Stoney Creek Update

[thmx]

Originally Posted by interr0bangr

Box and No Frills essentially side by side?

The site plan shows Box's space as vacant. Maybe Box is moving out?

[king10]

well i mean what else do you expect? of course as more neighbourhoods are built on the mountain they will need to use the linc and red hill

[thmx]

Originally Posted by king10

well i mean what else do you expect? of course as more neighbourhoods are built on the mountain they will need to use the linc and red hill

The problem though is that Hamilton already isn't hitting provincial intensification targets, the Red Hill already carries 40,000 more cars a day than what was originally expected so it already needs to be widened for existing traffic, and there are homes for +30,000 more people already under construction in Upper Stoney Creek. Now this gets approved and adds even more people to that

It's horrible planning.

[Beedok]

I'm sure some will work in the wharehouses and whatnot nearby.

[RaginRonic]

I just got off the phone with someone who works at the Upper Gage and Fennell Canadian Tire, and she told me that the store will be closing permanently in October, for a move to the Walmart Supercentre Plaza at Upper Centennial at Rymal East.

[thmx]

Four buildings, and a huge chunk of land in Old Downtown Stoney Creek is up for sale. The site is zoned for a 6-8 storey mixed use building....

realtor.ca - 23 KING Street East , Stoney Creek - $2,200,000 



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[thistleclub]

Ministry quietly lifted Taro dump tonnage cap
(Stoney Creek News, Richard Leitner, Dec 15 2016)

The Ministry of the Environment removed a tonnage limit for the Taro industrial dump without any public notice, effectively extending the site’s life by five years and allowing it to take more than two million tonnes of additional waste.

The amendment to the site’s licence, buried in Appendix F of a 2005 annual report for the site, is detailed in a Nov. 28, 2005 letter to then-owner PSC Industrial Services Canada Inc. from ministry director Greg Washuta.

It came just five days after PSC applied for the change.

The letter notifies PSC that the ministry is revoking the existing licence Condition 21 allowing up to 10 million tonnes of waste and 6.32 million cubic metres, and replacing it with a new one specifying just the cubic-metre limit.

At the time, PSC estimated each cubic metre of disposed waste weighed 1.94 tonnes, meaning the new condition increased the site’s tonnage to 12.26 million tonnes.

New owner Terrapure Environmental Inc. is now seeking to further raise the upper Stoney Creek dump’s capacity to 10 million cubic metres, or double the original maximum tonnage, based on a revised formula of two tonnes per cubic metre.

Throughout the process leading up to the dump’s controversial approval by the Harris government without public hearings in July 1996, citizens and politicians were repeatedly told the site would receive up to 10 million tonnes of waste over 20 years.

In his 2005 letter, Washuta states his decision to remove the tonnage limit is “all in accordance with the application for approval dated November 23, 2005, and supporting information and documentation prepared by PSC Industrial Services Canada Inc.”

“The maximum approved volumetric capacity of the landfill is not consistent with the maximum tonnage approved for the site due to inaccurate estimates of the density of the waste made during the study of the landfill,” the letter states.

The impact of the change on the dump’s original 20-year lifespan was immediate.

While the 2004 Taro annual report estimated the site had 12 years of capacity left – putting it on pace to be full this year – the 2005 report increased that estimate to 16 years even though another year had passed.

Subsequent Taro annual reports now all state that “the estimated life of the site was approximately 25 years” – rather than the 20 years in every report prior to 2005.

The Condition 21 change came at a time when the ministry had allowed PSC to walk away from a community liaison committee for the dump and set up a hand-picked Taro Neighbourhood Liaison Committee in its place.

The new committee never met in public during its six-year tenure and appeared to violate conditions of Taro’s licence requiring two members from city council.

But it did keep minutes and they show PSC mentioned the Condition 21 change at a Dec. 5, 2005 evening meeting at Boston Pizza attended by four people: Michael Jovanovic and Lorenzo Alfano for PSC, and citizen members Nancy Hackett and Kathy Wakeman.

An unattributed statement characterizes the change as “an administrative amendment.”

“There was an inconsistency in the tonnage and the volume that would have resulted in the landfill design having to be amended,” the minutes state.

“PSC applied to correct the inconsistency so the approved design can be utilized to its fullest extent. No other implications to change other than administrative clean up.”

As he was then, Alfano is the Taro’s site manager, while Jovanovic, now a Terrapure vice-president, was in a similar role for PSC in 2005.

Terrapure communications director Greg Jones pointed to the Boston Pizza meeting as evidence PSC disclosed the change publicly and said the tonnage limit was inconsistent with another licence condition detailing the dump’s final contours.

He said the number of tonnes per cubic metre of waste was always estimated to be higher than the implied math behind the 1996 approvals.

“The ministry agreed with that and it was considered, in ministry terminology, to be an administrative amendment,” Jones said.


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[thmx]

HamiltonNews.com: After 59 years, Bowlerama Stoney Creek closing May 13

By Mike Pearson | Apr 17, 2017



After 59 years, Bowlerama Stoney Creek will close its lanes forever on May 13.

Known in its early years as Lucky Strike, the bowling alley has hosted countless tournaments, fundraisers, birthday parties and first dates.

When the alley first opened back in 1958 at 121 Hwy. 8, automatic pin setting was just starting to catch on. And computerized scoring was still decades away.

Bowlerama is believed to be the only east Hamilton alley offering both five- and 10-pin bowling, with 12 lanes for each format.

Bowlerama general manager Greg Schultz said a May 13 tournament is scheduled as the facility’s final event. Staff found out about the closure in February, he said.

For Schultz and nine others who will lose their jobs at Bowlerama, the closure is a difficult time.

“I’ve been here for 10 years, so I remember all the people, all the bowlers,” he said.

Schultz noted the alley remains a popular recreation venue, especially on Saturday nights.

In past years, Bowlerama has hosted events for Big Brothers and Grimsby Special Olympics. The facility is also home to 15 bowling leagues.

The property, located directly across the street from Fiesta Mall, could soon be converted to housing in a joint venture between Branthaven Homes and Marz Homes.

Provincial land registry documents show the property was sold for $1.5 million to Branthaven Marz Inc. on Jan. 18.

Caistor Centre resident Tyler Coon, a former Grimsby Special Olympics bowler, said Bowlerama played a vital role when the former Stryx Bowling Centre in Grimsby closed down in 2010. At that time, the Grimsby Special Olympics five-pin team moved to Bowlerama Stoney Creek for practices.

Coon is part of a Facebook group called Save Bowlerama Stoney Creek.

Coon, who has a form of autism, decided to sign up for 10-pin bowling at Bowlerama.

“As a Caistor Centre resident, Bowlerama is only 20 minutes away from where we live,” he wrote in an email. “After hearing about the fact Bowlerama is going to close, the question is: where else in the Niagara Region can we find a venue for both five and 10-pin?”

Recent online reviews paint Bowlerama in a favourable light.

“Cute old style bowling alley. Many people say it’s outdated but it just adds to the charm. The staff are friendly and really take care of the facility. Very clean. We enjoyed Bowlerama as much now as we did when we went as kids!” Kelly Bingham wrote in a March review.

“Lots of space and cool glow in the dark settings. Great for family outings or just friends getting together,” Samantha Lyons wrote in December.

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by thomax

Four buildings, and a huge chunk of land in Old Downtown Stoney Creek is up for sale. The site is zoned for a 6-8 storey mixed use building....

realtor.ca - 23 KING Street East , Stoney Creek - $2,200,000 



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urgh.. I grew up in stoney creek.. I always loved this area because it never changed.. I hope they don't tear these down to build more retirement homes..

[thmx]

Stoney Creek United Church explores plan to downsize, put in affordable housing

Jul 04, 2017 | by Laura Lennie



Stoney Creek United Church hopes to address changing times and assist young families.

The church is looking to replace its building with a smaller one and add affordable housing to the site through a partnership with Hamilton East Kiwanis Non-Profit Homes Inc.

Council chair Doug Caldwell says the church’s “nest is emptier than it was.”

“We don’t have the capacity and resources to maintain such a large building,” he said. “This would enable us to remain in the community and take care of our neighbours in the process.”

Stoney Creek United Church – originally a Methodist church – became one of the first united churches in Canada in 1925 at 1 King St. W.

Caldwell, who’s been a member for 17 years, said he doesn’t know how many parishioners attended the church in the early days, but 400 people were going to its services in the 1960s.

That doesn’t happen anymore at Stoney Creek United or most protestant churches, he said.

“Before I became a member here, I was at other united churches and I believe numbers began to drop in the 70s and that trend has continued on,” Caldwell said. “The church is seen by many as exclusive, judgmental, privileged. It’s seen as a lot of things that it hasn’t anymore.”

Stoney Creek United has about 150 to 200 parishioners today.

It also needs an estimated $400,000 in repairs.

Caldwell said to compensate for lower attendance and increasing maintenance costs, the church had two choices: sell and relocate or downsize.

“Our members want to stay in the community and they know downsizing is the only thing we can do,” he said, adding they also “overwhelmingly” support adding affordable housing to the site. “Housing is critical – it’s the No. 1 thing for people at the bottom and it’s also the No. 1 thing for people in the middle. We’re here to help in any way we can.”

Hamilton East Kiwanis Non-Profit Homes Inc. executive director Brian Sibley said the church and Kiwanis have a mission in terms of the people they want to serve.

“The reason it works is because we’re looking at affordable housing for families – that’s who we are – and it’s one of the biggest needs in the community,” he said. “We know that we have the assets to build and incorporate the church’s part of it, and what they bring to table is the land.”

Sibley said Kiwanis already has acquired the services of a developer.

The next step is a feasibility study, followed by a rezoning application and the site plan process, he said.

“The rezoning will take a while – I would assume a year – so we’re probably talking 2020 before we would be ready to open the door,” Sibley said. “The current building would need to be demolished and then we’d be looking at maybe a six or seven-storey building with a number of family units in it. The church would have a portion of that building – probably integrated within the building – it would be a church space and community space.”

Caldwell said he’s hopeful the city will approve the zoning change, so the church can move forward with the plan.

“It’s really up to council, whether we’re able to do this,” he said. “I think council certainly believes in affordable housing and I think unless there’s some sort of huge groundswell of opposition stronger than the notion that people need a place to live, than we have an obligation to help our neighbours. I have a lot of trouble thinking of anything stronger than that, but what will be will be.”

[ScreamingViking]

It's always seemed a shame to me that the front of the original church was covered over by that earlier addition. Hopefully the older part can be incorporated somehow into the new build, and the addition gets taken down.

[thmx]

Originally Posted by thomax

Four buildings, and a huge chunk of land in Old Downtown Stoney Creek is up for sale. The site is zoned for a 6-8 storey mixed use building....

realtor.ca - 23 KING Street East , Stoney Creek - $2,200,000 



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The buildings sold, story here ---> hamiltonnews.com/news-story/8967133-britannia-cleaners-quietly-spins-last-clothes-cycle

[Berklon]

Originally Posted by thomax

The buildings sold, story here ---> hamiltonnews.com/news-story/8967133-britannia-cleaners-quietly-spins-last-clothes-cycle

Ripe for a condo... which will be about a block away from another condo that's going to go up. Old downtown Stoney Creek really is a great area - you get the feel of a small town while having the amenities of a larger city 3 minutes away.

[thistleclub]

Stoney Creek dump expansion eyes even bigger volume
(Stoney Creek News, Richard Leitner, Apr 27 2017)

The proposed expansion of the Taro industrial dump just got potentially bigger.

A city review of six new options put forward by owner Terrapure Environmental in February concludes three of them will increase the upper Stoney Creek site’s overall capacity to 12 million cubic metres by keeping an area for clean fill as is.

That’s up from 10 million in two original options last summer that sought to put waste in the clean-fill area, created when former owner Newalta Corp. got approval in 2013 to raise the site’s height by a third in return for shrinking its waste footprint.

Taro’s existing waste limit is 6.32 million cubic metres and the other three options are consistent with the original ones, earmarking the clean-fill area’s estimated two million cubic metres of capacity for waste.

Doug Conley, the area’s councillor, said Terrapure’s proposals to both keep the clean-fill area and boost the dump’s waste capacity came as “a complete surprise,” especially since the company has repeatedly insisted there’s no market for clean fill.

He said he’s worried the company will use the same argument to place waste in the clean-fill area by Green Mountain Road if it gets approval for an overall capacity of 12 million cubic metres.


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[thmx]

New sign up in front of Bowlerama...

"LIFE STYLED CONDOS, COMING SOON FROM THE $300's, branthaven.com/condos"


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[king10]

Pretty sure the South East parking lot at Eastgate was City of Stoney Creek. As is Centennial South of Queenston. It was a weird boundary as along Barton, Grays acts as the dividing line.

So a small part of this plan is in the original Stoney Creek.

[Rg2016]

https://imgur.com/a/s0kcjtq

What is this development? The crane is huge I'm guessing its a 5 story office building? I went there yesterday and saw 2 cranes but forgot to take a pic

[thmx]

Originally Posted by Rg2016

https://imgur.com/a/s0kcjtq

What is this development? The crane is huge I'm guessing its a 5 story office building? I went there yesterday and saw 2 cranes but forgot to take a pic

A development application from last year says it’s a 5-storey residential care facility with 181 units for both independant and assisted living.

[king10]

of course a NIMBY association is against a mixed use 6 to 8 story development with ground floor commercial. They'd rather have 4 boarded up buildings.

[thistleclub]

Hamilton seeking input on plan to bring 80,000 people and jobs to Elfrida
(Stoney Creek News, Mike Pearson, Nov 2 2018)

The City of Hamilton is once again seeking public input on a contentious plan to bring 80,000 people and jobs to Elfrida.

The Elfrida growth area study covers roughly 1,250 hectares of mostly rural land, south and east of the corner of Rymal Road East and Upper Centennial Parkway.

Hamilton is holding a series of public meetings this month to discuss future communities, including Elfrida, which could be transformed into a community the size of Peterborough over the next three decades.

Elfrida has been identified as the preferred site for growth that cannot be accommodated within Hamilton’s current urban area.

Hamilton planning staff has estimated the city’s population will be 680,000 by 2031, with Elfrida taking on a significant portion of that growth.


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