Interview with Sechelt Mayor John Henderson
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Interview with Sechelt Mayor John Henderson
We talk about water, Seawatch, and electric cars
Some quotes have been lightly edited for clarity
I had the pleasure of interviewing the Mayor of Sechelt, John Henderson. The entire conversation is extremely interesting but here are a few highlights.
On the severity of Sechelt’s water shortage
MAYOR HENDERSON: In the short term, take water from where we can get it, make sure it's safe, and avoid water restrictions like we have had, and avoid the very real possibility that we could run out of water. That's a pretty serious thing to have to talk about. Over the next two or three years, I'm committed to also solving the long term, because we've got huge lakes. We could build reservoirs. There's a number of things that would provide the water that we need forever. But first we’ve got to help find water for this summer and next summer, and probably the summer after that.
On increasing housing density
MAYOR HENDERSON: I think the important thing is to be creative in the types of housing. The idea of building 4-bedroom, single family homes, those days are done. There's always going to be a market for a few of those, but really we need smaller homes. We need condominiums, we need density. These are things that add to the affordability, and I suggest, to the livability of a community.
On improvements to BC Ferries
MAYOR HENDERSON: For $300,000,000, we could have had two ferries. That's the start of a successful solution. Then we need staff. And of course we need infrastructure with the ferry terminal in Langdale especially. And then we probably need a highway, because we do need to take vehicles off that goat trail, as former Chair of the Regional District coined it, that we call a highway. So there's some overall infrastructure improvements that need to be done. We have to decide if that's what this community wants, because if we do, we have to be ready to pay for it, and we can. But we can do it all. It's entirely achievable.
On the Seawatch subdivision
MAYOR HENDERSON: When I was mayor the first time, when the first sinkhole appeared, I got a call. “Mr. Mayor, can you come over? We’ve got a sinkhole.” I have to admit, I didn't really know what that meant. Well, I certainly learned in my first term, and from the legal process that has evolved. That's been a very difficult thing for everybody. And so I just would want to say that there's absolutely no winners in this. And my heart goes out to the residents and the hardworking staff of the district who put a huge amount of time into this
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