Current Information

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways Corp. (OSFWC) will be held September 25, 10:00 AM, in the Lions Club building 832 Ocean Shores Blvd NW, next to the Galilean Chapel. NOTE: This is a change from September 11, as originally planned.

Dear Mayor Bunkers:

The Board of Trustees of the Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways Corporation has asked me to send you this letter as a follow-up to the January 29, 2010 conversation that you had with our vice president, Al Gamble.

Specifically, our corporate board members remain concerned about our ability to continue our volunteerism in service to the Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways without liability insurance coverage, which is beyond our corporation’s financial ability to purchase. We believe the answer to this problem might be the City’s formation of a “Waterways Board” along the lines of the Parks Board that the City has already created. We know that several of our corporate board members would be willing to serve on this City board and we believe that we could get representatives from the Ocean Shores Yacht Club and the Kayak Club to also volunteer for service on this City board.

We think that we could then help implement the “Adopt-a-Buoy” program and the “Adopt-a-Dock” program, clear overhanging branches from the inter-connecting canals, and work on other waterways projects as City board members and at the same time be covered by the City’s liability insurance policy.

We believe that such a step by the City would dramatically increase volunteerism in support of the health of the Ocean Shores fresh waterways.

If you think that this idea has merit, please contact our vice president, Al Gamble, at 289-0586. We would appreciate having a meeting with you to discuss the implementation of this idea.

Sincerely, MICHAEL A. VALDEZ Attorney at Law

(As of August 20, 2010, no response has been received from the City.)

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