- vote to approve of the proposal,
- vote to oppose the proposal,
- decide to do nothing,
- approve the proposal conditionally
If the Task Force votes to oppose the plan then they risk the possibility of losing any influence on future changes. Support from the Task Force is a 'nice to have' for Evergreen but it is not required. They could just decide to politely ignore us from this point on. Then where would we be? (The Task Force has been here before by the way. In 2004 they voted to oppose trail management for mountain biking in Crothers' Woods. The city continued on despite the Task Force's position and the Task Force was left in a weaker position. But this is another story).
The Task Force could opt to take no position. Doing nothing may in fact be a good position to take, even if that sounds kind of weird. By opting to do nothing we can continue to monitor the situation and advise the city about issues, something we may not be able to do if we were to vote for or against it.
Actually, I favour conditionally approving it. A motion crafted to say (In effect) "Yes, the Evergreen plan is the best plan so far, but it has some flaws with which we still have issues. So Evergreen, please proceed, but we will be watching." Of course you can't word a motion like that. It will take some council-speak to translate that one.
So there you have it - the 'Evergreen proposal' situation in a nutshell. The debate on this motion might actually be interesting so it might be worthwhile attending just to watch. All of our meetings are a matter of public record so anyone is able to attend. We even accept comments from the peanut gallery now and then. If you are interested, the meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 PM in Committee Room 2, at City Hall, 100 Queen St. West. The agenda is available online if you are curious.
Unfortunately, yours truly won't be there (I am taking my girlfriend out for her birthday). However, River Rat should be there so maybe I will make her write "Crossroads, Part III".
See Crossroads, Part I for a discussion on the Evergreen Proposal.
2 comments:
Please provide the wording of the Task Force motion voting against trail management for mountain biking in Crothers'Woods, and the date.
Many thanks for an excellent blog.
Hi,
I started a reply to your comment but realized what I wanted to say was too long so I am going to make it a separate post. Stay tuned...
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