Wolfville Town Council Notes

BY WENDY ELLIOTT

welliott@kentvilleadvertiser.ca

NovaNewsNow.com

Subdivision approval appealed

The controversial Maple Ave. subdivision approved in February by the town of Wolfville has been appealed to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.

The subdivision for the top of Maple Ave. was approved in a 4-3 decision. Omaray Developments want to develop the 13-acre residential property, but resident Lutz Becker has appealed.

Wolfville CAO Roy Brideau said last week he anticipates a pre-hearing sometime this month.

Council debated the project over several hours due to existing flooding problems on the street.

Initial plans for the development included 15 single-family lots, nine R1A and nine R1A semi-detached units.

Another Omaray subdivision that would extend Hillcrest Ave. is on hold pending an agreement with the adjacent Viking Ventures. That project involves approximately 23 single-family lots.

Budget meetings

The Wolfville budget for 2009 will likely not be firmed up until June, according to CAO Roy Brideau.

There is a budget meeting April 13 for council members followed by a fiscal sustainability meeting April 27. “It’s a tremendous amount of work and part of that is educating three new councilors,” Brideau said last week. “What you see are competing values and there’s only so much money.”

The last budget year ended March 31. In the final analysis the new budget will be going to a public process, although all of the sessions are open to the public.