It's out and in 400 mailboxes within ward 4. – the Second (II) Woodlawn Community Flyer. Read all about the community concerns in the pdf download below.
Pass on the flyer and the link to this site www.savewoodlawn.wordpress.com. Let others know what is proposed by the developer and what they can do to make their opinions count.
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WOODLAWNFLYER April 29 2006.pdf
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Good morning to all readers. Yesterday, Saturday 29 April, members of the Save Woodlawn Coalition were out in the community distributing flyers about 96 Sunnidale Road. The intent of this flyer is to raise awareness about the proposed severance and to encourage community members to participate in an intelligent and respectful dialogue with the new owner of the property as well as the Committee of Adjustment regarding the fate of the property.
So imagine our horror, disgust and extreme disappointment when we discovered this morning, Sunday 30 April, that someone had vandalized the newly updated and repositioned COA sign. This is NOT the approach that our Coalition would ever take in trying to resolve this matter and we fully denounce this act as a senseless and disrespectful action toward the new owner and the COA. Although we were in no way responsible for the vandalism, we realize that it is likely that someone who received one of our flyers did this. For that, we apologize to the new owner and to the COA. We would never condone or advocate such an act.
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TO: To All Interested Parties
FROM: AMY KNAPP, City of Barrie Zoning Department
THROUGH: Dave Read, Manager of Zoning, City of Barrie
DATE: April 24, 2006
FILE NO: B8, B9 & B10/06
RE: 96 Sunnidale Road
Further to the April 19, 2006 Committee of Adjustment Hearing, the Committee Members approved deferral of the above-noted applications. They will be heard on May 24, 2006, at the applicant's request. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dave Read or Amy Knapp at 739-4212.
Addendum by marlene: This meeting will take place in City Hall's Council Chambers at 6:30 pm, Thursday 24 May. The Save Woodlawn Coalition strongly encourages all interested parties to attend this meeting. In addition, letters regarding the proposed severance can still be sent to Amy Knapp up to and including the date of the new COA. If you have comments about this proposed plan that you would like the COA to hear, please write c/o Amy Knapp at aknapp@city.barrie.on.ca. Thank you so much for your interest and support. m
tab_til wrote:
I see so many people stopping to take a photo of Woodlawn since she’s been in the news! I guess they want to remember her the way she is. Sunnidale Road without Woodlawn is like Paris without the Eiffel Tower, or Cape Cod without Martha’s Vineyard.
!Story – SIMCOE.COM v3 – Neighbours rally to save property
Neighbours rally to save property
Published: Fri, Apr 14th, 2006
Neighbours are rallying to save one of Barrie's heritage properties, located on Sunnidale Road, about a block north of Highway 400, Saturday at 1 p.m.
Called Woodlawn, the Gothic Revival century home sits on a large lot, which features mixed hardwood trees, including maple, ash and black walnut. According to next-door neighbour Kathy Frye-Wright, many of the trees, like the home itself, are more than 100 years old and worthy of preservation.
But the family that owned Woodlawn is selling the home to a number company, 1138881 Ontario Ltd., which has applied to Barrie's committee of adjustment to sever the large lot into four, and construct three more homes. "He'll smush that house onto a very small lot," said Frye-Wright, who operates Gwen Cameron Bed and Breakfast on Sunnidale Road.
"He's going to crowd it in, leave it on a very small lot. It'll get lost. He'll destroy trees over 100 years old. It's turning into somewhat of a mess."
Frye-Wright is gathering with her neighbours in front of the old home, to increase awareness about the plans for the area. The plan to sever is going to the city's committee of adjustment Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m.
The proposed plan would see the old home on a long, narrow lot, with side yards of 4.2 and 4.8 metres, measuring from the widest part of the home. A lot would be created between Woodlawn and Frye-Wright's on Sunnidale. A third lot would have frontage of Sunnidale Road, and the three lots would have frontage of about 20.7 metres. A fourth lot would front onto Shirley.
Heritage Barrie chairperson Chuck Harris said the home is worth preserving as many of the city's homes that are similar have all been broken down into apartments and some have been further modified.
"All we can do is hopefully protect the house," said Harris, noting it's included in the city's Grand Homes tour guide.
"There's a handful of real elegant homes. They were special and we lost a lot of them."
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| Neighbours are worried this century home will be crowded out to make way for new houses. – Stan Howe photo |
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