the north grenville
TIMES
Vol. 1, No. 37
The Voice of North Grenville
August 14, 2013
A solution for Fetherston Park? never asked the Municipality for money, and, in fact, OAKLEY DAY AT LAURIER has been paying their bills OPTICAL all along. The MunicipalTHURSDAY AUGUST 15TH ity currently pump out the 9:30AM - 7:00PM septic system at Fetherston LAURIER OPTICAL 2600 COUNTY RD #43 on a regular basis, at a cost 613 258 2700 KEMPTVILLE LOCATION ONLY to the residents of more than $300 each time. The taxes owing to the Municipality are those owed by the land owners, not the tenants, whose only tax responsibility is for their own mobile homes. Some residents stopped paying their monthly rent after the landlord company went bankrupt in 2008, since no work was being done to maintain the property. But Maurice noted 9139-LaurierOpticalKemptville-PlaintiffSquaredRX-1.5625x4.indd 2013-08-08 12:40 PM that only two residents had not paid their rent in August, one of whom was away. The entire community is behind this planned solution, and, for the first time in a month, have started to hope that they will not lose their homes. The proposal will be presented to Council by ASI, Newterra, the Fetherston lawyers and residents, it is hoped, on August 26. Craig Pollard There seems no reason for Certified in Personal the Municipality to object Training, Certified Nutrition or obstruct the plan, as it in Sport & Performance meets all of their conditions for ending the evicCall for a Free tion process and allowing Consultation the people of Fetherston to Lose Fat retain their homes. MauGet Strong rice Dumoulin and Scott Live Healthier Arena have achieved a great deal in a very short period of time for the 613.715.2425 Fetherston community. www.AFitter.Me ©2013 Oakley, Inc.
Dorothy Sceley, retired school teacher, has lived in the park for seven years by David Shanahan It seems like a winwin solution has been found by the residents at Fetherston Park that may remove the threat of eviction which has been draining their energy and health for the past month. Upset by the misinformation and misrepresentations made about their situation, they have researched and arranged a possible answer to the crisis in less than three weeks, and it is one which will not cost the taxpayers
of North Grenville a single cent. The basics of the plan are these: The residents would form a non-profit Co-operative, or Condominium Corporation under the Ontario Condominium Act and take possession of the Park from the current Trustees. ASI Group and Newterra, two highly experienced and respected companies, will provide a new water and septic system at Fetherston, as well as a completed Engineer’s Report, within 60 days,
complying with the Municipality’s conditions in full. The Fetherston Cooperative would negotiate the assumption of the Trustee’s tax liability for the property, a debt which is not at present their responsibility, as they are not the property owners. This would be negotiated between the Municipality and the resident’s lawyers. Each resident will sign a binding agreement to be a member of the Cooperative, increasing the monthly payments to cover
the cost of the tax and maintenance charges, as well as repayment of the ASI/Newterra expenses. Anyone not signing this agreement would not be eligible to remain a resident at Fetherston. This plan would deal with all the outstanding issues in a timely fashion, without costing North Grenville taxpayers a penny - a repeatedly stated aim of the Fetherston community. Maurice Dumoulin, a spokesperson for the residents at Fetherston, points out that the community
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