November 21, 2011 presentation to Penticton City Council

Submitted by Michael Brydon on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 09:32
Update 23 Jan 2012: A presentation very similar to the one below was made to an in-camera session of Penticton City Council on Monday, 23 January, 2012.  We are now waiting for the City of Penticton to decide whether to offer treatment services to the West Bench. The RDOS was not privy to Council's discussion. Please stand by for news.
 
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We (RDOS staff and I) were supposed to meet with Penticton City Council today to discuss our counter-proposal for the sale of filtered water to the West Bench. Alas, there has been some turnover as a result of the election on Saturday.  Two incoming councilors (Helena Konanz and Wes Hopkin) will not attend tonight's meeting (at least not in any formal capacity) so it seems like a waste of time to make the presentation now.  We have asked to be added to the agenda of the city's first "working" meeting (once orientation and all the activities of any new council are completed).

I have attached the slides I had planned to present here so you can get some sense of what I am saying on your behalf (please keep in mind that the presentation is "animated" so it may not make sense in this static form--you will have to trust that it is "way better" when presented live...).  Incidentally, Penticton prefers to have this meeting in camera (closed to the public).  But all the material in my presentation has already been made public on this site and elsewhere.  Now would be a good time comment on this process or make suggestions since it appears we will not make our presentation to Penticton City Council until early 2012.