October 4th, 1976

~ questioned how this Council, who has always expressed concern in the
development of the City's Downtown Core, could permit extensive commercial
development less than one mile away.

- questioned a staff comment regarding the present ‘worst corner' condition
and if this was so how could points of access be permitted so close to
the corner.

- suggested that while the alternate use as a park site (suggested at
Public Information Meeting) was not a feasible one, he would see nothing
wrong with a residential use - even a 2 or 3 story apartment complex.

~ questioned the remark that the City could not afford to upgrade the
corner without financial input from a Developer.

- felt that if the G.V.H.C. units were presently occupied, a considerable
amount of negative pressure would have been exerted to stop the proposed
development, but as it is the people who will live there will have had

no say in the matter.

Mrs. Margaret Smith, 3263 Ulster Street then expressed concern as to the
fact additional commercial development is being permitted on the one

main artery on the northside which has already experienced problems,

many of which are attributable (in her opinion) to the lack of adequate
parking and seriously questioned the possibility of providing the number
of parking spaces proposed for the development and made several statistical
comparisons to substantiate her concern. The Planning Officer advised
that there are different requirements for parking for different types of
commercial development and the number of spaces proposed is in compliance
with the present By-law requirements and is possible in view of the
proposed site layout. Mrs. Smith's second concern was that two driveway
access points to the shopping centre were planned for Toronto Street
adjacent to the new Northside Fire Hall and suggested that if the main
reason for locating a Fire Hall on the Northside was to alleviate any
traffic problems, that the proposed access points were in themselves
going to create a further traffic hazard should there be an emergency
call.

By-law No. 1469:

to rezone Block H, Lots 15 & 16, District Lot 255, Plan 6430 from

RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential) to RS-l1 (One Family Residential).

The East 16.5" of Taylor Street form Warwick Avenue to Langan

Avenue will also be assigned the zone designation of RS-1 (One