CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

DISPOSITION OF REPORTS TO THE JOINT PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING

23, 24 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 1996

NOTES: 1. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation.

2. Reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 23 October 1996 in Joint Planning and Environment and Transportation Committee Report Number 1 (unless otherwise noted).

1. REGIONAL PLAN REVIEW:

PROPOSED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

1. That Planning and Environment Committee and Transportation Committee recommend that Council endorse the Regional Development Strategy Principles set out in Table 1, as amended by the following, as the basis for detailed policies in the new Regional Official Plan and the Transportation and Water and Wastewater Master Plans.

a) Principle 1 under Land Use and Development be amended by adding "inside and outside the Greenbelt".

b) Principle 3 under Land Use and Development be amended to read "Encourage the increase of new dwelling units inside the Greenbelt,.......".

c) The following be added to Table 1, under Land Use and Development: 3b) The following targets for the Regional Development Strategy, for the years 1996 - 2021, be used in the drafting of the new Regional Official Plan:


                    INCREASE IN UNITS       INCREASE IN       

                                             POPULATION       



   Urban (inside                                              

    Greenbelt)       60,000 to 72,000     64,000 to 84,000    



  Urban (outside                                              

    Greenbelt)            64,000              168,000         



       Rural                                                  

                          15,000               30,600

based on phasing according to the principles outlined in the Regional Development Strategy; and, 3c)That every 5 years, development inside and outside the Greenbelt be reviewed and adjusted if necessary.

d) Principle 9 under Land Use and Development be amended by inserting "opportunities" after "high employment growth".

e) A new Principle be added to Table 1 (between Principles 10 and 11) under Land Use and Development:

"Support preservation of presently designated greenspace in and inside the Greenbelt."

f) Principle 11 under Land Use and Development be amended by adding "by developing a strategy which includes associated targets, standards and indicators in support of this greenspace and natural environment infrastructure and implement plans to preserve and enhance it."

g) Add to Table 1, under Land Use and Development

"14. Maintain the characteristics and ensure the integrity of established communities through compatible and complementary development."

h) Add to Table 1, under Land Use and Development

15. Potential Sites for Residential Intensification should be included in the Draft Regional Official Plan to show land identified for possible residential intensification and the suggested unit densities for each within a reasonable range of possibilities.

i) Principle 3 under Economic Development be amended to read:

"Recognise that the cost of municipal services/infrastructure affects economic development competitiveness and work to ensure that the cost of the Region's municipal services/ infrastructure are competitive with those of comparable metropolitan areas.

j) Principle 4 under Economic Development be amended to read:

"Encourage alternative development standards and pilot projects for new technologies in order to minimize costs;"

k) Principle 1 under Water and Wastewater be amended by adding "the amount and" after the words "over time".

l) Principle 4 under Water and Wastewater be strengthened by adding "and reducing per capita consumption".

m) Principle 7 under Water and Wastewater be amended to read: "Reserve sufficient sewer and water servicing capacity to vacant employment lands to allow for at least 1,000 jobs in employment areas in each major suburban centre and at selected locations inside the Greenbelt.

n) Principle 2d) under Transportation be amended to read: "Work trips to/from extensive employment areas by improving service".

o) A new Principle 9 be added under Transportation: "For the purposes of determining road capacity, the future requirement for new and upgraded roads, and the allocation of costs to the most appropriate source of future road usage, local roads such as Hawthorne Road, which provide substantive links to the growth areas, be included in modelling for the Regional Development Strategy and associated phasing recommendations."

p) Principle 1 under Financial be amended to read: "Prioritize servicing of areas based on minimizing all Regional and Local costs.....".

q) Principle 2 under Financial be amended to read: "Encourage residential growth in areas which are most cost-effective to service, and discourage residential growth in more costly areas."

2. That Regional staff be directed to make available the information which substantiates the need and justification for all of the transportation facilities included in the proposed Regional Development Strategy.

3. That Transportation staff and the consultants involved bring back a report on the Lytle Avenue option within the various alternatives being considered in relation to the southerly portion of the Eagleson Road Screenline to determine whether or not that option should continue to receive consideration within the Transportation Master Plan and that this report be placed on a Transportation Committee agenda for consideration within the next six to eight weeks.

4. That staff be directed to employ Dillon Engineering (the Region's Transportation Mater Plan Consultants) to perform a Select Link Analysis (SLA) on the proposed transportation network in order to more accurately allocate transportation costs;

And be it further resolved that the results be reported back to both the Transportation and the Planning and Environment Committees for consideration prior to Council's deliberation of the Development Strategy Principles.

5. That the following motion be tabled until the SLA study is completed and the results reported back to Transportation and Planning and Environment Committees for their consideration:

"That Leitrim be included in Phase I, subject to: 1) confirmation of existing transportation capacities using the Select Link Analysis; and 2) allowing the developer(s) to front-end the sewer and water services to Leitrim.

CARRIED

2. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY:
MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL IMPACT UPDATE

That this report be received by the Planning & Environment and Transportation Committees as information provided as context for the consideration of the joint report from the Planning & Development Approvals and Environment & Transportation Departments entitled "Regional Plan Review: Proposed Regional Development Strategy".

RECEIVED