The event on Wednesday evening was as, I understand it, originally an invitation only affair hence the mail-out of 50 or so ‘Invitations’. That then escalated to an ‘open house’. Open houses are used to disseminate information and elicit public comments but no decisions are made on the spot.
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| Clearing the trees on Golf Course Road. There's no rock in that hill lol. |
Unfortunately this event has now been changed to a "Special Council Meeting". Surprise, surprise as a regularly constituted meeting, decisions can be made and resolutions passed.
I urged you to take a look at the published agenda and another PowerPoint presentation.
My read of the slant of the document is that for the residents of the area this will truly be Death By PowerPoint.
The residents were hoping for ‘estate residential’ but that is not going to happen. Did you know that we have a 208 year supply of residential lots already approved in Town. That’s just one of the arguments being used to let Mr. House have his way, with controls ‘assured’ elsewhere in the planning cycle.
My suggestion to the residents is to look at a three part plan. ( remember use odd numbers only for plans)
Step One. Fully investigate the original sale. How did the property go from being acquired by an individual for a future residential property for his bride-to-be to one owned by a numbered Company? Were all the proper land transfer taxes paid? Were all the proper income taxes paid on the property on the transfer of the asset to a corporation? Who are ALL the shareholders behind the veil of the Corporation. Are you sure there are no conflicts here.
Step Two. ‘There is only one Taxpayer’. The residents need to get council to commit to ensuring that all corporation taxes, withholding taxes, WSIB accounts and personal income taxes of the proponents are current. If you can’t prove that you have paid your fair share of taxes why should the Municipality allow you to proceed carte blanche. Another local developer never filed proper income tax returns. How do I know this? I did the work on the accounting, never got paid and never produced the proper tax returns for the years involved. Funny how you can have money to build apartment buildings when you don’t file tax returns and pay your fair share.
Step Three. ‘Who’s texting who’ Be prepared to file a FOI request for records related to ANY texting during the meeting. Conflict of interest rules are very clear. Be prepared to file a conflict of interest case if texting is going on. At the last GCR meeting it was clear that direction was coming from outside the room. Remember the fake ‘emergency’ and the need to go into ‘private session’. Don’t be fooled again!
There, you've got my free advice.
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