Lloyd Alter, a Toronto Architect and the President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario wrote an excellent letter in January to Township of Muskoka Lakes mayor Karen Ellis.
The letter was also sent to Township Council members, and published in most of the Muskoka newspapers.
As did many of you, by November 27, 2009, we provided a detailed response to the proponent’s environmental screening report.
On April 1, 2010, the proponent provided a reply (consisting of a main reply, plus a sound and vibration reply) to our response.
The proponent’s reply provided a useful answer to only one of our 69 questions. The remainder repeated statements we already questioned, answered questions we did not ask, was evasive, non-committal, and basically said, “let’s just get started and hope it all works out”.
As a result, on April 19, 2010 we sent this letter to the Ministry of the Environment.
The April 14, 2010 issue of the Gravenhurst Banner had an article which we felt was was misleading and lacked balance.
Our response is here.