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[Nparker]

...Another rather obvious aspect of this whole thing is the disenfranchising of seniors. They used to be the most influential demographic in any political controversy, but now (suddenly) they're the most irrelevant...

Seniors haven't been important since the height of the pandemic (propaganda), when they were very useful as a tool to coerce compliance with government edicts.

[Victoria Watcher]

I am not a NIMBY, despite this characterization applied by the majority of council to anyone opposed to their views. I am not opposed to respectful development or to the multi-unit missing-middle housing required by provincial legislation.

 

Like many, I prefer an organic and evolutionary approach to urban development, but I recognize the need to accommodate a growing population.

 

I simply do not want to live in an imposed community that places a higher priority on developers’ needs and municipal revenues than the well-being of its residents.

 

I do not want to live on streets that are concrete tunnels of tightly compacted soviet-style housing, out of character with my neighbourhood, with limited sunlight, no setbacks, no trees and no green space other than the odd clinging vine. (There is actually a development proposal where this is the only ­green space.)

 

That is not a livable community. It is also not respectful development.

 

I will tell the mayor and council that I cannot complete this survey because I refuse to participate in a process with ­predetermined outcomes. I will follow the example of the ­Rockland Neighbourhood Association and call on the mayor and council to rescind this survey, to replace it with an independently developed unbiased survey that actively seeks all points of view and to extend the time frame for completion.

 

Like the association, I will also call for the survey to not be restricted to a digital form but be made accessible to all. I urge all residents who care about their city to do the same.

 

As Calvert says: “We deserve no less and the principle of democracy demands it.”

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...-survey-8562614

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 April 2024 - 04:14 AM.

[Mike K.]

I am not opposed to respectful development

I hear this often in my line of work. It still don’t know what it means.

[Victoria Watcher]

I hear this often in my line of work. It still don’t know what it means.

 

I think it generally means "more buildings / houses like those already here".

 

Not a tremendous ask, I'd say.

 

Does anyone, even us poor downtrodden simple folks, want Rockland or Uplands to look like Vic West?

[Victoria Watcher]

When I was younger, perhaps with a bit of time on my hands, and I was driving say from UVic to downtown, I’d CHOOSE to take a wandering route through Uplands, just to enjoy the drive and the sights. And the roundabouts.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 April 2024 - 04:26 AM.

[Mike K.]

Rockland had highrises before Vic West did, to be fair. Lots of massive houses we’d call McMansions today, too.

[Victoria Watcher]

Rockland had highrises before Vic West did, to be fair. Lots of massive houses we’d call McMansions today, too.

 

Ya, a few and apartments on the main drags, the towers on Belmont. 

 

 

 

 

^ But those Mcmansions are on very large lots for the most part.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 April 2024 - 04:34 AM.