C OMMUNITY L IAISON C OMMITTEE
MINUTES
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2015
2 FLOOR MEETING ROOM, WHITE MOUNTAIN BUILDING
ND
Present
E. Pearce, Vice Chair
S. Cloutier, Member
P. Stirling, Member
L. Parker, Member
C. Gunning, Member
C. Nykyforak, Member/Councillor
D. Marchisella, Mayor and Ex Officio
B. Lackie, Secretary / CLC Coordinator
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Chris Astles, Cameco Blind River Refinery
Tracy Traynor, Cameco Blind River Refinery
Regrets
K. Bondy, Chair
P. Vaillencourt, Member
C. Giroux, Member
D. Matheson, Member
R. deBortoli, CAO
W. Elliott, GM ELNOS
A. Smith, NWMO
N. Sandberg, NWMO
R. Hatfield, Aboriginal Relations Unit
J. Linklater, Aboriginal Relations Unit
R. Holden, Aboriginal Relations Unit
The Vice Chair, Ed Pearce called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
ROLL CALL
The Vice Chair, Ed Pearce, noted that the Chair Ken Bondy along with members Pierre Vaillencourt, Christian
Giroux and Dr. Dave Matheson were unable to attend tonight’s meeting but there were enough members in
attendance for a quorum.
DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
None
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Moved by: Larry Parker
Seconded by: Sonya Cloutier
“That the minutes of January 20th, 2015 be accepted.”
Carried
Resolution 05/15
It was noted by the Vice Chair that there was an error in the agenda and he stated that there would not be an
election of Chair and Vice Chair at tonight’s meeting. Those positions were voted on during the January 20th
meeting.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Chris Astles, General Manager Blind River Operations, at the invitation of the Elliot Lake Community Liaison
Committee, made an Operational Update Presentation on the Cameco Blind River Refinery. The presentation
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began at 6:32 p.m. and ended at 6:59 p.m. It also included a question and answer period where CLC members
along with the public, had all their questions answered.
CORRESPONDENCE
None
BUDGET
The financials from January 2015 were presented.
Moved by: Larry Parker
Seconded by: Pat Stirling
“That the January 2015 financials be accepted.”
Carried
Resolution 06/15
NWMO REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE
None
CLC DISCUSSION
Connie spoke about the NWMO doing a very good presentation to City Council on Thursday February 12th and the
questions that City Council asked the NWMO representatives. Ed Pearce mentioned that he would like to take this
opportunity to commend City Council on their really well thought out questions that were asked of the NWMO
during the presentation. Larry Parker expressed that he thought it would be good to have a presentation (similar
to the one made to Council) in the Civic Centre auditorium. Mayor Marchisella said that one of the questions he
forgot to ask during last Thursday’s presentation was about the US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) depository
and the accident of February 2014. He did ask this question about the comparison between the NWMO DGR
project and the WIPP project to the NWMO representatives after the meeting and he did get an answer to his
question. He mentioned that he will take the opportunity at an upcoming council meeting to make sure he tells
the citizens about this question and the NWMO’s answer. Sonya asked if we are going to go ahead and have the
website translated into Ojibway. The CLC Coordinator answered that at this point there is no Phase 2, year 1
budget in place.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
None
REPORT FROM THE CLC COORDINATOR
Upcoming presentations were discussed. The Coordinator urged the committee to think about who they would
like to see brought to an upcoming meeting. Connie Nykyforak mentioned that we may want to bring Dr. Douglas
Boreham to an upcoming meeting to make a presentation. She has his contact information and will forward it to
the Coordinator. The committee would also like a Cameco tour arranged in the near future as they feel it would
be a worthwhile undertaking. It was suggested to the Coordinator to contact the President of the Renaissance
Senior’s Centre to arrange a presentation to their membership. Ed Pearce reminded the CLC about the
Coordinator’s request to field a team for the upcoming Deer Trail Curling Club Trivia Night in April. A couple of
members said they were interested and all agreed that if any money was won it would be donated locally.
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COMMUNITY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
None
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM VISITORS IN ATTENDANCE
It was asked by a member of the public how does the general public find out more about the areas that the
NWMO has identified as possibly being suitable for a repository and what about the people who have
cottages/fishing and hunting camps in those identified areas, how do they know if they will be affected? The
Mayor mentioned that there are studies that have been presented to the City and 2 copies of these reports are at
City Hall, 2 copies are at the Civic Centre and 4 copies are at the Public Library. It was noted that they are for
reference only and cannot be removed from these locations. It was thought that more information will be
forthcoming as the NWMO holds open houses and give presentations.
ADDENDUM
None
SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING
The next scheduled Community Liaison Committee meeting is Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 at 6:30 pm in the same
space. Connie Nykyforak and Pat Stirling both mentioned that would be unable to attend the meeting as it will be
during March break, Mayor Marchisella noted that he should be able to attend so a member of Council should be
present.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by: Larry Parker
Seconded by: Pat Stirling
“That the meeting adjourn at the hour of 7:36 pm.”
Carried
Resolution 07/15