816 Cloverdale Ave. and 3311 Oak St. – Two residential towers for 467 units with retail at grade and two levels of underground parking

Project package has been received from Saanich Planning — link — MVCCA had been requested to submit comments by May 14th. This will be only draft comments since the developer is planning two information sessions, one in-person and one online.

This is the second major project to have frontage on Oak Street. As with the 760 Tolmie Ave towers, the owners plan for extensive resident’s amenities. The Uptown tower and the Tolmie towers project will total 873 units of new families living in an the area. Our concern is with the cumulative effect of rental housing projects, because these projects are not subject to community amenity contributions (CACs).

Developers pay a fee for the new or expanded infrastructure needs (such as water and sewage) but this does not include amenities that are: ‘improvements to the public realm near the development site’.

Building B, the 21 storey market condo tower, proposed in this project, will be subject to CACs. The Saanich policy can be found at: Community Amenity Contributions and Inclusionary Housing Policy — link. — MVCCA would like all of this project’s contribution to stay in the immediate area.