After the bus left, we sent the following e-mail to P.A. Tourism in hopes to get parking tickets reversed. The end result is that they will not reverse the tickets BUT Davin Lake will take the cost of your ticket off your trip next year. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!!! Read on to see the correspondence.
"Hi Jayne,
Nine years ago, Davin Lake Lodge began an annual bus trip to allow Saskatchewan residents and friends an economical way to spend a long weekend fishing Davin Lake. The bus starts in Melfort, picks up in P. A. and La Ronge before arriving at Davin Lake.
When we started the bus trip, we were granted permission from the tourism booth in Prince Albert to use that location as a pick up point for guests. Verbal permission was given for guests to leave their vehicles there (at their own risk) for the three days. Although it was a verbal agreement, it worked great up until this year. On return Sunday, July 27th our guests found tickets on their vehicles and the guests are very
unhappy as we told them it was okay to park their vehicles there.
Can you please explain what has happened as we were under the impression that P. A. tourism and Northern Tourism worked together. We also need some direction for the future. If you can or will not help us we will need to find a different location for pick up. This is a great location for us. It is easy to find and our guest pick up additional info on future tourist opportunities.
Please advise,
Irvin Kjelshus
Owner/Operator
Davin Lake Lodge"
We received the following e-mail with an attachment.
From: Prince Albert Tourism <patourism@sasktel.net>
"Good Day
We do apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused you and your
patrons.
Unfortunately due to many changing circumstances at the Visitor Centre we
are simply unable to accommodate long term, overnight and multiple
non-Visitor Centre specific parking.
I have attached the letter that was left on the vehicles which should
clearly explain our current circumstance, including that the Visitor Centre
used to be closed on the weekends and is now open during the summer for 7
days a week.
For clarification, the parking lot is a City owned lot. As Such, the City
only ticketed the vehicles that were improperly parked(taking up more than
one stall) and not any of the other vehicles left in the lot.
We did have one gentleman inquire the day prior in regards to parking and he
was told that we could not accommodate for the same reasons as explained in
the letter.
Proper signage has been requested from the city in order to prevent any
further incident.
We would be happy to assist you in finding an alternated location, for
example the Northern Lights Casino Parking lot, pending confirmation with
their management.
Sincerely
Jayne Remenda"
The following attachment was included in the e-mail.
Re:
Overnight and long term parking in the City of Prince Albert’s Visitor Centre
Parking lot.
This letter is to inform you that overnight and long
term parking in the City of Prince Albert’s Visitor Centre Parking Lot located
at 3700 2nd Ave. West is not permitted.
The Visitor Centre houses the offices of The Prince
Albert Tourism and Marking Bureau, The Prince Albert and District Chamber of
Commerce and The Prince Albert Destination Marketing Fund. These three organizations are required to
have parking stalls available for 10 staff, persons conducting business with
the said organizations and most importantly our daily visitors to the Centre
and the two Museums on site. The Visitor Centre is open to the public 7 days a
week during our prime summer season and Monday to Friday for the remainder of
the year.
All City of Prince Albert public parks are closed to
the public from Midnight until 6:00am daily. However, we do recognize the lack
of parking specific signage indicating designated staff parking, short term
visitor parking and that there is no overnight parking permitted. In order to
prevent any further incident the appropriate signage has been ordered and will
be installed by the City of Prince Albert.
Your future compliance in this matter would be
appreciated.
Thank You
Jayne Remenda
CEO
of Destination Prince Albert
On
Behalf of the
The
Prince Albert Tourism and Marketing Bureau,
The
Prince Albert Destination Marketing Fund,
And
The Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce.
