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The restaurant drive-through made it even more convenient to order fast food. Now Flin Flon City Councillor Dave Kennedy has an idea to use this time-saving concept for the postal service. At Tuesday's council meeting, Councillor Kennedy suggested Flin Flon should have a drive-through mail drop-off service, which he said would involve placing mail boxes on the driver's side of the road. The service has been used in Saskatoon, among other communities. "I don't know whether that's something the Post Office would logically look into or us, but maybe we'll have to pass that on to them," he said. See 'Rezoning' P.# Con't from P.# "Canada Post is upgrading their image. Now they sell T-shirts and greeting cards, perhaps a little focus on the mail service is in order, too," added the councillor lightheartedly, drawing a few chuckles from around the table. Councillor Kennedy shared his idea after Councillor Nazir Ahmad spoke of concerns he has about motorists parking at the bus stop in front of the Post Office while they walk in to pick up their mail. Councillor Ahmad said he has seen vehicles parked at the bus stop when the bus pulls in, forcing the large vehicle to double park in order to load and unload passengers, "which creates a very unsafe situation." "This happens quite often," he said. Mayor Dennis Ballard said he has seen the same situation. "As a matter of fact, I ran into (this) incident the other day over a gentleman who got a ticket and wasn't happy about that," he said. Councillor Ahmad asked the public to please avoid parking at the bus stop no matter how short of time they plan to be in the Post Office. In another matter, council learned that a group of Hill Street area residents have sent a formal objection to the province regarding the rezoning of the former Northminster Memorial United Church to accommodate apartment dwellings. The province's Municipal Board will hear the objection and make a recommendation on the rezoning to Manitoba Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Maryann Mihychuk. If Minister Mihychuk supports the rezoning, the issue would come back to council, which would vote on a third and final reading of a motion to permit the rezoning. Their approval would give the project the green light. Local developer Scott Bryson would like to turn the old church into an apartment complex and is looking at wheelchair-accessible dwellings, as he believes there is a shortage of this type of housing. A group of neighbourhood residents attended the previous council meeting to speak out against the project, saying it would create parking problems, more noise and garbage, and would force any children living in the building to play on the street because they would not have a yard. Council has already passed first and second readings of the rezoning motion. Also, with the weather warming up, Councillor Dave Law encouraged people planning construction projects on their property, such as garages, to stop by City Hall first. He said staff have developed pamphlets on the requirements for such projects. "It would be well worth your time to come in, just pick something up and look through it, and you'll find out pretty quickly if there's going to be some issues regarding what your plans are," said Councillor Law. As well, council reviewed an invitation to the United Steelworkers of America's annual Day of Mourning ceremony next week. The invitation was referred to the Committee of the Whole for discussion.
