COUNCIL IS REQUESTING THAT ALL RESIDENTS, COTTAGERS AND VISITORS EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ALONG THE BEACH FRONT AREAS. PLEASE DO NOT USE LAKEFRONT PATHS IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED OR PUBLIC STAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR ARE BLOCKED-OFF. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BARRICADED, POSTED WITH WARNING TAPE OR SIGNAGE. AREAS THAT ARE NOT POSTED OR BLOCKED-OFF MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO BANK INSTABILITY; PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION ALONG ALL LAKEFRONT AREAS WHETHER AT GROUND LEVEL OR ON TOP OF THE BANKS.

THE SEVERE OCTOBER 2010 STORM CAUSED SIGNIFICANT EROSION TO LAKEFRONT BANKS LEAVING SOME AREAS UNDERMINED. AS A RESULT SOME LAKEFRONT PATHS MAY POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE UNAWARE OF THE UNDERMINING AS THE DAMAGE IS NOT USUALLY VISIBLE FROM ABOVE.

IN ADDITION TO THE UNSAFE CONDITION OF THE LAKEFRONT PATHS THERE ARE MANY AREAS WHERE THE PUBLIC STAIRS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MUNICIPALITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING OR REPAIRING ITS STAIRS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. THIS REPAIR/REPLACEMENT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE AND THERE WILL BE LIMITED (STAIR) ACCESS TO THE BEACHES THIS MAY LONG WEEKEND. WE HOPE TO HAVE MOST OF OUR PUBLIC STAIRS IN PLACE BY EARLY JUNE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.