TheReview Wednesday, August 29,1990 — All —— Environmental concern about Tod Inlet * DRAPERIES * ETC. * UPHOLSTERY * ANTIQUES e by Mare Davis The Review Plans to purchase foreshore property on Tod Inlet for the development of a resort have environmental groups concerned. Concemed parties reacted with alarm to plans by M. Star Develop- ment Ltd., a subsidiary of Fama Holdings Ltd., to purchase Crown Land property covered with old fill on the Tod Inlet foreshore. Tod Creek Watershed Enhance- ment Society chairman Ron de Pol said the land is crucial to Fama’s resort complex proposal. The foreshore property would front a proposed 200-room hotel! and provide access to a proposec 100-berth marina. Citizens concerned about the scale of the proposed resort may lobby against the sale of the Crown Lands property by the provincial government, de Pol said. “I see it as a chance for anyone wanting to minimize development would be for them to try and prevent the sale of the property,” he said. However, his organization was not considering this tactic at pre- sent, he said. “Right now I will be looking for written assurances from Fama Holdings that storm drainage sew- age will not damage the fragile ecosystem of Tod Inlet,” he said. He added that Fama Holdings has been receptive to proposals on how to minimize the environmen- tal impact of the resort on Tod Inlet. “Fama does appear to be sensi- % tive to concems of residents about the effects of water run-off into Tod Inlet,” he said. de Pol said he also wants a written guarantee that a one- kalometer-long stretch of park will be created, running from Wallace Drive to the Tod Inlet estuary: Third, he wants assurance that F8ma Holdings will reduce the proposed density of the 500-600 units of cluster housing it plans to build on its existing 237-acre property in Tod Inlet. “There has to be a reduction in the residential density from about 8,000 people in the complex, which is like a small city, so that I won't act in opposition to the project,” he said. Derrick Mallard, president of the Citizens Association to Save the Environment, said the pro- posed development would ruin the rustic beauty of Tod Inlet. He plans to hold an information (MEL COUVELIER| WORKING FOR — SAANICH & THE ISLANDS Mel! Couvelier, MLA for a | Saanich & the Islands ‘1 wants to know your cen- cerns. Please visit the Constituency office: 2388 Beacon Ave: Sidney, B.C. 656-6232 Mon.-Fri. 8:30-4:30 or. by Appt. = Tally at Tod Creek and march on Sept. 9 to raise public awareness about the fate of the area. “This beloved treed area with its pretty Tod Creek is beloved and enjoyed by local residents for quiet shady walks,” he said. “The diverse natural surround- ings must be preserved as an environmental gem within the Capital Regional District, for all to enjoy.” Provincial Minister of Crown Lands Dave Parker wrote to Cen- tral Saanich council Aug. 17 explaining that only M. Star Developments could purchase the foreshore land. The Capital Regional District will hold an open house at Sans- cha Hall in Sidney Sept. 27 to examine landfill needs on the Peninsula. The six-hour event is part of a CRD-sponsored study looking into alternatives to landfills and potential landfill sites throughout Greater Victoria, a CRD release “Owing to the Riparian rights of access which accompany owner- ship of waterfront property, only the applicant, the upland owner, is eligible to purchase this material,” he said. Fama Holdings Ltd. owns about 237 acres of Central Saanich prop- erty adjacent to the foreshore land M. Star Development wants to buy, of a 1,200-acre parcel that stretches from the Highlands to the coast of Tod Inlet. A previous owner, Tod Inlet Estates managed by Sam Bawlf, abandoned efforts to develop the area in 1982 because of a conflict with B.C Hydro on a right-of-way. Open house on landfilling said. 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