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Proposed Havelock Manor Retirement Villa
Posting Year: 2006-2007

August 2007 Update
Great news! We have been advised that the Seniors Retirement Home proposed for the corner of Havelock and 14th has been put on hold. We will have to wait until the Fall for any new or further developments.

January 24, 2007 COMMUNITY INFO MEETING RECAP
The meeting held proved to be an interesting night as a new proposal was unveiled to us. It was indicated that the original proposal would not be profitable enough; hence a new site plan was submitted by Arsenault Architect Inc.

Original Proposal
New Proposal
Submitted by Delpark Submitted by ?
3 storey building 4 storey building
7561 m2 10,174.3 m2
82 units for sale 120 units for rent
Condo Units for sale Rental on monthly basis
Commercial component located at north west corner of property Commercial component removed
Height of building 13.55 meters Height of building 13.74 meters,
however building height will be the same height next to number 6 Havelock (proposal of 2 ½ storey at this corner)
Setback at 14th Avenue is 1.5 meters Setback at 14th Ave is 7 meters with 4 of those metres reserved for York Region's future expansion of 14th Avenue if required. Net result 3 meters setback.
Mechanical Penthouse, next to 6 Havelock will create noise pollution for the adjacent homes Mechanical penthouse moved the north of the property closer to 14th Avenue

Our concerns for the original proposal as presented at the public meeting on November 21st were not addressed at this meeting.

Meeting Minutes - For those that were not in attendance at the following meetings, minutes are available here:

Our Next Steps - We submitted another formal letter of opposition to the Town on January 31st, 2007 to state that our position for opposition remains the same. We are now waiting for them to come back to us with all the results of the studies provided by the developer to the Town and awaiting for the date Developmental Services plans to present this proposal to Council.

What You Can Do - Write to our councillor Logan Kanapathi and any other member of council as they are the ones who will be voting on approving or opposing this development.

January 2007 Update
IMPORTANT: Your attendance is needed again, to state to our councilor and our Town that this development is not suitable for 2 Havelock Gate. Community Information Meeting:

Date: Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Place: Rouge River Community Centre, 120 Rouge Bank Dr. (in Legacy)
Room: Poolside Lounge

The Town of Markham and our councilor Logan Kanapathi has invited the neighbourhood to attend a community information meeting to further discuss the concerns raised by us at the Public Meeting held last November with respect to the proposal for a retirement home facility by Delpark Homes at 2 Havelock Gate. Further information can be obtained through Nilesh Surti, Planner at the Town of Markham, 905-477-7000 x 4190.

PUBLIC MEETING UPDATE: Thanks to all those who attended the Public Meeting on November 21st, 2006, with the town hall filled with concerned residents of the RFRA. It proved to the Town that we are concerned with this development. Hence, an additional community meeting is to be held to listen to our issues.

Minutes from the meeting were captured on the Town of Markham's website for those who could not make it: http://www.markham.ca/markham/ccbs/indexfile/html/planning/pl061121.htm.

November 2006 Update
PUBLIC MEETING DATE: Set for Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 7:00pm to be held in the Council Chambers at The Town of Markham, 101 Town Centre Blvd, (Warden and Hwy 7). For the interest of your neighbourhood please mark your calendar and plan to attend. If you are not in favour of this development you should be present to support your fellow neighbours to stop this development from happening.

PETITIONS RECEIVED: We've been collecting signed petitions from our members and have received over 100 signed letters opposing this development. This represents over 70% of our membership not in favour. If you have not yet filled out the petition and would like to, please contact Debbie.

PRELIMINARY REPORT: The Town of Markham has completed their Preliminary Report and have asked at their recent Development Services Committee Meeting, held on September 5th for consent to hold a public meeting:

  1. to consider the applications submitted by Delpark Homes (Bondbrooke) Ltd.;
  2. for changes to be made to the Official Plan (OP 06 114566) and Zoning By-law (ZA 06 114576) to permit a retirement home facility at 2 Havelock Gate, southwest corner of 14th Avenue and Havelock Gate (see drawings).

Rezoning Application Submitted by Developer
Several applications have been submitted to the Town of Markham by Delpark Homes Ltd. They are looking at amending the Official Plan, Zoning and Site Plan for the area. In other words, re-zone the land at the corner of 14th and Havelock Gate (2 Havelock Gate) from local commercial to institutional in order to build a 3 story, 82 units facility for seniors.

What We Know:

  • The building is proposed to have 82 retirement units and a commercial component on the lower level.
  • The units will consist of bedrooms and only one common area for cooking/dining for their residents.
  • Number of parking space available is 53 (32 resident, 21 visitor).
  • Building is proposed to be 3 storeys in height (10.295 m high).
  • The proposed building's front is located to the back of the property (facing the golf course), the side is along 14th Avenue with a setback of 1.8m from the curb.
  • The back of the building is located on Havelock Gate with a setback of 4.5 m from the curb.
  • Delpark Homes Ltd. is the Developer submitting the applications to the Town.
  • The official plan for our neighbourhood is classified under Urban Residential with the Town of Markham.
  • Current zoning for the Southwest corner of 14th Avenue/Havelock Gate is Local Commercial.

Your Right as a Resident
You can object to the proposed changes that the developer has submitted to the Town should you feel that it is not right for our community. However, only those that live in a 120 m radius of this site will receive a formal letter inviting them to attend the public hearing.

Should you wish to object to this development you to can formally do so in writing after the preliminary report is completed and have it addressed to:

Nilesh Surti, Planner,
Town of Markham
Anthony Roman Centre
101 Town Centre Boulevard,
Markham, Ontario, Canada, L3R 9W3

Public Meeting
You may also attend the public meeting that will be scheduled. Date of this meeting will be posted on the Havelock/14th Avenue site. The current "white" sign will be replaced with a "yellow" sign informing you of the meeting date, time and place. This should happen 20 days prior to the set public hearing date and after the September 5th date.

We will be informing you of any new developments as they arise. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact any of the Executives. Phone numbers and emails are listed on the Contact Us page.

RFRA Survey (NOTE: Survey is currently closed)
We need your opinion! Complete the Survey so we can gauge how everyone in the neighbourhood feels about this proposed retirement villa.

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