STAFF REPORT

November 26, 1999

To: Scarborough Community Council

From: Ted Tyndorf

Director of Community Planning, East District

Subject: Report No. 2

Malvern, Rouge and Upper Rouge Communities and Rouge Employment District

Scarborough Malvern

Purpose:

To advise Council of the concerns of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs with respect to the proposed City-initiated Official Plan amendments for the East Metro Transportation Corridor (EMTC).

Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

None at this time.

Recommendations:

For the information of Council.

Background:

As a result of the circulation of notice for the above-noted amendments, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs has advised that it is, in view of the Ministry, essential that all the lands designated EMTC in the Malvern Community Secondary Plan be redesignated Regional Natural Environment. No part of the EMTC corridor should retain the present underlying Low Density Residential designation.

If the City's proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 722, as set out in the report of November 12, 1999, are modified to reflect this, then the Province will support the City's position at the forthcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing on Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 722 (now renumbered as 1022) and 990.

Comments:

Should Council wish to redesignate the entire EMTC corridor in Malvern as Regional Natural Environment, then recommendations (1) (c) and (d) of the November 12, 1999 report should be replaced with the following:

(c) amend the Malvern Community Secondary Plan by:

(i) redesignating the Milne House property and the lands designated as Regional Natural Environment and transferring them to the Upper Rouge Community;

(ii) deleting Neighbourhood No. 3 Policy 14.1 and renumbering the remainder of Policy 14;

(iii) replacing Numbered Policy 6 with the following:

6. South Side of Old Finch Avenue, west of Sewells Road and east of the former EMTC

Low Density Residential uses are permitted on these lands unless the privately-owned property is acquired for Rouge Park, in which case a Regional Natural Environment designation will apply and the lands will be incorporated into the Upper Rouge Community without further amendment to this plan;

(iv) deleting the Special Uses Area designation west of Sewells Road, the Temporary Connection designation for Old Finch Avenue, and the Neighbourhood Park designation within the former EMTC;

(d) amend the Upper Rouge Community Secondary Plan by incorporating the lands referenced in Clause 1(c) (i) above;

Conclusions:

The proposed modification is consistent with Council's long-standing position with respect to the removal of the EMTC designation. The support of the Province would considerably strengthen the City's position at the forthcoming OMB hearing on this matter.

Contact:

David Beasley, MCIP, RPP

Principal Planner

Beasley.city.scarborough.on.ca

Telephone: (416) 396-7026

Fax: (416) 396-4265

Ted Tyndorf, MCIP, RPP

Director of Community Planning, East District