Thank you for your wise decision. We seem to be in an era when the concepts of 'make-do' and 'live within your means' are brushed aside.
I was very interested to hear that DND is committed to the park space and that the annual renewal is a formality that can only be changed by an order of Parliament. The stipulation that no beer garden can take place during the six weeks of cadet camp is so minor. The objections to Polson Park are also interesting: i.e., field too short, washrooms unsafe, homeless people in the grandstand, needles on the field. How about lengthening the field and rebuilding the grandstand? How about applying Smart Growth principles to that neighbourhood and getting people living down there with their 'eyes on the street' and solving the homeless problem? Obviously, GVSC must now go back and rethink.
Also thank you for the larger vision of preservation of foodlands and green space. Coldstream is fragmented already and a decision to take out from the ALR 118 acres of prime farmland would have set a precedent. An idea that I have heard is preserving the Coldstream Ranch as a World Heritage Park--an idea well worth pursuing. It is well known that farmers and ranchers can chose not to farm or not to utilize the land to its full agricultural potential and thereby begin the process of urban development (a sports complex is an urban development).
Sincerely
Kay Stamboulieh
I was very interested to hear that DND is committed to the park space and that the annual renewal is a formality that can only be changed by an order of Parliament. The stipulation that no beer garden can take place during the six weeks of cadet camp is so minor. The objections to Polson Park are also interesting: i.e., field too short, washrooms unsafe, homeless people in the grandstand, needles on the field. How about lengthening the field and rebuilding the grandstand? How about applying Smart Growth principles to that neighbourhood and getting people living down there with their 'eyes on the street' and solving the homeless problem? Obviously, GVSC must now go back and rethink.
Also thank you for the larger vision of preservation of foodlands and green space. Coldstream is fragmented already and a decision to take out from the ALR 118 acres of prime farmland would have set a precedent. An idea that I have heard is preserving the Coldstream Ranch as a World Heritage Park--an idea well worth pursuing. It is well known that farmers and ranchers can chose not to farm or not to utilize the land to its full agricultural potential and thereby begin the process of urban development (a sports complex is an urban development).
Sincerely
Kay Stamboulieh
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