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Friday, April 27, 2012
Oak Bay Lodge town hall meeting set for mid-June Council agrees to new timeline for decision Vivian Moreau News staff
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Eye on the prize
Oak Bay residents with concerns about the Oak Bay Lodge redevelopment will have to wait until June 19 to voice their opinions. This week, Oak Bay council approved a new timeline for consultants on the Cadboro Bay Road project, pushing back meeting, report and decision dates. Consultant Felice Mazzoni, hired by the municipality and paid by developer Baptist Housing Society, presented the revised timeline that the municipality’s councillors and mayor requested last week. Mazzoni included time for a town hall meeting during which residents can speak up about the lodge. Council is deciding whether to approve Baptist Housing Society’s application for height and parking variances in order to redevelop the 247bed facility. The revised timeline went through even further adjustments at the meeting, with a public meeting being pushed back from June 15 to 19 and a drop dead decision date from June 22 to 27. Coun. Cairine Green expressed concern about the narrow dates. “Tight deadlines make people feel crunched,” she said. She also reiterated her inquiry about the potential for trial balloons at the lodge site to indicate proposed heights and Mazzoni said that could be accommodated.
Seven-year-olds Griffin Mawson, left, and Trevor Neil from the Allenby Park Greyhounds T-ball team, would rather play ball than sit through the opening ceremonies for little league baseball at Carnarvon Park on April 21.
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