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- FIFTY-SIXTH. YEAR;

No. 9712 Pages

: Suggested

Principals In Recent Sidney Wedding

{At last weeks. meeting of the wo :

: - North. Saanich: “council, wae?
: J. B. Cumming gave a report of

a’ recent meeting of the: Regios -.

nal Hospital Board, ‘of which. he

is a méinber. It follow H

suggested that an’ extended care -

-hospital of: 100. beds with a fur-

ther-50 acute care beds be con-
“structed at the north end of the

+ Peninsula and that Resthaven _

make a: suitable submission im- a

ae mediately,
“The Minister proposes that

‘provision be made for 600exten-

- ded care beds in subdivisions of © |

“150 beds. “In “a” later. meeting.
“the Minister also agreed that we
“should present‘a referendum to
~ the’: taxpayers. early in the fall
for the -construction of these fa=

; cilities and delay for a year the —

major Agnew-Peckham - Report

SE Tecommendation: for acute hos~ :

pital construction.
- The Minister however agreed
that we should include in: this

~~ referendum the cost of the es-_

santial needs for acute hospitals .

for: the: possible five years until.

we acute facilities. are avail= “

“On the eeoiiinenaations of the
Hospital Advisory Committee the

Board: agreed: that a referendum:

“, be called to’ consider. the ap- ©
““proval. of ‘expenditures of eight

million dollars for extendedcare.

aon “Approval 7 was given to include

in the referendum... the sum” of.

& $200,000. for acquisition

“Jand and planning by Resthaven

“Hospital; however, the proposals .-

made by the minister are still.

a. under. consideration by the Com~__

mittee .and~ have not’ yet. been —

approved as this is a new-con-
_cept, and a departure from -the
Agnew-Peckham Report, which.
has to be thoroughly studied. ©.
~ “@Theeplan to incorporate the

= Hospital .- “Regional Board with »
“> the Regional Board seems tohave

~~ fallen by the wayside. ‘The Mi- -
‘nister of Municipal Affairs ad-

by. letter’: that” the

“District Board will rem.

“main under his control and the.
sspital Regional District Board

willbe: “subject to ‘the na

of. Health, Mr. -Loffmark... I

is going to bean interesting

fall season.”* —
~ SATURDAY

= Marriage of Elizabeth Maria
Cornelia. Konings, youngest

daughter of Mr. and Mrs, An-

tonious Konings, of 984 Abbey
Road, Victoria, and Grahame Mi-
chael Freeman, eldest son of
Mayor A.W, Freeman and Mrs,

. Freeman of 9490 MarylandDrive,
~ = Sidney, -will--be solemnized in
“> Holy Trinity. Church, Patricia
Bay on Saturday, Sept. 14, at
p.m. A reception will follow
at The Chalet, Deep Cove.

Here re: pictured: Mr: :

“Sidney.

SNE ‘Vancouver Island, B. C Wednesday, September’ ly 1968

SIDNEY. REJECTS: LOW cost
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT —

nd “Mrs: “Anthony: -Wayne ‘Ene; following =
their marriage on “August | AT. in’ St.

Andrew's Angiican Church,

The. bride-groom is ‘the son of Mr. and Mrs, Eddy Eng,
well: ‘known * ‘Sidney, cafe proprietors. :

The ‘bride ° is. the former -

- Ann: Fung,

“filled with over 40 serious, ner-.
eee cern emenenee ame hearing a number of letters from

“The
- Violate. the by-law requiring 10% -

Proposal to construct 120 high
density,” low cost ‘housing: “units |
on nine acres of property in the-
Melville. “sub-diviston “was: re-_

"jected unanimously. by members _
Of Sidney council: Monday night.

“The. council ’ chambers were -

oe invited: statements by the public. ;
‘Many had. their say after which ers
Alderman Mrs. Norma. Sealey - |
‘read a prepared statemcat sum-

“On the’ basis ‘that ‘no hardship ©
is ‘involved insofar as the appli-

Z cant is concerned, ‘North Saanich ©:
council rejected: part of a plan

submitted” ‘by Lewis Harvey. to”
-“resalign the: boundaries ‘of two

of. his lots. on. ._Land’s End Road, :-
change . _ proposed. would:

a cof the perimeter: ‘of any property.
ito be road frontage.

weds are: spending . their. honeymoon on’ a“motor.:trip throughout

. British Columbia and the United States.

- Question - of the:. legal right

of the municipality of North Saa-. ‘ment is $1'1/2 ‘million and :the

“nich “to” object to the “granting

of ‘a foreshore lease to owners.
“of. property. in Sidney: was. @X~.
~ plored at the North Saanick coun=="

cil, meeting on Sept, 3 but mem-

. bers. concluded -that there is: no ©

basis. for legal objection. a

“About | two | months ©
Northumbria Investments Ltd.
made a second application to Sid-
ney council for approval to de-

" velop’--an-apartment and marina.

complex. on the five acres of
land {t owns on the southwest
shore of Tsehtim Harbour and
immediately — adjacent to. the
intermunicipal boundary with

Mayor Cumming

Attends Seminar

_ A seminar on Hospital Planning

‘in the Community was held in

Vancouver last weekend and

Mayor J.B. Cumming of. North:

Saanich was among those at-
tending.

“ago,

North Saanich, :
Estimated cost of the develop-

Good. Try

Rejected .

Sanscha ..
Minns,

“president..

‘in a letter to Sidney

~ Council regarding disposition of

the ‘town's share of a. federal

government tax rebate on build~~

ing. supplies used for centennial
projects,’ ‘asked for ‘authority to
use the money for general {m-
provements in or around Sanscha
Hall. He went on to state that
the North Saanich council had

withheld authurity for the spend-—

ing of the tunds and that some
members of that council had
hopes of seeing the money de-

voted to Hbrary improvements, -

possibly drainage.

Mayor Freeman suggested that
his.council should work with the
North Saanich authoritles to es-
tablish jointly. what- work should
be done.

Council agreed.

TRAILER OCCUPANCY WHILE
BUILDING THORNY PROBLEM

Trailer-home occupancy while
‘bullding a dwelling was a thorny
subject for Central Saanich coun-
etl at last week's meeting. When
council reconsidered the applica-
tion of Mrs, M, A., Romain,
Land’s End Road, to position a
trailer on a Veyaness Terrace
subdivision lot there was a sharp
difference of opinion. —

Building Inspector Jom Dur-
rant tabled a report recom.
mending rejection of the request.
He pointed out that established
residents do not look favorably
on taller occupancy, and sald
that the developer also is aguinst
the proposal, Difficulty of erie.
tion «processes should = the

. permanent house mot be come
pleted at axpiry of the trailer per-
whit was seother reason tnen~
toned by ths inspector.

Alderman Percy Lazare had

given notice of motion to frame
a by-law limiting trailer oc-
eupancy to six months, and per-
mitted only where a new house
is under construction. He pro-
posed that a bond should be posted
to indemnify the municipality if
eviction proceedings are neces-
sary, and suggested that such
permits should not be granted
where there isa density of homes,

His motion was the application
be rejected in view of the situa-
tion of the site was seconded by
Alderman A, M, Galbraith, who
supported the inspector's report.

Alderman Philip Benn said that
he would support 4 motion to

get ud & by-law, bat felt it would.

be dis¢rimifatory to refuse the
application because similar re«
quests fed been granted up to
now,

«That's my opinion, we should

grant either a three or six months
permit,’’ said Alderman T. G,
Michell. The motion was de-
feated by. three votes to two.

Mayor R, Gordon Lee pointed
out that opinion was almost
equally divided and that Alderman
Molliard was not present. He in-
vited council to defer a decision
until the next meeting.

'=That’s avoiding the issue,”
complained Aiderman Mrs. M.
E, Salt.

*tThe application was made bee
fore we started this by-law dis
cussion and it should be granted,"
said Alderman Benn.

Fimally the motion of Alderman
Michell to grant an occupancy
permit for three months, with a
three months extension if pro-
per progress on the house hes
been inade, was passed by three
votes to tWo.

Frank -.

marina: is ‘to be for: public use:

as well “as: “for the apartment
dwellers. :

~ Sidney. council: approved. the
”. project-in principle and has thus
‘far. expressed no objection to the.
granting “of a shoreshore lease:
by.. the - Provincial Director - of

Lands...

“A public hearing was helda few a
weeks ago and according to Mayor
A.W: ‘Freeman of Sidney, many*.
: questions were asked but no ob
jections were voiced at that times ©

Since then however, a number of

District Governor |

Visits Sidney

International Lions Club Dis-"

trict Governor, Lyall Grath of
Richmond, B.C, made his official
annual visit to the Sidney Lions
Club recently,
Victoria, Mr. Grath was educat-
ed and lived most of his life in

_Richmond-where he has been an

active Lion for the past 16 years,
He was club president in 1956-
57, zone chairman: in 1956-57
and a district governor in 1960«
61,
percent District. Governor's
Award and the once honored title
of ‘International Counselior., In
his address to the local club,
the governor urged the continu~
ation of the fine work carried out
in the past, :

LYALL GRATH

Although born in”

He also received the 100

residents appear “t6 have had se-*
“¢ond thoughts and they all-reside.
On adjacent -properties. in North &

Saanichs:-

 A-copy ofa letter. from the Eas- Ps
tern District. North Saanich Pro-
perty Owners"” ‘Association to the |
Director of Lands was, heard and:
discussed at length atthe coun-——
cil. meeting. In‘addition Harman ©
and: Co., Barristers and Solici-:
tors” representing Henry S. Hof- >
‘far of MacDonald Park Road,
1 to the” same’
‘authority on August 19 presenting -
opposition to the granting of the, -

made an appeal”

fofeshore. lease. They also sent

a copy of their letter to North —

Saanich seeking support of cotin-
cil in the case.

“This latter letier was ‘in turn
referred to the municipal soli-
citer whose observations were
available for council's consi~
deration.- A
— Complaints expressed byt resi-

_ dents related to probable inter-

(Continved on Page 2)

‘Building Permil

Freeze Imposed

At the Sidney council meeat~
ing last Monday night, Alderman
Mrs, Norma Sealey observed that
there were a number of studies
already underway — regarding

some of the existing problems.

related to the town’s expansion,
She recommended that pending

1 their completion, re-zoning ap-

plications be processed only once
each 90 days and that a 30 day

. suspension be imposed on all

bofiding permits commencing
Sept. 16,

This, shé, said would embie’

council to examine all such ap
plications more methodically and
lead to a more orderly growth
of the commumity.

Alderman S, Deur said that
council Was powerless to step
gtowth but agreed that ‘we must
solve the pfoblems aa best we
can to meet growth,’

Council agreed with both re-
commendations,

_. garage,

“Photo aby George Chan “

North Saanich Residents Object To Sidney Lease

~ value of thelr properties,

Mr, ‘Harvey appeared at coun--

; eal: meeting on Sept. 3: and. c:) Cees

plained. vat considerable length

= that the driveway leading to Lot
4 infringes on Lot 8; as does his >
The. ‘proposed . Tevision «

of. the’ boundary. ‘between the two

. ‘lots would .bring both the garage ©
--and all: -the ‘driveway. within Lot

desirable and further Subdivisio.
is unlikely, or,.in hardship case:

vous, “and excited ‘residents op- ..
*. families.

posing: the development. “ Also

present were two or three men —
_Tepresenting Diversified .Hold- ~

‘rented: to relatively low in ;
‘Council discussed th
subject on several nee a

ings ‘Ltd. of Edmonton, who pre= |

sented the other: side’ of the case.

After: introducing the. matter oo

early in the council meeting and to

opment; Mayor A.W, Freeman

ming up’ the: ‘problems to. be

overcome ‘in- Sidney: -before a3
large developments 7
should be pérmitted, Bowe ge

-further ©

‘Council: then - promptly voted

“down the application,

“The aifair all began rather i:

“quietly. several: “weeks ago: owhen
“the: request: owas © _
“approval. to re-zone..9.34 acres:

received - for:

of Melville Park ‘from Residen-~ © h

- tal (fA?! to “B”, and to construct.”
120: Low cost_ Por to: be os

_ After hearing Lewis Harvey's. :

ase-in: “open: ‘council,- the: -matter’.
as later: discussed in the pri-.
icy of committee. “The decision

“reached: and announced: was that-:
_, the “boundary: line between Lots ..
2 and: 8 could be. revised so that.
“+ the garage. willbe -included. on..
wor the. redesigned Lot.7,. However,
“council found no special circum
stances. or hardship" involved ‘in
“Te- routing: the’ driveway: and. did .
- Ret, approve: the: request. to re:

duce: the: ‘frontege. of Lot 8 by.

25. feet ‘and add.-it- to Lot: 1

‘Plan To Lease
Reserve Property

~~ cept ‘the ‘latest ‘approach
: extent: ‘that it: referred it

Indians - of. ‘North Saanich: are
exploring.- possibilities . of Bub-.

cholce_. properties within: their.
reserves. . :

This: became evident at the last
meeting of the North Saanich
council when a-letter from the:
Capital Region: Planning . Board.

“suggested that the municipal ©

clerk and assessor could: de of:
assistance .to the Iocal Indians”
by helping. them. determine the.
board is already lending help, in
“eouncil

Without: exception, -

“members were. enthusiastic.in ~

their supportof the. suggestion: .
and although thé municipal staff.
is normally busy, it was agreed ..
that the help would. be given,

: ‘dividing and. leasing some of the."

Be. number . of related matters, os
 supimed up in a statement which :
said that before a hard opinion —

cin be considered, ‘we should. .

know what assets are to be the -

subject of joint control and what ©.

RE-ZONING AGAIN ASKED
FOR WATERFRONT LOTS.

Undaunted by previous refusals
for authority to re-zone the two
shallow waterfront. properties
immediately to the south of the
Bazan Bay Motel, at the corner
of McTavish and Lochside Drive,
the owners again made appli+
cation to the North Saanich coun«
cil last Tuesday night, this time
through realtor A, W. Sharp,

His proposal asked fr anthor=
ity te Te+ zone the properties from:
“residential” to *motel”’ status
with the added stipndation that
each would eventually a¢commo-
date 19 motel anise. ft-was not
apparent whether they would be
ah extension of the existing motel
f the north or 4 new and se-
patate establishment.

‘In. discussing the application,
council members found manyde~
tails lacking and were unable to
fully assess the situation. No

plans were given for sewage dis-
posal or water sapply, for *os
there any evidence that the Dept.
of Highways had been consulted,

Councillor Mrs, Nell Horth
voleed ah opinion thal the letter
should have comme. directly trom
the owners, Mrs, E. Mitchell
and Mrs, M, A. Duncan. :

Council finally agreed to sock
fall details of plans from the

‘ owners and to ask the Capital

Region Planning Board, the Met=
fopolitah Board of Health and the
Dept, of Highwhys lor their views
fopardiag the acceptability of fhe
proposal.

“values ate to be placed upon — pr,