Members:
Attached, please find the ruling of the LPAT regarding the appeal filed by the owners, Barbara Rowland, Keith Ball and Gayle Gailits, against the Town of Huntsville Council ruling on Treasure Island. As you will read, the Tribunal adjudicator sided with the owners and gave them what they wanted. This is very discouraging for the LWRA as well as the Friends of Treasure Island.
(note: text of the decision follows, original PDF version attached below)
The National Post has a story about Sugarloaf Island, which mirrors in many ways our struggle over Treasure Island. Sugarloaf was a gem in Lake Joseph -- until an unscrupulous developer razed the canopy and started blasting a site to build a monster cottage.
See: Blight on the lake: The fight over a mega-cottage in Muskoka
LOCAL PLANNING APPEAL TRIBUNAL
As part of the application process, the TI developers submitted a scoped Environmental Study. We had a peer review conducted by Terrastory, who found a great number of inconsistencies, failings and omissions.
The complete review will be posted here when finalized.
The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal is the replacement body for the old Ontario Municipal Board. This quasi-judicial body is the route of appeal for developers who dispute a municipal planning decision. As with a court of law, there are procedural rules, expert witnesses and evidence presented both for and against. The Tribunal has the power to override the municipal decision.
This is a collection of public documents filed with the Town and others as part of the development application process.
2018 Application:
The Twitter-like message is this: We won at Huntsville Council: 8 out of 8 councilors voted to turn down the Treasure Island development proposal. Completely. They -- the Huntsville Council -- are to be congratulated. If you want more, then here it is:
The re-zoning of Treasure Island (Lake Waseosa), August 2019 application
A submission to the Town of Huntsville from the Lake Waseosa Ratepayers’ Association
4 September 2019
Submissions from the Lake Waseosa Ratepayers’ Association on the
Proposed Development of Treasure Island, Lake Waseosa
Draft 11 September 2019- 9 am
Good afternoon. My name is Tony Doob. I am here representing the Lake Waseosa Ratepayers’ Association.