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for a group -home ‘receive
‘majority support for the

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And, the:District will not
remove the.tree. because it is
believed-to be a very ancient
and possibly, a very rare
tree.

The-matter first came up
in mid-November when Fred
Lake complained - to
Alderman Mike Lakes (no
relation) that this large pine
tree on his boulevard was
shedding an abundance of
needles and that he had

‘ swept them to the strect but
the street cleaner had: by-
passed them. This, said Fred
Lake, was chronic irritant to
himself and his neighbours.

He wanted to know if the
District would remove the

remain, to at least remove
the needles,

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home from residents in the .
“area.

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for neighbourhood approval.

However Morris explained

this, would ‘limit’ the group -
‘honies: that were approved in.

Gity: to those that come
Community Care
Facilities Licensing Act.

. “Exluded would: ‘be homes
that come: under. any other

..acts, Something that the first

Proposed amendment would

alternative y
eliminated the. requirement —

Alderman Gary Payne
suggested that staff look at
the amendments and see if it
would be possible to con-
struct an amendment that

_@liminate the necessity for

Municipal Engineer John
Bremner reported to
Municipal Manager Doug
Welsh in early December
that there was, indeed,

very large western white
pine” located just inside the

+ ~~ ~fight-of-way..in-front.of Mr.

Lakes property, but, he said,
the accumulation of debris
“is far greater than could be

handled by a sweeper”.
He also noted that jt is an
offense under the Stre@ and

Traffic By-law for a person
to allow or permit sub-
stances to be deposited or to
accumulate on a street from
any such property.

In letters between
Bremner to Welsh it was
discovered that Dirk
Oostindie, of the District's
parks department, had
inspected the tree and said
that it is a relatively rare tree
in this area of the country
and may, in fact, be the only
specimen of its kind 4 in the

healthy, and shouid not be
removed.

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amendment to” require a
majority of neighbours. of
any proposed group home to
approve of the home was a
good idea.

The matter of amending “
( oup home bylaw
came before council again’
this week because a sub-

public hearing on the subject
in December meant the
original amending bylaw had
to be abandoned.

In District council
Monday Lakes suggested
that if the municipality keeps —
the tree it should remove the :
neédies. Aldermen Jim Ball.
and Ernie Crist agreed. But

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Alderman Peter Powell:
doubted that there actually
was a species known as
‘Western White Pine’ but
suggested that it might be a.
species called ‘Idaho White—
Pine’. He felt that the
District should keep the tree
and that “the property owner
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disagreed and the motion
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