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Maber Flats owner John Berg-
lund gave up in his efforts to build
the Brentwood Lakes Golf Course
on property east of Wallace Drive
near Stellys Crossroad after the
B.C Supreme Court ruled against
him last week.

“I'm assessing my options but it
looks like that possibility’s dead
with this council and it’s unfortun-
ate,” Berglund said Friday. “I
don’t anticipate waiting for a new
council.”

Mayor Ted Jones reiterated his
position on Berglund’s golf course
plans, stating that he is not against
all golf course development.

“Basically my feeling is that
Class 1, 2 and 3 (land) is prime
agricultural land and morally I
don’t feel golf courses should be
placed on 1, 2 or 3,” Jones said.

The Greater Vancouver Region-
al District recently took a similar
position, he said.

When asked if an 18-hole golf

course will ever be built in Central
Saanich, Jones said: “I think so
and I hope so. There are areas in
the municipality that I can support
for a golf course.”

Owners of some land would
have to consolidate and a proposal
by Fama Holdings Ltd. to build an
18-hole course on non-ALR land
near Tod Inlet has merit, he said.

“T just feel golf courses should
not be directed toward the best
land in the municipality,” Jones

" Said.

In a decision handed down last
week, Chief Justice David Camp-
bell ruled that Central Saanich was
within its legal right under Section
240 of the Municipal Act to recon-
sider and defeat previously-
approved bylaws that would have
allowed Berglund’s golf course to
be built.

Campbell rejected an argument
that members of council had made
up their minds to vote against the

C. Saanich wins golf course baile

golf course prior to a public hear-
ing on the rescinding bylaws.

Campbell said that “it is signifi-
cant that Jones, Ald. Bruce Tobin
and Ald. Jack Mar in their respec-
tive affidavits each affirmed his
obligation as an elected official to
keep an open mind.”

Campbell also rejected three
other arguments used by legal
counsel representing Brentwood
Lakes Golf Course and awarded
court costs to the municipality.

Berglund estimated he spent
$150,-$200,000 over 30 months
while trying to have the golf
course approved, not including
carry costs of the land.

He predicted the land will be
sold “in bits and pieces’? and
added “there’s more involved than
just dollars.

“It’s unfortunate for the munici-
pality because they still don’t have
recreational facilities and another
opportunity has been lost.”

Sewage woes and parkland at meeting

The cost of new big-ticket items
was the main concern of many
Central Saanich electors during a
Wednesday night informal “town
hall” meeting.

Aldermen explained it might be
possible to preserve parts of pris-
tine Tod Inlet if land was bought
for a park.

They also told a crowd of about
50 meeting at the fire hall that the
District may be faced with build-
ing a$13 million sewage treatment
plant, or pay part of the cost for a
unified treatment plant for the
Peninsula.

When Ald. Bruce Tobin asked
how many would support buying
about 90 acres of property at Tod
Inlet for a park, only a handful
raised their hands.

“How much is the lollypop?”
countered resident Neil Dennis.

“That’s the question,” replied
Tobin.

Fama Holdings owns about
1,200 acres of land spanning three
municipal districts around the
inlet. It wants to build a marina,
200-room lodge, 18-hole golf
course and 500 single family
homes on it.

Central Saanich council is urg-
ing the Capital Regional District to
purchase 93 acres for a regional
park. Tobin told the meeting Fama
is Open to the possibility of negoti-
ating a price, but the cost will
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meetings are held with Fama, he
Said.

He suggested the District hold
off on approving new development
until the sewage capacity problem
is addressed.

Tobin said “this money will not
be spent by this council unless
there is a clear message from the
public” supporting it.

One questioner drew wides-
pread support when he said if
money is to be spent on parks, it
should go to buying land around
Island View Regional Park and
upgrading facilities there.

On another matter, Tobin out-
lined the sewage woes facing the
District.

A report shows the District’s
plant needs an upgrade costing
over $13 million, he said. But
another option is a unified plant,
the advantages of which are now
being studied with the CRD, Sid-
ney and North Saanich.

Some in the audience said the
sewage issue has been studied at
great length and expense.

Tobin said a unified plant has
never received intense scrutiny, He
said the $13 million cost for
upgrading means the District

should look at alternatives.

Another member of the crowd
said a $1.7 million trans-Peninsula
pipeline was installed in the late
1960s, and the District still owes
$900,000 on it. A new plant would
add to the debt burden, he said.

Tobin said the District can’t
afford large new “sewage bur-
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