• Jim Walden, from the Georgian Bay Study Group, expressed concerns about the Resolutions passed by Council following Closed Sessions concerning the new Township Facilities and the lack of public consultation.
• The District Long Term Waste Management – Community Liaison Committee continues to meet to examine options for future disposal. Present thinking is to increase the recycling program and to build a new landfill site either through expansion of an existing site or a new land fill. Workshops are scheduled for August 25th (Gravenhurst Senior Centre), 26th (Bracebridge District Office) and 27th (Huntsville Centennial Centre).
  Muskoka Long Range Solid Waste Management Plan Workshops
• The Cognashene Cottagers’ Association propose to purchase 8 Pico sail dinghy’s through private donors with tax receipts from the Township to teach youngsters in the Georgian Bay community to sail.
• Council passed a new Building by-law, By-Law #05-90, to comply with the new Provincial Building Code Act. The By-law sets out new fee structures and permitting requirements. See the Township’s website at www.township.georgianbay.on.ca for details.
• Allan Hazelton, of the Honey Harbour Association, outlined the intent of the FOCA based Docktalk Program presently underway in North Bay and Twelve Mile Bay. The intent of the program is to have 1-2 hour face-to-face educational discussions with cottagers and small groups about what they can do to improve their waterfronts and reduce the input of nutrients to lakes.
• Judi Brouse, from the District of Muskoka, presented the new Muskoka Lake System Health Planning Program which will be used to replace the old Lake Capacity Model for development. The new model considers nutrient input from both developed and natural sources, classifies the sensitivity of lakes and establishes planning rules, including remediation, based on the threshold of each lake.

Paul M Wiancko
Six Mile Lake
pwiancko@csolve.net