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Santa Fe Southwestern Grill is one step closer to creating an outdoor patio at its 168 Raglan St. location in Renfrew. The expansion will mean two parking spots in front of the restaurant will be lost to make room for a walkway and railing that will move pedestrian traffic around the patio. Tuesday night (April 14) council passed a bylaw establishing an encroachment agreement with owner Tom Pappin to accommodate the patio and boardwalk at the four-year-old restaurant. Adding a patio means Santa Fe will be able to accommodate 18 more guests. The proposed patio is 24 feet wide with a depth of 12 feet running along the front of the restaurant.
“The extension of the patio would use the entire depth of the sidewalk and consequently, the owner is seeking to construct a walkway, level with the sidewalk, within the two onstreet parking spaces in front of the building,” explained town planner Ivan Burton. opposed
Coun. Kate Windle was the only member to vote against the bylaw, citing concerns about losing two of the already limited downtown parking spaces. “The worst thing we can do is reduce our parking by one, two or any number of parking spots,” said Windle, who added that on a recent Friday, she drove around for 20-30 minutes at noon, unable to find parking. See LOST, page 2
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Local schools have fared well in the ranks of the Fraser Institute’s annual report on Ontario secondary schools. St. Joseph’s Catholic School is seventh on the list of 749 schools. Renfrew Col-
legiate Institute is ranked 306th. St. Joe’s earns an overall rating of 9.1 of 10 possible points while RCI sits at 6.6. April 19, the Fraser Institute published its annual ranking of Ontario secondary schools. The Report Card on Ontario’s Secondary Schools
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