Overtaxation Refund

Folks:
It appears that the city is being advised on April 13th by the
Standing Committee for Planning and Environment to refund with
interest the taxes we in Richmond paid for services we do not
have...City Water...It will not include any residence which has
communal wells (the Channonhouse/Dallaire area) but should include
Hyde Park as their water is a privately owned communal system.

Each residence should see a reduction on the final tax notice for
2010 but it may be less than the 1200 we roughly calculated. Perhaps
more like 7 to 8 hundred. The advice is being presented as noted on
April 13th and for confirmation you should look up the city web
www.Ottawa.ca site - click on Committee meetings, scroll down to April
13th, click on the above noted standing committee and view the agenda
item 11. The councilor(s) for our area have apparently known of this
situation since amalgamation but have been unable to rectify it until
pressure was placed or at least inquiries made by many residents
including some who moved here to Richmond from Stittsville and Kanata
as well as Doug Arnold and Bruce Webster. The present representative
has stated that the resolution may take place in the fall...how
convenient for an election! The city is now working towards a tax
bill reduction for May 2010 which makes much more sense by avoiding
issuing refund checks.

Thanks to all who worked to make it right. Bruce Webster