Mt. View Colquitz Community Assoc. News

   Neighbourhood free concert series
              next concert  Sept 12th     poster
             
    Uptown Transit Hub and housing project
Public engagement - very early stages   see webpage project link
Open House: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 from 5pm to 8pm   New Life Community Fellowship Church 3900 Carey Road

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Neighbourhood Housing
Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH)

The above map shows the part of area in Saanich where lots zoned as single family or as duplex will be able to build either 4 units or 6 units without the need for a rezoning process.
Information available at Saanich SSMUH 
and maps at Saanich Map
May 13 information presentation to council   link

 
Neighbour to Neighbour Resilience Initiative   $500 grant   - Saanich offers a grant to a neighbourhood group that either
  has an idea or needs help from Saanich staff to prepare a project.     link   building community       
 
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       Next Meeting  Tuesday Sept. 17th
                                               agenda
      Oct 15th    AGM     - guest presentation by Colin Plant   
        
  Tillicum Road, 3745 -  rezoning application to create one additional lot -  request for comments due by Sept 29   referral
Ravine Way changes
"Proposed designs for improvements coming to Ravine Way area, between Highway 1 and Highway 17/Vernon Avenue"   
 Details at         gov.bc.ca/highway17ravineway
       The main change to road traffic is for a one-half block of Ravine Way (by Tim Hortons) to become one way (west), changing the way cars from Carey area can get to the Pat Bay Hwy.(east). Cars coming from Saanich Plaza (at the middle of Ravine Way) will not be able to turn left. The  
closed section will become a bus-only lane.     


Highway 1 - Colquitz River Bridges Widening
   project link       recent update
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       Saanich Council     link

June 10   development permit application of Uptown
rental housing project approved      link

   Naturescaping in Saanich    booklet   
                                Saanich Heritage colouring book     link
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             Community News
        CRD   water usage April 2024       link
        CRD Emergency Planning    link
        Saanich Community Safety Office    - in Uptown    
   Recommended Reading
 Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis. 2024  by Gregor Craigie -  available at GVPL                                 
 
Would you like a free boulevard tree in front of your house? -  check out the Saanich "Partnership Tree Planting Program"      link
    
Block Watch  Local Neighbourhood Watch program   link           The aim of neighbourhood watch includes educating residents of a community on security and safety and achieving safe and secure neighborhoods.
               Saanich Heritage Register
     A heritage designation usually applies to only the exterior of the building. If you feel that you have a house that has
architectural, historic or contextual value, application forms are available from the Legislative Services at the Saanich Municipal Hall.  For information about local history contact Saanich archives   
          New technology to study traffic
     A drone vehicle can provide traffic and street use information by either stationary, time lapse photography
or video. The residents of Arlene Place illustrate their traffic problem with this YouTube video:
Arlene Place traffic problem