Audited Circulation 12,968 An Island Publishers Newspaper Wednesday October 10,1990 40¢ AI9 Al4 A10 AZ MUSGRAVE Ald | TOP OF THE PILE A7 Moses Point mansion now serving breakfast All Review office hours The Review's office, at 9781-Second Street in Sidney, is open from 9 a.m. gt 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The mailing address is Box 2070, Sidney, B.C., V8L 385 — Second class mail ation number 0128. Sanscha Hall gets reprieve until May Fate of golf course open to public comment during hearing tonight by Mare Davis The Review After 18 months of wrangling with Central Saanich council, John Berglund’s fight to get a golf course proposal off the drawing board is not over. But after tonight’s public hear- ing on the issue, Berglund believes he7ll finally know if the dream will become a reality, he said. Berglund owns a 141-acre par- cel of Agricultural Land Reserve farmland property near Wallace Drive and Stellys Crossroad, com- monly known as the Maber Farm, which he hopes to turn into a $5 million dollar 18-hole champion- ship golf course. For that to happen, the land Union proie | by Glenn Werkman The Review Less firefighters will be on duty at Victoria Airport beginning Oct. 18 although the airport is exper- iencing more flights and more passengers. A union representative is calling it a “deplorable state of affairs for Victoria, the capital city of B.C” and the mayor of North Saanich “feels it’s rather rude” Transport Canada didn’t notify the munici- pality about the plan. Airport manager Laurie Brown said the size of the firefighting crew is being reduced because the airport was downgraded by Trans- port Canada officials to Category 5 from Category 6 because of the must be rezoned by Central Saa- nich council, which is considering approving a bylaw that is the open to public comment at a public hearing tonight, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Central Saanich munic- ipal hall. Perhaps the biggest obstacle Berglund faces is winning public support for the proposed rezoning of a portion of his land to agricul- ture (ALR) golf course and plac- ing it in a commercial recreation development permit area. So far Berglund says he has spent about $70,000 on engineer- ing and environmental impact studies at the request of council. And he argues that the “impar- tial studies”” commissioned by council show his proposed golf “size and types of aircraft operat- ing through Victoria.” “Since deregulation, the size of aircraft (using the airport) has changed, requiring us to change to Category 5,” Brown said. Union of Canadian Transport Workers representative Glenn McTaggart said the manpower strength will be reduced to the fire chief and eight firemen from the chief and 13 firemen. “This means the loss of one fire truck, leaving two fire trucks, plus the loss of five firefighters,” McTaggart said. “The prospect of operating with a minimum of two firefighters and two fire trucks on 18-hour shifts adds up to a recipe for potential disaster,’ McTaggart said. course is a viable proposition. He said he’s relieved a decision on his proposed Brentwood Lakes Golf Course is at long last in sight. “T feel optimistic. I can’t see a viable farming use for the land,” he said. However, a recently published report commissioned by the dis- trict of Central Saanich says the golf course could have a damaging environmental impact on the area and on adjacent waterways. Conducted by Boydell Environ- mental Management Consultants, the study says nearby waterways — Hagen Creek, Stevens Creek and Graham Creek — could be jeopardized by the development. “A potential exists for reduction Continued on Page AS sts firefighter reduction Firefighters are now on duty at the airport from 5:50 a.m. until 11:50 p.m. daily. North Saanich Mayor Linda Michaluk is concerned because of an agreement the municipality has to provide back-up fire protection during early moming hours and during emergencies, through it’s volunteer department. “We have to make sure that whatever situation the volunteer fire department is faced with is as safe as possible,” Michaluk said. She has written to Transport Minister Doug Lewis about the issue but received a reply that stated the move is being made because of the airport’s change in - category rating. Continued on Page A3 by Valorie Lennox The Review. Sanscha Hall — originally slated for expropriation by the Ministry of Highways on January 2, — has been reprieved until May ie “Our latest information is that date has been moved to May 1, 1991,’ said Memorial Park Society president John Lapham Friday. He had just received a Ministry of Highways letter announcing the change and said the letter would be discussed at tonight’s Memo- rial Park Society meeting. No negotiations are underway yet on the Ministry of Highways plan to expropriate the community hall and Memorial Park for the Beacon Avenue and Pat Bay High- way interchange. “We're still in limbo. It just goes on and on,” Lapham said. There could be weekly or monthly extensions after the May 1 date, Lapham added. The Memorial Park Society is keeping in touch with users of the hall and now needs to discuss holding events in the hall until _ Spring. One event hanging in the bal- ance is the Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society’s annual two- day exhibition, slated for the first weekend in May. For the past 20 years the exhibit has been held in Sanscha Hall, where organizers would like to hold it in 1991. Lapham said the exhibit would be held on May 4 and 5, if the hall is not expropriated on May 1. “We're asking Highways, is the date that critical? Are you going to throw us out on the first?”’ Lapham said. As yet, there are no plans for a new community hall. Until the Society knows how much money will be received for the present property, plans cannot be made for a new hall, Lapham said. Althongh the Ministry of High- ways has set a date to take posses- sion of the hall, no dates have been set for price negotiations. The appraisal done on the prop- erty is now being reviewed by the Ministry of Highways and negotia- tions will follow, Highways assist- ant regional property agent Greg Continued on Page A3 Nephew not son A front-page story in last week’s Review incorrectly identified Virginia Jackson, 23, as the mother of a six-year-old boy who was uninjured after the Toyota Forerunner he was riding in flipped over during an accident on Resthaven Drive in Sidney, Sept. 29. In fact, the woman is the boy’s aunt. The other occu- pants of the vehicle, Nigel Jack- son, 27, and Marcy Jackson 22 both of Victoria, are the boy’s parents.