Support the current zoning…

Support the current zoning and city plan and preserve the open space left in Millcroft.
We have a municipal process for city planning and development. This is a well thought out process that is documented and includes all stakeholders. From various meetings and committees a plan is developed and brought forward to council and the public to review and edit. It is voted on and passed into the record.
Buying land zoned for open space because it is cheap is not an excuse to bypass agreed to plans that were years in the making just so a company can make money. Burlington has several housing development plans in the works that follow these procedures. The province needs to stand by the municipal governments and up hold the plans that have been voted on. Allowing a change to zoning solely for company profit is not a reason to change zoning. Housing developments in the city are providing far more housing options than this single destruction of open space. The proposed King Rd development is for a planned 9,000 homes and urban village, in Burlington, compared to the 138 the developer wants to squeeze into this open space.
This area has a history of flooding and the retention pond used to reduce flooding risk in the millcroft community as well as the south Burlington housing developments.
The city, region and conservation have all said no to development on this land yet the OLT over ruled them. This will not be forgotten when houses flood and elections come this fall.
If the Ministry is going to go against municipal plans for private company profits then scrap the municipal planning process and at least save some government money.