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Phil Jensen - Peninsula News Review An exasperated Deep Cove resident took North Saanich council to task at its Aug. 21 meeting. ~ After sitting through an hour-long presentation about sewage disposal alter- natives, Jim Allan reminded council the reason there are five new members this year js because previous council-" lors didn’t respond to com- . - munity needs. He in- structed: them to get: out’ their swords, cut through the chaff and get it done. His remarks were greeted with applause from mem- - bers of the public attending the meeting. : “sewage into Saanich Inlet, Satellite Channel and vari- ous freshwater. bodies. An-. ~ other alternative, the possi- the report as information to - peo consider - when. preparing © for a sewer referendum. - “ slated for next June in Deep. _ Cove and Pat Bay. ‘Other residents of North “ Saanich’ are anxious to’ see. the Deep Cove/Pat Bay “sewage decisions made as» .: ‘soon as possible. In. the - southeast. quadrant, 93 homes were excluded from - ~ the Oct. 1999 sewer refer- ,. -endum for their area. _ Mayor Linda Michaluk — Peninsula Ne News Review --Michele Haddon, clerk-ad- -ministrator Gary Nason. and Pam Alcorn of the Save Our Ferry committee met ister'in charge of BC Fer- ~yies, and BC Ferries presi- dent Bob Lingwood last Wednesday. | : McPhail and: Lingwood ‘sanecha Sept, will feature pare - bility of discharging sewage to the ground, ‘was also dis- 8 Gast Council received — plete. information. Accord- Ing: to” Michaluk, North -Saanich’s share of the Uni- ‘fied Sewage Treatment -. Plant: (USTP). capacity. was -” decided by a previous coun- -“cil: To determine needed ca- .- pacity, the gounel of the day: >. ~ municipal.” “referred. Central Saanich council-. ~ lors Diane Moen, Christo- pher. Graham, Allison» Habkirk, acting «Mayor. with Joy McPhail, the min- — gave the group, about an | hour to plead their case for . the continuation of. the has said decisions about Deep Cove and Pat Bay — need~to be made before council can deal with the ex- ‘cluded properties. Mean- while, the municipality has awarded contracts totalling $732,188 to bring the other 630 homes in the southeast quadrant on line. Municipal engineer Jack Parry confirmed the per- centage of flow allocated to North Saanich is sufficient to include the 93 homes. He said whether they are ever. included is a political deci- sion. During an interview with the Review, Parry said adding the excluded prop-- erties to the project at this time would increase the The detailed reper t pre: cost by about five per cent _ pared by Giles Environmen-: tal Engineering, discussed ~ - the options of discharging: “and that it would be more expensive to bring them on line after the work i is com- pleted. system problems. They used the same information =. to identify the properties to include in the sewer.refer-.~ endum for the southeast - quadrant. Brentwood/ Mill Bay ferry. “We were. happy to be able to meet face to face with the minister and to ask her to look at all the aspects of this, not just the financial .- bottom line,” said Moen. They. gave newspaper articles about the ferry fight and asked her for her support and commitment to set up a stakeholder advisory com: mittee to help look at the ferry's long-term viability, The. BC Ferries board is set to meet during the last weck of September to de- the Aes iQ) Some southeast auadiant 3 homeowners . believe. the -. original ‘decisions © about. ~ who to include in plans for. the sewer system were — ~ based on: ‘faulty. and incom- : - Ferries: Corp, 1112 cide the fate of the Brent." St, Victoria, B.C., VAG 4V2. “I think the fact that you have a process deemed at exhaustive, but now that there are others saying ‘what about me,’ I think it wasn'ta good process,” says Michaluk. “But that doesn’t mean I can turn it on its ear, when that was how the orig- inal plant capacity was de- termined. It's a. conun- drum.” She explained that after the final flow allocations were made, it appeared that North Saanich’s. allotment was bigger than needed for the identified problem ar-- eas. Consequently, council ... tried to sell part of their. . share to the other munici- palities. involved in. the Wednesday, August 30, 2000: - the time to be inclusive and - USTP.: Michaluk ‘said the: cost of the: plant is carried ing 1 ‘the time to develop cri sewering large: rural’ prop- = erties... ae “Another concern is ‘that : sewers will encourage de- teria. for allocatitig this. fini e@ “resource.” © : wee y Michaluk added that some ‘municipality. residents - are resisting the changesin .:. sewage treatment methods because of the expense’ of records of reported septic... -by all-property owners in... ~ the municipality and council “wanted to unload. unneeded a - Capacity to save Money. “At the: end of. the day: you’ "re dealing with taxpay- - -ers-and tax’ dollars,” -Michaluk. “You have to be - _ fair. That’s why.v were spend- said. - velopment and degrade the: rural. character of North Saanich. q | Feny supporters meet with McPhail wood/Mill Bay run, : “There is a huge upswell -in the community to make . sure it remains. We want to make sure the message to the community gets out ~ that it’s important to send McPhail letters to the board before the September meeting, let them know it’s important [to keep. the ferry],” said “Moen, 7” To send letters to B.C. Ferries about the Brent- wood/Mill Bay ferry, ad- _ dress. them. to Bob Ling: wood, President of B.C. Fort i aaa