Council Agenda Monday, May 28, 2012 - City of St. John's

from page 10, Section B). The presence of "French balconies" (also noted In Section B)
belies the assertion noted above. Quid1 Vidi Village has always been a qu1et v1llage
made up of quite small residences (up until those three mansions were bu1lt more
recently) which hark back to the harder times when it was primarily a fishing
community. A 24-unit condominium complex has no place there.
5. The developer makes reference repeatedly to the building as a 4-storey building
with a basement garage while the cross-section of the building clearly shows the garage
as being more above ground than In ground. This is backed up by section Con page 15:
The floor to floor height of each storey is 10-1lfeet while the grade to eaves height if 49
feet which leaves somewhere between 5 and 9 feet of the parking garage above grade
height. This conflicts with the statement that the 'parking level with be below the
finished grade'. I think this sort of misrepresentation is quite rampant in the document.
6. Finally, in the conclusion of the report the developer makes note that there must
be a balance between the "need for a mult1ple type of housing development" and the
"economics of making it v1able for the developer and those residents that will live in
these condominiums" . While 1t IS a noble gesture to consider your pocket book and
your potential customers, some consideration should also be given to the exist1ng
residents of Quidi Vidi Village, the hundreds of citizens who walk the lake each day and
the thousands who attend the regatta each year. The developer makes no reference to
these people who will all be hugely affected by this development.
Kind Regards,
Andreas Georghiou