Mixed-use proposal approved on St. Mary’s Road

St. Vital

Sage Creek

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The Riel community committee met on Oct. 23.

A public hearing was held for a rezoning and variance application at 633 St. Mary’s Rd. The proponent requested a change from residential, low density to residential mixed-use on the property. The owners plan to build a three-storey building, with commercial at street level and six residential units above. The variances would reduce sideyards. No variances for height or parking were requested.

The public service was in support of the proposal. Nobody was registered in opposition, though one neighbour requested information regarding a fire barrier around the garbage enclosure and fencing along the access doors to the apartment. The committee approved the applications.

“It’s a reasonable-size development on a city corridor,” Coun. Brian Mayes (St. Vital) said in support, though he questioned why such a development was OK in St. Vital, but a smaller proposed development on Grosvenor Avenue was not supported. “This is the kind of thing we should be encouraging at corner lots.”

During the regular meeting, Bryan Ward, vice-president of Qualico Communities, spoke in support of two applications for non-conforming approach applications for properties within Sage Creek. City planners supported the application for 20 Broda Dr., 37 Duskywing Rd., 27 Chickadee Ln., 28 Yolande St., and 12 and 16 Porcupine Cres., but not the application for 204, 208, 212, 216, 220, 224, 228, 232, 236, 240, and 244 Cinnamon Teal Way.

A motion to change the name of Grandin Street to Taapweewin Way was approved, with an expected cost of $105,849.82, subject to budget approval. Council had previously endorsed the change.

The committee approved waving the criteria for $16,000 in land dedication reserve funds for improvements of medians in St. Norbert along Highway 75. The committee also recommended that $12,000 in land dedication reserve funding ($8,000 from St. Vital ward and $4,000 from St. Norbert-Seine River) be granted to Dakota Collegiate for its Hall of Fame wall, despite the project not fitting city criteria.

Additionally, a $400 per capita grant was approved to help establish the Pembina Trails Collegiate Reach for the Top team.