January 26, 2004 The Mayor Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula Attention: Milt McIver (Hand Delivered at Municipal Office) Milt, We would like to know how best to raise any matters affecting the Stokes Bay membership... on an ongoing basis. This is assuming the Municipality does officially recognize the local ratepayer groups have a mandate within the greater community of the Peninsula. We recognize our ability able to write memos to Council and await a response. We have done this in the past... the last time we received a response from the Clerk... which incidentally was not copied to you or Council but we did understand the reply originated nonetheless from your level. We also, I guess, have the right to appear before Council, with proper notice, etc. We could also ask you or a member of your Council to attend locally for a Q & A session. Our issues are not many but deserve some discussion and in most cases some closure. For example, the local Ratepayers Association started over a concern with the proposed Greenough Point development, and to this day we are still in the dark over its current status. We should know what you know, other than any in camera information. Regarding an apparently related issue... the rebuilding of Tamarac Road, you have not taken the opportunity to update the community on the progress to date and plans and timing for completion. This morning I forwarded an email to Bill Rydall requesting a progress report for an upcoming newsletter. Other subordinate issues, still important to us, are:
Look forward to hearing your suggestions Milt. Thank you for listening. Reg Fortune Secretary, Stokes Bay Ratepayers Association 592-5767 randcfortune@aol.com |