I have been asked by a number of people in the last few days about my Notice of Motion requiring security being provided to the municipality prior to a developer commencing a project.
The Motion appears below, I think we all understand the reasoning for it! maybe not read below, after the Motion.
Notice of Motion
"From this day, forth the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass shall require that all applicants entering into a development agreement within the boundaries of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass.
Shall provide the Municipality one hundred percent (100%) of the performance security that is sufficient to ensure that all of the terms of the development agreement are fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass.
All funds must be in the legal possession of the Municipality prior to the applicant commencing any part of the development agreement.
Under no circumstances will any developer be permitted to commence any type of excavation, stockpiling of materials, or disturbance of the land in question prior to the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass having the agreed to security deposit in its legal possession."
This Motion was debated on Tuesday night, with council choosing to send it to committee meeting to clarify the language (August 24).
The good Mayor attempted to argue that this would stop anybody from doing any kind of work on their properties, which everybody that knows that stuff, is covered of by a development permit.
This motion clearly only applies to development agreements, everybody understands that the purpose of this is to stop the possibility of a developer coming in making a hell of a mess, and leaving the community to live with it for years to come, with no financial recourse to clean up. I am not talking about stopping John Smith from building a shed in his back yard without a Million dollars in security being put up.
Maybe somebody is going to argue that we should take this risk again down the road.
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