OPA198

OPA198 approved by council May 29th 2002 (Full Details)
The Motion put forward on May 29th (Full Details)

OPA 198 Approved by Council March 5th 2002- Refer Back (Full Details)

Maps Related to OPA198 - May 29 2002
   General Land Use Map (Link)
    Phasing Structure Plan Fig C (link)
    Transportation Plan (link)
   Natural Features F1 (Link)
    Natural Features F2 (Link)
    Community Organization (Link)
    Moraine and Linkage Study Areas Appendix IV (Link)

Maps of the Trafalgar Moraine. You will note that the Moraine Mapping in above appendix is different than those listed below
    Map M2226 from MNR (Link) the purple shading marks the moraine
   Map P2715 from MNR (Link) The green shading marks the moraine
    Map 16 Mile Creek Watershed Study (Link) the letters TM marks the moraine

Vision
Vision of Oakvillegreen and Clear the Air (Link)
Vision of Town of Oakville- in the motion of May 29 it was stated that Staff be directed to report to Council on the process required to carry out secondary planning in the North Oakville Study Area and that the process commence with a visioning exercise for members of Council and that the visioning exercise utilize the Town's 3D model to illustrate concepts (In my opinion Council approved the OPA198 without a vision)

Citizens Submissions

-Feb 12, 2002 Submission of Clear the Air Coalition (Full Details)

-Feb 18, 2002 Submission by JCRI (Full Details)

ORC Report (Link)

The motion referring the matter back to staff

The Oakville Beaver September 28, 2001
Northern growth hearings end on positive note
Staff will review public input

Angela Blackburn
Sep. 28, 2001

The lengthy public hearing on growth north of Dundas Street has wrapped
up, but public input has just begun.

The hearing, which began in June and ended late Wednesday night,
spanned seven days and heard from more than 70 delegations.

Concerns raised this week were the same presented in earlier sessions --
the environment, green space, natural heritage, traffic, infrastructure, the
need for growth, the cost of growth, the impact on existing residents, and
more.

Yet the mood of the hearing had changed from one of confrontation to
consensus-building.

The hearing, which recessed in mid-July was scheduled to continue on
Sept. 11 but, was postponed following the terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Everyone was back to business Wednesday, and the full house at Town
Hall was there to work together.

Planning director Ted Salisbury said it's Step 4 of a nine-step process in
what's become known as OPA (Official Plan Amendment) 198.

It's an amendment to the Town's Official Plan that would rezone more than
7,000 acres of agricultural land to urban -- as is called for in Halton
Region's Official Plan.

OPA No. 198 would add four new communities.

The 407 West employment district will be south of Hwy. 407 between
Bronte and Tremaine roads.

New residential/employment communities include: Glenorchy (Sixteen-Mile
Creek to Trafalgar Road); Joshua's Meadows (Ninth Line to Trafalgar
Road); and, Sixteen Hollow (Sixteen-Mile Creek to Bronte Road).

Ward 4 Councillor Allan Elgar -- with council squarely behind him -- asked
that OPA 198 go back to Town staff for further work.

Now, the Town will review OPA 198 in light of the public input.

It will also proceed with "round-table discussions" with concerned
residents.

Then, the Town will put forward an amended OPA 198 for another (and not
legally required) public meeting and council decision.

Mayor Ann Mulvale said that unification will ensure fewer challenges to the
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) -- though challenges are expected.

"The people have spoken. It now comes to political will and that is your
political will," Iris McGee told councillors to applause.

"We the residents of Oakville have spoken very clearly," echoed resident
Renee Sandelowsky, asking councillors to "Represent us and fight for us."

Michael Telawski spoke Wednesday representing Residents Association
North of Dundas (RAND) which includes more than 40 homes, 90 people
and 400 acres along Burnhamthorpe Road east of Sixteen-Mile Creek.

The residential area is earmarked to become employment lands and
people aren't happy.

Yet Telawski offered a "positive attitude" and an Alternative North Oakville
Concept Plan -- a new vision of what north Oakville could look like, one
that moves more employment lands to the northwest to leave current
homes residential.

"We've got one chance to get this right, let's not blow it," cautioned
resident Glen Simpson while resident Tania Orton warned that to develop
"for short term profit is a crime against humanity."

Doug Watson, a resident and chair of Oakville's Economic Development
Alliance (OEDA) noted the "inevitable and relentless growth that is upon
us" and counseled politicians that "extreme positions rarely provide
effective results." He lauded consensus-building.

Oakville Green Party Association president Tom Adams questioned future
density of development and called for mass transit to be in place while
resident Rob Burton said he believes development does not pay for itself,
through development charges, but rather that local government has to
discount development charges to attract business.

Referring to a Town survey that said Oakville residents want the town to
be the same as it is now in 10 years, Wendy Burton said residents want
Oakville to remain "green, clean and serene."

Resident Michael Lansdown spent the summer reading up on a 1978 OMB
decision that deemed Oakville had to grow north of the QEW when council
of the day resisted.

"Check to ensure that OPA 198 is OMB-proof," advised Lansdown.

"Make sure growth doesn't compromise our health, wallets or quality of
life," said Lansdown, who, as head of OakvilleGreen called for more
information before OPA 198 is approved, including:

a detailed hydrogeological study of the area;

an Environmental Management Plan;

completion of Halton's Official Plan review;

financial analysis that shows growth is self-financing;

further information on development;

federal/provincial commitment to mass transit;

reconciliation of proposed OPA 198 development density versus much
lower (47% lower) historical density;

firm knowledge of the CN Intermodal facility planned for southeast Milton,
but which will impact northwest Oakville lands.

Lansdown also called for changes to OPA 198, including:

a clear, firm commitment to preserve the national heritage system;

no possibility of a Burnhamthorpe bridge;

viable live/work options;

a new environmental protection designation;

full development south of Dundas.