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For Immediate Release Feb 10, 2000
Lower Mainland area Local Governments Elect New
Representatives for Treaty Negotiations
Burnaby, B.C. … On Wednesday, January 26, 2000, local
government representatives to the Lower Mainland Treaty
Advisory Committee – the body that coordinates and
represents the interests of Lower Mainland area local
governments in the BC Treaty Process – elected Mayor Don
Bell as LMTAC Chair and Councillor James Coleridge as
LMTAC Vice-Chair. Don Bell is Mayor of the District of
North Vancouver and James Coleridge is a Councillor in the
City of White Rock.
"There are two critical issues facing Lower Mainland
area Local Governments as we move into the next decade,"
says Chairman Bell following the election. "One is
transportation, and another is treaty negotiations." Bell
replaces former Vancouver City councillor Nancy A. Chiavario
as LMTAC Chair, while also retaining his position as LMTAC
representative to the Tsleil-Waututh treaty table. Coleridge
replaces Councillor Vicki Huntington as LMTAC Vice-Chair, and
also retains his position as Chair of LMTAC’s Communications
Sub-Committee (CSC).
Other elections occurred for representatives to the five
Lower Mainland area treaty tables and for Executive and
Sub-Committee positions. The Chair of the LMTAC’s newest
Sub-Committee, Finance and Organization, is Councillor Candace
Gordon. Councillor Gordon is also LMTAC’s representative to
the Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee (FVTAC).
The Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee (LMTAC) is the
largest local government treaty advisory group in the
Province. LMTAC members are made up of twenty-six individual
municipal and regional district jurisdictions covering the
geographic area from Whistler to Langley and Maple Ridge.
LMTAC is a full member of the Provincial treaty negotiating
team and provides advice and guidance from a local
perspective. Since the municipal elections in November 1999,
there has been a 40% change in the LMTAC membership.
Highlights from last year: In November 1999, after one year
of extensive consultation with Local Governments and the
public, LMTAC members adopted 35 interest statements called
the LMTAC First Principles. The First Principles
provide a framework for Local Government interests in treaty
negotiations. Copies are available from the LMTAC office.
For further information on LMTAC and its activities, please
contact David Didluck, LMTAC Executive Director, at (604)
451-6179.
"LMTAC works to coordinate and
represent the interests of Local Governmentsand their
constituents in Lower Mainland area treaty negotiations."
Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
2000 Executive and Subcommittee Members
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Executive
Committee |
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Chair |
Mayor Don Bell (District of
North Vancouver) |
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Vice Chair |
Councillor James Coleridge (City
of White Rock) |
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Musqueam Table
Representative |
Mayor Greg Halsey-Brandt (City
of Richmond) |
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Tsawwassen Table
Representative |
Councillor Vicki Huntington
(Corporation of Delta) |
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Squamish Table
Representative |
Mayor Corrine Lonsdale (District
of Squamish) |
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Tsleil-Waututh Table
Representative |
Mayor Don Bell (District of
North Vancouver) |
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Katzie Table
Representative |
Councillor Candace Gordon
(District of Maple Ridge) |
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At Large Members |
Councillor Louella Hollington
(City of Coquitlam) |
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Mayor Hal Weinberg (Village of
Anmore) |
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Regional
District Representatives |
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GVRD |
Mayor Ralph Drew
(Belcarra) |
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Squamish-Lillooet |
Director Pam Tattersfield
(Electoral Area D) |
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Sunshine Coast |
Mayor Bruce Milne
(Sechelt) |
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Finance and Organizational
Subcommittee (FOSC) |
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Chair |
Councillor Candace Gordon
(District of Maple Ridge) |
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Vice Chair |
Councillor Vicki Huntington
(Corporation of Delta) |
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At Large Members |
Mayor Corrine Lonsdale (District
of Squamish) |
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Councillor Peter Stevenson
(Village of Lions Bay) |
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Communications Subcommittee
(CSC) |
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Chair |
Councillor James Coleridge (City
of White Rock) |
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Vice Chair |
Mayor Hal Weinberg (Village of
Anmore) |
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At Large Members |
Jeanne Eddington (City of
Surrey) |
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Councillor Meghan Lahti, City of
Port Moody |
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Councillor Peter Stevenson
(Village of Lions Bay) |
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LMTAC Observer to Fraser
Valley TAC |
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Councillor Candace Gordon (District of Maple Ridge) |
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Technical and Strategic
Working Group (TSWG) |
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Rob Costanzo (City of Surrey) |
Colleen Rhode (City of Port
Moody) |
David Ellenwood (Corporation of
Delta) |
Cameron Thorn
(District of North Vancouver) |
Marino Piombini (GVRD) |
Trevor Wingrove
(District of Maple Ridge) |
David Didluck (LMTAC) |
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Further information, contact: David Didluck, LMTAC Executive
Director
Tel: (604) 451-6179
Cell: (604) 868-1886
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