A resident’s submission. • The Mayor and the City have admitted there was misinformation and numerous mistakes made regarding the Wilson Farmhouse. • Why should the citizens of Northern Heights and the rest of the City have to suffer the loss of 10% of our whole block park. 10% of prime park land that we […]
Category: Wilson Farm Park
Letter to the editor – Wilson farmhouse
Originally sent to the Merc. The recent disputes over the Wilson Park farmhouse highlight the need for better public processes in Guelph. Overall there has been a failure to hold open and democratic processes and instead closed and biased processes have been allowed to stand in for public opinion. Open public hearings are a necessary […]
Councillor Piper's Wilson Farmhouse motion
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS a) Councillor Piper’s Notice of Motion for which notice was given September 30, 2013: That staff be directed to issue a Request for Expressions of Interest for the sale or lease of 80 Simmonds Drive (Wilson Farmhouse) for a period of 120 days for community use or residential use (including its permitted uses […]
City of Guelph Procurement Process
Staff memo. Recently, a number of procurement processes have been undertaken and/or entertained in connection with various high profile initiatives such as the Tourism RFP, IMICO properties, Wilson Farmhouse, etc that have spurred questions at Committee and Council over the City’s Purchasing policies and practises. To assist Council with its deliberations over these files, staff […]
Thank you Mayor, Council and Administrative Officers
A residents response to last evening’s meeting. September 30 was a very long night, but also an impressive demonstration of a very hard working, dedicated and impressive Council and staff. More Guelph residents should attend Council Meetings to see what you do on their behalf. The outcome of the vote on the Advisory Committee Motion […]
Wilson Farmhouse chronology
A resident’s comment’s The Wilson farmhouse story has been a long and winding one. I have encountered frequent disagreement as to the sequence of events and what was decided. To organize my own thinking, I have compiled the following information from City reports and documents. I hope it will also serve to clarify your own […]
Time to make a decision on the Ingram Farmhouse
A resident’s comments. D and I support the report to demolish the Ingram Farmhouse. It has been sitting idle too long and it is an eye-sore. It is prohibitive to repair. I am sure that a building that has been empty that long and not heated is full of Stachybotrys mould. It probably has lead […]
Wilson Farmhouse from JG
A Ward 2 resident’s comments. You are probably overwhelmed today with correspondence about the Wilson Farmhouse. I’d like to add a few words at the risk of adding to that overwhelm. The fact that there IS such a lot of controversy around this issue, that there ARE so many delegates tonight; so much mail, press […]
re: Wilson Farmhouse on Simmonds Drive
A resident’s perspective. I may not be able to make it to the council meeting tonight and I am not signed up to speak as a delegate, however, I wanted to make sure that you all received my note (included below) and that I expressed my opinion on the Wilson Farmhouse matter since the neighbourhood […]
Demolition of Wilson House
A resident’s comments. Thank you for your support to demolish the Wilson farmhouse. the land in its entirety was donated to the city for public use do not set a precedent for future governments to sever off parkland for profit to the city & private use. We have been at several meeting contrary to the […]