OK, if you want to post your thoughts on last night’s public meeting on the Heritage District Plan amendments to allow the Admiral project to go ahead, do so here. I’ll be posting in this spot on and off today, as the mood strikes…
Certainly after last night’s meeting, there was some huffing and puffing of our elected officials; it seems they took several comments to heart… well, only one comment, when Lee Bertouche made the statement that council appeared to be in someone’s “hip pocket.” Perhaps not the smartest statement you could make, especially when the anti-six-floor folks trying to present a united and cogent front, and certainly not one that addressed the matter at hand.
Of course, her’s was not the only statement that made me sit up and scratch my head. Anne Snowdon pointing to Borg Madsen’s model of town hall and asking whether, in 100 years, he’d want to do something similar with Admiral Collingwood made me kind of laugh. Borg’s 91 right now… making him 191 in 100 years. Kinda difficult to craft something at that age unless we put him in a cyrogenic chamber…
Also, Councillor Ian Chadwick’s claim that the 2,500-name petition presented at the last council supported six stories also had me searching through the Interwebs… and, uh, no, the petition did not support six stories – it just supported that development move forward.
Councillor Sandy Cunningham’s claim that he has never accepted a dime from anyone is absolutely true. I offered him a dime after last night’s meeting, and he wouldn’t take it…
By the way, for those who could stick it out, there was some discussion about the public art policy; it’s being suggested the fire hall proposed for Heritage Park become a ‘canvas’ for a public art pilot project. My suggestion: a shirtless firefighter clutching a hose, a comely maiden at his feet, standing amongst the burning wreckage of a building. I’m pretty sure there’s an airbrushed 1975 Dodge van out there for inspiration. And Sandy can stand in as the model of the firefighter…
