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JULY 12, 2000

Peninsula News Review

-A public hearing advertised for
July 17: concerning the property to
the-south and west of the Trav-
elodge is being postponed until Sep-
tember.

“Council expects to. receive infor-

-. mation from the traffic consullant
~and the Ministry of Transportation
and Highways at the July 17 meet-
ing,” said Mayor Don Amos Thurs-

day. “That information -will then be -

Teferred to the next committee of

the whole: and-a date for.a ‘public
heari ing will be set: after that.

We need. to thoroughly discuss
the traffic: component of ihe Pies
- posal;” Amos said. ps

The development | had come to:the

committee: of the whole i in May an

cil gave the zoning bylaw (number.
Sag 1623) first and second reading. How-.
= ever,.after first reading, councilalso ©
referred the plans to the Ministry of -
Transportation and Highways and to —

~. its traffic study ¢ consultants for fur-

“other study.
“It [the publichearing] shoul not”
have been advertised. yet,” Amos:
said. “But-staff followed the usual
‘procedure that was put in place by
council; once the first. two readings
have been approved, most often the
plan goes to the public. This lime,
-council needed further information.”
If the plan: were to go to public
‘hearing on July 17;-and further in-
formation regarding the traf ficcom-.
ponent ‘came forward later, council
would have to rescind the process
and the developer would be. re-
quired to begin the process again,
with all costs attached. :
Council and the APC ‘still have
~ concerns about. traffic flow in and
out of the proposed development at
the corner of Beacon Avenue and
Highway 17. The land west of the
Chevron station is slated for a vari-

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Beth Boyd’s Grade 2 class from

Saanichton. elementary» school.

ended their school year by start:
ing a petition against the compost
operation that has been estab-
lished next to the Saanichton
Christmas’: Tree: > and
Farm. They hope their input could

help the ostriches.

The class visited the farm at the

~ end of June and found their senses.
assaulted by the smell carried over.

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from the nearby composting site.

“It was a very bad smell, The...
~ ostriches weren't doing what they

were supposed to be doing,” said
Colin Menzies, Grade 5 student,

Nicole Sheppard, 10, who lives
“neat the composting site and re-
cently moved from Newfoundland:

said, “It smells like fertilizer or
something, But it’s always smelly
around there. Nothing smelled so
bad in Newfoundland,” ©
Olivia Fleming, 8, who lives on

the farm.added, “When the trucks
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same up with the idea for the peti-

tion all on their own, following the.
field trip, There have been-odor:
and health safety concerns aired»
“Michael:

for several weeks.
antrieght, owner of the farm

where the compost is located, is
attempting to rectify the situation,

50 CENTS

Motorcyclist
dies in crash
A motorcycle accident on Sat-
urday, July 8 resulted in the death

~ofa Sidney man.
Noah Church, 22, was killed

~ when he lost control of the mo-
_torcycle he was. driving north-
bound on Highway 17: The bike

crashed over the highway divider

- and landed on Lochside Drive.

Church, the single occupant of

“the motorcycle, was dead when

Central Saanich police ar arrived on
the scene.
Speed and driver i inexperience .

- with the motorcycle appear to be

the main factors in the accident, -
according to police. Toxicology -

“The victim was traveling west-
bound on Benvenuto Drive west
~ of West Saanich Road when’she
was apparently adjusting her hel-.:
» met and lost control of the bike;
~ tumbling off. She is in intensive:
care at the Victoria General Hos: .
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