Creston Town Council has said no to a request from a Railway Boulevard resident to purchase a small piece of property known as a “Skating Park”.
“It is in the Official Community Plan to make it into a small rest area with a bench,” Mayor Ron Toyota said on Tuesday.
While the request expressed interest to purchase the lot “if we are able to build a ‘tiny house on it,’” Toyota said the property is too small to meet residential zoning requirements.
In other news from the regular May 2nd meeting:
• Council received a report from Crista Komar about the annual activities of the Creston Valley Early Years program. Council contributes $10,000 annually to support the umbrella organizations many activities and events, including a Baby Picnic, Winter Celebration, Magic School Bus and the Human Early Learning Project. Early Years also sponsors kids events for the Blossom Festival and Family Day.
• The use of Millennium Park’s north and south parking lots for an automotive swap meet and mini car show on Saturday, August 26 was approved.
• A $1,640 advertising package from the Creston Valley Thunder Cats was approved for payment.
• A request about the possibility of green burial plots will be addressed by the Select Cemetery Committee later this month, Toyota said.
“This is one of those issues that was put aside until the Official Community Plan was completed,” he added.
• A request for funds from the West Kootenay Brain Injury Association was not approved, and a letter suggesting future requests be made during the Community Initiative Program grants process.
• Council adopted the Tax Rates Bylaw for 2017.