From the Administration Update of August 13th 2010
The Growth Management Study promised for July or August has been delayed until September.
Due to workload and health issues in the department, leading to the unexpected absences of key personnel, the review of the Growth Management Study has not been fully completed. A report with evaluation and recommendations will come forward to Council at the September Regular meeting.
We hope so.
The Wastewater Improvement Project Program
Of particular interest within this paragraph is the statement “Subject to the total cost of the remaining 10 contract packages (to be awarded), it may be necessary to reduce the scope of the final program to maintain budget”
We hope not.
Many promises have been made with regard to this upgrade. A few years ago Council publicly announced that there was nothing significantly wrong with the Waste Water Management System. Once it was finally determined through a costly Environmental Board Hearing (cost to the City taxpayers unknown) that there were MANY significant problems with the system we were assured that the present upgrades would turn it into a ‘state of the art system,’ ready for the world to come and see. Without removal of potential pollutants and when pumping into the Kootenay River will still be required, it will hardly be ‘state of the art’. False predictions can create mistrust.
It is hard to be overly optimistic.
Southview Flooding Issues
Of other note in the Council package for Monday August 16th are a number of letters from residents of the South Hill regarding flooding. This appears to be another city planning issue that needs to be resolved.
Three items of New Business are included in this package including a proposal to extend the City of Cranbrook’s south boundary to accommodate the Gold Creek Campus of College of the Rockies. The beginning plans for dealing with the Urban Deer issue will also be an item of New Business. You may find the information listed in the article ‘What Shall We Do Deer’ posted August 9th useful.
For more information about the upcoming Council Meeting go to;
http://cranbrook.ihostez.com/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=0
And click on Council Packages - Regular Meeting
I'm absolutely shocked about the situation on the "South Hill'. Most of us just concern ourselves about our own neighborhood, but this situation is beyond "band aid solutions".
ReplyDeleteI think the City Engineering Department has to stand up in council , and "TELL" the "decision makers" that this is the problem, and you had better finance the solution.
Clouston Chalmers