As Joe Friday Used To Say "Just the Facts, Ma'am"

I did a post back on October 8th regarding a questionable series of actions by the District and Council pertaining to a draft water agreement that was not revealed to Council for 18 months.

Something is Rotten In The State Of Lantzville
   
The highlights of the article were:

• The CAO of Lantzville had a draft water agreement from Nanaimo in 2011
• A draft agreement which would have supplied water to 651 homes in Lower Lantzville.  This would have freed up the Harby Road well field to supply homes in Upper Lantzville at Lantzville’s discretion 
• In February 2012, the City of Nanaimo resolves to not conclude a final agreement on water supply to Lantzville due to uncertainties surrounding the City’s water needs.  At this time Nanaimo had not received a reply from Lantzville regarding the draft agreement it had provided
• It appears Council was not notified of the existence of this 2011 draft agreement until June 2013

Since the original time of publishing that post, I have found further reference within Council minutes that speaks to the specific date the 2011 draft agreement was received.  Dec 21, 2011.


To reaffirm my position of the existence of the Dec 2011 draft water agreement, I have provided a link to the publicly available District staff report which:
1) proves existence of that water offer/agreement and,
2) notes when it was received by the District.  


Mar 24.2014 Report To Council     (See page 2)


Over the past two months I have made queries to numerous members of Council regarding this questionable timeline.  It has been met by a variety of answers, none of which are consistent with each other.

• During a regular Council meeting in Sept 2014, I questioned Council on the draft water agreement not being revealed until June 2013.  One Councillor said ""we were made aware of this draft agreement before then".   The mayor also stated "Council was well aware of the agreement". 

•  I asked one Councillor, in person, when they became aware of the 2011 draft water agreement.  June 2013 was the response. 

• In October 2014, through in person and email discussions, another Councillor denied the existence of this agreement.  

(I guess the good news is that we have found some common ground - we are both at a loss for what to say.)


Why was this agreement not revealed to Council in a more timely fashion?  
A material piece of information that could have drastically changed the nature of water supply to Lantzville – and it is not revealed to Council for one and a half years

Why are there such  inconsistencies in the responses to not only if, but when the draft agreement was revealed to Council.
The if cannot be disputed.  It is referred to in several pieces of information available on the District website.

The when.  That seems to vary depending on who you talk to. 



Cue the shameful sigh....