25 March 2024
By Tom Sasvari - July 31, 2020
GORE BAY – Gore Bay council is allowing Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services Corporation (OAHSSC) to provide a one-page report for a multi-unit housing complex in town, to allow for the transition of property. However, OAHSSC will need to submit a full stormwater management plan after the transfer of land has taken place.
At a meeting earlier this month, Gore Bay council considered a letter from Wanda Chorney, title services manager with OAHSSC, dated July 9, 2020. “OAHSSC is acquiring vacant land at 3 Water Street from the Manitoulin DSB (District Services Board) this October/November. We have been approved for rezoning to construct a multi-unit housing complex, subject to a number of conditions that we need to fulfill. One condition is in regards to conservation and mediation for flooding.”
“We will not start construction until 2022,” wrote Ms. Chorney. “Usually the mediation is included in stormwater management plans that go for approval with site plan approvals to municipal offices, not before land is transferred.”
“Will the town accept a one-page report in order for the property to be transferred to us in October, rather than the full storm water management plan?” requested Ms. Chorney. “We are also trying to manage our costs while applying for funding, since we aren’t building until 2022. Your guidance and response is very much appreciated.”
“We would need the information to make sure the area would not be affected (by development),” said Gore Bay Mayor Dan Osborne. “Normally there would be a water management plan done first. I would say yes we could accept a one-page report until the land is transferred, but they (OAHSSC) would need to provide the full stormwater management plan as well after that.”