2.WESTPOINTE FORESIGHT GROUP - LEVY SITE (RIVERBOAT LANDING)

1400 WESTON ROAD

 Councillor Frances Nunziata, Ward 27, York-Humber

(April 9, 1998)

 Please find attached a copy of a letter from the Westpointe Foresight Group dated April 6, 1998 in reference to the Levy Site aka Riverboat Landing, 1400 Weston Road.

 The Group would like to make a deputation to council. Please place this item on Community Council Agenda, May 6, 1998.

 Thank you.

 Ella Jackson, Chair, Westpointe Foresight Group

(April 6, 1998)

 The above noted matter is referring to an Official Plan and Zoning matter that was heard by Ontario Municipal Board Member B. W. McLoughlin on April 28, 1989.

 At that time our organization reached an agreement with the applicant regarding our concerns which were to be monitored by the Westpointe Advisory Committee, a committee formed by Council that has a watching brief on the proposed development.

 As you recall, the economy took a downturn in the intervening years and the applicant went bankrupt. Currently there has been a new purchaser of the site and it is our understanding that the development is proceeding. To date, the Westpointe Advisory Committee has not been convened to monitor current progress.

 Our organization has incurred large planning and legal costs as a result of lack of communication between the various parties involved with the development (former City of York, former Board of Education of the City of York).

 We request that the Council of the City of Toronto reactivate the Westpointe Advisory Committee as soon as possible to continue the dialogue we are entitled to have as a planning tool.

 (The attached site map, survey, and excerpt from the Ontario Municipal Board decision are on file in the Clerk=s Office, York Civic Service Centre.)