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sidney mayor seeks sixth term

Stop work order came foo late

by Mare Davis
The Review

A stop-work order came too late
to save the heritage features of a
Mt. Newton -Crossroad house,
Central Saanich council learned
Monday.

Meeting as the planning and
zoning committee, council recom-
mended the stop-work order
imposed Sept. 17 be lifted when
council next meets on Oct. 1.

Work on the potential heritage
home at 959 Mt. Newton Cross-
toad was halted Sept. 18 after it
was discovered the contractor had
hot obtained a demolition permit
before stripping the building’s
inferior structures out.

On Monday Mayor Ron Cullis
said efforts to halt the demolition
work to assess the house’s heritage
value had come too late since its

heritage’ feahires were now beyond

Sa week contractor Chris Neal
of Ardmore Construction Ltd. said
the new owner of the house wanted
to level it to build a bungalow in its
place.

Area resident Carole Bawlf told
council the 80-year-old home
could have been saved if a bylaw
had been drafted to protect heri-
tage homes in Central Saanich.

“If anything has been learned
from this, it is that if some protec-
tions had been in place, the buyer

may not have bought this particu-_

lar home, with the aim of tearing it
down,” she said.

“I think the problem is we
havent defined heritage in this
community.”

She added the house is promi-
nently located on Mt. Newton
Crossroad and is considered a
landmark building in the com-
munity,

Council directed municipal staff
to redraft a heritage advisory com-
mittee bylaw proposal so that the

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Sidney mayor Norma Sealey
will seek re-election for a three-
year term in November’s munici-
pal elections, amid growing: criti-
cism of Sidney council’s develop-
ment policies.

Thursday night the newly-
formed Sidney Ratepayers called
for a moratorium on any further
development until Sidney’s com-
munity plan has been revised.

At the meeting Dave Goulet
announced he would be seeking
election as an alderman.

“I think a change is needed on
town council, some new blood
with some new ideas,” Goulet
said.

Sealey, who served as Sidney’s
mayor from 1979 until 1983 and
again from 1986 until the present,
was elected to the board of direct-
ors at last week’s Union of B.C
Municipalities’ convention.

Monday she announced she
would be seeking another term as
Sidney’s mayor.

In addition to her eight years as
mayor, Sealey served as Sidney
alderman from 1970 to 1971.

Goulet, 38, has lived in Sidney
for 12 years and operated the
Flight Deck Restaurant and

DAVE GOULET

Mary’s Coffee Bar for the past five
years.

He serves on the Advisory Plan-
ning Commission and unsuccess-
fully contested last year’s byelec-
tion to fill the seat vacated by Ron
Kubick.

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Mi. Newton fenders opened

Bids to construct the new $10 to $11 million Mt. Newton
Middle School were received by the School District 63 board
Monday night, although a native land claim on the proposed

school site is not yet resolved.

Board members authorized staff to accept the lowest bid for the
new school, which will replace the present Mt. Newton Middle

School.

- Since the five bids received were very close, the contract will be
awarded after a review of sub-trade contracts required by the
Ministry of Education, Trustee Joe Lott said.

“We were pleased with the competitive nature of the bids,” Lott

said.

The new school will house 750 students, compared to the
present Mt. Newton school which is designed for 600 students.
School Superintendent Hank Stefaniak said the District has
received a letter from the Tsartlip Native Band asking that any
action be delayed until the land claim is resolved. The District is

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