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North Saanich to Sidney
land transfer considered

Transferring a piece of North
Saanich to Sidney may be the only
way to save two low-income hous-
ing projects proposed for sites
adjoining McDonald Park Road,
North Saanich Mayor Maurice
Chazottes said Monday.

The transfer is the only way to
resolve Sidney’s fears about insur-
ance liability if that municipality
provides sewer service to the prop-
erties.

Both properties border Sidney
and can only be used for low-
income housing if provided with
sewer service by Sidney.

One 24-unit project had provin-
cial funding approval and the
second, also for 24 units, had
applied for provincial funds.

But Sidney has now decided not
to provide sewer service due to
problems with maintenance, liabil-
ity and the sewage treatment plant,
Mayor Marie Rosko noted in a
letter to North Saanich.

However the issue was dis-
cussed again ata recent Sidney-
North Saanich liaison committee

meeting, Chazottes said.

“We agreed to look at Sidney
annexing that part of North Saa-
nich,” Chazottes said, adding that
he anticipates some opposition to
the suggestion.

Annexation would solve the lia-
bility problem for Sidney but
would not provide the required
additional capacity in Sidney’s
sewage treatment plant, Chazottes
noted.

Ald. Edo Nyland said the
demand for sewer service will

-increase the pressure for an addi-

tional joint sewage treatment plant
on the Peninsula.

Chazottes wondered how Sidney
will handle the next request for
condominium development if the
sewage treatment plant does not
have enough capacity for low-
income housing.

The low-income housing pro-
jects would not have been a prob-
lem if proposed 10 to 15 years ago,
but are not feasible now, he added.

“Unless Sidney changes its
mind, the projects are dead.”

VANDALISM

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Flags at the Ministry of Trans-
portations’s tourism flower garden
next to the Pat Bay Highway near
Amity Drive were stolen overnight
Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Rocks were
thrown at lights above the flower

OCP CHANGED
AND APPROVED

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committee meeting introduced by
Ald. Jack Mar failed to get the
required majority failing with a
3-4 vote.

With Ald. lan Cameron calling
for third reading, Box, Mar and
Ald. Gary Valiquette voted against
while Jones, Bolt and Ald. Bruce
Tobin voted in favor — for passage
with a 4-3 majority.

Mar said: “I will not support
final reading (because) there was
not time to go through the package
ion detail.”

Bolt responded: “I have one
simple statement, we’ ve gone over
this for 10 months.”

Box replied: “I have one simple
Statement, we went over this for
three years and we had profession-
al direction. It’s not consistent
throughout and it’s not profession-
ally worded.”

Fourth and final reading passed
with the same 4-3 majority. At
various times during the discus-
sion municipal clerk George Saw-
ada was asked if the amendments
will require council to hold anoth-
er public hearing. Each time Sawa-
da answered no.

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beds as well.

And two other incidents are
considered related, police said.
About 4:40 a.m. Oct. 1 a rock was
thrown through the window of the
Energy Ni Motion store on Bevan
Avenue. Another rock was thrown
through the window of the Sidney
Esso station on Beacon Avenue
during the same night. And the
front door of the Sidney provincial
court house on Third Street was
kicked in during the same evening.
Entry was not attempted at either
of those locations, police said.

“Tt’s very likely the same peo-
ple,” Rosequist said. “We’ve been
experiencing a wave of vandalism
in recent weeks.”

Police continue to investigate
and ask those with information to
call Sidney RCMP or Crime Stop-
pers at 386-8477.

-Tool boxes stolen

Central Saanich police are
investigating a break and enter at
Grieve Motors on Sept. 25 or 26.

The suspects removed a rear
window and entered a large bay
door, police said. :

Tools and tool boxes were taken,
along with a welder and a small
amount of change.

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