> A | Ree Business Chamber proposes selling info centre so Town can encourage fourisis to stay by Glenn Werkman The Review Sidney doesn’t want to encour- age tourists to stay in the Town, the manager of the Chamber of Com- merce Says after an offer to sell the First Street Info Centre building to the Town of Sidney for $15,000 was declined Nov. 9. Acting mayor Coun. Don Amos said that council members “did discuss several possibilities and couldn't come up with an immedi- ate need for it.” Chamber manager Gary Mac- Pherson had suggested in a letter to council that it be used to promote tourism in Sidney. “We foresee the use of the First Street building by the Town as a ‘Sidney Greeting Centre,’ and be dedicated to the promotion of the Town of Sidney and the amenities it had to offer,” he said. But council did not have enough information to base a decision on, Amos said. “We have no idea what the building is worth,” Amos said. “We didn’t have replacement cost info.” MacPherson told The Review that more of the tourist trade could be captured if the building was moved to Iroquois Park along Lochside Drive from its current north of the Annacortes ferry ter- minal. The Chamber planned to use a portion of the funds generated from the sale to upgrade the Info Centre on the Pat Bay Highway at McDonald Park Road, including a special area for Sidney promotion. FIRST STREET BUILDING is easy to move but Sidney council eee declined Chamber s offer to sell it for $15,000. Funds would also be used to “design and build a ‘Sidney kiosk’ within the highway Info Centre to be devoted exclusively to the promotion of Sidney.” MacPherson has received reports from Tourism Victoria — which provides funding for the info centre — that visitors bound for Victoria have canceled down- town reservations, deciding to stay on the Peninsula after stopping at the info centre. : Apparently, that doesn’t sit well with Tourism Victoria, prompting a request not to encourage Victer- ia-bound tourists to other destina- tions, MacPherson said. MacPherson suggested that a “Town Greeter’ meet tourists at the Sidney kiosk inside the highway infocenter, or have a “Sidney vid- eo’ and local information availa- ble, with free rent for one year. “We will make a list of our volunteers available should there AAHA approves animal hospital The Central Saanich Animal Hospital is now recognized as a hospital member of the American Animal Hospital Association, vet- erinarian Dr. Nick Shaw said recently. “Tess than six per cent of the small animal veterinary facilities in Canada are hospital members of the association,” Shaw said. To achieve this distinction, Cen- tral Saanich Animal Hospital vol- untarily participated in a compre- hensive quality assessment evalua- tion of its facility, equipment, prac- tice methods and health care man- agement. In order to maintain its hospital member status, the hospital now must be evaluated regularly by the association, Shaw said. The AAHA is an international association of more than 10,000 veterinarians who treat companion animals, such as dogs and cats. Established in 1933, the associ- ation is well known in the veterin- ary field for its quality standards for hospitals and pet health care. Promoting building producis in Japan A major effort was launched recently to promote greater aware- ness of Canadian building prod- ucts in Japan. Spearheaded by B.C. Trade’s Natural Resources division, the campaign included the publication of a 96-page, full-color Japanese- Janguage directory of Canadian building material suppliers and a travelling exhibit. Both the directory and the exhibit were unveiled at the end of October at the Japan Home Show in Harumi. Thirteen B.C. compa- nies participated im the exhibit. You won’t be able to understand a word in the directory if you don’t read Japanese, but if your firm does business with Japan or intends to do so, it could be a valuable resource. The directory is also available on computer disk. Both the printed and the elec- tronic version are available from the B.C. Development Corpora- tion. at the above address. TOWN OF SIDNEY INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed Tender clearly marked “JANITORIAL TENDER 1993 - SIDNEY FIRE HALL” will be received by the Director of Engineering and Works, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, B.C. until 3:00 p.m. (PDST), Friday, December 4th 1992 for the provision of janitorial services at the Sidney Fire Hall, 9837 Third Street, Sidney, B.C. Tender Forms and Information to Bidders maybe obtained from the Works and Services Office M. Townsend, Director Engineering and Works be a need for volunteer greeters,” MacPherson said. “We will work in tandem with the Town and provide whatever assistance we can.” The First Street Info Centre was built using Chamber of Com- merce-supplied materials by con- struction students at Claremont Secondary School in the mid- 1970s, former alderman Stan Bamford said Friday. “T don’t know that there was any costs to the Town,” Bamford said. “They just allowed it to sit on what is actually a road allow- ance.” A couple of local businessmen volunteered resources to move the building from the school to its current First Street location. Another building, since added to, was constructed by Stelly’s Secondary students and placed at the Pat Bay Highway location. Meanwhile, Mike Townsend, the Town’s director of engineering and works, said the building “could come off quite easily.” The existing sidewalk would remain and a wheelchair ramp is made of wood and could easily be removed, he said. OPEN SUNDAYS TheReview Wednesday, November 25, 1992 — C7 DISTRICT OF NORTH SAANICH me «=NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING i a ZONING BY-LAW NO. 734 77 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons who believe their interest in property may be affected by the following By-Law will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submis- sions at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the Council Chambers, Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, B.C., on Monday, December 7, 1992 at 6:30 p.m. ZONING BY-LAW NO. 734 The purpose of Zoning By-Law No. 734, being “District of North Saanich Zoning By-Law No. 464 (1983), Amendment By-Law (1992), No. 5,” is to re-zone the area described as: “the unsurveyed foreshore fronting Lot A, Section 19, Range 3 West, Plan 22226 (10996 Setchell Road), commencing at a post planted two metres southwest of the northerly boundary of Lot A; thence 21 metres west; thence 9 metres south; thence 16.5 metres east; thence northerly along the shoreline to the point of commencement” from M-6 to M-5. This re-zoning, if approved, would permit the owners of the upland property to construct a private moorage facility for recreational purposes. The M-6 zone does not permit the construction of wharves, piers, docks or floats. The shaded area shown on the map below is the area proposed to be re-zoned from M-6 to M-5. The owners had previously submitted a re-zoning application for the same area but have now provided revised design plans for the private moorage structure; therefore, a second public hearing is necessary. : M-6 to M5 ~_ WH North Saanich, B.G., between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, between November 25, 1992 and December 7, 1992 inclusive, excluding holidays. : Joan E. Schill Municipal Clerk DRINKING AND DRIVING B.C.’s MOST SERIOUS CRIME OPEN SUNDAYS TRVECONFORTFRON.. SUNDAYS 1 OPEN. LA-Z-BOY The LA-Z-REST Rocker/Recliner by LA-Z-BOY features a lifetime mechanism warranty Nado. 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