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March 18th, 2026 · North Shore News

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Welcome to North Shore News and Interviews on
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Amherst Island Radio. Each week we keep you updated
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on newsworthy events, happenings and conversations
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that we've had with people in the local community
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and beyond. Loyalist Township will be running
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a programming pilot through the spring and summer
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as they look to transition the use of the Leisure
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and Activity Centre to the W .J. Henderson Community
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Centre. Council approved a staff recommendation
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to formally close the Leisure and Activity Center
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as a direct programming space on August 1st,
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2026. Staff's report noted the programming pilot
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will help ensure service continuity while improving
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operational efficiency and optimizing the use
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of township recreation assets. With leisure programming,
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fitness amenities, aquatics, library services,
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and select municipal payment services under one
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roof, staff says it offers residents a more convenient,
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connected, and accessible experience. They also
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noted increased public transit access at the
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W .J. Henderson Community Center. The Leisure
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and Activity Center has served as a secondary
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municipal programming space for many years. However,
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staff's report noted its condition, accessibility
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limitations, and operational inefficiencies have
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increasingly challenged its long -term viability.
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Recent reviews and facility condition assessments
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have identified significant capital needs, including
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HVAC modernization, accessibility retrofits,
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and lifecycle renewal. Projected annual operating
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savings from the service consolidation are estimated
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to be between $55 ,900 and $92 ,000. $2 ,600
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in recurring cashi as 28 to 32 hours per week
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manager of recreation par with the township Matthew
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the recommendation. We did and the asset replacement
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items that are included and as we're nearing
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some financial pressures that within the wreck
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FM divi moving forward to remove that pressure
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from our sustainable services moving forward
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is to not segment our services and try to move
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towards. additional savings that would be associated
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with, let's say, delaying potential capital projects.
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Sabolsky spoke about the evaluation process for
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the programming pilot. We do have three pivot
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periods that are built into the trial plan that
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outline if we're not necessarily meeting milestones
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that are anticipated, we will have a review period
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at that point. The goal is to have our residents
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participate that are over at the LAC as users.
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participating in the pilot program over at the
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WJH. And then there will be a pilot evaluation
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framework that will be asking users, instructors,
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as well as staff to all complete. Councillor
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Paul Broderick noted his concerns with the programming
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pilot and staff recommendation. My concern is
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that when you put a hard date on something and
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do a trial run before that, it almost looks like
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the decision's made before the trial run. And
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honestly, I'm having trouble seeing a class in
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that community room. given my experience with
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the facility. Residents who use the Leisure and
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Activity Center regularly brought concerns to
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council, including the size of the space, privacy,
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and the costs associated. The committee room
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at the Henderson Center is quite small. I don't
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personally understand how you could fit 16 people
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in there given the size of the exercise requirements.
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Right now the Henderson Center does not have,
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in my opinion, appropriate facilities to run
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exercise programming. There's a bigger picture
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here and it's not just about dollars and cents.
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Right now the community that participates in
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the Leisure Centre, we're anxious because to
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put an August 1st date and then do trial runs
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through this spring, we've all taken a hike over
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to the W .J. Henderson to see what facilities
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will be available and it doesn't suit what we're
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providing. And I understand the idea of making
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everything in one building, but it looks like
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there was no consideration done to build a leisure
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facility with fitness components to it. We're
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talking dollars and cents or something that we
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need. You close it down, the building is still
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going to be there. Why are they thinking of forcing
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us into that little room which takes 16 people?
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It just doesn't make sense. There's a time for
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dollars and cents, and this is not the time for
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dollars and cents. We're a senior center. It's
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the only thing that we have in this area, and
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it should be kept going. Deputy Mayor Nathan
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Townand addressed concerns. I understand the
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concerns raised by residents, but, you know.
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It's more than simply dollars and cents. The
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dollars and cents are that this township's invested
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nearly $50 million in a recreation facility that
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is part of a recreation master plan to consolidate.
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And change is difficult, but this is the direction
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that we as a council have chosen. And I think
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we need to follow through with. That said, I
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think there needs to be very careful attention
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paid. to the impact of that change on the residents
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who have spoken and provision for council to
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be able to keep touch with them and address those
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concerns how we may following the pilot. Sabolsky
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spoke about how staff are addressing concerns
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as well. We have taken some considerations for
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some assessments regarding privacy. requirements
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at the WJH community room. So some of those considerations
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are for privacy screenings, as well as spatial
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needs for the space or for the for the area in
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the layout. There is a capacity of that community
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room of around 60 participants to be in that
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space for general meeting purposes. And we have
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used a formulaic approach to outline our capacities
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that for certain classes would be 12 to 16 in
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capacity, 16 to 20 in other areas, depending
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on programming and specific needs. outside of
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the privacy assessment that would be implemented.
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let's say upgrade the features of that community
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space to be utilized for a direct programming
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facet. We have looked at a scheduling matrix
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and paradigm regarding additional outlets for
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access. So this would include additional programming
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schedules for early morning programs, afternoon
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programs, evening programs. After staff and council
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weighed in, it was a close three to two vote
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in favor of the recommendation. For Amherst Island
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Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative. I'm
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Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Loyalist
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Township Council deferred a decision on a bylaw
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amendment to rezone the Windsor retirement residence
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in Amherstview so it can also house an alternative
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health facility. However, the company is already
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running the alternative health facility at the
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site. This is the second time the company has
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brought a proposal for rezoning to Council. Various
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revisions have been made to the proposal since
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the initial submission. An additional statutory
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public meeting was held to obtain input from
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the public. The main concerns raised included
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parking and the safety of residents. The latest
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submission is now proposing to provide 64 on
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-site parking spaces, an increase of 13 spaces
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from what was initially proposed, and an increase
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of 30 spaces from what exists today. Richard
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Domes, partner and principal planner with Gagnon
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Walker Domes, the plan consultant for the Windsor
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spoke about the need for extra parking. One of
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the primary comments received through the application
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review process and at the initial public meeting
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was to make sure, make effort to alleviate historic
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usage of Park Crescent for overflow on -street
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parking through the provision of adequate on
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-site parking on site. Initially, the proposal
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contemplated the expansion of the current on
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-site parking from 34 spaces to 51 spaces. However,
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the final plan further expands the quantity of
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on -site parking to 64 spaces, which is an increase
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of 30 spaces beyond the existing supply. The
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layout and the grading of this expanded parking
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area will be processed through the corresponding
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site plan amendment application, which is ongoing
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with Township staff. To facilitate the additional
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parking requirements of the AHF, an expansion
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to the existing parking area and central courtyard
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is proposed. More specifically, the parking area
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is generally proposed to expand north, closer
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to the building, and since the last public meeting,
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now also expands into the northeast quadrant
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of the site. Additional surplus parking may be
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accommodated west of the building in the future,
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once Westfield Drive is extended by the abutting
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landowner. However, the proposed 64 parking spaces
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east of the building is sufficient to accommodate
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the AHF as proposed. Domes confirm the alternative
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health facility is already running at the site.
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we identified that the AHF is being run as we
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speak. This was identified through the building
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permit process. As soon as it was identified
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through the building permit process, my client
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immediately started the zoning by -law amendment
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application process. It is not a permitted use.
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The transient wording in the zoning by -law is
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the key that wasn't fully understood by my client.
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Once it was understood, we went through the formal
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channels to try to correct that. and this is
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where we are. Dome's explained what the facility
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is and how it's running. The alternative health
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facility is a form of housing accommodation that
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provides transitional care and living space for
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primarily seniors but not exclusively that require
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medical and physical care on an interim transient
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basis following their transfer from local hospitals
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until their well -being can support return to
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their own primary residence or while they can
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find another facility or long -term care accommodation.
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In our opinion, the AHF is very similar in function
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to the existing retirement home. The primary
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difference being that the retirement home is
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typically a final housing destination, whereas
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the AHF is a transient housing accommodation.
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The temporary nature of the AHF is the primary
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reason why town staff identified the need for
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the zoning bylaw and application. And to be clear,
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the AHF is not intended to accommodate persons
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rehabbing from substance abuse. It is primarily
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for senior citizens suffering from physical or
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age -related conditions. The AHF will comprise
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the predominant use of the building going forward.
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However, retirement home use will be maintained.
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As a permitted use to allow, this use to operate
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is a secondary role to the primary AHF. Dome
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spoke about studies that were done for traffic
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and parking. As part of the zoning bylaw amendment
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application a traffic impact study was submitted.
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The traffic impact study or TIS concluded that
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the transportation network can accommodate the
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AHF use without significant adverse impact. The
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current configuration of intersections will remain
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a level of service that is acceptable. No intersection
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improvements are required and the reduced parking
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aisle size and parking spot width are accessible
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based on swept path analysis. To determine the
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parking supply for the AHF use, a parking utilization
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survey was completed. The results of that parking
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utilization concluded that a maximum, a peak
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demand of 45 spaces was required, which was larger
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than existing conditions. The level of parking
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was well above that what was identified and meets
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typical industry standard in terms of nursing
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home type leases and long -term care. So from
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that perspective, I think we've done more than
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what is sufficient. Dave Casemore from the Townships
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Planning Department noted plans staff are looking
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into. We're going to increase some buffering
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to make sure that those residential properties
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aren't impacted by the new facility as well as
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public safety was a concern. I know a sidewalk
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goes right across the entrance and through again
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the site plan process there's going to be stop
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signs at the entrance and painted lines to make
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sure any vehicle that's entering outside the
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facility onto the main street is going to have
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to stop and consider the public. people, pedestrians,
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are along there. As well, the zoning reliefs,
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many of the parking reduction in the parking
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size, the reduction in the lanes, this has all
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been vetted through the TIS that, you know, emergency
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vehicles can easily access the site as well as
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it's been circulated through the emergency group
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as well. And the reduction in loading spaces
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has been circulated and spoken to through the
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TIS that it'll all function fine. Case Moore
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noted the issue of parking. I guess really the
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big issue is the parking. You know, from that
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perspective, we've gone through the process of
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third party review. We've, you know, thrown it
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against the IT parking generation manual and
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essentially the group that's there has have exceeded
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that. So from a staff perspective. There's not
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much we can say from that perspective. They've
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exceeded the parking requirements and exceeded
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our bylaw. A resident of Park Crescent, Will
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Hume, raised his concerns with the new proposal.
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I spoke previously about the traffic and parking
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pressures already affecting our street and those
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concerns remain today. Residents on Park Crescent
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have already made concessions to accommodate
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the operations of this facility. Street parking
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restrictions were introduced that prevent many
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of us from parking in front of our own homes.
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And those changes were presented as as a solution
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to congestion associated with activity at the
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Windsor. More spaces mean more staff vehicles,
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more visitors, more service traffic entering
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a residential street that already struggles with
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congestion during winter months when the roadway
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effectively narrows. Hume also spoke about possible
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issues arising in the future. The neighborhood
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that is supposed to surround this property has
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not even been fully built yet. Planning documents
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show future residential development to the north,
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south and west of this site, approving a more
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intensive institutional use now effectively redesigns
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the future neighborhood around the operational
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needs of a single facility. Last year, the council
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was presented with a summer traffic study intended
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to estimate the impact of future development
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around the site. But many of the assumptions
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in that study depend on neighborhood infrastructure
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that still has not been completed. In sections
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of Park Crescent remained unfinished years after
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construction began. Parts of the roadway have
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not been raised to match the new curb system.
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Some driveways remain unpaved. The street trees
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that were supposed to be planted I guess along
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the sidewalks have never appeared. Overhead utility
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lines also were added and remain low enough that
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large service trucks including vehicles like
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the ones that the Windsor uses have struck them.
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Another resident of Park Crescent Steve Cotter
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spoke about on -street parking. Over the last
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three years, my neighbors and I have observed
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a steady increase of the on -street parking in
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front of our homes. During this period, we have
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repeatedly witnessed and reported illegal parking,
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vehicles parking on our boulevards, cars encroaching
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on our driveways. These issues have interfered
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with our ability to safely exit our properties.
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In addition, I've personally experienced multiple
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close calls caused by inattentive drivers entering
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and exiting the Windsor facility. The excessive
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on street parking creates numerous blind spots,
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putting both pedestrians and other drivers at
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risk. On numerous occasions, my neighbors and
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I have counted and reported more than 27 cars
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parked on Park Crescent alone. Cars lined bumper
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to bumper, many encroaching onto private driveways.
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This does not include the vehicles parked along
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the south side of Briscoe or in the church parking
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lot. Another resident of Park Crescent, Steve
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Peterson, noted parking and safety concerns as
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well. My main issue is the parking. From what
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I have witnessed, there's up to 23 cars. That's
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all that can fit on the one side of the road
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between Manitou and Briscoe. And that's from
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the stop sign to the stop sign, even in the no
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parking zone that does exist. Not to mention
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all the traffic from patient transfers, which
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is multiple times a day, visitors and staff coming
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and going from the Windsor. I walk my kids to
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school every day and not one person stops before
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they get to the roadway. They come right out
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of the property, right onto the road. I never
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objected to the retirement facility, but I can't
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stand behind the inconvenience that the change
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of business plan has caused to our small street.
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Engineering and environment manager with the
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township Luke McDonald spoke about the parking
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study in terms of the parking study. So there
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has been a lot of discussion on the I .T .E.
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generation rates, as that is the best practices
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for for calculating parking generations. But
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staff are aware that, you know, a general textbook
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does not capture every single site and each site
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is specific. So we have been conducting our own
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parking surveys as well as receiving information
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from residents and Councillor Proderick as well.
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indicated he's been out doing counts too. So
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the highest count that I've been out for myself
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is 21 vehicles that were parked on the street.
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The highest count that I'm aware of is 27 and
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that would be even considering that all vehicles
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parked on the street would be allocated to the
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Windsor and not residents or school parking or
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what have you and the facility is adding 30 parking
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spots. So based on them having gone ahead with
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the switch which is unfortunate and obviously
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not not what the Township staff would have wanted
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to happen. But having that had occurred, we are
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able to go out and do detailed counts of the
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existing operational practices and able to confirm
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that yes, the IT generations confirm that the
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numbers that they're proposing make sense. McDonald
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noted issues with visitor parking as well. I
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know there's been a lot of discussion on visitor
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parking, and I think that's because that's one
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of the hardest elements that to put a number
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on. It's not clear exactly anywhere what is required.
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But one thing that I've used to rationalize this
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is general times when you're going to have visitors.
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So most people working you know, nine to five,
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they're going to go visit at these facilities
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evenings and weekends. Staff counts on these
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facilities are lowest in evenings and weekends.
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You have admin staff, cleaning staff and others
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that are in throughout the daytime. So you're
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eight to five, your typical working hours. But
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After that, they go home. It's your nursing and
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primary care staff that are there in the evenings,
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which are much lower numbers. So you do have
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additional visitor parking in those times when
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visitors are more likely to occur. Councillor
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Paul Proderick noted why he would not support
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the current amendment. I'd been in the Windsor.
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I had a relative stay there on a short term visit.
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The care was great. Parking was non -existent.
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people visit every day. It's not like nobody
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comes to visit. So I just don't see how those
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numbers are going to play out. There's too many
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things for me that are out there, you know, this
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plan down the road and this down the road. I'm
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not happy with the, to be honest with the way
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this has come to council. And as many of the
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residents have mentioned parking site plan, and
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I know there's a process, but it seems that if
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it was such an urgent care situation, we would
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get it. All the ducks will be lined up right
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now. Council will be deferring their decision
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until they receive legal opinion on their current
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position of denying the proposal. Deputy Mayor
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Nathan Townend spoke about the appeal process
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the company will likely go through. If it's denied
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tonight, it will be appealed and that appeal
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will likely be successful. That's not in our
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hands. The other thing is, is I guess when I
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think about this, I distinguish a little bit
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between the proponent and the proposal. If I
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ask myself, you know, is this the appropriate
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location? for this based on the feedback and
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the issues that the residents raised. I can't
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honestly say that I could answer all of those.
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That said, I just want to say for the record,
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of course, that Kingston Health Sciences is overflowing.
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We all have a responsibility in the region as
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dependents on that site to be able to provide
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convalescent space. But the question of whether
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the Windsor is the appropriate site based on
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all the feedback that's been presented by members
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of the public. I'm not satisfied that I personally
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have seen enough to answer those problems. And
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then, you know, again, to get political, because
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everything is political, I have to say that when
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for -profit agencies are part of the healthcare
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solution, there is little assurance here to safeguard
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the long -term future of that site. For -profit
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is for -profit, and if the profit opportunity
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moves to less altruistic uses and those happen
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to meet the four tests of planning approval,
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then I'm not confident we would be able to do
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anything about that either. Councillors Lorna
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Willis and Mike Buderich explained why waiting
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for more information makes sense. I would really
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encourage taking one more look at this and considering
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how we can solve some of the concerns with the
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parking. I walk my dog by there a few times a
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week and not only are there cars on the street
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but there are some other traffic issues that
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need to be resolved before we move forward. For
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Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism
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Initiative, I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore
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News. The town of Greater Napanee and Lennox
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and Addington County will be going ahead with
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the reconstruction of Centre Street and Isabella
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Street in Napanee. As part of a successful joint
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application this year, the town and county received
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funding under the Municipal Housing Infrastructure
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Program Health and Safety Water Stream. The town
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expects to receive funding covering up to 73
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% of the project's estimated total cost of just
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over $10 .5 million. As part of this project,
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staff plan to replace all water infrastructure
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on Center Street and Isabella Street. The project
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will also include new asphalt, curbs, sidewalks,
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and traffic lights as required. This includes
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installing approximately 600 meters of trunk
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water main, along with valves, fire hydrants,
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and services on Center Street between Dundas
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Street and Isabella Street, as well as 250 meters
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of similar works on Isabella Street between Center
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Street and West Street. The project will also
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replace 600 meters of wastewater main and associated
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maintenance maintenance holes and serv street
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as well as 175 m 690 meters of stormwater and
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catch basins will be street between Dundas St
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as well. Engineering work i completed in 2026
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with the project for contractor b year. Construction
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is ant two construction seasons 20 27. Additional
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projec be presented to council la to consider
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the proposed approach and budget, and then later
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to make a decision on the construction contract
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award. Christy Kelly, Director of Environmental
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Services, Growth and Infrastructure Services
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with the Town of Greater Napanee, speaks about
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the project's timeline. With this, we're hoping
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to move forward as part of the town and utilities
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budgets for 2026 with engineering, and hoping
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to break ground in 2027. Likely will be a phased
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project over... years, but we'll work with the
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engineers and the contractors when we get to
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that time to determine the phasing and rerouting
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and that sort of thing. Kelly, explain some of
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the work staff has done and what they'll be doing
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moving forward. We have just started some engineering
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work. There was a little bit prior to the funding
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application, but this year's budget allowed us
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to, the 2026 budget will allow us to move forward
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and complete the engineering for the project.
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And with most of our procurement processes, this
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will be a public tender allowing applicants to
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determine the successful contractor for the project.
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Michael Nobes, General Manager of Growth and
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Expansion with the Town of Greater Napanee, talks
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about the county's plans for new traffic lights.
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The county has confirmed with us that their intention
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is to build in traffic lights where the pedestrian
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crossing is currently, replace that, that's an
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interim measure and the lights would be installed
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as a permanent fixture through this project specifically.
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Councillor Michael Shank noted his concerns about
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the disruption of traffic on Centre Street. I
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have a hard enough time, you know, you have a
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little bit of a rush hour now and when you start
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tearing up Centre Street, how are you going to
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bypass the volume of traffic to get south? All
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I'm saying is how does the average Joe go down
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Centre Street when Centre Street is no longer
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there for a year or two years? I can see Centre
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Street in 15 or 20 years time, it's going to
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be backed up immensely. So there's got to be
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an alternative route because the only reason
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why, because you look at the city of Kingston,
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if I want to get to the other side, you know
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what I mean, that are past RMC, then thank goodness
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they put the bridge in when they did because
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what it's done. But I can see that same problem
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happening here. Noebs noted that traffic planning
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is a high priority for staff. That is the ultimate
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question on our minds at this moment in time,
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but there's going to need to be very careful
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traffic planning to go along with that. We have
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a substantial amount of time to plan that out,
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but that is the number one question on our minds
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right now and with the county too is how are
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we going to accommodate that traffic flow and
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lessen the burden as much as possible on residential
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areas east and west of Centre Street. Nobz went
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on to explain that upcoming county plans may
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help shape the future of roadways in Napanee.
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When EA was done for the called the Northwest
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Urban Area where future collector order roads
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are planned that are going to be under the jurisdiction
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of the county. But the county is also very soon
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going to be presenting. County staff will be
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presenting to county council the county transportation
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master plan update, which will look into considerations
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such as that. Noebs noted the possibility of
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widening the area beside the street. There's
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no intention on Center Street. to expand the
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limits of the road right of way, the ownership,
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because it's almost building wall to building
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wall, there's really no room there. But there
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is the opportunity to look at overall lane widths
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and therefore that would open up more room for
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sidewalk width. We would need to consider existing
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utilities that are in there and relocating them
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to get them out of the way of the sidewalk. There's
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a lot that would need to go into it, but both
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vehicular and pedestrian movement is going to
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be top of mind in the design efforts that would
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be underway very shortly. For Amherst Island
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