ne “spokesperson. Chas: Berés “ford, the benefits of not hav- _ing:to:travel to meet.with, ~ JPare even more significan ~ in smaller communities: “The immediacy of: get- 8s ting ‘a,warrant is the main = concern, -, -particularly.. up. North where the officer has. to drive up to an hour to get . Edwin ‘last March, RCMP have of- Wednesday, July 7, 1999 r S$ Laurel Baker Review contributor Anew centre in Vancou- ver promises Sidney/North Saanich RCMP. 24-hour ac- cess to a Justice of. the Peace: Along with changes in leg- islation, the development of the centralized JP service centre means that police in province can issue bail and remand hearings, search warrants, and can “St will be beneficial to us impractical for us to send someone from our.area to Victoria,” said Sergeant ney/North Saanich RCMP. - “And it will-assist in those cases where we quickly — need a search warrant.” . Since Sidney’s local JP Nedzelski- retired ten had to travel.to:- Victoria to see a JP personally. “In alot of instances the Victoria JP;can’t travel up ~ plained Conley. oe z According to Ministry of: Attorney. . - General Peninsula la News Review. Sidney council change the zoning on the controversial Port Sidney properties on June 28, ~ Councillor Tony Whittall had asked that the question be tabled until more analy-. gis has been done on the feasibility of the pr ject, “think passing fourth reading isa little too early. | believe the Town has signif- ~feant long (erm investment, at this property, and I don't feel we have sufficient in- “formation to make a deci- sion now,” he said, He was disturbed bya letter from the developer, Jim Burton (Sidney Pier Holdings), that Town on the deal, ie 24 communities across the | lay . charges by phone and by fax. in those cases where it’s Wayne Conley of the Sid-. . here ‘and: that means » we. have to travel there,” gave — _ fourth reading to a bylaw to he interpreted as a plan to go into partnership with the His remarks sparked-a heated exchange around “the table: Coun, Peter Wain wright replied. that the. Town was not entering into - -apartnership with Burton, A new Justice of the Peace system to a Justice of the Peace. In communities’ where there are only four or five officers this makes a tremendous difference,” said Beresford. Although Conley agrees the centre will.mean faster, more efficient service, he admits that using the tele- phone to issue warrants may lack that personal touch. “There becomes a famil- iarity with the local JP,” said Conley: “So I guess there’s a disadvantage in the sense that we won't be dealing with anyone we know.” Even.so, Conley adds that since the announce- ment of the centre on June 12, local RCMP have used the service twice — and found it effective. “We would have loved to have had another local JP, but this is probably another _ way. of ‘streamlining. It would -be hard to argue against that,” said Conley. Sidney, Pender. Island, © and Ucluelet are among:12: of the 24:.communities us- ing the new service that do — ae “not currently have a Justice - of the Peace. See ~The other 12. communi-’ i“ ties - — which include Dun- ~ can, Port Hardy, and Castle-. “gar — ~ will use the Vancou- ver: centre after hours and - On: “weekends-when ‘their: own | court registries’ are. : closed. oS ‘Beresford edie that al though the creation of the centre may.» mean . some -monetary savings, the new centre it net a cost-cutting. Port Sidney zoning passes - ~~ Judy Reimche _ saying “the land is already leased to Sidney Pier Hold- ings.” He also pointed out that the project was the second. phase to the development. that is already at Port Sid- ney. “Phase one was. done » years ago, Previous coun- cils had already cut the deal,” he said. He also objected to re- inarks made by Whittall that the zoning bylaw could . he stalled.» “I don't want a part in selling zoning,” Wainwright said, It was pointed out that ‘selling zoning’ is ‘illegal. And he called fora point of order when Whittallre- sponded: “(The councillor] is taking that out of context, in his own wicked way." Coun, Jack Barker called” a halt, saying that council was discussing zoning, not “details of the agreement in negotiation, "The agreement is 0 8ep- arate issue; that's not final: ived,” he saidy'"The zoning says what the developer can: “— a life sized statue at Bevan Pier. Here, Jim Scott poses. with the. statue which was dedicated to Penin- _ ' ; BCs Children’s Hospital : . ‘sula fishermen _— - past, present, and future — as part. Ae we et ah _ of Sidney Days. Jim’s son, artist Nathan Scott, was | provided care for 894 it z (Cridrer’s Hosphal _ commissioned by the Sidney Business Association to | visits from Victoria? =o wyeuidetetathon com = sculpt the lone fisherman. Nathan says he used his fa- oat “nancial savings. This is dri- - leasing agreement) will ren- ‘der the project financially against the proposal from — the first, but did not oppose the: recommendation that June. 14 meeting, again | _PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW & © DIFFICULT TO GET THE GANG TO AGREE? = primo shrimp : primo polio imo capicollo the BDC GBixe hawaiian pepperoni classic primo vegetarian primo shrimp primo polio primo capicollo the BDC deluxe hawaiian pepperoni classic primo vegetarian primo polio 2 Mediums starting from... . #3 = 2353 Bevan Avenue, SIDNEY Hours: Sun.4pm - 11pm; Mon.= Thurs. 4pm = Midnight; fri. & Sat.4pm - lam LAUREL BAKER PHOTO Sidney-By-The-Sea now has its own resident fisherman Did you know, last year, There aren ’t any big fi- ven more from:a:need to: address police issues than‘ it-is from cost issues, ” he said. do, it doesn’ t say he can 20° ahead and do it,” Remarks allegedly made by the developer that the proposed change in plans (from entering into a land swap agreement with the developer to provide a parkade to continuing the infeasible were dismissed by Barker. “If there is a cost implica- tion [to Burton] he should have resolved that by now. I'm not in favor of a joint venture on that property, If he can't make it work, that's 4 too bad.” : The ‘motion. to: pass~ J fourth reading passed by jf the. majorily of council. ~ Coun. Ted Daly was absent from the meeting,’ Whittall, who had voted the bylaw go ahead at the | 2403 Beacon Ave 2 ‘ at at the Sidney. voted. against. the: -foning » change z so get ee ced oss BH al - «a sues sats naa noa het ies ii fected i add ie ean alieeniaaaneaninenl saree a Sgr