OAK BAYNEWS Oh heavens, Oh Hesjedal
The unexpected
West Shore’s Ryder Hesjedal wins Giro d’Italia, becoming Canada’s greatest cycling athlete. Sports, Page A21
You won’t hear a polka among the tunes at the B.C. Accordion Orchestra concert. Entertainment, Page A15
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Who has two thumbs and raised millions for charity? This guy. David Foster gives two thumbs up after announcing the community has raised more than $4.6 million at the David Foster Foundation 25th Anniversary Miracle Concert at the Save-OnFoods Memorial Centre on Saturday. See the story on Page A13. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Oak Bay Lodge details on display today Information stations to be set up at locations around Oak Bay Laura Lavin News staff
More public consultation regarding Baptist Housing Society’s plans to redevelop the Oak Bay Lodge into a 320-bed facility to house seniors with dementia will begin today (May 30).
Focus Consulting group has organized information stations on May 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oak Bay recreation centre and from 2 p.m.. to 5 p.m. in Estevan Village. The information stations will be set up on May 31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Monterey recreation centre – in the lobby in front of the library, and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the front lawn of municipal hall. Council is deciding whether to approve Baptist Housing Society’s application for height and parking variances in order to redevelop the 247-bed facility – the informa-
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tion boards will focus only on parking and height. Three community input events will follow on June 5 and 6 and 19 with the latter being a special council meeting for public input at 7 p.m. at the Monterey recreation centre. The June 5 event is a residents roundtable from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Windsor Pavilion. The June 6 event is a community association roundtable starting at 7 p.m. at the Monterey recreation centre. In addition to the community information sessions, Focus has set up a website
at focusprojects.ca/oak-bay which includes links to Baptist Housing, the District of Oak Bay and the Local Government Act. It also hosts downloadable material which includes a comparison between the existing lodge and the proposal, traffic assessment, parking, a shadow study, building height adjustments, footprint, viewscapes, Oak Bay’s Official Community Plan and the Oak Bay Lodge zoning. PLEASE SEE: Decision day set, Page A5
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