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HB NEWS CONCERNS RAISED OVER H MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@ metroland.com Glen Williams residents are sounding ie alarm about muddy flood waters that recently poured from a housing de- velopment site into the hamlet, with the munici- pality investigating a po- tential stop on order for the construc The incon occurred Aug. 28 when a severe thunderstorm rolle through the area, deliver- ing a heavy rainfall in a short Period of time. as then that the ‘Glen Williams version ofa mudslide" took place, said eet- ing, when he told his fellow councillors about the run- off that flowed like "a choc- olate milk river" from de- Yelper Eden Oak's site at ‘inus of Gamble Sureet down to Credit and Park streets below. "This is totally, abso- lutely unacceptable," he ting that residents lar situation this past spring. "I don't know why this would happen at the development stage." Council went ont toa defer two Eden Oak-r ports on iheaeeuda, prone ing staff to seek a legal opinion and investigat stop-work “order for the site, which is slated for 31 executive homes approved by the Ontario Municipal Board following a lengthy ‘Authorized by the oficial agent for and ontentious applica- a aera to Eden Oak contracts manager Dennis conditions" resulting from the Aug. rm caused the siltation control fenc- ing on the Eden Oak prop- erty to fail in three loca- tions, impacting a fio of Glen Williams properti¢ Joan Griffin's Credit Street home was among the most heavily affected by the silt-filled waters that rolled in quickly, creatinga muddy river and pond in her yard. "I Jooked outside to fot wis deluge water just ike Ninna alls next to the window," she re- called, noting she immedi- ately sent an email to mem- bers of council and town staff to alert them to the problem. The next morning, she said Mayor Rick Bonnette was on her doorstep to sur- vey the damage firsthand, Eden Oak also send- personnel shortly thereafter to assess the sit- and commence "But my concern is for the village below this de- velopment, not just my property," said Griffin. "We need to take a look at what's going on up there and on sure we have the right d sign in place to ‘mitigate any future issues." The sentiment was ech- oed by Park Street resi- dents Mike and Jennifer Martinec, along itl neighbours Bob and Bon- nie Clark, cerned about the pprown river that camé down the hill toward | their properties for the second ‘ime this year. "This is out of control. There is a water problem, and it needs to be ad- dressed," said Bonnie, pointing to the safety issue for children when the deep ditches in the area fill with water after such heavy run-off. The waters were largely diverted by berms onto a tract of land between the couples' homes _ that's owned by Eden Oak. The long, rectangular plot once served as a driveway for a home at the top of the hill. Now, the developer is plan- ning to erect a house there as well. "If we didn't have this berm, all of this (water) would've gone into our pool and our house," said Jenni- fer. "We understand that towns need to grow, but yous also need to respect ex- meowners who've been Paying taxes all these year: The Martinecs and Clarks acknowledge that water run-off has long been an issue for them as they live at the bottom ofa hill — hence the reason for berms and other drainage mea- sures on their properties. But they both say the prob- lem has increased substan- tially since the Eden Oak lands were cleared for de- velopment, taking away the natural drainage that was afforded by vegetation on the site. Now, Be “ AMLET FLOODING Joan Griffin photo Muddy waters from the Eden Oak development site flow across Joan Griffin's Glen Williams property on Aug. 28. looking for assurances that their properties will be protected from future storm water from the yen Oak site and are hop’ that Credit Valley conser, vation (CVC) will become involved i mt the process —a measure wis also called for. Ina statement to the In- dependent, Nam said that Condeland engineering preps eering design f or ‘the subdivision that included erosion and sedimentation. control eso plans. engineering de- sign was reviewed and ap- proved by the town, CVC and region, and peer re- viewed by an external con- sulting engineer retained by the town," he saic “Eden Oak has entered into subdivision agree- ments with the town and region to ensure the imple- tmantation of all aspects of the engineering design. Eden Oak has also provid. ed securities to the town and region to ensure the design obligations are met." Nam said the ESC mea- were implemented in Ice Eden Oak, Condeland and the town. ~ a Fy 3 a v i Zz He acknowledged ty two incidents have a breach of the ESC mea- 2 sures." g "In March 2021 on Park & g Street, siltation control t fencing dislodged. The ea was immediate! ely & 8 cleaned up and the ESC 8 measures were reinstat- ed," he said. Following the more re- cent incident, he said Eden the conditions, with a crew commencing cleanup on Aug. 30. He added that Conde- an increase in ESC mea- sures and provided a pro- posal to the municipality by the end of last week. "Eden Oak and Conde- land will continue to re- main diligent with respect to on-site monitoring and maintaining the ESC mea- sures," he said. STORY BEHIND THE STORY: After learning about the heavy water that ran off the Eden Oak prop- erty during a recent storm, we wanted to take a closer look at how this impacted residents, and what's hap- pening next to address the WE DIG DEEPER ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU. 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