Statutory Public Meeting for seniors' living campus application at 1157-1171 North Shore Blvd.

A Statutory Public Meeting for the Planning and Development Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 5 will discuss and consider the development application for a seniors' living campus at 1157-1171 North Shore Blvd.A neighbourhood meeting took place at the AGB on Jan. 9 with the applicants Spruce Partners Inc., Amico Properties Inc. and Amica senior lifestyles, and City of Burlington staff. For a recap of that meeting and more details about the application, click here.Planning Application Proposal:

• Current OP and Zoning by-law amendments are sought to permit a senior’s living campus with building heights terraced up to 17 storeys (about 65 m) — buildings will be angled at a 45 degree angular plane towards North Shore, with the lowest height (two storey building) closest to the property line of the neighbouring single and semi detached homes and going five-storeys, nine-storeys, 12-storeys and 17-storeys (excluding a mechanical penthouse on top) towards North Shore
• The development proposes 475 suites of varying levels of care and a total of 220 parking spaces underground (145 for staff and visitor spaces and 75 resident parking)
• Applicant has completed a noise, wind and shadow studies (the shadow study is on p. 27 of the Applicant’s Presentation PDF)

Statutory Public Meeting Information — 1157 North Shore Blvd StatPubMtgNot 2 (002)

• Date: Tuesday, Feb. 5
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Where: Council Chambers, Level 2, City Hall (426 Brant St.)

The staff information report on this application, which does not include a recommendation since no decision about this application has been made yet, will be available online on the city's website here.Since this is a statutory public meeting, you do not have to register in advance to speak, but if you wish to do so, you can register online at www.burlington.ca/delegation or contact Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk at 905-335-7600, ext. 7413 or Jo-Anne.Rudy@burlington.ca. Speakers are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes each and are webcasted online.Also, if you have presentation materials, they must be submitted to the committee clerk by noon the day before the meeting so that they can be distributed and reviewed by all members of the Committee. Please note the content of all submissions is considered to be public and will be posted to the city’s website.MY VIEW:I am keeping track of what residents have to say on this application, so I can represent your views — something I have always endeavored to do in my role on council. I share residents concerns about the scale of this proposal and will be communicating the same when this matter comes before council for review and ultimately a decision.