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 Vol. 129 No. 37 Friday, November 18, 2011

www.minnedosatribune.com

90 cents + taxMinnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0

By AMANDA BOYD

Despite declining a conditional use application

or a non-arm dwelling in the R.M. o Saskatch-ewan a mere two months ago, during a public hear-ing in Rapid City on uesday, November 8th, Coun-

cil approved just such an application made by Mark Ford and Lisa Munro. Ford and Munro applied or

the conditional use order ater Ford’s ather, Rob-ert, was granted a subdivision on his land. As thisnew parcel o land is not large enough or the Ford/Munro home to be considered an accessory building

to the existing arming operation, a conditional useapplication had to be made or a non-arm dwellingin an agricultural zone.

In attendance to voice their opposition to grant-ing the conditional use application were Lynn Forbesand her ather David. Te Forbes’ application had

been denied by Council in September when they ap-plied or a conditional use order to construct a non-arm dwelling on 6.31 acres o land they own in the

R.M. During that public hearing, a petition was pre-sented to Council that had been signed by 59 rate-payers o the R.M. Te petition voiced opposition to

granting urther conditional use orders in the R.M.,stating, “I am concerned that approving such con-ditional use orders will set the stage or the removal

o agricultural operations rom existing agriculturalzones.”Several letters had also been submitted in op-

position to granting conditional use orders or non-arm dwellings. One such letter rom a ratepayerspecifcally stated, “We eel that the Planning District

and Municipal Council should be very careul in ap-proving such conditional use orders as it will surely set the stage in the uture or the removal o agricul-

tural operations rom existing agricultural zones. With the establishment o non-arm sites/dwellingsetc. we begin to create an urban rather than rural

community…”It was this petition and these letters o opposi-

tion that were the deciding actors in the decision todecline the Forbes’ application. Ms. Forbes present-ed this petition to Council during the Ford/Munrohearing, stating, “Council has set a new precedent

o not granting conditional use orders or non-armdwellings in an agricultural zone… I council is to be

  viewed as acting impartially and without avourit-

ism, this conditional use application or a non-armdwelling by Ford/Munro must be denied.”

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Photo by Amanda Boyd

Between a rock and a hard placeAppearance of 

bias in R.M. of 

Saskatchewan

By AMANDA BOYD

In preparation or the

installation o the Ro-

tary Club’s new electronicbillboard, Cardinal Signs

o Brandon began drillingat the site location on theeast side o Main Street

between the CP track andMain Street Bridge, Mon-day morning.

Tis project has beenongoing or some timeand has aced a number

o roadblocks along the way. Te original locationor the sign was hoped to

be at the corner o Main

Street and 2nd AvenueN.W. in ront o Minnedo-

sa Community Coner-ence Centre. Ater somediscussion, the location

o the ormer MCI sign onMain Street was chosen.Tis location, along the

banks o the Little Sas-katchewan River, broughtits own challenges.

T e dr i ll encounteredrocks about six eet down,and work had to be stopped

until someone could come

and help break-up therocks. Te hole should be

at least eight eet deep orthe sign to be stable. As o press time, work 

  was stalled but it washoped that drilling wouldcommence again later in

the week.  A concrete base will

be poured and in approxi-

mately 10 days the signshould be ready to go up.

T e electronic bill-

board measures 4’x10’

and will allow non-proftgroups to promote up-

coming events. Minnedo-sa’s Rec. Director will bein charge o inputting

and updating inormationon the sign and it is pre-dicted that several com-

munity events will take ad-  vantage and beneft romthe new sign.

Bob Manns of the Minnedosa Rotary Club (C) watches as workers from Cardinal Signs drill the hole for the service club’s new electronic billboard on Main Street.