Camosun Community Association

June 8, 2023 board minutes

Posted on September 18, 2023 by ccacomm

The minutes of the June 8, 2023 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here.

Posted in CCA Meetings and Minutes, Development, District, Shelbourne Valley | Tagged bowker creek initiative, housing, Overall Community Plan, Saanich Active Transportation Plan | Comments Off

Emergency Preparedness Workshops, fall 2023

Posted on August 30, 2023 by ccacomm

The Saanich Emergency Program will again be hosting a variety of free presentations this fall. Presentations include Preparedness 100: Emergency Preparedness Speaker Series, Preparedness 101: Emergency Preparedness Begins with You and Volunteer Information Sessions.

Presentations and dates plus additional information can be found here on the Saanich website.

We encourage you to register for and attend these informative and educational free presentations.

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Bowker Creek Biodiversity Day: August 12th, 1-4 pm

Posted on July 23, 2023 by ccacomm

The Friends of Bowker Creek invite you to a community event on August 12th, 1:00-4:00 pm, at Kings Community Nature Space to celebrate the Bowker Creek Biodiversity Corridor.

Did you know that Bowker Creek flows almost 10 kilometers through Saanich, Victoria and Oak Bay? Urban development has buried much of the channel as a storm sewer.

We envision a living stream that supports a biodiversity corridor from the creek’s source to the sea: a corridor of urban forest, active transportation, adaptation to climate change, and natural beauty and wellness, all at the heart of urban density.

Posted in Association, Environment, Events | Tagged biodiversity, bowker creek, bowker creek initiative, Hydro Field, Kings Community Nature Space | Comments Off

May 18, 2023 board minutes

Posted on June 26, 2023 by ccacomm

The minutes of the May 18, 2023 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here.

Posted in Affordable Housing, CCA Meetings and Minutes, Development, District, Environment, Events, Local Food Security, Shelbourne Valley | Tagged bowker creek blueprint, housing, OCP, Pat Condon, richmond elementary, school land sale, SD61, shelbourne community kitchen, storm water management, Victoria Hospice Society | Comments Off

Save Lansdowne South

Posted on June 12, 2023 by ccacomm

The CCA and The Friends of Bowker Creek together oppose the sale of part of the Lansdowne School south campus property.

To understand our position and to help us preserve this as green space within the floodplain of Bowker Creek, please take a few minutes to understand our position and hopefully help us make our case to Saanich and the BC government.

For those of you who would like School District 61 trustees to follow the rules set out by our provincial government for land disposal, the history on this subject may be of interest.

Timeline of Land Sale – SD61 Lansdowne Middle School South

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

Signed September 17, 2021
3 Conditions:
- 3rd Reading of SD61 Disposal Bylaw
- Minister of Education’s approval of land disposal
- Subdivision approval (Saanich Approving Officer) and rezoning by Saanich council.

CHRONOLOGY

Sep 17, 2021 – SD61 signs Purchase and Sale Agreement for 1.9 acres
Oct 14, 2021 – SD61 announces proposed land sale nearly a month after the Sale Agreement
Nov 3, 2021 – Online public Q/A session
Dec 8, 2021 – multi-agency meeting/BCI presentation
Jan 24, 2022 – SD61 Board passes 1st and 2nd reading of disposal bylaw
Feb 11, 2022 – SD61 Board suspends 2 trustees
Mar 14, 2022 – SD61 passes 3rd reading (1 vote margin) for sale of 1.28 acres, reduced from 1.9
Sep 23, 2022 – BC Supreme Court finds that suspensions not appropriate.
Sep 27, 2022 – Minister of Education approves land disposal

COMMUNITY EFFORTS

Online Q/A meeting, SD61 Board and Committee Meetings
605 pages of public correspondence
~16 presentations to SD61 Board and committees
>25 presentations at Feb 23, 2022 SD61 Special Meeting
10 joint FOBC/CCA letters to Minister of Education & SD61 including legal analysis
Lie-Down for Lansdowne Rally – Feb 17, 2022 120 people attended.
~2500-name petition
One-on-one advocacy with trustees and municipal Councillors
Meetings with/requests to MLAs Rankin and Fleming
Zoom “meeting” with senior staff at Ministry of Education

Posted in Association, Development, Municipality, Shelbourne Valley | Tagged bowker creek, bowker creek initiative, flood plain, green space, Lansdowne Middle School, rezoning, richmond elementary, SD61 | Comments Off

Open Houses for draft update to Active Transportation Plan

Posted on June 9, 2023 by ccacomm

Saanich has reminded us that community engagement on the Draft Updated Active Transportation Plan (ATP) is underway. You are invited to join two upcoming open houses and a pop-up event to provide feedback on the Draft Plan.

Details:

Saturday, June 10 – 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Gordon Head Recreation Centre (Auditorium)
Saturday, June 10 – 10-11:30 – Tillicum Mall –look for a booth set up near Save on Foods
Wednesday, June 14 – 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Saanich Commonwealth Place (lobby/corridor and Douglas Fir Room)

Also, a reminder…

The online survey is open until June 18. This is a joint survey for the Road Safety Action Plan and Draft Updated Active Transportation.

Take the survey today!

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Notice of Public Hearing, June 20, 2023 re: 3385, 3399, 3401 and 3405 Shelbourne St.

Posted on June 9, 2023 by ccacomm

The CCA has received an email to notify us that the Rezoning and Development Variance Permit Application for 3385, 3399, 3401 and 3405 Shelbourne Street will be considered by Saanich Council at a Special Council – Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Council Chambers, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, commencing at 7:00 p.m.

See prior posts on this rezoning and development:

Written correspondence received up to 12:00 p.m., noon, on the day of the meeting will be copied to Council for their consideration. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

Send your comments to Council by emailing council@saanich.ca
Mail your comments by post to Legislative Services, District of Saanich, 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria, BC V8X 2W7.
Leave your written comments in the dropbox by the main door at Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue.

The agenda will be available online on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at Saanich.ca/agenda .

To speak at the meeting, you may register to speak in person or via video on MS Teams. Please register by:

Emailing the meeting date, agenda item you wish to speak to, and your phone number to council@saanich.ca; or
By calling 250-475-5501 and specifying which meeting date and agenda item you wish to speak to.

Instructions will be emailed to all registrants on the afternoon of the meeting.

An opportunity to speak during the meeting will be available, please watch the webstream for details. All meetings are streamed live on Saanich.ca

The deadline for registration is 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

If you have any questions concerning the report’s contents, please contact the Planning Department at 250-475-5471. If you have any questions concerning meeting procedures, please contact the Legislative Services Division at 250-475-1775 or by email to council@saanich.ca.