Correspondence from CRD: CRAIGFLOWER PUMP STATION – DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION

RE: CRAIGFLOWER PUMP STATION -- DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION

Please find attached a Development Permit Application for the proposed Craigflower Pump Station to be constructed at 150 Island Highway. The original Craigflower pump station was built in 1971 and serviced a small area in View Royal as well as some First Nation lands and the Esquimalt panhandle. Over the years the pump station has been upgraded to accommodate sewer service expansion to the West Shore and View Royal. The pump station has now reached its design capacity and due to its constrained size, age, and condition it is not feasible or cost effective to upgrade the existing station.

Therefore, a new pump station is required to prevent overflows into Portage Inlet and to provide reliable long-term service to residents. The proposed pump station is located on a filled foreshore, non-residential area with convenient access from an existing driveway off Island Highway adjacent to the 4-mile bridge. In keeping with past award-winning pump stations in Oak Bay and Victoria, this proposed building has a very aesthetic "west coast" architectural look using natural wood, stone and glass (see the architectural rendering attached to this letter). The pump station will house equipment of the latest technology which will be sustainable and energy efficient.

Attached with the development application are the following documents as requested:

• Four (4) complete 11x17 sets of design drawings including floor plans, elevations, site servicing plan, landscape plan and all the technical details.
• One (1) CD containing digital copies of all the plans.
• One (1) copy of the Licence Agreement received from the BC Integrated Land Management Bureau to permit the filled foreshore land to be used for the pump station.
• Four (4) copies of all supplementary reports including: geotechnical reports by Levelton Engineering and Golder Associates, Environmental Overview Assessment by CRD, Archaeological Impact Assessment by Golder and Stage 1 & 2 Preliminary Site Investigation by Golder, and Sustainable Design Initiatives and 100% Design Report by Associated Engineering.

The proposed Craigflower pump station has been approved by the CRD Board and was endorsed by the Town of View Royal at a prior Committee of Whole meeting. The new pump station will not only be a beautiful facility, but it will improve service to View Royal and surrounding communities and protect the environment by preventing overflows into Portage Inlet.

In order to commence with the work during an ideal construction window and take advantage of good market conditions, it would be greatly appreciated if this application could be reviewed and approved as soon as possible. Meanwhile, should you have any questions or require further information regarding this project, please call or email the undersigned at 250.360.3066 or mcowley@crd.bc.ca.

Yours truly,

Malcolm Cowley, P.Eng. Manager, Engineering Design Services Environmental Sustainability

MJC/mer

Enclosures

cc: T. Brcic, Deputy Project Director, CRD Wastewater Treatment Program L. Hutcheson, P.Eng., General Manager, Environmental Sustainability, CRD D. Telford, P.Eng., Senior Manager, Environmental Engineering, CRD