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The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 3, 2006 - 7 Crombie recommended a public park Continued from page 1 Wednesday night at Town Hall. The 0MB hearing is in its fourth week. Lawyer Patrick Devine briefly outlined Palm Place' s proposal to build 370 units in three buildings, terracing from 12 storeys on the lakefront to seven storeys near Lakeshore Road. That would be on the west half of the site which bears low density residential zoning in the Town's Councillor Ralph Robinson Official Plan. 300 units on the former Shell Devine said Palm Place would House property south of give the east-half of the site, which Lakeshore -- conditional upon is zoned private open space, to the the usual approvals process; Town as a park, but- only if Jackson told the crowd that so approval is given for 370 units. far testimony has been from The plan repre expert witnesses for sents a scaled-back "We commenced Palm Place on version of the original issues of traffic, to monitor the 1,000-unit, four, 25planning, migratory storey tower version potential for birds and urban of the plan first Metrus design. applied for at the Developments to Toronto lawyer Town. create unaccept Jane Pepino was The Town deemed expected to lead the able density on the application Town's case yester incomplete and Palm the site." day with traffic and Place appealed to the tree experts, fol 0MB before the Town Ward 1 Councillor lowed by Town plan had made a decision Ralph Robinson ners. Pepino will on the plan. argue the proposal is inappropri The plan has changed several ate and does not constitute good times since. planning. Palm Place contends the Town, The OMB officers themselves in the subdivision agreement for have called Town planning direcLakeshore Woods, the tor .Peter Cheatley as a witness Metrus/New Province Homes sub because Town planners recom division on the former Shell lands mended to council that while a north of Lakeshore Road, had, in park was a preferred use of the site, exchange for an overdedication of a 300-unit, eight storey trio of parkland in Lakeshore Woods, buildings on the west would be the given parkland credit for the first best way to secure the east half of the land as a park. He' s expected to testify next week. The OMB is clear that it makes its decisions based on planning, not emotion. However, when two Ward 1 councillors, Ralph Robinson and Mike Lansdown took to the witness stand, he warned them about giving any testimony for Town council, since Pepino is representing council in the hearing. Bronte resident Laurie McGinn, who founded the Bronte Village Residents' Association (BVRA) in response to the highrise proposal, kicked off testimony Wednesday. McGinn, lives in a heritage home across the street from the proposed high rises. McGinn, a part-time hearing participant, testified she has met with David Crombie, who in the Royal Commission on Lake Ontario waterfront regeneration, recommended the former Shell House property become a public park. The Town has never bought the site and neither provincial or fed eral governments have offered financial assistance. Some witnesses, including McGinn, were critical of Palm Place not communicating with the public. During at least one public meeting where residents asked who owned the land and if it was for sale, questions were answered with no comment. Some residents quoted news paper articles or meetings with a principal of Metrus Developments, who they testified, said there there were no plans for high-density development on the lakefront property. Robinson said he and former Ward 1 Councillor, now Oakville MPP, Kevin Flynn, met with residents including McGinn in 2001 "and commenced to closely monitor the potential for Metrus Developments to Councillor M ike Lansdown create unacceptable den sity" on the site. McGinn testified the high rises would add as many as 740 vehicles to the area compared to a yield of 64 It would add up to 664 people instead of a low-density population of 93 people. Listing 13 Official Plan references on the See High-rise page 9 | | O A K V I LI E AMENDMENT TO THE OAKVILLE SIGN BY-LAW TAKE NOTICE that Oakville Council will consider adopting. By-law 2006-024, being a by-law to amend the Town of Oakville Sign By-law 2006-005, at its meeting on February 20, 2006. By-law 2006 - 024 is intended to introduce amendments to the current Sign By-law regulations relating to the placement of election signs on Town property in order to clarify where such signs are permitted and regulate the means of affixing these signs to Town structures. The proposed by-law will be before Council's Administrative Services Committee for review at its meeting on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 prior to. its consideration by Council on February 20, 2006. Both meetings will commence at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgsr Road, Oakville. Further information with respect to the proposed By-law 2006-024 wiH be available from the Clerk's Department or on the Town's website (www.oakville.ca) on or after Friday, February 10, 2006. 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