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OCP change could kill Tod Inlet plans

A proposed amendment to Cen- areas,” he said in a memorandum “major community park,” he said.
tral Saanich’s official community to ack Committee referred the item to a
plan could thwart plans to build a Tod Inlet is also referred to in future parks committee meeting
$50 million luxury development the OCP as an ideal location fora Without making a dec:sion.
complex at Tod Inlet, Ald. Bruce
Tobin said recently.

The Tod Inlet area, from Wal-
lace Drive to the water’s edge,
should be made into a regional
park, he told council’s parks and
recreation committee, Feb. 11.

Vancouver firm Fama Holdings
wants its 267-acre Tod Inlet prop-
erty rezoned so it can build a
200-room resort hotel and up to
600 homes. :

Also on the drawing board are
plans to build a 100-berth marina
and a championship golf course on
the property, which is adjacent to
Butchart Gardens.

Tobin said he wants the land’s
designation in the OCP changed
from urban to “future nature
appreciation park.”

The current OCP highlights a
need to provide for “parks, open
space and preservation of signifi-

~ cant natural, scenic or recreational

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