Highlights of the activity at your Area Council Meeting:

• Public provided comments on the Wah Wah Taysee Official Plan Amendment – plan should be back to Council in July for approval once comments are included.
• Cognashene Cottager’s Assoc. presented their community by-law on blasting. Council requested staff to finalize the by-law for our next meeting.
• An Ad-Hoc Blasting Committee was approved with 2 Councillors (myself and Pat Edwards), one inland, one Bay and one expert members.
• The Baxter Snow Riders Club House site was approved for Violet Road. The lease is yet to be negotiated.
• Tenders for major work on Haskett Road (Six Mile Lake) were approved.
• The tax rate was set – average increase will be 1.42%. The Township 2011 budget is $7.5M of with $4.2 is collected from taxes. The difference of $3.3M comes from Gov. grants, sale of Township lands, building permits, etc. District takes an additional $7.9M and Education $5.2M of your hard earned money.
• An interim open space island by-law was passed. This freezes any further building requests until the Ad-Hoc Committee finishes their review.
• Staff will review the environmental requirements to open up Church Bay, Honey Harbour by dredging the old boating channel to facilitate circulation.

Thanks for your interest. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me.

Paul M. Wiancko
Six Mile Lake
Township of Georgian Bay
705-756-1576
paul.wiancko@gmail.com