Under unfinished business at Tuesday’s council meeting (Feb. 20), Coun. Steve Peters sought information about the fence being erected on CN property at the end of Station Street.
“I’d like to hear from staff as to what the status is, why is this fence being constructed, and who is going to maintain this fence.
“Some people, as recently as this weekend, were threatened with fines from CN for walking on the property. They were able to talk their way out of that.
“Can someone tell us what is up with this fence? What is up with our discussion with CN? Because I am concerned about the permanency of this fence.
The latter question is in reference to CN planning to sell a parcel of land at the end of Station Street.
Lou Pompilii, the city’s director of planning and building advised, “We have been made aware of the fence being built and we’ve been monitoring it and trying to get the same answers.
“We’ve engaged with a lawyer . . . and I believe on March 4, we will be presenting some of those findings to council.”
To which Mayor Preston responded, “It’s not like they (CN) ask for permission all the time. You can understand our trepidation about a fence going up when we weren’t told it was going up.”
“If corrective actions need to be taken,” added Pompilii, “we will take them, swiftly.”
