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NEWS<br />
Further concerns for nearby residents<br />
frorn p. 1<br />
brief posed questions about<br />
sewage, drainage, safety of<br />
access, blockage of sunlight<br />
and heritage devaluation.<br />
The area's combined sewer<br />
system, which accommodates<br />
sewage and surface run-off<br />
has been inadequate for<br />
years. Surface run-off from<br />
the hilltop site will be<br />
greatly increased once much<br />
of its porous ground is covered<br />
by housing and asphalt<br />
drives. Expert opinion is<br />
that the current system cannot<br />
accommodate this or the<br />
daily sewage from seventeen<br />
new households.<br />
Access to the site from<br />
the Queen Elizabeth Driveway<br />
occurs near a traffic turning<br />
point on the hill where<br />
visibility is limited. Proposed<br />
access to the garages<br />
for the four south-eastern<br />
freehold units facing the<br />
Driveway.would involve a<br />
fairly steep grade and require<br />
the removal of a wooded<br />
area on NCC property.<br />
The blockage of sunlight<br />
to the homes immediately to<br />
the north and east of the<br />
site is another problem. Two<br />
Broadway residents have submitted<br />
their own briefs estimating<br />
a loss of winter sun<br />
on their properties for<br />
about five months each year<br />
should the proposed units,<br />
rising over forty feet in<br />
height, be installed on the<br />
hilltop directly south of<br />
and above their property.<br />
They are also concerned<br />
about construction undermining<br />
the hillside which con-<br />
tinues above their property<br />
lines.<br />
Of potential concern to<br />
the region, as well as to<br />
the residents, is the devaluation<br />
of the site as a heritage<br />
landmark in Ottawa.<br />
No definite commitments have<br />
been made by the developer<br />
to preserve the heritage<br />
qualities of the house.<br />
Visitors to the regally<br />
refurbished on-site trailer,<br />
which is now Melgro's sales<br />
office for the Highpoint devclopment,<br />
will hear nothing<br />
of the area's concerns.<br />
Construction is promised to<br />
begin in October and be completed<br />
by spring.<br />
Glossy brochures state<br />
plans to install three units<br />
in the Whyte house, a departure<br />
from plans filed<br />
with the city which specify<br />
two. This would create<br />
eighteen units on the site<br />
when present zoning allows<br />
for a maximum of seventeen.<br />
Recent plans to install a<br />
visitor parking lot in another<br />
conditionally acquired<br />
property next door at the<br />
eastern base of the hill are<br />
being described by sales<br />
staff. This news raises<br />
further concerns for nearby<br />
residents and will no doubt<br />
require further examination<br />
by the city.<br />
Meeting<br />
On June 12 (after this<br />
paper has gone to press) a<br />
Design Committee Meeting<br />
will deal with the developmentes<br />
design proposals.<br />
City Planner Ann Ernesaks<br />
does not expect the Planning<br />
Committe to meet on the development<br />
before June 25.<br />
City awaiting response from community<br />
from p. 1<br />
"Poor little Jeff Sugarman,"<br />
he said. "He's been crying<br />
to the newspapers and the<br />
TV about his seniority in<br />
the area and the raw deal<br />
he's been getting. My dog's<br />
got more seniority than he<br />
has. I've been here longer<br />
than him or Kamal and I make<br />
a lot less money than either<br />
of them and no one's been<br />
asking my opinion."<br />
He says he and other residents<br />
feel that if Kamal gets<br />
the go-ahead to rezone it<br />
will set a precedent that<br />
could threaten other properties<br />
in the area.<br />
He shares a driveway with<br />
105-107 Third Avenue and he<br />
feels that the residential<br />
value of his property will<br />
be seriously undermined by a<br />
commercial access running<br />
along side of it.<br />
While he and other residents<br />
have written letters<br />
and made phone calls of protest<br />
he says they have not<br />
organized in any way.<br />
In the meantime he says he<br />
wants out. "Kamal would be<br />
willing to buy me out, he<br />
says, but for less than half<br />
the price it would cost me<br />
to relocate in the <strong>Glebe</strong>."<br />
Connnnents?<br />
When asked for his comment,<br />
Aldermln Howard Smith said,<br />
"Maybe the city should have<br />
closed the store in the be-<br />
ginning. As it stands now,<br />
I'm hoping for a settlement<br />
that will please the most<br />
people and I'm open to comments<br />
from residents."<br />
Shirley E. Greenberg<br />
Ter A. Kirk<br />
Barristers & Solicitors<br />
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June 14, 1985, GLEBE REPORT - 5
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