Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Buying it?


Is it a tactic that will prove see through, or did the city change the designation of Charlton-Lynwood Hall from a residential care facility to a comprehensive institution, after having gained a better understanding of its program offerings?

As highlighted in The Spec's coverage (see it here or purchase the print copy), some speculate that the change in approach is predicated on a belief that the city will lose an upcoming OMB hearing if they stuck to a radial separation by-law, as a rationale for not allowing the move to Augusta St..

City staff say that upon closer examination, they concluded the new designation to be more appropriate.

But Clr. Clark's not buying it and had raised concerns over this late in coming switch in rationale. See the full story here.

Do you think the city is being too crafty with the anticipation that a radial separation rationale will be weak, or do you accept that the new designation was made after considering further detail related to Lynwood's offerings. Are you buying it?

1 comment:

  1. I guess Clr Clark believes only social service operators can change tact in mid-stream, ie. Setting up shop with only day programming. Then later once established, bringing in overnight operations as a complementary operation to their day programming.

    Maybe we can just have Charlton Hall move to where the CEO's live (see his quote on 1way streets) and see how Clr Clark responds.

    BTW, day and night programming seems fairly comprehensive to me, no?

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