http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/262586101.html
In the interest of disclosure, I am a principal in 0881301 BC Ltd., and the company is the primary sponsor of SIRA. The terms of the contract and fee bylaw were dictated to us, and after more meetings than I can remember in the 1 1/2 years since the RFP went out, my position was finally "tell me what you want and I'll make it work." That apparently did it.
Although not a condition of the contract, we are funding the fish cleaning station, and I will release the concept drawings in the next couple of weeks. It's a double sided 6 position teflon cutting surface aluminum table with water hose at each of the 6 cleaning stations and a canopy over the whole thing. It's intended to be a derby class structure that can act as a media backdrop to promote derbies and recreational fishing.
If I can pull in partner sponsors, it will include a derby scale with a web enabled electronic leaderboard that can push out to smart phones etc., so you don't have to come in to find out if you're even in the game, and a media feed so your favorite derby can go live on the internet and TV.
We'll be fishing the derbies, so I hope to meet the fishing community in person at the derbies and on the launch, and carry your comments back to the DoS.
We have invested in a world class facility, and now it's going on the map!
More to come.
Oh, ya, for those that fish fresh water, hunt, and ATV, I'm the "Harbourview Road access to Sooke Mountain Park" guy that we recently shoved up the CRD *ss. Don't lose track of what we're doing when you think of bitching about launching a $150,000 rig for $10. The boat launch contract is a loss leader to better things!