August 1st 2017

Regional Solid Waste Advisory Working Group

Meeting #2: Current System Review

Introductions

• Consulting team

▪ Avery Gottfried P.Eng

▪ Carey McIver

• Roundtable introduction

▪ Name, affiliation

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• Re-cap of Solid Waste Management Planning Process

▪ Overall process

▪ Scope of Work

▪ Timeline

• Current System Review

▪ Garbage and material generation in the RDNO

▪ Facilities managed by the RDNO

▪ Previous solid waste management plan and targets

▪ Guiding principles

• Identifying Issues And Options (Brainstorm)

• Public Consultation Plan

Agenda

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• To provide you with an overview of the existing solid waste

management system

▪ Quantities and metrics data

▪ Key facilities and programs

▪ Implementation status of 2011 SWMP

• To obtain your input on the report issued for review

▪ Clarity

▪ Completeness

▪ Accuracy

Purpose for Today

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Re-cap of Solid Waste Management Planning Process

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• All regional districts in BC required to have Solid Waste Management Plans

• The Plan is comprehensive for next 10 years, with vision for next 20-30 years

• Include all material streams and aspects of solid waste management

▪ Collection

▪ Recycling and composting

▪ Waste reduction

▪ Disposal

▪ Financing

▪ Education

Solid Waste Management Plan

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• 4 step process

• Can include consultation across all steps

Solid Waste Management Planning Process

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• Establishment of this committee

• Establishment of planning team

• Identify scope of work

• Identify planning and consultation process

Step 1: Initiate the Planning Process

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• Identify principles goals and targets

• Prepare current system review

• Consider current trends

• Determine information gaps to fill

• Develop options for consideration

Step 2: Set the Plan Direction

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• Develop strategies and options

▪ Enhance residual waste management (Tech Memo 1)

▪ Options to increase waste diversion (Tech Memo 2)

• Assess financial and administrative impacts (Tech Memo 3)

• RSWAWG Committee to review

and provide feedback along the way

Step 3: Evaluate options

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Step 4: Prepare and Adopt the Plan

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• Prepare draft plan

• Confirm preferred strategies with RSWAWG

• Consult the public on the options

• Prepare plan for submission

• Submit to Board for review

• Submit to Ministry for approval

• First plan completed in 1995

▪ Updated plans completed in 2002 and 2011

• The 2017 update will:

▪ review existing solid waste management policies and programs

▪ identify and evaluate options for

– reduction and diversion

– residual management

– financing

▪ Set the RDNO’s waste management principles, targets and

strategies for the next ten years.

Solid Waste Planning in the RDNO

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• Provide suggestions regarding solid waste management issues

and opportunities in the Regional District of North Okanagan

• Liaise between constituents and RDNO

• Keep abreast of solid waste management issues

• Provide input and feedback on technical documents and

presentations

• Provide advice and feedback on consultation activities with

general public and stakeholders

Role of this Working Group

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Timeline and Future Meetings

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Task Deliverable Target Date Comments

1 Project Initiation & Kickoff

RSWAWG & Project Kickoff Meeting 1 June 13 Completed

Information Gathering Jun 1 – Jul 7 Completed

2 System Review & Options Development

RSWAWG Meeting 2 WR Mtg Aug 1

Complete Long List of Options Aug 1 WG Mtg

Complete Evaluation Criteria (Goals) Aug 1 WG Mtg

Complete Consultation Plan Aug 3 Tetra Tech

Complete Options Short List (Tech Memo Outline) Aug 4 Tetra Tech

3 Priority Options Evaluation

Submit Tech Memo 1 – Residual Management Options Sept 5 RD & WG Review

Submit Tech Memo 2 – Diversion Options Sept 5 RD & WG Review

RSWAWG Meeting 3 (long meeting required) WR Mtg Sept 19

Submit Tech Memo 3 – Financial Implications Oct 3 RD & WG Review

RSWAWG Meeting 4 WG Mtg Oct 17

Public Consultation Nov 1-10

Submit Draft Plan Update for RDNO Review Nov 21 RD & WG Review

RSWAWG Meeting 5 WG Mtg Dec 5

4 Plan Development and Reporting

Present Plan Update to Board of Directors Jan 17

Complete Submission Package for MOE Jan 19

RDNO Review of Package Jan 19 – 25

Submit Plan Update to BC MOE Jan 30

Questions or Comments?

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Clarifications?

• Corrections?

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Current Solid Waste Management System Review

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• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

▪ Refuse that originates from

residential, commercial,

institutional, demolition, land

clearing or construction sources

▪ Includes all materials: garbage,

recyclables, food waste, yard

waste, etc.

▪ Does not include: heavy industry,

hazardous waste, biomedical

waste, agricultural or forestry

waste

What is Waste?

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• Solid waste stream

▪ The aggregate of all municipal solid waste and recyclable

materials, and the process through which they move from

generation to utilization or disposal

• Residual management

▪ The disposal of what remains in the solid waste stream following

reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery activities (typically called

garbage)

What is Waste?

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Sources – Housing Types

Integrated Solid Waste Master Plan 20

Occupied Dwelling Type Example Proportion Number

Single Detached Homes

64.2% 23,032

Row Houses, Duplex, and Semi-Detached Homes

17.4% 6,242

Apartment Buildings

13.9% 4,987

Other (mobile homes and other single attached houses)

4.5% 1,614

Total 100% 35,875

Sources – Employment Types

Integrated Solid Waste Master Plan 21

Potential Growth: 10 Year Planning Period

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Years Population counts Population change

2006 (census) 77,301

2011 (census) 81,237 +5.1% (from 2006-2011)

2016 (census) 84,354 +3.8% (from 2011-2016)

2026 (projected) 94,250 (+1.12% Growth/annum)

Tonnes Disposed by Sector (2016)

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Residential

63%

ICI

35%

C&D

2%

Recycling and Disposal

Facility

Residential

(tonnes)

ICI

(tonnes)

C&D

(tonnes)

Total

(tonnes)

Lumby RDF 1,806 64 0 1,870

Armstrong/Spallumcheen

RDF

6,706 5,293 35 12,034

Greater Vernon RDF 18,459 9,934 723 29,116

Total 26,971 15,291 758 43,020

Garbage Composition

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Paper12%

Plastic12%

Compostable Organics35%

Non Compostable Organics9%

Metals7%

Glass3%

Building Material8%

Electronic Waste3%

Household Hazardous3%

Household Hygiene6% Bulky Objects

1%

Fines1%

Disposal per capita (kg/capita)

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Comparison to Neighbouring Regional Districts

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Disposal Rate(2015) Average BC disposal rate

BC target disposal rate (2020)

Facility Locations

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Waste Disposed by Facility

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Facility Name Type % Total Waste Disposed

Lumby RDF Landfill 4.2%

Armstrong/Spallumcheen RDF

Landfill 27.7%

Greater Vernon RDF Landfill 66.4%

Kingfisher TS Transfer Station 0.3%

Cherryville TS Transfer Station 0.5%

Silverstar TS Transfer Station 0.9%

Ashton Creek Closed Landfill 0.0%

Pottery Road Landfill Closed Landfill 0.0%

Tonnes of Recycling or Beneficial Reuse

Integrated Solid Waste Master Plan 29

Material 2016

Asphalt Roofing 1,206 tonnes

Batteries (Auto) 11 tonnes

Crushable Material (e.g. concrete) 17,552 tonnes

Expanded Polystyrene 8 tonnes

Gypsum (Drywall) 1,597 tonnes

Household Hazardous Waste 196 drums, 148 cont., 4,000 L (Collected at the Eco Depot)

Mattresses & Boxsprings 7,445 units

Metal (Scrap) 2,391 tonnes

Packaging & Printed Paper (Blue Box) 5,094 tonnes (Collected through all programs including curbside)

Propane Tanks 40 tonnes

Refrigeration Units (Ozone Removal) 2,615 units

Tires 1 tonne

Wood 26,753 tonnes

Yard Waste 14,097 tonnes

Stewardship Program for Packaging and Printed Paper

• Recycle BC was originally launched in 2014 as Multi-Material BC (MMBC)

• Recycle BC is a non-profit organization responsible for residential packaging and printed paper recycling throughout British Columbia

• Recycle BC provides recycling services either directly to communities or by working in partnership with local governments, First Nations and private companies

• Program is funded by businesses, like retailers, manufacturers and restaurants that supply packaging and printed paper to BC residents

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Recycling – Recycle BC Residential Program

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Recycling Recovery (2016) Average BC recyling recovery

Existing Collection System

Residential

• Municipal Curbside Programs

• Self-Haul

• Private Hauler

• Recycle BC Universal Curbside Recycling Collection

Industrial/Commercial/Institutional

• Self-Haul

• Private Hauler

• Recycling Blue Bag Program

Construction, Renovation & Demo

• Self-Haul

• Private Hauler

Existing Collection System

Municipality or Electoral Area Households1Regular Curbside Collection Service

Garbage Recycling Organics

Vernon 17,798 Yes Yes No2

Armstrong 2,132 Yes Yes No2

Enderby 1,391 Yes Yes No2

Lumby 563 Yes Yes No2

Coldstream 3,915 No3 Yes No2

Spallumcheen 2,001 No3 Yes No2

Electoral Area B 1,284 No3 Yes No

Electoral Area C 1,497 No3 Yes (part) No

Electoral Area D 1,106 No3 Yes (part) No

Electoral Area E 431 No3 No No

Electoral Area F 1,737 No3 Yes (part) No

Total Households with Publicly-

Contracted Collection- 21,884 33,855 0

Total Households without Publicly-

Contracted Collection- 11,971 0 33,855

Total Households in RDNO

Municipalities and Electoral Areas - 33,855 33,855 33,855

• The Interior Freight and Bottle

Depot (in Vernon) is a full-

service drop-off station

• In 2015, the depot awarded the

contract with the RDNO to

become a drop-off depot for

residential quantities of

household hazardous waste for

free

• Full service EPR depot

Eco-Depot

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• Drop off depots for EPR programs

Industry Funded Programs

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EPR Stewardship Programs

AlarmRecycle Health Products Stewardship Association

BC Used Oil Management Association LightRecycle

BC Brewers’ Recycled Container

Collection Council

Recycle BC

Call2Recycle Outdoor Power Equipment Institute of Canada

Canadian Battery Association ReGeneration

Electrical Equipment Manufacturers

Association

Recycle My Cell

Electronic Products Recycling Association Thermostat Recovery Program

Electro Recycle Small Appliance

Recycling Program

The TELUS Return and Recycle Program

Encorp Pacific (Canada) Tire Stewardship BC

• New signs at RDF facilities for location of material drop off;

• Waste Reduction Initiatives Fund;

• Backyard Composter Rebate Program;

• Membership in BC Product Stewardship Council (regular information sharing), Southern Interior Waste Managers Association, Recycling Council of BC, and Solid Waste Association of North America;

• Xerindipity Garden - outdoor environmental education and demonstration centre;

• Recycling Hotline run by the Recycling Council of BC; and

• Ongoing education and centralization of information for residents.

Waste Reduction and Education

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Transfer Station Facilities

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Cherryville Transfer Station

Kingfisher Transfer Station

Silver Star Transfer Station

Hours Tuesday and Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm

November 1 – March 31: Sundays, 9 am – 4 pm

April 1 – October 31:

Wednesdays and Sundays, 9 am – 4 pm

Open 7 days per week, 24 hours per day.

Site History

Landfill closed in 2008. Operating as transfer station since 2008.

Landfill closed in 2003. Operating as a transfer station since 2003.

Operated since 2000

2016 Tonnage

227 tonnes 123 tonnes 369 tonnes

• All 3 RDF’s currently undergoing development of updated

design, operation and closure plans (DOCP)

• All sites offer similar recycling opportunities

• Wood and concrete used on-site and mixed with soil for cover

material

• All sites have the same pricing structure

Recycling and Disposal Faculties

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Lumby RDF Key Issues and Developments

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• The LRDF is the smallest of RDNO’sthree landfills, receiving 1,841 tonnes in 2016

• Projected closure in 2074

• New signs being tested

• Evaluate potential trends in contaminants in on-site wells to determine whether or not a landfill leachate plume may be developing downgradient and whether down-gradient domestic well users may be impacted

• ASRDF received 11,419 tonnes in 2016

• Projected closure in 2034

• 2015 a leachate breakout occurred on a portion of the landfill,

and staff focused on the design of a final closure system for

the unlined north end of the landfill

• A leachate aeration pond and new poplar tree plantation are

being developed in 2017

• Further assessment of landfill gas migration

Armstrong Spallumcheen RDF Key Issues

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• 28,296 tonnes disposed in 2016

• Projected closure in 2051

• Landfill gas control system which was installed in 2015

• In the next five to ten years, filling will be focused on the upper

northeast bench of the footprint in order to maximize landfill

gas extraction

• Potential expansion plans have been identified

• Ongoing safety concerns with site access

• Large volume of traffic to the RDF causes busy scales and

adds to safety concerns

Greater Vernon RDF Key Issues and Developments

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• Four closed landfills that require ongoing environmental

monitoring and maintenance:

▪ Ashton Creek (closure completed in 1997)

▪ Pottery Road (closure completed 2015)

▪ Cherryville (closure completed in 2016 now active Transfer

Station)

▪ Kingfisher (closure completed in 2003, now active Transfer

Station)

Additional Sites

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Questions or Comments?

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Clarifications?

• Corrections?

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2011 Plan Status

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2011 Solid Waste Management Plan Update Review

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No. Strategy Implementation Period Current Status

1 Development Cost Charges 5 yrs Postponed.

2 Inter-Regional Solid Waste

Management Committee

2 yrs Not being pursued.

3 Eco-Depots 2-5 yrs Completed.

4 Blue Bag Processing Facility 1-2 yrs No longer required.

5 Blue Bag Recycling Program

Improvements

0-5 yrs Curbside Managed by Recycle BC.

Other options postponed – to pursue if

markets improve

6 Blue Bag Recycling Program for

Businesses

2-5 yrs Ongoing – the City of Vernon has a

program.

7 Universal Curbside Collection 2-5 yrs Postponed.

8 DLC Waste Management Strategy 1-5 yrs Ongoing.

9 Organic Waste Management

Strategy

1-10 yrs Ongoing, with options and cost

analysis completed in 2017.

10 Non-Typical Municipal Solid Waste

Management

1-5 yrs Ongoing.

Questions or Comments?

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Clarifications?

• Corrections?

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Guiding Principles and Targets

Group Activities

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Provincial Targets for 2020

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Organics

• 75% of BC’s population covered by organic waste disposal restrictions

EPRMaterials

• 75% recovery of materials covered by extended producer responsibility programs (EPR)

Disposal

• Lower the provincial MSW disposal rate to 350 kg per capita

Waste Reduction Hierarchy

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Circular Economy Approaches

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Circular Economy Approaches

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• Consider environmental, social and economic costs and

benefits

• Reduce disposal following the waste prevention hierarchy and

consider circular economy and zero waste principles when

setting new targets

• Consider climate change issues

• Consider airshed and watershed environmental impacts

• Encourage reduction, reuse, recycling and composting with

user-pay and market-based mechanisms

• Implementation should be flexible and reflect the realities of

the RDNO's abilities to finance projects and programs

2011 Guiding Principles

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• Promote zero waste approaches and support a circular economy

• Promote the first 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

• Maximize beneficial use of waste materials and manage residuals appropriately

• Support polluter pay and user-pay approaches and manage incentives to maximize behavior outcomes

• Prevent organics and recyclables from going into the garbage wherever practical

• Collaborate with other regional districts wherever practical

• Develop collaborative partnerships with interested parties to achieve regional targets set in plans

• Level the playing field within regions for private and public solid waste management facilities

Ministry Guiding Principles

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• Sensible sustainability

• Beneficial use of organics

• Ultimate fate of RDNO disposal sites

• Frustration with privatized waste hauling

• Diversion for businesses

• Food scraps recycling

• Reduction of landfilled waste

• Recycling and reusing

Meeting #1 Priorities

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• List of combined criteria developed

• Any additions or subtractions?

• You have up to 5 votes to use, place a dot beside your top 3-5

principles

Activity #1: Principles to Help Guide Selection of Options

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1. Consider environmental, social and economic costs and benefits (sensible sustainability)

2. Consider climate, airshed and watershed environmental impacts

3. Implementation should be flexible and reflect the realities of the RDNO's abilities to finance

projects and programs

4. Promote zero waste approaches and support a circular economy

5. Promote the waste reduction hierarchy

6. Maximize beneficial use of waste materials and manage residuals appropriately

7. Support polluter pay and user-pay approaches and manage incentives to maximize behavior

outcomes

8. Prevent organics and recyclables from going into the garbage wherever practical

9. Collaborate with other regional districts wherever practical

10. Develop collaborative partnerships with interested parties to achieve regional targets set in

plans

11. Level the playing field within regions for private and public solid waste management facilities

Long List of Principles

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Options and Priorities

Group Activity

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• Broken into three core areas:

▪ Residuals

▪ Diversion

▪ Financial

• Focus today to ensure long list of residual and diversion ideas

and options are developed

Opportunities and Issues to Address

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• Break into groups, will have separate discussions for

Disposal and Diversion

• In groups, add in additional options for consideration, rotate

from Diversion to Disposal

• After all options posted on the wall:

▪ Put a green dot on the ones that you think are the most

important / highest priority

▪ Put a yellow dot on the ones that you think are

moderately important / not as high of a priority

▪ Put a red dot on the ones that you think should be a

lower priority

Activity #2: Diversion and Disposal Options Development

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The kg per capita waste disposal rate has been static since 2011.

1. Universal and compulsory residential refuse collection in areas currently receiving only subscription

service and curbside recycling services

2. Review recent organics management strategy study results (by XCG Consultants) and determine

additional options to evaluate

3. Evaluate rdno-gro markets

4. Assess wood waste management options

5. Evaluate what programs are needed to reach 350 kg per capita disposal rate (approximately 10,000

tonnes/year reduction in disposal)

6. Evaluate Recycle BC’s program to determine if improvements can be made working cooperatively or

simultaneously

7. Evaluate behavior change program opportunities that utilized community based social marketing

(CBSM) techniques such as removing barriers and building social norms for the preferred behavior

Waste Reduction and Diversion Options

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Current landfill space is expected to be consumed by 2051. The ASRDF has the most finite life (2034) and

the GVRDF has lateral expansion potential. Long term plans for all three landfill sites is necessary in order

to ensure future disposal capacity and where to direct investments in infrastructure.

1. Determine the acceptability and feasibility of the proposed lateral expansion at the GVRDF and the

course of action for investing in expansion

2. Work with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to ensure the GVRDF access off of and

onto Highway 97 are improved as soon as possible

3. Evaluate ways to improve the performance of the landfill gas management system at GVRDF and

ways to utilize the gas

4. Evaluate active gas management at ASRDF

5. Assess the financial efficiency of the ASRDF and LRDF

6. Develop a plan to improve all landfill leachate compliance issues

7. Determine the feasibility of installing or pursuing a waste-to-energy or pyrolysis facility for RDNO

refuse

Disposal Options

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• Public consultation expectations

▪ Current approach is to wait until options have been developed,

and focus consultation on options expected to be included in the

plan

Public Consultation Summary

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• Online Tools and Local Media –Website updates and use of

local media to reach a broad audience

• Surveys – Residents and stakeholders may be contacted using

surveys to provide feedback

• Public Engagement and Meetings

• Targeted Stakeholder Engagement (workshops)

• Interviews (one-on-one meetings)

• First Nations Engagement

Brainstorm: Public Consultation Ideas

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• Current system review updates

• The options which are selected will be researched in more

detail for their specific application within the RDNO, including

estimated costs and their synergy with other plan components

• Input from the Advisory Committee will be sought on each of

the Tech Memo’s and this input will assist with the selection of

options for inclusion in the updated plan.

• Undertaking community and stakeholder consultation

• A draft plan that details the preferred options will be prepared

for review by the advisory committees

Our Next Steps

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