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The Lake Report Resorts Corporation Which Marotta Also Owns Lakereport.ca / Niagaranow.com Time to Hyper-local news for Niagara-on-the-Lake get peachy The Page 9 Vol. 2,Lake Issue 30 Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Report most respected newspaper August 1, 2019 Marotta not giving up on Randwood development Dariya Baiguzhiyeva applicant was Two Sisters The Lake Report Resorts Corporation which Marotta also owns. Developer Benny Marotta “Mr. Marotta and his may have given up on one legal team determined that of his legal battles with the withdrawing the appeal was Town of Niagara-on-the- the most cost-efficient and Lake, but he hasn’t given fair process for resolving up on plans to develop the this case,” Gabrielle Totesau historic Randwood Estate. said in an email response to Marotta, who wants to The Lake Report. build a multi-storey hotel “In terms of next steps, and a residential subdivision Mr. Marotta and his legal on the old Randwood prop- team are focused on con- erty, last week withdrew his tinuing their efforts to work zoning appeal to the Local with the town and SORE to The Randwood Estate. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA Planning Appeal Tribunal. find a solution that works However, a spokesper- for everyone.” Street East. for its legal costs. determine otherwise.” ness as SORE believes there son for Marotta’s com- Marotta’s proposal was Lyle Hall, a spokesperson “Even if he was to come Hall suggested the town are a number of “serious pany, Solmar Development met with a strong opposi- for SORE, said the group back under a new process should send Marotta’s deficiencies” with the ap- Corp. and its legal counsel, tion from some Niagara- strongly believes Marotta … we still think the project revised proposal back to the plication, he said. said Solmar will continue on-the-Lake residents, wasn’t going to win the he’s planning is so outra- municipal heritage com- Now that the appeal is to care for the property many of whom belong to appeal as the developer’s geously opposite to what the mittee and to the urban withdrawn, the Town of as the withdrawal doesn’t the Save Our Rand Estate proposal wasn’t consistent official plan says the uses development committee for NOTL “may proceed to change anything about the group, which is advocat- with the town’s official plan. for that land are going to review and comment. The make a decision on the ap- land’s ownership or devel- ing for preservation of the He said the group wants to be, that we don’t understand town should also review the opment plans. The appeal’s historic property on John be compensated by Marotta how any logical process can proposal for its complete- Continued on Page 2 Parking officers just doing job, town says Stanley Cup visits Ravine Dariya Baiguzhiyeva street at night when they Dariya Baiguzhiyeva The Lake Report have guests or friends visit- The Lake Report ing, ticketing them doesn’t Parking enforcement of- make sense to him. The Stanley Cup was in ficers are simply enforcing “ ‘Why are they (the town last week. the law, some Niagara-on- town) doing that?’ is a ques- Jordan Nolan who plays the-Lake councillors say in tion for them. Do we need for the St. Louis Blues in response to resident com- the money?” he said. “It just the National Hockey League plaints about a crackdown seems excessive.” was at Ravine Vineyard Es- on parking in town. Wosinski also questioned tate Winery last Wednesday, Some residents think the why service industry work- July 24. Nolan was joined municipality is going too ers, who work in Old Town by his wife Laura Colella far. and have been parking at and daughter Quinn. Virgil resident Arthur the old Parliament Oak It was a private event and visit the winery “every Woskinski said he under- school for years, have been for friends and family to now and then,” connected stands if someone was ticketed lately. celebrate the Blues first with Ravine a couple of parking on the street every “What has changed? Is Stanley Cup victory, said weeks ago to arrange night or all the time or if there some incident, some- Colleen Saunders, the win- hosting the party there to someone was blocking an thing occurred? People have A parking enforcement officer tickets a bus driver for ery’s events co-ordinator. celebrate the achievement, emergency vehicle, but standing in a zone designated for horse carriages on King Nolan’s parents, who live Saunders told The Lake when people park on the Continued on Page 8 Street. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA in Niagara-on-the-Lake Report. Page 2 August 1, 2019 NEWS That’s what makes our Community Pharmacy different. www.simpsonspharmacy.ca Municipal board rules favour developers, say some residents opposed to hotel plans Continued from Front Page experts say the old OMB rules are expected to be plication,” lawyer Michael brought back. Melling, who represents According to a May 2 Marotta’s companies, said statement from the Ontario in a letter to the tribunal. Ministry of Municipal Depending on the town’s Affairs and Housing, legal counsel’s availabil- some of the proposed ity, the town will hold an changes include allowing in-camera meeting on the tribunal to hear fresh Thursday, Aug. 1, to evidence, giving it more discuss its next steps in power to manage and de- regard to the matter. cide cases to reduce delays The town’s legal bill and appointing additional related to the Randwood adjudicators to address the development in 2018 backlog of cases. was $57,985.87. When making a deci- So far in 2019, the town sion, the Ontario Municipal has spent $188,371.87 Board, which was an inde- on legal fees. With a total pendent, quasi-judicial ad- of $246,357.74, there are ministrative tribunal, could still outstanding invoices, hear evidence on provincial town clerk Peter Todd legislation, provincial plans said in an email response to and policy statements as The Lake Report. well as municipal planning Lord Mayor Betty Disero documents, environmental, said she would have to get social and economic issues advice from the town’s and the best interests of a lawyer before commenting community. on whether the town should The Local Planning seek to recoup its legal costs Appeal Act, which was from Marotta. introduced by the provincial “For me to comment government in 2017 and before doing that (talking became effective in April Colin Patey and Zoli Miklossy, who said they are against Benny Marotta’s proposal, were going to attend the planning to legal counsel) would be 2018, replaced the board tribunal meeting on July 29. The meeting was cancelled when Marotta dropped his appeal. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA irresponsible,” she told The with a more limited scope Lake Report. and power. The tribunal nal say as long as they have Hummel disagreed that the sue as it is a matter between win for the residents and Coun. Allan Bisback could make a decision based followed the appropriate board appeal favours devel- the town and the developer. they don’t know what the said he couldn’t comment on whether the municipal processes,” Siegel said in a opers, calling it a “myth.” But he added we need to put developer is going to do either. Because he lives on authority’s decision con- phone interview. “The OMB favoured a stop to NIMBY-ism – the next. Park Court which is “on formed with the provincial Because of the board’s de proper planning,” he said “Not In My Back Yard” ap- Colin Patey, another the edge” of John Street policy statement, a provin- novo hearings, the develop- in a phone interview. “And proach to development – as Weatherstone Court resi- East, he said he declared cial plan and an applicable ment decisions are taken out every person will say plan- there’s a housing shortage. dent, said he was planning a conflict of interest and official plan. of the hands of elected offi- ning is bad if it negatively “NIMBY-ism is all over to attend Monday’s tribu- wasn’t present during the When council made a cials and put into the hands affects them.” the place,” he told The Lake nal meeting and he also previous meetings in regard decision, the planning of a number of lawyers and Hummel said the myth of Report. “The longer it takes doesn’t know what is going to Randwood. tribunal wasn’t supposed let them make a decision, OMB favouring developers to put a project into the to happen next. As for the The town is in nego- to second guess it as long starting all over, said Hall, was created not because ground, the more it costs.” difference between the tiations with Marotta and as the council followed noting it doesn’t make sense it did, but because town In 2018, Marotta appealed tribunal and OMB appeals, councillors want “some- the proper processes, said to him. councils would vote against then-council’s non-decision he said the de novo hearings thing beneficial” for both Brock University’s professor “I think any process a proposal which should on his plans for Randwood are a “very unfair process.” the developer and the town, emeritus of political science that puts us closer to the have been approved in the and appealed to the tribunal “You can start off with said Coun. Erwin Wiens. David Siegel. old OMB than the current first place. for a decision on his zoning the lawyers making zillions Coun. Gary Burroughs Under the municipal LPAT is a problem for com- “Town councillors want to application for the proposal.
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