T echnic al Ser vic es Ry an Small W achay and se asons gr ee ting t o all As the f estiv e se ason is amongst us w e must be gr at ef ul f or what w e hav e and not f or g e t the f amiliesfriends that ar e g oing thr ough dificult times k eep them in our thoughts and pr ay er s The T echnic al Ser vic es Dep artment has been v er y busy sinc e the last updat e housing pr ojects in some our Fir st Nations c ontinue and hav e been either oc cupied or ne aring final Inspection Another pr oject w e ar e w orking on is the Bulk F uel Design st or ag e t anks f or our Northern c o ast al c ommunity s schools and w at er tr e atment plants The purpose of the pr oject is t o ensur e the f uel st or ag e t anks mee t c ode when it c omes t o f uel st or ag e If the y do not mee t c ode the engineering firm w e ar e w orking with will design and mak e the nec essar y chang es t o mee t applic able c odes Onc e the design phase is c omple t e The c onstruction phase will be manag ed b y the Fir st Nation t o ensur e loc al r esour c es ar e used An import ant r e gional pr oject that w e ar e also le ading at the moment is the F e asibility St udy f or an All Se ason R o ad This pr oject is t aking much long er t o g e t under w ay than e xpect ed due t o pr oject F unding Applic ations f or F unding w er e submitt ed in Oct ober of 2013 t o Aboriginal A f air s and Northern De v elopment AANDC Industr y Canada F edNor and Northern Ont ario Herit ag e F und NOHF C all thr ee f under s hav e e xpr ess their int er est in f unding this pr oject As of Dec 1214 the only f under w e ar e w aiting upon is AANDC and things look positiv e f or the Ne w Y e ar The suc c essf ul c onsult ant aw ar ded the pr oject w as Morrison Her shfield b ased out of Ott aw a A t the c omple tion of the Pr e F e asibility St udy f our 4 r out es c orridor s w er e identified b ased on c ommunity c onsult ations and other sc oring crit eria such as Envir onment al f e at ur es tr aditional land uses soil c onditions and sacr ed plac es We w ant t o g e t the fir st phase of this pr oject under w ay in the ne w y e ar and be gin c ommunity c onsult ations The purpose of Phase 1 is t o narr o w do wn the r out es t o one and be gin the F e asibility st udy on the select ed r out e We ar e inv olv ed in a v arie ty of pr ojects f or our FN s f or any inf ormation or questions about what our dep artment is w orking on ple ase me at the email belo w A t this time I w ould lik e t o intr oduc e our ne w Pr oject Ofic er Mr David Iserhof David has been with our Dep artment sinc e July and has been a v aluable asse t not only t o us at Mushk e g o wuk but t o our c ommunities w e ser v e as w ell David Gr aduat ed Northern Colle g e with honor s fr om their Civil Engineering T echnolog y pr ogr am Prior t o David joining our t e am he w as inv olv ed in a lot of c onstruction pr ojects in Mushk e g o wuk T errit or y 8