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PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: May 9, 2011 Resolution #: 4 Pi}-3Yg- f I Byelaw #:
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Report #: PSD-041-11 File #: PLN 37.4
Subject: COURTICE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT - 2011 CAPITAL FUNDS
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT PSD-041-11 be received;
2 THAT Option 1, the development of the parkette at the northwest comer of Trolls and
Highway 2, be approved as the Courtice Community Improvement Project identified in
the Capital budget; and
3. THAT Staff be authorized to proceed with the design, tendering and construction of the
Courtice Community Improvement project for 2011.
Submitted by: Reviewed by: ~ r" _ "~ ~' w ~'~'
David rome, MCIP, RPP Franklin Wu,
Director of Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer
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2 May 2011
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (9051623-3379 F (90516239
REPORT NO.: PSD-041-11
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 The capital budget includes monies in the amount of $100,000 for a capital
project along Highway 2 in Courtice as a community improvement project.
Council requested a list of options for the selection of an appropriate project.
2.0 POTENTIAL PROJECTS
OPTION 1
The suggestion from Staff was to fund the development of the parkette at the
northwest corner of Trulls and Highway 2 as a beautification feature along the
corridor that could, in future, also serve as a trailhead for trails along Black
Creek. Attachment 1 is a photo of a similar project that was included in the
Courtice Main Street Master Development Plan Report that was adopted by
Council in September of 2010.
OPTION 2
Included in the 2001, Courtice Corridor Study was the suggestion of the
development of a lookout/seating area on top of the box culvert on the north side
of Highway 2 at Farewell Creek. While no visualizations or cost estimates were
included in the study this area was identified as a "gateway" from the west. The
Municipality installed an entry feature in 2006 at a cost of approximately $92,000
which now serves as the entry to Courtice rather than development of a seating
area atop the box culvert which was deemed to be too exposed and noisy for use
as a seating area. Attachment 2 is a picture of the box culvert and Courtice
Entry Feature.
OPTION 3
Another recommendation of the 2001 study was to include banner poles along
Highway 2, which would add to the streetscape and announce the Courtice Main
Street Area. A banner pole (Attachment 3) was installed on the median in 2002
as part of the roadway operation improvements carried out by the Region. The
banner pole and arms were paid for by Clarington. Typically in "downtown" areas
the banners are the responsibility of the BIA; Courtice does not have a BIA and
the banner installed was to support the troops. Additional banner brackets could
be added to existing poles and banners installed. The recommendation for the
installation of banners was repeated in the Courtice Main Street Corridor Master
Development Plan Report.
Should Council wish the CIP funds to be used for the implementation of a banner
program, it will have implications for the use of CIP funds in Orono, Bowmanville
and Newcastle, where to date the banners have been funded by the BlA's.
REPORT NO.: PSD-041-11
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OPTION 4
The installation of a staircase leading from Highway 2 down to Old Kingston
Road would improve access (Attachment 4) to the future park that will be
established on this site (once valleyland dedications are received to expand the
trail system). As part of this project, Staff would also recommend improvements
to the park site such as decorative fence along the driveway and a formalized
pedestrian entrance. While this area is envisioned as a future park and trailhead
area Staff are reluctant to recommend full development at this time until the trail
connections can be made. This project is out of view of most residents and
vehicles passing along Highway 2.
3.0 COMMENTS
3.1 Other potential projects have been reviewed by the Managers of Park
Development and Special Projects such as whether the trailhead and trail
extensions could be developed north and south along Farewell Creek; however,
the steep valley slopes and lack of Municipal ownership of specific parcels limits
this option. Overall, along the Courtice Highway 2 corridor there are at this time,
limited opportunities for improvements as Municipal ownership and the
topography of the Municipally owned sites are challenging.
3.2 To date the types of community improvement works that have been carried out in
Courtice have addressed gaps in streetscape development (e.g. tree planting)
and identification of the trailhead that was acquired at 71 Old Kingston Road.
Report PSD-006-11 outlined the works that have occurred utilizing the
community improvement funding.
3.3 No grant program exists for Courtice merchants at this time as no formal
Community Improvement Plan has been written or adopted. To provide financial
incentives such as grants or loans to private property owners from taxation
monies a Community Improvement Plan is required as set out in the Planning Act
and Municipal Act.
3.4 Council has requested that a Courtice Community Improvement Plan be
prepared similar to the Plans that exist for Bowmanville, Orono and Newcastle.
A Courtice CIP study is scheduled as part of the 2012 work program of the
Planning Services Department and would build on the September 2010 approved
Courtice Main Street Master Development Plan Report. The next step for the
Courtice Main Street Master area is the preparation of a Secondary Plan, which
is part of the 2011 work program for Planning Services and is currently
underway. Advancing the CIP study would shift staff resources from the
preparation of the Secondary Plan which is one of the special projects of the
Official Plan Review.
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4.0 CONCLUSIONS
4.1 Staff have reviewed the various options available for capital development along
the Courtice Main Street and recommend that the parkette on the northwest
corner of Trulls and Highway 2 be undertaken for the funding identified in the
2011 Capital budget.
Staff Contact: Faye Langmaid
Attachments:
Attachment 1: Option 1: Concept for the parkette at northwest corner Trulls and Highway 2
Attachment 2: Option 2: Box culvert and Courtice Entry Feature
Attachment 3: Option 3: Banner Pole Concepts
Attachment 4: Option 4: Potential stairway access point and park at 71 Old Kingston Road
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