| Park Development: The Cooke family were the first to see the potential for a retirement mobile home park in the Gallagher Lake area. In 1978 they successfully developed the first 25 lots. Two years later they sold the campground and the mobile home park to Maya and Theo Brouwer, who had just immigrated from the Netherlands. In 1981 the Brouwers developed the next 40 lots, most with full underground services. The roads were paved, streetlights were erected and natural gas became a welcome alternative to fuel oil. Around 1989 there was even more demand for housing, and that is when the park was expanded to its present size of 109 lots. Under the current guidelines of the Tenancy Act, Country Pines is a retirement park. The minimum age for tenants is 55 years. Water is supplied by two 7 1/2 HP pumps that each produce over 100 gallons p.m. The two wells are located near lots 68 and 76. Over 15 pressure tanks in two pumphouses keep the water pressure at a steady 62 to 80 PSI. Great Western Pump Service of Oliver monitors our water system on a monthly basis. Our drinking and irrigation water comes from two wells drilled to a depth of 125 feet. The drilling reports indicate there is a hard rock layer at about 60 to 70 feet depth which certainly contributes to the excellent quality and taste of our water. Any residents of the Park buying bottled water are definitely wasting their hard earned dollars. The Ministry of Health is monitoring the water quality on a monthly basis. Every two homes are connected to a 1,000 gallon septic tank and a 200 foot septic field. Maintenance of the tank and field are the responsibility of Park management. Residents make their own application for power, telephone, cable or natural gas, as they require. The following companies supply these services: FortisBC 700, 801 - 7th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 3P7 Phone: (403) 514-4000 toll free: 1-866-717-3113. Fax: (403) 514-4001 24-Hour Customer Service 310-WIRE(310-9473) www.fortisbc.com Telus Communications Inc www.telus.com tel. 310-3100 (toll-free) Terasen Gas www.terasen.com tel. 1-888-224-2710 Persona Communications, 3552 - 78th Avenue, P.O. Box 4005, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 4S8, www.personainc.ca tel. 1-866-737-7662. The pad rent is currently $450.00 per month. Residents may pay with post dated cheques. When needed, park roads are plowed. To protect lawns and plant life we do not salt the roads and our mild climate keeps icy conditions to a minimum. Tenants will make their own application for a mail box. Our mailboxes are located at RR#2, site 41, Oliver. Postal code: V0H 1T0 (Valley 0f Heaven 1n The 0kanagan) No PETS are allowed in the Park at any time. RR#2, Site 41, Comp.8, Oliver, BC, Canada, V0H 1T0 tel. 250-498-3358 fax 250-498-6917 |
