The Town of The Pas held a regular council meeting and a public hearing on a variation last Monday. The public hearing was on an application for a variation for the Manitoba Metis Federation’s (MMF) new daycare build, to accommodate a bus garage.
“Council is supporting the variation in the Public Hearing with the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF),” said Town of The Pas Mayor Andre Murphy. “The variation is to change the maximum height. In our current zoning there’s a maximum height of 12 feet for buildings in the community. The variation is asking to move that to 19 feet to accommodate a smaller bus garage for the daycare. That’s the only variation they’ve asked for. It’s a minor variation and we still expect that they will ensure the building will be suited and compliment the neighborhood.”
The BIizzard hockey team has been in the works with the Town of The Pas on a three-year agreement and to host the team at the Roy H. Johnson Arena.
“The agreement is a three year one and from our understanding the Blizzard and Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) have ended their agreement,” said Murphy. “We were asked if we would be interested in hosting the team at the Roy H. Johnson Arena. We’ve had discussions over the last month to see if this would make sense and how it would impact the community. I believe the council and our administration have come up with a good license agreement to ensure that the Blizzard is staying in the community.