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Hugh Mackenzie
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PARKING LOTS AND BUDGETS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huntsville Council has had a busy month so far, if you go by the number of issues they have been faced with and the full agenda they have for this week\u2019s council meeting.<\/p>\n

One of these issues is parking at River Mill Park. A proposal was put forward at the General Committee meeting on January 11<\/sup> to add 12 new parking spaces, intruding even more on the green space in River Mill Park. It appeared on the agenda for information only but, apparently in spite of that, a motion was introduced and it passed with a tie breaker from the Mayor. This is one item I hope will be given sober second thought.<\/p>\n

I have a personal interest in this as the creation of River Mill Park during the time I was Mayor was an important part of our Strategic Plan to revitalize our downtown core, which also included the Civic Centre, the Algonquin Theatre and other initiatives. While our Council purchased the old Planing Mill property for the Park and developed a design for it, we were not able to complete it before our term of office ended.<\/p>\n

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If memory serves me correctly, Scott Aitchison, then a councillor, was Chair of the Planning Committee and he played an important part in the River Mill Park design, which included the provision of adequate parking around the periphery of the Park, but not in it. The next Council, of which neither Scott nor I were members, changed the parking configuration in a manner that, in my view, impinged on available green space and effectively placed the children\u2019s play area, an important part of the Park, between a road and a parking lot. It was their prerogative to do so, but I was disappointed with that particular decision. And now, our current Council is on the verge of eliminating even more green space to provide additional parking.<\/p>\n

I am well aware of how important adequate parking space is to our downtown core, especially during our peak tourist season. I also acknowledge that what we have is not enough. I find it somewhat disingenuous if not hypocritical, however, for Council only a few weeks ago to let the developer of the old Dominion Store property on Main Street off the hook when it came to the provision of parking spaces required by our by-law, and then impose new parking spaces on what little green space we have in the core of our community. I understood the rationale behind the Dominion Store decision, but to compensate by infringing even further on the green space in River Mill Park is just plain wrong.<\/p>\n

Council will also give final approval to their 2016 Budget this week. Hopefully they will pass it at the same level of increase they approved at their General Committee Meeting earlier this month. They will be under pressure to make changes, especially to restore the $50,000 event marketing grant to the Huntsville\/ Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce. There is no question that marketing our community as a prime tourist destination is important. It is equally important to recognize that taxpayer\u2019s pockets are only so deep and sometimes tough choices have to be made.<\/p>\n

On the face of it, there is substantial support for tourism events, especially sport tourism in Huntsville, as witnessed by the packed house to discuss this issue at the Active Living Centre last week. Indeed, Huntsville is becoming well known for it. However, the less than stellar turnout at another Town Meeting last week to discuss the condition of our roads should not be construed to mean that Council should put a lesser priority on our municipal infrastructure. For one thing, the cancellation of the full Ironman meant that sports tourism became the flavour of the week. For another, potholes and cracked pavement are not the most scintillating of discussions to venture out for on a cold night.<\/p>\n

But make no mistake, any municipality that allows its infrastructure to deteriorate without adequate attention will face serious problems which will have a far more serious effect on their community than anything else and will eventually drive away other important initiatives. The recent Roads Study commissioned by Council outlines serious problems relating to the condition of roads in our municipality. There are far too many of these problems to address at once, but Council has been wise to develop a plan and to treat road maintenance and repairs as the priority in their 2016 budget.<\/p>\n

Huntsville and Lake of Bays have been fortunate over a number of years to have a strong Chamber of Commerce and an equally strong business community to support them. The Chamber also continues to receive a substantial grant from the Town and the Lake of Bays.<\/p>\n

In the past few years, the Chamber has been struggling, in part because of events they have promoted that, for one reason or another, did not go well. In dealing with difficult budget decisions it is understandable that Council decided not to invest further funds at this time for the Chamber\u2019s marketing efforts. The Town however, has its own marketing and events budget and they need to decide whether they, or the Chamber are best suited to deliver it. To financially support both, would only increase an already heavily burdened budget and that, in my view should not be acceptable.<\/p>\n

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