- APPROVAL OF AGENDA
RECOMMENDATION PGMC-3-2022:
Resolution Number 2022-312
That the order of delegations listed on the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting be amended to deal with site specific requests first - Items 4.1, 4.5, 4.25, 4.31 and 4.32;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a draft letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and a motion regarding the adoption of the new Peel Official Plan – to be dealt with under Other Business – Item 7.2;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a delegation by Vicki Tran, Resident, regarding a request to reject the urban boundary expansion and concerns for the loss in local farmland, green spaces in peel and impacts on the environment, to be dealt under Delegations - Item 4.30;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a delegation by James Bujak, Executive Vice President, Sorbara Group of Companies regarding the peel 2051 regional Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review, to be dealt under Delegations - Item 4.31;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a delegation by Paul Lowes, Principal, SGL Planning and Design Inc., on behalf of the Wildfield Village Landowners Group, regarding the Peel 2051 Regional Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review, to be dealt under Delegations - Item 4.32;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a communication submitted by 78 individuals to reject the draft Peel 2051 - grow within the existing settlement boundary, to be dealt under Communications - Item 6.19;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a communication from Al Axworthy, Resident, Town of Caledon, regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review and a request to vote no to the proposed urban boundary expansion, to be dealt under Communications - Item 6.20;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a communication from Gail MacLennan, Resident, Town of Caledon, regarding a request to vote no to the proposed urban boundary expansion, to be dealt under Communications – Item 6.21;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting include a communication from Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Professor, Masters of Engineering and Public Policy Program and Douglas Markoff, Executive Director (retired), The Riverwood Conservancy, McMaster University, regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review, to be dealt under Communications - Item 6.22;
And further, that the agenda for the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting be approved, as amended.
Approved
- DELEGATIONS
4.1 Sarah Clark, Planner, Glen Schnarr and Associates, on behalf of the Owners of the Osprey Valley Golf Course
Regarding Comments on Peel 2051 Official Plan Review Environmental, Agricultural and Rural Policies and Draft Mapping as it Relates to the Osprey Valley Golf Course
Resolution Number 2022-313
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
4.5 Leo Longo, Solicitor, Aird and Berlis, on behalf of Orlando Corporation
Presenting an Innovative and Uniting Mixed Use Community Concept and Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion for the Heartland Town Centre, City of Mississauga, Ward 5
Resolution Number 2022-314
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
4.25 Christine Fang-Denissov, Principal, Urban Strategies Inc., on behalf of SmartCentres REIT
Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion and the Opportunity for Mixed-Use Transit-Supportive Intensification at 3155 Argentia Road (SmartCentres Meadowvale), 1100 Burnhamthorpe Road West, and 780 Burnhamthorpe Road West, City of Mississauga, Ward 6
Resolution Number 2022-315
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
4.31 James Bujak, Executive Vice President, Sorbara Group of Companies
Regarding the Peel 2051 Regional Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-316
Withdrawn
4.32 Paul Lowes, Principal, SGL Planning and Design Inc., on behalf of the Wildfield Village Landowners Group
Regarding the Peel 2051 Regional Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-317
Received
4.2 Liz Garrison, Resident, City of Brampton
Regarding Planning and Development to Address Community Needs for Transportation and Housing
Resolution Number 2022-318
Received
4.3 Ron Corkum, Retired and Resident, City of Mississauga
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion as Part of the Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-319
Received
4.4 Tess Prendergast, NDP Candidate, Dufferin-Caledon
Regarding Planning and Regional Growth, Preservation of Green Space and Urban Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-320
Received
4.6 David Laing, Resident, City of Brampton
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-321
Received
4.7 Kathleen Moleski, Resident, City of Mississauga
Regarding the Regional Official Plan and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-322
Received
4.8 Divya Arora, Community Engagement Organizer, David Suzuki Foundation and Youth Activist, Community Climate Council
Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-323
Received
4.9 Gabriella Kalapos, Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
Regarding Connections and Implications of Growth Management Decisions on Infrastructure Costs, Climate Change and Municipal Financial Sustainability
Resolution Number 2022-324
Received
4.10 Debbe Crandall, Policy Advisor, Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition and Resident, Town of Caledon
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-325
This item was not dealt with.
4.11 Lucrezia Chiappetta, Co-Chair, ecoCaledon
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-326
Received
4.12 David Crombie, Former MP and Mayor of Toronto, Chair of the Greenbelt Council, Friends of the Golden Horseshoe
Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-327
Received
4.13 Tom Dolson, President, Peel Federation of Agriculture
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-328
Received
4.14 William Snell, Resident, Town of Caledon
Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-329
Received
4.15 Stacie Roberts, Resident, Town of Caledon
Regarding a Request for a Reduction in the Proposed Population Growth Numbers in the Official Growth Plan for Caledon
Resolution Number 2022-330
Received
4.16 Laura Campbell, Ontario Green Candidate, Dufferin-Caledon and Owner/Operator, Pia’s on Broadway, Orangeville
Regarding Urban Boundary Expansion in Peel
Resolution Number 2022-331
Received
4.17 Bette-Ann Goldstein, Sierra Club Peel
Regarding Opposition to Expansion of Urban Boundaries
Resolution Number 2022-332
Received
4.18 Jenni Le Forestier, Stop Sprawl Peel
Regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review and the Region of Peel Official Plan, Zero Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-333
Received
4.19 Paula Oake, Resident, Town of Caledon
Regarding the Region of Peel Official Plan and Climate Change
Resolution Number 2022-334
Received
4.20 Rahul Mehta, Sustainable Mississauga
Regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review and the Region of Peel Official Plan, Zero Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-335
Received
4.21 Julius Lindsay, Director, Sustainable Communities, David Suzuki Foundation
Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review
Resolution Number 2022-336
Received
4.22 Betty De Groot, Resident, Town of Caledon
Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review
Resolution Number 2022-337
Received
4.23 Alexis Wright, Citizen
Regarding a Request to Freeze Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-338
Received
4.24 Ralph Martin, Professor (Retired), Department of Agriculture, University of Guelph
Regarding the Value and Importance of Preserving Prime Farmland
Resolution Number 2022-339
Received
4.26 Dean Orr, Farmer, York Region
Regarding Experiences as a Farmer Operating Close to Urban Sprawl
Resolution Number 2022-340
Received
4.28 Dr. David Rosen, Active Member, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Ontario Regional Committee
Advocating Against the Proposed Peel Region Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-341
Received
4.29 Christine Lynes, Community Member
Regarding the Conservation of Natural Spaces for Future Residents and Wildlife Conservation
Resolution Number 2022-342
Withdrawn
4.27 Yvonne Pigott, Resident, City of Toronto
Regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review and Concerns on Municipal Boundary Expansion
Resolution Number 2022-343
Received
4.30 Vicki Tran, Resident
Regarding a Request to Reject the Urban Boundary Expansion and Concerns for the Loss in Local Farmland, Green Spaces in Peel and Impacts on the Environment
Resolution Number 2022-344
Withdrawn
7.2 Draft Cover Letter from the Regional Chair Regarding the Adoption of the New Peel Official Plan
Resolution Number 2022-345
Received
RECOMMENDATION PGMC-4-2022:
Resolution Number 2022-346
Whereas through the Peel 2051 Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) process, Peel Region is adopting a new Peel Official Plan in response the Provincial requirement for municipalities to bring their plans into conformity with Provincial Plans by the July 1, 2022 deadline set by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (the Minister);
And whereas, in adopting the New Official Plan, concerns have been expressed with the rigid Provincially mandated policy context which has removed the opportunity afforded to Peel in previous long range planning cycles, to stage Official Plan approvals of required new settlement expansions over several decades, which was further emphasized when the planning horizon was extended from 2041 to 2051 partway through the MCR process by Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan in August 2020;
And whereas, the Minister, in a letter dated April 27, 2021, has made it clear that Peel must plan to accommodate the entire population and employment allocated to Peel for the 2051 planning horizon through the current MCR process including growth of 700,000 people and 335,000 new jobs and associated settlement expansion needs based on a Provincially mandated land needs assessment methodology to determine the quantity of land needed;
And whereas, recognizing that the Places to Grow Act gives the Minister the authority to step in and plan for Peel if conformity with Provincial plans is not achieved and the Provincial deadline is not met, Peel has planned for the majority of growth (over 530,000 people and 270,000 jobs) within existing settlement areas with a focus on concentrating growth in strategic growth areas including over 90 major transit stations areas, and Regional and local intensification corridors;
And whereas, extensive effort has been made to minimize settlement expansion needs, Peel has been forced to designate the entire settlement expansion needs for the full 30-year planning horizon including an additional 2,870 hectares of community lands and 1,530 hectares of employment lands;
And whereas, identification of the settlement expansion area and policies guiding future development of the lands has been informed by technical studies that consider matters including climate change, sub watershed planning, natural heritage, agriculture, transportation, and healthy development to support the creation of complete and sustainable communities;
And whereas, although the adopted policies establish a strong Regional planning framework for staging and phasing greenfield growth for the efficient use of infrastructure, sustainable finances, responding to climate change and protecting natural areas and agricultural lands, by designating lands to accommodate 30 years of growth at one time, there will inevitably be strong pressures for newly designated lands to be made available for development decades in advance of need in a potentially premature, unstructured basis;
Therefore be it resolved, that the Regional Chair, on behalf of Regional Council, write a letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing upon the adoption of the New Peel Official Plan by Regional Council advising of concerns with the rigid Provincially mandated policy context which has removed the opportunity for Peel to stage Official Plan approvals of required new settlement expansions.
Approved
6.4 Maria Jones, Project Planner, Candevcon Limited
Letter dated February 2, 2022, Regarding a Municipal Comprehensive Review for the Properties Located at 9340, 9358 and 9370 Goreway Drive, City of Brampton, Ward 8 (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-347
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
6.10 Alistair Shields, Senior Partner, KLM Planning Partners Inc., on behalf of Caliber Homes
Letter dated March 28, 2022, Regarding a Municipal Comprehensive Review and a Request for Employment Conversion for the Properties Owned by Caliber Homes Located Southwest of Airport and Mayfield Roads, City of Brampton, Ward 10 (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-348
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
7.1 Motion Regarding a Request for a Regional Municipal Comprehensive Review for 5923 Mayfield Road, City of Brampton
RECOMMENDATION PGMC-5-2022:
Resolution Number 2022-349
Whereas the Province has set out the process for Official Plan Reviews at both the Regional and local municipal levels;
And whereas, the Region of Peel is currently finalizing their Municipal Comprehensive Review (‘MCR’);
And whereas, the owners of 5923 Mayfield Road have requested consideration by the Region of Peel for an employment conversion to permit mixed-use development (inclusive of residential) through the MCR process;
And whereas, within the Peel 2051 Regional Official Plan and Municipal Comprehensive Review, Employment Conversion Analysis, it is noted that a conversion is not supported as the lands are neither located within a strategic growth area, nor is there specific need for additional retail/commercial or residential uses;
And whereas, the City of Brampton is currently undertaking a precinct planning process for the lands adjacent to and including 5923 Mayfield Road, that is contemplating residential and mixed land uses;
And whereas, the City of Brampton will strive through the precinct planning process to ensure that employment yield as part of a mixed-use development vision is equal to, or greater than, what is contemplated under current single employment use designations;
And whereas, through the precinct planning process the City of Brampton will work with the Town of Caledon to ensure respective ultimate land use visions along Mayfield Road are compatible;
Therefore be it resolved, that the Council of the Regional Municipality of Peel direct staff to support the employment conversion request for 5923 Mayfield Road.
Referred to Public Works for reconsideration
- REPORTS
5.1 Summary of the Peel 2051 Regional Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review and a New Region of Peel Official Plan for Regional Council Adoption
(For information)
Presentation by Adrian Smith, Chief Planner and Director, Tara Buonpensiero, Manager, and Mark Head, Manager, Integrated Planning, Planning and Development Services
Resolution Number 2022-350
Received
5.2 Overview of Recent Matters Pertaining to the New Peel 2051 Official Plan
(For information)
Resolution Number 2022-351
Received
5.3 Region of Peel Comments on Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force Recommendations
RECOMMENDATION PGMC-6-2022:
Resolution Number 2022-352
That Regional staff comments on recommendations from the report of the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force as outlined in the report of the Commissioner of Public works, listed on the April 7, 2022 Planning and Growth Management Committee agenda titled “Region of Peel Comments on Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force Recommendations”, be endorsed;
And further, that the Regional Chair, on behalf of Regional Council, write a letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to provide feedback on the recommendations of the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force, and a copy of the subject report for information and consideration;
And further, that a copy of the subject letter and report be forwarded to all Peel Members of Provincial Parliament, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Town of Caledon, the City of Brampton, and the City of Mississauga.
Approved
- COMMUNICATIONS
6.1 Darren Steedman, Vice President, DG Group, on behalf of Certain Landowners in the City of Brampton, Wards 4 and 6
Email dated February 2, 2022, Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-353
Received
6.2 Jenna Thibault, Senior Planner, Weston Consulting
Letter dated February 2, 2022, Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion for the Property Located at 110 East Drive, City of Brampton, Ward 7 (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-354
Received
6.3 Jenna Thibault, Senior Planner, Weston Consulting
Letter dated February 2, 2022, Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion for the Property Located at 2025-2087 Dundas Street East, City of Mississauga, Ward 3 (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-355
Received
6.5 Philip Stewart, Principal, Pound and Stewart Associates Limited, on behalf of Orlando Corporation
Letter dated February 3, 2022, Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion for the Heartland Town Centre (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-356
Received
6.6 Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga
Email dated March 3, 2022, Providing a Copy of a Letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Regarding the City of Mississauga’s Response to the Housing Affordability Task Force Report (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-357
Received
6.7 Mustafa Ghassan, Delta Urban Inc., on behalf of Lark Investments Inc.
Letter dated March 4, 2022, Regarding Lark Investments Inc. “Emerald Heights” Community, Bramalea GO Major Transit Station Area, City of Brampton (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-358
Received
6.8 Form Letter Submitted by 348 Individuals to Reject the Draft Peel 2051 - Grow within the Existing Settlement Boundary
(Receipt recommended) (Related to 6.13 and 6.19)
Resolution Number 2022-359
Received
6.9 Rick Coburn, Borden Ladner Gervais, on behalf of Cedar City Developments Ltd.
Letter dated March 14, 2022, Regarding the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review and Settlement Area Boundary Expansion (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-360
Received
6.11 Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Letter dated March 24, 2022, Regarding Phase 2 Consultation on Urban River Valleys to Grow the Greenbelt: Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Plan (2017) and Greenbelt Area Boundary Regulation (O.Reg. 59/05) and Ideas for Adding More Urban River Valleys to the Greenbelt (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-361
Received
6.12 Barbara Schumacher, Resident, Region of Waterloo
Email dated March 30, 2022, Regarding a Request to Save Farmland and Stop Sprawl (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-362
Received
6.13 Form Letter Submitted by 408 Individuals to Reject the Draft Peel 2051 - Grow within the Existing Settlement Boundary
(Receipt recommended) (Related to 6.8 and 6.19)
Resolution Number 2022-363
Received
6.14 Scott Arbuckle, Deputy Regional Director, Canada East and Michelle Lu, Planner, IBI Group, on behalf of Piercey Farm
Letter dated March 31, 2022, Regarding a Letter of Support to the Region of Peel Municipal Comprehensive Review Project Team (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-364
Received
6.15 Susan Laberge, Resident, City of Brampton
Letter dated April 2, 2022, Regarding the Regional Official Plan Review and a Zero-Boundary Expansion (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-365
Received
6.16 Christine Fang-Denissov, Principal, Urban Strategies Inc., on behalf of SmartCentres REIT
Letter dated April 4, 2022, Regarding a Request for Employment Conversion at 3155 Argentia Road, 1100 Burnhamthorpe Road West, and 780 Burnhamthorpe Road West, City of Mississauga, Ward 6 (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-366
Received
6.17 Dan O’Reilly, Resident, Town of Caledon
Letter dated April 4, 2022, Regarding the Proposed Boundary Expansion (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-367
Received
6.18 Laura Hall, Director, Corporate Services and Town Clerk, Town of Caledon
Letter dated April 1, 2022, Providing a Copy of the Town of Caledon Resolution Regarding the Peel 2051 Update (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-368
Received
6.19 Form Letter Submitted by 49 Individuals to Reject the Draft Peel 2051 - Grow within the Existing Settlement Boundary
(Receipt recommended) (Related to 6.8 and 6.13)
Resolution Number 2022-369
Received
6.20 Al Axworthy, Resident, Town of Caledon
Email dated April 5, 2022, Regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review and a Request to Vote No to the Proposed Urban Boundary Expansion (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-370
Received
6.21 Gail MacLennan, Resident, Town of Caledon
Email dated April 5, 2022, Regarding a Request to Vote No to the Proposed Urban Boundary Expansion (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-371
Received
6.22 Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Professor, Masters of Engineering and Public Policy Program and Douglas Markoff, Executive Director (retired), The Riverwood Conservancy, McMaster University
Letter dated April 5, 2022, Regarding the Municipal Comprehensive Review (Receipt recommended)
Resolution Number 2022-372
Received
At the request of Councillor Parrish, Regional Chair Iannicca read the draft cover letter listed as item 7.2 on the April 7, 2022 Region of Peel Planning and Growth Management Committee agenda, to be sent from the Regional Chair to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing upon the adoption of the New Peel Official Plan by Regional Council.
Councillor Thompson stated that planners and the public had an opportunity to come to the Planning and Growth Management Committee meetings and provide input; and, that the Region has adhered to the requirements of the Municipal Act and the Planning Act.
8. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
8.1 Recommending a New Region of Peel Official Plan for Regional Council Adoption
Presentation by Adrian Smith, Chief Planner (Related to 7.2 to 7.11 inclusive, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 to 12.26 inclusive, 20.1 to 20.4 inclusive and By-law 20-2022)
Resolution Number 2022-373
Received
Adrian Smith, Chief Planner, stated that staff provided a fulsome overview of the Peel 2051 Official Plan Review, Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) and the new Region of Peel Official Plan (RPOP) at the April 14, 2022 Regional Council meeting.
In response to a question from Councillor Parrish regarding the justification to adopt the new RPOP now, the Chief Planner advised there is a provincial mandate to approve a plan and if the deadline is not met the provincial government and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing can interject and make decisions on behalf of the Region of Peel; and, that the approval of Bill 109 provides additional powers to the Minister to refer Municipal Comprehensive Reviews (MCRs) and Official Plans to the Ontario Land Tribunal which can make decisions on behalf of the Region. He advised that extensive work has been completed by the Planning and Growth Management Committee, staff, and consultants, and there has been extensive engagement with the community over a number of years to bring forward policies that are updated and reflect Regional and local municipal priorities. The Chief Planner stated that while the Region is planning for extensive intensification, there is still a need for settlement expansion which has been carefully addressed.
In response to a question from Councillor Saito regarding follow up on local municipal plans, the Chief Planner advised that after the Region of Peel Official Plan (RPOP) is updated, the local municipal plans will be required to follow suit and comply with the RPOP.
Items 20.1 to 20.4, inclusive, were dealt with.