The April 25 meeting of Council began with presentations from the Northern Regional Construction Association and the Exploration Place.
Scott Bone, CEO of the NRCA, presented City staff with an award from the BC Construction Association to honour the City for its engagement practices with industry. The City was recently among BCCA’s picks for the Best of Public Procurement 2022 – Owner of Choice Awards.
Tracy Calogheros, CEO, and Alyssa Leier, Curator, at The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre provided Council with an overview on the recent renovation and expansion of the facility, including its Living Evolution Project. Exploration Place plans to reopen June 18.
Emergency Preparedness Week Update
Administration provided a report to advise Mayor and Council of the activities of the Emergency Programs Division in the past year, planned activities for national Emergency Preparedness week (May 1- 7, 2022), and the upcoming emergency season.
Since 1996, Emergency Preparedness Week has been a federal-provincial-territorial initiative that occurs annually in the first week of May. The 2022 theme is “Be Ready for Anything” and Emergency Programs will continue to focus on messaging and presentations to support personal preparedness, and community emergency awareness. An additional focus will be to increase public knowledge of the types of events that occur in Prince George, and to promote the City’s communication streams for emergency information.
Planned activities include increasing the availability of Emergency Program staff to provide presentations to Prince George community groups on the importance of household emergency plans, the contents of a 72 hour kit, and our local evacuation zones.
All of the reports and other materials from the April 25 meeting of Council are available on the Council agenda.