More about the Committee of Adjustment meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. tonight at City Hall, lower Committee meeting room, concerning St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School at 1425 Coldstream Dr request to license parking in the Coldstream Park Parking lot. The school recently installed 3 more new portables at the rear of the school now for a total of 12 portables and as well has a day care program. Overall, the elementary school, including the portables, requires 92 parking spaces. Fifty-six (56) parking spaces are currently available on-site. Next door, immediately east of the school at Coldstream Park there is the Park parking lot with 36 spaces. The Durham District Catholic School Board is requesting a Non-exclusive licence agreement with the City which will allow for the use of the Coldstream Park 36 parking spaces from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 pm daily from Jan 2023 to Dec 2026.
It seems that the area residents may not have received satisfactory notice of tonight's Committee of Adjustment meeting on this matter. Staff provided me the buffer map indicating the area residents who were notified (see below). In my opinion the 60m buffer area should include property owners 60m from both the school boundary and the Coldstream Park boundary to be more transparent about this matter.
I submitted an email to [email protected] for tonight's meeting stating my concerns, that Coldstream Park area residents have not received satisfactory notice of tonight's Committee of Adjustment meeting on the matter of File 2022-88.
In my opinion the 60m buffer area should include property owners 60m from both the school boundary and the Coldstream Park boundary. The arrangement that was given Maxwell Heights school to use parking spaces in the Delpark Homes Centre parking lot, which was before Council several months ago, is a very different situation than a license in a neighborhood park, especially one as busy as Coldstream Park, which area residents are desperate to see the City upgrade as it is more than just tired, it is deficient in amenities that the growing neighborhood has patiently been waiting for.
It make me think now is the time to redevelop the park to accommodate the need for more parking and more park users, rather than wait any longer!
It seems that the area residents may not have received satisfactory notice of tonight's Committee of Adjustment meeting on this matter. Staff provided me the buffer map indicating the area residents who were notified (see below). In my opinion the 60m buffer area should include property owners 60m from both the school boundary and the Coldstream Park boundary to be more transparent about this matter.
I submitted an email to [email protected] for tonight's meeting stating my concerns, that Coldstream Park area residents have not received satisfactory notice of tonight's Committee of Adjustment meeting on the matter of File 2022-88.
In my opinion the 60m buffer area should include property owners 60m from both the school boundary and the Coldstream Park boundary. The arrangement that was given Maxwell Heights school to use parking spaces in the Delpark Homes Centre parking lot, which was before Council several months ago, is a very different situation than a license in a neighborhood park, especially one as busy as Coldstream Park, which area residents are desperate to see the City upgrade as it is more than just tired, it is deficient in amenities that the growing neighborhood has patiently been waiting for.
It make me think now is the time to redevelop the park to accommodate the need for more parking and more park users, rather than wait any longer!
