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Public Notice / Newspaper Advertisement – Bylaw No. 1886 (Goldstream Gazette)

Newspaper advertisement and public notice published (Goldstream Gazette) for the Bylaw No. 1886 public hearing with bylaw summary and contact information.

3.a BYLAW NO. 1886

Key facts

Publication: Goldstream Gazette (page shows January 6, 2021 edition)
Repeats bylaw intent: allow two 24-unit apartment buildings at 918 & 924 Jenkins Ave
Contact details and how to obtain complete bylaw materials

Public Notice / Newspaper Advertisement – Bylaw No. 1886 (Goldstream Gazette)

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Loss and improvements mark year in Juan de Fuca

This past year brought both success and sadness to the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.

Wally Vowles, JDF alternate director for the past dozen years, passed in July leaving a huge hole in our organization, in the community and in the salmon world.

Wally brought a world of knowledge and experience to his life of advising our JDF planning staff, advising me and championing and building the Charter’s River hatchery with Bill Pedneault and Elida Peers. He will be sadly missed but will always be remembered for building Charter’s Centre and perhaps the largest, newest, volunteer hatchery in Canada against all odds. Port Renfrew’s Dan Quigley has generously stepped into Wally’s role as my alternate.

The Juan de Fuca Electoral area encompasses thousands of hectares of forest lands, the communities of Malahat, Willis Point, East Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jordan River, Port Renfrew and six First Nations’ communities. Primarily a rural, residential area, the Juan de Fuca supports tourism, home-based businesses, one business park and a dry land sort in Jordan River.

This year saw huge infrastructure improvements in our highways network including the new Roche Cove bridge in East Sooke, improvements on the Malahat, Otter Point Road widening and paving, and Highway 14 improvements at Gallespie Road (East Sooke), Muir Creek area, French Beach area and Port Renfrew. Millions were invested by the government of B.C. for these safety upgrades and we thank our MLA and Premier, John Horgan, for his help in making this a government priority.

COVID has taken its toll on our residents and we have quickly adapted our local JDF government in order to keep pace with new regulations and restrictions. Our office has remained open, we have not missed a meeting and our budget increase will be kept at a minimum. Our staff are the best and our standard of service has been maintained throughout the pandemic.

Next year will hopefully bring an end to COVID-19 and a return to normal in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. We are working on many exciting projects including high-speed internet throughout the JDF, establishment of a coast guard lifeboat station in Port Renfrew/Pacheedaht and opening of the Western Canadian Marine Response facility in Beecher Bay. Thank you for this opportunity and I wish you all a happy new year.

Mike Hicks is the regional director for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.

Mike Hicks
Director’s Message

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District of Highlands — 2021 Regular Council Meeting Schedule

January
- Monday, January 11 & 25
February
- Monday, February 1 & Tuesday, February 16
March
- Monday, March 1 & 15
April
- Tuesday, April 6 & Monday, April 19
May
- Monday, May 3 & 17
June
- Monday, June 7 & 21
July
- Monday, July 19
August
- Monday, August 16
September
- Tuesday, September 7 & Monday, September 27
October
- Monday, October 4 & 18
November
- Monday, November 1 & 15
December
- Monday, December 6

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Council meetings will continue to be held electronically @ 7pm. Please contact the District Office staff for details.
A 2021 Council meeting calendar is available at the District Office, District website or by email info@highlands.ca

District of Highlands - 1980 Millstream Road, Victoria, BC V9B 6H1
P: 250-474-1773 | F: 250-474-3677
Email: dhopkins@highlands.ca | www.highlands.ca

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING — Bylaw No. 1886 (City of Langford)

The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1886. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held by electronic means by the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL on Monday, 18 January 2021, at 5:30 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal:

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1886 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1886 from R2 (One-and Two-Family Residential) Zone and adding to the RM7A (Medium Density Apartment A) Zone to allow two 24-unit apartment buildings.

Applicant:

Gary Brown, Paradise Homes

Location:

The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1886 is 918 and 924 Jenkins Ave as shown shaded on the plan.

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held electronically, and not in-person. Information about how to connect to this meeting by phone may be found on the City’s Website: www.cityoflangford.ca

COPIES of the complete Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the bylaw may be made available upon request by emailing to planning@langford.ca or in writing to Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8 for the duration of the pandemic emergency. Please contact Julia Buckingham in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 or by email at jbuckingham@langford.ca with any questions on this bylaw.

Braden Hutchins
Director of Corporate Services

Bylaw No. 300

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING — Bylaw No. 1945 (City of Langford)

The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1945. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held by electronic means by the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL on Monday, 18 January 2021, at 5:30 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal:

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1945 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of a portion of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1945 from RR5 (Rural Residential 5) Zone and adding to the R2 (One- and Two-Lot Residential) Zone in order to develop a mix of approximately 28 single-family and duplex lots, and to amend the text within the R2 zone to decrease the minimum lot size for duplex lots when the lot width is at least 17 m, from the required 600 m2 to 500 m2.

Applicant:

Ron Coutre

Location:

The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1945 is 738 and 742 Walfred Rd as shown shaded on the plan.

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held electronically, and not in-person. Information about how to connect to this meeting by phone may be found on the City’s Website: www.cityoflangford.ca

COPIES of the complete Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relationtothebylawmaybemadeavailable upon request by emailing to planning@langford.ca or in writing to Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8 for the duration of the pandemic emergency. Please contact David Sametz in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 or by email at dsametz@langford.ca with any questions on this bylaw.

Braden Hutchins
Director of Corporate Services

Bylaw No. 300

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Student killed in Iran plane crash remembered by UVic

It’s been one year since 176 Ukrainian Airline passengers were shot out of the sky above Iran, including University of Victoria student Roja Omidbakhsh.

Omidbakhsh was in her first year of a bachelor of commerce degree and is remembered as a positive student with “a keen interest in marketing” by one of her professors, Mark Colgate.

“A very promising young UVic student, with a very bright future ahead, was among those who were killed,” UVic president Kevin Hall said in a video statement released on Jan. 8 to mark the one year anniversary of the tragedy.

“On behalf of the entire UVic community, I offer our heartfelt thoughts to the impacted families, friends and communities,” he said.

Last year, the university established an Iranian student memorial scholarship to honour Omidbakhsh and the 175 other people whose lives were lost. Each year, one undergraduate and one graduate student who are Iran citizens or have Iranian ancestry will receive the $500 scholarship.

“It will be a reason for students to go back and learn what happened. And it will remind Iranian students that they are part of a community that cares,” said Saeed Rezvani, president of the UVic Iranian Students Association.

Across B.C., 15 people with ties to the province, including doctors, academics, students, couples and family members, died in the Jan. 8 flight. Over 100 of the victims had ties to Canada.

Initially, the Iranian government denied shooting down the plane but later said it was mistaken for a missile. Recently, the government pledged to pay $150,000 to each victim’s family.

jane.skrypnek@blackpress.ca

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Winners of View Royal’s inaugural light-up contest brightened holidays

Five specially decorated View Royal homes made the holidays a little brighter for others.

Last month, the Town of View Royal encouraged residents to Light Up View Royal by decorating their homes and businesses for a chance to win a special prize.

Council safely perused the 43 nominated locations to choose five winners with a prize from a local chocolate shop delivered late in 2020.

The winners of the inaugural event were: