Leaside Residents Association Annual Meeting and Town Hall is scheduled for Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
Annual Meeting from 6:30pm-7:00pm and Town Hall from 7:00pm-8.30pm. Connect via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82046740645); or phone (647-374-4685 or 647-558-0588), webinar ID 820 4674 0645. All community members are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting and Town Hall. Voting on motions is restricted to Leasiders with a paid membership in the LRA. To buy a membership, please go to LRA website.
Speakers at town hall:
· LRA Co-Presidents, Carol Burtin Fripp and Geoff Kettel
· NEW! MP Rob Oliphant
· City Councillor Jaye Robinson
· TDSB Trustee Rachel Chernos Lin
Questions for the speakers may be submitted on Zoom or on LRA contact form.
1951 Yonge Development Community Consultation Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 6:30 PM
SERRA has encouraged participation in the Community consulation meeting for 1951 Yonge Street. Their recent mailer outlines their concerns with this development, as outlined below.
The application was previously submitted as a two tower development of 35 and 25 storeys, the proposal has now been resubmitted at 30 and 45 storeys! No green or open spaces proposed and with more than 800 units, bringing an additional 1,400 residents to the area.
This application adds to Davisville area development applications for 30 Merton, 140 Merton, 276 Merton, 22 Balliol, 155 Balliol, 185 Balliol, 265 Balliol, 141 Davisville (and we are afraid with more to come). As a result, we project Davisville population to grow from 9,000 residents (2016 Canada Census) to 17,000 residents.
The developer, The Times Group, claims the greater density is permitted because the province more than doubled the height allowance for this block (from the city’s recommendation) to between 30 and 45 storeys and because the development is next to the Davisville subway.
This application was already appealed earlier by the developer to the LPAT. The city, TDSB and SERRA are registered as parties to oppose at the LPAT.
This meeting is to obtain YOUR input about this application, then for City Planning to finalize their position on this project, and then for City Council to provide instructions to the city solicitor on how to oppose at the LPAT.
How can you provide input? Please attend the Community Consultation meeting for 1951 Yonge Street to learn more. Please ask the city planner on this file and hosting this meeting to review the Mount Pleasant report and consider issuing a similarly strong objection report.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at serra@southeglinton.ca
