NOTE: Dyson was in charge and made decisions we are left with now – but he’s gone. No one is ever held responsible for what has transpired over the years leaving the landowners to ensure KIP has sewage in the future.
So the CAO’s that have made changes to the MDA are gone and those changes will be implemented at a cost to the landowners. No one would have supported this development if they were told Union Bay would get 4 acres for a water treatment plant at the same elevation of the existing waterworks, 1 hectare of land for a new Fire Hall but can’t build because it’s not serviced as promised leaving us in limbo again, contributed to the rerouting of Hart/Washer Creek, contributed to the breakwater, and allow the developer to dump treated sewage into Hart/Washer Creek exclusively for the development, developer only paid the difference in the cost of the building to house a second daf plant when required.
This has to stop – someone has to justify this slow deterioration of a document that was served up as a guarantee/protection for the community to ensure the promises agreed to were kept.
The first video is from a CVRD Zoom meeting June 2021. The question – How does Kip’s application for a temporary wastewater application to dump treated sewage into Hart/Washer Creek comply with the Master Development Agreement signed in Dec. 2017, between the CVRD and KIP?
The language in the MDA is very specific about what is expected of the developer (KIP) regarding sewage in the area. The developer signed this agreement in Dec. 2017 and in Feb. 2018 made an application for a temporary sewage system solely for his development that would dump, first application – 1875 cubic metres of treated sewage daily, second application – 1000 cubic metres daily.
How can this developer’s signature be trusted? The application is for 512 connections mixed commercial and residential. You think this is temporary? The Water Agreement allows KIP 60 to 100 water connections.
How did we go from a written agreement (that has not been revised regarding the sewage section) the developer is required to build an expandable system, to the landowners building a system (with the developer supposedly contributing up front) so the developer can hook into the big pipe from his exclusive sewage system when it’s available.
We are being screwed by the CVRD catering to this sleazy developer (imo). Their words don’t match their actions. Get rid of them if they can’t do better.
The requirement is not that KIP has to build a sewage system at their expense – WTF? That’s what the MDA states and Dyson was involved in the 2017 MDA revision that left the sewage section unchanged.
Video below is an excerpt from Mar. 7, 2022.
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