The items in these minutes are not necessarily in the order discussed.

Mayor Burton called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

There were no regrets.

Minutes of June 11, 2018

Moved by Councillor Duddeck

That the minutes of the Livable Oakville (Official Plan Review) Council
Sub-committee meeting of June 11, 2018, be approved.

                                                                                           CARRIED

There was no business arising from the minutes.

Diane Childs, Manager of Policy Planning and Heritage, provided a presentation on the Official Plan Review Update noting that the purpose of the presentation is to provide an update on each of the studies under the Official Plan review.  Ms. Childs provided a summary chart, within the power point presentation, listing all the studies and providing a synopsis of each with respect to their status updates to date.

Ms. Childs identified the completed studies as the following:

·         Urban Structure Review

·         Cultural Heritage Policy Update

·         Main Street Growth Area Review’s

·         North Oakville Secondary Plans Review – Part 1

·         Employment and Commercial Review

·         Speers Road Corridor Study

Ms. Childs continued to provide details regarding the Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area noting that this was identified as a node as a requirement of the growth plan and it is the lands around the Bronte Go Station, which are required to be developed at a minimum density of 150 people in jobs per hectare. She further added that a RFP was initiated and a consultant firm has been hired for this five-phase study. The study is linked  to the Region of Halton’s Official Plan. Further information and updates will be coming to the Livable Oakville sub-committee in the future.    

Ms. Childs then provided information regarding the Palermo Village Growth Area Review, Uptown Core Growth Area Review, and the Midtown Oakville Growth Area Review noting that the reviews were all launched in early 2018 and presently staff are developing draft development scenarios based on comments received from the Livable Oakville sub-committee and the public. Highlighting next steps, Ms. Childs noted that in the winter of 2019, public engagements for all three reviews will take place presenting the draft land use options to the public. Staff will provide the Livable Oakville sub-committee with information respecting what staff heard from the public during the consultation process (March 2019), recommended draft policies (June 2019), and in the fall 2019, the statutory processes will commence.

Ms. Childs continued to provide an update regarding the North Oakville Secondary Plans Review (NOSP) and the Residential Policy Review (RPR) noting the following:

·         the NOSP review consists of two parts with Part 1 being short term and Part 2 being long term and including the implementation of employment policy direction and revisions to the NHS policies through the ROP Review. The next steps for the NOSP review include the North Oakville East Commercial study RFP and the study will be brought to the LOSC around June 2019 with the statutory process beginning in the fall 2019.

·         The RPR was launched in February 2018 and will be brought to the LOSC February 2019 with an issues analysis and preliminary draft policy directions. It will return to the LOSC in September 2019 with information respecting what staff have heard during consultations and the next steps. 

Ms. Childs concluded by providing a diagram illustrating the timing of each study, where staff are at presently, and approximately when future studies are expected to be completed or brought to the LOSC. 

Matters raised by members included:

·      transition provisions with respect to building heights specifically within the Trafalgar Road corridor area and studies/reviews addressing this;

·      parking regulations/standards and how they are being addressed;

·      how the health and life science node can be maintained as opposed to a residential use as a primary area; and

·      the ability to include schools as part of the complete community initiative.

Moved by Councillor O’Meara

CARRIED

Kirk Biggar, Senior Planner, provided a presentation regarding updates on recent provincial initiatives with implications for the Planning Act, they being the:

·         growth plan implementation working group;

·         increasing housing supply in Ontario;

·         preserving and protecting our environment for future generations, a made-in-Ontario environmental plan;

·         Bill 34, An Act to repeal the Green Energy Act; and

·         Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act

Mr. Biggar noted that from September to November 2018, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing hosted a number of working group sessions with a purpose to discuss specific, practical, workable solutions to challenges implementing the Growth Plan policies. Working group participants included lower-tier and upper-tier municipal staff as well as counterparts from conservation authorities and representatives from the development industry and non-governmental organization sectors. The results of these sessions were to be shared with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to help inform future policy, statutory and regulatory changes. There was no timeline provided for any future changes.

Mr. Biggar continued to add that in November 2018, the ‘Increasing Housing Supply in Ontario Consultation’ document was released and the Province is seeking public input regarding this document with a deadline of January 25, 2019. Staff have participated in a joint submission by the Halton Area Planning Partnership and that submission will be considered by Oakville Council at its January 14, 2019 meeting and by Regional Council on January 16, 2019 with a submission to the Province by the required deadline.

Furthermore, Mr. Biggar added that the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks released the province’s environmental plan which addresses the four main topics of: protecting air and water, addressing climate change, reducing waste, and conserving green space. Mr. Biggar noted that staff have undertaken a preliminary review of the Plan and provided commentary to the province through its participation as a municipal partner in the Clean Air Council.

Mr. Biggar also noted that Bill 34, An Act to repeal the Green Energy Act has received Royal Assent and key amendments to the Planning Act will have the effect of restoring the municipal planning application requirements and municipal decision making authority with respect to renewable energy projects. Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018, proposes to amend the Planning Act to allow local municipalities to pass ‘open for business planning by-laws’ which is currently limited to new major employment uses. It is also intended to expedite planning and development by allowing municipalities to act quickly to attract new businesses, employment and economic growth opportunities. Bill 66 will be considered by Oakville Council at its meeting of January 14 with the commenting deadline of January 20, 2019.

Moved by Councillor Duddeck

CARRIED

The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 1:59 p.m.