We went for a walk on Sunday and noticed some activity on the old firehall property on McLeod Rd. The couple were from Winnipeg and had purchased the land from Union Bay Improvement District.

They plan on building a home and they were very excited. We welcomed them to Union Bay.

We were walking on Sunday and noticed some construction at the bottom of McLeod Rd. We were not sure what the pipes, valves and the blue fittings were and sent a email to ‘h2oguy@union-bay.ca’ for an answer….Still waiting but when we find out we will update.

August 23rd 2019 , Just received an email from Danny McGill waterworks superintendent verifying that the piping and valves are a pressure reducing station.

Contaminated Site Remediation

• On Monday, August 19, Union Bay Estates will start their next major phase of the development with the construction of a noise mitigation and soil management berm along the east side of Highway 19A.
• Leighton Contracting will carry out the work, with support from SLR Consulting on soil management, McElhanney Consulting directing the civil construction, and participation from Baseline Archaeology and K’ómoks First Nation.
• The berm construction and other soil movement associated with the development will be carried out under a permit (Approval in Principle) granted August 2^nd by the BC Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy.
• The project work zone will not encroach into the riparian areas next to Hart Creek and other watercourses.
• Union Bay Estates expects the berm construction to take up to four weeks to complete, at which time other site grading and soil management activities will continue under the ministry permit.
• Any questions about the above activities can be directed to ubeinfo@mcelhanney.com

Steep Slopes Development Permit (DP 11A 19/ DP 12A 19)

• On July 12, 2019, McElhanney Consulting Services submitted an application for a Steep Slopes Development Permit on behalf of the developer. The purpose of the application is to conduct land clearing, grubbing and regrading of a steep slope on Lot 2 and a small portion of Lot 1 (on the east side of the highway).
• A steep slopes development permit is required if land alteration is proposed within 7.5 metres of a steep slopes (defined as an area with average slopes greater than or equal to 30 per cent for a vertical distance of three metres or more or slopes designated as hazard lands by a professional engineer with experience in geotechnical engineering)
• The application is currently under review by CVRD staff.

August 15th, 2019 Improvement District meeting appeared on the Union Bay Improvement District web site in record time and the July 25th meeting miraculously appeared from lost to found.

Watched the videos of the meetings and was impressed with how well they were run. Well done Chair Healey.

The water works report commented on a resident having a water leak on the house side of the meter of hundreds of gallons a day. So I decided to get some answers.