Dodge Dakota

▪ Chev Colorado ▪ Chev Colorado ▪ Fire Truck ▪ Pickup trucks

costs include $3,000 transfer to reserve for truck replacements

2005

2008 2011 1994

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Tree Protection 45,000 14,000 ▪ Treat 32 ha with Plantskydd - one application per year $185/ha

▪ Plantskydd 41,000 trees @ 5 cents per tree ▪ Maintenance on 5 blocks caged SH 206, P-134,

P-126, R-262, T-101

Community Wildfire Protection

0 0 ▪

Scholarships & Bursaries

2,400 2,400 ▪ One $1,200 Scholarship ▪ Two $600 Bursaries

Grants in Aid 9,300 7,300 ▪ Bonsall Creek ▪ Roadside Litter Pickup ▪ Value-added Prizes ▪ Firewood Purchase

$3,000. 500. 1,000.

2,300.

Logging Contractor 605,000 609,000 ▪ 21,000m³ @ $29.00/m³ ▪ 2012 Year to date

11,905m³ @ $30/m³

Brushing - Herbicides 16,000 23,000 ▪ 20 ha @ $1,000/ha ▪ Develop 5 yr Integrated

Pest Management Plan for North Cowichan

West Coast Community Adjustment Fund

▪ Nothing planned

Invasive Species Control

5,000 10,000 ▪ Manual removal of Tansy Ragwort, broom, and other invasive species

▪ Double the budget from 2012

Total Expenditures $1,425,700 $1,427,230

REVENUE

Log Sales 1,340,000 1,358,00 ▪ 20,500 m³ @ $66.25/m³ ▪ 2012 budgeted 20,500 m³ @ $66.40/m³ ▪ Actual Year to date 2012 $66.62/m3

Leases 26,275 12,500 30,000

$26,275 $13,750 $30,000

▪ Telus & Rogers from Fuller Lake site ▪ Telus Maple Mt ▪ Allstream

Permits 1,000 2,000 ▪ Firewood and Lesser vegetation permits

Misc 500 500 ▪ Miscellaneous revenues

Road Use Fees 4,000 12,800 ▪ Telus - $4,800 ▪ EC - $8,000

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Grants West Coast Community Adjustment Fund

0 0

Grant from the Federal Gov’t $60,000

Scholarship Bursary Interest Transfer

2,400 2,400 ▪ Transfer Interest income from forest legacy scholarship bursary fund

Transfer From Truck replacement Fund

0 0 ▪ No new pickup truck purchases in 2013

Transfer from Forest Reserve

0 0

Total Revenue $1,445,475 $1,445,725

Profit / Deficit $18,495

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2013 Budget Summary

Expenses

Account Category Actual 2010 Actual 2011 2012 Budget 2013 Budget 2012 VS 2013

246102 General Program $315,034.00 $374,390.00 343,600.00 357,330.00 4%

246103 Engineering $40,400.00 $30,501.00 28,000.00 30,000.00 7%

246104 Scaling $0.00 $0.00 500.00 500.00 0%

246105 Road Construction $81,543.00 $126,004.00 80,000.00 136,000.00 41%

246106 Road Maintenance $64,811.00 $54,499.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 -50%

246107 Fire Protection $5,926.00 $5,386.00 12,400.00 11,000.00 -13%

246108 Recreational Rd Mantenance $0.00 $216.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 33%

246109 Road Deactivation $1,550.00 $2,760.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 0%

246110 Security and Vandalism $4,730.00 $15,055.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 0%

246111 Site Prep $13,723.00 $9,938.00 14,000.00 15,000.00 7%

246113 Integrated Resource Management $5,587.00 $1,523.00 4,000.00 3,000.00 -33%

246114 Forestry Contractor $740.00 $7,087.00 7,000.00 4,000.00 -75%

246115 Five Year Development Plan $3,579.00 $0.00 6,000.00 5,000.00 -20%

246116 Watershed Analysis $594.00 $2,421.00 5,000.00 4,000.00 -25%

246117 Planting $50,078.00 $43,574.00 55,000.00 53,000.00 -4%

246118 Tours $211.00 $151.00 500.00 500.00 0%

246119 Brushing and Weeding $17,756.00 $22,940.00 28,000.00 21,000.00 -33%

246120 Juvenile spacing $0.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 0%

246121 Pruning $7,290.00 $25,459.00 20,000.00 13,200.00 -52%

246122 Community Wildfire Protection $23,993.00 $889.00 0.00 0.00 0%

246123 00 Truck N/A N/A N/A

246124 Fuel Treatment Pilot Project $0.00 N/A N/A N/A

246125 Scholarship and Bursaries $2,400.00 $600.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 0%

246126 Tree Protection $40,211.00 $26,420.00 45,000.00 14,000.00 -221%

246127 Logging Contractor $469,203.00 $510,855.00 605,000.00 609,000.00 1%

246128 03 Truck $8,236.00 $5.56 N/A N/A 0%

246129 Grants in Aid $5,097.00 $7,079.00 9,300.00 7,300.00 -27%

246130 Brushing - Herbicides $12,350.00 $18,600.00 16,000.00 23,000.00 30%

246131 Invasive Spp N/A N/A 5,000.00 10,000.00 New account

246136 Fire truck $942.00 $888.00 N/A N/A 0%

246144 2011 Chev Colorado 4*4 $2,460.00 $7,908.00 9,000.00 10,000.00 10%

246141 2008 Chev Colorado 4*4 $3,716.00 $8,903.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 0%

246142 2005 Doge Dakota $9,190.00 $10,107.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 0%

West Coast Community Adjustment Program

Unit 77 Fire truck 1994 Volvo N/A $18,371.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 0%

Transfer to PW Equipment reserve $0.00 $10,000.00 8,000.00 0.00 #DIV/0!

Transfer to General Revenues $0.00 $0.00

Transfer to Forest Legacy

Transfer to Forest Reserve

246150 Capital Expenditures Truck Purchase $25,834.00 N/A N/A N/A

Total 1,217,184.00 1,342,529.56 1,425,700.00 1,427,230.00 0%

Revenues

Account Category Actual 2010 Actual 2011 2012 Budget 2013 Budget 2012 VS 2013

10-146100-0001Log Sales $920,490.00 $1,175,025.00 1,340,000.00 1,358,000.00 1%

10-146100-0005Firewood Permits $1,820.00 $1,938.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 33%

10-146100-0002AT & T Lease $30,000.00 $30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 0%

10-146100-0003Telus Maple Mt $12,500.00 $12,500.00 12,500.00 13,750.00 9%

10-146100-0004Rogers Telus Fuller Lk site $26,275.00 $33,447.00 26,275.00 26,275.00 0%

10-146100-0008Lesser Vegetation $780.00 $540.00 1,000.00 500.00 -100%

10-146100-0001Road Use Fees $34,800.00 $12,800.00 12,800.00 12,800.00 0%

10-146100-0010Misc $5,667.00 $1,400.00 500.00 500.00 0%

Transfer From Truck Replacement $20,790.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 0%

West Coast Community Adjustment Program

Grant- Protection Plan & Fuel Reduction $0.00 0.00 0.00

10-224102 Transfer from Public Works $0.00 0.00 0.00

Transfer From General Revenues $0.00 0.00 0.00

Transfer From Forest Legacy $10,000.00 $600.00 0.00 0.00 0%

Transfer from Scholarship / Bursary $2,400.00 $0.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 0%

Transfer From Reserve Fund $151,662.00 $74,279.00 0.00 0.00 0%

Total $1,217,184.00 1,342,529.00 1,426,475.00 1,445,725.00 1%

Surplus / Deficit 0.00 -0.56 775.00 18,495.00 96%

01-Jan-12

40-497001 Forest Reserve Fund $554,684.00 2012 Year to date Sept 30/12

40-497010 Fire Fighting Contengency Fund $146,184.00 Gross revenues $66.62/m3

40-497020 Truck Replacement Fund $11,558.00 Logging Costs $30.00/m3

40-497025 Scholarship and Bursaries $53,431.00 Net Logging Rvenue to date on 11,905 m3

$36.62/m3

40-497030 Forest Legacy Fund $41,281.00

Total $807,138.00

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June 15,2012

To: District of North CowichanDuncan, B.C.Attn: Mr. Danell Frank, R.P.F'

Ancient and inspiring monuments around the world (Grant Stone Spheres, Easter Island Moai, the

Great Pyramids of Giza Stonehenge, and the Japanese Underwater Pgamid) all share one commonfactor in that they are all made from sandstone. To this day sandstone still influences modemarchitecture, landscaping, and urban design. Architectural work in NorthAmerica has utilizedsandstone from areas around Vancouver Island and Newcastle Island. It is our dream to see thishappen once again and provide a local industry employing people in the North CowichanMunicipality.

Currently sandstone is utilized as:

o ¿rrrnour stone for construction projects. armour stone cut-to-size (large pieces of sandstone cut to dimension)o cut-to-size sandstone used in landscaping industry (waterfalls, stone benches, stairways, etc.)o cut-to-size architecturai stone for residential and commercial buildingso crushed sandstone used for drainage and road building

Virtually all of the sandstone sold in British Columbia comes from the United States (Pennsylvaniaand Texas) due to its inherent strength as sandstone on Vancouver Island is very brittle and usedalmost entirely for crushing. For stone to be accepted for architectural use it must past stringentspecifications so there is no chance of personal injury due to the stone breaking or deteriorating, etc.Stone is tested for strength, fteeze and thaw cycles, etc. The market price of sandstone depends onmarket demand for a specific type, its use, as well as its shape and size. Excavating and developinga market for any stone takes time and investment so once a market is established it is important thatthe source of stone continues for many years in order for it to be profitable. Therefore it is not onlyimportant to assess the quality and to test the stone, but to also quantify the extent of the quarry.

In the last few years, a miner's permit was acquired by Zeljko Djuric of AsturiaAquacultureConsulting allowing him to extract the sandstone from different locations in the North Cowichanarea. The stone in the North Cowichan area initially exhibited higher strength and showed somepotential for the development of a local sandstone manufacturing industry. Support from the NorthCowichan Municipality provided for further evaluations to take place with the results demonstratinga higher quality stone than is exhibited in other areas on Vancouver Island in specific areas. Furtherassessment of the stone and theír associated areas needs to be caried out as well as the potentialdemand for the types of the stone acquired. This information would be shared openly with theMunicipality.

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In the past few years sandstone flags and caps from North Cowichan were used for both

architectural stone work as well as remediation technology projects which attracted interest from

potential customers through which small projects were completed on golf courses and urban

àevelopments. Therefore, utilizing this local sandstone has shown some promise in the

development of a local brand. There may also be a BC wide market for remedíation projects with

the use of stone and craYfish.

ibility of establishing these markets requires agreement between the North Cowichanthe joint venture. The joint venture partners are Nanaimo Shipyard Group and

¡' Asturia Consulting who have a long history of working together. The partners havealso retained a ist who has studied these lands as well as a company that could dimensionallycut larger pieces of sandstone who they have agreements in place with on other stone projects. Thepartners will also seek the involvement of members of the First Nations Halalt Band who coulddirectly benefit from increased employment in the area while being trained in developingtransferable skills for stone masonry and remediation projects.

We are proposing a three-year pilot project between the partners and the Municipality to cany outthe feasibility study in the attempt to establish the potential and develop a market. It is envisionedthat a minimal amount of approximately 1000-3000 metric tonnes would be harvested per year forthe first year and further quantities would be determined and mutually agreed to if consistentquality is achieved and the area shows potential for a commercially viable harvest. The harvestingwould be done at approximately 100-300 metric tonnes per month but this may go up or downbased upon weather conditions and the quality of the excavation. There is no guarantee ofcommercial viability due to the varying quality exhibited to date and the project has inherent risks(extraction for crushing purposes would not be competitive to other large operations that exist onVancouver Island). From past experience the North Cowichan sandstone can be categorized asfollows:. High grade intact flags (very flat stones) 20%¡ Medium Grade stone for landscaping and rough use 30%¡ Third grade for crushing 50%

The extraction would result in 3-5 fuIl time jobs depending on the work load and the work wouldutilize a small back hoe or excavator such as a Kubota ZeroTalT Swing Compact which would loadsmall dump trucks to carry the stone to our facilities. The ext¡action work will be done in anenvironmentally sensitive manner that will reduce the impact on the l'and as much as possible andno debris will be left on the road right of way as per extraction of stone in the past. All insurancewill be in place for fire, vehicles, etc.

In the last few years when extraction work was carried out the Municipality was paid 5100 pertonne. That extraction work was done byhand. As the new work will be carried out with smallmachinery, we are hoping for adequate results and that the stone would not splinter or fall apart(could only be used for crushing purposes). Exploratory work will also need to be carried out priorto any extraction. Therefore, we would like to continue palng that rate until such a time when wehave assessed the commercial viability of the project. If it works out that the stone cannot becommercially harvested we will know very shortly but there are many areas to assess. Therefore itmay take one to two years or the full three years depending on the ¡esults that are achieved from thedifferent areas and their potential quality and volume to assess the feasibility and logistics of the

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operation. Ifthe assessed areas exhibit potential forwould like to meet with the Municipality to forge a Iparties.

Much of the past stone was quarried from the south-easteChemainus so that is where the exploratory work will stOther areas that will be assessed will be aî atea near Fullin the vicinity of Maple Bay, and other areas in the Cowiaffect smaller areas as past exploratory work has shown tpockets on a small fraction of the land' We are also interthe lands.

In closing, we wish to thank you for the opportunity to prshould you require any further information or have any questions please do not hesitate to contactthe undersigned.

Yours sincerely,

.áL.\Ron van WachemPresidentNanaimo Shipyard Group250-739-0960rvw@nanaimoshipyard. c om

Asturia Aquaculture Crayfish Consulting

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Darrell Frank

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Hi Rue

Thanks for the adviseDarrell

Darrell FrankTuesday, September 11, 2012 2:53 PM'Pope, Rue FLNR:EX'RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from North Cowichan Municipality

From: Pope, Rue FLNR:EX fmailto:Ru.Pope@gov.bc.ca]Sent: Tuesday, September lI,20L2 2:48 PMTo: Darrell FrankCc: 'djuric zeljko'Subject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from Nofth Cowichan Municipality

Hi Darrell: Mr. Djuric will have to fill out a Notice of Work online at Ministry of Energy and Mines and send it toFrontcounterBC. The inspector will look it over and decide if a permit is needed. I would check with the municipalpermitting office to see if it will fall under their permits. There is a municipal permit for development but I don't thinkthis will fall under that. While 120 metric tonnes isn't much, the mechanical disturbance and then selling the extractedsubstance does bring it into the "mining" realm.lf you have any other questions please contact me.

Rue

From : Darrell Frank lmailto : FRAN K@ northcowicha n, calSent: Monday, September 10,20L2 B:25 AMTo: Pope, Rue FLNR:EXSubject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from North Cowichan Municipality

Good morning RueAt this point the Contractor is considering extracting l-20 metric tonnes this year. The material to be removed issandstone rock and it would be removed with either small equipment or by hand, the goal is to remove the rock andextract the flattest and largest piece possible to be used for landscaping and or water features.Thanks for the help.Darrell

From: Pope, Rue FLNR:EX [mailto:Ru.Pope@gov.bc.ca]Sent: Tuesday, September 04,20L2 1:37 PMTo: Darrell FrankSubject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from North Cowichan Municipality

Hi Darrell, could you give me some extraction amounts, size of the area in question and what will be used to dig theholes. Will the soil or gravel be sold?l'll run it by an inspector once I can get an idea and we'll take it from there.

Thanks,, Rue

From : Darrell Frank lmailto : FRAN K@ northcowicha n.calSent: Friday, August 3t, 2012 4:L2 PMTo: Pope, Rue FLNR:EX

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Cc: 'djuric zeljko'Subject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from Nofth Cowichan Municipality

Hi Ms. PopeMy name is Darrell Frank, I am the Municipal forester for North Cowichan. We are looking at considering the extractionof sandstone rock from one of our land holdings by Zeljko Djuric and an associate of his. From a Ministry of Minesperspective what sort of things would we need to have in place to allow this to take place on North Cowichan lands.Thanks for your help.Darrell FrankNorth Cowichan250-746-3t24

From: djuric zeljko fmailto:iakeup 61@hotmail.com]Sent: Friday, August 31, 20121:04 PMTo: Rui PopeCc: Darrell FrankSubject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from North Cowichan Municipality

Hi Ms. Rue,

Just for your record, I am sending to you Mr. Darrel's e-mail address again. It is:darrel frank (frank@nofthcowichan.ca)

Sorry for inconvenience.

Respectfully,

Zeljko DjuricAsturia Aquaculture Crayfish Consulting7139 Peterson RoadLantzville, BC VOR 2H0H: (250) 933-4000jakeup 61@hotmail.com

From: Ru.Pope@gov.bc.caTo: jakeup 61@hotmail.comDate: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:46 -0700Subject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from North Cowichan Municipality

Good Morning Mr. Zeljko: I couldn't pull Darrell's email address from the CC:, could you send it to me again, please

Thanks, Rue

From: djuric zeljko lmailto:jakeup 61@hotmail.comlSent: Thursday, August 30,20L2 3:41 PMTo: Pope, Rue FLNR:EX; darrel frankSubject: RE: requirements for extracting sandstone from Nofth Cowichan Municipality

Hi Ms. Rue,

It was nice talking with you this afternoon, I spoke today with Mr. Darrel Frank from Nofth Cowichan Municipality inregards of the sandstone extraction project from Municipal land and he suggested to ask you for the requirementssurrounding the mining permits from your Ministry. I will give you Mr, Darell's e-mail and if you could contact him for the

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info of the lot number and other information to clarify our concerns.

Looking forward for our collaboration.

Thank you kindly for your understanding of a time sensitive issue for the project.

Allthe best.

Respectfully,

Zeljko DjuricAsturia Aquaculture Crayfish Consulting7139 Peterson RoadLanEville, BC VOR 2H0H: (250) 933-4000iakeup 61@hotmail.com

From: Ru.Pope@qov.bc.caTo: iakeup 61@hotmail,comDate: Tue, 21 Aug 2012l4zl4:29 -0700Subject: Re: Mine fìle 0800021 -Cobble Hill Quarry

Hi Mr, Djuric: l've had a look at the file. There currently is a permit on this area and it is on privately owned land. Thepermit and land are in the same name. Whether or not someone holds mineral rights would be found on the MineralTitles website.I hope this is of some help.

Rue

From: Pope, Rue FLNR:EXSent: Tuesday, August 2t, 2012 12:56 PMTo: 'djuric zeljko'Subject: RE: Nice to talking with you

Nice speaking with you as well. I will pull that file and consult with an inspector for the area and get back to you.

Thank you,

Rua Popo

Ad m inistrative AssistantCoast Area Mining DivisionOffice: 250-387-4832Fax: 250-953-3878PO Box 9395, Stn Prov GovtVictoria, BC V8W 9M9Ru.Pope@sov.bc.ca

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From: djuric zeljko fmailto:jakeup 61@hotmail.com]Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:36 AMTo: Pope, Rue FLNR:EXSubject: Nice to talking with you

Hi Ms. Rui,

It was nice to talking with you. I am looking forward to hear from you in regards of my request for land title of Kingzettlake limestone quarry. As I mentioned in our conversatíon I have information that the Kingzett lake quarry still belongs toDeparment of Mines. I have difficulty to have this information from the new owners who are claiming the property aroundthe lake.

I am appreciative for our collaboration in this matter.

Allthe best.

Respectfully,

Zeljko DjuricAsturia Aquaculture Crayfish Consulting7139 Peterson RoadLantzville, BC VOR 2H0H: (250) 933-4000jakeup 61@hotmail.com

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Consumption of approximately 1O,OO0 to 25,000 cubic meters per year of gravel couldbe a source of approximately $20,ooo.oo to 950,000.00 of additional reueñre for theDistrict of North Cowichan, which would be partially offset by 10 years worth of forestgrowth from 10 hectares of land.

Potential impact on local residents and businesses.

An aggregate extraction and processing operation can have impacts including:

-Noise from loaders trucks and aggregate processing equipment.

-Dust

-lncreased truck traffic on local public roads

Potential resolve to this would be to use a portion of the gravel extraction revenue paidto the District of North Cowichan offset a percentage of tñe annualtaxes paid by thoseland owners adversely affected by the gravel operátion. Such an arrangément could begrandfathered to only current owners.

THE NEXT STEPS

Determine lf the District of North Cowichan is amenable to receiving a proposalfromDuncan Paving for gravel extraction for review by the DNC staff anã aiceitance bycouncil.

Duncan paving offers a development plan, in consultation with the DNC forestdepartment to identity the financial and practical potential of all parties.

lf accepted, implementation of a multi year dealwith options for renewal.lmplementation target date: May 1 , ZO,lg.

KEN WRIçHT, e.c"o'Manager

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Email: kwright@ islandPav¡ng'com

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7030 Trans Canada Highway, Box 278, Duncan, BC V9L 3X4 Ph 250-746-3100 Fax 250-746-3133 www.northcowichan.ca

Memo Date June 29, 2012 File: 8850-01

Dave Devana; File

From Darrell J. Frank, Municipal Forester

Subject Engineering Tender for Forestry Department

The Forestry Department requested bids from seven Engineering firms who indicated to us they were interested in supplying engineering services for the Department. One company declined the opportunity to bid as they felt they could not meet the work demands. The tender was for the field layout and mapping for harvesting 5,000m³ in 2012 and 20,000m³ in 2013. Bids received varied form a low $1.00/m³ to a high of $2.00/m³. The Forestry Department has reviewed the various bids and wished to award the tender to Eco-Connected Resource Services. They were the lowest bidder. The Forestry Department would recommend that the Engineering tender be awarded to Eco-Connected Resource Consultants at $1.00/m³.

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