Council Condensed

Pinewood Park Drive businesses may get sanitary sewers installed on the street within the next five years.

City council’s Engineering and Works Committee voted Monday night to consider gross funding for the sewers in the estimated amount of $3.6 million when the next five-year capital budget forecast review is undertaken.

The sewer project will only be considered, though, if Pinewood Park Drive business owners agree to share half the cost of the work.

As well the committee wants to investigate whether federal and provincial infrastructure
money would be available to help out.
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The Community Services Committee has approved rezoning a piece of property on Janey Street from open space to residential designation.

This was done despite objections from residents living next door to the piece of land, who say the rezoning could affect their own property values if a developer were to buy the lot from the city and build a house on it.
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City council will forward the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority $112,000 to cover the operating shortfall for Jack Pine Hill for the 2003-2004 ski season.

The money is part of a $150,000 loan guarantee agreement the previous city council signed with the authority.

Council will also forward the balance of the $150,000, $38,000, to the authority to cover the cost of preparing ski hill operations for the coming season.

The authority was also given permission by council to sell 14 properties it owns around North Bay to help reduce its debt.
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Final council approval has been given for Phase 1, Stage 2 of the Laurentian Heights subdivision.

The approval paves the way for the development of 29 lots along Lakeview Drive and Mapleview Place.
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Council will be looking for six people to become part of a Heritage Festival SWOT team charged with providing guidance on the direction of the festival’s future and programming; direction on what contributed to this year’s problems; balance input on what is needed to satisfy and/or attract local, area and out of town attendees; and provide any other insights or opinions on the festival deemed relevant.

The SWOT team comes out of a motion made Monday night by Coun. Mike Anthony, who also authored a second motion seeking more information on red-light cameras.
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City council will put the Otter Lake property up for sale.
The 500-acre property, which includes a lake, has been declared surplus. Council will spend $20,000 to market the land both nationally and internationally.
Council has also approved the sale of surplus property at Fraser and Chippewa to the North Bay and District Association for Community Living for $35,000.