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Hi Owen. I appreciate you adding your perspective to this conversation. Apparently relying on the Record's article was not the enlightenment we required.

Couple points to consider. First, is it possible for the planned buildings to mirror (or reverse) their layout, EG the building closer to Victoria St would be towards the Western edge as opposed to the Eastern edge? Additionally, the rear building would move to the Eastern edge. This seems to be the easy solution to the cities planned requirements. 

Second, I am looking at the volume of traffic that will move in and out of these buildings and wonder if this will require yet another light on Victoria St S. This street is already a bottleneck after Park St when travelling West at rush minute. Perhaps it would have been better for Momentum to include Arthur PL and build three towers. Or perhaps the city should have insisted the driveway be configured to service the inevitable intensified properties on Arthur Pl.

Final comment/question. How is it there are residences on Arthur place if it is zoned warehouse? It seems to me that it was residential at one point, was rezoned warehouse and now is in the process of going back to residential, yet you are getting a letter essentially letting you know they are doing you a favour recognizing the grandfathering of your properties? It seems a little odd to me. Maybe there was a guerrilla developer named Arthur back in the day.

"Second, I am looking at the volume of traffic that will move in and out of these buildings and wonder if this will require yet another light on Victoria St S. This street is already a bottleneck after Park St when travelling West at rush minute. Perhaps it would have been better for Momentum to include Arthur PL and build three towers. Or perhaps the city should have insisted the driveway be configured to service the inevitable intensified properties on Arthur Pl."


Sarcastically written: Let's build a roundabout ... the solution to all traffic issues in Waterloo region cities.