Dear Editor,

[RE: Plans to prepare 91Ô­´´ City for SkyTrain to be presented to virtual public hearing, June 10, 91Ô­´´ Advance Times]

The [changes] for City of 91Ô­´´ will allow ground-oriented development along the 200th and 208th Streets’ transit corridors south of the Nicomekl River.

Notice of Public Hearing – New Official Community Plan & Nicomekl River District Neighbourhood Plan

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This affects more than 500 homes, not only on 200th and 208th Streets, but also on nearby streets and cul-de-sacs.

Speculators and developers will start buying up these properties for future development, renting them out until they can assemble enough houses in a row to tear down for new townhouse developments.

RELATED: New Official Community Plan charts a potential future for 91Ô­´´ City

However, the land assembly process can take 10 to 20 years.

In the meantime, neighbourhoods become full of run-down rental properties owned by speculator landlords who try to minimize their costs and maximize their profits.

Land assembly for multi-lot townhouse development causes long-term pain for neighbourhoods long before revitalization finally occurs.

A much better option is to only allow single-lot development – which involves building duplexes, triplexes, or single-family homes with a rental suite.

Single-lot development leads to quicker neighbourhood revitalization and a healthier way for the community to develop.

City of 91Ô­´´ residents need to give City council this message at the June 28 g.

Anne Lavack, 91Ô­´´ City

EDITOR’S NOTE: Anne Lavack has started a petition through , striving to get 100 signature of residents agreeing with her idea of banning multi-lot development sout of the Nicomekl River. As of Sunday, June 27, there were 63.

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