The Municipal election rhetoric is starting to heat up with the pro-development crew taking out full-page ads in the Undercurrent and treating our mailboxes to their propaganda. I read some of it and decided that they were saying almost the exact opposite of what I would say if I were running for council.
Also tagged Ferry, Island Life, Municipal Politics, National Park, Snug CoveOur Municipal Council is about to pass three new environmental bylaws. Two of them seem to me to make sense but the third is a disaster.
The first proposed bylaw seeks to control disturbance of steep slopes. Remember when that yard in North Vancouver slipped down the hill and killed a woman in her home below? [...]
It’s time to update the Cape Roger Curtis (CRC) saga. For those of you who don’t follow these things too closely, CRC is 630 acres on the southwest corner of Bowen Island. In 2004 a development company purchased it. Between then and now a ridiculous amount of time, money and human capital have been expended [...]
Also taggedRarely, sitting down to write a column do I find that there is too much to write about. But I’ve just returned from holidays and find that there are a myriad of interesting things happening. This isn’t going to be a column per se but more a collection of random thoughts and a preview of [...]
Also tagged CO2 Emissions, Ferry, green collar jobs, Island Life, Municipal Politics, National ParkThe Cape Roger Curtis development saga has taken another bizarre twist. In 2004 the developers who had purchased the 630 acres at the south-western tip of Bowen Island applied for subdivision. Eventually their application was reviewed and the Approving Officer (AO) laid out a number of deficiencies, conditions and requirements. Subsequent to that rejection
Also tagged Municipal HallLast week the Cape Roger Curtis (CRC) developers filed a subdivision application with the municipality. I haven’t seen it yet but I am very curious. As some of you may already know CRC is a 640-acre parcel of land on the southwest tip of Bowen. The developers who own it recently went to some lengths [...]
Also tagged Municipal Politics, Snug CoveThe Cape Roger Curtis development was almost the biggest thing to ever hit our island. However, at their April 20 meeting our council rescinded the bylaw that would have made the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) possible. The developers will now choose whether to apply for a rezoning that fits within our Official Community Plan with up [...]
Also tagged OCPUrban sprawl is a fact of life and, while building up instead of out is today’s mantra, virtually all major cities continue to slowly eat up the surrounding countryside. Vancouver is a bit different. It has the U.S. border to the south, mountains to the north and ocean to the west. So, most of the [...]
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Cape Roger Curtis is currently zoned to allow for 10 acre lots but it must be subdivided, with the approval of the Approving Officer, who has the discretion to approve or reject the application on grounds set out in the Land Title Act, including (among other things) that it is [...]
This is not the editorial I had planned for this issue. I wrote quite a nice piece about how we should all try to control ourselves because we will have to look each other in the eye after this Sunday’s public information meeting where we will discuss the Cape Roger Curtis (CRC) development proposal. Then [...]
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