District of Metchosin Boundary Adjustment Open House Summary

Feedback Form summary

1. Are you a Metchosin resident?

2. Do you support the proposed boundary adjustment, understanding the benefits, risks and trade-offs involved, as well as the measures the District has taken to address and minimize the risks and impacts?

3. What do you like about the boundary adjustment proposal?

• Retention of Sections 25, 28 and 95 as parks and open space
• Buffer along creek (Metchosin Creek)
• Benefits and opportunities for Beecher Bay Band
• Everyone wins
• Residential buffer zone of ½ acre minimum is a good transition to the build-out in Langford
• 92 acre park buffer zone

4. What concerns do you have regarding this proposal?

• There are plants that are protected in Metchosin
• Concern about animal displacement
• Concern regarding the development and disregard for ecological sustainability
• Runoff
• Loss of farmable land
• Concern that there is no way to guarantee that Langford won’t change the 0.5 acre lot size
• Traffic
• Concern that the open space created will be in high demand from the residential neighbourhood
• Concern for peoples’ wells in the area
• Loss of beautiful land and habitat
• Concern about the rest of the treaty process, the Beecher Bay role in CRD
• Concern that the adjustment should take place at the time the treaty is approved
• Concern about potential for high density housing
• Access on to Happy Valley Road
• Want a maximum number of permitted homes on the property
• Light pollution
• Sand disturbance
• Litter
• Change of water flow, impact of business park on adjacent creek and wetlands
• 2 properties don’t get a buffer from the business park
• Want guarantees regarding the health of the creek
• Construction and blasting noise will affect our enjoyment of our property for years
• What if anyone backs out
• Want assurances that the 3 parcels (25, 28 and 95) are protected in perpetuity
• Larger buffer zone for Metchosin residents on Happy Valley Road side

5. What ideas do you have for improving the proposal?

• Giving less land to Langford (and take less tax dollars from them)
• Including food security
• Protecting riparian areas
• Setting a maximum number of houses in the residential area
• More assurances that Langford has standards in place so proposal will proceed as planned
• Have area surveyed for species at risk and rare ecosystems and areas to avoid. Ensure greenspace includes rock outcrop and garry oak meadow.
• Add fire hydrants on Neild Road to protect Metchosin in case of forest fire
• Larger buffer
• Wildlife protection
• Ask Langford for other concessions (unrelated to these lands, such as removing wetlands from ALR)