Don’t blink – you might miss another bylaw authorizing the City of Langford to borrow $3 million more for the ‘Bridge to Nowhere.’ Bylaw 1369, with no public hearing, only the staff report to Council, and the first time the general public could be aware of the bylaw, is going through First, Second and Third readings all at the same council meeting, this Tuesday. What started out a long time ago at a poorly advertised Special meeting of Langford Council held in between Christmas and New Years on Dec. 27th in 2007 continues, it seems, in the same spirit Read the rest of this entry »

The Langford Council meeting agenda (click here to download) is available for download now. See something interesting? Post about it in the comments.

The Langford Planning, Zoning, & Affordable Housing Committee agenda (click here to download) is available, and is summarised below.

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Tomorrow’s Langford Council Meeting agenda is available. It’s loaded with public hearings (four in total), development variance permits (8 in total), correspondence from Tammy and Robert Jeske over their concerns about BC Hydro’s Smart Meter programme, and several other interesting proposals (a road closure paired with a land exchange, a “Patio Encroachment Agreement”, and more). Also available is the notice of in-camera meeting, a no-public-access meeting scheduled to happen after the public meeting to discuss Read the rest of this entry »

The first public meeting of August is the Langford Planning, Zoning, & Affordable Housing Committee (click here to view the agenda) and has reports on the following proposals:

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Colwood mayor won’t seek re-election (Times Colonist)

Colwood Mayor will not seek another term (CFAX 1070 News)

The agenda is available for tonight’s Langford Council meeting (click here to download the agenda) and the notice of in-camera meeting (click here to view the announcement) that comes at the end of it. Marwood, Goldstream, Flatman, Jenkins, Isabell, Hoylake, Hazelwood, and Shaw avenues, Walfred, Savory, Englewood, Spencer, Hazelwood, and Glen Lake roads, Preston and Guyton Way, Fashoda Place, Shoreview Drive, and Langford Parkway all make appearances on the agenda, and more.

Is Hazelwood a road or an avenue, or is there one of each? It appears both way in tonight’s agenda.

The agendas are up for the two public meetings at City Hall this coming week:

- Langford Parks, Recreation, Culture, and Beautification Committee (click here to download the agenda)

- Langford Planning, Zoning, and Affordable Housing Committee (click here to download the agenda)

The former lists agenda items such as beach access off Guyton Way (Langford Lake), a proposal for a new Langford Lake aerator, and more. The latter has proposals for Shaw Ave., Goldstream Ave., Walfred Road, Marwood Ave., Flatman Ave., and more.

With the City of Langford now archiving agendas on their website (they were previously removed after the meeting occurred), Inside Langford will simply link to the agenda packages in the future rather than maintain a separate online archive of them. I’m glad to see the City of Langford finally offering this service, the minutes of a meeting contain nowhere near as much information about the proposals as the agenda packages do.

That freed up some space to add a new feature: a Westshore RCMP news feed. On the left sidebar, immediately below the recent comments, you’ll find a new feed showing the last five news releases for the Westhore RCMP.

There is one meeting this week (paired up with an in-camera meeting) with some unique proposals including allowing operation of a U-Brew business at Hull’s Corner/Langford Parkway under a temporary permit licence for 12 months), temporarily closing Rosalee Road, and a request to temporarily die Goldstream Fountain pink. There are reports on two proposed forthcoming concerts at Western Spedway, a five artist “Country and Western” concert in July, and a seventeen (yes, 17) artist event entitled “When the Legends Meet the Locals” which is planned as a first annual “1980′s style Heavy Metal and Rock” festival at Western Speedway. The 2010 Langford Annual Report makes an appearance, and there are additional proposals for Peatt Rd., Selwyn Rd., Hoylake Avenue, Jacklin Rd., Piper Rd., Hazelwood Rd., Marwood Ave., Englewood Rd., Brown Rd, Matson Rd., and much more.

Langford Council Meeting (click here to download the agenda)

Notice of Langford Council In-Camera Meeting (click here to download the notice)

There are two committee meetings this week a Langford Planning, Zoning, and Affordable Housing meeting (click here to view the agenda) (note, the PZ&AH meeting conflicts with game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals) and a Langford Admin and Finance meeting (click here to view the agenda).

And for those who may not have noticed yet, Canucks flags have replaced Langford’s flags atop the arch across Goldstream Ave. That’s probably something most of us can get behind.