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Town reviews policy after work on sea wall stopped Sidney turns to its lawyers to confirm they followed policy Steven Heywood News staff
Work on a new sea wall near the shores of Roberts Bay in Sidney has been ordered to stop by the municipality until its approval process can be reviewed by the town’s legal team. Biologist Kerry Finley, who lives on the shores of the bay and across from the property where the sea wall is under construction, is concerned the wall encroaches upon the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary. He has, over the weekend, asked the Town of Sidney to put a stop work order on the site until “Sea walls are the wall’s location can be known to cause serious verified and the town’s own approvals process can be erosion issues. I feel it scrutinized. Finley says he thinks the town did not folwill contribute to the low its own rules in this case, ongoing destabilization and that could cause damage to the habitat in Roberts of the area and its Bay. habitat.” “The town clearly violated its own policies and proce– Kerry Finley dures,” Finley said. Randy Humble, the town’s chief administrative officer, says the municipality has asked for the work to stop while they investigate what happened, but he said they followed their policy in this case. “It is under review,” Humble told the News Review Monday afternoon. “Our legal team is looking at it, to confirm that the town took the right steps.” Humble said the town’s policy on sea wall construction calls for the use of rip rap — or large boulders — in most cases. PleaSe See: Concerns forwarded, page 2
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Adam Egan, assest technician for the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, explains how the ocean-based geothermal heat pump system works to control the temperature in the operations centre on Harbour Road in Sidney. Turn to page 3 for the story.
North Saanich responds to criticism Statement made in the wake of developer delays and frustration Steven Heywood News staff
Municipal staff in the District of North Saanich have the full confidence of their political masters but the mayor would not say if council investigated any claims against staff in an in-camera discussion of recent accusations against the District. Council issued a statement last
week, iterating their support of their staff in the wake of criticism levelled by a proponent of a residential development project currently working its way through the District’s approval process. Mayor Alice Finall told the News Review council confirmed in an open meeting their full confidence in staff and their work — and that comments made by Kyle Shick were unfounded,
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inappropriate and incorrect. Shick, an architect with Finlayson Bonet Architecture, levelled charges of obstruction, interference, intimidation and collusion against staff and certain council members in relation to what he feels are delays in approving 54 condominium units on McDonald Park Road. PleaSe See: Developers have, page 4
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