NEIGHBOURHOOD RECOMMENDED CHANGES

1. REDUCE BUILDING HEIGHT FOR BLOCK 02: The eight-storeys shown for the east portion of this building is far out of scale with the 2-storey houses directly next to it. Four-storeys—like Block 03— would be much more appropriate.

2. MAKE A PEDESTRIAN MEW BETWEEN BLOCK 02 & O3: This space would be better as a landscaped open space rather than a driveway (similar to Block 05 Pedestrian Mew) since it serves as the terminus for Herman Ave, which directs most of the pedestrian flow into this development area from the extended neighbourhood to the south. This could be facilitated by moving the driveway west so that it goes directly into the building (similar to Block 06).

3. ALLOW HOMEOWNERS TO MAINTAIN GATE ACCESS TO BLOCK 03 & 04 POPS: This has been the de-facto situation for these homeowners for decades, informal as may be it may be. We believe that this should be formalized.

4. MAKE BLOCK 03 POPS INTO A PUBLIC LANEWAY: Instead of a narrow landscaped space, have a public laneway coming off of Herman Ave (but not connected to the new street grid). This would help resolve the point made above and would allow for further densification through the potential of new laneway suites.

5. MOVE THE PUBLIC PARK TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE: In November of last year, City Planner Victoria Fusz shared with us City Staff's rationale for locating the park in the site's centre. Here is a link with our arguments for why we believe this to be a mistake, and why the public park is best located along the southern edge of the site, replacing Block 03 and combining with the other adjacent open spaces to form one large public park.

6. MAKE AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING: the 4.3% proposed just doesn't seem sufficient given the scale of this project and the affordability problem that plagues this city.