Community Bulletin Board
July 20, 2010
Building Canada Fund Review Information
The Building Canada Fund grant was approved for paving of 7 blocks, these being: all of N Front St. (4 blocks), Brunswick St between Press St and N Front (1 block), Manitoba St between N Front and Qu’Appelle St (2 blocks) and some water & sewer replacement based on a project budget of approximately $1.7 million. The federal/provincial grant is for 2/3 of the project and the village will have to fund the remaining 1/3. The completion deadline for this project is March 31, 2012.
Since the last public meeting in November, 2009 concerning infrastructure and paving, Council has reviewed the following information:
- concerns about street, water & sewer infrastructure and drainage that ratepayers expressed at the public meeting and on the survey forms.
- the assessments done last year of the condition of the 50 year old water lines.
- the original project plan and budget.
We’re still waiting for the report from the project engineer on the sewer line assessment.
Subsequent to the above review, Council requested the project engineers present a revised plan and cost estimate for replacing water & sewer infrastructure with a remaining life of less than 15 years combined with a drainage plan and paving to be presented at the June 9th Council meeting. The presentation has been delayed due to a conflict with the engineer’s schedule.
Once the information has been received and considered, a revised long term infrastructure replacement, drainage and paving plan will be presented to the ratepayers at a public meeting.
Council’s goal is to have a plan that addresses infrastructure and drainage problems into the future and is fair to ratepayers financially. Council strongly encourages all ratepayers to attend the public meeting.
Summer Play Patrol Program
The Pense Rec Board is pleased to be offering the Summer Play Patrol program again this year. This program is a great summer activity for children ages 5-12. It will be lead by two trained youth from the community and focuses on being active. The program will be divided into morning and afternoon classes. The morning program will be for 5 – 8 year olds and will run from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. The afternoon program will be for 9 – 12 years olds and will run from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Play patrol will begin July 12th. Play patrol will run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. No classes on August 2, but will be on August 3rd due to holiday. Program fee is $10.00 for 1 child and $20.00 for family or a drop in fee of $ 2.00. For more information Call Becky @ 345-2255.
There is a community bulletin board in the Village building, in the hallway between the Village office and the Post office.
Top 10 reasons to live in Pense:
10. There are lots of evening babysitters as just about every kid over 12 has passed the course.
9. You can walk to the bar….and crawl home from the bar
8. As long as you invite all your closest neighbours to your Saturday night backyard bonfire, nobody complains about the noise.
7. You dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway
6. High-speed internet is finally here
5. It only takes 15 minutes to drive to Regina or Moose Jaw
4. You can pay your home off in your lifetime
3. You can see the stars. All the stars. Even the little ones.
2. People are important. All the people. Even the little ones.
And the No.1 REASON for living in Pense:
One word: NEIGHBOURS
