{"id":17288,"date":"2017-05-17T11:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17288"},"modified":"2017-05-17T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:40:25","slug":"residential-style-architecture-should-be-incorporated-into-auc-home-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/residential-style-architecture-should-be-incorporated-into-auc-home-council\/","title":{"rendered":"“Residential-style” architecture should be incorporated into AUC home: Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Council members are expected to call for \u201cresidential-style\u201d architecture to be incorporated into the Temperance Street fa\u00e7ade of a new seven-storey retirement complex set to be built in conjunction with the new Aurora United Church.
\nLocal lawmakers made the provision last week while, at the same time, approving the delisting of five Victorian homes on Temperance and Tyler Streets which will ultimately lead to their demolition, making way for the new construction.
\nThe decision came after lengthy discussion at last Tuesday\u2019s Council meeting which included two delegations from concerned citizens, both members of the Aurora Village Ratepayers Association.
\nAppearing before Council, Troy Hourie called for any delisting of the homes be put off until official plan amendments concerning the Aurora United Church (AUC) and the Amica retirement residence are fully approved.
\n\u201cIt would be a shame to take these homes down if the development approval was held up, if there are any referrals to the OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) and similarly it may also impact any hearings if the homes are demolished,\u201d said Mr. Hourie.
\nHe went a step further and called on Council to look at the development in the context of the entire block. The Development of a Community Cultural Precinct Plan, he said, would help stakeholders look at it from a bird\u2019s eye view, including traffic impacts, parking solutions, and making existing heritage amenities work for the residents.
\nHolding off on approving the demolition was supported by Councillor Wendy Gaertner, who also threw her support behind having the developer incorporate \u201cresidential style\u201d architecture into the Temperance Street fa\u00e7ade. The five homes in question were \u201cpart and parcel\u201d of the application as a whole and to allow them to be demolished before the development application itself is approved \u201cjust doesn\u2019t sit well with me.\u201d
\n \u201cI don\u2019t think it is the right way to go,\u201d she said. \u201cI just don\u2019t want to see five properties demolished before we approve the application. We know the United Church is going to rebuild, and we want it to be wonderful and get the congregation back in there, and we want them to be viable financially, but I just don\u2019t want to see five homes demolished before we actually approve, as a Council, the application.\u201d
\nCouncillor John Abel expressed some misgivings as well, suggesting further comment on both the delisting and the proposed church and retirement home development from the Heritage Advisory Committee would be beneficial.
\n\u201cMy concern is if we delist them without any comment, the message we\u2019re sort of sending is we\u2019re moving ahead with this project and we have to hear from our residents and comments from Council. I don\u2019t want to be handcuffed. I want to slow it down.\u201d
\nThese views, however, were not shared by the majority of Council members who said they did not want to \u201cwaste time.\u201d
\n\u201cIt is our duty as Council (once applications come in) whether the home or the property should be designated or delisted,\u201d said Councillor Tom Mrakas. \u201cTo defer it, we\u2019re just wasting time at the end of the day and I don\u2019t think moving ahead with this means we\u2019re moving ahead with the project. It is a separate issue.
\n\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t hold an applicant hostage because we don\u2019t like an application right now of what they are looking to do. We will deal with that when it comes to public planning. I am not in favour of deferring this. If someone wanted to look at designating this, I would say that is a different story, but to defer it? No.\u201d
\nAdded Councillor Michael Thompson: \u201cI do see these as two separate things. The property owner has asked us to delist the property, we\u2019re making a decision based on that solely. The site plan proposal will be dealt with at the end of this month at public planning. I will be supporting the Committee\u2019s recommendation.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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