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Updated April 11, 2004
Three Rounds of Public Involvement
The Environmental Assessment Team is planning a total of three rounds of Public Involvement as an important component of our Environmental Assessment Process. Round One began in January of 2004 and concluded in March of 2004.
"Hearing from you, Learning from you"
The theme during Round One was "Hearing from you, Learning from you". The goal of this round of consultation was to present general information regarding the concepts involved with the proposed Floodway Expansion, and to receive feedback from the public on issues, interests, and concerns associated with the proposed expansion.
TetrES/InterGroup created several information packages and held several sets of meetings and Open Houses in an effort to both provide information regarding the proposal and receive feedback from members of the public. Six main information packages and public contact opportunities were provided in Round One, including:
Environmental
Assessment Website: In early January,
TetrES/InterGroup launched this website to provide current
information regarding the Environmental Assessment of the Proposed
Floodway Expansion. The website offers subscriptions to free
e-mail notification services which notify subscribers of pending
public meetings, updates of new information for this website,
or both.
Round One
Newsletter: In January, an eight-page
introductory newsletter was released to the public and distributed
at all Environmental Assessment Team Public Meetings. Newsletter
#1 included discussion on topics such as:
- Project Features
- Project Components
- Potential Effects
- Regulatory Approvals for the Project
- Environmental Assessment and Public Involvement Programs
- Open Houses and Feedback
The Newsletter was also made available on this website and is downloadable here. You need the free Adobe Acrobat reader available from Adobe here. TetrES/InterGroup intends to create two more newsletters corresponding with the remaining two rounds of Public Involvement.
Meetings
with Rural Municipality and City Councils: During
January and February, 2004, TetrES/InterGroup requested meetings
with RM and City Councils for communities within the Study
Zone for the Proposed Floodway Expansion. In these meetings,
TetrES/InterGroup provided Council members with an overview
of concepts associated with the preliminary conceptual design
of the Proposed Floodway Expansion. TetrES/InterGroup also
solicited and received feedback from these Councils, recording
all issues and concerns expressed in these meetings. The notes
from these meetings are available to you to review on this
site. These notes were developed by TetrES/InterGroup, then
provided to the Councils themselves to review for accuracy
prior to releasing them to the public.
TetrES/InterGroup's Denis Depape documents issues raised in stakeholder's meeting.
Meetings
with Interested Stakeholders: During
January and February, 2004, TetrES/InterGroup requested meetings
groups and organizations identified as interested stakeholders
in the Proposed Floodway Expansion. These groups represent
a very broad range of interests, including groups that represent
causes such as animal welfare, agricultural interests, environmental
groups, recreational and/or sport groups and individuals who
have expressed their interest as a stakeholder in the Proposed
Floodway Expansion. These meetings provided the stakeholders
with information presented in the Public Open Houses to a smaller
audience, and involved question and answer sessions in a dinner
meeting setting.
All questions, answers, and issues raised were recorded by the study team and notes from these sessions are provided for your information below. TetrES/InterGroup completed their notes from these meetings, then we provided our notes to the participating stakeholders to review for accuracy prior to releasing the records of these meetings to the public. This process ensures that TetrES/InterGroup and the Stakeholders agree on the accuracy of the content recorded from these meetings. To view each record of the stakeholder meetings, click on the links below. You will need Adobe Acrobat (free download from Adobe here).
| Dugald Stakeholder Meeting | Winnipeg Stakeholder Meeting |
| Ste. Agathe Stakeholder Meeting | Selkirk Stakeholder Meeting |
(Left to Right) TetrES/InterGroup's Andrew McLaren (Left) and John Osler (Centre) collect feedback from the public at the Winnipeg Open House. Moderator Dale Stewart (Right) receives questions from the public during the Question and Answers portion of the Dugald Open house.
Public
Open Houses: During February and March,
2004, TetrES/InterGroup conducted four Open Houses in Ste.
Agathe,
Selkirk, Dugald, and Winnipeg. The Open Houses were advertised
in both Winnipeg Newspapers, Community Newspapers and selected
rural publications. Each Open House ran during the hours of
4 to 8 pm and was followed by a moderated Question and Answer
session that started at 8 pm and lasted until all public questions
were answered. All concerns and issues raised at these Open
House events were recorded and a list of issues raised during
the Open Houses will be provided to the public on this website
in before Round Two of the Public
Involvement begins in June.
To view a report summarising the issues raised by the public in the Round One Open Houses, please click here to view the report in PDF format (you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader- available by download here).
If you missed the Round One Open Houses, or if you wish to revisit the information displays presented at the Open Houses, the information is now available on this website, click here.
Public Contact: From
the moment TetrES/InterGroup initiated Round One of the Public Involvement
Process, feedback from the public has been encouraged. The Environmental
Assessment Team has received feedback via telephone calls, letters,
and e-mail from individual members of the public and has responded
to requests for futher information. To this date, over 300 individuals
have registered their concerns with the TetrES/InterGroup Environmental
Assessment Team.
Round 1 Environmental Assessment Open House Storyboards
If you were unable to join us at one of our Round 1 Public Open Houses, we're providing the Open House content to you through this site. You can view the storyboards individually in a "Virtual Open House" format or if you prefer, you can download the entire set of storyboards to your computer for your own reference.
Please visit our Round One Public Open House page to view this content.
Round 1 Meetings with RM, Town and City Councils
The Environmental Assessment Team has met with several Councils representing Rural Municipalities, Towns and Cities within the Study Area. The focus of these sessions was to receive feedback from participants to identify issues which should be considered in the Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Floodway Expansion. We believe the issues raised in these sessions may be of interest to you, so we are providing notes from these sessions here for you to get an understanding about what issues were raised in different councils within the Study Area. Each file below is a summary of issues raised at each Council Meeting. Each Council has also reviewed these summaries prior to us making them available here to ensure we have captured their thoughts accurately.
To read the notes from each Council Meeting, simply click on the links below. Each file is a PDF file. readable using version 5 or higher of Adobe's free Acrobat Reader, available by download here.
Council Meeting Notes (please click each location below to download notes):
| RM Macdonald | RM Springfield |
| RM Morris | RM Tache |
| RM Ritchot | City of Winnipeg |
| RM St. Clements | Niverville |
| RM East St. Paul | City of Selkirk |
| RM West St. Paul | RM St. Andrews |
