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The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday M arch 1, 2006 - 7 Time is up on making Quadrangle decision Continued from page 1 Harbour, to a spot around the cor ner on Jones Street. Glendella was the former Ned Thompson Hotel. It became the Hill family homestead. Located in the "heart of Bronte," the quadrangle formerly housed Lakeside Marketeria, operated by the late Bill Hill, a well-known Bronte grocer and his wife, Donna. It sits between Bronte Road and Jones Street, Ontario Street and Marine Drive. The marketeria still sits on Bronte Road, boarded up and run down. It may be a landmark, but many will welcome a new use -- though not a high rise. Nor is there public support to relocate Glendella from the quadrangle. From local residents, the Bronte Historical Society, the Bronte Village Residents' Association (BVRA), some of Hill' s descendants, and Town planners, to Heritage Oakville, chaired by former mayor Harry Barrett, no one is keen to see Glendella moved. Residents living on Marine Drive don't want six to eightstorey high rises blocking their sunlight or next to their backyard. Those concerned about her itage say heritage is as much about property as buildings. One of Glendella' s notable fea tures is a basement whose walls were constructed fr6m stones hauled out of Lake Ontario. Monday' s meeting was a con tinuation of a public meeting from January, which was contin ued from a December meeting. At the January meeting, the developer revamped the plan. itage, but push for The earlier plan "The decision intensification of called for an eightexisting areas to storey building on clearly before you reduce sprawl. Bronte Road, a 12- tonight is do you "This area has storey building on want the decision been studied for Jones Street, a town made at the more than 30 years square combined (Ontario and nothing has with Glendella, which happened," said remained in place, Municipal) Board Taylor. 1,400 sq. ft. of com or here." Many questioned mercial space and why the Bronte relocation of the his Peter Cheatley, Quadrangle Study, toric Art Gallery and director o f planning which called for a Police Station. Town staff recommended 10 low-rise village character, was storeys on Bronte Road, eight never put in the Official Plan. storeys on Jones Street, a town Currently the Official Plan puts no square combined with Glendella, restriction on height or density in which remained in place, 1,400 sq. the Quadrangle. Barrett said Heritage Oakville's ft. of commercial space and the relocation of the historic Art best advice from provincial, plan ning and heritage sources is "you Gallery and Police Station. The January plan calls for six don't move heritage buildings." Barrett said nearly 38 per cent storeys on Bronte Road, 10 storeys on Jones Street, seven townhous- of the^Quadrangle is designated es, a town square, 1,710 sq. ft. of heritage and the developer's plans commercial space and all three to relocate heritage buildings would greatly reduce that. historic buildings relocated. "It really cuts a swathe The developer has already appealed to the Ontario Municipal through heritage," said Barrett. Hill's grandson, John Board (OMB). Council will make its decision MacCharles, accompanied by the on March 7. On March 9, there planner he'd hired, Carol Ann will be an OMB pre-conference Munroe, said while the second hearing. If a settlement is reached, development proposal is better the OMB will spend a weekon the than the first, both are to "a scale matter in June, if no settlement and density that would over happens, the OMB will spend four whelm the area." Munroe said the proposal is weeks in July in a full hearing and more dense than the high density decide the fate of the property. "My client has a desire to find a targeted near the GO route in s mid-town core. made-in-Oakville solution," said Oakville' "This should scream to you lawyer Blair Taylor who is repre that this is overdevelopment," said senting the developer. Taylor looked to new provin Munroe. MacCharles said a small cial policies that emphasize her- might as well get rid of your amount of new population heritage committee would not boost Bronte' s because you would have businesses any better than a just opened the floodgates," good business plan. said retired architect Andy Chris Maynard, who Bruce, noting the Town operates a men' s clothjng already owns land it could shop said continuation of make a town square. commercial operations on Many heard the Town is Bronte Road would attraQt obliged to review develop more shoppers to the area. BVRA founder Laurie Peter cheatleV ment applications. "The decision clearly before you tonight McGinn said council bought pieces of the Quadrangle to be a stakeholder in its is do you want the decision made at the future and said, "We would askyou to put (Ontario Municipal) Board or here," said aside OMB costs as a threat against doing Town planning director Peter Cheatley, noting that aside from height, the plan the right thing." "If you move a heritage building, you meets Bronte Quadrangle criteria. KITCHENS BATHROOMS W ALL UNITS FREEESTIM A TES CUSTOMD ESIG N S CUSTOMFINISHES Q U A LIFIED D ESIG N ERS EXPERIENCED IN STA L LER S Since 1976 C a b in e t C o n c e p t s 4 1 5 0 S o u th Service R o ad , B u rlin g to n 9 0 5 -6 3 2 -0 0 2 9 www.uniquecabinetconcepts.com P A Y R E T A IL ! 2005 CORNICE C L E A R A N C E FROM O v e r 7 0 S m o o th o r P a t t e r n e d P ro file s . 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