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PARKSVILLE DEVELOPMENT
Good idea or a waste?
Councillor wants to make early looks at big projects mandatory AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
Parksville will look at requiring developers to present “major land use projects” to council prior to the start of the statutory process. Coun. Sue Powell brought a motion asking for a staff report on requiring the presentations, which are currently optional. While developers can, and sometime do, present their ideas to council early in the process, Powell would like to make the presentations mandatory, giving them a chance to explain the proposal and be available to answer questions. “I think this is very unnecessary,” said coun. Al Greir who called it “inappropriate and a waste of time. Some of the developers do come and it seems too premature, we have about 16 steps before it’s approved and when they come they don’t have a full picture of the situation themselves.” He said developers are often just working the idea out themselves in those early stages and gave the example of the Beach Club which he said didn’t end up being what people heard proposed in the early stages. “I can see us spending a lot of time asking developers questions they might not have answers to.” Powell defended the idea as “a way to have the discussion, I think it would serve the citizens more appropriately, and it might be a way to head off problems in the future.” She said the early presentations used to be more common and the proposals now come through staff and there isn’t the same amount of information early in the process. “I fully support this particular recommendation,” mayor Chris Burger jumped in. See WON’T MAKE, page A6
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PULL HARD!: One of the more popular events at Beach Day on Sunday in Qualicum Beach was the tug of war, which saw both children and adults swarm to aid of their choice in repeated tests of strength. See Page A5 for more from Beach Day, and check out our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PQBNews) for dozens of photos. SATURDAY ON ALBERNI HIGHWAY
80-year-old cyclist killed in crash An elderly cyclist was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Alberni Highway on Saturday. Oceanside RCMP reported the 80-year-old Qualicum Beach resident was riding along Highway 4 at Howard Road when the accident occurred just before 10 a.m. Police say a preliminary investi-
gation determined the vehicle was heading westbound on Alberni Highway when it collided with the cyclist, who was making a left turn from Alberni Highway onto Howard Road. The cyclist was transported by helicopter to Victoria General Hospital but was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the vehicle did not
sustain injuries but the passenger did sustain non-life threatening injuries and was transported by British Columbia Ambulance Service to Nanaimo General Hospital. The investigation is ongoing and has been taken over by Central Island Traffic Services. — NEWS Staff
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