KEY ISSUES DISCUSSED AT 3 MARCH 97 MEETING

ATTENDEES

• Fred McLennan, President
• Ken Donnelley, Community Development
• Bill Royds
• Ann Brandel, SOGRAT
• Nancy Seabe, Community Development
• Wendy Steward, RMOC councillor
• Karin Howard, City Ward OT8 councillor
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch

Events

l. WENDY STEWART reported:

- 80 km. dangerous for bicyclists

- most of us present agree to leave at 70 km/hr.

4. McCarthy woods has priority, the problem is the adjacent land to McCarthy woods.

5. South Keys

• - Last Tuesday was the last meeting on issues.
• - Mayor's son is the agent for South Key development (conflict)
• - Karen might get in writing so that she can bring conflict of interest to council.
• - Cahill resdients were promised no road extension for 20 years or at least until South Key mall was totally developed.
• - Karen voiced that she was the only one to vote against because of promise of Johnson road was not kept.
• - Cash was offered in lieu of green space - 2% of cost for parkland is the law.

7. Mega Week will be announced soon in papers.

8. Rabies Vaccination - Owners will have to prove whenever kids get bitten, scratched or scared.

9. Governance in Ottawa/Carleton

• - 2 elections will be needed
• - Hopefully next 6 months will have solutions.
• - Federal gov't will dissolve itself
• - Municipal councillors have to agree before Dec.'97
• - In general there is one vote per taxpayer, how will they accomplish that and from border to border starting with urban areas. Note that regional family helps thos farmland areas.
• - Karen mentioned that she will not give her ideas until she hears from voters.
• - There will be an election of delegates in Fall '97.
• - Regional and city council have been doing so well in the past 2 yrs.
• - Karen said that it's because many changes were because the council is from younger generation.

Town Hall

• - Will have to come up with a process real soon.
• - Waiting on feedback from group before 12th to be able to build consensus.
• - Karen is inviting Wendy Friday at noon, at the regional office.

Health

• - Will the money they save be re-implemented in new services?
• - Large hospitals are more cost/efficient

3750 Bowesville Road - cash was offered in lieu of Parking application.....