Catgirl
Member
Hi All!
Just thought I'd update you on what's happening with the corridor. I spoke with the lady who is in charge of the study yesterday. As it stands they are waiting for budget approval from Council to do the study. A decision will be made by the beginning of December, 2009.
If the budget request is approved, a Project Manager will be assigned and they will advertise for a Consultant to do the actual study. This process can take 2 months.
Once the Consultant is hired, they will begin the study which will entail talking to landowners along the proposed corridor, and Tri-County Snomobile
Club. They may hold Open Houses, Public Hearings, small meetings, or anything else the consultant comes up with to gather information and opinion on the corridor.
The Consultant will then make recommendations. There will be several drafts done with changes made and it brought back to Council. When the final draft is brought to Council it will likely be a closed session.
Once the final draft is in place it will be tabled at a Public session for Council to vote on plan for the corridor.
This will take a minimum of 6 months (I'm guessing it will be longer). Next year is also an election year so that may also lengthen the time it takes to get a final draft as the new Council will have to be brought up to speed so they can make an educated decision.
So, you may want to start calling your Councillors to get their support to approve the budget for the study. If they don't give approval this year, we will be waiting another year to even get the study started.
Later,
T
Just thought I'd update you on what's happening with the corridor. I spoke with the lady who is in charge of the study yesterday. As it stands they are waiting for budget approval from Council to do the study. A decision will be made by the beginning of December, 2009.
If the budget request is approved, a Project Manager will be assigned and they will advertise for a Consultant to do the actual study. This process can take 2 months.
Once the Consultant is hired, they will begin the study which will entail talking to landowners along the proposed corridor, and Tri-County Snomobile
Club. They may hold Open Houses, Public Hearings, small meetings, or anything else the consultant comes up with to gather information and opinion on the corridor.
The Consultant will then make recommendations. There will be several drafts done with changes made and it brought back to Council. When the final draft is brought to Council it will likely be a closed session.
Once the final draft is in place it will be tabled at a Public session for Council to vote on plan for the corridor.
This will take a minimum of 6 months (I'm guessing it will be longer). Next year is also an election year so that may also lengthen the time it takes to get a final draft as the new Council will have to be brought up to speed so they can make an educated decision.
So, you may want to start calling your Councillors to get their support to approve the budget for the study. If they don't give approval this year, we will be waiting another year to even get the study started.
Later,
T
