Saturday 4 October 2014

Are the Town's CAO and Legal Dept Prevaricating on Glenway's Western Development?

I am not sure how many readers were waiting with bated breath for the town to release it's version of the "Confidential Glenway Memo".

I have written before that my own blog's readership numbers drop like a stone whenever I bring up Glenway.  That is why I am hesitant to raise the issue again. 

However, this new Town of Newmarket document, (which you can find here:  http://www.newmarket.ca/en/townhall/resourcelibrary/54-OfficeoftheCAOInformationReport2014-09-MariannevilleWestLands.pdf) is in stark contrast to the memo released on Tuesday afternoon, (which you can find here:  http://john4newmarket.tumblr.com/post/98822155804) is worthy of comment because they seem to contradict each other in a devious sort of way. 

On October 3, Town of Newmarket CAO (that's similar to the Town's chief executive officer) and the Town's Legal Department released a memo that seems to suggest that the lands on the most westerly portion of the Marianneville property are protected "woodlot" and "Oak Ridges Moraine".  If this land is protected, then this is certainly good news for everyone with homes west of the hydro corridor.  

But why is memo dated September 5 seeming less certain.  The September 5th memo says that the developer has intentions to develop this same portion of land upon the completion of "successful studies".  Would the developer "study" this land if the case of protection under the Oak Ridges Moraine Act was black and white? 

Could it be that the October 29th memo was written with the intention of public readership while the September 5th was always intended to remain confidential?  If that is the case, Glenway residents (who will soon become Glenway voters) would be wise to keep this inconsistency top of mind for their own sakes. 

I thought that (Ward 7 candidate) John Blommesteyn astutely called out his challenger Christina Bisanz on the pecuniary interest issue under the MCIA.  Obviously, if the building goes ahead, the lot premiums that many Glenway residents paid when purchasing their homes to live within the GG&CC vanishes.  Bisanz's own home I'm told, is within the area affected.  I am watching closely to see if she will say one way or the other what the development of the westerly portion of the Glenway Golf Course will mean to her ability to represent her neighbours. 

There are only three weeks left so the time for Christina to come clean is now. 

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