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Parking issues along Winston Road are jeopardizing businesses in the area say (L to R) Anne Turcic of La Maison Rose, Jackie O’Leary of Jackie O’s Boutique and Amita Anand of Lakeview Market, and many others. Williscraft - Photo

the last year, issues have compounded to the point where customers cannot find anywhere to park as they attempt to access, shops, restaurants and services in the area. “Every business requires parking by law. In condos, it can be a combined usage based on the usages permitted. Before I chose to open a business on Winston Road, I asked the town what parking in the Lake House development was for commercial retail. I was sent paperwork to show 64 visitor spots for commercial/retail and visitors to the site,” said Anne Turcic, owner of La Maison Rose. “Town (planners) told me street parking was not for business staff. It’s for visitors and tourists. I Based my decision on the information I was given and now being

told we have two passes per unit unless we want to rent a spot or park on street.” Even if on-street parking was permitted - there is a three hour limit along Winston there are rarely spots as condo residents and visitors frequent them. They cited an RV which was parked taking up two spaces over two days last week and a white Mercedes which has been parked on the street daily for about a year as two examples. “The RV arrived Friday before 8:30 a.m. The town was called three times by Urban Cravings. Each time we spoke with reception. We told her the situation and were then passed to the parking bylaw officer’s voicemail. No one called us back all day. No one showed up. The See BYLAW, Page 2

Lincoln initiates King St. moratorium, HCD coming By Mike Williscraft NewsNow A temporary moratorium halting all development initiatives along King Street in Beamsville from Lincoln Avenue to Bartlett Road was approved Monday during a special meeting of Lincoln council. The move takes immediate effect

with a second step - implementation of a Heritage Conservation District study - to follow. Until the HCD is approved, council moved to “immediately within the King Street corridor in the Beamsville urban area, not including any minor renovations to commercial buildings or development concepts already

submitted to and discussed with Town staff or applications already submitted.” “This is a corridor that could be conducive to development activity as many of the lots are larger and could potentially attract interest. There’s also many properties within the Beamsville Central Business District

which is a central location that could also be considered desirable from a development perspective,” said Matt Bruder, Lincoln’s director of planning and development. “So really, at this point, it’s more about being proactive while we undertake this study to ensure that we’ve See KING ST, Page 3

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From Page 1 RV was moved by lunch on Saturday morning. My staff let me know he came running out to move it as there was an NRP (Niagara Regional Police) officer walking the street coincidentally. If not for the officer, I’m sure this RV would still be here,” said Tara Kulawic, owner of Urban Cravings. “This is also not the first time this RV has shown up, and each time he does it’s there for a couple days. Each time we call the Town and not once have we seen anyone come out. Antonietta Minichillo, Grimsby’s director of planning, building and bylaw refuted that. “By-law enforcement has not received complaints about these specific concerns, and we advise residents to file a complaint if any violations are witnessed. Parking enforcement officers attend complaints before proactively pa-

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trolling the Town. The Winston neighbourhood is part of our routine patrols and gets visited on a regular basis,” said Minichillo by email. The problems go beyond what the business owners say is inaction by the Town. The issues with the parking shortage are exacerbated by disagreements between the business operators and members of the site’s condo board. Last Thursday, Feb. 10, Turcic sent an email to the condo board seeking answers to several questions, including assurance visitor parking requirements set out by the Town are being fulfilled, among queries. “There is ample public parking (over 64 spaces) on Place Polonaise, Hunter Road, Winston Road, and other Grimsby public roads...I would encourage you, your staff and customers to use these areas,” replied Andy Sinclair, president

of the condo board, suggesting Turcic work through her lawyer. “As I said, deal directly with the Property Management firm not through broadcast emails. No one from the NNCECC270 Board will be responding to your e-mails in the future.” There is clear recognition now that this is a serious problem now, with magnification of those issues coming in the very near future. “A plan and improved process must be put into place now, so that when the population in our immediate area doubles in the next few years we are prepared as best as possible given the building plans that have been approved,” said Len LaRose, co-owner of The Olive Board. “Being able to contact bylaw to address an issue 24/7 should be possible. Even during regular office hours you would simply get voicemail when calling.”

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From Page 1 practiced the required diligence before any new significant development (aside from anything conceptual that the Town is currently aware of) takes place along that corridor specifically.” Lincoln CAO Mike Kirkopoulos clarified that council wanted to halt applcations immediately to allow the HCD study to play out. “We are putting in an ICB (interim control bylaw) as a moratorium to allow the HCD study to be completed. This motion is that pre-cursor,” said Kirkopoulos. “The ICB is coming (to council) in two weeks for ratification.” Bruder noted there could be some “smaller branch off areas from the main corridor” but the an entire separate area such as Ontario Street would not be included in the process. “The HCD study we are embarking on to consider the corridor from a heritage perspective since there are many properties with potential heritage attributes in that stretch,” Bruder added. “The study would need to confirm

that and to identify how development can be guided via policies/ guidelines that could be developed, based on the outcome of the study to recognize the heritage significance along the corridor. Its quite an involved study.” “The ICB is the interim control bylaw which will be temporarily pausing the intake of development applications along the corridor while we undertake the above study.” Kirkopoulos said council recognized the importance heritage plays in this stretch of road and wanted to be proactive. “Council was very much behind it,” said Kirkopoulos. For Bruder, the area running through Beamsville’s core was a natural place to start. “We selected King Street because it has a high concentration of properties with potential heritage attributes. Along Ontario Street to QEW for example, not so much,” said Bruder. “The initial area of focus is that piece of the King Street corridor itself. There may be some additional recommendations that come out of the study, though.”

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Public Notice Notice of Online Public Engagement Aberdeen Road and Hillside Drive Road Improvements Ashby Drive to King Street (Regional Road 81) Project Description The Town of Lincoln has completed a preliminary design study for road improvements on Hillside Drive and Aberdeen Road between Ashby Drive and King Street (Regional Road 81). Through the design study process, various project elements have been assessed, including existing road and pavement conditions, road geometrics, street lighting, potential slope stabilization needs, minor drainage improvements and the inclusion of active transportation infrastructure.

Online Public Engagement The Town has arranged for online public engagement to allow residents and interested members of the public an opportunity to review the preliminary design and provide feedback. Project details and the preliminary design will be made available for review on our public engagement site SpeakUpLincoln.ca beginning February 15, 2022. Public consultation is an integral part of all Town of Lincoln projects, and the community is encouraged to submit comments through Speak Up Lincoln by March 8, 2022.

After careful consideration of all these elements, the Town is proposing the following improvements be implemented on Hillside Drive and Aberdeen Road within the project limits: • Full road reconstruction including a new asphalt surface • Minor road alignment adjustments and a new all-way stop condition at the Hillside Drive and Aberdeen Road intersection • Ditching and drainage improvements, including a curb and gutter system on one side • Construction of a new sidewalk on the north side of Hillside Drive and the west side of Aberdeen Road This notice was first issued on February 10, 2022.

More Information For more information on the project or if you would like to be added to the study mailing list, please contact: • Jemma Lynch, Project Manager – Capital Projects, Town of Lincoln at JLynch@lincoln.ca or 905-563-2799 ext. 264 • Michael Murray P.Eng., Senior Project Manager, CIMA at murray@cima.ca or 289-288-0287 ext. 6836

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Public Notice Notice of Electronic Public Meeting Comprehensive Zoning By-law Review Project

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee of the Whole meetings and all public meetings will be held using electronic video conference and in-person delegations will not be permitted. Anyone in the community can apply to address the Committee. Electronic delegations will be done by video conference via the internet or telephone only and written submissions will form part of the public record.

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Written Submission As an alternative to addressing the Committee by video conference via the internet or by telephone, written correspondence can be submitted to the Planning and Development Department by Friday prior to the meeting by email at mcocchiara@lincoln.ca. Any written correspondence will be shared with Committee members and staff. Please note, written correspondence will also be included on the agenda which will be published on the Town’s website and will form part of the public record. You will be able to watch the meeting on the Town of Lincoln’s YouTube channel.

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TAKE NOTICE that Council for The Town of Lincoln will be holding an electronic Public Meeting under Section 34 of the Planning Act to consider a new Zoning By-law for the Town of Lincoln. The purpose of the electronic Public Meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to understand and comment on the proposed Zoning By-law which relates to all lands within the Town.

Purpose of the Comprehensive Zoning By-law Review Project A Zoning By-law is prepared under the requirements of Section 34 of the Planning Act. The Zoning By-law regulates the types of land uses and the character, height, location, size and massing of buildings for all lands in the study area. The Zoning By-law is the Town’s primary tool to regulate the use of all land in the Town. The new Comprehensive Zoning By-law will replace Zoning By-Law No.93-14-Z1 and implement the policies of the Town’s Official Plan and provide updated zoning and development standards that reflect policy and regulatory initiatives at the provincial and Town level. The Town is seeking input and feedback on the proposed Final Draft Zoning By-law.

Have Your Say Input on the proposed draft Zoning By-law is welcome and encouraged. There will be no public forum during the public meeting. To speak at the public meeting you must fill out the online delegation request at https://lincoln.ca/council/councilstanding-committees/appear-delegation by 12 p.m. on the Friday prior to the meeting. Instructions on how to participate electronically in the public meeting for the application will be provided by email or telephone. You can provide input by speaking at the public meeting or by making a written submission to the Town. Please note that unless you do one of the above now, you may not be able to appeal the decision later. For more information about preserving your appeal rights contact Monika Cocchiara, Manager of Planning & Development, mcocchiara@lincoln.ca or (905) 563-2799 ext 270.

More Information For further information or for a copy of the draft Zoning By-law, please contact, please contact Monika Cocchiara, Manager of Planning & Development, mcocchiara@lincoln.ca or (905) 563-2799 ext 270 during regular office hours Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or visit SpeakUpLincoln.ca and search the project page or scan this QR code.

A copy of the staff report will be available to the public on the website https://lincoln.ca/council-agendas-minutes (View Council and Committee Calendar, Committee of the Whole, Agenda) prior to the meeting date or from the Planning & Development Department.

Section 34 of the Planning Act Legal Notice Requirements If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town before the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town to the Ontario Land Tribunal. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town before before the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal, unless in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk and such request must include the name and address to which such notice should be sent. Matt Bruder Director of Planning & Development mbruder@lincoln.ca

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Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the project in respect of which the Renewable Energy Approval was issued, is a Class 3 Anaerobic Digestion Facility An application has been made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to change the project and alter the terms and conditions of the existing Renewable Energy Approval. The proposed change consists of increasing the Site’s receiving and processing capacity to 159,000 tonnes of Source Separated Organics (SSO) and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) organic materials per year. This will involve the construction and installation of a new organics pre-processing building, four new digesters and two new digestate/biogas storage tanks and a new flare. In addition, Escarpment Renewables is proposing to build a new Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Facility on Site which will produce RNG from the additional biogas anticipated to be generated. If approved with this change, this facility would have a total maximum name plate capacity of 1 MW.

Documents for Inspection:

Escarpment Renewables has been required to update the supporting documents that are required to form part of the application or which must otherwise be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Climate Change available to the public. Written copies of the supporting documents will be made available for public inspection on January 27, 2022 at https://escarpmentrenewables.ca/ and 424 Sobie Road. Please make an appointment to view documents in person by calling 905-228-1506.

Project Contacts and Information:

To learn more about the project proposal, public meeting or to communicate concerns please contact: Sam Huang, P.Eng General Manager, Escarpment Renewables sam.huang@escarpmentrenewables.ca

Jason Wilson, B.Eng, Oly Project Manager Jason.Wilson@ghd.com

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Sandwich envy Remember when you were in public school and you were eating a lunch you really didn’t want? Your mom made you a sandwich you hated, but it was all you had so you had to eat it anyways. Then you look over and you see your best friend chowing into something really tasty. You want to reach out and grab it right out of their hands and take it for yourself. That is Lincoln town council from the perspective of many in Grimsby. Lincoln council is that tasty sandwich Grimsby residents wish they could have for their own because what they have is just plain horrid. Granted, even in a horrid sandwich can be elements you really like, such as mustard or cheese, if you will. Similarly, there are some councillors and a mayor who have consistently tried to stay on a path which leads to the best interests of the community. Others, as noted last week, are steering Grimsbybonians straight into an iceberg. Case in point, Monday night Lincoln got in front of getting control of pending development pressures along King Street by implementing a moratorium from Lincoln Avenue to Bartlett Road. This will be followed by ratification of a Heritage Conservation District study for the same area - approved Monday - at the next council meeting . Simple, clean. Council recognized there was an issue, wanted the municipality to have some tools in its tool box to get things built right and executed the plan. Contrast that with Grimsby where implementing a simple planning tool has led to a bastardization of the study area to not only offshoot into neighbourhoods along the Main Street east corridor but the Town’s “award-winning” planning department lumped in all of downtown as well. The size and scope of what Grimsby is being handed makes no sense, just as it would make no sense for Lincoln to include all of Ontario Street in their study. It’s two very different areas. If a study is needed in both, do two studies. But no, Grimsby gets a dog’s breakfast and Lincoln gets a well-oiled machine. Colour Grimsby jealous. M.W.

At least COVID rates are dropping So let’s jump right in. The implementation of the Emergency Act this week, while unfortunate, was absolutely necessary. From the day after the initial crowd showed up at Parliament Hill it was apparent this occupation was not a “normal” demonstration. The simple question was was and should be, why was the crowd permitted to remain on the city streets of Ottawa - completely setting aside the issues of blaring horns all night and overrunning businesses in the area (maskless) - to set up Bo and Luke Duke with their hot tub on Wellington Street. Clearly and unequivocally the Act should never have been necessary. Is it a sledgehammer to slug a fly? Yes. But buck passing for days and now weeks on end put the Trudeau and the feds in a position to have to use it. It is the right move at this point, due to extensive mismanagement and misreading of the “peaceful protest” itself from the get-go. When you see 92,000 donors have kicked into GiveSendGo and just under HALF of them were from the U.S, combined with a weapons cache being found with protestors in Alberta, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the alt-right, Trump/Bannon factory we have been entertained by in the U.S for years is attempting to branch out in Canada. I don’t dispute for a second there are protestors with simple and pure philosophical motivations but I think they are naive if they do not recognize there are other with much darker motivations in mind. Uhh, Coutts, Alta? It was apparent 2-3 days

MIKE WILLISCRAFT after that first Saturday the demonstrators were not there just to promote antivax agenda. The consistent underlying comments from demonstrators themselves had to do with anti-government sentiment with significant religious themes. The danger - one of them - once religion enters into it is you have people who are singularly willing to take things to an extreme. If you listen to what demonstrators are saying, they are speaking of removing the government putting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on trial and a range of othe notions - none of which deal with COVID restrictions. To think every single person there is simply against COVID mandates would be hopelessley naive. Problem is, Canada is pretty naive. There has been so much propaganda on both sides of this, many Canadians are at a loss of where to turn. The vast majority of coverage is genuine and accurate, but it is the repeated use of gutreaction imagery like the idiot who had the swastika flag that turned people off. I must have seen that 60-70 times on TV, Facebook and Twitter

over a 10-day period. While you can write that guy off to extremism, it does not mean he is the only one. On the other side, do protesters think because they drape themselves in a Canadian flag it somehow shields them from being enveloped by stupidity? I hope not, because it doesn’t. As a Canadian, I am embarrassed by what I see in Ottawa. As I have said before, sure, go ahead and have your protest, but get off the street. You are breaking the law being there. Protest all you want, just abide by the law and allow society to function around you. Break the law, you should be cuffed and dragged away. Law enforcement’s inaction dropped everything in the lap of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Trudeau. I don’t believe for a second Ford wanted to declare a State of Emergency last week, just as I don’t believe Trudeau didn’t want to make the Emergency Act move on Monday. The only upside these days has nothing to do with the demonstration, rather dropping COVID rates are ringing true to what was outlined in December by medical officials. Drawing on data from areas affected earlier, the data table showed a mid- to late-January peak for Omicron with a sudden and dramatic descent of cases and ICU needs. Going in, 400 cases in ICUs in Ontario were seen as a threshold for more restrictions. On Monday, when reopenings were announced, we finally got under 400 again. Let’s hope things continue to decline and we can get this in our rearview mirror.

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Dear Editor, Thank you to the “real” truckers who were going about their work - three of them - who helped my granddaughter on Sann Road on Friday morning Feb. 4. She was on her way home after working an extra long shift at a longterm care facility and ran into the ditch in the snow that had fallen in the storm the night befor-e. These three men helped her out. Thank you--There are angels among us!! Kay Dol, Beamsville

rather, holding a position that is logically false (as determined by rule) or by current science. But when one maintains a position that can be shown to be logically

false, that person must change their position. If they do not, then they have become a fanatic. To maintain that favourite colours or favourite

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A Small Drop of Ink By Dorothy Turcotte we have to wear a seat belt, file for income tax, get a passport if we want to leave the country and come back. Being asked to wear a mask in public and get a vaccination are not major issues, or shouldn’t be. They are signs of respect for other people, and an indication of our own self respect. When it comes to freedom, how about the freedom of the rest of Canadians, the millions of us out there who want the economy of our country to thrive while protesters cut off its lifelines? The lives of citizens of our cities have been disrupted, their

livelihoods damaged. Taxpayers, including the protesters, will end up footing the bill for the damages. If protesters really cared about the freedom of Canada, they’d be protesting from home by phone, email, snail-mail, not to forget by voting at election time. Holding the whole country hostage is childish and selfish. Protesters don’t come away looking like heroes, except in their own eyes. Instead, they’ve enraged the rest of the country and some other countries, as well. Remember, Canada has been voted the 7th best country to live in, even better than the USA which is 21st. We are blessed to be Canadians. Show a little gratitude and respect.

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