Email from jack bates regarding Public Hearing June 16, 2020
Specific concerns from a neighbor regarding right-of-way usage, driveway safety, fencing, and winter surface runoff flooding.
From: jack bates Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 4:00 PM To: Info Address info@viewroyal.ca Subject: ## Public Hearing June 16, 2020
Please include my comments below in the agenda for the Eagle’s Nest public hearing...... Jack Bates .....15 Helmcken Road.... View Royal.
Regarding the impacts on Hidden Oaks by the Eagle’s Nest development, I would like to point out that the reference to the R/W (Plan 77657) over Hidden Oaks property alluded to by Mr. Foord, it is a rather generous exaggeration that this R/W could or would have been used for access to the development. When registered 15 year ago, the R/W was intended to serve the then landlocked small Lot 10, Block 5, Plan 1726. This R/W is actually a 6 m wide 90 degree plan which is situated in the eastern half of the Hidden Oaks driveway and also contains the Canada Post mailboxes, access parking, as well as guest parking for Hidden Oaks. In reality it would be ridiculous to utilize it for any additional purpose. I suggest this R/W be de-registered from Hidden oaks property as no longer required due to consolidation of the Eagle’s Nest lots.
An associated point in relation to the “unresolved” Hidden Oaks driveway issues created by the Eagle Creek Helmcken road lack of eastbound left turn access, is that a private sidewalk is planned by Eagle’s Nest to enter the sidewalk just barely east of the existing Hidden Oaks driveway. This will further complicate the existing issues, safety sight lines and reaction times, on entering and exiting Hidden Oaks. This “intersection” also involves the existing Camden Road, the east west Helmcken Road downhill bike lane and pedestrian sidewalks, including BC Transit buses; bearing in mind there are 24 units in Hidden Oaks with regular pedestrian and vehicular access.
I have attended all the open houses, workshops, and submitted letters to council regarding the development and do not believe that Hidden Oaks has “actually” received its due attention. There are issues of fencing, stopping the annual downhill flooding of Hidden Oaks due to winter surface runoff from Eagle’s Nest property, pending issues stemming from two years of proposed continuous construction, let alone traffic concerns which will have to be contended with from the construction activity, regardless of the studies. I might point out that traffic issues for Hidden Oaks were not anticipated or were perhaps ignored at the time of Eagle Creek’s presence five years ago.
I hope the points I have raised here will be taken into consideration as this development has been and remains a contentious one for the area and Hidden Oaks.
Regards Jack Bates