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September 8^th	Council mtg
	‘Taking care of business’

The dog on right ‘challenged me when I took picture – but it decided I was bigger than him

House ordered demolished

Building has not been ‘fixed’ so taken to the next step – owner has 60 days to appeal because council won’t meet again until Oct 14^th --- Have to go to UBCM and too busy to schedule another meeting

	While above dog’s owner breaking the bylaw – most the provisions in 2008 bylaw carry no monetary penalties – never completed after Doug Jay departure

	1601-’09 PR Blvd- consolidation
	Owner plans to consolidate trailer court and another property – plus city will sell additional land – see below

	Trailers look to be an anachronism
	Lots of unused property in area – for me the simple request became a chance to review OCP (Official Community Plan) and see how it is functioning

That I had to go to Google to find the scale I needed speaks to what I found lacking in the Cities presentation

In OCP the lots from Jamaica to Highway 16 (including PR Blvd) are in the Seal Cove section of report

OCP foresaw a housing development area

Again there was nothing in the Cities presentation – but these are the subdivisions planned (existing streets are colored white)

In image left (taken form OCP documents)—I have marked the approximate land the city plans to sell the proponent (dashed blue lines)

The question then becomes will the ‘consolidation’ have significant impact on these ‘future’ subdivisions – after all that is the purpose of ‘planning’

Main impact will be to ‘future’ streets (red arrows)

At image left the general areas to be sold by city are in blue line --- the red arrows point to (future) streets that will either be eliminated or impacted

The arrow on left looks insignificant if lost

The top arrow (street) should be intact – the main question being how development would impact on future housing development

There will be a public hearing in October to discuss the matter

Green spaces?

In paperwork there is some mention of consolidation’s impact upon green spaces – but looks like intended green spaces (figure left) are the left intact (at least on version of OCP I used) – green spaces look to be some steep land in area (image right—10-20% slope)

Sept 8^th Council mtg Part one
Liquid Waste Management Plan presentation

Ashley Garon Wilf

Part 2 – Demolition order and PR Blvd property consolidation

Part 3—Bus Fare increase voted down; skyrocketing energy costs

Created by LG on 14/9/2008

Last updated on Sunday, September 14, 2008