Kenneth Brown
of The Clarion

The town’s elected officials have given their consent to proceed with a project to add new outdoor lighting to an alley that runs alongside Kinsmen Park.

Lights will be added to three power poles in the alley between Fourth and Fifth Streets West.

The alley runs alongside the park, and the idea to install lighting at the park was brought forward in the interest of safety.

The park lighting was first discussed at a council meeting on Feb. 12 and council members were in favour of the project, but they wanted to consult with residents whose back yards run along the alley. There are five residential properties along the alley.

Council directed the administration to write a letter to the affected property owners and to make an effort to speak with the residents in person. The results of the consultation were presented to council members ahead of their meeting on Monday night.

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Mayor Rod Perkins said he believes all council members had an opportunity to see the results of the consultation. He said town officials managed to talk with two of the property owners in person and the other property owners were given an opportunity to present their concerns to the town.

“Everything is a go on that (project),” the mayor said, recognizing that he believes the town has done its part to reach out to the affected property owners and the street lights could now be installed because there were no concerns.

The project will include the addition of three LED street lights along the three poles in the alley, and the lights will operate from dusk to dawn similar to other street lights. Three groups including the Town of Kindersley, Friends of Kinsmen Park (FOKP) and Kindersley RCMP support the project.

There was a discussion about the location of the power poles. Councillor Elyse Moss said the decision to use the existing poles was made in the interest of saving money. It would have cost more to locate lines and to install brand new poles.

Moss told council SaskPower supported the idea to use the existing poles, and the corporation would work to install the lights. Perkins said he believes council is in agreement and he directed the administration give the word to get started.

Proposed subdivision approval

Council members have discussed a subdivision of land in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley, and they’ve indicated that they have no concerns with the proposed subdivision.

The land to be subdivided is located just east of Kindersley to the south of Highway 7. The community planning branch of the ministry of government relations has asked for the town to provide comments or concerns with respect to the subdivision.

Ministry officials, as part of their review, need to know if the proposed subdivision has an impact on the town’s future growth plans. The request was first before council on Jan. 29, and council members passed a resolution in support of the subdivision at Monday’s meeting.

Councillor Elyse Moss said the town is required to provide comments about any subdivision of land within a certain proximity of the town’s municipal boundaries. She added that council supports the subdivision in principle even though the town is not an approving authority due to the land being in the RM of Kindersley.

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