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Meeting's Minutes PRESENT: Jim Brophy, John MacDonald, Hossam Shiaty, Carole Gilbert, Lesley Henshaw, Bill Ardell, Bill Boughner, Michele Gaboury, Lynn Ferguson MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING The minutes of the last meeting were approved. This meeting was changed to October 20th from the originally planned date of October 13th. NEW MEMBERS The committee welcomed Michele Gaboury and Lynn Ferguson to the Executive of the WHRA. ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD HEARING The OMB hearing re the Sharkeys/Daniels proposal is scheduled to begin on November 15th and will likely last for 4 weeks. John reviewed the situation and noted that we have received email correspondence from Don Pangman, former WHRA President, and Jane Hawkrigg, president of the Lakeside Residents’ Association regarding WHRA representation. They have asked that Don Pangman be appointed to act as our representative at the hearing and that we approve the filing of a Non-Expert Witness Statement to this effect. MOTION Moved: Bill Boughner Seconded: John MacDonald Be it resolved that Donald C. Pangman, former President of the WHRA, be appointed as the representative of the WHRA Executive Committee to support the Planning Department’s (Town of Oakville) position with regard to the Sharkey’s Redevelopment Proposal before the Ontario Municipal Board. CARRIED There was some further discussion about legal liability for expenses incurred on behalf of the Residents’ Associations for expert witnesses and legal counsel. We believe that since we have not given any authority for these expenses to be incurred then the WHRA cannot be held liable for them. However, we might agree to share the financial burden with the three other Residents’ Associations, on a best efforts basis. We also need to be kept up to date on the proceedings at the OMB. MOTION Moved: Bill Ardell Seconded: Hossam Shiaty That Bill Boughner, Bill Ardell and John MacDonald will liaise with Don Pangman during the four weeks of the OMB hearing and keep the Executive informed of the proceedings. Any two of these three shall be a sufficient number to meet with Don. CARRIED It was agreed to write a letter to Don Pangman regarding his role on behalf of the WHRA Executive and to ask Don for a response confirming his position and the position of the other Residents’ Associations. Jim, John and Hossam will meet over the weekend to draft this letter. It was noted that in acting as our Representative Don cannot commit the WHRA Executive without coming back to us for a resolution. FINANCIAL REPORT In response to an appeal to the neighbours regarding the expenses incurred by some residents in taking before the OMB the proposed re-development of the property at 86 Kerr Street, all of the costs have been recovered and there is in fact a surplus of $400. It has been decided to give this surplus to the WHRA treasurer, to be kept in a segregated fund which may be used for similar issues arising in the future. It was agreed that these funds will not be used in regard to the Sharkey/Daniels proposal. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF 86 KERR STREET The OMB turned down the proposed re-development of 86 Kerr Street and the Town of Oakville is now considering a change in zoning from C3R to RO8 in the area south of Lakeshore Road to Burnet between Forsythe and Brock. The Town is to hold a public meeting in November and will send a notice to all residents who live within 120 metres of the boundaries of the C3 zone. Current commercial property would not be affected by the change in zoning but if an application for variance were to be made then they would have to conform with new zoning by-law, if such is passed by Council. The current C3R zoning limits commercial property to 3 storeys. UPDATE ON SHARKEYS RESTAURANT Jim has met with the Inspector Gordon of the Halton Regional Police Service and Mr. Kevin Yates, the owner of Sharkeys, regarding noise and disturbances and the complaints of residents. The Police have agreed to develop a plan to solve these problems and we have offered them the use of the WHRA website if they wish to communicate with the residents. PARKS COMMITTEE A group of volunteers met in the Park on September 25th and again the following week, to clear out the remaining weeds and plant perennials that had been given to us by the Parks Department LOGO A draft logo, which has been drawn up for us by a local business owner, was circulated for approval. With some minor changes the committee was in favour of the logo as presented. A final version will be presented for approval at the next meeting. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING It was agreed that the Executive needs more members, since half of the current members are away for part of the year – some in winter and some in the summer. It was agreed that we need at least 3 Vice Presidents, any one of whom can act as President, and therefore we should bring a slate of 9 officers for election at the Annual Meeting, i.e. Executive Committee President 3 Vice Presidents Secretary/Treasurer Recording Secretary 3 (or more) Directors at large Sub Committees: Membership Parks Database In addition we need members who will be responsible for assisting with the following: Management of the Website (Peter Markiewicz has agreed to continue this role) Liaison with the Police Attendance at Committee of Adjustment Meetings Attendance at Council meetings It was agreed to invite the following people to speak at the meeting: Ann Mulvale, Mayor Joyce Savoline, Regional Chair, Fred Oliver & Cathy Duddeck, local Councillors Peter Cheatley, Planning Department Chris Mark, Parks Department The Parks Committee wishes to give an award to John Ketteridge, Assistant Harbour Master for all the work he has done on the Harbour parks. We will communicate details of the Annual meeting via email, or hand deliver a Notice to those residents who do not have email addresses. Hossam has a map for hand delivery to be split between the members of the Executive. Possible locations for the Annual meeting are: The Oakville Arena Pine Room The Oakville Club The Kensington Residence Bill and/or Jim will check out these locations for availability on or about December 8th at 8.00 p.m. NEXT MEETINGS A meeting will be held at Jim Brophy’s house at 9.00 a.m. on Sunday October 24th to discuss the letter to Don Pangman. Lesley, Carole and Lynn will meet next week to organize the Annual Meeting. The Annual General Meeting will be held in December, on a date to be determined by the availability of location. |