Successes
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Road maintenance: Improved grading, dust control application, gravel
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Liability Insurance: Board of Directors coverage continues, funded by KBA.
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Volunteer Injury Insurance coverage within KBA activities.
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Sewage Lagoon: Now operational.
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Inter-Municipal Utilities Committee (IMUC): Regina Beach, Kinookimaw, Buena Vista, and Lumsden Beach. (Fire, ambulance, landfill, lagoon, etc.)
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Fire Agreement: Community Service Contract continues.
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Kinookimaw Beach Association forward planning.
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Recycling: Use of Regina Beach`s facilities (2nd Street West, by Bigway Food and Fire Hall)
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Garbage: continued weekly service by Lorass, personal use of Regina Beach landfill site on an individual fee for service per load.
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Thanks to Fred Zeigler, Kinookimaw shared winning a provincial award “Age Friendly Community” with Regina Beach and Buena Vista. Age Friendly is a global movement of communities where policies, services, settings and structures support and enable people of all ages.
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Free Landfill (yard waste) 2019 dates for Kinookimaw residents: June 22 and June 23, August 31 and September 1, October 12 and October 13.
Future Challenges
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Potable water: Chlorination and sufficient supply. Financing capital improvements is a challenge for KBA.
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Fire Prevention: hydrant water supply, homeowners insurance coverage reminders
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Road maintenance: Continued grading, dust control, gravel.
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Head Lease: Extend this past expiry in 2056
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Tenant Lease: Improved wording to become mortgage/loan friendly
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Water Drainage: management of community water runoff plan
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Shoreline use: Clarification on access, sharing, residents “only”, shore improvements, permits, annual awareness. More residents - more demand. In the spring of 2020 KBA invited by KRA to develop a draft policy/guideline (ongoing).
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Soil and tree conservation: caution on removal and cutting
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Association Fee collection: the Associations only source of revenue.
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Green space (Little Arm Area): fire prevention, dumping, land damage
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Inter-Municipal Utilities Committee: Regina Beach, Kinookimaw, Buena Vista, and Lumsden Beach. (Fire, ambulance, landfill, lagoon, etc.) Continued sharing.
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Administration coordination: better record keeping, historical data transition and retention for KBA and KRA.
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Review/Update: The Kinookimaw Residents Association Bylaws update is required and may be in concert with not-for-profit registration if the Membership chooses to formally register.
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Improved street signage and updated mapping, especially for emergency response.