AGM and MLA Adam Olsen joining us at 7:30 to speak on provincial priorities and answer questions from the audience.    Adam Olsen was first elected as MLA for Saanich North and the Islands in 2017.   Adam is a former two-term Central Saanich Councilor and small business owner. He was born and raised on Tsartlip First Nation in Brentwood Bay and is a member of the Tsartlip First Nation.  He served as the Chair of Planning & Development and Water & Wastewater and represented the community on a number of boards and commissions including solid and liquid waste, Greater Victoria Public Library and the Regional Housing Trust Fund.

The positions of Treasurer and Secretary are open please email CSCA@shaw.ca if you are interesting in filling any of these positions.

Agenda:

AGM

First off, We have our AGM coming up on Tuesday, February 5th with MLA Adam Olsen joining us at 7:30 to speak on provincial priorities and answer questions from the audience. Please see the attached promotion and share widely with your networks. We hope you will be able to join us. It will be taking place from 7:00 – 9:00 at the Peninsula Health Unit at 2170 Mt Newton Cross Rd, Saanichton, BC V8M 2B2 (Please note the change of location from our regular monthly meetings). We hope to see you there.

New Task Force – Plastic Bag Ban

We are excited to announce that we have a new task force that is working to understand how a plastic bag checkout ban in Central Saanich would look. So far, both Victoria and Saanich have adopted a ban and we are hoping to follow suit.  If you are interested in this topic and would like to get involved, please contact Bonny at bteichrieb@gmail.com

2019 Budget Priorities – Voice your Concerns

The Municipality is currently reviewing their 2019 draft financial plan with opportunities for engagement. They have a 2019 Balance the Budget Challenge! where you can learn where your tax dollars go and tell them about your priorities so we strongly encourage you to go to this site and share your views. Anything from improvements to transit services and facilities, active transportation initiatives, public safety, road safety, garbage collection, or whatever it may be. Let’s flood this platform with our opinions and get our input heard so they know and understand what priorities are important to us!!! The deadline to include your feedback is Feb 15th so please be sure to visit the site and share your opinion on the financial priorities for 2019!

You can also join them at Spelt’s Coffee Shop in Saanichton for a casual conversation and a chance to learn about the budget. This event will be taking place on January 30th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Members of the public are welcome to come by at any time.

Past and Upcoming Meeting Details & Website Development 

The meeting minutes from our January meeting are attached. I have also included a letter from a member who will be speaking more about these concerns at our March meeting. Please feel free to get in touch and join us in March to hear more about these concerns.

We are also recently updating our website to have a fresh new look. There, you will find the upcoming meeting agendas, meeting minutes, task force activities, and all the current happenings of CSCA. We encourage you to check it out by using the link here.

That’s all for now. We hope the month of January has been treating you well and hope to see you at any of our upcoming activities soon!

Celeste Zimmer
CSCA Chair