After spending hours in a Greenbelt discussion with constituents, councillors may face a late September vote reconsidering engagement with a provincial facilitator.
After spending several hours with hundreds of constituents, Hamilton, Ont., councillors could be facing a late September vote to reconsider a previous decision to engage provincial facilitators set to manageCity staff took a committee meeting on the road Thursday night and faced residents head-on in discussions over the development of local Greenbelt lands, part of a 10-year Ontario strategy to build 1.5 million homes.
Some three dozen in-person delegates and others stepped up to the microphone inside Marritt Hall on the Ancaster Fairgrounds to express concerns and share opinions on theAfter some three and half hours, Ward 12 coun. Craig Cassar moved a notice of motion to revoke a July decision to engage with a provincial land facilitator — set to be deployed to prepare soon-to-be ex-Greenbelt lands for developers.
A photo of demonstrators out front of Marritt Hall on Sept. 14, 2023 prior to a City of Hamilton committee meeting on site at the Ancaster Fairgrounds.The Ancaster session saw a majority of attendees and others joining virtually to urge councillors to fight the land removal, citing that some parcels are environmentally sensitive and could precipitate loss of species, food insecurity and negatively affect stormwater management.
Phil Pothen, a delegate and counsel for Environmental Defence, went as far as to submit the lands have not been properly designated for development by the city and thus it is “illegal to destroy them.”“So your job is to drag your feet, to kick and scream to do everything materially … to prevent the progress towards development from proceeding,” Pothen told councillors.
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