= a cat Protest won’t scutile ramp by Valorie Lennox The Review Answering fire in the eight-year battle to put a public boat ramp in Pat Bay was received by North Saanich council Monday, as three residents wrote letters objecting to the project. In November, North Saanich council agreed in principle to the project and allocated $7,000 for an ‘engineering study into construc- tion of the boat ramp. Pilot Michael Wilkey, aviation supporter David Maude and Charles Williams all wrote letters protesting the project and demand- -ac- ing further public input. Williams posed 13 questions to council on the project, covering environmental concerts, traffic control, cost of the facility, engi- neering and municipal liability. Maude objected to encroach- ment on the waterfront, safety concems from mixing boats and ‘seaplanes and environmental con- cems. “T like to believe North Saanich is run On common sense. Common sense says that rock causeways are ugly, common sense says that air- craft and boats do not mix, com- mon sense says that dumping rock into Pat Bay will adversely affect the environment, common’ sense says that we should follow zoning and our Official Community Plan,” Maude wrote. “Tf something does not make common sense, why are we pro- ceeding?” he asked. Letter writer Wilkey said the proposed ramp does not conform to current municipal bylaws and feared the project would lead to an accident between boats and seap- lanes. Mayor Maurice Chazottes said all the environmental and safety aspects of the project have been considered since the boat ramp was first proposed in 1984. Provision of a public boat ramp is included in the OCP, Chazottes added. “We're committed to the ramp in principle. Rather than allow puvate docks all around the Penin- sula, we have to provide a public launch facility,” he explained. The chosen site is public land, jointly owned by the federal and provincial governments. The majority of the pilots in the area have accepted the present location of the ramp and approval has been received from the airport and the coast guard, Chazottes said. Local boat owner John Davis attended an on-site meeting last Thursday with Saanich North and The Islands MLA Clive Tanner and boat ramp committee chair- man Dick Herlinveaux. Although Davis had anticipated protests from floatplane pilots at the meeting, he said there was no demonstration. Stelly’s set for the future One year ago today, I frantically opened The Review to read this column for the first time. Since ~then, I have observed many changes at Stelly’s. In the staff room hangs the document most talked about in the school — blueprints. In 1992, the building of an addition will increase the size by 50 per cent. Stelly’s students of the future will “hang out” and study in a “Student Lounge.” They will work out in one of two gyms, a weight room, a dance area, a climbing wall, tennis courts, out- door basketball courts, or on a , new-improved playing field. Patrons of the existing restau- ~ rant-type dining room will have the option of dining on an outdoor patio. Various programs — Special Education, Extra-Special Educa- tion, Adult Literacy and Teen Par- ent program — will move out of annexes and into the main build- ing. French Immersion and other departments will be more self- contained. _ Air conditioning will be impro- ved and. more change rooms will be provided. Today at Stelly’s, the beat of music comes from the multi- purpose room, where dancers do the last of rehearsals for “Broad- way & More,” the Second Annual Christmas Fine Arts Festival. The students have been practic- ing for months to bring to the community this mixture of song and dance. Their efforts will be demonstrated for a final time tonight at 7:30 at Stelly’s. Tickets are available at the door. A part of the menagerie of acts at tonight’s show is a glimpse of what the “Showtime On Stage Dance Company” will perform on their tour to Expo in the spring. Of the 42 company members, 36 are Stelly’s students. The Recreation Leadership class, new this school year, has contributed to many Stelly’s activ- ities, as have this year’s hard working student council. Recent activities include Kara- oke and the movie Robin Hood at lunch time, continuing intramurals attended by many, and a contest for the “wildest hair-do.” And, largely due to the efforts of teacher Paula Allison, one of the underutilized food labs was con- verted to a quiet study area for Grade 12 students and Grade 11 Students with correspondence courses. 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