FOCA Elert - July 2015

FOCA Elert - July 2015


Find out about:

Lake Partner Program

Algonquin Land Claim AIP signed

Hydro rates

OPP report Boating Fatality Numbers

Cottage Succession Seminar: live or on DVD

Preventing Lyme Disease at the cottage

New Air Quality Notifications for Ontario

FOCA joins call for action on Great Lakes toxins

Trent Severn Waterway funding announcement

The FOCA Board of Directors

and much more

http://foca.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FOCA-Elert-July29-2015.pdf

FOCA Fall Seminar - by Webinar!

FOCA Fall Seminar - by Webinar!

To accommodate our members who reside far and near, this year's FOCA "Fall Seminar" will be held as a two-part series of webinars, rather than an in-person meeting. (Therefore, our next in-person meeting will be in Toronto at the FOCA Annual General Meeting on Saturday, March 7, 2015. Mark your calendar!)

Webinar #1: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - FOCA's Cottage Succession Seminar:

Learn how to "Keep the 'family' in the family cottage," with estate lawyer Peter Lillico. Join us for this web-based edition of the road-trip seminars that have been attended by more than 1,500 people around Ontario over the past 5 years.

** FOCA members: you will be sent registration instructions by email in the coming days. Watch your Inbox for details, and please invite all members of your local association.


Webinar #2: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - Ontario's Environment Commissioner - the Environmental Bill of Rights and You

This webinar will help FOCA members interested in participating in environmental law-making that impacts your waterfront experience and communities - through Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR).


http://bit.ly/12hAo7t FOCA

FOCA Update - FOCA Fall Meeting at the Cottage Life Show

FOCA Update  - FOCA Fall Meeting at the Cottage Life Show

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Are you coming?
FOCA Fall Meeting at the Fall Cottage Life Show 

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Stop the Carp
Encourage your municipality to help stop the spread of Asian Carp.Your interests, and theirs, are at stake.

Together with biologists, policy makers and citizens across Canada and the US, FOCA is becoming increasingly concerned about Asian carp entering the Great Lakes basin.

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Municipal Budget Setting, Property Tax & Assessments 

Most waterfront property owners now have their new property assessments in hand. 

Question: If your assessment went up, does that mean your property taxes will go up?
Answer: Not necessarily. 

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Keeping the 'Family' in the Family Cottage 
    
When? Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm
Where? 200 Bay St (at Front St.), RBC Plaza South Tower, 40th Floor, Toronto

http://bit.ly/VBbKtt FOCA

The October 2012 FOCA Elert is out

The October FOCA Elert is out

News and links on "New Property Assessments are "in the mail" from MPAC "

Breaking News: Update from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

"Waterfront property owners are impacted by many of the deficiencies I've identified in my 2012 Annual Report," says Miller. "These include crown land management, septic reinspections and the Province's low water response plans."

FOCA Cottage Succession series - coming to Toronto
Peter Lillico speaking at a FOCA Cottage Succession seminar
Find out how to "Keep the 'Family' in the Family Cottage." Estate Lawyer Peter Lillico will be joined by Steve Lester of the Lester Wealth Management Group to answer your questions about making a plan that works for your family.

And much much more....

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/FOCA-Elert---important-updates-for-the-waterfront-community.html?soid=1103081187936&aid=fXjnsNp4g6M

 

How to best bequeath the cottage

How to best bequeath the cottage

"Is there nothing more Canadian than the family cottage? Long lazy days by the lake, barbecues and beers capped off by a bonfire and roasted marshmallows under the stars. But those precious memories can turn bittersweet when the family cottage becomes part of a tug of war among adult siblings after the parents pass away. Most families are quite accepting that the city house is sold and the proceeds go to the estate for division among the heirs but because of the sometimes emotionally charged wishes of the parent(s) that the next generation continue to enjoy the cottage, we often see the country property bequeathed equally among multiple children."

Read more: http://bit.ly/Mi6ikF Montreal Gazette

It is something to think about. 

The Association is looking in to setting up a Cottage Succession Planning seminar through FOCA. If you are interested let us know

http://bit.ly/LJva3Y FOCA Cottage Succession

Cottage succession: Plan now

Cottage succession: Plan now (your heirs will be grateful)

http://bit.ly/L0ALnD Globe and Mail
If you do not have a plan get one. If you have one keep it up to date.

FOCA has information on Cottage Succession
http://bit.ly/LJva3Y FOCA
If there is enough interest we might be able to schedule a session in our area