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“Leigh died suddenly on Friday December 23rd, 2011 at the age of 64. The cause of death was a result of complications from cancer treatments. Upon graduation from the University of Western Ontario, Leigh started her career in Social Work at St. Christopher House, Toronto. She later took positions with the Ontario Ministry of Housing and Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. She took courses in Market Research and became fascinated with the Home Building Industry. In 1986, Leigh became a founding partner in Trillion Management Corporation which provided Research, Marketing, Sales and Construction Management Consulting Services to home builders. In 1995, Leigh formed Terry Research and Marketing Corporation. Leigh served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Home Builders Association, Windermere House Hotel and the Muskoka Ratepayers' Association.”
Leigh has served on the board of the Muskoka Ratepayers‘ Association for the past 5 years, and has brought her expertise to bear on planning and land use issues. She has also been instrumental in organizing our Annual meetings. We will all miss Leigh, and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.
After a very lengthy (and costly) OMB hearing (starting in October 2010) and discussions following the August 3rd, 2011 initial ruling by the board, the OMB has issued its final report and decision regarding the Official Plan Amendment (OPA 40) for the Township of Muskoka Lakes.
OPA 40 included many updates to the Official Plan, which now runs to about 270 pages. Included in these pages, the eastern boundary expansion of Port Carling was the focus of much public, council, and staff discussions.
The Muskoka Ratepayers' Association is very fortunate to have 6 permanent residents of Muskoka on our board, as well as our executive assistant, thus allowing us to keep a close eye on what is happening in the Township. These individuals (and others from time to time) routinely attend all Township Council meetings, the Committee of the Whole, and the Committee of Adjustment.
They write a monthly report with their observations on significant events. These may be found in the “Township News” section of this site, which can be accessed by a link on the left side of any page, or by the following link
After lengthy debate on the details, the District of Muskoka has recently approved a “Services Review” that would take a good look at the extensive range and level of services that the District provides with a goal of reducing the operating or capital budgets.
This is indeed good news to all ratepayers, but equally important to us is that fact that ordinary citizens will be involved in the review. This is a goal that many of us have worked towards for several years, and it appears that this work has paid off with the approval of the “Citizen Advisory Committee”. Make no mistake, this will involve a a real commitment by those involved, and a great deal of work for those chosen.
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The Bala Falls debate continues to dominate much of the discussions at Council and in the newspapers. There is still no final resolution of the situation, but events unfold on almost a daily basis.
To accommodate this evolving story, we have now dedicated a page on our web site to bring you up to date information about Bala Falls. It is our hope that the situation will be resolved one way or the other very shortly so that we may all be able to move ahead.
Our Annual General Meeting was held in mid July, and featured a very informative presentation on Dark Sky Lighting by James Solecki. We were also honoured by the presence of a large number of our Township and District councillors, our Mayor - Alice Murphy, and the District Chair - John Klinck, and our federal MP - Tony Clement.
Read all about the AGM here ...
Last Updated: January 6, 2012