SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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S U M M E R L A N D,
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T H U R S D AY,
JUNE
26,
2014
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Sewer system extends by John Arendt
Construction completed
The Summerland Credit Union held a barbecue to celebrate the completion of an expansion project to its building.
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Cultural ties
Since 1996, Summerland and Toyokoro, Japan have participated in a Sister City agreement.
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Food Bank benefit concert
Music students held a recital to collect donations for the Summerland Food Bank.
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Special Olympians
Two athletes and one coach will be on Team B.C. 2014 in the Special Olympics in July.
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YOUR SMILE An adult is a person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
Soccer skills
John Arendt Summerland Review
Rupert Haverkamp works on his soccer techniques during a practice at the Dale Meadows Sports Complex on Saturday morning. Haverkamp is part of a team made up of seven- and eight-year-old players. Soccer players of all ages hold practices and games each weekend.
Summerland’s sewer system will expand to include 25 homes in the Juniper Street, Miltimore Avenue and Willow Avenue area. On Monday, municipal council voted to retain a consultant for the design, tendering and construction of the sewer extension. Of the 25 homeowners affected, 17, or 68 per cent, were in favour of the extension, four were opposed and four did not respond. The estimated costs of extending the service is $391,000. This works out to a cost of $1,786 a year for the next 20 years for each of the property owners. While some of the properties affected are within the Agricultural Land Reserve, Ian McIntosh, director of development services for the municipality, said the municipality does not need a decision from the land commission in order to extend the sewer service. Coun. Orv Robson said the sewer extension is a necessary service. “This is an investment for our community,” he said. “If they’re willing to pay, we should provide them with that service.” Mayor Janice Perrino said the request for the expansion came from the residents. “Many of the septic systems in that area are in very bad shape,” she said. The petition was then circulated to determine the level of support. Devon van der Meulen, manager of utilities for the municipality, said the expansion is needed as some of the septic tanks in the area have been failing. Municipal administrator Tom Day said he anticipates future requests to extend the sewer into other areas which are not serviced at present. In the past, residents in other non-sewered areas including Dunham Crescent and Hespeler Road had asked about extending the service. Perrino said those expansion requests were not feasible at the time. She said the community’s sewer system, which was built in the 1990s, is under-utilized at present and can accommodate additional connections.
Amendment process streamlined Timeline shorter for community plan and zoning amendments by John Arendt The process for amend-
ing the Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw will become quicker as a bylaw before council will remove one step in the process. Under the proposed bylaw, the first step of
having council approve the authorization to create the bylaw for the amendment will be eliminated. Instead, the bylaw required to amend the zoning and community plan for a property will
come to council directly. Ian McIntosh, director of development services for the municipality, said the extra step of authorizing the creation of the bylaw would add two weeks to the amendment
process. “The practice of asking council for authorization to create a bylaw is relatively unusual in municipal government,” he said in a report to council. See CHANGE Page 3