Correspondence and Public Submissions — Z21-0017 (Bray Ave) and related emails

From: Matthew Baldwin

To: Sally Boivin Cc: Suzette Chapman; Marie Watmough; Braden Hutchins Subject: Re: Zoning Amendment File Z21-0017 962,966,970,974 and 978 Bray Ave. Date: August 10, 2021 9:44:07 AM

Good morning Ms. Boivin,

The Planning Zoning and Affordable Housing Committee (not Planning and Development) is a committee of Council. Since municipal incorporation in 1992 it has consisted of members of the public and chaired by a member of Council with another member of Council serving as its vice-chair.

It is a committee that is separate from Council and Council's other committees, and they make non-binding recommendations to Council on matters relating to planning and land use. I don't see how you could conclude that there is a conflict of interest.

I believe the names of all committees and their members may be found on the City's website. I am working remotely today, so I am unable to provide you with this information directly.

I trust that this information is satisfactory.

Sincerely, Matthew Baldwin MCIP RPP Director of Planning and Subdivision

From: Sally Boivin

Sent: August 9, 2021 6:10 PM To: Langford Planning General Mailbox planning@langford.ca; Sally Boivin Subject: Re: Zoning Amendment File Z21-0017 962,966,970,974 and 978 Bray Ave.

Good evening,

I am currently listening to the Planning meeting (Aug 9th) and was surprised to see the council running the meeting with Denise Blackwell , Mr. Seaton and "Art" ( not sure who else )

My understanding was that the Planning Committee was a separate committee (individuals) from the City Council and that the Planning Committee provided an independent look at the request for applications, did the work-up , investigation then provided information to the council to continue the process of zoning, approval of application etc.

Am I wrong in my understanding of this process? If so, Is this not a conflict of interest? Can you please provide me with the names (or how I can obtain them) for the Planning, Development Committee

Thank you for your assistance in clarifying this for me.

Sally Boivin 2867 Rita Road

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 2:50 PM Sally Boivin wrote:

I am writing to you to share my strong concerns and comments in regards to the above item to be addressed August 9, 2021 by committee.

My husband and I have lived in this community and homeowners for over 30 of those years.

We moved to Langford when we were still a small town. We, like many others, moved here to buy homes and start our lives in a place we could afford. Many of the families in this community are still the same people who have married, raised their families, supported their children and provided a "home" where the family feels safe and supported.

We have all supported this community through the years by buying local, supporting local, volunteering, supporting our Mayor, council and committees that were developed to build a town/city that we would all be proud of which I believe was true until the last 5 plus years or so. Now the City and Council have gotten so focused on their plan that we have become a community without a voice, a say in what our city should be.

We realize that this city must grow and we are not arguing this point so much as feeling like the homeowner is being pushed out due to the City Plan that has developers running the show. From previous meetings that I have been involved in it appears that the city has given them full reign forcing us as homeowners to keep our eyes open all the time for their next projects in our area. A perfect point to this item for review this evening.

I believe there is a limit on how much development any one "area" should have to accept and I personally have reached my limit. At the moment in our block we have the following which are in process (not started yet):

1 - large condo building at the corner of Bray and Jacklin which allows them to build with no limit on Jacklin then to move down to 6 Stories by Knotty Pine,
2 - 9 townhouses to be built on the corner of Bray and Carlow
3 - Costin and Carlow two tower condo buildings to stretch along the street in front of the park
4 - Bray Ave. - this current project under review with your committee today for 158 units

If this project is allowed to move forward we will have 4 new development projects within a very small area. You can imagine the noise, congestion, parking issues and stress having these projects all going on at the same time or one after the other. Where is our quality of life? I venture to say, we will not have one during or post developments.

I believe there are many issues that need to be addressed around this current request and all the other growth in this city, I will focus on our area at the moment for the sake of your meeting and current focus. If the current projects complete we will have a huge increase in people within these two blocks. Some of the concerns that I have and the city should have are:

Infrastructure - do we have the appropriate infrastructure in place to support the expected increase of traffic which is already high at any point in the day as well as parking for the increase of vehicles, water supply, health facilities for a growing number of people without medical doctors or even reasonable access to one, sidewalks for the safety of all residences of the city
Security, Police - Is the city services able to keep residents safe with proper policing with the ever increasing number of residence - we are seeing increase in crimes and violence which will only get worse as our population grows

This will be the fourth (4th) project on our two streets and I am very much against it going forward. The city keeps saying that we have a choice, I beg to differ. The city keeps allowing this extreme development and making our community less than desirable for the homeowner, squeezing us out. Enough is enough. This process is not working, we the citizens should be considered before contractors desires, they will move on to the next project however we chose to live here and call this community, our home. We need a balance, when the City started developing you were going after vacant land now you are coming after our homes and we are not being fairly considered.

I appreciate the opportunity to present my concerns at this stage where there is an opportunity for you to deny this request based on the development in this small area.

Sally Boivin 2867 Rita Road

From: Alex Mcleod

Sent: January 21, 2022 12:42 PM To: Langford Planning General Mailbox Subject: Public hearing

Hi there Alex and Betty McLeod here , we welcome the new zoning and development because we at 2879 Carlow would like to sell to a developer One day, considering the price increases on land in the last few years. I would love to see some red brick sidewalks up bray cause it's very difficult to walk that road right now and I think it is better to have more densely populated areas so we can leave more wilderness alone , build up not out as they say.

Anyways we welcome densification especially for developments to buy not rent.

Take care Alex

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