Save Griffintown!!!

Category: Urban Redevelopment

Deadline: Friday, March 14

Petition
to the Administration of the City of Montreal
to pursue the rezoning and redevelopment of Griffintown
using a truly democratic consultation process.

Considering that the process of public consultation on the Special Planning Program (SPP), which oversees the proposed redevelopment of Griffintown by Devimco, is clearly insufficient ;

Considering that for a project of this magnitude, the SPP provides only a few nights of public consultation in the South West borough, ignoring critical issues of a redevelopment that will affect the whole city of Montreal ;

Considering that the planning tools of the city, such as the SPP, should be used to establish guidelines and oversee the projects, and should not be used to facilitate the achievement of private projects ;

Considering that the City of Montreal appears to have chosen the SPP as a tool for rezoning not only because it allows the city to expropriate for a private developer, but because it allows the redirection of the consultation process to the level of the Borough, and thus avoids the democratic process of its own Office of Public Consultations ;

Considering that Montrealers must be involved in discussions and decisions about the type of development they want for Montreal and its boroughs, rather than being consulted on projects after they have been defined ;

Considering that the project proposed by the developer Devimco includes


* -the expansion and the removal of several streets
* -the creation of a minimum of 5000 underground parking spaces
* -the building of a dozen 17-storey towers
* -one million square feet of Commercial space


which was approved in all possible haste by the City of Montreal and would have an unprecedented impact on our city for many years to come;


We, the undersigned, demand that the City of Montreal

* -stop this abbreviated and accelerated process of consultation
* -adopt a democratic consultation process that allows a real contribution by Montrealers
* -that these new public consultations be organized by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) at the agglomeration level of the City of Montreal, rather than merely at the South West Borough level
* -that these consultations will focus on the definition of a project that will help meet the many challenges of the urban metropolis and offer better conditions and quality of life for the whole population

Web link for more information: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/200-ans-dhistoire-et-100-ans-davenir-mritent-plus-que-quelques-soires-de-consultation-200-years-of

by IshmaelJones

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