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OMB appeals. Ontario Municipal Board appeal [‘1‘ -__ He said he‘s never been allowed the controversial develop- ,/ :9 involved with a process where the merit of the west side lands that r- . parties subject to a board ruling will add more than 1.600 new hadn't satisfied all the require- homes of the environmentally sen- merits of the judgment. sitiveWaterloo moraine. “We sat through a bunch of “If! were just to quit now it meetings with the region and the would be beyond despair for me ,. developer and came up with an and my family,” she said. agreement.” said Denhoed. “So - It’s been more than a year since you would think that they would some of the grading work and . beglad that they didn't get dragged environmental prepping have ( through a hearing and that those started on thewest side ofthe city. ‘ agreements were made. They A stay-at-home mom and a“ should have gone out and put the mother of three girls, Lanteigne‘s ' 953%. monitors in the next day. family mortgaged their home to ,. “It would be maddening at the finance a fight that pitted her i end of the day to find out it wasn't against local developers and plan- done, and i agree with Lanteigne ning officials. In the end the odds ‘ Ia that if they didn't and there are no were stacked against her, but she "3 . consequences that would drive said she did manage to set an Louisette Lanteigne stands in from of the some of the grading wont being done on the west side ofWaterloo. you crazy because it cost a lot of agreement that additional meaS- She said vital water measuring tools weren't put into place before some of the work began. money on her behalf.” ures would be done to accurately "3-me lanteigne plans to continue the calculate the existing mnofi, infil~ that those piemmeters were put in the other legal costs associated said Eby. “It's my understanding fight in her own way. She has taken tration conditions and groundwa- place. She said it finally took a with the initial OMB appeal. she that the monitoring that was a suggestion, made to her by forâ€" ter discharge to Clair Creek. Freedom of information request to said her family can’t afford the required by the board has been met Ontario Environment Minister That OMB adjudicator decided find out the piezometers were process. done to the satisfaction of the two John Genetsen. and submitted her that agreement settled her appeal. installed on Sept. 29. almost two “There seems to be no other agencies responsible for ensuring concerns to the ongoing, review of and required the installation of months after the grading work had protocol for me to follow other it." Provincial Policy Statement, which mini-piezometers. a water meas- started. than to turn to the courts.” said “We have total confidence that governs land use planning and uring device, embedded near the ‘That fundamentally changed Lanteigne. 'l’m put in the place the GRCA and the city are manag- development in the province. banks of the north branch of Clair the hydrology of the area,‘ said where l have to enforce this judg» ing the approvals properly" Lanteigne has also started a Creek Lanteigne. ment on my own.” Joel Cotter, a development petition to get the province to con- “lt’s a natural bore hole that She took her concerns to local Kevin Eby. the Region ofWater- planner for the City ofWaterloo, sider 3 Waterloo Moraine Act, would be dug adjacent to Clair planning officials but couldn'tgeta loo's director of community plan- said the developer met all the con- which has been endorsed by Creek to get the water flow and the satisfactory response. Over the last ning. who was a party to the OMB ditions as they related to grading Maude Barlow of the Council of flow rates," said Lanteigne. 'lt year she's gone back to the OMB. appeal, said [anteignedoesn’t fully “All those conditions are in Canadians. would tell how much it was influ- the Ministry of the Environment understand the judgement. He's effect prior to the city authorizing Finally. Lanteigne plans a final enced by surface water and ground and even the Ontario Ombuds- satisfied that all the conditions of or the region authorizing any plea to city council ifmore couldn‘t water." man's to get her concerns heard. the ruling are being met. works on those lands.” said Cotter. be done at the municipal level. But she said grading work in the end the only real advice “That area has been completely “Whatever the obligations are to “The hope i have at this point is began on the disputed site began she's been given is to get a lawyer. isolated from any of the grading satisfy those requirements. those to salvage what good i can," she in August of 2009 with no evidence But with her family still paying off activity that's occurring out there.” need to be completed prior to any said. fi\ ‘ - ' " DECORATING . -‘ _ , 2‘ . â€".tr I)!~.\I(.‘.'\' CENTRESâ€" \â€" ~f_ " ' ' 583 King Street N., Waterloo r (519) 7724127 _ 677 Belmont Ave' w. 1120 Victoria St N . \ ‘ . KITCHENER KITCHENER \_ 3 in ‘i I" ll Hill \I. H ii V (519) 573-5330 (51915757575 ‘ \ //' . www.hoersdocorating.com