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Beach Boys Seven-year-olds Finn NelsonWalker and Andrew Atherstone get sandy at Cadboro-Gyro Beach during the Christ Church Cathedral School year end party on Friday (June 12). Elementary, middle and high school students across B.C. are counting down to June 25, when most schools in the province break for summer vacation. Travis Paterson/News staff
Give EDPA fair consideration, says enviro head
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Saanich’s manager of environmental services hopes to set the record straight on Saanich’s controversial Environmental Development Permit Area bylaw in the coming weeks, but she’ll need to overcome some community opposition to get there. Despite the EDPA existing for three years with little to no controversy, Adri-
ane Pollard is now at the centre of a very public battle between affected homeowners and the District. The EDPA was approved by council in March 2012 and relies on aerial maps of sensitive ecosystems – created by the federal and provincial governments in the 1990s – that led to development restrictions on properties in certain pockets of the District. The maps haven’t been refined on the ground, which had led many affected residents
to worry that the EDPA restricts them from maintaining and adding new structures to their private properties. The District says it’s not as bad as all that, and after staff posted information boards and brochures at all of Saanich’s recreation centres, Pollard and her team will take part in an open house today from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
PlEASE SEE: District promises EDPA answers, Page A11
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