For your protection please do not post personal information (address, phone number, etc…) on this website. Use the email link to cast your vote.(email:Kirsten McCauley)

(Information below is from the City Of Hamilton Website)

If you were unable to attend the Chedoke Brow Lands Public Information Centre #3 and you would like to vote on the different community development options, you may vote by doing the following:

1. Send an email to Kirsten McCauley with your name, address and first Preferred Option and second Preferred Option choices indicated (please note that if your name and address are not provided your vote will not count).
2. If you wish, you may also fill out a comment sheet providing rationale for your choice.

Option #1 – No Development
This option means that no new development occurs on the brow lands. This is the standard ?Do Nothing? option.

Option #2 – Limited Development
This option contemplates minimal development by removing the existing Continuing Care Centre, Annex, East Pavillion and Mooreland Building and constructing single detached dwellings in this area. Single detached dwellings are also proposed between the stormwater management facility and Sanatorium Road. This option preserves the maximum amount of green space with the least amount of development.

Option #3 – Medium-Low Development
This option contemplates moderate development around the Continuing Care Centre and Mooreland Building and proposes to preserve the existing buildings where appropriate and feasible. Low rise buildings at a maximum of 4 storeys with a green courtyard are envisioned for this area. Two blocks of row housing (street townhouses) are proposed to the east and west of Sanatorium Road north of Scenic Drive. A low-rise building is proposed in proximity to the Long and Bisby building. Green space is proposed along the majority of Scenic Drive as a buffer to the interior development.

Option #4 – Mixed-Use Medium Development
This option contemplates a mix of ?community wellness? uses with residential uses. The Continuing Care Facility should be preserved as a public mixed use building (such as an art gallery or community centre) with low rise (4 storey) mixed-use buildings proposed in the area south of the Continuing Care Centre. Single detached dwellings are proposed fronting along Scenic Drive with rear access lanes. Green space buffers the low rise buildings from the single detached dwellings. Townhouses are proposed west and east Sanatorium Road north of Scenic Drive with green space proposed in this area.

Option #5 – Most Development

This option contemplates the highest level of development. This option proposes to retain the Continuing Care Centre and develop mid rise 6 storey terraced residential buildings to the south in the central area of the existing buildings. This area has no mixed use proposed and will require parking in buildings or screened from roads. A 6 storey mid rise building is also proposed adjacent to the Long and Bisby building with two low rise buildings at the west and east corners of the intersection of Scenic Drive and Sanatorium Road (3 storey along Scenic Drive with an additional storey stepped up). Townhouses are proposed to the west fronting on Scenic Drive with rear lane access. Green space is proposed south of the woodlot and to the west of the stormwater management facility.

Chedoke Brow Lands – Community Development Options

This will be a ‘charrette’ meeting. Attendees will be put into groups and discuss ideas of what we, the community, would like to see done with this land. If you plan on attending the next meeting, you will need to contact Kirsten McCauley to be added to the list so they can plan for the appropriate number of people planning on attending and hold the meeting in an accommodating venue.

Kirsten McCauley, Planner
City of Hamilton Planning and Economic Development Department
Planning Division
Community Planning Section
77 James Street North, Suite 250
P.O. Box 2040 LCD 1
Hamilton ON L8N 0A3
Phone – 905-546-2424 ext 1292
Fax – 905-643-7250
kmccaule@hamilton.ca

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Further to Mr. Whitehead reference to a ‘Covenant’ on the property, I received a voice mail from him and was asked to share information with you. I have attached the following for your information:

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September 13, 2007

Councillor Terry Whitehead met with the lawyer yesterday and confirmed that there is a covenant which says the land is to be used for parkland or single family housing.

For Clarification:

Covenant means – agreement, contract, convention, treaty, promise, pledge.

The Land was actually purchased for $1,200 in 1936 ($1200 was fair market value in 1936) from Edith Lang.

The question is whether or not the covenant still has any legal standing or not. The City is still trying to determine this. The City lawyer thinks it does. However, Mr. Whitehead’s wife works for the Land Registry; she does not think it does under the new act. There is a sunset clause that removes it after 40 years (automatic removal) and it has been more than 40 years.

Terry feels that there are 2 tracks that we need to pursue:

1. Is there in fact a Legal track

2. The Moral/Ethical track

Councillor Whitehead asked me to share this with you. In summary, there is a covenant and as stated above the land was purchased from Edith Lang. Mr. Whitehead is in the process of trying to find descendents of Edith Lang, or determine if Edith Lang is still living, to see if we can have some moral support to uphold the covenant. This might give us some weight to support the community’s position in regards to the development of this land.

If anyone out there can share any information regarding Edith Lang or her descendants, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me and I will share the information with Mr. Whitehead.

Colleen