Active transportation and a new plan for Oak Bay Ave. Formerly homeless, these ideas are now part of the expanded role of the Community Initiatives Committee. To fit the expanded role, council added Councilor Nils Jensen and put out a call for interested members of the general public. As of today, that includes me. No [...]
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That Oak Bay Lodge resolution
As has been reported elsewhere, Oak Bay Council passed a resolution on Monday night that essentially tells private developers that they aren’t going to get that land rezoned. Unfortunately, the Times Colonist didn’t see fit to include any of the resolution, so here it is: That the Minister of Health and VIHA be advised that [...]
Wall of Fame and Community Initiatives Committee looking for people
The Wall of Fame selection committee is looking for people to add to the wall in 2010. The Wall of Fame is: a means to honour individuals who have been instrumental in the development of Oak Bay’s parks, facilities, and programs and who have exercised extraordinary commitment to the community of Oak Bay or performed [...]
Want to help lead Oak Bay? New Chief Administrative Officer sought
With the pending retirement of Oak Bay’s Chief Administrative Officer William Cochrane, Oak Bay Council now has the task of finding somebody to fill his rather large shoes. Bill, who has worked for the municipality for 30 years, 18 of them as Chief Administrative Officer, has been a major factor in how the municipality has [...]
Chief Administrative Officer Bill Cochrane to retire
Yesterday evening the mayor announced that in a few months, shortly after the budget, Bill Cochrane, the CAO for the Municipality of Oak Bay for the past 10 years will retire. It isn’t clear to me how long he has worked for the municipality, but 10 years is the lowest number. Recent shakeups in the [...]
Sewage, Oak Bay Lodge and more at tonight’s council
Tonight’s council agenda (PDF) is very full and with the dual contentious issues of Uplands sewage and Oak Bay Lodge, it should be interesting. First up is VIHA with a presentation on what happens with Oak Bay Lodge, which is likely to be followed by some interesting debate amongst council members, who haven’t yet stated [...]
Happenings this week
Lots of interesting things happening this week, including UVic (and thus me) heading into the spring term on Monday. Other events include: Monday: Funeral procession for Lt. Nutall, from McCall Brothers to Christ Church Cathedral. Starts between 11:45 and12:15. Further details in TC story. Wednesday: Special Oak Bay Council session on the Uplands Sewer Project. [...]
Health, active transportation and the city
That walking and biking both makes people healthier and helps with climate change isn’t exactly a shocker, but when The Lancet, a well respected medical journal, publishes a paper to that effect, suddenly it becomes news. The paper, entitled Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport, is part of series [...]
Legalese shows true intent behind climate change policy
Oak Bay is changing it’s antiquated Official Community Plan (PDF) to include some new verbiage about climate change. On Dec 7th, the public will have a chance to speak to council about the issue (PDF). All of this is driven by an agreement between the Province and Union of BC Municipalities and their members regarding [...]
Oak Bay is looking for a few good people
…to serve on various boards and committees. The terms run for one or two years and start in December. So which committees need people? Advisory Design Committee This group works with developers and builders looking to construct new buildings in the municipality from a design perspective. However, all applicants must be registered architects with the [...]
