TheReview

Wednesday, September 11,1991 — A3

CHATTING BEFORE THE VOTE were both nominees at the

Saanich North and The Islands Social Credit Constituency
Association s nomination meeting in Sanscha Hall Sunday,
The eventual winner was Richard Holmes (right), while
Opponent Bob Bowco?tt (left) picked up a dozen votes.

sidney chastises APC for requests

Sidney’s advisory planning
commission (APC) was chastised

for overstepping its mandate in -

Sidney council chambers Monday.

Some aldermen felt the commis-
sion had gone too far in two
recommendations it presented for
council’s approval.

The first instance concerned a
change in Town policy whereby
developers now have to present
their plans to committee of the
whole, which is council sitting in
committee form, before they make
a pitch to the APC.

Aldermen made the change
because many felt they were being
required to vote on proposals they.
had not seen.

Some also said they were fre-
quently unable to attend the twice-
monthly APC meetings due to
other commitments when presen-
tations were made.

According to the APC minutes
of Sept. 3, commission members
voted to change their afternoon
meeting on the first Tuesday of the
month to 7 p.m., the same time as
their meeting on the third Tuesday,
“so that council members might
have a better chance to attend.”

The minutes say some commis-
sion members questioned coun-
cil’s new procedure. “Concerns
were expressed that the developer
might leave different impressions
with the different presentation.”

Ald. Brenda Harfield said she
was “comfortable with the fact the

committee of the whole has a
chance to see the presentations.”

And Ald. Dave Goulet
responded: “I’m a little concerned
about who is setting direction
about policy here.”

Mayor Marie Rosko noted a
Staff report, which was a late
addition to the council package,
suggests a procedure whereby
council receives plans from deve-
lopers first without a presentation,
the presentation is made to the
APC, the developer makes
changes, and then presents the
amended plans to council for final
approval.

Aldermen voted down the APC
recommendation and decided
instead to consider the staff report
at a later date.

Next on the APC’s list of
recommendations was a request
that the commission be updated on
a traffic study which has been
undertaken to study flows in the
downtown core.

Commissioners felt information
on the study “has been slow in
being forwarded to the commis-
sion,” according to the minutes.

“T think this is going over their
mandate,” said Goulet. “I’m a
little bit concerned about the tone
of that (statement).

“Who is setting direction here?
Are they guiding us?” he asked.

Ald. Don Amos, council’s liai-
son on the APC, said the commis-
sion wants traffic and transporta-

The Saanich School District
invited parents, politicians and
native Indian leaders to a ceremo-
nial sod-turning to mark the begin-
ning of construction of a new
middle school in Central Saanich,
trustee Marilyn Loveless said.

Starting at 10 a.m. Thursday at
the property on the south side of

the 6900-block Wallace Drive

(opposite Springside Place), the
chairman of the school board,
Graham Hill, and the two Central
Saanich trustees, Dave Christian
and Loveless, will preside over a
short ceremony.

tion matters added to its agenda.

However, he said he didn’t feel
the APC needed information on
the traffic study, and told commis-
sioners at the Sept. 3 meeting the
study hasn’t been accepted by
council yet.

In defence, Rosko said the APC
wants to incorporate information
from the traffic study in the review
of the official community plan
which has been undertaken by the
commission.

Council voted to deny the APC
request.

Sleepy driver

A 23-year-old Victoria man is
facing charges of driving without
due care and attention after the
1983 Honda hatchback he was
driving slammed into a utility pole
in the 6200-block Pat Bay High-
way about 4 a.m. Sept. 1.

The man was rushed to Saanich
Peninsula Hospital by Central Saa-
nich volunteer fire department
ambulance and was later released.

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Municipal rezoning was
approved in June and representa-
tives of the Parents for the Safety
and Replacement of Mt. Newton
Middle School had hoped con-
struction could begin in June for a
September 1992 completion.

The construction period is
expected to take 14 months.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BY-LAW
NO. 1024, 1991

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons who deem their
interest in property affected by the proposed by-law will be afforded
an opportunity to be heard at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the
gymnasium of the Keating Elementary School, 6843 Central
Saanich Road, at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, September 718, 1991.
Proposed By-Law No. 1024, being a by-law to amend the “District
of Central Saanich Official Community Plan By-Law No. 974,
1990”, can be summarized as follows:

(1) Numerous revisions to language intended to clarify Plan policies.
(2) All references to “Urban” and “Urban Reserve” to be revised to
“Residential” and “Rural”, respectively.

(3) Delete Outdoor Recreation and Golf Courses from the Agricul-
tural section and restate new policies for golf courses under the
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