Just regarding the expected date of a determination by PAC.
Disregard the reports in the Leader.
The 'normal' 42 days from the date the DOP Report was sent to PAC is Monday, 13th August 2012.
Under the special circumstances and extraordinary amount of community discussion of this proposal, it is fair to assume that PAC will take extra care and time in arriving at a determination.
Consequently, it may take a bit longer. Then again, there could be a determination before the end of the week.
The best guess is "Before the end of August."