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Category: Letters To the Board
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Letter: Budget consideration – Environmental integrity
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council and the Cadboro Bay Residents Association: February 17, 2023 Dear Mayor and Council, I have been an engaged citizen since 2004, I have been elected to the CBRA twice over the years, and was instrumental in having Haro Woods rezoned to a P4 status. As some… Continue reading Letter: Budget consideration – Environmental integrity
Letter: Opinion
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to the Cadboro Bay Residents Association: December 21, 2022 The excerpts from the following article are quite indicative of the direction, we are headed. Twice recently, Cadboro Bay residents rejected attempts to get heavy densification into the bay through changing the Local Area Plans. Now Saanich is claiming that… Continue reading Letter: Opinion
Letter: Presentation August 22nd, 2022 LAP – Housing
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: August 22, 2022 Mayor, Council, Thank-you for this opportunity to address the agenda item on the Housing Option Initiative that was stimulated by our Mayor's Standing Committee on Housing Affordability for purpose-built development. I have to admit, when i was reviewing the Housing Strategy Task Force Report I was sickened. … Continue reading Letter: Presentation August 22nd, 2022 LAP – Housing
Letter: Upcoming Saanich Council Meeting
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: August 22, 2022 Dear Saanich Mayor and Council: In advance of tonight’s meeting regarding future development of Cadboro Bay and the village, I would like to add, along with many residents, that this is not the place for 3, 4, 5, or 6 story development. I… Continue reading Letter: Upcoming Saanich Council Meeting
Letter: Re: Cadboro Bay Local Area Plan – Saanich Council meeting August 22, 2022
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: Dear Mayor and Council, For the reasons contained in today’s report, I support refining the October, 2022 draft of the Cadboro Bay Local Area Plan rather than pursuing one of the new proposals. The Fall LAP draft still needs work. I hope that changes will be made… Continue reading Letter: Re: Cadboro Bay Local Area Plan – Saanich Council meeting August 22, 2022
Letter: Re: 22 August Saanich Council Meeting
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: Dear Saanich Council members, On this coming Monday evening, 22 August you will be considering what form of newLocal Area Plan, LAP, will be adopted for the Cadboro Bay area. All four proposals wish to address affordable housing, something to be encouraged. One way to accomplish this is the… Continue reading Letter: Re: 22 August Saanich Council Meeting
Letter: Cadboro Bay local area plan considerations and answers needed for plan forward
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: Dear Mayor and Council Members, I have lived in the Cadboro Bay area since 2011. I am looking out my window at one of the taller fir trees in the neighbourhood, between 100 and 120 feet tall. This is similar in height to the 2016 or so Uptown plans… Continue reading Letter: Cadboro Bay local area plan considerations and answers needed for plan forward
Letter: Proposed Local Area Plan revisions for Cadboro Bay
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: To Saanich Planning Department and city council members. I support adding more affordable rental housing in Cadboro bay. But as we learned at Saanich’s Zoom meeting last night, the cost of land here plus developer profit will lead mainly to luxury condos. Purpose-built rental here isn’t… Continue reading Letter: Proposed Local Area Plan revisions for Cadboro Bay
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Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident: Is anyone else under the impression that it is UVIC that is behind Saanich’s sudden rush for densification/development in Cadboro Bay? The agenda certainly doesn’t seem to be coming from the locals, who only last year approved an LAP that was low on densification. Why is that suddenly being ignored and… Continue reading Letter:
Letter: Revised Local Area Plan for Cadboro Bay
Letter submitted by Cadboro Bay Resident to Saanich Council: To Saanich Planning Department and city council members. I am a resident of Cadboro Bay who attended the Revised Cadboro Bay Local Plan update so called workshop at the Goward house on June 11, 2022. I was a disturbing experience, in how your department appeared to… Continue reading Letter: Revised Local Area Plan for Cadboro Bay