DO YOU WANT INPUT INTO THE FUTURE OF AREAS B & C???

The BX-SWAN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION will be hosting an informational meeting on Tuesday October 21 at 7:30 PM in the gymnasium of the BX Elementary School. At our Annual General Meeting of January 2008, we had a presentation of local governance options pertaining to amalgamation, incorporation or status quo by Mr. Greg Betts from RDNO which generated considerable interest and discussion. The Provincial Government was in the process of exploring and evaluating valley wide governance options at the time, and it was felt that we should hold off on further discussion of the options available to Areas B & C until the dust had settled on the valley wide governance issue. Nothing has yet been decided pertaining to this matter yet, so we are pressing forward with informing our residents on what our options may be pertaining to local governance. As you know, annexations by the City of Vernon of properties within Electoral Areas B & C have been ongoing. The City of Vernon has put forward an Official Community Plan which ultimately includes Areas B & C within it's boundaries. We know that some residents of Areas B & C are in favour of this action, some are not and others want to know if there are other options which may be explored. On Tuesday Oct 21, presentations will be made by Greg Betts from RDNO, Kim Flick Manager of Planning from the City of Vernon and Mr. Alan Hill, a resident of Okanagan Landing, formerly Area A and annexed by the City of Vernon. After the presentations are completed, written questions from the audience or questions that have been received prior to the meeting will be addressed to the appropriate presenters for the purpose of acquiring more information or clarifying some issues. All written questions will be processed through a moderator. Written questions will be accepted by email prior to the meeting by sending them to "hivac@hivac.com" with "Oct 21 questions" in the subject line of the email message. We hope to see you there!!!