AT RISK FROM CITY & DEVELOPER
A lesson in
** The Devil was in the Details **
&
A shocking - shameful turn of events!
A "Stern" Letter that could mean legal act!
Map of where the Bidwell woodlands is.
&
GET LESS TREES!
Therese Taylor, Susan Karrandjas and Philip van Wassenaer, (Urban Forest Innovations Inc.), have for the last 2 years been fighting to save a woodlands with rare trees like the shagbark hickory, a Carolinian species rare in this area and has a large variety of plant species and provides habitat for a number of birds and animals.
The decision, which will preserve about 40 per cent of the woodlot, has been ratified by the OMB but there was a devil in the details! The developer H& R were called "good corporate citizens" but now the truth is clear for all to see as H&R exploits a legal loophole to drives sewer through the tree preservation area.
What more the developer was to abide by the settlement agreement that stated; "Fitzwood will provide Susan Karrandjas and Therese Taylor [“Appellants”] with a copy of any material it hereinafter submits to the City as part of the site plan process as it relates to the TPA;", which Mrs. Taylor says did not happen or that she was even informed what was going on regarding the planning of the sewer main.
Talk
about .<*&#@$*&^%>.!
Note
the comments and opinions that I express on this web-site
are mine and should not be confused with those who have been leading the
fight to save the Bidwell Bush. They are made as the information
is presented to me and most the maps & documents were not avaiable.
I say this as the terms of the deal made at the Ontario Municipal Board
(OMB) - contained this - Point
6 of the settlement agreement; "The Appellants
will not further object to nor delay, either directly or indirectly, the
development of above mentioned Fitzwood's lands located at Britannia Road
West and Bidwell Trail." This means
the developer could go after Therese Taylor & Susan Karrandjas
for many tenths of thousands of dollars, for going public with being justifiably
upset over how the "deal" is being turned on its ear. One of the
cornerstones of a Democracy is the ability of its citizens to able to report
factual information and reasonable interpretations of events
without
fear of repercussions.
And in a Democracy - SHOULD be able to do!
A reasonable person would rightfully be outraged that this is happening
in Canada and speak up but in their case, their family's financial future
could be at risk for just acted as a reasonable person would.
BUT just
below the worse can happen.
Longo told me that they (I assumed he meant the landowner, Fitzwood) had received a call from the Mayor's office to say that the emails had to stop. I know that several of you have responded to my request for support and this is what he was referring to. (Thank you for your efforts.) And because of these emails, he said I am to receive a "stern letter" from his client, though we didn't discuss the contents further.
.... (Click her for more)
Hazel McCallion says kill the messenger to end taxpayers opposition, so get ready for a "Stern" Letter from Landowner's Lawyer. Will it be the shut up or be sued letter?
Not every one agrees.
History of the events Chronologically
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Ideas for a sustainable city
June 12, 2002 - City Council Minutes
June
- July 2003
The Minutes of Settlement - where
the Devil in the details can be found!
Jan.
7, 2004 - E-mail
FYI - Britannia
Forest/OMB Hearing/Settlement Agreement with Fitzwood Investments.
Jan.
28, 2004 - E-mail
Further details of Hearing.
Jan.
29, 2004 - E-mail
Protecting
forests Provides Cities Cleaner, Cheaper Water, World Bank Group Says.
Feb.
3, 2004 - Media Release
Nearly an Acre of North Mississauga
Forest will be Preserved by Developer.
Feb.
06, 2004 - OMB DECISION/ORDER NO: 0235
It should have been the happy
ending.
Feb.
24, 2004 - Toronto Star
Woman's
crusade saves rare trees - Refused to accept demise of woodlot - Builder
agrees to redesign subdivision.
Feb.
25, 2004 - Mississauga News
Activists
save half of forest
Feb.
2003
LETTER
OF SUPPORT TO EVERGREEN
(Treesavers organization didn't
survive)
Spring
2004 - Newsletter
From the ONTARIO
URBAN FOREST COUNCIL Web-site.
Nearly
an Acre of Mississauga Forest to be Preserved by Developer
Longer
version of the above
Nearly
an Acre of Mississauga Forest to be Preserved by Developer
June
2, 2004 - E-mail
To the Mayor - Proposed
Sewer Easement Through Tree Preservation Area
June
9, 2004 - For Immediate release
First Legal
Loophole News Release.
June
15, 2004 - E-mail from the Mayor
The Mayor's bad news letter regarding
& a political intelligence test to see how easily you are mislead.
June
22, 2004 - E-mail
To Mayor & City staff - your
File C.01/Sewer Through Tree Preservation Area
June
23, 2004 - News Release
Legal Loophole
Drives Sewer Through Tree Preservation Area.
June
28, 2004 - Toronto Star
Resident
shocked
by destruction of rare trees
July
5, 2004
Hazel McCallion
says kill the messenger to end taxpayers opposition, so get ready
for a "Stern" Letter from Landowner's Lawyer. Will
it be the shut up or be sued letter?
Its a shocking, shameful new development!
July
5, 2004 - My letter to the Mayor
Has the Mayor given up her claims
- "I'm a grassroots mayor, a peoples’s mayor." & its "little
people who need help."
July
13, 2004 - E-mail from the Mayor
The Mayor's second letter about
Bidwell. It is about blaming everyone but herself and really
too bad for you peasants who can't afford lawyers to buy justice in court.
July
27, 2004 - My E-mail in response to the Mayor's
Short (for me) and to the point.
But is the chain sawed tree really
pointing in agreement?
That a sewer main in the TPA should not be done, the City should not allow the sewer pipe there, install it somewhere else and the City should not allow a developer to ignore the settlement agreement! That it is total unjust to lead members of the community to think they have won a victory for the whole community and the health of their children, only to find out it was a cruel act of deception.
E-Mails & Letters in support
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