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Janet:

The RVA board has reviewed your response (below) and concluded as follows:

With all due respect, we believe that you have missed the point on all
three issues (including transportation which was the subject of a different
dialogue).

First, the fact that the SCADA monitoring system is being upgraded across
Ottawa isn't the issue, its the fact that no prior notification to residents 
in proximity of the tower construction, or to the RVA was provided. We consider 
this to be a common courtesy when the City is so focussed on public liaison and 
consultation.

Secondly, the report of your position/plea in the Stittsville News regarding the
induction of Goulbourn into  the UTA was unclear and thus potentially misleading.
Other councillors have told me that only Stittsville is at risk, not Richmond,
Munster, Greeley, Manotick, North Gower etc. The do not qualify against a profile
of service given or demanded. This needs to be clarified by you.


Third, the questionable fact that SCADA immediately identified the recent
Richmond forcemain failure is not the issue. It is the fact that the failure
occurred at all in a trunk sewer that is not yet even loaded with Munster's
sewage. Further, the extent of the contamination and distribution of the plume
coupled with the type of damage to the pipe (all evidence that was immediately
destroyed by excavation, except the longitudinal split in the pipe) suggests
long terms leakage similar to the prior Y junction failure which SCADA only
detected when the materials finally gave out and fissures became catastrophic
breaks. So to publish Richard Hewitt's letter in the Stittsville News meets
neither the purpose nor the intent of our request.


People want to hear from you, not a faceless public servant twice removed from
your office by publication in a local newspaper. They  want to feel that you are
shouldering your responsibility to them as their representative on council. They
want to feel that you are acting as the guardian of public health and safety in
Goulbourn Ward.

In light of the forgoing, we ask you to please, reconsider your approach to
communicating with your constituents in these matters.

R.A. Harvey Snyder
President, RVA
Cell  613-720-0664