News A 15-unit non-profit housing project on Patterson Road cannot proceed until sewage and drainage issues in the area are resolved. Monday, aldermen received a letter from the Pacifica Housing Advisory Association outlining the project at 7865-Patterson Rd. and asking for council support. “This project will supply hous- ing that is badly needed in your area by families who cannot afford the current housing costs,”’ Pacif- ica executive director Hilary Stew- ardson’ wrote. However, Ald. Clarence Bolt said the municipality cannot deal The new-Central-Saanich- middle-school-on-Wallace-Drive has a name: Bayside Middle School. By an overwhelming majority, patents, students and staff recently chose Bayside from a list of names proposed for the new school. Six names survived to the final ballot. In order of popularity, they were Bayside; Bayview; Ocean- side; Saanich Inlet; Voyager and Westerlea. One name, Raven Heights, was eliminated before the final ballot. * The school, due to open in the coming year, will replace Mt. Newton Middle School on Keating Crossroad. Students now attending Mt. Newton, their parents and staff were invited to vote on the new name. A bi-plane with the “biggest chainsaw motor McCullough makes’* sounds like it has no muffler and “makes the damdest noise,” Ald. Ian Cameron said during a recent Central Saanich Town Hall meeting. Several residents in the audience of 60 people picked out the bi- plane as being noisier than the plane used by Ultimate High Para- chute Centre to drop parachutists into a farmer’s field near West Saanich Road and Keating Cross- Toad. One man “cannot understand complaints about that one aircraft. If you’re going to eliminate noise still be there.” Residents who live near the Parachutist’s jump zone spoke in favor of the activity, Saying it is entertaining and not dangerous. Another Brentwood resident complained about float plane Australia night staris at 7 p.m. The Caims Australia night at the Port Sidney Marina building starts at 7 p.m. for the general public, not as reported in last week’s issue of The Review. As well, the Top of the Pile column carried one further error. Timmy’s Telethon is this week- end and will be broadcast live on Shaw Cable 11 starting at 8 p.m. cmp. Saturday. “= We apologize for any inconven- lence these errors may have caused. "uth SEL S I W ae oe Sa Ewe oes tye ja ES By BLT De We OE a from one aircraft, the others will - scuiiles low-cost homes with the project because of sewage and drainage limitations, a mes- sage which council agreed should be relayed to Pacifica. An earlier plan to build a 15- unit cooperative housing project on the property was abandoned by Pacifica after the federal govern- ment canceled the cooperative housing program last month. Pacifica Housing hoped to obtain provincial funds to build the project under the non-profit housing program. The deadline for provincial funding applications is April 7, Stewardson noted. Bayside decided for school Of the 118 ballots received from parents, 73 chose Bayside. Over half of the students, 294 of 412 voting, chose Bayside while 14 of the 32 staff who voted also chose Bayside. However about 150 students sent to Royal Oak Middle School this year because of overcrowding at Mt. Newton were overlooked in the balloting. Mia Kohout, a Grade 6 student, wrote a letter to the school board complaining about the oversight. “Since we are going to the new Mt. Newton next year, I think we should get to have a say in what youre going to call the new school,” she wrote. The school board has sent a letter of apology to Kohout and other transfer students at Royal Oak. Ald. says bi-plane worse than noise from parachulists activity in Saanich Inlet “that goes on all summer long.” But a few residents maintained the Ultimate High plane is bother- some because it circles and stays in the area. Resident John Smith said a compromise would help and sug- gested the parachutists use the Central Saanich drop site one day and another site the second day on weekends. _ Denis Tucker said he doesn’t hear the bi-plane mentioned by others at his Clarke Road home, but for -20 minutes every hour “you can’t help but hear the Cessna 180 (used by Ultimate High). “If he would stay on the east side of West Saanich Road I would have no problem,” Tucker said. He conceded that in recent months, the procedures designed to reduce the noise have been effective, he said. An Ultimate High pilot said he tries to fly at reduced power set- tings to keep the noise down. As well, “if there is something I can do as a pilot, I will do, within the bounds of safety.” Resident Pat Chilton said she’s seen the plane for 30 years and “I love it.” Some people said there’s noise around us all the time. ““What about those things that blow leaves?” Another said Ultimate High has taken paraplegics up for jumps and contributed to charities. “One of their team jumped for Canada in the world champion- ships,’ one man said. “These are things people should be proud of.” Jones thanked residents for the input and suggested that council can now deal with the issue prop- erly. Church Offers land trade to C. Saanich A. piece of parish land suitable for municipal park in the com- munity plan could be traded to the municipality for a piece of land suitable for a church and a non- profit housing development, coun- cil members heard Monday. Ed Lovick, chairman of the Saanich Peninsula Parish consulta- tion committee, said the parish wants to construct a larger church and a non-profit housing project. The parish owns an 11-acre piece of property on Wallace Drive which was purchased 30 years ago, Lovick said. The property is now in the Agricultural Land Reserve ~ and across Wallace Drive from Centennial Park. If the municipality wants the site for park, Lovick said the parish would be willing to trade for eight to nine acres elsewhere. The church must start work on an improved Sanctuary this year and would like to start the non- profit housing soon, as there is a need for low-cost housing in Cen- tral Saanich, Lovick said. Ald. Clarence Bolt noted the ~ municipality does not own any large pieces of land to trade, except existing parks. Ald. lan Cameron added that the only large parcels of land in Cen- tral Saanich are in the ALR. Ald. 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