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NEW APPLICATION TO REZONE LANDS ON NORTH STREET WAS OVERTURNED BY COUNCIL

To all members of the GGRA.  Cottagers Take Note.
 
To all members of the GGRA
 
I'd like to thank all those GGRA members who wrote to the Mayor and Council, or came in person to the June 22nd Council meeting, regarding the North Street application for a zoning amendment which would have allowed extensive development in a residential area.
There must have been almost 60 people there, some from the Muskoka Bay Property Owners Assoc., some from the GGRA, and some from North Street.  All were opposed, and many spoke!  Council admitted they had received countless letters on the subject application, objecting.  I must commend Council for patiently listening to all who wanted to speak, and in the end, the application was NOT JUST DEFERRED, as Nick Popovich from the planning dept. had recommended, BUT OVERTURNED AND THROWN OUT!!  Wow!!  We must have made an impression!!  Bob Colhoun at first was going to vote to defer, but in the end, it was unanimous, that the applicatin be defeated.  In my opinion, the owners have a developer interested in purchasing the property, so there will most likely be another concept of development for that property, which we'll have to watch carefully.  I believe the only way to build ANYTHING on that piece of waterfront, would be to blast the beautiful granite ridge to make the property level enough for a building site.  That would be criminal, in my opinion.  We WILL watch!!!
But I DID want to let everyone know that the show of individuals at the council meeting was very impressive, and I'm sure made the councillors sit up and take notice.  It shows what we can do when we join together for a common cause.  Without all those people objecting, the amendment may have been approved.  THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS!!  So thank you again.  The GGRA is growning stronger, and we CAN help others and we CAN make a difference. Good job, everyone.  Evelyn Matson
                                                                                                                                                  President, GGRA 

 

 Gravenhurst Now Has Five Wards

On the Evening of October 20, 2009 Council passed the following: 

"Whereas a ward boundary review has been completed with the findings presented to the Town of Gravenhurst on October 20th, 2009;Now Therefore Be It Resolved That Corporate Services Committee agree to proceed with the five ward approach;And Further That Corporate Services Committee proceed with Figure 6-1 for the rural wards and Figure 6-2 for the urban ward;And Further That consideration be given to adopting a policy to conduct a review of the ward boundaries every 3 terms of Council. "

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Thanks to all who got signatures and offered support.  Lola Bratty

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