1. Affidavit of E Withers
SORE Update
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2. Affidavit of M Letourneau
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Public meeting on Official Plan on Monday evening
The Town will be hosting a statutory public meeting on Monday evening in the Community Centre on the proposed new Official Plan. SORE has identified a number of deficiencies in the proposed new OP concerning Randwood.
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Update on Marotta court challenge of heritage designations
There was an initial court appearance on Thursday (Feb. 14) in St Catharines on the court challenge by the Marotta group of the Town's decision last August to designate the four Rand Estate properties under the Heritage Act. The matter was put over to early April and will be further spoken to at that time. We do not anticipate an actual hearing until late June.
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Marotta Group Asks Court To Quash Council’s Heritage Designation of Randwood
In the latest audacious move by Benny Marotta, lawyers hired by his companies filed a court application last week seeking to nullify Council's vote last August to designate all four Rand Estate properties under the Heritage Act.
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Update on Marotta hotel / convention centre
SORE is pleased to report that it has been given party status by the Conservation Review Board for the appeal by the Marotta group of the designation of all four Rand Estate properties under the Heritage Act.
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CAO Dowd provides update on Randwood legal proceedings
Further to an article earlier today on SORE's website, Town of NOTL CAO Holly Dowd advised residents this afternoon that the Town's legal counsel (presumably new counsel Turksta as well as Daniels) will be providing an update to Council in a closed session this evening (Dec. 17) and that Council will be providing instructions to counsel.
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SORE calls for rejection of incomplete Marotta application
SORE counsel Pat Little delivered a letter to Town staff and Council on Friday requesting that the Town reject the Marotta hotel and convention centre...
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Background on One Mile Creek and NPCA
In the ongoing developments at Randwood, there are references to both One Mile Creek and to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. As background for those interested, here’s more information about a group dedicated to protecting the creek. There's also background about the NPCA.
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Heritage designation appeals by Marotta Group
The Marotta Group has appealed the Town's heritage designation of the four Rand Estate properties to the Conservation Review Board. SORE through its legal counsel Pat Little will be seeking party status for this hearing.
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Town to seek injunction against Marotta
SORE’s legal counsel has learned that the Town will be in court tomorrow (Thursday) morning to seek an injunction against the ongoing destruction of Randwood....
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Marotta clear cutting of Rand continues
Benny Marotta continues to show the Town and its residents what he meant when he said he wants to make Niagara-on-the-Lake more beautiful. His shocking clear-cutting of Randwood continues unabated. Drone surveillance photos taken yesterday show the extent of the devastation he has wrought on this local and national treasure.
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SORE’s lawyers demand Marotta/Two Sisters prosecution
Having confirmed through drone surveillance that the owners of the Rand Estate have illegally eradicated protected features, including portions of the nationally significant Dunington-Grubb designed landscape, SORE through its lawyers requested immediate prosecution of Benny Marotta and his companies on Monday.
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Marotta clear-cutting Rand Estate and destroying protected landscape
Benny Marotta has confirmed SORE’s worst fears. Over the last week Marotta has supervised the virtual clear-cutting of one of the four Rand Estate properties,...
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SORE acknowledges with thanks all of those who ran for NOTL Council and applauds their public service in the case of our departing councillors and Lord Mayor.
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Marotta group seeks to bypass Town on Randwood
In an audacious move, the Marotta group has appealed to outside tribunals on both the heritage designation of the Rand Estate and the planning approvals for its ill-conceived hotel/conference/wedding factory proposal.
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SORE’s lawyer requests NPCA prosecution of Marotta group
This is correspondence to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority from the lawyer representing SORE regarding the protected area of One Mile Creek on the site.
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Recently questions and comments have been placed on social media about the role of SORE (Save Our Randwood Estate) in the current municipal election. SORE has not and will not endorse individual candidates. SORE encourages voters to visit our website, collect facts and make up their own minds.
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Marotta breaches undertaking to Town
SORE recently discovered that Benny Marotta signed an undertaking to the Town when he submitted the zoning by-law amendment application for his hotel/conference/wedding facility. The undertaking promised NO soil disturbance until his application had been dealt with by Council. SORE believes based on extensive photography that this undertaking has been breached repeatedly.
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Norm Arsenault candidate response to SORE
Norm Arsenault is a winning candidate for Council in the NOTL election who provided responses to SORE's 7 questions.
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Simon Bentall candidate response to SORE
Simon Bentall is a candidate for Council in the upcoming NOTL election who provided responses to SORE’s 7 questions.
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Allan Bisback candidate response to SORE
Allan Bisback is a winning candidate for Council in the NOTL election who provided responses to SORE’s 7 questions.
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Pat Darte candidate response to SORE
Pat Darte is a candidate for Lord Mayor in the upcoming NOTL election who provided responses to SORE's 7 questions.
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Crispin Bottomley candidate response to SORE
Crispin Bottomley is a candidate for Council in the upcoming NOTL election who provided responses to SORE’s 7 questions.