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PETITION AND LEGAL ACTION TAKEN TO MOVE COMMUNITY GARDEN
The city then decided to move the garden to Patricia Charron Park where there is also a GSFRVFOUMZVTFETPDDFSàFME “Soccer is once per week and for an hour at maximum,” Mancinelli said. “I also purchased the house knowing full well there XBTBTPDDFSàFME5IFHBSEFOJTFWFSZEBZ all day.” Signatories of the petition are also taking issue with the fact the city relocated the garden without public consultation, though PODFHJWFOUIFHPBIFBEUPàOEBQMBDFGPS the garden, the city was not required to consult council again, according to the city. The garden’s construction raised the ire of many neighbours backing onto the public park, causing confrontations between the gardeners and residents. According to sources at the city, one neighbour has since been restricted from entering the park fol- lowing an altercation with people tending to the community garden. After what she said was several attempts to contact the city to no avail, Mancinelli hopes the legal action will make the city pay attention. 8IFOSFBDIFEGPSDPNNFOU .BZPS.BSJP Zanth said he is unable to address the mat- ter, nor comment on the petition, given the legal action being taken against the city. Similarly, Rockland Community Garden organizers referred all questions to the city.
JOSEPH COPPOLINO joseph.coppolino@eap.on.ca
Residents in the neighbourhood of Patricia Charron Park are petitioning and taking legal action against the City to move the recently opened community garden, claiming the shared gardening boxes pose a “nuisance” and are caus- ing a “diminution of property values.” A petition submitted by Melissa Mancinelli and signed by nearly 100 people in the area of the park on Patricia Street and as far away as St. Jacques Street, submitted to the city on July 16, is asking Clarence-Rockland to remove the garden from their neighbour- hood. At the same time, a letter was sent by Mancinelli’s legal representative making similar claims. Mancinelli said the community garden is causing illegal parking along Patricia Street and a loss of privacy for those whose backyards back on to Patricia Charron Park. She also claims people “stare” through her fence, speak loudly, and the space has become a “dumping groud” for tools and dirt. “It encroaches on my backyard and my side yard. They have enclosed us into the garden area using our fences as their bar- rier,” added Mancinelli. “I have to draw my curtains and can no longer enjoy the comfort
Le nouveau jardin communautaire du parc Patricia Charron ne fait pas l’unanimité. Les résidents de la zone du parc ont signé une pétition affirmant que le jardin cause une nuisance et fait baisser la valeur de leur propriété. - photo d’archive
of my home.” She and the signatories are requesting the City to “move the community garden im- mediately to a new location or to its original location in Morris Village.” 8IFOJUXBTàSTUBQQSPWFECZUIFDPVODJM
UIFDJUZBENJOJTUSBUJPOXBTUBTLFEXJUIàOE ing a suitable location. First slated for Alain- Potvin Park along Docteur Corbeil Boulevard, a review of the property and in consideration of the construction along St. Jean Street, the city deemed it an inappropriate location.
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