Hamilton’s escarpment increasingly at risk
Hamilton’s escarpment increasingly at risk Behemoth on a postage stamp; Dundas development on Bruce Trail would dwarf neighbourhood (Opinion, April 19) The residents of the Greater Hamilton who are fortunate enough to live at the top or base of our “Mountain” need to know our Niagara Escarpment is at risk. Dundas residents are in the [...]
Building along the brow appears to be a disaster waiting to happen
Building along the brow appears to be a disaster waiting to happen Re: “Building near escarpment edge too dangerous to be considered Hamilton Community News By Jacquie Reid Colleen Jewell is not the only person that considers building near the escarpment edge too dangerous. It’s interesting the OMB would not allow the memo regarding the [...]
“The Escarpment is Falling, The Escarpment is Falling”….I Feel like Chicken Little…
“The Escarpment is Falling, The Escarpment is Falling”….I Feel like Chicken Little… By Colleen Jewell Spectator letter In December 2011, the residents opposing the proposed Chedoke Browland Development went to the OMB for their last kick at the can. One of the residents tried to get a memo written by a “city staffer” admitted into [...]
Costs Soar For Tax Payer Funded OMB
Costs pile up as OMB cases soar Sep 18, 2011 Outside lawyers have been paid well over $600,000 in the last twenty months to represent the city in a rapidly growing number of cases at the Ontario Municipal Board. The unbudgeted spending ballooned last year after Art Zuidema, the city’s senior OMB solicitor, was transferred [...]
Mississauga Councillors want OMB abolished
City wants OMB abolished Chris Clay June 23, 2011 The City of Mississauga is calling on Queen’s Park to abolish the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and instead empower elected municipal officials to solve planning and development disputes. Council voted unanimously yesterday in support of Ward 2 Councillor Pat Mullin’s motion calling on the City to [...]
Use ‘snow surplus’ to relight the cross
Use ‘snow surplus’ to relight the cross I agree with bringing back the cross at the Mountain brow to life — to light. It would be a wonderful memorial for all the staff and patients who worked there, including my mother Cathrina Barton, who was a nurse back then in the times of disease and [...]
OMB undemocratic, out of touch
Undemocratic OMB has no place in a democratic state By Andrew Knowles The Ontario municipal board or the OMB, is the only institution in Canada which handles civil services that does not have officials publicly elected, have staff appointed by elected officials or have staff accountable to the public. The job of the OMB is [...]
The Brow lands Community shows overwhelming respect for brow lands history
Light-the-cross campaign under way By Jeff Mahoney Hamilton Spectator san survivor MAINDoris Ursul was a resident in the San back in the 1930s and almost died there. Robert, her son, is leading a campaign to have the Cross of Lorraine functioning again. Barry Gray/The Hamilton Spectator I asked in last Wednesday’s column if we in [...]
History of Brow lands worth fighting for
Our old, rugged cross Wednesday, February 1 By Jeff Mahoney Hamilton Spectator I hope Hamilton is here forever. But if, for any reason (climate change, asteroid collision, the leachate from Adam Sandler movies), humankind must move to a new home in the stars, let there be at least one thing left of our city. [...]
Brow Lands sales could have save the cross
Lands sales could have save the cross Mountain News re: Start a fund to save the Cross of Lorraine (Community Columnist, Dec. 22) Starting a fund to save the cross is the easy way out. The sanatorium had a large piece of property and over the years large parcels were sold off to developers. Even [...]
Appreciate The History of The Brow Lands; Save the Cross of Lorraine
Start a fund to save the Cross of Lorraine By Robert G. Ursul, special to the News (Dec. 22, 2011) Mountain News The fight over west Mountain brow lands is overshadowed by a far greater story. A story of prayers answered, a city served and saved; but sadly, also a story of loss, neglect, obscurity. [...]
OMB ponders brow lands development
Residents say total number of units could be in 670 range By Mark Newman, News Staff The fate of the proposed development of the Chedoke brow lands will soon lie with Ontario Municipal Board officials. A hearing into Deanlee Management’s plan to develop a large portion of the 25 acres of land along [...]
Hearing in brow lands dispute moved to December
The Hamilton Spectator sescott@thespec.com – The next round of the Chedoke brow lands battle that was slated for Wednesday has been adjourned again. It came as no surprise to many, as word spread the day before that Deanlee Management was going to ask to push the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into the fall. Deanlee’s [...]
City turns down settlement offer for Chedoke brow lands
The Hamilton Spectator City council rejected a secret compromise plan to develop the Chedoke brow lands Tuesday, but left the door open for a last-minute settlement to avoid an Ontario Municipal Board battle. Council turned down an alternative building plan from Deanlee Management in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, but also voted to make a [...]
Special Meeting Involving City Council
There is a special meeting involving city Council on the brow lands development. Speculation is that Council wants to make a deal with Deanlee. I ask that all of you email and phone Terry Whitehead and respectfully oppose making any deal with Deanlee. The buzz is that Deanlee has come to the city with another [...]
Brow community will be changed forever
Letters To The Editor – The Hamilton Spectator Re: Latest brow lands proposal gets dismal reviews; Residents say number of units proposed with new unnamed partner doesn’t suit community (Aug. 23) Not only have Chedoke Health and Deanlee Management Inc. broken their promises to respect the character of this community, but why has the city [...]
Neighbours give new brow lands plan thumbs down
Matter slated to go to Ontario Municipal Board next month By Mark Newman Hamilton Mountain News A revised development plan for the Chedoke brow lands that is destined for the Ontario Municipal Board is drawing negative reviews from many of the neighbours. “It’s still too dense for the area,” said Andrew Knowles of the plan [...]
Latest browlands proposal gets dismal reviews
The Hamilton Spectator By Stacey Escott sescott@thespec.com Chedoke browlands residents say they are unimpressed by a developer’s reduced plan for 529 condominium and townhouse units alongside Scenic Drive on the Hamilton Mountain. Deanlee Management had initially proposed up to 700 units along the browlands after the company purchased the land from Chedoke Health in 2007. [...]
Kaboom, OOPS there goes the neighbourhood!
Formally “Scenic Drive’, Soon to be called ‘Mohawk Road Lite’ (Sans the four lane thoroughfare)
People Need to be Heard – Mountain News Editorial
It was entirely predictable that the Ontario Municipal Board would be tasked with making the final decision on the size and scope of development on the chedoke brow lands. A three day hearing is slated to begin on Sept. 7. It’s expected a number of residents who live near the 24-acre site will make impassioned [...]
City to make offer for part of brow lands
Hamilton Mountain News Whitehead hoping park deal could help push separate agreement on development density By Mark Newman, News Staff The city is about to make Deanlee Management an offer for a slice of the Chedoke brow lands. Ward 8 (west Mountain) Coun. Terry Whitehead said members of the city’s general issues committee agreed [...]
The Browlands Hustle
Guest Column Thepec.com After reading the Spectator article, “Brow lands saga takes another twist,” I was convinced to write an already developing argument about the lack of transparency in this process. The article explained that Deanlee Management Inc. (owner of the Chedoke brow lands property) was in talks with another business and there was uncertainty [...]
Secret brow lands offer rejected
Future of west Mountain site now lies with OMB By Mark Newman, News Staff Members of the city’s planning committee have turned down a settlement offer from Deanlee Management for development of the Chedoke brow lands. Committee members reviewed the offer for nearly 90 minutes in private Monday afternoon before Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead [...]
It’s not easy keeping green on the brow
TheSpec.com The final word on the fate of a section of green space along the Mountain brow is still weeks away. The developer of the Chedoke brow lands pitched a compromise to councillors Monday for a condo that’s smaller than what it originally proposed, but larger than the city’s counter-offer. But after an hour spent [...]
Battle over browlands about green
The Spec.com The Chedoke browlands debate will begin during Monday’s planning committee meeting at City Hall, when residents will have the opportunity to speak. But they will be doing so without knowing details of the developer’s newest proposal for the land. “I want to tell council how important that land is, and not only [...]
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