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NEC scheduling five more days of hearings on water-skiing events

September 22, 2016   ·   0 Comments

After the five days of scheduled hearings involving the Town of Mono, the Niagara Escarpment Commission and Caledon orthodontist Dr. Cliff Singer, no decision has been reached on appeals from a director’s order permitting up to four water-skiing events at a worked-out gravel pit over three years.

Dr. Singer applied two and a half years ago to have the right to host up to four waterskiing events on his property per year at his private lake near Mono Mills, but on Wednesday of last week the hearing officers decided they need five additional days of hearings in order to make a decision. Those days have not yet been scheduled.

At the hearings, Mono is seeking to have the events banned and Dr. Singer wants to have the three-year limit removed.

“I’m tired but I’ll see this thing through to the end. Whether I win or lose or something in between, at least I’ll feel good about myself,” said Dr. Singer. “I’m fighting for what I believe is right.”

Dr. Singer estimates this hearing, which could now last 10 days, will cost him close to $25,000 to host events that he will make no money from.

“I’m trying to be as reasonable and flexible as I can,” said Dr. Singer, who has been water-skiing on the property recreationally with his family since 2010. “I just don’t seem to be able to make everybody happy.”

In what was scheduled to be the last day of the hearing, discussions included defining special event permits and development permits, along with the right to sell food and beverages at the waterski events.

“I’ve been trying to compromise the best I can,” said Dr. Singer. “It’s a shame it had to come to this.”

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