Notice of Opposition to Liquor License for Circa, 126 John St ­ AGCO File No 807407

DIRECTORS:

WE CORRECTED THE TOTAL LICENSED CAPACITY TO 88,000, from 8800. (Our apologies for inconvenience)
CAN YOU PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR OWNERS/TENANTS TO FILE A NOTICE OF OBJECTION , OUR MEMBER LIST DOES NOT REACH ALL RESIDENTS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE CONDOMINIUMS.
THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW – FRIDAY, SEPT 8/06 at MIDNIGHT.

KSRA, with the support of Councillor Martin Silva and the City of Toronto legal department intends to vigourously oppose this license application. The Councillor will ask City Council to approve a letter stating the City’s opposition to this license as well. The Councillor’s office is confident that Council will agree. We do expect that 52 Division will want to participate as they have done at prior hearings.

It would be very helpful if our community could muster a large number of opposition notices – several hundreds rather than the several dozens we have submitted in the past. There are early signs of positive changes occurring at the AGCO, massive opposition from our entire community, coming on the heels of The Docks decision will send a strong and useful signal.

We would ask that our members pass this email to any and all neighbours and acquaintances who live in King-Spadina. (KSRA Directors, please re-distribute this email through your internal email systems.)

Below, you will find a draft notice for copying or to use as a basis for your own message.

Deadline for submissions: Sept 8, 2006

Address your email to: licensing@agco.on.ca

Please copy your email to: support@king-spadina.com

You will receive several standard responses from the AGCO:

the first will acknowledge your notice and advise that the Board is thinking about what to do!
the second will advise a hearing date, most likely some 60 to 90 days after the deadline
attendance at the hearing is not mandatory, it is purely voluntary on your part
KSRA has an experienced team for the actual hearing, but you are certainly welcome to address the Board or simply attend as an observer.

Thank You
KSRA Communications Centre
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Subject: Notice of Opposition to Liquor License for Circa, 126 John St – AGCO File No 807407

I object to the issuance of a Liquor License to Circa, 126 John St, Toronto, for the reason that it is not in the public interest of the community surrounding that location.

As a resident in this community I base my opposition on the knowledge that currently there are licenses issued to:

83 night clubs (excluding Circa), having a total capacity of approximately 50,000 persons, and
144 restaurants, bars and bistros, having a total capacity of approximately 38,000 persons.

A total licensed capacity of approximately 88,000 persons, excluding several large licensed hotel convention/banquet areas, in an area that is slightly less than 1 square km, can reasonably be considered as significant over-concentration.

This applicant, Circa, by itself represents:

a 5.8% increase in licensed night club capacity, and
a 3.3% increase in total licensed capacity.

It should be obvious that there is no need for additional licensed capacity in this community and as a resident I can categorically state that I do not wish the AGCO to issue permits for any further licensed capacity until such time that it can be shown that this community is approaching an under-served condition.

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