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Parkland County is adamant the work has been done to ensure the Canadian Carmelite Charitable Society expansion is safe for Chickakoo Lake.
County director of planning and development Nancy Domijan returned to Parkland County Council on Tuesday with a detailed presentation on the controversial development.
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“A development permit was submitted in May 2018 and included replacing the church hall and meeting rooms, constructing a guest house building, removing all cabins and trailers, constructing a walkway connecting the church and guest house, underground parking, site work for grading, stormwater improvements and landscaping. The proposed new development would see the existing scattered development contained within the two buildings,” Domijan said.
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Residents in Parkland County are divided over upgrades to the Mt. Carmel Spirituality Centre.
A total of 33 residents signed up to give public input during Parkland County Council on April 6, in response to the recent concerns raised over the project currently underway at the Centre.
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The scale of the project in an environmentally sensitive area coupled with a recent water diversion application by the landowner has some residents concerned for neighbouring Chickakoo Lake.
“We have concerns regarding Parkland County’s development approval process, which came to our attention with the Carmelite expansion due to their recent application for water diversion. We have a letter from Mayor Rod Shaigec saying there was not adequate consideration given to the scale of the development. That is an understatement. It was a blatant lack
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