Lake Waseosa Ratepayers' Association

In 2005, the Association was informed that the yellow balls we had been placing as buoys to mark navigation hazards were not legal. Subsequently, the membership decided at the July 2 2005 meeting that the LWRA would no longer place them to avoid liablility. Since then, anonymous private individuals have taken it upon themselves to place markers at the hazards.

Bruce and Bill assisted with representatives from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in surveying the sites. The DFO advised us as to the locations and types of bouys that could be placed legally.

We have the 2008 benthos monitoring results from the District. The results for this year are encouraging, and about the best we've ever seen. That may be due to the southern location of this year's collection site or the unusual spring weather we had, or a general improvement of water quality.

Download the attached PDF to view the report.

Sybil Pieper is trying again. She has filed a new application to subdivide her property. This latest attempt is similar to the last in that she wants to create 3 new lots, but this time she wants to make the lots smaller! We have examined the application (attached as a PDF file to the bottom of this notice) and can only surmise that, if successful, this application leaves enough retained lands to create even more lots in the future. There will be a public meeting to consider her application on February 17th at 9:00 am in Council Chambers.

The latest application and public meeting went before the Committee of Adjustment yesterday.

Short version: No decision was reached. The matter has been adjourned to a later date to allow committee members time to absorb all the material and answer some questions.

NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAW(S)

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING

CONCERNING A PROPOSED CONSENT AND AMENDMENT TO ZONINGBY-LAW 2008-66P, AS AMENDED, TOWN OF HUNTSVILLE

TAKE NOTICE THE COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT AND COUNCIL WILL HOLD A

PUBLIC MEETING

July 21st, 2009, at 9:00 A.M.

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Dwayne Verhey, representing the Lake Waseosa Ratepayers' Association. Here with me at the table today are John Forder, our Ripple Lake representative on the Board and Bill Somers, our Ripple Lake representative. When we where here last, we gave each member of the committee an extensive report. We hope that you have had time to at least look it over. Understanding that time is short, we won't repeat ourselves here today. But that report forms a part of our presentation. Also, to help save time, we have consulted with Mr.

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Update: We have received approval from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and a permit from the Ministry of Natural Resources to proceed with the in-water phase. This follows the previous MNR approval of the signage and on-shore replanting phase.

Updated: Our thanks to the many people of all ages who gave up their time to help out with the cleanup. Photos are now posted in the Blueberry Island photo gallery: http://www.lwra.net/v/environmental_events/blueberry/

The Friends of Blueberry Island committee is holding an underwater cleanup of the area surrounding Blueberry Island. Over the years this popular destination has slowly been surrounded by empty cans, bottles and other detritus. It's time to clean up after ourselves!!!

Following many weeks of negotiations, The LWRA and Sybille Pieper have reached an agreement with regards to the subdivision of her property.

As with any negotiations, neither side got everything they wanted out of the deal. However, we feel we have achieved what we could to protect the lake under the circumstances.