More Land for Development
Last week's
Regional Council meeting dealt with the Region's land needs until 2051. A number of important matters were dealt with.
In spite of opposition from the public, a 50%-55% intensification rate until 2051 was approved. This means much more (farm) land will have homes built on it sooner than if a higher rate (60%) had been approved.
Whitchurch Stouffville was temporarily prevented from having its request to allow an expansion of countryside lands.
East Gwillimbury had its request for 100% of White Belt land inclusion reduced to 70%.
Markham's hamlet of
Almira had some of its employment lands converted to residential as a buffer for the existing hamlet's residents.
And
this is a link to an article about a change in designation of land from agricultural to rural, which will allow developers of new communities, to potentially put parks in places where the City may not necessarily want them. More farm land gone.
In these days of food scarcity and climate change many of the above are not intelligent directions to take and were not supported by me.
This week Committee will be looking at why we are assisting with the cost of building a parking lot for York University. I thought a $50 million donation of land was enough of a contribution, but apparently I am wrong.
Now that your furnace is on you might want to keep your thermostat a degree or two lower. I noticed that the average gas bill is expected to rise by $81.22 this year due to an Enbridge rate increase!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
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