Open House May 4 -- Put it on Your Calendar

As Tannis's letter indicated, Council is having another open house, this time with a somewhat narrower focus. As an aside, none of the council members have responded to her letter, which concerns me. Here are the details from the municipal newsletter:

"WATER ISSUES AND THIRD DRAFT OF THE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
4 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Arena Banquet Room, 8820 Jubilee Road
Water Issues Presentations — 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Official Community Plan Presentations — 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Plan to attend and find out more on these important issues in your community!

Perhaps I've become too cynical, but this looks much like like the last open house, which was basically a forum for council and staff to broadcast their message to a supposedly uninformed electorate. Although it was useful, that format is a very poor stand-in for real civic engagement that would actively solicit detailed feedback from interested citizens and groups. Although it looks like they will be presenting a new third draft of the OCP, inquiries to the municipality have indicated that there is no third draft yet, and the open house will be soliciting feedback to be integrated into it afterwards. Should be interesting...