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The future of Fairview Island, located in the south-eastern part of Huntsville, which includes a small area of Lake of Bays, is causing a lot of anxiety among surrounding property owners.<\/p>\n

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Bill and Geordie Konrad, two young brothers and the principals behind a conditional offer to purchase the 20 acre island, listed<\/a> at just under $4 million, held the last of two public meetings at the Active Living Centre last Saturday, to share their vision for the island.<\/p>\n

The two brothers told those present that they\u2019ve been cottaging in northern Ontario from a young age. While in university, they started a technology consulting business<\/a> with one other partner and have since grown to about 200 employees in various locations including Vancouver, Toronto and New York. The brothers told those gathered that their primary focus would be to turn the island into a family compound, while also offering it up to their own employees from time to time as a bonus or incentive. They also indicated that they would rent it out, on an invitation basis, to corporate clients interested in using the island as a business retreat.<\/p>\n

The bothers assured those present that there would be no hotel, no resort, no booking agent \u2013 just the ability to rent it out to a small group of people on a corporate basis for things like leadership retreats. \u201cIt is not open to the public as a place for the public to book,\u201d added Gordie Konrad.<\/p>\n

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Fairview Island marked in purple on a District of Muskoka map.<\/p><\/div>\n

As far as access to the island goes, he said the primary access would be through surrounding commercial marinas. There are a couple of properties on Nithgrove Road, which fall under the planning purview of the Township of Lake of Bays, that come with the sale of the island. \u201cAs far as those properties, the only intention is that we would use those exclusively for our families, not for anyone else other than for our families. We\u2019re not going to try to rezone or change those\u2026 there will be no change from the way they are currently being used,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Here is what they\u2019re proposing and what is there now, according to a report<\/a> compiled by their planner:<\/p>\n

\"\"In order to proceed with their plan, the proponents will be looking for an Official Plan and zoning amendment, designating the lands as a Special Policy Area and rezoning the lands from Shoreline Residential Four to an Institutional Camp zone, which according to their planner, Marie Poirier, best meets the intent of what the applicants are proposing. But that didn\u2019t sit well with most of the residents in attendance, concerned that rezoning the property could open the flood gates for future commercialization of the island.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s as low key as you say, why wouldn\u2019t you just drop the zoning change and just put some cottages on the island?” asked one of those present. \u201cThis really draws into question what your long-term plans are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordie Konrad responded that while they are not planners and they\u2019d rather not have to go through a lengthy rezoning application, he said the challenge with the residential zone is that they would not be able to have the number of buildings that they\u2019re proposing. \u201cSo scale it back. I mean that\u2019s not a small family compound,\u201d said the resident, while another added: \u201cYou could do all the heavy lifting, be there for three years and say, \u2018hey look because we rezoned it we could sell it to someone who wants a new Bigwin.\u2019 We\u2019re in it for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poirier intervened by telling those present that any changes to the proposed site plan would solicit a public meeting and further planning approvals. \u201cThe zoning that will be attached to this island is extremely specific; it\u2019s one use and one use only and any change in that use would require another public process,\u201d she said, adding that it was once used as an institutional camp known as Campus in the Woods, attended by hundreds of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a religious retreat with a volunteer staff,\u201d said one of those present. \u201cYeah, not with multiple giant docks, they were very low-key; they were going to get back to nature. They weren\u2019t getting huge buildings and developments\u2026,\u201d shot back another.<\/p>\n

Both the proponents and their planner reiterated that the OP amendment would have to concur with the site plan being proposed and noted that there is an existing managed forest plan on the island that they intend to continue under.<\/p>\n

Tracy Campbell, a full time resident on Lake of Bays, spoke to Doppler after the meeting and said she is still concerned about what\u2019s being proposed for the island. \u201cI\u2019ve been on the lake 40 years and I have never even seen a light on the island and they say there\u2019s going to be no change to the view, no change to the natural environment.\u201d She said she does not want to see the zoning changed. She is concerned about added noise and light pollution and more boat traffic. \u201cWe get so much boat traffic right now because we\u2019re on a point, that we won\u2019t even swim off the front of our dock. We swim off the side of our dock because boats whip by so often.\u201d She said she is also concerned about people coming up on weekends who do not have an attachment to the lake.<\/p>\n

In terms of those who would argue that if the zoning were to remain residential and developer could still go in and sever the island into seven or eight lots with development rights on each, she said the attachment would be different. \u201cMy concern is just having a lot of people on weekends that don\u2019t care about the lake. Whereas if they subdivide it, there\u2019d be eight families and I think they\u2019d be very committed to the natural environment and to the local cottagers and making relationships. These 40, 50 people they\u2019re having on weekends are not going to be making relationships, they\u2019re not going to be part of LOBA (Lake of Bays Association).\u201d<\/p>\n

Lake of Bays Deputy Mayor Nancy Tapley said issues related to access will fall under the planning purview of the Township, while the planning approvals for the island will fall under the jurisdiction of the Town of Huntsville. She said the plans have not made their way to their respective municipalities yet, but both will need to work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are development rights. The people are saying they don\u2019t want the island developed. The short and nasty answer to that is if you don\u2019t want to see a piece of property developed, you get together, you buy it and you put it into conservation,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat they\u2019re proposing here is eight buildings but they are proposing it as a communal corporate retreat and everyone then jumps up and down because they\u2019re worried that in the future, you\u2019re going to see some huge commercial development on there, but you are very limited by septic (capacity),\u201d she added. \u201cYou\u2019re not on sewers, you\u2019re not on water \u2013 it\u2019s the reason that Grandview and Deerhurst can develop because they are on sewers, but if you\u2019re not, then there\u2019s a huge restriction right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of rezoning the island, Tapley said the proponents have openly indicated that they\u2019re planning to rent the buildings on the island, which means you can\u2019t legally do that while calling yourself a residential property. She also noted that there is much more restriction on commercial zonings. \u201cYou can lock down a lot more on what can be done in commercial. I know people are concerned, they\u2019re always concerned, but they\u2019re talking about things that are beyond anyone\u2019s control. They\u2019re saying \u2018we don\u2019t want to see big boats, we don\u2019t want to see people water skiing there because we\u2019re used to it being quiet.\u2019 Well, if it was sold to seven individual units, you don\u2019t know what they\u2019re going to want to do with boats. So there are things that as a private cottage you\u2019d have less control over.\u201d<\/p>\n

The applications were scheduled to be brought to a public meeting at Huntsville\u2019s Planning Committee on June 14, but the applicant has since asked that they be deferred. You can find a site plan diagram of what’s being proposed here<\/a> and the Town’s notice of application here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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