ad News Sewer service petition presented to North Saanich by Valorie Lennox The Review Continued demands for sewer service along Lochside Drive were put to North Saanich council Monday despite a bid by Mayor Linda Michaluk to halt further consideration of sewer service. Michaluk noted one group of residents are requesting sewer while another group is opposing sewer service on Lochside Drive. In a referendum last November, area residents clearly rejected sewer service for the southeast quadrant, she said. Because the referendum was defeated, the municipality did not proceed with sewer service and has not developed a sewer plan under which sewer service could be installed as a local improve- ment project, Michaluk said. Residents were told before the referendum that rejecting sewer service would result in area septic fields being tested and repair orders issued on failing fields, Michaluk added. At the May 7 council meeting, Ald. Rebecca Vermeer moved staff estimate the cost of providing sewer service to the lots from the Sidney boundary to the Bazan Bay treatment plant. _ Michaluk asked council to reconsider that motion. The motion was again backed by coun- cil with Michaluk, Ald. Dee Bailin and Ald. Maurice Chazottes voting against the motion. Michaluk suggested the issue be considered again at a special pub- lic works, transportation and envi- ronment committee meeting next Tuesday, so any recommendations could go to next Tuesday’s council meeting. Since property owners have been given 90 days to upgrade failing septic fields, Michaluk said the sewer service request should be handled immediately. At Monday’s public works, transportation and environment committee meeting, chairman Ald. Art McKinnon warned Lochside residents they would have to pay for upgrading the Bazan Bay treat- ment plant to handle additional lots as well as pay for sewer connection to their lots. “The referendum was damn clear that you people didn’t want it (sewer). The people have spoken and said no,” McKinnon said. Lochside Drive resident Tho- mas Stephens said he did not want to hear any more about the referen- dum. If the septic field testing had been done before the referendum was held, the results might have been different, he said. BUNKER OIL Continued from page Al Harmison told the regional board that rumors of the scheme to bring the bunker oil to Bamberton had been circulating for weeks but he was only able to confirm it Wed- nesday. He told the Cowichan News- Leader: “There is no direct benefit to the community to this oil com- ing in. “It is simply an opportunity for someone to capitalize economical- ly. They want to store it there and sell it off to another community.” On the other hand, Harrison said, “There is a potential for a great tragedy. The community is being asked to take a great risk.” The name of the firm wishing to store the oil is unknown but Keith Hebron, head of emergency opera- tions with Environment Canada in Vancouver, confirmed the carrier is Crowley Maritime of Seattle. Calls to the Crowley office last week were not returmed. Hebron said an Environment Canada engineer will inspect the site, including the tanks and dock, and make suggestions to Arm, however, Environment Canada has little jurisdiction over the storage of such materials, he said. The National Fire-Code applies and the Canada Shipping Act sets out rigid procedures for loading and unloading fuel, he said. But otherwise the industry sets its own standards and usually does a good job, Hebron said. “Most of the industry is fairly good in this area and they are improving all the time,” he said. Box said Environment Canada has no mandate to enforce stan- dards or preventative measures pri- or to a spill occurring during shipment, transfer or storage. “Crawley Marine Transport is an American company against whom Canada or the province would have little or no recourse in the event of an accident,” Box said. The society has made applica- tion, with support of local govern- ment, to have the waters of Saa- nich Inlet considered for a national marine park, she said. PRE-INVENTORY SALE! PRICES IN EFFECT MAY 16th - MAY 26th, 90 SELECTED SPRING ‘STOCK ' Some super specials) Even greater discounts, NOW OPEN TIL 8:00 PM. FRIDAYS 7105A-WEST SAANICH RD., BRENTWOOD 652-3143 SELECTED His own field has been passed by regional district health officials but there is sull a problem with a high water table, Stephens added. Ald. Rebecca Vermeer remarked that residents who opposed sewer service because they did not believe they had a problem might now vote differently since the septic field testing has identified problem fields. Brian Hamilton said he does not want to spend $30,000 now to upgrade the septic system for his Driftwood Motel on Lochside Drive, only to pay again for sewer service when the area is forced onto sewer in a few years. He estimated 67 per cent of Lochside Drive residents would support sewer service as a local improvement project and pre- sented a petition to council requesting the service. His comments were backed by four other Lochside residents. Joan Buchanan, whose septic field passed regional district inspection, said she was told sewer service was not imminent before she did a $4,000 upgrade of her field in the spring of 1988. Yet in November 1989, a sewer referen- dum was held. 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