1. You all know about the foreshore lease is needing renewal. This has involved the Ministry turning the spotlight on us and a more thorough review of everything to do with our docks and use of water.
2. The ministry did its review and below in this communication at the bottom in red is from the Ministry which sets out their immediate requirements.
They are requiring action.
a. the removal of two private docks.
b. the removal of the boom replacements with yellow separators by the shore.
c. A hydrodynamic survey of the resort’s dock
(which is needed before they decide about the use of our new boom) and
d. A land survey to see if any of the frontage properties have crept over foreshore lines.
In order to do the works in a. and b. above, we had to submit a Section 11 approval application. That was asking permission to do these works and it gets passed to various other departments for approval. Katja and I did that on 11 Dec and then had to amend it on 21 Dec.
We got approval for it on 4 Jan.
The Section 11 approval notice was received on 4 Jan, we are only allowed to do works within a certain time frame. For Adams Lake that is 15 July to 30 September to avoid spawning times. I spoke to Ryan Whitehouse today who wrote the approval letter to ask him about these time frames.
He told me that if I email him with details of how the docks will be removed and that low water work will minimise the need for heavy machinery in the water, he will probably approve the removal works to be done outside this window.
Please don’t do anything until we have the approvals. We are trying to get collective approval for all of it at the same time. We will share all the information as soon as we can.
Ministry Items:
The first items that we would put in the Management plan for immediate action would be:Submit an application for authorization under Section 11 of the WSA to remove the unauthorized dock and the booms/breakwater floats that are currently grounding out at the shore’s edge
Have a qualified environmental professional submit a Hydrodynamic Assessment for the main dock structure. The Environmental Assessment that was conducted on the main dock does
Hire a legal surveyor to establish the strata property line/present boundary