Keep the current marina manager

Just over two years ago, the city considered closing the Skaha Marina area for a year because of its disgusting condition and its possible liabilities. However, the city decided to give a “license to use” contract to the present manager, knowing that he must have the management skills and confidence to pull this dark hole in our city’s park back into a viable and attractive facility.

I would like to remind the readers that this space is designated as a park P2. It must reflect the health and wellness for those to enjoy, as all our parks reflect the health and wellness of our city.

Here we are just over two years into the “licence to use” contract. In those two short years, the manager has enhanced this area by painting the building, inside and outside, created shaded patios, a comfortable place to sit and eat, the atmosphere is friendly, inviting and casual.

The cafe is now a destination cafe which I understand is at capacity. Remarkable doing this in a pandemic. The valet parking is super successful. The moorage is also full. The manager has purchased equipment which has brought efficiency to placing watercraft in and taking out of the lake.

In all the words written on a one-page ad, not one word of encouragement or thanks for the present marina manager and the friendly environment he has created.

Vote yes and you could lose him. Vote no and it gives him a hearty thank-you from the citizens. We cannot lose that value he has brought to once was an abandoned site. Vote no. Vote no

Peter Osborne, Penticton