# Correspondence: Email exchange re Claude Road public hearing (Denise Ryan / Matthew Baldwin) Meeting: Regular Council — May 15, 2017 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:00:24.055474+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20170515-Agenda-Package]() Source pages: 37–39 ## AI-processed summary Email correspondence between a resident (Denise Ryan) and the Director of Planning (Matthew Baldwin) about the Claude Road rezoning/public hearing, raising concerns about building height, rental vs strata, and notification/participation. ## Extracted text ### Correspondence: Email exchange re Claude Road public hearing (Denise Ryan / Matthew Baldwin) Source pages: 37–39 ## Correspondence: Email exchange re Claude Road public hearing (Denise Ryan / Matthew Baldwin) Page range: 37-39 ### RE: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 From: Matthew Baldwin To: Denise Ryan Cc: Suzette Chapman Subject: RE: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017 2:37:30 PM Yes. They will be included in the package of material that Council receives prior to Public Hearing. Matthew G. S. Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning and Subdivision CITY OF LANGFORD 2nd floor, 877 Goldstream Ave. Langford, BC V9B 2X8 T (250) 474-6919 · F (250) 391-3436 www.cityoflangford.ca Please consider the environment before printing this email. PLEASE NOTE: This message is intended solely for the use of the individual or organization to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and other applicable laws. Any other reproduction, distribution or disclosure is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Denise Ryan [mailto:dryan01@telus.net] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 2:37 PM To: Matthew Baldwin Subject: Re: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 Hi Matthew, I see that the notice of public hearing for 2762/2768 Claude Road is scheduled for May 15. Can my previous email comments be submitted to council prior to the meeting? (given that I have Parkinson's decease and I cannot speak very clearly) I plan to attend the meeting. I look forward to your reply. Thank you. Denise Ryan Sent from my iPad > On Mar 29, 2017, at 7:42 AM, Matthew Baldwin wrote: > > Good morning Ms. Ryan, > > The City of Langford is not able to discriminate between rental and strata ownership. Both are considered by zoning to be apartment buildings. The municipal tax rate is the same for both, and the relative amount of taxation that the City receives from each is dependent on the assessed value, which is set by the BC Assessment Authority. > > For the most part, developers respond to the demands of the marketplace. If there were more demand for strata --- (Page break in original) ### Re: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 From: Matthew Baldwin To: Denise Ryan Subject: (part of earlier message) Date: March 29, 2017 7:42 AM condominiums, I'm confident that developers would build more units of this type. At the present time the rental vacancy rate is at an all-time low, and the there is demand for rental apartments. Lending institutions and banks are willing to lend money for the development of apartments, and developers are able to build these units at a profit. This is what is driving the development of rental v. strata ownership buildings. . I trust that this answers your question satisfactorily. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me here. Sincerely, Matthew G. S. Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning and Subdivision CITY OF LANGFORD 2nd floor, 877 Goldstream Ave. Langford, BC V9B 2X8 T (250) 474-6919 · F (250) 391-3436 www.cityoflangford.ca Please consider the environment before printing this email. PLEASE NOTE: This message is intended solely for the use of the individual or organization to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and other applicable laws. Any other reproduction, distribution or disclosure is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Denise Ryan [mailto:dryan01@telus.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:29 PM To: Matthew Baldwin Subject: Re: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 Thank you for your reply. Because I have Parkinson's decease I cannot speak clearly, that is why I wrote to you. Grant from planning has called me to let me know that my email will be available for the upcoming, not yet posted hearing for 2768-2762 Claude Road. Can you please answer ### FW: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 From: Christina Bell on behalf of Langford Administration General Mailbox To: Langford Planning General Mailbox Cc: Suzette Chapman; Jim Bowden Subject: FW: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:48:28 PM -----Original Message----- From: Denise Ryan [mailto:dryan01@telus.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:22 PM To: Langford Administration General Mailbox Subject: Attn: Jim Bowden Re: Claude Road public hearing April 3/17 >> I am writing you today because I have been reading articles in the Gazette about Claude Road. I have Parkinson's decease and my speech is not that clear so I would like this email to be registered as part of the hearing. >> I am very concerned about the height of 10 storeys let alone an application for 11 storeys, for Claude Road. I live on Peatt Road and since I moved here 3 1/2 years ago, I have noticed so much more traffic now coming and going into Langford every day. When will the high rises stop??? It appears that the city of Langford is interested in all the high rise apartment buildings that have gone up and those that are still under construction. All of which are within meters of each other. (Hockley avenue and Peatt Road) There are so many high rise buildings that are all for rental, and little or none in the works for strata, owner occupied in the downtown core. With the limited road access in and out of Langford, I think it would be more beneficial to have more owner occupied buildings as opposed to rentals. What does the city of Langford gain in annual property taxes from apartment buildings as opposed to strata owner occupied buildings? I also think that with the high number of recently built apartments and the ones under construction, that the city is not doing enough to provide owner occupied units. Affordable owner occupied units would be best. I don't think the city of Langford should be amending their by-laws to approve anything higher than 6 storeys for new construction. >> I look forward to your reply. >> Thank you. >> Denise Ryan phone - 250-478-1262 >> Sent from my iPad Denise Ryan