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- 1379
Dear Editor,
Cobourg town council planning department has put forward a completed application for a re-zoning amendment allowing high-density residential development at 117 Durham parallel to Cobourg West Beach. On February 25th at 5pm the Municipal Council of the Town of Cobourg will hold a meeting in the Victoria Hall 3rd floor Council Chambers to present its application to re-zone the old playing fields at 117 Durham. Public Consultation on the proposed re-zoning amendment will also be held at the meeting.
How is it fair or democratic to have a public consultation meeting about development of lands parallel to Cobourg Waterfont Nature Park — including West Beach and West Headland — at the same time as discussion of an already completed application for re-zoning to allow high-density residential development on adjacent land? Surely, in a democracy the public — i.e. local tax payers — should be consulted before issuing a virtual fait accompli from town council? The public should be given ample warning so they can make inquiries and do research into the potential impact of re-zoning and development. Isn't it the job of elected representatives to represent the interests and concerns of their constituents first? That doesn't seem to be happening here.
- 807
As someone who is walking King Street East more days of the week than not, I am pretty disappointed with the new owners of Brookside, Terraco Development. They have cleared the sidewalks on King and Cottesmore once this winter, leaving snow and ice to build up otherwise.
I have been repeatedly in touch with the town, as well as reaching out to Terraco Development via the email listed on their website. Terraco has not responded at all to any emails. On January 21, a bylaw officer told me that the town had been in touch with the owner, and that they had been told a company had been retained for sidewalk maintenance. Unfortunately, several snowfalls since then and nothing.
This is a danger to seniors and those with reduced mobility in Cobourg, and it contravenes the town's property standards bylaw.
If Terraco is hoping to establish good community relationships and be a part of this community, they're not off to a good start.
Bob LeDrew.
- 1343
Dear Sir
I am writing to comment on a couple of things, one is to congratulate and support Richard Pope in his efforts to advance the public's interest in the problems of the Public Works being conducted at the West Harbour Headlands and secondly to point out that his frustration in not being able to engage with Council on this matter was foreseen.
Richard has pointed out in great detail the jurisdictional matter of the lands - are they in the Nature park or not as well as laying out the damages done to the land by the Public Works.
But Richard's efforts to engage with Council have been reduced to writing a letter to the Editor because of the changes made to the Procedural Bylaw this time last year. As I write in a blog post about this issue and I quote:
- 2199
Many people in the community were upset about the removal of the sand willows on the West Headland. They were upset about the dredging and angry that no one knew about this in advance. Then people (myself included) were stunned to learn that the dredged area has somehow been excluded from the Waterfront Nature Park, which even Council did not know about. When Council voted to create the Nature Park, they thought this area was included in it.
After mulling this over, I thought I should give people a heads-up on the plans for the area because much worse is yet to come and the public is apparently not going to be shown an action plan with a timeline for what is planned. The intent of this memo, however, is not to criticize forth-coming action but to focus public attention and the attention of Council on how we can salvage the West Headland and re-naturalize it after the damage is done. There is light at the end of the tunnel and the public can help to ensure that this light gets to shine.