 By Staff
April 10th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Shortage of school-bus drivers amid pandemic continues to temporarily disrupt services
Halton Student Transportation Services (HSTS) is reminding families of the continued bus route disruptions due to the ongoing decrease of available drivers resulting from COVID-19 isolation requirements.
 Lots of busses – not enough drivers. “Every effort will be made to communicate cancellations as quickly as possible, but in many cases, we will have minimal notice as drivers continue to follow public health guidelines and minimize risk to students,” says David Colley, General Manager of Halton Student Transportation Services.
To stay informed about bus route cancellations, families can:
• Visit the Halton Student Transportation Service Alerts page for up-to-date route cancellations and delays
• Register for Delay/Cancellation email notifications via the HSTS Parent Portal
• For instant delay notifications, download the Delays App to your smartphone: BusPlanner Delay App
We understand the impact that this has on families and we thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
 By Pepper Parr
April 11th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
We published a three part interview with ward 4 Councillor Shawna Stolte.
 The earning curve was the steepest Stolte had ever experienced. This has not been an easy council to interview. It has been difficult to get a clear sense as to how well they work together and the kind of leadership that has been available to the newcomers.
One said to us early in the term of office that he had been told “not to talk to you” – this one has always been easily swayed.
The five newcomers are certainly a mixed bag – each of them has struggled with the size of the job they got elected to – every one of them will tell you – if they are honest with themselves, that they are way in over their heads – but they work hard and do their best.
A situation has arisen that has the potential to tear this council apart. It should break in a few days; it is expected to be on the city council agenda for April 19th. It might be on the agenda as a Closed session item because it relates to the behavior of a person that we are choosing not to name at this point.
 Councillors Stolte and Kearns tend to work together and support the positions each takes. The collegiality that Councillor Stolte thought existed does not exist. Mayor Marianne Meed Ward has turned out to be a very divisive Mayor – who has not been able to create a council, made up of people new to the game, and turn them into independent operators who buy into the big picture and work as a team to end up with a city that is going to see massive population growth requiring literally hundreds of high rise towers.
Meed Ward has chosen the photo op and social media route. A woman who consistently talks up her background as a journalist has yet to hold an open press conference.
She favours situations, such as her perch at CHML where she is never pressed on serious issues or Cogeco where she has a program of her own.
Posing as a journalist is just plain phony – she knows better but up until recently Meed Ward has had a tribe of supporters who believe she can do no wrong.
 Marianne Meed Ward didn’t do all that much to mentor the new members to Council I was once a fan; she was a strong council member who really knew how to go for the juggler. She taught former Councillor and former Mayor Rick Goldring a tough lesson during the last meeting of that council. She was the best choice for the city in 2018
There is a lot in what Shawna Stolte said during our interview – she was always careful to ensure that she didn’t talk about natters that were debated in Closed sessions – she did say that she has very strong views on the way the city chooses to slip into a Closed session.
Teaching the members of this council that they have an obligation to communicate with their constituents has not been easy. Most feel that their Newsletter is how they can speak to their constituents – the obligation is to open themselves up to media that can ask informed questions.
Stole has taken a first bold step. Her Father would be proud.
Salt with Pepper is the musings, reflections and opinions of the publisher of the Burlington Gazette, an online newspaper that was formed in 2010 and is a member of the National Newsmedia Council.
 By Pepper Parr
April 11th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Part 3 of a 3 part interview.
As we prepared to bring the interview to an end we asked ward 4 Councillor Shawna Stolte what she would do differently if she were to serve a second term; what did she get right and what did she get wrong. She was surprisingly direct in answering the question.
 The debate that ended a 24 year career in municipal politics; Jack Dennison on the left with Shawna Stolte on the right during a debate at Nelson High School. “I think I focused on what I ran on. I ran on the tree canopy protection, on affordable housing. I ran on engagement and a voice at City Hall. I ran on improving public transport and I ran on services for seniors. A lot of other issues have come up in the meantime, but I feel like I have stuck by what people chose to vote on me on.
“This is what I didn’t do right and this is a mistake I’m not going to make again. I did not learn how to use my system.
“It took me till halfway through the term to understand how to work well with my assistant and how to be a 10.
Editor’s note: The following two paragraphs are highlighted – they are very relevant to the decision Mayor Meed Ward made revise a Council meeting agenda
“There is no fault in how things worked out in assigning me an administrative assistant. (City staff choose who a Council members assistant is going to be – there is no input from the Council member.) During my first week on the job my assistant was very open and said she didn’t want to be here. She said she had a one year contract. She said she wanted to work in the Clerk’s office doing election work. She said “that’s where I want to be. I don’t want to be an assistant but I was sent up here because it’s my home job and I plan to get out of here as soon as I can.”
“I appreciated the honesty, it was better than finding out all of a sudden. So within six months she was gone. I went through June, July, August, September and October, four months of not having an assistant . I was bounced around . I did appreciate all the other assistants taking a turn helping me out but it left me with no ability to fully understand the practices or procedures on my end. I then had a contract assistant for about five months before I got Nancy. She came in three weeks before the pandemic. It was a rough.
“Something else I didn’t know. I assumed work in the city was done in a collaborative way.
“The learning curve, the confidence in being able to handle that learning curve and being able to handle the level of responsibility and expectation of the role and expectation on myself in the role was immense.
“And things were coming at us at a fierce pace; all five of the newly elected were struggling.
“I really wanted to dive into the issues and into the best practices of the city. I think that’s a piece of work that has surprised me the most.
“Naively, I discovered how much work needed to be done on policies, practices and procedures.
“Especially with council – so much of my work had to be focused much more internally than I was expecting.
“Going into a second term I would like to do things on two levels: the personal things, the things that you aspire to – I think I can get this done.
“And then the bigger picture, the things that I really think are critical fundamental for the way the city grows, because we have huge changes..
 Seven new towers will be built in three phases with a projected population of about 2500 people. “The growth at the GO stations where we are going to build this city and add 25 to 30% in the way of new population. The growth is real.
“This community is in transition; it is growing and evolving so quickly. I do think council should be bigger. I would love to see some consideration given to a council that’s made up of Ward councillors and councillors at large. I had a meeting with the city manager and councillors from Thunder Bay where they have that model.
“I think a model of having councillors doing constituent work and having votes on major city issues is important but I also really believe strongly in the model of councillors at large who do not have a ward to oversee they more have a portfolio – perhaps two councillors at large one who has for an example of a portfolio of environment, public transportation, and planning, where they kind of focus like they’re the higher focus on bigger issues that are city wide.
“Because I do think, having worked with the other councillors there still this protectionism around a lot of little things.
“Regional representation can stay the way it is just add two City Councillors at large. I think that would take Council up to nine. I think whenever you have a group dynamics, the smaller the group, the more opportunity there is for stronger personalities to have a bigger impact on a smaller group. And I think that that is part of the challenge for the City Council. I think if there would be less opportunity for strong dynamics if there were two more councillors added in. And I think when you look at our fellow regional councils, they’re all 11 to 13 members. I think going up to nine is reasonable.
“There’s a bigger picture that has stunned all of us. The challenge for all of us is immense.
 The proposal is for 40 storeys – it will be less than that – begging the question- is Brant and Lakeshore the place for this kind of building. “The size of the developments that were coming forward; the determination as to what was going to happen at the intersection of Brant and Lakeshore where two huge towers were being proposed.
“The Planning department was overwhelmed – how were we to fully understand the long term implications?”
I once asked a council member I was having a conversation with about the vision for the city in the Strategic Plan.
What vision was the response. There is no vision. When I put this response to Stolte she responded:
“I think anytime you’ve got a new council coming in with a new city manager, that vision is going to be preliminary and will need a lot of tweaking. I think this next term hopefully with some returning members, – oh my gosh, a whole new council again, would not be very helpful for the community. I don’t start the learning curve all over again.”
“I would like to improve public transportation, though from an environmental perspective, hopefully get more environmentally friendly transit, to get people out of cars. We need to tackle the environmental issues as well as the traffic issues that we’re dealing with.
“I want to land this housing strategy complete with immediate short term, medium term and long term action items. I want it to be actionable, come heck or high water. I am not going to be okay letting this housing strategy become a policy that gets stuck on a shelf or not implemented.
 The public hasn’t had much in the way of opportunity to watch what the Working Group has done. The need to do everything by Zoom has been a problem. “The Working Group on Housing is sending out messages left, right and center to staff about the expectations that will go to council. There are some pretty high expectations for the implementation of the housing strategy.
“One of the things that I really want to continue to focus on is low rise residential construction guidelines. Right now it’s the Wild West out there. There are no rules. The contractors doing low rise, residential construction are not managed and it is the residents in these areas that are suffering.
“I have been working on this problem for two years trying to get some changes made. Cary Clark has been helping. He’s been the champion for it but has admitted to me that his authority to effect change is extremely limited, which I understand. There are parts of the city where there is a lot of this work taking place with no low rise residential construction management in place.
“There are places in my ward where you have three, four, sometimes five, infill properties, private residential properties being bought, torn down and rebuilt. There’s no guidelines – which results in construction vehicles and porta potties out on the street and piles of debris.
“There are construction management rules for the bigger developments, not for infill projects and it is awful for some of these residential streets.
“The problem is that there are six different bylaws that need to be amended. There is a report coming from the Legal department in April. I finally put my foot down and said I need a summary of these bylaws from the legal department to hear what’s getting in our way. And what strategies and solutions are we going to implement in these bylaws so that we can actually get some of these construction guidelines in place because it’s awful for some of these families who are trying to live their quiet life and they’re surrounded by construction. That’s worse for them. Because they have it literally outside their bedroom window. Literally.”
 Nothing about the antics from this lady. I said that would be the last question but not quite.
What was the funniest thing funniest thing that happened in the first four years ?
“I can’t tell you. Off the record I might tell you some of the antics that took p[lace on the seventh floor of City Hall. We’ll leave it at that. Okay.”
The first four years have been a real ride for the five elected for the first time. They were new and there was nothing in the way of a support system for them, no one to mentor them.
They had to rely on what they could learn from the city manager, the man they made the decision to hire.
Nothing from us on those antics.
Part 1
Part 2
 By Pepper Parr
April 11th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
 Marianne Meed Ward filing nomination papers while hubby captures the moment. The rules that will be enforced this election would not permit anything like this. For those who thought Mayor Marianne Meed Ward might decide to run for the office of Regional Chair and take on Jane McKenna directly – we have to dash your hopes.
While she has not yet filed her nomination papers – no one can file until early May – Meed Ward has created a campaign committee. They met recently at the Legion with some people taking part via Zoom.
Our source points out that no money spent – it was just a meeting that included about 30 + people.
No names from us at this point – several were a surprise. There does not appear to be anyone from her first campaign.
Some bruised egos for sure.
More in the fullness of time.
By Staff
April 10th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Local artiest, Helen Griffith, took these pictures of a fox in her back yard and made the following comments on her Facebook page:
Last week we had this beautiful fox in our backyard. I think it’s pups may have been removed from a neighbour’s yard and the fox seemed to be calling and looking for them the night before as well as in the morning. Such a sad sound to hear, but probably safer for all the local small pets.
 By Pepper Parr
April 9th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The interview we had with Councillor Shawna Stolte was extensive At the end of part 1 she was elected and getting used to the job and realizing she faced the steepest learning curve of her life.
Being a city Councillor is all about reports; many of the agendas run over 200 pages.
 Councillors Bentivegnia and Stolte during the first time Councillors were back in Chambers. Does a Council member have any input to the reports?
“Not really,” said Stolte, ” It comes to you, and you can talk to staff about a report but once it is on the agenda it is part of the public record and can only be changed by a motion from a member of Council.
“But you can certainly have conversations with staff about amendments that you can bring forward and do some collaborative work with staff and other council members behind the scenes before it gets to committee.
“Staff will hesitate, say there are risks., we’re not sure, we don’t think this is a good idea – When that happens it’s a whole new ballgame.”
Stolte had a clear sense as to the changes she feel are needed to make council meetings both more productive and truly engage the public.
 Getting the idea through to staff was a challenge – but she persisted and eventually prevailed.. There is now a Working Group – the story on how it got to where it is – is both instructive and revealing.
While a Housing Strategy was part of the Strategic Plan and was made a focal point in what council wanted to do in this term of office it didn’t get much attention in the first years of this term.
It was the push from Stolte that resulted in the creation of a Working Group “primarily because of a push from my background – social work and housing development.”
“Staff were already planning a conversation about housing; it became a priority- few knew then just how big of a priority it was going to be.
 The in force Official Plan Given the interim control bylaw, the work being done on the Official Plan the Housing Strategy got put on the back-burner. It became quite evident every time a conversation was had that Council had to get a handle on housing – it was becoming a crisis.
“We had to figure out a way to get it back off the back burner during a period of time when the city had not yet reorganized the planning department.
They were overloaded, they were overwhelmed. They had too many assets on their plate. And putting the housing strategy forward looked like it was not going to happen in this term. “Come heck or high water” Stolte wasn’t prepared to sit and do nothing.
Stolte understood all this – what she didn’t want to see staff beavering away with no public input while the process was taking place.
Stolte wanted a Working Group that would parallel what the city was going to be doing. The working Group would be drawn from people who volunteered.
“So I started pushing. There were numerous meetings and conversations with Heather MacDonald, the Director of Planning at the time; pushing and pushing and saying we need to get this this on.
“That took months of back and forth with myself and staff – helping them feel more comfortable about changes and not relinquishing control but understanding that they would maintain control over the appropriate piece but that they had to be willing to let residents have some control over this housing strategy and what it meant to the citizens of the city.
 Heather MacDonald Executive Director Planning before she retired. “Heather MacDonald at least had the wherewithal to say Okay, let’s get the consultants on board and working. I was saying I didn’t want this to be a situation where residents are informed about what the housing strategy is going to be – we needed to make sure that residents have a very strong voice right from the get go.
“That I was trying to implement or at least propose a model where there would be like a three ways tool with staff, consultants and residents working as a triad right from the beginning. That was met with a great deal of discomfort from staff and because they were anxious about losing control over the scope of work or losing control over the mandate or control over the recommendations coming out.
“I pointed out the success had with the Working Group and with to key staff” showing them that ” Your not losing control. It’s just going to be a different way.
We asked Stolte if the experience with the Working Group manifested itself anywhere else in the process and the other departments on any other issues?
“It’s starting to” said Stolte. It is starting and it has been really exciting. I did not know that Tim (City Manager) and the City Clerk and others were watching this housing strategy working group model, because it was a new model that we were using, because I had pushed to say that I was going to take the resident piece out of the whole process and I had a staff direction and a whole background piece ready to be part of a staff direction to create a task force a separate task force. I was wanting to get the residents voice in place. And it was literally the night before I was putting that forward that Staff said okay timeout, we will implement a version of your task force we understand that this will happen one way or the other. We don’t want it to be completely outside of what we’re doing. So we’ll bring it in and we’ll call it a working group.
 Director of Community Planning Mark Simeoni is part of the Working Group on Housing Strategy And then I had to fight to say it’s not going to be a citizen advisory committee. I don’t want these guys seeing a draft after the fact I want their voice right from the beginning. And so that started this new model of which I didn’t know that senior staff were watching to see how it was going to work.
And we have heard feedback now. It’s been nine months that we’ve been having these meetings, and we’ve heard feedback that a lot of senior management, the organization are seeing it as a model to move forward with that has been really successful. And the staff are comfortable knowing that they didn’t lose control the way they thought they would.
Stolte was a licensed real estate agent with a degree in social work; they are key parts of her DNA; they determine her agenda. People and housing were the top priorities.
The Planning department was doing its work putting in place the process, getting clear terms of reference, determining which staff members would be part of the initiative.
 The Working Group has been meeting virtually – they are expected to move into live meetings soon. The Working Group was created by Council; Stole, the Mayor and Councillor Sharman were on part of the Group that made Stolte the Chair
Public access to the Working Group meetings was limited and on more than one occasion media were excluded.
The first meeting of the Working Group that I sat in on was mind blowing. I heard the Director of Community Planning talk about the importance of Community using his personal experience. This seldom happens at committee meetings – Staff do not talk about their personal experiences – they are professionals.
I heard, and reported on the President of the West End Home Builders Association talk about affordable housing as a responsibility of the developers – he added “we are part of the solution but we are not THE solution, or words to that effect.
To me it was quite clear, some very, very solid stuff was coming out of the working group.
I asked Councillor Stolte: Where else do we do you want to this model being used in the city ?
 Councillor Shawna Stolte – some far ranging changes have been put on the table. Will they take root – or will they kill the messenger? “Any of these major initiatives we have; environmental; development; the review of the Strategic Plan; anything that is a priority for the community that needs to have that front facing voice.
“Another of those changes has to be how we do business in the city; the working group taught us how we can do business differently.
“It’s just having a citizen voice at the forefront, not as an afterthought at some point when a draft is basically already begun. It’s a form of engagement. That’s not the totality of engagement by any stretch.
“Now that the draft of the housing strategy has been released the Working Group is talking about engagement opportunities to allow the public to give feedback on this draft housing strategy.
“Staff were saying, Oh, we’re gonna do an online survey and we’re gonna have a zoom town call about it.
“I started saying, how about a park pop up? Like, let’s get a tent down and Spencer Smith Park and it was like, Oh, we’re not sure and I’m like, come on. Come on. We’re gonna have some music festival.
“Staff are kind of iffy on it, so I brought it up at the Working Group and they just ate it up. They were like, Oh, we have incentives. You can get businesses to get coffee. It was just flying. And I’m kind of looking at staff saying: See ?”
We asked Councillor Stolte – now that you are in the fourth year of your term – looking back what I didn’t you do right.
Part 1 of a series
Part 3 will be about what Stole thinks she got right, what she got wrong and what her agenda will be in the next election in October.
By Staff
April 9th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
 The Baxter was a very successful condo development; seen as a prime location. During the month of March, the average price for a condo apartment in Burlington was $797,000, 37.2% higher than March 2021 when we saw the average price at $581,000 and up slightly from last month $775,000.
The price per square foot was up in March at $791, compared to $640 the same month last year. In March, properties sold for just over 111% of the listed price, down from 116% last month and on par with last month in 8 days.
Sales were slightly down 4.4% as compared to March 2021 and up slightly from last month.
The condo market is a bit of a different beast, condo investors are still strong and although as markets start to shift we tend to see it first in properties like condos, inventory levels remain low and the market is still performing strong.
 By Denis Gibbons
April 9th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The boys of summer were getting ready to play their season opener in a ballpark they had not played in for close to two years.
The crowd in the stadium was expected to top 50,000 people.
And the fans were pumped.
Anything less than a win, a big win was going to be seen as a bummer.
I interviewed nine Burlingtonians at the GO station to get their take on the game they were going to watch.
Interesting bit of information – a lot of the people I interviewed were from the Niagara region – I thought they would have boarded the GO train at Aldershot.
 Nolan and Elliott Jackson Nolan Jackson, 16, (left) and brother Elliott, 12, had tickets for Opening Day of 2021, but couldn’t make it because the Blue Jays had to open in Florida during the pandemic. They didn’t miss this one, though.
Nolan, a middle infielder with the Oakville-based Ontario Royals, said the Jays have a lot of young talent like Bo Bichette and Chapman. “But pitching could be their weakness,” he said. “They need to strengthen their bullpen.”
 Barb Parsons Attending her 10th Opening Day game, Barb Parsons said Toronto’s chances are very good this year, barring injuries. “They have a lot of talent and good chemistry,” she said. Although it was her 10th opener, it was her first Blue Jays game in 12 years. That was before her husband passed away.
 Jo Savelli A public health nurse in Hamilton, Burlington’s Jo Savelli set an excellent example by wearing her Blue Jays mask as she waited for the GO train. As a 14-year-old, Savelli watched the team’s major league debut in the snow on TV in 1977.
Later that year she was a member of a Burlington team that won the Provincial Women’s Softball Association championship in its age group. What did she pay for her ticket? “$145, but I’m right behind home plate, five rows up. And it pays for all the vacations I’m not taking!” she said.
 Ian and Liam MacRae Eleven-year-old Liam McRae, a second basemen with the Burlington Bulls minor peewee team, attended his first Opening Day with his father Ian, who has his own construction company Your Life Outside.
The father-son duo have been to spring training games in Dunedin, Florida, but were looking forward to seeing a healthy George Springer leading off for the Blue Jays. What impresses the Central elementary school student about Springer? “He’s really good at his position and he smiles a lot!”
 Tyler Maskell A last-minute ticket worth $140 landed Tyler Maskell, 26, in a seat a field level near home plate. On his first Opening Day ever, Maskell was anxious for his first peek at the Blue Jays newly acquired third baseman Matt Chapman.
“He should put us over the top,” said Maskell, who also was lucky enough to be a spectator at the Blue Jays first game back in Toronto last July when they took the field at Rogers Centre for the first time in 670 days storming out of a tunnel, smoke shooting into the air behind them as the home crowd roared. They ran as a team towards the infield, their path lined on each side by 100 healthcare workers waving Blue Jays flags.
 The Jesus Family It was the second Opening Day visit for Burlington’s Trish Jesus, who made the trip with her husband Josh and sons Jeffrey, 10, and Darryl, 7. The family created these colorful signs at home.
“We’re in the nosebleeds,” Trish said. But that afforded the boys a perfect view of their favorite player George Springer in centre field. Josh, who has taken in three or four openers, said the best was the year the family had free tickets in a private box. “That’s when Bautista and Encarnacion were playing,” he said.
 John Droughan A condo superintendent, 33-year-old John Droughan -paid $60 for 200 Level seats in the outfield on his first Opening Day. “It’s exciting,” Droughan said. “With Vladdy and Bo, it’s going to be an electric offence. As long as our pitching holds up, we’ll have a good year. Droughan’s fondest memory was attending a playoff game against Texas during the Blue Jays long playoff run in 2015, which ended with Toronto losing to the Kansas City Royals in Game 6 of the American League championship series.
 Dayna Naim A student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Dayna Nairn has a huge affection for Bo Bichette and she’s not afraid to show it, as the photo indicates. “He’s my age and he’s a shortstop like I was when I played,” Nairn said.
Nairn bought a ticket online for her initial Opening Day. “The Jays spent a lot of money during the off-season, I think their chances are very good.”
 Doug McKillop and his daughter Ashleigh Doug McKillop’s father Lionel was in the stands at Exhibition Stadium in April of 1977 when the Blue Jays made their major league debut in the snow. He still has the ticket stub. Friday he took in his 15th Opening Day with daughter Ashleigh, who has been to seven or eight herself.
“There’s no excuse why they can’t get to the World Series,” Doug said. “They just have to stay healthy.
The first three innings were not good for the Jay – from that point on they took control of the game and ended up winning the season opener against the Texas Rangers 10-8. The fans on the GO trains going home were happy campers.
 Every seat in the ball park had a team cap on the seat. Keep sake for sure.
By Staff
April 8th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Yesterday we got the federal budget that promises all kinds of money for housing people can afford and a tightening of the rules that will govern real estate speculators.
Today we get to look at what life is really like in the Burlington real estate market.
 From the Rocca Sisters:
During the month of March, the average price for a freehold property in Burlington was $1,510,482, 17.3% higher than March 2021 when we saw the average price at $1,288,129 and slightly down from the average price of $1,626,700 last month.
During the month of March, properties sold for 116% of the listed price down from 124% last month and in 6 days, on average, on par with last month.
Sales were still down 23.8% as compared to March 2021.
Inventory levels, although still historically low, have increased substantially over the last month. The market started to shift slightly mid-late February and we continue to see the transition day to day.
By Pepper Parr
April 8th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The Gazette had an opportunity to do an extensive interview with ward 4 Council member Shawna Stolte. The is the first of a series that cover the interview.
A section of this interview was not correct. Changes have been made to the paragraph starting with: “The day after we were sworn in…”
The fist step into the world of municipal politics for Shawna Stolte came about when she learned that the East Plains Road United Church was having problems and approached the city with an offer to sell them the property for $1.
In exchange for the helping to redevelop the property into a smaller sanctuary space, larger community space for brownies and guides and daycare and add some affordable housing for seniors.
The city said no, thank you. That’s not the business we are in and gave up the opportunity.
 Shawna Stolte at one of her first council meetings – looking a little lost and confused. Rory Nisan, who won in ward 3 doesn’t look any more confident. “That was the first time that I thought okay, wait a second” said Stolte. ” We are missing huge opportunities here. And what the heck’s going on down there at the city hall? So I started to pay more attention to what was going on and started to get engaged in that conversation about there being city councillors who had been on council for a long time.
“I believe that you get in, you learn the job, you do some good work, and if you have that time clock ticking, you know that you’ve got the pressure to get stuff done.
“You don’t assume that you’ve got an extended period of time to wander along. I think if there’s no term limit, you start to think – yeah, if it takes five years for this to happen, it takes five years, whereas if you have term limits, you’re married to much more of a head space that you need to get this work done in a timely manner and move on and then let somebody else have a turn.
“Also, the opportunity for succession planning is lost if there is the assumption that this will be your final term going in.
Getting into the game:
“I had lunch with Marianne, she was the ward 2 Councillor then and told her I was thinking of running. I said: “give me every reason why I shouldn’t do this; try and talk me out of doing this. By the end of that dinner, I was convinced I was running
“She didn’t convince me – I just became convinced I could do a better job than the person I was planning to run against. I began thinking about what my mandate would be and did some delegations on the private tree bylaw.
“I spent time with city councillors in other jurisdictions and asked them some really down to earth questions. I had become part of the converted and believed that fresh voices and fresh perspectives might be really helpful for the City of Burlington.
The campaign:
“I’m not sure I actually ever felt that I was in over my head during the campaign, because I went into it knowing going up against a 24 year incumbent that I had about a 10% chance of winning and that’s actually a comfortable place to sit because I could run my campaign naturally and just go for it without worrying about whether I was going to win.
 Ward 4 incumbent Jack Denison, on his way to an election defeat. “I wasn’t at all sure I could win – but there was a day in the middle of August – I remember coming home and saying to my husband that I felt the tide turning. I had done just enough door knocking and was hearing from enough supportive constituents to realize that I actually could win.
“I don’t think Jack ever knew he was gonna lose. I know he thought that he was in trouble when I started to hear people say ‘we’re seeing Jack campaigning harder than he’s ever campaigned before’. That felt good because it made me realize that he knew there was some competition this time. But I don’t think he ever thought he could lose.
“He referred to me as the non issue
“When he refused to take part in the ECOB debate at Nelson high school but then showed up late Jack knew t he was in trouble.
Now you’re elected:
I pick my jaw up off the floor and felt a little sick with that imposter syndrome which clung to me during the first year in office.
I don’t remember a lot of the first year; the learning curve was so incredibly steep. It was probably the most intense learning I have ever done in my career.
 They were a newly elected city council – five newcomers and two with eight years experience. “You really don’t know what the hell you’re doing. You haven’t had a chance to read the procedural manual.
The day after the new council was sworn in 2018, they met in a closed session. The Gazette was not aware that Council was meeting.
The public was aware that Marianne Meed Ward did not want James Ridge as her city manager. Ridge knew that she didn’t want him and told the security guard that if Meed Ward won he was “toast”
Sure enough – when the new council came out of the closed session a statement was issued announcing that Ridge was history.
Stolte wasn’t prepared to talk about what was said during that Closed session of council – she did talk about how she felt being part of such a major decision such as this one.
“None of us had any experience doing this. We had to trust the two returning council members (Meed Ward and Sharman) I think it was very helpful during the first year to have councillors who were kind of on opposite sides of the political spectrum.”
Getting settled in –
“Biggest surprise in the first six months ?
“I mistakenly thought and assumed that council would be having team meetings, sorting out some of the work we were gonna be doing. So finding out about quorum, which makes complete utter democratic sense, but the challenges of not being able to have those collaborative conversations about the issues was a challenge
 A lot of listening in the first 18 months “Understanding why and completely agreeing with why we cannot do that was probably what instructed me first and foremost. How are we supposed to get work done? Like, really? I’m trying to wrap my head around how the work of counsel gets done.
“The early move to more Workshops helped in a big, big way. It has helped in that overcame some of the problems I was having but in a limited way, not as much as you’d like to think. Partly because the workshops are so scripted. We don’t get the opportunity to have that more organic conversation about things.
“The biggest surprise on the positive side ? I didn’t know that we were going to make any positive or negative decisions. I found myself saying: Wow. So I can do this
“The beauty and democracy of the flip side of being able to help effect change on such a big level. We were making decisions on issues that were a lot bigger than I was expecting to, you know, interim control by law; those huge issues and just knowing that I was in this position of representing residents of the city and helping to effect changes in a positive way.
“There’s a point where it just hits you – you’re like, wow, this is incredible, an incredible honour. That’s how you feel when you’re representing people. It does feel like an honour. I think I would like to think that most elected officials with integrity would realize that and respect that it is an honour to be positioned to be making decisions on behalf of others.”
Part 2 will follow
 By Staff
April 7th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) 3 District Criminal Investigations Bureau is investigating a robbery that took place at the Burlington Mall (located at 777 Guelph Line).
On April 6, 2022, at approximately 8:00 pm, three suspects entered the Rogers Wireless retail location inside the Burlington Mall and demanded cell phones while one suspect displayed a Conducted Energy Weapon (commonly referred to as a Taser).
 This is ugly – these men were prepared to hurt people. The suspects loaded garbage bags with approximately $200, 000 worth of phones and fled in a waiting vehicle driven by a fourth suspect.
The vehicle is a 2019 white Kia Sedona with Ontario licence plate CJWL 247. The vehicle was reported stolen out of York region.
No physical injuries to employees were reported to police.
Suspect 1: Male, black, with a slim build. He was wearing a black pullover hooded sweater with vertical white panel with the word “Reckless” embroidered on it. Also wearing a black baseball hat and white shoes.
Suspect 2: Male, black, with a slim build. He was wearing a black full zip hooded sweater with black track pants and white sunning shoes.
Suspect 3: Male, black, with a medium build. He was wearing a grey full zip hooded sweater with black pants and black high-top sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the 3 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905-825-4777 ext. 2316.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers. “See something? Hear something? Know something? Contact Crime Stoppers” at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca.
Media Inquiries:
 By Pepper Parr
April 6th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Another one of those picture being worth 1000 words story.
City Council met in the Council Chamber today for the first time in two years.
 Every member of Council – except Councillor Nisan, was there along with the City Manager and the City Clerk
Some city staff were also in the Chamber.
By Pepper Parr
April 7th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Most people are aware of the financial hit the hospitality sector has taken as a result of the pandemic.
The deep thinkers at the Economic Development Corporation and the leadership at the Burlington Restaurant Association believe it is going to take between 18 and 24 months for some to recover.
Those that had to take on a load of debt are going to need as much as three to five years to fully recover.
 Craig Kowalchuk – on the way to a come-back? One restaurant operate appears to be positioning himself for a new launch.
Craig Kowalchuk who operated Emmas Back Porch – very successfully for years has a new brand name on his T shirt.
Kowalchuk took the position that the pandemic was going to last a long time and renting space that he could not use due to closures was just not good business.
He put the corporation into bankruptcy and gave the landlord the keys.
The landlord gussied up the place a bit and does some private rentals.
When the conditions are right – look for Kowalchuk to appear in a new location- unless of course the owner of the property sees wisdom in welcoming back his former tenant.
 It was the best spot for a brew and a decent meal – out on the patio overlooking the lake.. It will re-open at some point – under whose operation – no one is certain at this point.
 By Staff
April 5th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The Business Before 9 breakfast that the Burlington Chamber of Commerce puts on is going to be a barn burner on April 21st – Ron Foxcroft is going to be talking about Winning in Business.
 Michael Jordan during his first college level basketball game scoring points in 1981. Foxcroft is in the lower left hand corner What does that mean?
Try these for bullet points from his presentation:
Adjusting to the New Normal – Having a positive, innovative, strategic attitude.
Quality Customer Service: BAD – GOOD – SERVICE RECOVERY
Work Life Balance – Volunteer in your community and learn from smart people.
Get Some Grit – Never get too high, Never get too low.
Everybody Needs a Mentor – Benefits of having a Mentor.
Winning in Business – Show Respect to customers, vendors, teammates
 Funny in places, wise advice – as a manual for leaders it is very good. Every nickel earned gets passed along to charities.. Foxcroft laid it all out in a book recently: Forty Ways of the Fox in which he suggests every business person pay attention to what Santa Claus does when he is working.
Sound a bit zingy – and off the wall?
Foxcroft was telling business leaders how important their role is in setting the day – and points to Santa Claus who is in a great mood from the moment he sits down until his day is over and every child that sits beside him is treated as the most important person in the room.
That is what leaders are supposed to do – make time on your calendar to attend. Link to making a reservations HERE.
 Foxcroft earned an international reputation as a basketball referee and went on to create and market a whistle that did not have a pea in it and wouldn’t jam
Those whistles are sold in 140 countries – he can’t tell you how many he has sold other than to say that his first production run was for xxx whistles that he gave to his fellow basketball referees.
He can say that on average he sells 15,000 every day and has been doing that for 35 years.
This is a guy you want to listen to – not only for his wisdom – but he is one hell of an entertainer..
His book will be on sale at the Business Before 9 .
 By Staff
April 5th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The City of Burlington’s Love My Neighbourhood grant program is back.
 The city is prepared to fund people that organize events for their neighbours. Residents or community groups can now apply for up to $500 to create a community event that promotes connections, strengthens relationships and builds support systems for neighbourhoods.
Community members can plan a one-time or weekly event. The events must be free and inclusive to the entire community within the specified area.
The Love My Neighbourhood program will also work with the applicants for road closure permits, park permits, indoor facility rentals and insurance.
To apply for a grant and to learn about what is eligible for funding, go to burlington.ca/neighbourhood. Applications are open now.
 Chris Glenn, Director of Recreation, Community and Culture Chris Glenn, Director of Recreation, Community and Culture points out that as we recover from the pandemic “we need to build our sense of community and connections with our neighbours. This program is designed to help remove some barriers and build stronger connections among neighbours and communities by putting people together and having fun.”
Links and Resources
www.burlington.ca/neighbourhood
 By Staff
April 5th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
The Blue Jays season will start on Friday night, April 8, at the Rogers Centre.
Metrolinx advises that both GO Transit and UP Express recently added more service. Though fans planning to take the Lakeshore West line to Sunday’s game (April 10) should be aware of construction that will limit train service. Metrolinx News has the latest guidance for getting to the game.
Opening night is always a big occasion for baseball fans and Friday’s game (April 8) will be even more special. The Rogers Centre will be open to full capacity for the first time
 Been a while since we say those stands full. Photo by Mike Winterburn, Improvements, which have been in place since Saturday, include 30-minute service or better – evenings and weekends too – on the Lakeshore West and Lakeshore
Going UP from Union Station
Additional UP Express trips have riders prepared for extra innings, with the last westbound trip of the night now departing Union Station at 11p.m. Departure times have changed, so riders should check the UP website for the latest schedule information.
Two Lakeshore West trains each way for Sunday’s game
While train service is generally increasing on Lakeshore West, construction on Sunday, April 10 will result in GO buses replacing most trains.
Two trips in each direction will be provided for Jays fans and others headed towards downtown Toronto on Sunday around game time.
Trains headed for Union Station will leave from West Harbour at 10:13 a.m. and Aldershot at 10:55 a.m. – making all stops in between – arriving at 11:30 a.m. and noon respectively.
Afterwards, trains will depart Union Station at 4:45 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., reaching West Harbour at 6:03 p.m. and 6:33 p.m. (again, making all stops).
 Burlington fans waiting to board a GO train on the way to a Jays game. Lakeshore West customers planning to travel on Sunday at other times can find information about replacement buses here.
For those who haven’t been on GO Transit for a while, here are a few quick updates:
A weekend day pass for unlimited travel is available for only $10. The weekend pass is just $5 more.
At Union Station, the revitalized Bay Concourse offers more eating and retail options.
The new Union Station Bus Terminal is open, just south of the old terminal.
You will see seat belts on the newest GO buses. Please buckle up when seat belts are available – it’s the law.
 By Staff
April 5th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Investigators with the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) Child and Sexual Assault Unit have made an arrest after an investigation into a historical sexual assault.
 The assault, which took place more than a decade ago, was recently reported to police. In order to protect the identity of the victim, no further information on the incident and this investigation will be provided by police.
On March 4, 2022, Sean James (54) of Milton was arrested and charged with one count of Sexual Assault.
James was released from custody pending a court appearance.
Investigators believe that there may be additional victims and are urging anyone who may have been victimized by this accused or who has any information to contact the Child and Sexual Assault Unit at 905-825-4777 ext. 8970.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers. “See something? Hear something? Know something? Contact Crime Stoppers” at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca.
Sexual assault is any touching of another person without their consent where the touching is of a sexual nature, or where the sexual integrity of the victim is violated. A sexual assault can range from unwanted touching to sexual assault involving penetration.
There is no statute of limitation when it comes to reporting a sexual assault. This means that no matter how long ago the sexual assault happened, you can still report it to police for investigation.
Victims of violence and/or sexual assault can contact the Halton Regional Police Service Victim Services Unit at 905-825-4777 for support.
Additional information about the sexual assault investigative process is available via the HRPS Sexual Assault Information Guide, which can be found on our website: https://www.haltonpolice.ca/en/services-and-reporting/resources/Documents/Sexual_Assault_Information_Guide_2021.pdf
 By Staff
April 5th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
Burlington resident Mozelle Cole wrote the Prime Minister.
She wanted to talk to him about the $150,000 pension and the $206,000 expense account that is paid to former Governor General Julie Payette.
Ms Cole thought that was wrong.
 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau follows Governor General Julie Payette who will read the Speech from the Throne He follows her. She wrote:
I understand that Canada pays retired governor generals a hefty retirement pension ($150,000), and a post-retirement annual expense account of $206,000. Is this information correct?
If so, I don’t feel we, the tax payers, should be paying anyone not in employment an expense account.
Thank you, Mozelle Cole, > Burlington.
Ms Cole got a response: It read:
On behalf of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, I would like to thank you for writing regarding the former Governor General, The Right Honourable Julie Payette.
As you may know, there are laws that entitle former governors general to an annuity, as well as an expense account for office and travel expenditures. This program is administered entirely by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
Thank you once again for writing.
Sincerely, Jean-Luc Marion. Senior Manager, Prime Minister’s Correspondence Office of the Prime Minister
Ms Cole replied:
On behalf of my entire family and friends, I would like to thank you for taking the time to respond.
You are correct, I do know there are laws in place (which is why I wrote). I do not agree with the laws in place. What is my next step? Maybe you could forward this on to someone who can guide me. I feel taxpayers have a right to tweak the archaic laws in place.
Thank you, Mozelle Cole, Burlington, ON
 Astronaut Julie Payette Ms Cole will now probably get a Christmas card from the Prime Minister and his office will have alerted MP Karina Gould about the letter.
Julie Payette, a former member of the Canadian Space program who flew into Space. Sometime later she was appointed the Governor General of Canada. That didn’t work out very well – Ms Payette resigned as the Governor General before the end of her five year appointment.
By Staff
April 4th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
We don’t have a picture of the day section.
But we do get really heart-warming pictures pretty regularly.
This one had to be shared.
 The picture was taken by Scot Cameron – an Old timer as well as a photographer. It is of the Grey division Champions of the Burlington Oldtimers Hockey Club
Share it widely.
By Pepper Parr
April 4th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
A report that was going to need a couple of months to be completed by the consultant the city had hired was given a big push and – on Tuesday Council will be asked to receive the report and endorse the recommendation from The Planning Partnership
The Appendix A part of the 245 page document is where the meat on the bone is set out. We will publish that as a seperate article.
The 400 page addendum to the Standing Committee will be debated on Tuesday. – virtually
 The white dotted line is the study area. The elephant in the room is the waterfront hotel site. What gets put on that property impact everything else. Receive the “Waterfront Hotel Planning Study Planning Justification Report” dated March 23, 2022, prepared by The Planning Partnership Limited, E
Endorse in principle the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study, the recommended Preferred Concept Plan, site-specific draft Official Plan policies, directions for a future Zoning By- law amendment and site-specific Urban Design Guidelines as detailed in Appendix “A” to community planning department report PL-28-22; and
Consider the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study findings in Council’s consideration of the site-specific development applications for 2020 Lakeshore Road.
The consultants are saying – no more public engagement – we have heard all we need to hear – let’s just get on with it – or words to that effect.
 The Mayor and Councillor Lisa Kearns bought into the Plan B objectives and became champions for it.  The Plan B people put a lot of pressure on the ward Councillor Lisa Kearns and the Mayor – those two bought into what Plan B was advocating, championed that point of view and ipso facto ( an inevitable result) a report comes popping out.
The city needed to close this poorly handled stage of downtown development.
What is particularly concerning is that the continued failures on the part of the Planning department took place when we had a Mayor who was going to bring some order to the way developments were handled.
One paragraph in the report, as dismal as it is, reflects what has been going on. It reads: Subsequently, the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study was placed on hold due to other various priorities in the Community Planning Department such as the new Official Plan process.
The decision came from the City Manager and Council went along with it. No one asked what the down side risk was. We now know what that risk is.
One Councillor who didn’t want to be quoted said to me during a conversation: “What Vision” – this city doesn’t have a vision.
 The PIER went trough its trial and tribulations. The city ended up with a tower that did nothing other than add to the price. It was supposed to house a wind turbine that would pay for the electricity used. The building of The Pier went through a similar tortuous process. In that situation the city paid for The Pier twice and went through one of the biggest collection of insurance law suits this city has ever seen.
The purpose of the study was to provide a land use and urban design framework to inform site-specific policies to guide a future redevelopment of the Subject Site.
 The quaint small village feel is hard to experience as you walk by the six level podium that has been proposed. The problem with that approach was that the city took so long to get the study completed that the owner of the Waterfront Hotel got tired of waiting and filed a development application that will plunk two 40+ towers at the bottom of Brant Street and crowd the sidewalk of Lakeshore with the kind of structure you find on Bloor Street in Toronto.
The time line the city was faced with was a treacherous path. When the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee iinformed Council on January 11, 2022, that the anticipated timeline to complete the study was 16-17 weeks a wave of indigestion must have hit the tummies of every member of council. They came back with a Staff Direction:
 They did it virtually – made sure that the Waterfront Study was going to be completed in time. Out went the 16 – 18 week. They had a couple of weeks to deliver. Direct the Director of Community Planning to complete the Waterfront Hotel Study within the statutory time frame of processing the pending application related to the Waterfront Hotel (2020 Lakeshore Road) so as to inform the review of any development proposal on this site in accordance with the policies of the Official Plan.
The time frame was this: The developer had the right to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal for a decision because the city did not respond within the allotted 120days – in order to avoid such an appeal the city had to complete their review of the application before April 17th.
The city Planning department “refusal” report is to be heard at Council on the 12th.
An overview of the Study findings is summarized below:
 This is the concept the consultants working on the Waterfront Hotel Study are putting forward based on the work they have been doing since 2017. The question is – Is this the best the city can do? And does it comply with the vision. The recommended preferred concept (2022):
has regard for matters of Provincial Interest, policy and legislation and has been designed with consideration for the intent of the applicable Regional and Local Municipal policies and guidelines;
reflects overall alignment with City’s in-force Official Plan (1997), the new Official Plan (2020), ROPA 48 and emerging context within the Study Area;
delivers a vibrant mix of uses that will reinforce and support the continuing evolution of the Downtown;
provides for a compact built form that is transit supportive, provides for a range of housing, supports intensification and provides for a range of uses
enhances the streetscape along Lakeshore Road unified with a common language of materials and design elements;
provides for public view corridors down Brant and John Streets to Lake Ontario;
provides for on-site parkland dedication to enhance public access to Spencer Smith Park and build upon an important landmark through high quality open space;
Proposed urban design guidelines will provide site-specific guidance related to the conditions and context of the site to implement the Vision and Principles established through the consultation process and subsequently endorsed in principle by Council in early 2018;
An Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to the in-force OP is required to implement the findings of this Study, and include site specific directions related to matters such as massing and scale, transportation and public open spaces; and,
A Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) will be required to implement the OPA. The Study recommends that a rezoning process take place in the future to consider the Preferred Concept (2022) and would also be supported by detailed technical studies.
The following sections of this report summarizes the recommended preferred concept and implementation tools.
The recommended preferred concept is based on the inputs and work completed in 2017 and 2018, feedback on the emerging preferred concept (2022) and consideration for the relevant policy drivers and changes since the Study paused in mid-2018. Section 6.0 of the Planning Justification Report (see Appendix “A”) provides a comprehensive overview of the preferred concept plan.
Highlights of the Recommended Preferred Concept/ Highlights of the preferred concept include:
Land Use / Built Form
• Building heights: 21 storeys for the west tower and 22 storeys for the east tower
• John Street public view corridor with a minimum width of 18 metres
• Stepping down of built form toward Lake Ontario
• 3-storey podium/street wall along Lakeshore Road
• Active at-grade uses like commercial, retail and restaurants
• Focus on a strong pedestrian relationship to the streets and public spaces
Public Realm
• Enhance Brant Street as a gateway to the Downtown, the Waterfront and the Waterfront Trail
• Enhance the entrance to Spencer Smith Park and the Brant Street public view corridor
• Additional public parkland identified on the west and south sides of the Subject Site:
o West side: 0.13 ha
o South side: 0.05 ha
o Total: 0.18 ha
• Provide a John Street public view corridor and inclusion of a privately-owned public space (POPS)
• Maintain existing trees along Lakeshore Road
Mobility and Access
• Remove existing vehicular access at the foot of Brant Street
• Site access for parking and loading from Elizabeth Street
• Active Transportation route along Lakeshore Road, including a painted buffered bike lane as identified in the City’s Cycling Master Plan
• No surface parking on site
Future Zoning By-law Amendment
A Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) will be required to implement the OPA. The Study recommends that a rezoning process take place in the future to consider the Preferred Concept. Furthermore, the Study provides that:
“A future rezoning process, supported by technical studies and further evaluation, would allow for flexibility to achieve an interesting built form that would better respond to the landmark nature of this site. This ZBA process would take place in the future and would advance additional engagement through the statutory public process. It would allow for the principles of this Study to be further advanced and explored through meaningful active engagement with the public and stakeholders of this project. Furthermore, a rezoning in the future would allow for community benefits to be leveraged through Section 37.” (or in accordance with alternative benefit charges).
Site-Specific Urban Design Guidelines
The Study recommends site-specific urban design guidelines that will apply to the development of the Subject Site.
 When the two towers are in place the pressure to allow higher intensification on this part of Brant that is a two walk away in distance will be tremendous. The two towers remake the downtown – which is fine – if that it what you want. The intent of the site-specific urban design guidelines is to augment and enhance the City existing urban design documents by providing site-specific guidance related to the conditions and context of the site. They will work together with the guidance provided in the City’s design documents to implement the Vision and Principles established through the Study’s consultation process phase and subsequently endorsed in principle by Council in June 2018.
The site-specific urban design guidelines are provided in Section 6.3 of the Study (Appendix “A”).
The recommended site-specific urban design guidelines provide guidance with regards to:
• Built Form (Building Placement; Building Height, Massing and Transition; Tower Separation; Podium Height; and Setbacks / Stepbacks);
• Access and Mobility; and
• Public Realm (John Street View Corridor; Spencer Smith Park; Lakeshore Road; and Elizabeth Street).
Staff Position on The Study’s Recommendations
Staff are supportive of the recommendations as outlined in the Study
Delivers a vibrant mix of uses that will reinforce and support the continuing evolution of the Downtown;
• Has regard for matters of Provincial, Regional and Local Municipal policies and guidelines;
• Includes tall mixed-use buildings with commercial uses at grade, and residential and/or hotel uses which address many Provincial, Regional objectives and aligns with the overall directions established by ROPA 48;
• Achieves the City’s vision as articulated in the in-force OP (1997) and considers the policy direction of the new OP (2020);
• Provides residents and jobs and public open spaces in this central location that will further support the creation of a complete community; and,
• Creates a special place by balancing significant new redevelopment with public amenities and accessible open spaces.
It is staff’s opinion the completion of the Study has been fulfilled with the delivery of The Planning Partnership’s Planning Justification Report.
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