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Times Colonist, Oct. 23, 2024

Saanich OKs $21M plan to improve road safety

Saanich council has adopted its new road safety plan, the first on Vancouver Island, which will cost $21 million over 10 years and sets a goal to eliminate fatal crashes. Council was unanimous in endorsing the plan, which has been just over two years in the making and stems from council’s adoption in February 2022 of Vision Zero, a goal to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities on roads.

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Vancouver Is Awesome, Sept. 20, 2024

B.C. municipalities want province-wide ban on ‘inhumane’ rodent glue traps

“I am grateful to all the passionate advocates who helped make this resolution a reality and hope the provincial government will step up and ban these indiscriminately lethal traps,” Saanich Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff said.

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“Animals caught in glue traps suffer horrific and prolonged deaths — and this fate is experienced by target and non-target animals alike.”

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City News, Sept. 19, 2024

UBCM calls on expansion of free transit program for all high school students

As it stands, kids 12 and under can ride transit for free under the Get on Board program anywhere in B.C., but a resolution passed at the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention Thursday has called on the province to secure permanent funding to expand that to include high schoolers.

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Times Colonist, July 17, 2024

Saanich formalizes support for affordable housing with reserve fund

Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff said formal creation of the reserve fund makes transparent a process that had been “a little opaque.”
 

“I think that’s really important and I think it’s also [that] we’re demonstrating our commitment to affordable housing,” he said.

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Victoria News, June 14, 2024

Langford, Saanich, Oak Bay pitch for free transit for youth, seniors

Saanich Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff wrote the report and draft resolution presented to, and supported by, that council.
"Beyond affordability, free transit for seniors promotes social inclusion and fosters connections within our communities,” Phelps Bondaroff said. “By breaking down transportation barriers, we empower seniors to maintain active social lives, attend gatherings, and stay connected with loved ones, thereby enhancing their overall mental and physical well-being."

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CHEK News, March 20, 2024

Saanich to change parking requirements for new housing developments

On Monday, in an almost unanimous vote, councillors voted to lower the parking minimums for all forms of new builds and convert those minimums into maximums for certain-sized projects. “Reducing the need to build parking also reduces building expenses,” said Coun. Teale Phelps Bandaroff.

Bandaroff and Coun. Zac de Vries brought forward a policy framework for parking requirements.

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Times Colonist, March 20, 2024

Saanich eyes lowering of parking requirements for new housing projects

Phelps Bondaroff said with paved parking you increase the amount of impervious surface, remove green space and encourage transportation modes like cars that the district is trying to move away from. [Phelps] Bondaroff said he was inspired by a local resident who pointed out at a previous council meeting “we are in a climate and housing crisis not a parking crisis.”

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Saanich News, August 20, 2023

Volunteers expand road mural on Saanich’s Falaise Crescent

Representatives from the Falaise Community Association and the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network and the public came out to add purple camas flowers to the mural. 

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“The mural is fantastic,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff, project co-initiator and network volunteer. “It’s bright and vibrant. It’s great for community building and road safety. Road murals have been found by some research to show that cars slow down.”

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Saanich News, August 11, 2023

Saanich breaks ground on $1.2M Rutledge Park improvements

Members of the community and Saanich council gathered Thursday morning (Aug. 10) to break ground on the $1.2-million Rutledge Park improvement project. 

Upgrades to the park will include modern playground equipment, a new washroom and change room facility, a splash pad and new paved pathways.

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Times Colonist, June 8, 2023

District of Saanich to offer free period products in all public washrooms

“Period poverty is something that is a serious issue that we don’t talk about enough,” said Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, “My hope is that we inspire other districts and other actors to do the same thing... There’s a taboo and stigma around talking about menstruation in our society,” said Phelps Bondaroff, who is also the chair of AccessBC which successfully advocated for free prescription contraception in the province. “Having a little box with menstrual products in the washroom …. it could make someone’s day if they’re in need.”

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