Duane Hicks
Town council has put off proceeding with the proposed Erin Crescent subdivision.
Council narrowly voted down two version of a motion to tender for the project during its regular meeting last night.
The project may be revisited during the 2018 budget process.
After the meeting, Mayor Roy Avis told the Times he feels council made the right decision to “back off and take another look.”
As previously reported, the Erin Crescent subdivision would consist of 27 lots of varying sizes in the northeast part of town.
Also at last night’s meeting, council:
•received a presentation from Diana McGhee, partnership specialist with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, who explained her role and offered to share her tree expertise with the town in future;
•accepted an energy consumption report for 2016, which shows that “although not every facility is seeing a reduction in consumption every year, due primarily to changes in weather patterns from year to year and the above data not being normalized to heating degree days, the overall trend in normalized consumption is downward showing that our energy initiatives are working”;
•agreed to a recommendation of the Community Services executive committee to endorse a new policy for the Memorial Sports Centre regarding healthier beverage choices in vending machines, as proposed by the Northwestern Health Unit;
•agreed to enter into an agreement with Wasaw Enterprises for the purposes of providing canteen services in the Memorial Sports Centre from Sept. 1, 2017-June 30, 2018, with the option to renew for an additional two-year term (an authorizing bylaw will be prepared and brought forth at the next council meeting);
•approved a request from Sister Kennedy Centre to suspend calendar parking on the 400 and 500 blocks of Nelson Street for Oct. 6 (this is due to the seniors’ fair being held that day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.);
•agreed to complete the application process and prepare a bylaw for the deeming of properties at 740 Sixth St. W. and 730 Sixth St. W.;
•allowed a certified drilled well to be permitted at 1408 Eighth St. for development of a property owned by the Church of the Holy Spirit (if the town installs water service on Eighth Street prior to development, the property owner must abide by the Official Plan and connect to domestic water supply available from the town).
