{"id":14849,"date":"2016-07-27T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=14849"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:44:44","slug":"council-should-have-followed-tomlinson-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/council-should-have-followed-tomlinson-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Council should have followed Tomlinson plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aurora Town Council has chosen to delay submission of the master plan for the nature reserve; this in order to have Cole Engineering Group create a second amended version. Apparently both plans will be submitted to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority for approval.
\nOne consequence of this will be to delay the start of the first phase of construction beyond the scheduled 2017 start date.
\nThe main reason for the delay is the issue of adding several \u201con-line ponds.\u201d
\nThe Ivy Jay nature reserve already contains on-line ponds and would not exist without them. For that matter, the Mackenzie Marsh is an on-line pond. David Tomlinson proposed the construction of several additional on-line ponds in the nature reserve in order to increase the diversity of plant and animal life.
\nThe drop-board dams, associated with this kind of on-line pond, are cheaper to construct than the alternative and make it easier for volunteers to control the water flow.
\nSuggestions for the amended plan apparently include replacing one on-line pond with that alternative, a by-pass pond. A by-pass pond is a modification of an on-line pond and is more costly both to construct and maintain. Strictly speaking it is not an off-line pond, since it still draws water from a water course beside it.
\nThe Council concern is that currently the Conservation Authority policies do not favour on-line ponds. In this regard, the focus of the Conservation Authority has been on the possibility of promoting cold-water fish migration.
\nOn the other hand, it\u2019s also been noted that modern urban development is quite unlikely to promote cold-water fish migration (e.g. raised water temperatures).
\nTomlinson\u2019s orientation is to save and enhance the actual rich natural environment which currently exists in Aurora and put it, including all its interrelated parts, on a more secure footing for the future.
\nPersonally, I trust David Tomlinson\u2019s knowledge, experience and judgment in this matter. He\u2019s been studying multiple aspects of the Aurora nature reserve for 20 years. I\u2019ve also read of him described locally as a landscape architect and a horticulturalist.
\nThis hardly does justice to his experience and achievements in these areas. For instance, he was the Senior Landscape Officer for the City of Manchester (Britain\u2019s ninth largest city), a Principle Landscape Architect in the design and construction of Milton Keynes (UK) (a new town designed for a population of 300,000 people) and, in private business, he was commissioned to create the master plan for botanical gardens in Barinas, Venezuela (covering 130 hectares).
\nFor better or worse, I think that the Aurora Town Council should have supported and submitted the Tomlinson master plan to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority and then acted on the response. If that plan was not approved (and hence the cost of both construction and maintenance increased), the Aurora Town Council could then have considered remaining options.<\/p>\n

Charlie Street
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