Email from Robin Quenet regarding Proposed Development at Helmcken and Burnside Roads

From: Robin Quenet Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 12:50 PM To: Mayor And Council Email mayorandcouncil@viewroyal.ca Subject: Proposed Development at Helmcken and Burnside Roads

Your Worship the Mayor and Councillors

I again wish to express our deep opposition to the current proposed Invictus development at the corner of Helmcken and Burnside Roads. Areas of concern include:

1. The development as proposed is completely out of character with the rural nature of the area.
2. While accommodation was made for View Royal residents regarding the initial height of the buildings resulting in reduced heights facing View Royal little accommodation was made for Saanich residents. While we live in the same block as the development and were never directly approached by the developer for our input. View Royal residents were accorded this courtesy.
3. At the information meetings it was stressed that this development would be one of the faces of View Royal and should as such be welcoming, Anyone coming south along rural Burnside Road area towards View Royal will be faced with a six (6) story building immediately adjacent to farmland. Suffice it to say that this will hardly be a welcoming site.

We would respectfully request that the building heights facing Sannich be accorded the same treatment as that give to View Royal residents.

Please have the developer make such design changes so as to maintain the rural nature of the area with building heights more along the lines of Hidden Oaks.

Respectfully

Robin and Marilyn Quenet 1481 Burnside Road West