WARNING: I don't exist to meet your expectations.
Complete video of UBID monthly meeting at:
Your Government in Action Representing YOU
Complete video of UBID monthly meeting at:
Your Government in Action Representing YOU
Quote from Brian McMahon Oct. 18, 2006.
Well, this exchange should clear up any confusion regarding sewer and water.
I replaced this clip as the audio was terrible.
Kensington Island Properties took another step forward Friday when the regional district and Union Bay Improvement District (UBID) signed an agreement that will enable the company to proceed with constructing a water filtration system for the Island community.
"The water resolution is now reached, which gives KIP the go-ahead for water," KIP vice-president Brian McMahon said.
The company still needs to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Environment for a wastewater treatment plant, which needs the Comox Valley Regional District's stamp of approval, as was the case with a water infrastructure agreement between KIP and the UBID.
The CVRD board signed a master development agreement in 2010. A clause calling for a transfer of the water licence to the regional district had been a sticking point for the UBID throughout discussions.
UBID board chair Carol Molstad said Friday's agreement recognizes the long-term need for water management and allows Union Bay to retain control of the UBID water supply system.
It also identifies two conditions under which a transfer of the district’s water supply assets could occur — if the UBID requests a transfer and the CVRD accepts, or the Province changes UBID's letters patent and requires a transfer. But Molstad said neither of these triggers will happen in the foreseeable future.
"We have been given every indication that the Province has no intention of forcing a transfer," she said in a statement. "UBID retains ownership of the land around and under the lake as well as the pipeline right of way, including after a potential transfer."
Before applying for a building permit or subdividing, the regional district says KIP needs to prove there is an adequate amount of water from Langley Lake to supply the land in question.
"The grass is growing and the paint is drying," he quipped, referring to the 13 years that have passed since KIP purchased 1,000-plus acres in Union Bay.
• • •
The centrepiece of KIP's proposal is a Scottish Links-style, 18-hole destination golf course overlooking Georgia Strait, designed by world-renowned golf course architect Gil Hanse.
The Philadelphia-based Hanse built Castle Stuart in Scotland, named course of the year by Golf Magazine in 2009. The publication also named him Golf Architect of the Year.
The Olympic planning committee has chosen Hanse to be the golf course architect for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In addition, Donald Trump has asked Hanse to rebuild the course at the Doral Golf Resort in Florida.
"His stock price has gone up substantially since we got him," said Kensington Island Properties vice-president Brian McMahon. "He's going to be here hands on to build it."
reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com
The following 2 articles are from May 8, 2012, Comox Valley Echo and Comox Valley Record - highlighting added regarding subject.
Water deal paves way for Kensington development
A major obstacle to a start on the giant Kensington Island Properties development at Union Bay has been removed.
After
more than 13 years of seemingly endless process, a deal agreed Friday
means the granting the first building permits is a lot closer.
There
still needs to be B.C. Environment Ministry approval for a proposed
wastewater treatment plant, but KIP vice-president Brian McMahon said
talks on that were progressing well and he hoped for approval of the
plans within about three months.
The new agreement on water
licensing was "a great step forward," he said, and cleared a big hurdle
that had prevented a start on building.
The initial development
will include the construction and funding of a new water filtration and
treatment plant that KIP had previously offered Union Bay, which will
serve all existing properties as well as many new ones.
But
McMahon cautioned that getting agreement on water supplies to the first
phase of the development had to be coupled with wastewater treatment
out; in practical terms, one could not work without the other.
The
way forward on water was signaled as Union Bay Improvement District and
Comox Valley Regional District finally agreed who should hold the
area's two water licences.
The crucial document was signed in
front of almost 40 Union Bay landowners Friday afternoon after being
ratified unanimously by the UBID board. Earlier in the week, it had been
approved by the regional district board.
Under it, UBID gets to
keep control of the water licences and physical assets like Langley
Lake, the treatment plant and pipelines, at least for now.
It has
agreed to transfer the licences and some key supply assets (but not the
dam, the lake and the land around it) to the regional district at some
future date - but only when it considers the time is right, or sooner if
the provincial government compels it to do so.
But, said UBID
chair Carol Molstad, there is no precedent for the province to intervene
in that way, so the outcome boiled down to UBID having the power in its
hands to decide when it would be in the best interests of landowners to
request a switch.
That might be, she suggested, when it looked
like UBID was going to run out of water to service further new
development, or was likely to face insurmountable costs in creating new
capacity.
And while that wouldn't be soon, when the time was
judged right the two authorities had agreed "to work cooperatively in a
timely manner to effect the necessary requirements for a seamless
transfer."
A series of conditions has also been agreed for any future transfer to protect the interests of landowners.
For
the longer term, the regional district has said it needs to hold the
licences, as the province wants it to adopt a coordinated regional water
supply strategy for the Comox Valley.
But it has always said acquiring them was not a short-term need - but it sought assurance at some stage it would happen.
Molstad
presented the agreement as a win-win for both authorities - but an even
bigger one for the wider community, as there were no further local
government-related issues to hold up building permits for Kensington.
And
that meant KIP could also move forward on its offer to build and donate
to the community a new water treatment plant at McLeod Road, serving
existing properties as well as up to 250 new ones to be built in early
phases of the wider KIP development.
A treatment plant with
greater capacity would have to be provided later on land that UBID will
need to buy for the purpose, but the water agreement now meant that at
least the first 250 properties could be built to KIP's own timetable.
Molstad
said there had been an unprecedented level of cooperation and dialogue
between UBID and CVRD in negotiating the agreement, and she felt sure
that would continue.
"Our board has worked hard to protect the
interests of Union Bay stakeholders," she said, acknowledging the help
of MLA Don McRae in securing the agreement. "Union Bay is ready to move
forward. Now it is up to Kensington."
For the regional district, Area A rural director Bruce Jolliffe said he was "very, very happy that this has worked out."
It
had been a rocky process at the start, but in the end an agreement had
been reached that worked for both parties, and a mutual understanding
had been reached on the issues and the way forward. "We worked
collaboratively to resolve this, and we got there," he said.
And
regional district board chair Edwin Grieve (Area C) added that better
communication had been key to getting over the initial apprehension. A
pillar of trust had been built that would be good for both authorities
over the longer term.
pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
AND THIS ONE:
Union Bay water picture less murky after agreement reached
Published: May 08, 2012 02:00 PM
Updated: May 08, 2012 02:242 PM
Updated: May 08, 2012 02:242 PM
Kensington Island Properties took another step forward Friday when the regional district and Union Bay Improvement District (UBID) signed an agreement that will enable the company to proceed with constructing a water filtration system for the Island community.
"The water resolution is now reached, which gives KIP the go-ahead for water," KIP vice-president Brian McMahon said.
The company still needs to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Environment for a wastewater treatment plant, which needs the Comox Valley Regional District's stamp of approval, as was the case with a water infrastructure agreement between KIP and the UBID.
The CVRD board signed a master development agreement in 2010. A clause calling for a transfer of the water licence to the regional district had been a sticking point for the UBID throughout discussions.
UBID board chair Carol Molstad said Friday's agreement recognizes the long-term need for water management and allows Union Bay to retain control of the UBID water supply system.
It also identifies two conditions under which a transfer of the district’s water supply assets could occur — if the UBID requests a transfer and the CVRD accepts, or the Province changes UBID's letters patent and requires a transfer. But Molstad said neither of these triggers will happen in the foreseeable future.
"We have been given every indication that the Province has no intention of forcing a transfer," she said in a statement. "UBID retains ownership of the land around and under the lake as well as the pipeline right of way, including after a potential transfer."
Before applying for a building permit or subdividing, the regional district says KIP needs to prove there is an adequate amount of water from Langley Lake to supply the land in question.
McMahon expects to reconvene soon with the ministry and consultants to discuss the wastewater treatment plant.
"The grass is growing and the paint is drying," he quipped, referring to the 13 years that have passed since KIP purchased 1,000-plus acres in Union Bay.
The company plans to build houses, a golf course, a marina
walkway, and a series of parks and trails. McMahon said KIP has so far
invested more than $12 million into the project.
• • •
The centrepiece of KIP's proposal is a Scottish Links-style, 18-hole destination golf course overlooking Georgia Strait, designed by world-renowned golf course architect Gil Hanse.
The Philadelphia-based Hanse built Castle Stuart in Scotland, named course of the year by Golf Magazine in 2009. The publication also named him Golf Architect of the Year.
The Olympic planning committee has chosen Hanse to be the golf course architect for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In addition, Donald Trump has asked Hanse to rebuild the course at the Doral Golf Resort in Florida.
"His stock price has gone up substantially since we got him," said Kensington Island Properties vice-president Brian McMahon. "He's going to be here hands on to build it."
reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com
We are so lucky to have open, honest and accountable representatives, each one believing 'they' can fix whatever has gone wrong. Remember, these people have a vision for you - how good is their sight?The more things change, the more they stay the same. Same show, different cast.
When are YOU going to stop being willfully ignorant? Maybe you are just too stupid to realize what is going on.Just my opinion, of course. :)
