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The Victoria Hindu Temple in Saanichton celebrated Holi on March 8. It’s the festival of colours and marks the start of spring. People apply powdered colours made of Turmeric, Neem and other herbs called Gulaal to each other and wish each other happy Holi. More photos inside on page 3.
Police seek witnesses to a preventable crime Angela Cowan News staff
Central Saanich police are seeking witnesses to a theft that occurred Friday,
March 6. At approximately 8:30 p.m., a man parked his vehicle at the Co-op gas station on Keating Cross Road and stepped away for less than a minute, leaving his door unlocked.
When he returned, his cell phone had been stolen from the centre cup holder. Police remind the public to secure their vehicles, even if only stepping away for a minute, to prevent opportunities for crime.
To report information about this, or any other crime, contact Central Saanich Police at 250-652-4441, or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Sidney Mayor Steve Price says people shouldn’t get their hopes up about amalgamation too soon. The Town of Sidney and City of Victoria both have contacted Minister Coralee Oakes about the terms of reference and cost of a study into the issue. Price said he doesn’t expect a reply from Oakes any time soon. The Town and District of North and Central Saanich asked its citizens last November if they approved a provincially-funded study on amalgamating the three Saanich Peninsula municipalities. Voters gave their assent. “It’ll probably be a CRD-wide initiative,” Price stated. —News staff
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The Rest Haven Foundation An Evening with Robert Bateman The Rest Haven Foundation would like to thank the community for the wonderful support shown at their recent event “An Evening with Robert Bateman” on February 26th at the Mary Winspear Centre. The evening started off with Robert Bateman signing books and artwork for his appreciative collectors. The Silent Auction tables held a wide array of treasures that brought out the best in everyone! Alexandra Ballard was personally awarded her silent auction prize artwork from Robert Bateman, while Michael Weaver took home the 2 WestJet tickets anywhere WestJet flies! Butchart Gardens supported the growth of the Rest Haven Foundation with their gift of beautiful seed packs for the guests. Bed Races on Beacon teams from TD Canada Trust and CIBC Wood Gundy also joined us for the evening, where guests were treated to an insightful look at some of Robert Bateman’s personal works of art.
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s long as people and wildlife live in close proximity to each other, their interaction will always have to be managed in some way. For the animals, by and large that means they are the ones to bear the brunt of that management. Debate over the need to cull deer in Greater Victoria has its roots with humanity’s need to grow, to expand and to enjoy their own living space. It can be argued that we do this at the expense of other creatures. Take the wolf, or cougar, for instance. People have managed them right out of our communities. That’s reasonable, certainly. They pose a larger danger than what is left behind — namely the deer. Yet there are ramifications to eliminating those predators, such as the rise and fall of deer populations around urban areas. It’s difficult to envision how large numbers of deer pose a threat to people, given their skittish nature. I suppose it’s the gardens that suffer the most. And in Oak Bay, that threat contributed to the municipality’s recent deer cull. Was it worth all the fuss over the issue to cull a few deer? Probably not. New ones will be back soon as there’s nothing to keep their numbers down. As one solution, Victoria city councillor Chris Coleman is suggesting farming might be an option. Round ‘em up and breed them for venison. One supposes that could be called a controlled, confined cull, where few people go out of their way to witness it. It might have a chance of working out in Central Saanich, where an online petition against a cull there two years ago garnered little to no support. There ended up being no cull in Central Saanich, where more agricultural space means fewer human-deer run-ins and, presumably, a more benign attitude toward them. In the long run, the ruckus over the Oak Bay cull in all likelihood will die down. The deer, however, will not. They’ll be back. And it’ll be up to people to once again figure out how to manage them. It’s tough to argue for doing nothing, since people created the problem in the first place, but that might be the best thing we can do. We’ve done enough already. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,B.C. V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www. bcpresscouncil.org.
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Gas tax is the best way to fund transit The March 6 editorial on BC Transit’s proposal to fund transit improvements with an increase in the fuel tax from 3.5 cents per litre to 5.5 cents is right on when it states “In the big picture, it’s the right thing to do: reduce gridlock and do less harm to the environment.” But some of the assumptions leading to the conclusion that a referendum is the way to solve the ‘transit funding conundrum’ are off base. First off, the us and them perspective is misleading. Drivers also benefit from transit improvements as a result of lower congestion and even as users themselves. Second, the issue is not just about who benefits, but about impacts we’re trying to avoid. Automobiles impose significant costs on society because of emissions that damage our climate and collective health. The capital and maintenance costs associated with roads are also very large and growing. Third, the data shows the demand for transit exceeds current service levels and that improved service does actually increase transit use over time. The editorial correctly points out that an increase of 2 cents is a very small proportion of fuel prices, which can fluctuate much more than this in a day. But a fuel surcharge would at least marginally increase the incentive to change behavior, unlike other funding sources like property taxes and transit fare hikes. Even with a two cent increase, transit-related fuel taxes in Greater
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Victoria would be a fraction of those in Greater Vancouver where a Liberal-imposed referendum on a Translink investment plan may well fail, leaving the region struggling with a huge congestion problem. We can take a different course in Greater Victoria. Funding transit improvements in a way that fairly reflects the huge taxpayer and environmental costs of automobile use and encourages a shift to transit, truly is the right thing to do. Let’s get on with it. Gary Holman, MLA Saanich North and the Islands
Enforce the laws at the intersection The headline re: the Saanichton intersection should have been “Council Proposes to Waste $37,000Gas Tax Reserve Money.” Their plan more than misses the mark, it will increase driver frustration, add an additional load to the nearby intersections and not improve the intersection for pedestrians. Considerable effort must have been extended to find the worst solution. The prime motivation for the plan appears to be ICBC will contribute an additional $13,000 to waste. Fewer lanes will increase the driver frustration as they wait their turn to run down a pedestrian. Nothing will be done to aid pedestrians crossing Mt. Newton. The intersection is not wide enough to need pedestrian refuges, unless the plan is to provide places for pedestrians to cower while an endless stream of cars pass through the intersection, denying the pedestrian an opportunity to complete the crossing. Numerous other solutions have been proposed but none appear to have received any consideration. The prime problem with the intersection is far too many drivers are unwilling to comply with the rules of the road. A simple solution that would cost far less than $37,000 — have the police enforce the traffic acts at the intersection on a regular basis. Norm Ryder Central Saanich
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Sidney brewing up economic opportunity Town to add craft distillery to the list of allowable uses of commercial property Steven Heywood News staff
A change in a Sidney municipal bylaw boils down to a simple oversight. At council’s March 9 meeting, Council-
lor Peter Wainwright introduced a change to a commercial zoning bylaw that would allow craft distilleries in the Town of Sidney. “We realized that Sidney’s current zoning bylaw doesn’t allow for
those,” he said. Wainwright added the issue was raised during a discussion between himself, Mayor Steve Price and Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble. “It’s an economic development issue,” Wainwright said. “It reflects the changing of minds around craft breweries and distill-
eries.” The current zoning bylaw in Sidney does allow for brew pubs, but not craft distilleries, said Humble. The proposed change would simply add the term “craft distillery” to the number of permitted uses on commerciallyzoned property. Wainwright added the new definition
would also add terms like “assembly hall” and “food or beverage manufacturing” to allow such businesses to not only create their product, but sell it and serve it in-house. “What’s the difference between a brew pub and craft distillery (in this case)?” asked
Coun. Tim Chad. Humble said pubs have food or restaurant components attached to the current bylaw. “This is a bylaw to allow the craft distillery option,” he explained. “Some development areas didn’t include the brew pub component either,” Wainwright
added. “This is a way to make sure it’s mentioned now.” Council unanimously agreed to start the process to change the bylaw. It now goes to a public hearing. editor@peninsula newsreview.com
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• Mayor Steve Price says coun- March 9, 2015 cil gives all development matters their due consideration and councillors maintain an open mind on all applications. • Council proclaimed March 26, 2015 as PurPrice was responding to a speaker’s concern ple Day for Epilepsy Awareness. at Monday’s meeting that the council, over the last term and so far into this one, seems pre• A proposed 14-unit, three-storey residendictable when it comes to development — they tial complex to be built on First Street was approve most, if not all of them. advanced to a public hearing. Price said councillors must follow the process as outlined by law — which includes hearing • The next council meeting is a committee of from the public and both proponents and oppothe whole session on Monday, March 16. nents.
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All persons who believe that their property is affected by the proposed amending bylaws will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws at the Public Hearings to be held at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Written submissions can be received at the Town Hall prior to 4:00 p.m. on March 23, 2015 or at the Public Hearing itself. The purpose of Bylaw No. 2081 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 by rezoning the subject property from Multi-Family Low Density Residential (RM5) to a new zone, RM5 Bonus Density (RM5-B), in order to permit the construction of a 2.5 storey development consisting of 14 apartment dwelling units, of which 6 units would be “bonus density” as per Section 904 of the Local Government Act. Council is also considering the issuance of a Development Permit in connection with the above noted amendment. The property that would be affected by this bylaw is shown below in Figure 1: Civic Addresses:
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BYLAWS NO. 2075, 2081 AND 2084 Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Sidney will hold Public Hearings in respect of Bylaws No. 2075, 2081 and 2084, being the proposed amendments to Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 for the Town of Sidney.
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The purpose of Bylaw No. 2075 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 in order to: incorporate a number of minor amendments to improve the functionality of the bylaw, address some errors and omissions in the bylaw and also add or amend certain permitted and conditional uses. Specifically, the proposed changes are 1) adding new definitions for Height, Natural Grade and Finished Grade; 2) adding a description of the CD27 zone; 3) adding Home Occupation and Manufacturing, Sale, Repair or Maintenance of Boats and Marine Equipment as conditional permitted uses in the W2 zone; 4) adding spatial regulations for the CD26 zone; 5) amending the maximum permitted height to 14.5m for the CD11 zone; 6) adding Convenience Store, Film Studio, Assembly Hall, and Brew Pub as permitted uses in the M1 zone; 7) adding Home Occupation as a permitted use in the CD13 and CD29 zones; 8) adding two existing strata properties to the table of properties with Multi-Family zoning where a two-family dwelling is a permitted use; 9) altering the definition of Food or Beverage Manufacturing; 10) removing the condition of use associated with Brew Pub; 11) removing two of the three conditions of use associated with Food or Beverage Manufacturing; 12) adding Assembly Hall as a permitted use in the CD11 zone; 13) adding Brew Pub as a permitted use and Food or Beverage Manufacturing as a conditional permitted use in the CD6 and CD11 zones; and 14) adding a condition of use associated with Food or Beverage Manufacturing for the CD6 and CD11 zone. The purpose of Bylaw No. 2084 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 by rezoning the subject property from Single-Family Low Density Residential (R1) to Single-Family Residential (R1.1), in order to allow subdivision of the property into two parcels. The property that would be affected by this bylaw is shown below in Figure 2: Civic Address:
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versary. The Centre’s official anniversary was on March 10 and they held a party with more than 120 guests. Anna Hudson, Activity and Rental Co-ordinator, has been with SHOAL (Sidney Healthy Options for Active Living) since it was taken on by Beacon Community Services in 2007. She says the Centre was operated by the Silver Threads Society and was known by a different name until March 10, 2005. When BCS took over, Hudson said membership had dwindled to around 200 people, age 50-plus. In 10 years, she says membership has ballooned to more than 900. In one open house in 2014 alone, she continues, they signed up 190 new people. “People know how valuable it is to take out a membership here. We’ve gone from a small seniors centre, to a large hub in the community that caters to adults of all ages.” SHOAL has partnered with many other local groups, providing
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Neil Christenson works with a stone cutter in the SHOAL Centre’s lapidary workshop. He’s been attending and teaching the activity since 1988, when the program was overseen by Silver Threads.
space for meetings or club activities, both on site and off. Neil Christenson and Bob Eveleigh are two volunteers who have been with the SHOAL Centre from the beginning. In fact, both were around when it was known as Silver Threads. “I came in ‘88,” says Christenson. “I was here when they tore the old building down and we went into portables behind the Mary Winspear Centre. Two years later, we had this building. We thought we had arrived in heaven.” Christenson comes to SHOAL for the lapidary workshop — cutting and polishing stones. There’s much more to lapidary than just that, he says, adding he’s been at the hobby since 1965 when he lived in Red Deer, Alberta. To find in retirement a place to continue the hobby, he says, was outstanding. “Most people just CONTINUED: on the next page
Issues, people and places: Do you have a story idea? Let us know. Seniors in Focus, a regular feature in the Peninsula News Review, runs once each month. These pages are designed to showcase local issues and events important to area seniors, as well as the people behind them. Do you know of a senior citizen on the Peninsula who deserves a little attention? Do you have a senior-specific event coming up soon? Let us know. Call the editor at 250-656-1151, ext. 128 or email editor@peninsulanewsreview.com.
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want to be able to keep on doing something creative,” he says. Eveleigh also works in lapidary, but also spends time in the wood carving shop next door. “We’ve got a real nice range of people in here,” he says. “Many of them come and go but we still have two guys over 90 and there’s a bunch over 80.” In the last decade, there have been plenty of changes at the SHOAL Centre. Eveleigh, 77, says he’s seen different clubs come together and new activities introduced over the years. Larger organizations, in woodworking for example, often refer people to the SHOAL Centre, especially if people are looking to get into it for the first time. “This Centre is a real going concern,” Eveleigh says. Christenson says the Centre has a welcoming feel and that contributes to everyone’s enjoyment of the many activities offered there. “I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t come here Tuesday or Thursday mornings,” he says. Eveleigh, who says he lives 30 minutes
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Bob Eveleigh holds a torch to some silver fittings. He has been carving, working with glass and more at the SHOAL Centre for a decade — at least. away from the SHOAL Centre, adds he comes all this way because he enjoys the people and his contributions. “It’s a very good
place to learn.” Catering to people 50-plus, the SHOAL Centre offers space for community groups and activities and runs pro-
grams of their own. Both physical and mental programs are on the list, and there are plenty of volunteer opportunities as well —
from driving others to medical appointments and tax preparation, to peer counselling and work in the thrift shop. SHOAL’s dining room, Tides, is open to the entire community. SHOAL has also spread its wings to other age groups in Sidney. The Youth Employment Program, or YEP, provide youth with opportunities for training, work and volunteer experiences. Hudson says one of the side benefits of having a strong organization like SHOAL, is its ability to support others. For example, she says they played a role in reviving the White Cane Club for the visually impaired. “We offer so many health and wellness workshops, lectures and more — and it’s all generally free for members,” she says. Anybody can be a member, she says, and it costs $46 per year. The non-member dropin fee is $3.25. “This is a unique spot,” Hudson continues. “It’s a complement to other community centres and activities on the Saanich Peninsula.”
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It would have been no great surprise if car designer Alfonso Albaisa had become a designer of stationary objects – buildings! The Infiniti Executive Design Director fell in love with design as a young boy living in Miami, FL. As he recalls his childhood, he mentions that this wasn’t the beach part of Miami that might come to mind when we think of the city. Albaisa’s father was a building architect and so as a youngster the budding designer spent a lot of time at the office. “I remember this as if it was yesterday, that the shadows would move on the streets and I’d sit in the entrance of my dad’s office playing with the little buildings and models.” Then one day, sitting on the steps of his father’s office, fate changed his life’s ambitions changed. It was then that he heard and saw it for the first time. “One day, I was seven or eight, I heard a rumbling and it pulled into the office,” Albaisa explains. “It was an E-Type Jag convertible. And that really changed it for me… It was just so beautiful. Because this was the early 70s. Miami wasn’t Justin Bieber going down the street in a Lamborghini. You never saw these these kinds of cars, so it was shocking for me, that a car could be so beautiful… And then I
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Son is her ‘Big Hero’ Betty Williams watched as son Chris, director of Big Hero 6, accepted the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Angela Cowan News staff
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their living room — including their three-year-old twins — having an Oscar party of their own as Chris took the stage to accept his award. “They’re very close,” said Betty of her two sons. The predilection for the arts runs in the family, she added. Betty herself has a fine arts degree and Chris’s father always had an interest in art. “He worked alongside Chris when was little, drawing comic books and such,” she said. “(Chris) has been interested in art since he was three years old. He never left the kitchen table,” added Betty. “It’s the only natural thing for him to be doing.” Betty said she encouraged Chris years ago to look into the animation program at Sheridan College.
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“That’s Chris. He can keep people laughing. Disney is the perfect place for him.” – Betty Williams supervisor. “He’s had his fingerprints on every Disney movie since The Lion King,” said Betty. Chris’s win with codirector Don Hall has certainly elevated his name in the film industry, but he’d already gained notoriety for his voice acting skills, if only through his character’s name. Chris wrote and voiced the part of Oaken in Disney’s Frozen, whose ‘Yoohoo, big summer blowout’ line virtually exploded onto the internet and became one of the movie’s most quoted lines. “That’s Chris,” said his mom. “He can keep people laughing.” “He had to have a Norwegian accent, and his mother-in-law is actually right from
Norway,” continued Betty with a laugh, “and she says it’s not quite right.” Chris and the rest of the Big Hero 6 team are still busy rolling out the movie in other international markets, but it’ll soon be back to work for the award-winning director, creating new and ever more enticing worlds for moviegoers. That streak of creativity seems to have been passed along to Chris’s own four-year-old son, added Betty, who said her grandson’s vivid imagination reminds her of Chris. “He always had a wild imagination and was very funny,” she said. “Disney is the perfect place for him!” reporter@peninsula newsreview.com
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday March 23, 2015 at 7:00 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, B.C. to the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, B.C. to consider consider the following proposed the following proposed Bylaw: Bylaw: Saanich Bylaw No.Amendment 1255, Amendment NorthNorth Saanich ZoningZoning Bylaw No. 1255, Bylaw NoBylaw 1369 No 1369 In general terms, thethe purpose of of Amendment of North North In general terms, purpose AmendmentBylaw BylawNo. No.1369 1369isisto toamend amend District District of Saanich Zoning Bylaw No.No. 1255 with respect totoitsitsapplication allotmentsof of Saanich Zoning Bylaw 1255 with respect applicationto toun unsubdivided subdivided allotments landland owned by members of the Towner Bay Country The amendamendowned by members of the Towner Bay CountryClub Clubininthe theTowner Towner Bay Bay area. The ments would allow these allotments toto bebe treated Bylaw, ments would allow these allotments treatedasasindividual individual“lots” “lots”under under the Zoning Zoning Bylaw, while recognizing thethe existing siting ofof those constructed while recognizing existing siting thoseresidential residentialdwellings dwellingsthat that have have been constructed on allotment boundaries. land the TownerBay Bayarea areathat thatisisaffected affected by by these amendon allotment boundaries. TheThe land in in the Towner amendments mentsinisthe shown in the sketch. supplied sketch. is shown supplied Amendment Bylaw 1369 would also changereferences referencesto to“guest/caretaker’s “guest/caretaker’s cottage” Amendment Bylaw No.No. 1369 would also change cottage”to to “guest cottage” throughout Zoning Bylaw,and andremove removeincorrect incorrectreferences references to to guest “guest cottage” throughout thethe Zoning Bylaw, guest cottages from RA-1 zone regulations. cottages from thethe RA-1 zone regulations. All persons who deem their All persons who deem their interest in property affected by the proposed bylaw amendment interest in property affected shall be afforded a reasonable by the proposed bylaw opportunity to be heard or to amendment shall be afforded present written submissions at the a reasonable opportunity to Public be Hearing. heard or to present written submissions at the Public All relevant Hearing.documentation, including copies of the bylaw(s) pertaining to the above, may be All relevant documentation, inspected at the North Saanich including copies of the Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, bylaw(s) pertaining to the between hours of 8:00 a.m. above,the may be inspected at andthe 4:30North p.m. Saanich MondayMunicipal to Friday Hall, 1620 Mills Road, between (excluding statutory holidays) the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 inclusive. p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) Planning and Community Services inclusive. Department Planning and Community Services Department
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Leaf pick up service doesn’t make the cut High cost, no drop-off site contributes to Central Saanich committee decision Angela Cowan News staff
It’s highly unlikely Central Saanich will implement a municipal service to provide curb side pickup or drop-off service for leaves and yard waste. The Public Works and Transportation committee met Monday, March 9 to discuss options after receiving a request from a resident in November for a municipal yard waste removal service to mitigate smoke from residential burning. District staff prepared a summary of potential costs for both a municipally-run dropoff site and for a pickup service, and compared the costs with existing private options. To have a municipal drop-off service open to the public eight times through October and November
would cost the District approximately $2,500 in wages; to have it open year-round for a total of 46 days would mean $30,000 in wages. Capital costs to acquire grinding equipment, vehicles and transportation could be as high as $60,000 based on the equipment selected. Costs to residents to dispose of yard waste could range between $50 and $150 per ton. A pickup service providing one collection per year would cost between $23,000 and $51,000 in wages, with capital costs ranging from $50,000 to $300,000 for equipment, based on either repurposing existing vehicles or purchasing new equipment. Disposal fees for residents would again range from $50 to $150 per ton. Private services,
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in comparison, cost roughly the same for large volume drop-off, and $7 to $20 per carload for smaller volume of yard waste. Additionally, the suggested sites for a dropoff service pose significant challenges. Central Saanich’s public works yard is already limited in space due to ongoing gravel extraction, and the location across from the works yard is not zoned for such a service. As a result, the committee agreed unanimously against developing a municipal service, as District residents already have cost effective options for leaf and yard waste disposal, and are able to choose which best suits their needs. Council is expected to ratify the decision at this Monday’s meeting. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com
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Plans for a three-storey multi-family residential building on First Street in Sidney show the inclusion of a micro unit (above, far left) and single bedroom units. A mix of styles can appeal to a variety of buyers.
Smaller homes aren’t necessarily better asked for by local industry lobbyists? Bonet says it’s part of the answer but admits there’s no one single ing spaces is about sustainability. Asked what she means by the answer to this complex issue. “Typically, families look for a place term “sustainability” in this context, Bonet says it’s the way a health com- with a back yard, space for the kids to play. In Vancouver, that’s limited muntiy will develop over time. “Where do they live, compared for many people and you see more with where they work, the avail- people living in condos.” Larger lots here generally cost less ability of existing resources like infrastructure of transit? Large lots than in Vancouver, she says, meanequal larger, spread out spaces that ing single family houses will always be in the mix. impacts those considHowever, the cost erations. “The Peninsula is of land is still a big “Micro units have issue. For developers their role in this when starting to recognize to raise the money you think of diversifi- that there’s a need to buy it, Bonet cation.” says they have to Bonet says diversi- for different housing seriously consider fication in the type of types.” maximizing the livhousing in an area can – Silvia Bonet ing space — number result in more people, of units — to turn a from different walks profit. On the Peninof live, having better access to housing — and that’s what sula, she says, there has been some growth in smaller, fee simple homes creates a complete community. Finlayson Bonet’s proposed Sid- — for example, the Canora Mews ney condo building on First Street project in North Saanich. Strong includes one micro unit of 360 sales of those homes, she continues, square feet-plus. It’ll be surrounded is an indication of need in the area by small units in the range of 600 and a case of the right project, built sq. ft. There are also larger, two-and- at the right time. Challenges to diversify housing three-bedroom units in the mix. Will this project and others like it continue to exist in North Saan— and micro units — help meet the ich, where much of the Peninsula’s demand of lower-cost housing being industrial activity takes place.
Architect weighs in on small unit concept Steven Heywood News staff
Are small — or even micro — residential living spaces the answer to the affordable housing debate? That was the question posed to Silvia Bonet, an architect with the Saanich Peninsula’s Finlayson Bonet Architecture Ltd. They are currently proposing to build a two-and-a half storey multi-family residential complex on First Street in Sidney. Its 14 units include smaller condos (of around 600 square feet) — and even a micro space of 300 to 400 square feet. While downtown Victoria has adopted zoning rules that allow small and micro units — with plenty of developers considering them in their plans — Bonet says it’s taking longer for the concept to catch on on the Saanich Peninsula. Nor should large numbers of micro units be all that’s talked about, she says. “The Peninsula is starting to recognize that there’s a need to diversify housing typology,” she says, referring to the traditional single family homes on medium-to-large size properties. For Bonet, introducing smaller liv-
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In Sidney, and to a lesser extent Central Saanich, Bonet says those municipalities have has embraced increased density to provide a variety of housing types that reflect market diversification. “They have been a leader in this change in attitude on the Peninsula,” she says. “It’s one attempt for a community to be more flexible.” Yet, while Bonet says she’s in favour of diversifying the types of housing in the region, she’s hesitant to say that micro units alone are the answer to workforce housing issues on the Peninsula, or elsewhere. With economic drivers already in place in the industrial area, Bonet says infrastructure improvements are being sought that could, inevitably, lead to a broader scope of housing types. “Micro units are more appropriate in Victoria’s downtown, but they can exist in places like Sidney, where the focus is on getting people to spend more time outside, in the shops and enjoying their neighbourhoods.” Bonet says the car-centred aspect of the 1950s is giving way to living spaces that encourage people to, well, live. “There are good things happening,” Bonet says. “We’ll get a good dialogue going and actually see some of the change.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Strata disputes, small claims to go to online tribunal Tom Fletcher Black Press
Financial disputes involving less than $10,000 will soon be directed to an online “civil resolution tribunal,” in an effort by the B.C. government to keep them from clogging up the courts. The new tribunal will also provide a place to resolve strata disputes, which now have only the costly B.C. Supreme Court option if strata councils can’t resolve them, Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said. Anton presented legislation Tuesday to create the new tribunal, which is to come into effect later this year. She said it will begin as a voluntary option, and later a deposit will be required for those who want to go directly to court instead. Anton said B.C. is the first jurisdiction in the world to establish an online dispute resolution tribunal. The government estimates that 40,000 people a year will eventually use the tribunal. “The really big change for stratas is that there is now a place for minor strata issues to go to,” Anton said. “Everybody knows
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somebody who has been in a strata nightmare. Often it’s about something fairly minor, like a tree or a parking spot. There hasn’t been a forum to have a resolution to those disputes.” The tribunal will operate in three stages. The first is an application submitted to a website describing the claim, with an opportunity for response from the other party. That service will be offered free, and includes information and self-help suggestions to settle the dispute without further intervention.
If that fails, the second stage would bring in a mediator to seek an agreed settlement of the dispute. The third stage would be sending the dispute to a tribunal member for arbitration. Fees for the second two stages have not yet been established. Tony Gioventu, executive director of the non-profit Condominium Home Owners Association of B.C., welcomed the new approach. But he cautioned there will be a learning curve for strata councils. “Education will be essential and CHOA is committed to working with the strata community to ensure the creation of a system that provides good justice in a timely manner that works for all strata corporations,” Gioventu said. The B.C. government has used mediation before in an effort to relieve the load on provincial and B.C. Supreme Court. The Family Law Act of 2011 was designed to encourage out-of-court settlements of property and parental responsibility disputes when marriages and common-law relationships end.
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