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Town slashes 2016 tax rate Proposed hike of 2.72 per cent drops to 0.8 per cent on use of gas tax funds Steven Heywood News staff

Getting close to North Saanich territory when it comes to its tax rate, the Town of Sidney has slashed its proposed rate hike and will turn to gas tax money to do so. Sidney’s starting general tax increase of 2.72 per cent was cut to 0.8 per cent Monday night — and at one point was as low as 0.55 per cent. Either way, that rate is lower than the district of North Saanich’s 2015 mark of 2.9 per cent. Sidney’s 2015 rate hike of 2.52 was also lower — but not as low at the District’s 2013 and 2014 rates, which were set at zero. Sidney’s Director of Corporate Services, Andrew Hicik presented councillors with the option to use an estimated $1.8 million in gas tax money over the next five years to pay for a variety of eligible projects. For 2016, he reported it would reduce the tax burden by 1.5 per cent. Other options to help reduce the tax burden on residents and business owners included: reducing a top-up of new money into the economic development fund; using more surplus funds, and; reducing transfers of cash into reserves. Hicik said Sidney stands to receive up to $550,000 each year over eight years in gas tax dollars. More of that money, he explained, can be used to offset project costs — including some big ticket items

set for the next five years, like the planned Bevan Pier and Beacon Wharf upgrades, as well as the proposed new Community Safety Building. Using more gas tax funds, combined with a reduction in money to top-up the town’s economic development fund, Hicik said, would have cut the proposed tax rate increase from 2.72 to 0.55 per cent. Councillor Peter Wainwright, however, said he didn’t want to see the economic development financial impact simply put off until 2017. Sidney had $65,000 left in its fund from 2015 and staff had proposed carrying it over into 2016, creating a pool of $165,000. By moving the surplus $65,000 elsewhere in the budget, Hicik noted it would help contribute to the lower rate hike. Wainwright said he wanted that surplus split between 2016 and 2017 — meaning the Town would use $32,500 elsewhere and leave the economic development fund at $132,500 — still more than their planned budget of $100,000 — and avoiding a larger tax hit in the following year. Mayor Steve Price opposed the move, saying he didn’t see the sense in increasing the tax rate slightly to hold back that extra $32,500, just in case the Town needs it. Wainwright’s idea did, however, pass in a 6-1 vote. Sidney council has another scheduled opportunity to debate this year’s budget — on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

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SIDNEY — Sidney Mayor Steve Price registered the first number at the Military & History Bookshop, kicking off the Sidney-by-theSea Rotary Gold Mine Lottery. Price said this unique lottery approach will benefit both participating businesses and local non-profit community groups. There are 10 businesses on the Peninsula where people can register and drop their Toonie in for a chance to win a weekly 50/50 draw.

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If it wasn’t for the stern organizational hand of Chamber Executive Director Denny Warner, a trip to VRX Racing Simulators could have seen a few people left behind. VRX turned out to be a popular stop on the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s seventh annual Tour of Industry on Jan. 22. And why not? The Sidney company manufactures high-quality racing and flight simulators — and allowed members of the tour to try their hand at both race car driving and bobsledding. Julia Rego, design and purchasing manager for VRX, says the majority of the simulators they build are created for actual drivers and pilots. The simulators are designed to give race car drivers the feeling of their exact vehicle, complete with identical controls and response times. Rego said one of their larger units was built recently for a customer in Japan who races a Porsche and wanted the simulator to feel exactly like his car. She added their products are also starting to find a niche market among people who can afford to outfit their man caves with the technology. Currently, she said the company has six new products being manufactured over the next two months. VRX employs seven people and are working hard to expand their markets. Rego said they send simulators and spokespeople to various trade shows throughout North America — one of the best ways, she said, to spread the word about VRX. “We do have a reputation of building highquality, high-level simulators,” she said. “We are probably the biggest manufacturer of these simulators on the west coast of Canada. In addition to race car simulators, Rego noted a division of the company builds bobsledding products that can help athletes train for events around the world. As well, VRX is cur-

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Bill Tozer tries his hand at one of VRX Racing Simulators platforms during the 2016 Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Tour of Industry. rently completing work on a jet aircraft simulator. It would enable pilots to hone their skills and certify for

flight. VRX, she continued, is also on the road to becoming certified to be able to train pilots with their products.

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Central Saanich will convene a stakeholder meeting to discuss potential solutions to a conflict between industrial traffic and residents on Hovey and Tomlinson roads. The District plans to include representa-

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Hovey Road in Central Saanich is the site of conflict between residents and a company that uses heavy trucks. son raised motions designed to get discussions going with the neighbouring communities. In consultation with Tsartlip First Nation, the District will explore the options of making Gowdy Road an access to Stelly’s Cross Road and Hovey Road as a direct access to West Saanich Road. Central Saanich will outline in writing its rationale for limitation of industrial uses to land in the Keating Road industrial area.

They will post this on the website to help explain to the public the limitations of zoning to industrial land. The District will approach both Tsartlip and Tsawout First Nations about working together to develop a community accord similar to other municipalities. They will approach Tsartlip about developing a joint planning committee or other communication strategy to encourage conversation about the

ongoing development and planning initiatives in the community. A series of informative articles will be published in a municipal newsletter about the relationship between the district and First Nations communities. This will include service agreements, planning and development as some examples. Council also voted to bring information from a traffic data logger deployed on Hovey Road to the next council meeting on Feb. 15.

Town meet and greet Feb. 29 Steven Heywood News staff

Sidney councillors are hoping people turn out to their planned Feb. 29 meet and greet at town hall. The council will open their doors for one-on-one discussions that evening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and there will be municipal staff on hand to help answer people’s more technical questions on a variety of topics. The basic discussion topic is “building the future of our community.” The session comes on the heels of a community meeting on Jan. 31 that saw an estimated 150 people turn out to discuss development and growth, as well as issues involving

the town council. Organizer Judy Moscovitz says the town’s meet and greet format isn’t necessarily what people want — but rather to pose questions to a panel of councillors. Mayor Steve Price said the Feb. 29 session is one of the Town’s regular events. “It’s going to be open and transparent,” he said, “and the last time we had around 40 or 50 people.” Coun. Peter Wainwright said he hopes a lot of people show up to the two-hour open house. “There really aren’t any secrets,” he said, adding it’s hard to tell if the recent citizen meeting will generate any more traffic at the end of the month.

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A Saanichton couple will be sponsoring a family of Syrian refugees who are expected to arrive on the Saanich Peninsula by the end of this month. John Smith is the co-chair of a Refugee Sponsorship Group formed by the congregations of seven Peninsula churches. He and his wife will welcome the family and help support them once they arrive. The couple was informed a few weeks ago of two possible families and they chose a family of four — two parents, a 16-year-old girl and a 12-year old boy. Smith said from what he was told, the family doesn’t speak English. “So we need interpreters and we need ESL (English as a Second Language courses) and we need a lot of community support to just get these people to feel comfortable,” Smith told the PNR. The process in getting to sponsor the family started with a government program called the Blended Visa Office Referred Program (BVOR). In that program, the Department of Immigration works with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. They identify families that are staying in refugee camps and work to have them cleared for immigration to Canada. They are pre-cleared by the U.N. and federal department. When those bodies have a list of those pre-cleared, they send it out to the diocese and

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John Smith of St. Mary’s Church in Saanichton and his family will be sponsoring a Syrian family expected to arrive on the Saanich Peninsula by the end of the month. other sponsorship agreement holders to choose the families available. Smith said the basic responsibility of the Refugee Office of the Diocese, which is the signature agreement holder, is to support a family for one year. The Refugee Office then looks to those who want to sponsor to get the one year commitment and an idea that the potential sponsors have the money, the people and the resources to do it. “We’ve raised a sufficient amount of money,” said Smith. “We went to the seven churches and said can you help and they’ve all come forward with money.” Smith said there are other people who have been willing to step forward as sponsors. He added the Refugee Office

of the Diocese said they have around 40 groups on Vancouver Island that are each sponsoring a family. “We’ve just said we’ll take a family and we didn’t really care where they came from and what their background is. They’re desperate. They should be helped.” It just so happened the family is from Syria, but they could have come from another country. The very first thing they had to worry about, Smith said, was accommodation. “We’re footing the bill at the beginning, so it’s been difficult to find accommodation that’s affordable,” he said. They have found an upper half of a three bedroom house, almost furnished, in the middle of Saanichton, close to all

of the main amenities. “There is now an amazing website that’s been set up by somebody here in Victoria to share information about anything that you might need in terms of furniture, pots and pans, clothing, bedding, everything.” The government, under the BVOR program, provides assistance for six months. “There will be some government assistance and I think it’s going to be in the region of about $1,100 a month for a family of four,” said Smith. One of the other things to keep in mind besides money and accommodation, is working to get the family to feel comfortable in their new environment. PleaSe See: Local couple could not, page 7

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Dollar dilemma hitting home

anadians thinking of heading south for a holiday could be forgiven for cringing every time they pick up a newspaper or turn on the television news. The dropping Canadian dollar has been dominating the news for the first few weeks of the year, reaching its lowest point in 12 years and currently hovering just above 70 cents U.S. For those planning on travelling outside of the country, this represents a major financial hit. The Euro and the American dollar are both considerably higher, which means we don’t get much for our money overseas, or south of the border. Here at home, the reaction to the plunging dollar has been a little more You’d be well mixed. The major factor advised to buckle influencing the falling Canadian dollar is the price up — it looks like of oil. we could be in for With the price of oil now sitting at around $32 a bumpy ride a barrel, the price at the pump has dropped below $1 a litre for drivers in Greater Victoria. With the price of oil now only about one-quarter of the cost from just two years ago, you could make the argument that gasoline prices should be even cheaper. But the money saved on the fill-up of the family vehicle won’t cover the increases seen at the grocery check-out. With California in the midst of a prolonged drought, consumers have been warned for years that the cost of fruits and vegetables were bound to skyrocket. Those skyrocketing prices have now become a reality, with shoppers facing $7 prices for a head of cauliflower. Of course, the high cost of imported fruits and vegetables comes as good news for local farmers who have been struggling to get by. The lower dollar also means Canadian manufactured goods are more competitive and provides incentives to those considering a Canadian holiday. However, the uncertainty surrounding Canada’s dollar is likely to continue, with some forecasters even predicting a dollar worth 60 cents U.S. So whether you’re heading out of the country or not, you’d be well advised to buckle up — it looks like we could be in for a bumpy ride.

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Is Sidney’s vision at odd with residents? I can understand the frustration of residents who have lost the power and piece of mind afforded to them through the zoning regulations which they relied upon to protect the character of their neighbourhoods and their property. Our official community plan (OCP) and local area plan (LAP), developed with extensive public participation and input, layout, in part, the development permitted through zoning regulation. The plan states that it “establishes a degree of certainty about the location and nature of community change to residents and landowners while providing a framework for guiding and managing future development and growth.” Okay. So the zoning regulations provide assurances to residents that nonconforming development will not be permitted. In the recent Town Talk newsletter the mayor said he and council support development if they feel it is for the greater good. He refers to the OCP and LAP as providing direction regarding decisions on increasing residential density. However, this rhetoric rings hollow in the face of past actions by our mayor (then councillor) when he supported the failed Seaport East condo proposal despite the fact that development guidelines and zoning regulations were at complete odds with the proposal. This is playing out again in the opposition of residents directly affected by the zoning changes

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needed for high density development in their neighbourhoods. Despite this uproar, council continues to move forward toward approving the changes. The mayor also states it is not buildings that define a community but the people residing within them. That is not a ringing endorsement of the public input and time that went into the OCP and LAP and the zoning regulations agreed upon to restrict nonconforming development. If the planning documents and zoning appears to be at odds with council’s current vision for Sidney then they should call for a public review of these documents which are now nine years old. Ed East Sidney

Turn property into a communtiy garden I live close by the former “Nimmo“ property on Hovey and Prosser roads in Central Saanich. While a church and town houses now occupy half the land, the other half used to grow hay and now stands unused months on end. With escalating prices on vegetables reaching skyward and our dependence on importing, would it not be prudent to seek solutions on our own turf? Could Central Saanich buy or lease this large section of fertile land and erect raised beds along with small plots to form a community allotment project? What a community project for Saanichton; exercise, while cultivating your own food, and having fun with like-minded gardeners. This would be a win, win activity and an opportunity to teach children how food is grown. Planning and think tanks would be needed, but space exists on this peninsula, and garden communities have been established elsewhere — all it needs is the will. In closing, instead of more development, can we be proactive and turn toward redeeming our precious green spaces, while encouraging citizens to plant and reap the huge benefits from growing fresh produce and becoming healthy while doing it. Margaret J. Jestico Saanichton

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Residents meeting sparks call for more direct action with Sidney council Steven Heywood News staff

A new citizens’s advocacy group in Sidney is being talked about, following a community meeting held at the Mary Winspear Centre — and the mayor says he welcomes it. Organized by Sidney resident Judy Moscovitz, the Jan. 31 public meeting drew a largerthan-expected crowd on short notice. In an interview, Moscovitz said her hope was to allow people to talk about issues in the community. It would, she said, potentially lower the temperature around people’s apparent displeasure with the municipality’s policies on growth and development. “Admittedly, I had no idea, really, about Sidney politics, other than reading about affordable housing (and other issues) in the local paper,” she explained. “I tend to see Sidney as a happy place and I was starting to see some acrimony over issues like rezoning.” Moscovitz added her idea was sparked when a resident approached her to sign a petition opposing one such rezoning application. She said she was struck by the person’s attitude that the municipal council wasn’t listening to people.

“I think people have expectations when they buy property here,” she continued, referencing recent reports in the PNR about proposed rezonings that would see more homes built in the community. On Feb. 9, the municipality holds a public hearing on one of those rezoning applications — for a four story mixed commercial and residential building on 4th Street. Ken and Susan Groom, who live next door, have been running a petition. They want the Town to stick with current zoning, which would allow a three-story structure and have less of an impact on their view. “Most people at the meeting had no objection to densification or development in Sidney,” Moscovitz continued, “they only object to the exemptions and modifications to current zoning. People are feeling overlooked.” Moscovitz said people began asking for a residents’ association and she took the names of 55 people who might be interested in helping form such a group. “I think some people feel they aren’t being heard and they really want that,” she said, noting she’s willing to help facilitate people interested in taking it on, but would not want to be directly involved

herself. Mayor Steve Price said there are a few citizens’ groups in town. “More power to ‘em,” Price said when asked about the possibility of a new one forming. The mayor took issue with the assertion by Moscovitz and others that the council doesn’t listen. He noted that in addition to a few meet and greets with the council each year, regular meetings offer residents more opportunities to be heard than ever before. “It’s good to be open and transparent with all of the residents, all of the time,” he said. Moscovitz said she invited the town council to attend the meeting but none showed up. Price sent a letter to Moscovitz on Jan. 26, stating the council would not attend due to “meeting requirements set by legislation.” A link Price included in the letter as a reference outlined the municipality’s own procedures on public participation periods and public hearing during council-run meetings. Asked about that point, Price said a gathering of four councillors in one place could be considered a quorum of council and put them on legally shaky ground. He added he took Moscovitz’s

request to attend as a formal request to all of council and also would have required more notice. When asked if individual councillors could have gone to the meeting, Price said yes, but could not speak for the entire council. Councillor Peter Wainwright, who has regularly attended the meetings of another citizen group — Support Our Sidney (SOS) — said with less than a week’s notice about the Jan. 31 meeting, and other personal plans, he could not go. “I usually try to go to those things,” he said, adding he called Moscovitz to find out more about her concerns. “She is trying to diffuse acrimony in town over development,” he said. “And in trying to improve the town, it sounds like a good thing.” Price added he felt the sole purpose of Moscovitz’s meeting would have seen town councillors “interrogated.” He suggested Moscovitz should have talked with council first or used existing council-led public participation options. “I’m sure the council acts in good faith, that they have the best interests of the town in mind,” Moscovitz said. “But some people are

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Smith said he has had contact through one of the member churches with interpreters from Pearson College. He said there’s another couple who are very experienced in teaching ESL, who have taught language skills to adults and children all over the world. “You have to make sure that they feel welcome when they arrive. We now have a seven

seat van standing by so that we can go out to the airport and meet them and take them to their new home.” Smith has also been in touch with Bayside Middle School and Stelly’s Secondary School, making sure the family’s children can attend school there. A big reason for Smith’s decision in sponsoring a family for the first time, is the image that took media by storm, shock-

ing many viewers alike. The drowned body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi was photographed in September 2015, after the boat he and some member of his family and a total of 16 Syrian refugees were in, capsized. “Well you know, it’s the same with everybody else, you see the picture of that little boy dead on the seashore, you say this is not something I can not do something about.”

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at odds with some of their policies.” She added the town’s options for public participation do not empower people. Anyone wanting to know more about the proposed citizen group should email nextstep@shaw.ca.

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ominated for a Grammy for his latest album Healer, CubanCanadian artist Alex Cuba will perform this Sunday at the Charlie White Theatre. Living now in Smithers, B.C, his tour has seen many sold out shows, and hopefully another one this Sunday when he will come and perform songs from Healer. It’s his fifth studio album and he told the PNR in an interview that it came together in an interesting way that he wasn’t expecting. “It saw me enjoy the recording process quite a bit … and I realized that music is a healer, music is a force of nature so I said you know what I’m going to make this album Healer because this process is healing me from any stress…” He said the album exceeded his expectations and that he came out of that studio happy he had a good album. “It’s interesting how my expectations Photo contributed by Christina Woerns were more under control than with any Alex Cuba has had quite the success in his musical journey. He performs in Sidney other of my previous albums…” this Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Mary Winspear Centre. So how does the process go for this sucAlbum, followed most recently by a Grammy recent nomination. cessful artist? With all of this artist’s success has come “The way I do albums is I write songs as nomination in the Best Latin Pop Album I go. I never stop writing. There is always category. Winners are to be announced in many accolades, including winning his first Juno in Canada in 2006. mid-February. something coming down.” “That was quite the moment because I “It so totally exceeded my expectations, Cuba has had quite the year — winning a Latin Grammy for Best Singer-Songwriter I wasn’t expecting that,” he said about his was really far away from home. I was in Hali-

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Performing never gets old for George Canyon Canadian country singer releases new album today Carlie Connolly News staff

Country star George Canyon will be heading out this way on his Jekyll and Nothing to Hide Tour, playing songs off his new album I Got This, released today. He’s also got a few surprises up his sleeve. “Well, this is a Jekyll and Nothing to Hide Tour so if anything they have to come and see what that means.” Canyon is performing at the Mary Winspear Centre Monday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. He said the theatre show is a very special as they are doing something they’ve never done before, he said, hinting at the surprises to come. He will not only play songs off the new album, but some of his older stuff as well. “But being very cognitive of that as a fan of country music, if I go to a show, I don’t just want to hear new music, I want to [hear] the stuff that I listened to and grew to love for that artist,” he said. In creating his newest album, Canyon said it was about spending the

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Want a neighbourhood to look like a small, cohesive and interactive community? Tired of living in homes that may not create natural connections with the people who live around you? Want to help create a place where you not only can live, but enjoy better relationships with your neighbours? Cohousing might be the answer. An information session on the concept is coming to the Saanich Fairground on Sunday, Feb. 21, hosted by the fledgling Saanich Peninsula Cohousing group. Volunteer founder Tracy Mills says cohousing is a way of bringing a neighbourhood together. “You start with the people first,” she explained. “They plan, design,

houses tend to be a bit smaller — 800 build and then move in.” It’s a little more complicated than to 1,200 square feet — and the neighthat, so that’s why the group has bourhood typically includes a cominvited Margaret Critchlow to be the mon house. This space is a social guest spear at the event. Critchlow is gathering place for the community the founding director of the Canadian and could be the site of amenities Senior Cohousing Society, whose such as a library, craft room and even extra suites for visiting Harbourside Cohousfamily and friends. What ing project opened in “By the time the space looks like is up January in Sooke. Mills to the neighbours. said it’s the first seniors you move in, Typical cohousing cohousing community you know your areas, Mills said, are built in B.C. and took close to public transit nearly five years to com- neighbours or downtown areas and plete. already.” include environmenCohousing, Mills con– Tracy Mills tally-friendly, passive tinued, starts with likedesigns. minded people. It takes “It’s a very involved individuals willing to put in time and effort to plan and help process. There’s a lot of collaboradesign an entire neighbourhood, tion and even training required to engage professionals to build the reach a consensus.” A cohousing neighbourhood is homes and help run what is almost usually designed, she continued, to like a strata when it’s complete. “By the time you move in,” Mills allow residents to bump into each said, “you know your neighbours other more and to hold planned comalready and you have a general con- munity events. Mills said Saanich Peninsula sensus on what it all will look like.” In cohousing, Mills explained, peo- Cohousing is new and is looking for ple do own their own homes. Those other people who might want to be

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