The regular meeting of the Town Council of Carlyle was held on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Mayor Don Shirley called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
A bylaw to amend bylaw No. 2010-06the zoning bylaw of the town of Carlyle was read a second and third time, and the motion passed. Lots 17 and 18 on Railway Ave. East had been zoned commercial and are now zoned Residential, as multi-family dwellings are to be built. There was no opposition to the change in bylaw.
Chief Administrative Officer, Huguette Lutz, was declared as voting delegate to the SUMAssure Annual Meeting on Jan. 29, 2012. SUMAssure Insurance is in partnership with Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association to cover risk exposures for municipalities, including the Town of Carlyle.
The council has authorized the temporary closure of Main Street on Dec 2, for the purpose of the Dickens Festival Parade. Parking last year was a problematic due to the barricades not being set up early enough, as well as individuals opting to move and ignore the barricades in order to park. Signs will go up this year asking people to remove their vehicles by four.
Main Street Parking was discussed again this meeting, a draft a plan to see how it looks on paper will be drawn up, and the Council will then discuss whether or not the new design could work. The U-turn at the middle intersection by the Royal Bank and The Observer will no longer be an option, but the U-turn at the end of Main Street by Pharmasave may still be allowed. The council has been discussing the option of changing the Main Street parking from parking in the middle, to angle parking against the sidewalk curbs due to safety reasons. A parking system in which vehicles are parked to the sides instead of the middle would hopefully reduce the amount of pedestrians crossing the street when not at a crosswalk, especially with kids running onto the streets without checking for traffic. The majority of comments from the community on the change were in favour. The issue will go back to the public again.
Mayor Shirley is going to look at talking to the Saskatchewan Watershed pumping the town's waste back into the wells, specifically well No. 2. The process can't be done without making sure it won't affect the rest of the aquifer.
The next Town Council meeting is to be held Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Town Office.
