REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: August 15, 2017 Report No. DEV-17-047
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Proposed Redevelopment of Hither Green Park (Schedule "A")
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve the redevelopment of Hither Green Park subject to the following conditions:
1) The development generally conform to the Landscape Plan prepared by Small & Rossell Landscape Architects Inc. dated July 21, 2017 and attached as Schedule "B".
2) The costs of redevelopment are borne by the owner of the English Inn property (Lot B, Section 11, Esquimalt Plan VIP60066), as proposed by them, and the Township is in receipt of security in the amount of $230,482.00 being 120 percent of the estimated landscaping costs provided by Small and Rossell, Landscape Architects (Schedule "C") for the redevelopment of Hither Green Park.
3) A public "tot lot", no less than 155 m2 in land area, is developed on the English Inn property (Lot B, Section 11, Esquimalt Plan VIP60066), and the costs of development and ongoing maintenance of a "tot lot" are borne by them, as proposed by them.
4) Registration of a voluntary Section 219 Covenant and Statutory Right of Way to restrict the use of the proposed "tot lot" area on the English Inn property (Lot B, Section 11, Esquimalt Plan VIP60066) to "park" with development restricted to "playground equipment', and to allow unrestricted public access to the "tot lot" during daylight hours in perpetuity. In addition, the agreement is to indemnify the Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt from all damages and liability associated with the use and maintenance of the "tot lot", be registered in priority to all encumbrances of a financial nature and otherwise be in a form acceptable to the Township, consistent with other development-related Covenants/SRWs. The English Inn property owner is to be responsible for registration costs and the Townsh...
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