FIRST STEPS (2016)
Survey by Polaris Surveying – Summer 2016
Attended Islands Trust Affordable Housing Conference – Cowichan Bay, July 2016
Riparian area plan by Gooding Hydrology – Fall 2016
Received $30,000 Seed Funding grant from CMHC – October 2016
Preliminary site plan by D. Gunn Designs – Winter 2016
PROGRESS in 2017
Submitted rezoning application and proposal report – February 14, 2017
Ongoing meetings with Islands Trust planner, Rob Milne, started Spring 2017
Well drilled – May 2017
Well tested for flow-rate (showed that the well can provide the water requirements for 30 homes) & tested for water quality (MB Labs certified potability)
Drainage & stormwater management plan by Gooding Hydrology – May 2017
Septic engineer site visit – June 2017
Meeting with Island Savings Credit Union to inform them of our project – Spring 2017
Public Information Meeting – June 11th, 2017 with public site tours
Many meetings and phone conversations with home builders of manufactured homes, modular homes, flat-pack homes, etc.
Attended Affordable Housing Water Forums – Fall 2016 & Feb 2017
Presentation of Staff Report at LTC Meeting on July 20, 2017, where the trustees voted Yes to prepare the rezoning bylaw
Meeting with BC Housing with regard to funding our project – July 19, 2017
Groundwater Licence application for the well with Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resources (FLNRO) – submitted first week of August, 2017
Archaeological Assessment Report done by Chris Arnett, PhD in August, 2017 concluded that “no items of archaeological significance were identified on Lot A, Section 20″
Discussion with VanCity – August, 2017
Ongoing home design & site plan by Donald Gunn, July & August 2017
Floor plans for home designs for 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom home in progress
RAR (Riparian Area Report) to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRO) received approval September 19, 2017
Presentation to CRD Transportation Commission – September 25, 2017
First reading of draft bylaw for rezoning passed – October 5, 2017
Registered as a not-for-profit society “Dragonfly Commons Housing Society” – October 2017
Submitted application for subdivision to Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in progress (MOTI) in November 2017
Affordable Housing Agreement – Dragonfly subcommittee worked on the draft of this agreement and it was sent to the Islands Trust in Jan 2018
December 2017 held first AGM for Dragonfly Commons Housing Society
PROGRESS in 2018
Met with BC Housing representative January 2018
Islands Trust agency referrals have gone out, have received all responses now – see blog posting
In discussion with Islands Trust Fund Board regarding putting a protective covenant on the undeveloped part of the property (approximately half the land) – had site visit March 2018
Attended Housing Council meeting March 12, 2018
Presentation at the library – March 20th – Fernando presented Dragonfly Commons at the well-attended Transitions Tiny Home talk
UPCOMING & ONGOING
Presentation to CRD Parc Commission regarding their request of $15,000 for cash-in-lieu – April 16th at 5pm, Portlock portable
Subdivision (MOTI) agency referrals have gone out to NSSW, VIHA, Canada Post, BC Hydro and CRD
Working through the agreement with BC Housing regarding construction financing
Affordable Housing Agreement – in discussion with Islands Trust lawyers
Research regarding the Private Water Utility licence (CPCN) in progress
Second reading for rezoning bylaw – fall 2018
Second Public Information Meeting – fall 2018
Presentation for Probus organization – June, 2017
Discussions & research in the past year lead to the decision to change the Dragonfly model from home ownership to affordable rental in May 2018