ECA Review 2023-01-05
ECA Review 2023-01-05
ECA Review 2023-01-05
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<strong>ECA</strong> REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB January 5'23 5<br />
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• TheOnion.com,<br />
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for life by FIFA.”<br />
• Tweeted by<br />
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of the Vegas<br />
Golden Knights:<br />
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Rank to Arizona<br />
Coyotes’ Clayton<br />
Keller on his way<br />
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• Al Michaels on<br />
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Football, about<br />
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White seeing a<br />
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STETTLER TOWN COUNCIL<br />
Waiting on “free<br />
park’s” final approval<br />
The Town of Stettler council moved along an application to rezone property which the applicant<br />
intends to donate to the municipality to be used as a park (in blue). <strong>ECA</strong> <strong>Review</strong>/Submitted<br />
Stu Salkeld<br />
Local Journalism Initiative reporter<br />
<strong>ECA</strong> <strong>Review</strong><br />
Stettler town council will not give<br />
final approval to an applicant’s desire<br />
to give free land to the municipality in<br />
return for ensuring it’s used for a<br />
public park. The decision was made by<br />
town council at the Dec. 20 regular<br />
meeting of council following a public<br />
hearing.<br />
Director of Planning and<br />
Development Leann Graham presented<br />
council with an application for<br />
rezoning from industrial to public use<br />
from applicant Ardyn Kay regarding a<br />
parcel of property described in the<br />
agenda document as the west part of<br />
4408 47th Ave.<br />
“The applicant is proposing to<br />
rezone the above-mentioned parcel<br />
from industrial to public use,” stated<br />
Graham in the agenda memo.<br />
“The applicant has requested the<br />
rezoning to aid in the sale of the 5.37<br />
acre parcel. The purchaser has been<br />
the initiator of the sale and intends to<br />
donate this parcel of land to the Town<br />
of Stettler for public use.” Graham<br />
noted the application to rezone already<br />
passed first reading and was publicly<br />
advertised, and councillors held a<br />
public hearing earlier during the current<br />
council meeting.<br />
Public hearing<br />
The public hearing was called to<br />
order by Mayor Sean Nolls with town<br />
staff describing the proposal. Town<br />
staff noted no written submissions had<br />
been received either for or against the<br />
application.<br />
When Nolls asked if anyone present<br />
wished to speak in favour or against<br />
the application, Stettler resident Sally<br />
Hurley asked to speak. She stated she<br />
was not necessarily opposed to the<br />
application but wanted to know what<br />
the purpose of the rezoning was.<br />
Assistant Chief Administrative<br />
Officer (CAO) Steven Gerlitz stated the<br />
town was approached by the applicant<br />
in question who wishes to purchase<br />
said property and then donate it to the<br />
Town of Stettler with the intention that<br />
the town uses it as a park.<br />
Hurley asked why the park couldn’t<br />
be located at a better place to which<br />
Gerlitz answered that this was the only<br />
piece of property the applicant identified.<br />
Gerlitz added that the intention is<br />
for the lot to become public property<br />
and also that the town will maintain<br />
the property.<br />
Hurley asked about the effect of the<br />
park on roads, and asked what would<br />
happen if an industrial development<br />
goes in there.<br />
Town CAO Greg Switenky<br />
responded he had no idea what might<br />
go in there in the future and also noted<br />
the applicant has a link to that side of<br />
the property. Graham added that<br />
having the green space there is a good<br />
buffer between the industrial lots and<br />
the rest of town.<br />
Hurley stated she was not in favour<br />
of the spot in question and would<br />
prefer a different spot for the park; she<br />
also suggested town staff discuss this<br />
with the applicant.<br />
Switenky responded the applicant<br />
wishes to use this specific parcel and<br />
he wasn’t sure if another parcel mentioned<br />
by Hurley was for sale.<br />
Coun. Gord Lawlor noted he’d had<br />
one question from the public about this<br />
application and when he described it<br />
the residents had no problem with it.<br />
Switenky stated the application is<br />
somewhat unusual as you don’t often<br />
see people donating land to the town.<br />
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reading but wait on third and final<br />
reading of the<br />
rezoning bylaw.<br />
“Administration<br />
respectfully recommends<br />
that<br />
council not proceed<br />
to third and<br />
final reading of<br />
the land use<br />
bylaw amendment<br />
Bylaw<br />
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time the subdivision<br />
is registered<br />
and the purchaser<br />
has entered into<br />
an agreement<br />
with the Town of<br />
Stettler,” stated<br />
Graham in her<br />
memo.<br />
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