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October 12^th	We See
	Storm aftermath & Council mtg

Alarm Bells ringing

Council give aways ---

· from ‘Revitalization (tax shift)

· Sewer Rates

· Permissive Tax exemptions (for Museum gift shop etc )

	Moresby trees get cut up
	Brought in a Terrace Company the fellows say they will be here for a while as many trees to deal with

Company called Nordic Tree Services (see yellowpages entry)

Note how the crane works around the power line – which is holding the trees up

This one on McBride presumably done earlier in day – as by far more dangerous given the traffic etc --- but presumably done a City expense

Lots of Repairs getting done

To left is the Funeral home – which is looking much better now then Sunday

Below the ‘old swimming pool/ Far West building being surveyed by crew

See my 10/10/10 page for storm damage photos

This tree next to Saanich Plumbing looks to be ready to fall --- several other trees in same area already on the ground

Cliff on McBride and 4^th Ave still looking ‘dangerous’ --- see property line below

They brought this bill back out --- with some modifications --- but needs careful public scrutiny --- as ‘no limits’ on amount of tax shift – more later	Alarm Bells ringing ---- Tax shift – give away

A green council would have used this for residential and business ‘heating’ etc improvements – but what do you expect by a bunch of business people?

See my earlier on profound implications Revitalization

If has to be done by October 31^st and can’t be passed until 25^th --- What is the hurry? --- Residential taxpayers should be very skeptical of this ---- we’ll see what comes out of te Council meeting

Sold as façade improvements --- but ‘rejuvenation’ very broad as category --- does the proposed new Gordon Payne ‘penthouse’ count as ‘revitalizing’? – follow link on that page to earlier mention

See my earlier where Hoteliers make their original pitch to Council

In answer to the Hoteliers

As I said before – metered commercial water rates were purposely kept low to ‘convince’ commercial to go to metering --- now hoteliers want comparable sewerage rates --- more later

Should City taxpayers be subsidizing a golf course for the elite? See earlier this year ----And last November for Golf Course (and museum etc) permissive grants

Now the Museum wants more tax breaks – will we give local craft, book stores and jewellers similar?

But we are no longer paying a mortgage for the Museum – are we?? Didn’t Kitkatla buy part of the building and thus mortgage paid?

	So where is the property line?
	Assuming front of building –then from this perspective looks like City ‘owns’ the face of the cliff with its dangerous trees

Created by LG on 11/10/2010

Last updated on Monday, October 11, 2010

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We See

So where is the property line?