Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (1 motion)
1 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS the owner of 129 &133 Catherine also owns 352 Somerset, also known as Somerset House at the southeast corner of Somerset and Bank, an individually designated building under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act ; WHEREAS the eastern portion of 352 Somerset partially collapsed in October 2007; WHEREAS Council permitted the subsequent demolition of the eastern portion of the building in July 2016 as it posed a danger to the public; WHEREAS the building has been in a state of disrepair since; WHEREAS in May 2017, Council approved a rehabilitation plan for the building and the issuance of a heritage permit with a 2-year expiry, which the property owner allowed to expire without undertaking any significant work on the building; WHEREAS no significant improvements to the property have been made by the property owner since the partial demolition of the building; WHEREAS the property owner has presented numerous proposals for 352 Somerset over the years, extensively meeting with Planning and Heritage staff, and failed to make any positive progress shows that he has no intention to redevelop the site; WHEREAS this property owner also operates a surface parking lot at 154 O’Connor in contravention of the Zoning By-law for which temporary 3-year permission lapsed in 2018 and a reapplication has not been sought; WHEREAS a commercial parking lot has been established at 138 Gloucester, just west of the 154 O’Connor site, also in contravention of the Zoning By-law; WHEREAS, given the