LSARA Informational Public Meetings

Lac Ste. Anne and Communities Ratepayers Association recently held our 3rd Public Informational Meeting introducing the Non Profit Association and Clarifying the Need for such an organization. This meeting was held in Sangudo at the Community Hall on January 24th.

The Purpose of these initial meetings was to determine if the Residents and Ratepayers of Lac Ste. Anne County and the surrounding Communities actually "Care" about what is happening in our County presently and the effects decisions of today have on our future.

Without the support of the Community it is not feasible to sustain such an undertaking. We are currently looking for support and / or memberships into the organization. Volunteers through memberships are always encouraged as this organization faces a huge uphill battle in:

1. Obtaining the “Hot Topics” of the undertakings of our Council and Administration
2. Investigation into these Topics
3. Giving back the information to our public forum
4. Working together to make changes.

Not all “Hot Topics” will be forefront in the organizations undertakings as there are MANY but we will strive to at least obtain information or give you at least a contact to look further into avenues of resolution.

The first step in "Caring" is to be Informed.

We will hopefully grow the organization membership to a point of sub committees to help look at items brought forward. We will be transparent in sharing all that we have obtained. The NEW Facebook Page and Blog is a great way of staying informed so please “Like” and “Follow” our page. Attending the meetings, both East and West, are another great way of staying with us on topics of concerns and resolutions. You can also submit your email address and request the latest information be sent to you. Many ways of staying in touch.

We are not surprised to the "behind the scenes issues" that have been brought forth to us already and encourage you to bring these issues to our attention because "We Care". We now have a Platform in The Lac St. Anne and Communities Ratepayers Association, to deal with these issues. The New "Continuing the Conversation" recently published by the Municipal Government and our ability to possible influence some of those changes makes the continuation and growth of the Lac Ste. Anne and Communities Ratepayers Association Imperative.

In the first two meetings on September 19th and November 29th at the Onoway Heritage Center and at the recent meeting in Sangudo, attendance exceeded all expectations. Our Membership has grown substantially during these three meetings and we look forward to future growth.

Our relations, we believe, have improved and invitations for attendance sent out to Lac Ste. Anne County Councilors and Administration were pleasantly responded to with attendance. Representatives from Community Councils in Alberta Beach and Val Quentin in the first meeting and Lorne Olsvik, Division 1 in the second meeting. We also received responses from Councilors:

Lorne Olsvik              Divison 1
Wayne Borle              Division 3
Ross Bohnet              Division 6
Lloyd Giebelhaus      Division 7

who all wrote emails of regret for not being able to attend meeting 3 as they had a previous engagement at the ASB conference. This relationship between our organization and the County Council has seen great improvement since our inception only 5 month ago this February 2017.

Our goal is to have as many representatives as possible from all the Municipalities within our County attend our meetings to ensure that the Residents within our County have an opportunity to be Properly Informed. We all need to have the ability to express our opinions with respect to the issues. It is not our intention to put these representatives on the spot but rather to have their valuable insight and opinions also expressed in an Open Forum.

Again, volunteers to the organization and memberships ($10 each or $20/family) are not only encouraged but necessary.