At the June Council meeting I had a resolution passed asking that the Mayor set up a meeting with the Wardens of the other three counties and the Chiefs of the first Nations, for the purpose of exploring an appropriate management structure for the care and stewardship of the Bras d'Or Lake and its watershed.

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A letter has been sent to Dr. Ripley requesting that the followup meeting regarding the concerns in this area should be held as soon as possible.

In reply to the above letter a meeting is now scheduled for Friday, July 18th, 1997, at 11:00 a.m. in Halifax.
"NOTE"- The meeting scheduled for July 18th was cancelled because of the change in the Provincial Cabinet members and will be held later in August.

September 22, 1997 - Update Re Mobile Home Park Concerns
Since I was elected in 1995 I have had many meetings regarding the concerns of the Mobile Park residents - road conditions, water pressure, no green area, taxes and pad fees.
- In 1995 I held a public meeting in the Howie Center Fire Hall with interested residents of the Mobile Park.
- In 1996 and 1997 I had meetings with the Cape Breton Regional Municipality officials, MLA Alfie MacLeod, Dave Laite, and residents from the Park to discuss services/taxes.
- In May and September of this year meetings were held in Halifax with the Municipal Affairs officials. Myself, MLA Alfie MacLeod, Howie McCallum, and Joe O'Brien attended, while Dave Laite declined attendance. The key discussions and actions from the meetings are as follows:
1. The Department of Business and Consumer Services representative will propose that the Mobile Home Park Advisory Committee include a mobile park resident from Cape Breton.
2. The Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs has written to the CBRM offering support from the Department to develop a municipal mobile home by-law.
3. The Department of Business and Consumer Services office in Sydney will provide information to residents about the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants.
4. The regional staff from the department of Housing and Municipal Affairs (Phone 563-2150) will respond to any questions that residents may have concerning assessment values.
5. The agenda from the next joint Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities/ Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs meeting will include the topic of mobile home parks.
6. In order to change the assessment process for mobile home parks, legislation would have to be enacted.

Updated June 2, 1997:

Pursuant to Sections 34, 49(2), and 60 of the Planning Act of Nova Scotia, the Council of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality hereby adopts the following Public Participation Programto begin the process of formulating an ammendment to the Coxheath, Town of Dominion, Town of Glace Bay, Grand Lake Road, Town of Louisbourg, Mira River & Southeast Coast, Town of New Waterford, Town of North Sydney, Point Edward Peninsula, Prime Brook/Mira River, Reserve/Gardiner, City of Sydney, Town of Sydney Mines, Sydney River/Howie Center, and Western Cape Breton Municipal Planning Strategy to consider the establishment of "community based option facilities" and "small personal care facilities" in any zone in which single detached dwellings are permitted.