Dear Editor,
I feel I must provide some factual clarification to the current process and current state of negotiations with the City of Yellowknife to resolve the Northlands (Condo Corp #8) Infrastructure issue. While it is not prudent on our part as the infrastructure committee to comment on the particulars of the negotiations there definitely needs to be some clarity given the lengthy process and publicity about it.
Firstly, Northlands Infrastructure committee is not willing to settle for anything that we believe is unfair or dead wrong. We can appreciate that maybe the City of Yellowknife administration's negotiation team has pretty well exhausted all the avenues that they can but it will take the next step politically to this this deal done.
I want to emphasize very strongly that we as a committee are committed to getting this deal done, our focus is to break ground this summer/fall for the first phase, and we are working hard behind the scenes to achieve that.
While it may not look like that to the general public, we have to respect the confidentiality of these negotiations with the City and we must do our due diligence in having our respective legal counsel review and negotiate the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with us as well.
It is not worth it to get into a blame game and say one side is causing major delays and the other is being unreasonable or vice-versa. We are in serious negotiations for a major infrastructure replacement for millions of dollars and it needs to be done right.
Again, it is our focus as a committee to get this done as soon as possible but more importantly... with a document that will pass when our membership votes. There are a lot of variables we are juggling here and I would ask for everyone's understanding and patience regarding that.
I want to publicly thank the other volunteer infrastructure committee members, Mr. Wade Friesen (Chair), Ms. Pearl Benyk, and Mr. Aldin Jansen.
This letter is authorized by the Condo Corp #8 Board and the Condo Corp #8 Infrastructure Committee. It was also made available to the City of Yellowknife in advance and in good faith.
Sincerely,
Trevor Kasteel
Condo Corporation #8 Infrastructure Committee Member
I feel I must provide some factual clarification to the current process and current state of negotiations with the City of Yellowknife to resolve the Northlands (Condo Corp #8) Infrastructure issue. While it is not prudent on our part as the infrastructure committee to comment on the particulars of the negotiations there definitely needs to be some clarity given the lengthy process and publicity about it.
Firstly, Northlands Infrastructure committee is not willing to settle for anything that we believe is unfair or dead wrong. We can appreciate that maybe the City of Yellowknife administration's negotiation team has pretty well exhausted all the avenues that they can but it will take the next step politically to this this deal done.
I want to emphasize very strongly that we as a committee are committed to getting this deal done, our focus is to break ground this summer/fall for the first phase, and we are working hard behind the scenes to achieve that.
While it may not look like that to the general public, we have to respect the confidentiality of these negotiations with the City and we must do our due diligence in having our respective legal counsel review and negotiate the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with us as well.
It is not worth it to get into a blame game and say one side is causing major delays and the other is being unreasonable or vice-versa. We are in serious negotiations for a major infrastructure replacement for millions of dollars and it needs to be done right.
Again, it is our focus as a committee to get this done as soon as possible but more importantly... with a document that will pass when our membership votes. There are a lot of variables we are juggling here and I would ask for everyone's understanding and patience regarding that.
I want to publicly thank the other volunteer infrastructure committee members, Mr. Wade Friesen (Chair), Ms. Pearl Benyk, and Mr. Aldin Jansen.
This letter is authorized by the Condo Corp #8 Board and the Condo Corp #8 Infrastructure Committee. It was also made available to the City of Yellowknife in advance and in good faith.
Sincerely,
Trevor Kasteel
Condo Corporation #8 Infrastructure Committee Member
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