From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Hello,
This report is a quick one, providing you more time to enjoy the glorious June weather.
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Area C Director’s Report: wharf works going ahead, recycle depot update & petition presented to the Board
From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Hello,
This report is stacked with news on wharves and the recycling depot, plus a Friends of Area C petition accepted by the Board. Let’s get to it…
Wharves
There’s big news about the Surge Narrows and Owen Bay wharves of Area C: the Board has approved a contract to repair the wharves, and the work will begin in the 2025 ‘fall fish window’. This seemingly simple statement has been more than a decade coming, and will be welcome news to many wharf users, especially folks in the Outer Discovery Islands.
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Area C Director’s Report: Board changes allocation formula, Area C taxes increase
From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Hello,
Some reports are more enjoyable to share than others. This isn’t one of the fun ones because it does not contain great news for Area C taxpayers. In early March I wrote about support service cost allocations. This report is an update on these cost allocations, with the news that Area C property owners will be receiving a tax increase in 2025, an increase that does not bring with it an increase in services: it is the result of a reallocation of administrative costs between municipalities and electoral areas.
SRD Staff Looking Into Funding Possibilities For Two Cortes Building Projects
At their Tuesday, March 11, meeting the Electoral Areas Services Committee (EASC) discussed further funding possibilities for the Rainbow Ridge affordable Housing Project and the new multi-use sports court.
Staff was instructed to prepare a report about the possibility of using utilizing $200,000 from Cortes Island’s Community Works (Gas Tax) funds to support the installation of the septic system and waterworks facility. This is approximately a third of the project’s estimated cost.
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Area C Director’s Report: Support Service Allocations
From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Warm greetings to residents of the Discovery Islands and Mainland Inlets, where the annual tree frog choir has begun its serenade.
Support Service Cost Allocations
As you may have gathered from local media reports, the February Board meeting was a little unusual. During the February 19th Board meeting we got only to agenda item four, where we stalled for the remainder of the meeting. Item four was a report titled “Support Service Cost Allocations”.
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