To:  All Mayors in Ontario                                                                                                        April 5, 2013

cc:  Ontario MPP’s

 Re:  CONCERNS ABOUT MANAGING OUR COMMUNITIES’ GROWTH PLANS  

Dear Mayor,

You may not know of the Glenway Preservation Association (GPA), a community-based organization representing thousands of residents in Newmarket, Ontario.  You will, however, be aware of the plight of many communities throughout Ontario with local municipalities whose ability to control their destiny is being severely undermined by unnecessary and unwanted development pressures.  We are writing to enlist your support in changing the course of growth  for its own sake, in favour of sound, community- and environmentally-friendly planning decisions.

The Town of Newmarket is one of 25 municipalities identified in the province’s Places to Grow strategy as an intensification corridor to accommodate increased residential and industrial growth by 2031.  While the Places to Grow strategy was designed to eliminate urban sprawl through planned development strategies, an unintended consequence is in fact causing significant distress within communities.  This is the situation that is occurring when municipalities, who have sound plans to meet their growth targets in ways that also address community needs, are being challenged by developers who are able to override municipal Official Plans by leveraging the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to counter the municipal council decisions, often using the growth targets to validate their claims.  This has a significant consequence for municipalities who are being robbed of their ability to manage their own growth plans without having to spend significant tax dollars to defend their community’s interests at the OMB.

The Town of Newmarket faces just such a situation.  Recently, the Glenway golf course, one of the Town’s last remaining open green spaces, as it is designated in our approved Official Plan, was purchased by Marianneville Developments.  Marianneville has submitted an application to amend the Official Plan, and turn this precious resource into a development of over 700 housing units.  The developer is justifying the development on the grounds that it will support the growth targets set for the Town of Newmarket. In actual fact, other planned development—supported by the Official Plan— will already more than accommodate our growth requirements.

Anticipating that a negative response from the Town will undoubtedly lead to a costly challenge at the OMB, our municipality is gearing up to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to defend its own Official Plan.  In addition, the GPA has been building its own legal defense fund, in order to ensure that the community has a voice in the OMB decision-making process.

We believe that this dynamic is playing itself out across the province in similar growth targeted communities.  While property owners have the right to develop their property within sound planning principles, we do not believe that property owners should be able to exploit the Places to Grow Act objectives by creating intensification projects inconsistent with community interests and needs.

There is a growing body of evidence to support the position that municipalities and communities are no longer willing to allow their interests to be overridden by developers who use their “deep pockets” and resources to appeal to an OMB that applies insufficient weight to community interests in its decision-making.

Recently, Frank Klees, MPP for Newmarket-Aurora, introduced The Preserving Existing Communities Act (Bill 41), which would amend the Places to Grow Act  ( Places to grow Act: https://www.placestogrow.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=9),       to address this inequity.  The GPA supports the principle of Bill 41, and its objective to empower municipal councils to make the final decision about what their communities grow like, while also ensuring appropriate accountability of municipal Councils to their electorate for the decisions they make.  Further information on Bill 41 along with a petition of support is attached here.    http://www.frank-klees.on.ca/CurrentIssues/PMB_PreservingExistingCommunitiesAct.htm   

Exisitng greenspace for wildlife and healthy local ecosystems, for our community and our children

If you support your municipality’s right to maintain and uphold the integrity of your Official  Plan and your community’s interest against unwanted and unnecessary development, we encourage you to support The Preserving Existing Communities Act within your own municipal council, and with your provincial elected officials.  Feel free to invite your residents to submit their signed petition directly to the office of their MPP.  We welcome your response. Together we can make a difference in reclaiming control over the process of how we grow and evolve our own communities.

Sincerely,

 Christina Bisanz Chairperson, GPA  

The Glenway Preservation Association’s Response to the Proposed

“Preserving Existing Communities” Act

March 21, 2013

The Private Member’s Bill “Preserving Existing Communities Act” introduced by Mr. Klees, MPP today, highlights the difficult situation that identified Urban Growth Centres face as intensification projects start to take root, especially if municipalities find themselves trying to defend their Official Plans against unwanted and unnecessary development. “Having to fight against powerful developers whose finances and clout far exceed the limited resources of municipal budgets demonstrates the real risk that municipal planning is simply a worthless taxpayer-funded exercise with no leverage to protect existing communities and their residents’ vision for the future of their community and neighbourhoods,” says Christina Bisanz, Chairperson of the Glenway Preservation Association (GPA). Homeowners are also denied the opportunity to experience appreciation in the value of their homes.

The GPA, a not-for-profit organization formed to serve as the voice of residents in the Glenway community is well aware of the context in which the province’s “Places to Grow” legislation came into being (in 2005), and of its intent to control growth and eliminate the so-called “urban sprawl” that was quickly eating up lands in the GTA without sound planning principles. Dave Sovran, vice-chair of the group notes that “as an organization, we support planned growth in Newmarket as being part of a healthy and responsible approach to managing the evolution of our Town. In fact, planned, strategic growth led to the original creation of the wonderful neighbourhood we live in today!”

The GPA believes that the Town of Newmarket’s Council and planners have worked carefully to embrace and conform to provincially legislated growth plans. The Town invested significant time, resources and public consultation to create its own Official Plan in 2006, which subsequently underwent review and approval by the Region in May 2010.

“We also believe that Newmarket, after careful study and projections, is readily on track to meet its planned intensification targets that were established for each urban growth centre identified in the Places to Grow strategy,” says Ms. Bisanz. “In fact, at this point we are already on a pace to easily achieve and exceed our 2031 intensification growth targets many years ahead of schedule despite the fact that our Town has clear land supply constraints”, she added.

 “It is a fact, then that not only is any proposed development of the Glenway neighbourhood unnecessary to meet our targets, it is also completely contrary to the Town’s Official Plan and its citizens’ vision for the future of this Town”, said Mr. Sovran. The Glenway Estates development proposal put forward by Marianneville Homes is therefore unnecessary for growth targets and is a set-back to the long-term vision and future potential of the quality of our Town by removing precious green space and disturbing a long-established neighbourhood.

“Residents in Newmarket rightfully expect that Newmarket’s planning efforts, which meet all levels of Regional and Provincial standards, be respected. Specifically, we expect that the Glenway neighbourhood will not be subject to unnecessary, unplanned infill development. We have the right to ensure that the values that brought us to become homeowners in Glenway and residents of Newmarket, be protected and that our community open green space be preserved,” said Ms. Bisanz.

The GPA appreciates the intent of this Private Member’s Bill to raise critical awareness to the situation which we and many other Ontario neighbourhoods are facing, regardless of whether they are included in the provincial growth target plans. This is a time for elected officials at all levels of government to fine-tune the approach to municipal development in this province in a way which still maintains the positive intent behind the Places to Grow Act, and related legislation.

In conclusion, the GPA calls for an all-party solution to be developed to protect communities across this province that is being threatened by rapid, unplanned and unjustifiable development. We further call for amendments to an OMB process which can simply overrule municipal planning decisions and silence community groups which have meaningful concerns about growth plans being presented and carried out.

To see more information relevant to our situation in Newmarket, please go to: www.preserveglenway.ca.

We are not the only ones fighting this fight!   The article below is being published in the Auroran and ERA banner this week.  Our MPP presented a Private Members Bill at Queen’s Park regarding an issue facing municipalities throughout Ontario including Newmarket.  That is:  strengthening the voice of  residents through their elected municipal officials and local Official Plan’s to control planned development.   

A press conference was held Thursday at 7pm at the Newmarket Town Hall where MPP Frank Klees made a statement regarding the intent of the Bill and would be seeking support from all parties before a debate on the bill as early as mid-April.  

In Mr. Klees message he stated that he believes even the introduction of this Bill will send a message to Developers that they need to work more closely with Municiplaties to satisfy their needs and not just rely on the OMB.  At the same time, local elected officials (and their Planning departments)  need to be held more accountable for planned development.  He stated that Councils that vote NO against proposed development knowing the OMB has a history of supporting a Developer is also a practice the Bill will stop.

This is a positive for our fight over the development of Glenway and it demoinstrates again that our voice is being heard. 

 For more information go to:

 Bill 35, Preserving Existing Communities Act, 2013 – Revised and reintroduced as Bill 41

http://www.frank-klees.on.ca/CurrentIssues/PMB_PreservingExistingCommunitiesAct.htm

 Frankly Speaking, March 19, 2013

http://www.frank-klees.on.ca/Newsroom/2013/FS_PreservingExistingCommunitiesMar19.htm

 Glenway Preservation Association Marks 1^st Anniversary with

Renewed Direction and Mandate

For Immediate Release

February 19, 2013

 The Glenway Preservation Association (GPA), held its first Annual General Meeting on February 12, 2013 to set its future direction and reconfirm its mandate on behalf of its members. 

 Ron Kassies, outgoing president of the GPA, provided an overview of the group’s accomplishments since its inception last April, 2012. The GPA is the sole incorporated and official association registered with the Town of Newmarket to represent the residents of Glenway against the development of the golf course and preserve the integrity of the “open green space” zoning of the property in the Town’s Official Plan.

 ‘It has been a real pleasure to lead the GPA the past year and a half and I want to thank the executive team, all of the volunteers, and especially the community for standing behind this important fight that we know will be won’ said Mr. Kassies.

 Committee chairs followed Mr. Kassies, with reports on activities relating to Town planning, legal and technical issues, communications and finance. The newly-established Fundraising Committee outlined plans for a series of events designed to raise funds to support the GPA’s plans to defend preservation of the Glenway lands at the Ontario Municipal Board, where the matter is undoubtedly headed.

 Following the announcement of Mr. Kassies’ resignation due to a family career move, the membership elected a new Executive Committee. Christina Bisanz becomes the incoming president, David Sovran the new vice-president. Lois MacDonnell was re-elected Treasurer, and Wendy Van Straten will continue as Secretary.

 Ms. Bisanz concluded the meeting by thanking Ron Kassies for his leadership of the organization, and commitment to preserving the Glenway lands. As the founding president of GPA, she noted that “Ron kept us focused strategically, ensuring that we established and maintained credibility and kept our approach fact-based”.

 For the future, Ms. Bisanz advised that in addition to continuing to address technical issues related to its opposition of the development, key priorities will be to raise funds, and recruit volunteers to assist with events, communication and fundraising. Bisanz also noted that the GPA will be challenged to continue to engage the community in a positive way. “We cannot allow apathy and disbelief to stand in the way of our fight,” she said. “The community needs to stand together to win, or face seeing this precious green space paved over.”

 For more information contact:

 Brian Gard

Chair, Communications Committee

905-836-9253

contact@preserveglenway.com

Christina Bisanz

President

905-717-9059

contact@preserveglenway.com

 www.preserveglenway.ca

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1. What is the Glenway Preservation Association?

The Glenway Preservation Association (GPA) was formed in 2011 by a group of concerned Glenway residents to give us a means to voice our concerns as a unified group and allow us to work with the Town to fight against any development of the Glenway Golf Course lands. It arose almost immediately after seeing not only the initial Marianneville Development proposal, but also how the developers presented it and interacted with the community.

2. Why would Marrianeville Development purchase Glenway for $9.9M if they didn’t have a secret deal ahead of time with the Town for development?

Every developer takes risks when purchasing land – sometimes bigger than others on some transactions. This is how developers can sometimes make even huger profits from some of their development projects. The Glenway purchase is one of the riskier ones where, if they can succeed in overturning the Town’s Official Plan, then they will reap a huge reward. Marrianeville Development has every intention to go to the OMB in order to win approval to develop Glenway. Whether it is the proposal they are offering currently or a lesser development they don’t really care about the Town of Newmarket’s Official Plan or what local residents want and have proved this in their actions.

The Mayor, Regional Councillor, our Ward 7 Councillor and the majority of the remaining Ward Councillors have provided verbal (if not written) objection to Glenway’s development. The GPA will continue to work to receive 100% support of no Glenway’s development.

The question really is what Marrianeville’s contingency plan is when they can’t develop Glenway! Do they sell it and move on? Do they try to work with the Town to come up with a WIN/WIN proposition?

3. How can they demolish the clubhouse if development isn’t starting soon?

Marrianeville Development owns the Glenway property and therefore has the same rights we all do as property owners. They can remove buildings from their land but that does not mean they can build a housing development without the change of Town zoning and bylaws.

4. I don’t live adjacent to the golf course so the development doesn’t affect me!

Development of Glenway affects all Glenway residents directly and all residents of the Town of Newmarket indirectly.

Directly, Glenway residents will see quality of life diminish based on removal of homeowner sightlines, introduction of transient forms of higher density housing, increased noise, even more traffic congestion and general construction disruption/pollution over many years.
Indirectly, all Town of Newmarket residents will lose open green space for community use, increased pressure on taxes for infrastructure, and diminished services. More importantly, the precedent will be set for developers to run our Town and its future development and not our elected representatives.

The chances that there will be a future 9 hole golf course are by no means guaranteed. In fact, the chances are much higher this will be Phase 2 of development if the current development proposal is approved. Another reminder that development affects all of us! At this point, they have only submitted plans that concern half of the golf course and so there is no reassurance at all that any substantial green space will be retained.

Many studies have proved that residents living in or near open green space have a stronger social connection, proven to be safer places to live and attract residents to live there – Environmental News Network, The Bodine Street Community Garden.

5. Doesn’t developing Glenway support the Province’s Places to Grow Act and York Region’s high density plans along the Yonge/Davis corridor?

No, Glenway is outside the density corridor that York Region and the Town of Newmarket Secondary Plan has identified. York Region is well on its way to achieving and exceeding its growth targets and so is the Town of Newmarket without developing Glenway.

6. Won’t my house be more in demand and the value increased with the development moving ahead?

Scarcity and not volume increases value of your home. We have seen this over the past 6 months with bidding wars for some properties. If anything the changes proposed for Glenway will make our neighbourhood less attractive versus other similar neighbourhoods. This quality of life factor could make your home less desirable to buyers.

It is proven that neighbourhoods inside urban cities that offer open green space carry more value than those that do not! – activelivingresearch.org

7. More development, like Glenway, will bring in more local tax revenue and lower my property taxes!

It is proven that no development actually pays for itself. This is due to the funding formula and how the Region is paid for land. Infrastructure must be developed well in advance and currently York Region is $1,840 in debt per person and plans on collecting no more than 71% of that debt back through development dollars. [ed. please read this related article from Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1222953--york-region-putting-development-money-ahead-of-good-planning-critics-say]

What is true is there are lots of unknown costs to developing Glenway. There is also going to be increasing pressure on delivering the same quality of life residents enjoy today. The list includes:

· Who will pay the drainage costs of updating groundwater runoff? Existing neighbourhood relies on the golf course lands, trees and ponds. Some homes don’t even have sump pumps!
· Who pays for updating water and sewage of existing neighbourhood as more usage will increase obsolescence?
· Who pays for underground electrical infrastructure Ontario Hydro must install?
· Road widening, new intersections, traffic lights and traffic guards will be required.
· The developer wants the Town to assume maintenance responsibilities for private roads as well as the unique water system the golf course used for years within Glenway.
· School building expansion, staff and teachers for 730 new households (50% increases) enrolment. UPDATE: YRSB now demands a new elementary school to be included in the proposed Glenway development project. Definitely not a welcome change for Marrianneville!

At this point, the Town Council is working at keeping our 2013 tax increases at 2% (which might be 2% higher than some of us think it should be). This is without any unplanned development or infrastructure-related surprises. It is clear from the Marianneville proposal, that they have included many infrastructure changes which the Town will be responsible for as a result of their Phase I development plans alone.

8. Only developers win at the OMB!

Not true. The OMB is in place as a planning board and respects the Official Plans of the Towns and Regions in Ontario where they conform to the Province’s legislation and the Planning Act. Since 2006 there are Official Plans specifically created in unison with these guidelines. Town’s Planning departments play the key role as their approval/rejection holds the most weight in OMB hearings.

A decision to reject developers proposals by local government with support of the Planners and engaged community groups win in the majority of cases at the OMB.

9. If the land is not developed what will happen to Glenway?

The lands will still be the property of Marianneville Development. Any proposal or counterproposal that seeks to preserve as much open green space as possible will meet much less resistance and we feel will serve the Town of Newmarket as an important key to attract both business and residents over time.

This month, Yorkregion.com published an opinion piece on development which essentially gives you and me the following advice:  ”deal with it – live with it”  because  ”Intensification and development is for the ‘greater good’ !  ”  This is the link if you care to read a bit of buffoonery in full:

The author of these piece states that you can control your property but have no say in what the person beside you does or does not do.  This author has obviously never heard of zoning! and probably has no idea why we have a municipal by-laws department or building codes.

http://www.yorkregion.com/opinion/editorial/article/1513394–we-must-make-best-of-development
Here is the official response from the Glenway Preservation Association Chair, Ron Kassies:

Glenway development not necessary

Re: We must make best of development, editorial, Oct. 4.
The Glenway Preservation Association represents our neighbourhood in the protection of our open greenspace.
According to the town and  region, there is no “need” for any Glenway development to meet provincial infrastructure targets.
Newmarket has sufficient lands set aside in its 2006 official plan for the next several decades.
According to the town and the region, this target is on track.
In addition, a secondary growth plan is moving forward to help support provincially driven intensification required to support transit and water/sewage infrastructure projects all the way to 2051.
We feel compelled to point out the town has spent considerable taxpayer dollars developing an official plan that not only supports provincially driven intensification, it supports best planning practices and represents the values Newmarket wants to convey to current and future residents and business.
In fact, any proposed development of Glenway is unplanned infill development and not in accordance to the town’s official plan.

Unplanned development is the curse of towns and we don’t want urban sprawl similar to some of the larger cities around the GTA.
What we all want is planned development that doesn’t put strain on our infrastructure or pocketbook, doesn’t have hidden costs or any obligation related to infill development and doesn’t rip apart established quality of life.
The Glenway Preservation Association strongly suggests you check your facts in the future regarding the Glenway community and how planned development versus unplanned development can benefit our town.
Taxpaying residents, through our elected government and the official plan, decide on the healthy growth of Newmarket, not profit-driven land developers.
Ron Kassies
Glenway Preservation Association chairperson

and the link:  http://www.yorkregion.com/opinion/letters/article/1521737–glenway-development-not-necessary
Whether you are a home owner or developer, no one wants this kind of mixing within a quiet residential neighbourhood. Thank goodness for municipal zoning that prevents such a bad mix: a drive thru operating late hours and residential family housing!

May 23, 2012
For Immediate Release

The Glenway Preservation Association (GPA), an organization representing ratepayers in Newmarket’s Glenway subdivision is preparing to tackle head-on, plans to destroy some of the Town’s last remaining open green space.   The GPA was advised yesterday May 22 on that Town planning staff had deemed complete the application submitted by Marianneville Developments a consortium including the Kerbel Group, Andrin Homes, Lakeview Homes, and the Brown Group of Companies to develop more than one-half of the existing Glenway golf course with an additional 730 housing units and commercial use including a potential gas station.

This sets the stage for consideration of the application by Newmarket Town Council. “The developer claims that its plan to almost double the existing housing in Glenway with 730 new units will “revitalize” the subdivision,” notes Ron Kassies, chair of the GPA. “ In reality, the people who already live in and love this community see it as an evisceration of our environment and neighbourhood values,” he said.

The GPA fully supports maintenance of the Glenway golf course as “Parks and Open Space as defined by the Town of Newmarket’s Official Plan. “The Official Plan was developed with considerable input from the people who live in Newmarket,” said Mr. Kassies. “Residents purchased their houses in Glenway because they were attracted to the green space setting afforded by the course. We believe that the developer has little regard to the negative impact this will have on all people in Newmarket. Once this green space is paved over, it’s gone forever,” he added.

In the coming weeks, the GPA plans to meet with individual Town Councillors to assess their position on the development proposal, and support for maintaining the integrity of the Official Plan. Approval of the application will require a significant amendment to the Official Plan, something that the GPA plans to fight against. “We’re prepared to do what it takes to defend our neighbourhood,” says Mr. Kassies, including seeing this matter to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

Specifically, the GPA believes that the 730 housing units will:
• eliminate a substantial portion of Newmarket’s already scarce green space by adding 50% more housing into the front 12 holes of the existing golf course,
• potentially add another 750-1500 more vehicles to the local neighbourhood, with more traffic intersections, and a significant spill-over of traffic into the Town,
• create capacity challenges at the elementary and secondary schools in Newmarket, and
• add more servicing costs and longer delays for everything from garbage pickup to fixing sewers, throughout Newmarket.

The Glenway Preservation Association is a united group of homeowners that has organized to preserve and protect the existing open green-space and neighbourhood values associated with the Glenway community. The group has already collecting signatures from over 1,500 people throughout Newmarket, in its petition opposing the development.  In addition to keeping residents informed on the issue on its website www.preserveglenway.ca/ the GPA will hold public meetings, and will raise awareness at local events such as the Farmers Market.

“Community groups are typically the David standing up to the developer’s Goliath”, noted Mr. Kassies. “We stand firm in our belief that this development is not needed to support Newmarket’s growth plans, and will be detrimental to the integrity of our Town in the long run,” he said. Newmarket residents and others interested in supporting the GPA are encouraged to do so, and join the mailing list at http://www.preserveglenway.ca/index.php/committees/8-geninquiry.

For more information contact:

Ron Kassies, Chair
Glenway Preservation Association
Email: ronkgpa@gmail.com
Website:  www.preserveglenway.ca/

iPLANcorp was retained by the Corporation of the Town of Newmarket to support the processing of planning applications for Glenway Estates Newmarket (Marianneville Developments Limited).

Applications have been submitted for lands located in northwest Newmarket, south of Davis Drive West between Yonge Street and Bathurst Street.  We received applications for an Official Plan Amendment, a Zoning Bylaw Amendment and a Draft Plan of Subdivision to permit a proposed residential community. The applicant is proposing to amend an existing land use currently designated in the Town of Newmarket Official Plan, 2006 as Parks and Open Space to the following land use designations – Stable Residential, Emerging Residential, Urban Centre, and Commercial. The applicant is proposing to amend the Town’s Zoning By-law, 2010-40 in the following ways:

• A zone change from Open Space Two to Residential One (R1-D);
• A zone change from Open Space Two to Residential One (R1-CP);
• A zone change from Open Space Two to Residential Four (R4-CP);
• A zone change from Open Space Two with a site specific exceptions (OS-2-32) to Residential Five   (R5-__)with a site specific exception requested for a high density residential block; and
• A zone change from Open Space Two to Retail Commercial 2 (CR-2-__) with a site specific exception to allow a motor vehicle service station as an additional use.

Documents submitted with the applications can be viewed and downloaded below.

• Draft Plan – March 2012
• Archaelogical Stage 1 Report
• Phase 1 ESA
• Phase 2 ESA
• Functional Servicing Report – March 2012 - (Appendices are availabe for review at the Town Office)
• Traffic Impact Study – Final – March 23, 2012
• Noise Study
• Lighting Impact Study
• Planning Justification Report – April 16, 2012
• Shadow Impacts Report – March 2012
• Soil Engineers – Final Geotech Report – March 2012
• Final Parks and Recreation Assessment – March 2012
• Tree Inventory – September 17, 2011

Read more

Consider getting involved in your community. We are still looking for volunteers for all committees. Please visit the committee page to contact the committee that you are interested in.

Town of Newmarket Focus Groups

The Town of Newmarket will be running focus groups beginning in April 2012, to provide community input on both the discussion regarding height restrictions and a secondary plan which is a supplement to the Town’s current Official Plan. This will help the Town create a more defined vision for what Newmarket should look like in the future.Various GPA members as well as members of the Executive Team will be participating to ensure the Glenway community’s needs are represented.

Incorporation

GPA has been legally incorporated to ensure appropriate governance and accountability, as well as providing the executive members with rights and responsibilities in the delivery of their roles and obligations to the Association and the community.

Application Update

The application for the development of Glenway was received by the Town on Friday, April 20th, 2012.  The Town has 30 days to determine if the application is complete, at which point they will send official notice to residents within 15 days.  Chris Emanuel will be setting up a dedicated Town webpage with additional documentation pertaining to this application in the near future.

Outside Expert Advice

The Executive Team is meeting with other community groups who have experienced similar challenges in the past, to better understand the process and their experience. Based on the learning’s from these meetings and other research being conducted by the GPA, the Executive will develop a plan to ensure that we receive appropriate guidance and counsel as we move forward.

Our task is a considerable one, and will require funds to ensure that we are well-equipped to achieve our mission of preserving Glenway. Plans for fundraising activities will commence in the near future.

Town Interaction

The Executive team is continuing its biweekly communication with the Town ensuring to address pressing issues as they arise:

• Review of Developer Pre-Consultation Meeting with Town:

• Representatives from Kerbel Group indicated that the application to be submitted will be exactly as presented at the open house on June 18th, 2011
• A number of studies will be conducted in order to be submitted and reviewed with the official application (Noise, Traffic, Tree Survey, etc)
• The Town may request additional studies to be conducted once the application has been submitted

• Town hiring planning consultation firm to address the Glenway file
• Ensuring the consulting firm was present at pre-consultation meeting

Related Development Sites

McGreggor Farm

Developer is proposing a 200 home and 2.5 acre park community at the south-east corner of Bathurst and Davis, with lot sizes approximately 40ft wide. A proposed road will travel through the new subdivision, coming in from Davis (about 3/4′s down the east side of the property) and coming out on Sykes near Bathurst. Developer’s studies indicate not much traffic will flow through the existing subdivision. The GPA will be seeking opportunities to review the studies/plans related to this property as it also affects the Glenway subdivision directly.

Slessor Square (17645 Yonge)

The proposed development application for the former Slessor Motors site is a multi-phased infill development. Phase One will include a 7-storey Retirement Residence & Special Needs Centre with 214 suites; Phase Two a 26-storey residential tower with 184 apartment units and commercial/medical centre/retail uses within the bottom 3 storeys; Phase Three a 23-storey residential tower with 155 apartment units also with 3 storeys of commercial retail/pharmacy uses; Phase Four another 7-storey Retirement Residence with 212 units. For more information you can visit http://slessorsquare.com/ or http://shrinkslessorsquare.ca/

Volunteers

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