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This week AMO held its annual meeting in Ottawa. As a delegate from the City of Ottawa I will be attending to learn from colleagues from other centres, to meet with various cabinet ministers on Ottawa concerns and to visit booths in the Exhibit Hall where many new products and services will be on view. I'm particularly interested in the sessions on the property tax burden, alternative finance arrangements for municipal infrastructure, ending homelessness, web based systems for managing energy and hearing from the Ontario party leaders on how they will be dealing with municipalities. I spent more than 8 years on the Board of AMO in the late70's and 80's and appreciate the work done in lobbying the provincial government on behalf of municipalities. Presently they are actively involved in discussions on 'uploading' costs for services normally paid for by a province that were downloaded to municipalities during the Harris government. Having this burden gradually lifted is important in finding the funds to maintain our infrastructure and avoid large tax increaseses.
On September 2nd many changes will occur on bus routes in Kanata North. Express routes 60 and 68 will have an increase in service; route 65 will pick up along Campeau; a new route 168 replaces a part of route 160 which will no longer give a full tour of Kanata North every time you use it; route 96 will have more service and routes 101 and 182 have been modified. Check your route changes by going to the OC Transpo web site, http://octranspo.com/mapscheds/Service_Changes/Fall/Fall_SC_menue.htm or pick up an information flyer on the bus.