On October 7, 2024 our Opposition to the SRA License of Occupancy Team after months of investigations and research, contacted our two local Councilors, Sabrina Richards and Lisa Barry and invited them to meet and discuss our preliminary investigative results in a respectful and informative meeting. Councilor Richards responded for both, unfortunately declining our request upon citing legal advice regarding the current litigation underway by the Maple Lake Residents, who are also opposed to this By-Law.

Mayor Danielsen, upon hearing of our request, did responded back stating that, “Council has always contended that there may be anomalies in the process which they are prepared to address”, and that our road has been pointed out as one that might have to be considered based upon the relevant information we have investigated. The Mayor also stated that in a month or two, once the outcome of the litigation is known it will help us all go forward in our talks.

It was unfortunate that in the haste to have this resolved by our Mayor and Council in a 3 to 2 vote, passed this By-Law, which in our opinion is based upon what we consider some questionable legal and liability concerns and seems to lacks any justifiable detail to support their position. In all fairness to our two councilors, they did not support the By-Law as presented at the time.

Those residents who followed the Council meeting back in late 2023 when this By-Law was proposed, effectively heard the Mayor call us all freeloaders, stating, “I hate to sound hard nose, but people have been enjoying the use of our property, nothing that belongs to them at all for decades at no cost. But to put everyone else in the municipality at risk isn’t right.”

Nothing is further from the truth as our research will eventually show.