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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
6. Information on any other type of research facilities that are located within residential
areas (I do have a letter from one individual from Ryerson but if you are aware of any
more I would appreciate that information).
7. Clarify what is meant by taking blood samples and what disposal mechanisms of the
samples are in place.
Response to items above:
1. Architects Review: Kevin Duguay will handle this request.
2. Fire Department: We contacted the Peterborough Fire Department and spoke with the
local Fire Chief. We also spoke to the Fire Marshalls Office in Toronto and they said
they are not aware of any fire safety issues arising from the fire code." Fire Department
deferred us back to Selwyn Township Planning Department.
3. Electrical Safety Authority: The same is true for the ESA. They have no issues regarding
electrical safety and deferred us back to the Selwyn Township Planning Department.
4. Research facility: I intend to conduct three types of research at this location and all of
these studies require an environment that does not have elevated levels of electromagnetic
fields/radiation. Trent University is not ideal for this research because of fluctuating
levels of radio frequency radiation from campus-wide Wi-Fi and the many cell phone
users on campus.
a. Test electromagnetic frequencies emitted by common electric, electronic, and
wireless household devices that people have in their homes such as Wi-Fi routers,
cordless phones, wireless baby monitors, electronic and wireless toys, lighting,
etc.
b. Test the effect of exogenous (external to the body) electromagnetic fields to
endogenous (internal to the body) electromagnetic properties of the human body.
Trent Universitys Research Ethics Committee (REB) has approved this research
with human subjects.
c. Test the effect of exogenous electromagnetic fields on plant germination and
growth. Plants to be tested include those purchased at garden centers.
d. Regarding diagnostics and treatment. This is incorrect information. We are
trying to determine what biomarkers can be use to help doctors determine the
beneficial and/or adverse effects of exogenous frequencies. In other words, this
research will help doctors diagnose and treat their patients who are ill.
5. Workshops: We plan to hold up to 10 workshops per year (less than one per month on
average). Most of these workshops will consist of 3-hour meetings; a few will be 3-day
events. We anticipate that most workshops will have approximately 6 to 12 participants
and certainly no more than 20 participants. This would be similar to having a monthly
party with probably much less noise than most parties.
6. Research off Campus: Most people are under the false assumption that all research done
at Universities is done on campus. This is not the case. Trent faculty and students
conduct research off campus in many departments from Indigenous Studies to
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
dog around the block twice a day and children who walk home from the school bus dropoff location at the intersection of Woodland and Woodward.
8. Strangers will be coming to this community.
We do not live in a gated community and strangers can and will come to this community
totally unrelated to the proposed rezoning
9. Research has started and has been ongoing.
Contrary to the false statements made repeatedly at the open house, at the public meeting
and at the recent Candidates meeting, I have started neither the monitoring of equipment
nor the human research as I am awaiting rezoning approval. I am not conducting any
research at this location.
10. Research on animals.
There will be no research on animals and I will not have lab rats, mice, guinea pigs or any
other test animals in the building.
11. Hazardous or toxic chemicals.
There are no hazardous or toxic chemicals in the building.
12. Research using illegal plants.
The plants used in research involve those that can be purchased at garden centers. We are
not doing research with medicinal marijuana or illegal plants.
13. Research is (should be) done only on campus.
Those who do not understand the functioning of a university may falsely assume that all
research is done on campus. Faculty and their students often do research off campus,
especially in my Program (Environmental and Resource Studies) as well as in other
departments such as biology, geography, psychology, nursing, Canadian studies, native
studies, etc. Interviews, questionnaires, sample collections, and monitoring are often
done off campus. We have an active partnership program with members of the
community in Peterborough and elsewhere. Indeed, The Trent Centre for CommunityBased Education (TCCBE) has the following mandate: Encouraging scholars to
respond to the issue and concerns of the community, as part of their degree, through
engaging in community-based research. Rezoning is not required for any of these
research projects.
14. Research implies something dangerous.
Synonyms for the term research include: to investigate, study, explore, examine,
make enquiries, and seek. We all do research in one form or another and research is an
important part of learning. I doubt that neighbours are opposed to learning, especially in a
community that boasts of a University and Community College. Someone who goes on
the internet to get answers to specific questions, someone who tests a new recipe or
experiments with fertilizers in their backyard are all doing research as are all students who
do science projects. The difference is that their research isnt necessarily published.
Today more and more of us are working at home. The type of monitoring proposed for
this location is something that is done by people who are hired to monitor environmental
quality in a home and by health care professionals who visit elderly or ill patients
recovering at home. In none of these case is rezoning required.
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
Part 3 Report from Ecovue Consulting Services Inc. dated September 23, 2014, which I
received via Kevin Duguay on October 20, 2014.
Ecovue Consulting is asserting that I need to request an industrial use permit. I believe this
comes from an incomplete understanding of the concept of research and a research lab,
which can range from nuclear research with obvious access and location restrictions to
questionnaires and survey that are conducted at shopping malls. The research I propose to do is
benign in the sense it will have no effect on the neighbours. The Selwyn Township and
Peterborough County planners have a more complete understanding about the nature of the
research I propose and they did not recommend that I needed to apply for industrial rezoning.
Out of courtesy to the firm that submitted this document I address some of the issues raised in
7.14 Criteria for assessing Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Development
7. 14. 1 The proposal shall conform to the requirements for the appropriate zone in the
implementing Zoning By-law.
Hence the application for rezoning.
7.14.2 These uses shall have direct access to an arterial road, collector road or Provincial
highway, and should be sited to permit easy and safe access by motor vehicles.
Direct assess to roads already exists.
7.14.3 The proposal shall be in keeping with the existing size and type of development in the
surrounding area. Proposals which will conflict with surrounding uses shall not be permitted
unless the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Township that the concerns can be
overcome.
Not applicable as the size and type of development is an existing house in a residential
setting.
7.14.4 Proposals which will create a substantial increase in traffic along local roads travelling
through existing or potential residential areas shall not be permitted.
No substantial increase in traffic.
7.14.5 All proposals located adjacent to residential uses shall be separated by a buffer strip, as
set out in the implementing Zoning By-law.
Not applicable as this is not an industrial development.
7.14.6 Adequate off-street parking shall be provided and access points shall be limited in number
and designed in a manner which will minimize the danger to vehicular traffic.
Parking space available for 4 vehicles. Nearby off-site parking available if there are more
than 4 cars.
7.14.7 Advertising and signs shall be strictly limited.
There will be no signs on the property.
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Rezoning Application: 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2, Nov. 2014
None of the remaining items (7.14.8 to 7.14.15) is relevant to the rezoning application:
7.14.8 Open storage of goods or materials shall be permitted provided storage is suitably
screened from adjacent uses and from public view.
7.14.9 Commercial and service industrial uses shall be encouraged to locate in nodes, adjacent
to existing concentrations of commercial development. Consideration will be given to
commercial and industrial uses outside of existing designated areas only if there is a
demonstrated need and no appropriate vacant land exists within the designated area.
7.14.10 No use shall be permitted which, from the nature of the process or materials used, is
declared by the Health Unit to be a noxious trade, business or manufacture, under the Health
Protection and Promotion Act, as amended. 7-30
7.14.11 Permitted uses shall minimize smoke emissions, noise, odours or other forms of pollution.
The appropriate standards and requirements of the Ministry of the Environment shall be adhered
to and shall be the minimum acceptable standard.
7.14.12 Access points to commercial and industrial uses shall be restricted in number and
located to avoid any undue conflict with the normal and safe functioning of any adjacent road.
7.14.13 The Township shall have regard for high potential aggregate resource areas and existing
aggregate operations and the compatibility of the proposed development with these areas.
7.14.14 The Township shall have regard for the compatibility of the proposed development with
areas designated as Environmental Constraint.
7.14.15 Proposed development shall be compatible with the Conservation Authority's water
management practices.
Councilors have a difficult decision to make. The professional planners told me in August 2014
that they supported this application for rezoning (I dont know if they still do). In the meantime
there has been some highly vocal opposition from some members in the neighbourhood. Indeed
someone went door-to-door asking people to sign a petition in opposition to the rezoning
application. Since considerable misinformation has been generated and since we do not know
what specific information was provided door-to-door I would encourage Councilors to place little
weight on that petition. Several neighbours privately shared their support for this rezoning
application although they said they were afraid of making this public for fear of reprisals.
Perhaps a compromise is in order. In addition to either approving or rejecting the proposal for
rezoning, it is my understanding that a temporary approval for a period of 3-5 years is an
alternative that would not jeopardize the community. If during that period there are legitimate
complaints, then the rezoning need not be extended beyond this temporary period. While this is
not my preference I would be willing to accept this as a compromise.
Respectfully submitted, November 12, 2014,
Magda Havas,
Applicant for Rezoning and Owner 319 Glenwood Street, Peterborough, ON, K9L 2B2
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