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It was all about public input last Monday
It was all about public input last Monday
The last council meeting went until after 9PM and covered a lot of information, so this report on that meeting is very long, so here’s some interesting tidbits to get you started:
- City Planner Matthew Baldwin’s explanation that the City of Langford has opted out of the province’s site remediation program, so ensuring the property is not contaminated would be solely the responsibility of the developer,
- concerns about fire safety with a near-zero setback of approximately 6 inches were answered with quidelines require the building material on that setback be noncombustible
- City Engineer John Manson explained, “speed bumps are a hazard to our community, as they could cause an accident with our emergency vehicles,”
- Councillor Szpak said, “sidewalks and beautification are coming along as we develop,” and, “we do not have building heights in the (new) OCP,”
- residents were repeatedly told to “bring their concerns before the Transportation and Public Works Committee,”
- City Planner, Matthew Baldwin in response to concerns about property damage and injury from blasting said, “that’s why blasting companies have so much insurance,”
- Coucillor Lillian Szpak explained to a local resident that, “anyone who has an interest in it has a right to speak” at a Langford Public Hearing.
There were 4 Public Hearings:
1st) Bylaw No. There were repeated requests for traffic calming measures from area residents 1190 to permit the development of approximately 83 units in a four storey residential building at 2697 and 2701 Peatt Road had speakers raised concerns about a variety of issues including:
- possible site contamination which was met with City Planner Matthew Baldwin’s explanation the City of Langford had opted out of the province’s site remediation program so ensuring the property is not contaminated would be solely the responsibility of the developer,
- fire potentially crossing the proposed zero setback of approximately 6 inches was answered with quidelines requiring the building material on that setback be noncombustible,
- the development might not finish, like the development on Orono Ave., to which the proponent indicated the development would not commence without all the money needed to finish being in place,
- a variety of traffic issues; eventual extension of Claude Rd. There were repeated requests for traffic calming measures from area residents through what is now only a pedestrian walkway to Peatt Rd., lack of a traffic study on Claude Road even though there will be new driveways and later much more through traffic, assurances from the City Engineer that Claude Road was not yet operating at compacity and development would add very little traffic was challenged as drivers avoiding the new Goldstream Ave... read more
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