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I 1 CITY HALL p. O. BOX 400 COLLIER STREET BARRIE, ONTARIO M a r c h 3 0 , 1 9 6 7 The Board of Governors College of Applied Arts and Technology District 15 T o r o n t o , O n t a r i o Gentlemen: T h e d e c i s i o n t o e s t a b l i s h a c o l l e g e o f A p p l i e d A r t s a n d Technology to serve the Georgian Bay region has been received with great satisfaction by the citizens and business community o f B a r r i e , a s i t s e s t a b l i s h m e n t w i l l fi l l a l o n g - f e l t n e e d f o r advanced educational facilities in the Georgian Bay area. Needless to say, the location of the college is of prime concern to our residents, and we should like to bring to your attention a number of compelling reasons why it should be built in or adjacent to t h e C i t y o f B a r r i e . In order to have access to the necessary municipal services and adequate housing and shopping facilities for the staff, it would seem only reasonable that it should be located in or near one of the larger centers in the region, presumably Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Collingwood or Owen Sound. Barrie's geographic location i s c e n t r a l t o m o s t o f t h e s e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a s w e l l a s n u m e r o u s smaller ones, and the network of numerous major highways converging on Barrie make it easily accessible from all parts of the region. Both of these factors may be readily verified by reference to the attached map of the Georgian Bay region prepared by the Ontario Department of Economics and Development. (Exhibit A) To minimize the dormitory requirements of the college, it is imperative that a large portion of the potential student body lives within easy commuting distance. The following comparative statistics clearly indicate the superiority of a Barrie location from this aspect: Populati on wi thi n 30-mi1e radius Percentage to population of Georgian Bay Region Barrie Orillia Midland Col 1i ngwood Owen Sound 212,489 139,365 116,897 115 ,679 72,312 64.6 4 2 . 3 35.5 35.1 2 1 . 9 "BEAUTIFUL BARRIE ONTARIO'S MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY"

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C O L L I E R S T R E E T B A R R I E , O N T A R I O

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T h e B o a r d o f G o v e r n o r sC o l l e g e o f A p p l i e d A r t s a n d Te c h n o l o g yD i s t r i c t 1 5T o r o n t o , O n t a r i o

G e n t l e m e n :

T h e d e c i s i o n t o e s t a b l i s h a c o l l e g e o f A p p l i e d A r t s a n dTechnology to serve the Georgian Bay region has been receivedwi th great sat is fact ion by the c i t izens and bus iness communi tyo f B a r r i e , a s i t s e s t a b l i s h m e n t w i l l fi l l a l o n g - f e l t n e e d f o ra d v a n c e d e d u c a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s i n t h e G e o r g i a n B a y a r e a . N e e d l e s st o s a y , t h e l o c a t i o n o f t h e c o l l e g e i s o f p r i m e c o n c e r n t o o u rresidents, and we should l ike to br ing to your at tent ion a numberof compel l ing reasons why i t should be bui l t in or adjacent tot h e C i t y o f B a r r i e .

I n o r d e r t o h a v e a c c e s s t o t h e n e c e s s a r y m u n i c i p a l s e r v i c e sand adequa te hous ing and shopp ing fac i l i t i es fo r the s ta f f , i tw o u l d s e e m o n l y r e a s o n a b l e t h a t i t s h o u l d b e l o c a t e d i n o r n e a rone o f t he l a rge r cen te rs i n the reg ion , p resumab ly Bar r i e , Or i l l i a ,Mid land, Col l ingwood or Owen Sound. Barr ie 's geographic locat ioni s c e n t r a l t o m o s t o f t h e s e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a s w e l l a s n u m e r o u ssmaller ones, and the network of numerous major highways convergingon Barr ie make i t eas i ly access ib le f rom a l l par ts o f the reg ion.Both of these factors may be readi ly ver ified by reference to theattached map of the Georgian Bay region prepared by the OntarioDepartment of Economics and Development. (Exhibit A)

To m i n i m i z e t h e d o r m i t o r y r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e c o l l e g e , i t i simperative that a large portion of the potential student body liveswithin easy commuting distance. The following comparative statisticsc l e a r l y i n d i c a t e t h e s u p e r i o r i t y o f a B a r r i e l o c a t i o n f r o m t h i sa s p e c t :

Populati on wi thi n3 0 - m i 1 e r a d i u s

P e r c e n t a g e t op o p u l a t i o n o f

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B a r r i eO r i l l i aM i d l a n dCol 1i ngwoodO w e n S o u n d

2 1 2 , 4 8 91 3 9 , 3 6 51 1 6 , 8 9 711 5 , 6 7 9

7 2 , 3 1 2

6 4 . 64 2 . 33 5 . 53 5 . 12 1 . 9

" B E A U T I F U L B A R R I E O N T A R I O ' S M O S T P R O G R E S S I V E C I T Y "

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T h e r e a r e t w o i d e a l s i t e s , b o t h w i t h i n t h e c i t y l i m i t s , w h i c ha r e i n d i c a t e d o n t h e c i t y m a p ( e x h i b i t B ) a n d c o u l d b e m a d e a v a i la b l e f o r t h i s p u r p o s e .

1 ) T h i s s i t e c o m p r i s e s 4 0 a c r e s w i t h e x p o s u r e t o d u a l h i g h w a y 4 0 0 ,a n d m u n i c i p a l s e w e r a n d w a t e r s e r v i c e s a r e t o t h e b o u n d a r y o ft h e p r o p e r t y . A n a d d i t i o n a l 4 0 a c r e s a d j o i n i n g t h i s p r o p e r t yc o u l d a l s o b e a c q u i r e d i f n e c e s s a r y f o r f u t u r e e x p a n s i o n . W i t ht h e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e p l a n n e d c l o v e r l e a f a t h i g h w a y 4 0 0 a n dD u c k w o r t h S t r e e t , t h i s w i l l b e e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e t o a l l s t u d e n t sc o m i n g f r o m o u t o f t o w n .

2 ) T h i s s i t e o f 7 9 a c r e s i s p r e s e n t l y u s e d a s a g o l f c o u r s e , b u tt h i s u s e w i l l b e d i s c o n t i n u e d u p o n c o m p l e t i o n o f a n e w l a r g e rc o u r s e n o w i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t s t a g e . T h e r o l l i n g c o u n t r y s i d eo f t h i s s i t e w o u l d p r o v i d e a b e a u t i f u l s e t t i n g f o r t h e c o l l e g e ;a n d h e r e a g a i n , m u n i c i p a l s e w e r a n d w a t e r s e r v i c e s a r e r e a d i l ya v a i l a b l e .

I t i s r e c o g n i z e d t h a t t h e n e w c o l l e g e m u s t b e h o u s e d i n t e m p o r a r yq u a r t e r s d u r i n g t h e fi r s t y e a r s o f i t s o p e r a t i o n . I n m a n y c a s e s i th a s b e e n p r o p o s e d t h a t e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g s b e c o n v e r t e d f o r s c h o o lu s e . T h i s , i n a l m o s t e v e r y i n s t a n c e , m u s t b e c o n s i d e r e d t o b ei m p r a c t i c a l f r o m b o t h a fi n a n c i a l a n d a n e d u c a t i o n a l p o i n t o f v i e w .F i n a n c i a l l y , i t i s a p p a r e n t t h a t r e n o v a t i o n s a r e c o s t l y a n d i n e f fi c i e n te d u c a t i o n a l l y , r e n o v a t e d q u a r t e r s a r e s e l d o m c o n d u c i v e t o a t t r a c t i n ge i t h e r s t a f f o r s t u d e n t s .

T h e B a r r i e C o m m i t t e e w i s h e s t o p r e s e n t t w o a l t e r n a t i v e s f o ry o u r c o n s i d e r a t i o n a s t e m p o r a r y a c c o m m o d a t i o n .

1 ) B a r r i e D i s t r i c t ' s n e w E a s t v i e w S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l i s b u i l t o n1 3 % a c r e s o f o p e n l a n d i n t h e n o r t h e a s t s e c t i o n o f t h e c i t y.I m m e d i a t e l y t o t h e e a s t o f t h i s s i t e , a n a d d i t i o n a l 8 a c r e sh a s b e e n r e s e r v e d a s p a r k a r e a , t o b e e v e n t u a l l y d e v e l o p e di n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e s c h o o l . T h i s w o u l d m a k e a n i d e a l s i t ef o r p o r t a b l e c l a s s r o o m s w h i c h c o u l d b e p r o v i d e d w i t h c o m p l e t efl e x i b i l i t y o f s t u d e n t c a p a c i t y , d e s i g n a n d t e a c h i n g p u r p o s e vI n t h i s w a y a c o m p l e t e s e p a r a t i o n o f s t u d e n t g r o u p s c a n b em a i n t a i n e d .

Separa te en t rances f rom a paved ta rmac p rov ide access to a comp l e t e l y e q u i p p e d c a f e t e r i a a n d s t a f f l u n c h r o o m , w h i c h c o u l d b er e s e r v e d f o r c o l l e g e u s e a t s p e c i fi c t i m e s . A s e c t i o n o f t h el a r g e l i b r a r y a n d a n a d j o i n i n g s e m i n a r r o o m c a n b e r e a c h e dd i r e c t l y f r o m t h e e x t e r i o r , a n d c o u l d b e r e s e r v e d c o m p l e t e l yf o r t h e u s e o f t h e c o l l e g e . T h e s h o p a r e a s o f t h i s s c h o o l h a v eb e e n e s t a b l i s h e d a n d e q u i p p e d p r i m a r i l y f o r t h e t e c h n o l o g y o ft h e fi v e - y e a r p r o g r a m s . E a c h o f t h e s h o p s h a s d i r e c t a c c e s sto the p roposed s i te by ou ts ide doors . Fac i l i t i es wou ld bea v a i l a b l e f o r i n s t r u c t i o n i n a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g y i n i n d u s t r i a lp h y s i c s , i n d u s t r i a l e l e c t r o n i c s , m a c h i n e t e c h n o l o g y, a n d m e c h a n ic a l a n d a r c h i t e c t u r a l d r a f t i n g . T h e s e t e c h n o l o g y l a b s c o u l d b e

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m a d e a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e e x c l u s i v e u s e o f t h e c o l l e g e i n b l o c k s* o f t i m e e a c h a f t e r n o o n a n d e v e n i n g . E a s t v i e w w i l l b e p r o v i d e d

w i t h d a t a p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t w h i c h c o u l d b e u s e d b y t h e c o l l e g ea t a p p o i n t e d t i m e s .

A p l a n o f t h e a r e a s w h i c h w o u l d b e p l a c e d a t t h e d i s p o s a l o f t h ec o l l e g e i s e m b o d i e d i n e x h i b i t s C , D a n d E . I t i s o u r c o n s i d e r e dop in ion tha t por tab le c lass rooms, supp lemented by the fac i l i t i esm e n t i o n e d a b o v e , w o u l d g i v e a n e x c e l l e n t s t a r t t o t h e n e w c o l l e g ef o r t h i s a r e a .

2 ) A s a n a l t e r n a t i v e t o t h e p r o p o s a l o u t l i n e d a b o v e , o u r C o m m u n i t yDeve lopment Company, wh ich i s composed o f a number o f pub l i c -s p i r i t e d b u s i n e s s m e n , w o u l d b e p r e p a r e d t o e r e c t a b u i l d i n g o fa p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 5 , 0 0 0 s q u a r e f e e t o n a 6 - a c r e s i t e a n d m a k e i ta v a i l a b l e o n a r e n t a l b a s i s w i t h a fi v e - y e a r l e a s e . T h i s f a c i l i t yc o u l d b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 0 d a y s f r o m a p p r o v a l d a t e .A s u g g e s t e d d e s i g n a n d s p e c i fi c a t i o n s f o r a s u i t a b l e b u i l d i n g a r ed e t a i l e d i n e x h i b i t s H , I a n d J .

O n t h e b a s i s p r o p o s e d t h e r e n t a l w o u l d b e 9 b t p e r s q u a r e f o o tper annum net. Municipal taxes would be a matter of negot iat ionb e t w e e n t h e c o l l e g e a n d c i t y o f fi c i a l s , b u t w e h a v e a s s u r a n c et h a t t h i s f a c t o r w i l l p r e s e n t n o p r o b l e m . I t w i l l b e n o t e d t h a tt h i s p r o p o s a l e n v i s a g e s h e a t i n g , l i g h t i n g , a n d i n t e r i o r p a r t it i o n s i n s t a l l e d b y t h e c o l l e g e a s l e a s e h o l d i m p r o v e m e n t s . T h eu s e o f p o r t a b l e p a r t i t i o n s p r o v i d e s fl e x i b i l i t y f o r c h a n g e sw h i c h m i g h t p r o v e t o b e d e s i r a b l e a f t e r e x p e r i e n c e .

A temporary locat ion on this basis, and for the term suggested,would provide the Board of Governors with ample time to designpermanent fac i l i t ies to meet long- term needs as d ic tated byexper ience. Moreover, the s ize o f the s i te wou ld permi t thea d d i t i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l a c c o m m o d a t i o n i n t h e f o r m o f p o r t a b l ec l a s s r o o m s i n t h e e v e n t t h a t e n r o l m e n t o f s t u d e n t s g r o w s m o r er a p i d l y t h a n i s n o w a n t i c i p a t e d .

B a r r i e i s t h e m a j o r i n d u s t r i a l c e n t r e i n t h e r e g i o n , a n d B a r r i e ' sm u n i c i p a l s e r v i c e s h a v e a l l b e e n d e s i g n e d a n d c o n s t r u c t e d w i t h s u r p l u sc a p a c i t y t o m e e t t h e d e m a n d s o f a n y e x p a n d i n g c i t y. C o n s e q u e n t l y,t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e c o l l e g e a n d t h e c o n c u r r e n t h o u s i n g d e v e l o p -m e n t t o m e e t t h e n e e d s o f t h e s t a f f w o u l d n o t i m p o s e a n y b u r d e n o ne x i s t i n g f a c i l i t i e s .

T h e l i s t o f e m p l o y e r s l o c a t e d i n B a r r i e a s d e t a i l e d i n e x h i b i t Ka n d o n p a g e 7 o f t h e e n c l o s e d b r o c h u r e r e fl e c t s t h e d i v e r s i t y o fi n d u s t r i a l o p e r a t i o n s b e i n g c a r r i e d o n i n t h i s c i t y . T h e s e o r g a n i z at i o n s a l l r e q u i r e a c o n s t a n t fl o w o f t r a i n e d t e c h n i c a l r e c r u i t s .

I n t h i s r e g a r d , d u r i n g t h e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s o u r l a b o u r f o r c eh a s g r o w n f r o m 7 , 1 5 7 t o 9 , 3 4 5 , a n a v e r a g e i n c r e a s e o f 7 3 0 . W e f u l l ya n t i c i p a t e t h a t t h i s i n d u s t r i a l e x p a n s i o n w i l l c o n t i n u e , t h u sa s s u r i n g e x c e l l e n t e m p l o y m e n t p r o s p e c t s f o r t h e s t u d e n t b o d y a f t e rg r a d u a t i o n .

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S o m e ■ c o n s i d e r a t i o n h a s a l r e a d y b e e n g i v e n t o t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e so f e v e n t u a l a f fi l i a t i o n w i t h a u n i v e r s i t y . I n v i e w o f i t s c l o s ep r o x i m i t y t o T o r o n t o , B a r r i e w o u l d b e t h e b e s t l o c a t i o n f o r t h ec o l l e g e t o e s t a t ) l i s h s u c h a r e l a t i o n s h i p . I n f a c t , a n u m b e r o ft h e f a c u l t y m e m b e r s o f Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y a l r e a d y c o m e t o B a r r i e t oa s s i s t w i t h v a r i o u s e v e n i n g c l a s s e s n o w b e i n g c o n d u c t e d h e r e .

T o s u m m a r i z e , w e s i n c e r e l y b e l i e v e t h a t B a r r i e ' s g e o g r a p h i cl o c a t i o n , p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y a n d i n d u s t r i a l c o m p l e x , m a k e i t t h ei d e a l c h o i c e a s a l o c a t i o n f o r t h i s n e w e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n .W e t h e r e f o r e s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d t h a t t h e B o a r d v i s i t o u r c i t y t oi n s p e c t o u r f a c i l i t i e s b e f o r e r e a c h i n g a d e c i s i o n . W e s h o u l dl i k e t o t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y o f e x t e n d i n g a c o r d i a l i n v i t a t i o nt o t h e B o a r d f o r a l u n c h e o n m e e t i n g a n d t o u r o f o u r c i t y a t t h ee a r l i e s t c o n v e n i e n t o p p o r t u n i t y .

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L I S T O F E X H I B I T S

A . M a p o f G e o r g i a n B a y r e g i o n

B . C i t y m a p s h o w i n g t w o s u g g e s t e d p e r m a n e n t l o c a t i o n s

C . O u t l i n e o f t o t a l E a s t v i e w C o l l e g i a t e

D . S h a r e d f a c i l i t i e s a t E a s t v i e w - w i t h s e p a r a t e o u t s i d ed o o r s f a c i n g t e m p o r a r y G e o r g i a n C o l l e g e l o c a t i o n

E . E a s t v i e w C o l l e g i a t e - 2 n d fl o o r

F. F o l d e r s h o w i n g p o r t a b l e c l a s s r o o m s

G . P r o p o s e d t e m p o r a r y l o c a t i o n

H . S p e c i fi c a t i o n s f o r b u i l d i n g r e n t a l f a c i l i t y

I . F l o o r p l a n

J . F r o n t a n d l e f t s i d e e l e v a t i o n

K , L i s t o f m a j o r e m p l o y e r s i n C i t y o f B a r r i e

L . B r o c h u r e o n C i t y o f B a r r i e