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Former City of Chilliwack director of development Grant Sanborn pleaded guilty to using a forged document.
Sanborn case still in limbo BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com Renee Woods is a nearby resident who spoke in opposition to the location for the health contact centre at Monday’s public hearing.
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Centre gets green light
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
200-signature petition doesn’t dissuade council
he debate at city hall on Monday over Chilliwack’s health contact centre—a one-stop shop of services and housing for homeless, mentally ill and addicted individuals—was primarily about the location. City council unanimously approved the rezoning of the Days Inn property on Young Road for the facility. Not one of the nearby residents and business owners who spoke
against the rezoning for the centre suggested such a facility wasn’t needed—they just didn’t like the location. Renee Woods is a mother who lives on Southlands and was involved with one of two petitions in opposition, which she said had approximately 200 signatures. “Downtown Chilliwack is going to look great but what about this area?” Woods asked council. Michael Duffus has three sons
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and also lives in the area. He told council that he was addicted to crystal meth as a teenager and got clean on his own. He also said that when he was on drugs he would have happily signed a “good neighbour” agreement, but it would have been meaningless. “I am in support of those that try to get help,” he said, but added. “In that location, it’s a terrible idea.” But those in opposition to the rezoning were in the minority.
Approximately 20 people came to speak in favour of the rezoning for the centre, more than half of whom were directly connected to the proponent Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) or represented organizations that pushed for the facility. One of the more compelling arguments in defence of just such a hub of services in one location See HEALTH CONTACT, Page 3
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ocal development consultant and former City of Chilliwack director of development Grant Sanborn’s sentencing for using a forged document was postponed again on Thursday so the judge can examine case law. Sanborn was scheduled to plead guilty to fraud and using a forged document, but the Crown agreed to a stay of proceedings on the fraud charge. That charge alleged that Sanborn defrauded clients out of $1,763 in consulting fees for an Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) home site severance application he did not send in. Sanborn pleaded guilty in court Thursday after Judge Roy Dickey read out the charge. Defence lawyer Alexander Willms said that during the time of the forged document incident, Sanborn was chair of the Cultus See SANBORN, Page 16
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