HomeMy Public PortalAbout2018.09.11 Charles Ray FW_ Midas Gold's request to McCall City Council Sept. 13 agenda itemFrom:Anette Spickard
To:BessieJo Wagner
Subject:FW: Midas Gold"s request to McCall City Council Sept. 13 agenda item
Date:Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:31:41 AM
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For the Midas Gold correspondence file
From: Anette Spickard
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:31 AM
To: 'Charles Ray' <marm@frontiernet.net>; Jackie Aymon <jaymon@mccall.id.us>
Cc: Bob Giles <bgiles@mccall.id.us>; Colby Nielsen <cnielsen@mccall.id.us>; Melanie Holmes
<mholmes@mccall.id.us>; Thomas Sowers <tsowers@mccall.id.us>
Subject: RE: Midas Gold's request to McCall City Council Sept. 13 agenda item
Hello Mr. Ray,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email. I will give a copy to the City Clerk for our public record
file on Midas Gold.
Thank you,
Anette Spickard | City Manager
216 E Park Street | McCall | ID 83638
Direct: 208.634.1003 | Fax: 208.634.3038
Web: www.mccall.id.us
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From: Charles Ray <marm@frontiernet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:29 AM
To: Jackie Aymon <jaymon@mccall.id.us>
Cc: Bob Giles <bgiles@mccall.id.us>; Colby Nielsen <cnielsen@mccall.id.us>; Melanie Holmes
<mholmes@mccall.id.us>; Thomas Sowers <tsowers@mccall.id.us>; Anette Spickard
<aspickard@mccall.id.us>
Subject: Midas Gold's request to McCall City Council Sept. 13 agenda item
Re: Midas Gold’s request to place a council member or staff person on a working group to draft a
community agreement as stated in their Sept. 5 letter to you
Council members and Ms. Spickard,
Sept. 11, 2018
Please confirm receipt of this e-mail.
I am unable to attend your Sept. 13 meeting. I hope you will consider these comments.
I urge the Council to reject this request. Despite Ms. Sayer’s claim that there will be , “……no
obligation to sign the Agreement once language is finalized.”, participation by City staff or Council
member(s) is such a working group is an action that clearly prejudices future selection of
alternatives. In my view, the Council must keep all options open until all the impacts of the proposed
Stibnite mine are revealed by the final Environmental Impact Statement.
I object to Midas’ request that McCall taxpayers' money, in the form of staff or Council member’s
pay, be used to draft an agreement that can only serve Midas’ interests. It is my belief that any
community agreement offered by Midas will be drafted by the best corporate lawyers at
(Vancouver) Midas Gold’s and Barrick’s disposal. It will ultimately be drafted to protect and promote
Midas’ and Barrick’s interests at every turn, regardless of the City’s participation on a drafting
committee.
If Midas persists in pressuring the City to enter into some sort of agreement, I urge the Council to let
Midas draft it without the City’s participation. If there is any interest in the agreement, the City can
first review the Final Environmental Impact Statement, then seek out and pay for comparable legal
expertise to evaluate the draft agreement in order to fully protect the City resident’s interests.
To reiterate - Participation by the City in the drafting of any agreement clearly prejudices future
selection of alternatives. Signing any agreement or making any endorsement prior to a final
Environmental Impact Statement would be an action based on incomplete information and is
premature.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Charles Ray
McCall city resident