tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post9005720945943683980..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: APOLOGY ACCEPTEDEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-61196488511024959532015-07-22T18:54:41.995-05:002015-07-22T18:54:41.995-05:00Yup! This town takes great care of its businesses....Yup! This town takes great care of its businesses. There will be more that will be saying "see ya". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-32534531858809419112015-07-22T17:46:51.124-05:002015-07-22T17:46:51.124-05:0015:16
Seems clear enough to me. What " th...15:16<br /> Seems clear enough to me. What " they " did you have in mind ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-55157904832605330392015-07-22T16:52:20.397-05:002015-07-22T16:52:20.397-05:00Since matters involving legal procedures and somet...Since matters involving legal procedures and sometimes land purchases are dealt with away from the council table, we may not know for at least a while what has taken place with regard to The Minto situation. I do hope that council has not tied its own hands by deciding the use of the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-30260629718256293962015-07-22T16:16:15.823-05:002015-07-22T16:16:15.823-05:00@ 14:48
Then perhaps the money should not have c...@ 14:48<br /> Then perhaps the money should not have come from that source. <br /> I have no idea who determined the source of the funding. Certainly it is not set in concrete and can be shifted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-77286951674113180172015-07-22T15:16:23.411-05:002015-07-22T15:16:23.411-05:00@12:43
More "they", eh?@12:43<br />More "they", eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-26493601182810144132015-07-22T14:48:26.593-05:002015-07-22T14:48:26.593-05:00Evelyn,
You are wrong when you say that the Cash ...Evelyn,<br /><br />You are wrong when you say that the Cash in Lieu of Parkland Reserve Fund is in return for a building permit "where no park need is generated." A simple Google search leading to the Town's website finds this little gem: the fund is "established to receive and hold cash payments received in lieu of the conveyance of parklands otherwise required in respect of the development or redevelopment of lands as set out in the Planning Act ... and Town policy. ... Funding in the Fund shall be used only for the acquisition of land to be used for park or other public recreational purposes." You are right to state that the neighbourhood residents paid MUCH more in other taxes and development charges, but somewhere in the range of approximately $10,000 per home was just into the Cash in Lieu of Parkland Reserve Fund, which can only be used for parkland, and which was deemed at a deficit in this area given the Planning Act and Town policy, and accordingly, the developper had to pay into the Fund, for which it handsomely charged new home buyers. <br /><br />The fund is separate and apart from general funds or regular development charges or regular tax moneys. You should have indicated that as it goes to an issue of a perceived lack of fairness or alleged "entitlement". Omitting that information is unfair. You did not provide all relevant information and the way you are presenting the story seems purposefully divisive. The Town won a lawsuit without needing to go to trial and acquired a great piece of land at an extremely low price and then paid for it from the Cash in Lieu of Parkland Reserve Fund, which the residents around the land paid into, and which could only have been used for the purposes of parkland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-37161186636154906602015-07-22T13:57:13.422-05:002015-07-22T13:57:13.422-05:00I hope the town realizes that the insurance for an...I hope the town realizes that the insurance for any accidents on that place now passes to them. The property cannot just sit idle for years while they dither aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-4816589087448753112015-07-22T12:43:10.275-05:002015-07-22T12:43:10.275-05:00It's going to be like with Highland = they fee...<br />It's going to be like with Highland = they feel ' entitled ' to have all the greenspaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-27878309624767537322015-07-22T11:53:29.468-05:002015-07-22T11:53:29.468-05:00"Like an addition to Canadian Tire a few year..."Like an addition to Canadian Tire a few years ago; Instead of encouraging business in Aurora to expand, the town whacks them with a whopping great fee that cannot be justified. "<br /><br />What is further frustrating with the Town and this particular transaction was that Canadian Tire's original plan was for building the size WITH the expansion already. The Town made them trim it back to approve. So, CTC then had to get approval later for the expansion. It costs CTC and the Town more money than it would have been to give the approval in the beginning.<br /><br />Of course that can't be blamed on MorMac... that was pre-MorMac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-30712731451549149112015-07-22T11:41:47.779-05:002015-07-22T11:41:47.779-05:00Nobody I know is giving Gallo any kudos. He ran a ...Nobody I know is giving Gallo any kudos. He ran a complete hash of a campaign. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com