1.1 B ACKGROUND
Bezaire Partners (Bezaire) has been retained by MAA Ashapuri Enterprises Inc. (MAE) to hear the concerns residents in the area of the proposed development at 4100 7th Concession and provide additional information as needed. Specifically, nine residents had contacted the City of Windsor prior to the Planning Heritage Standing Committee Meeting on April 14, 2020. Eight were opposed to the development for a variety of reasons and one was in favour. This report documents the concerns received both in writing and in our discussions with them.
Under normal circumstances, those nine residents would have appeared as delegations at the standing committee; the applicant or their planner would have had the opportunity to respond; and the committee would have made a decision based on the merits of what they heard. The issue normally would have been decided at that meeting. But these are unusual times and this public meeting was being conducted on-line. We acknowledge that it would have been difficult to adequately hear the delegations in that format. Consequently, the committee chose to defer the application to allow the public consultation to occur.
The chair indicated that since construction is in a shutdown mode in Ontario, there would be no negative impact on the applicant. Having advised the clerk that I was available for questions, I was available to the committee by phone and would have liked to comment on that statement because it is incorrect. Since we are in design mode and perhaps six months away from actual construction a delay at this point prevents us from entering into a site plan agreement, which in turn stops the design from proceeding and results in an actual delay for the project. This project is extremely time-sensitive because of conditions imposed by the hotel brand. Even a short delay puts the project at risk. At the very least, it will have the impact of delaying the start of work until the spring of 2021. It is imperative that this matter is brought back to the Standing Committee as soon as possible.
L IST OF I NITIAL C OMMUNICATIONS R ECEIVED BY THE C ITY OF W INDSOR
Having received the correspondence sent by the nine residents, we summarized them as follows:
KEY | NAME | ADDRESS | MAIN CONCERNS |
1 | Hardeep Jhattu (Hardeep Singh) |
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2 | Linda and Ray Unis | 4020 Baseline Rd. |
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3 | Michelle Charbs |
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