A provincially funded governance study for North Westside remains in the works.

The North Westside Communities Association requested the study and the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) staff was instructed to prepare a report on North Westside governance.

At its regular meeting Sept. 29, RDCO agreed to write a letter to Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassebender 害羞草研究所渁dvising it is aware of the (North Westside Communities) association害羞草研究所檚 desire for a provincially funded study; that a petition is being circulated by the association and hopes that ministry staff can attend a future board meeting this fall to explain the province害羞草研究所檚 role and options available for a governance review.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淭hat害羞草研究所檚 not what I was looking for,害羞草研究所� said a disappointed Wayne Carson, North Westside RDCO director.

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Carson said the staff report requested by the association to be prepared by RDCO staff prior to Monday害羞草研究所檚 meeting was not done.

Carson was surprised by the result considering his colleagues asked a ton of questions of the association for about 90 minutes after their presentation requesting the study.

Currently, North Westside has one director 害羞草研究所� Carson 害羞草研究所� at the RDCO board table, which also includes Kelowna, Lake Country, West Kelowna, Peachland and the Central Okanagan East electoral areas.

North Westside residents have expressed concerns that the current governance doesn害羞草研究所檛 represent their needs because the area is quite a ways from the RDCO offices and service costs are growing.

Carson presented a 700-name petition to the board stating there was no opposition for a provincially funded governance study.

He is slated to meet with Fassbender today ahead of next week害羞草研究所檚 Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Victoria.