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PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: September 9, 2013 Resolution#: - -l By-law#:
Report#: PSD-048-13 File#: PLN 7.9
Subject: STREET NAME CHANGES IN COURTICE:
REQUEST TO RENAME A PORTION OF SOLINA ROAD AND A PORTION OF
OSBORNE ROAD TO CRAGO ROAD; REQUEST TO RENAME ENERGY
DRIVE TO MCKNIGHT ENERGY DRIVE; PROPOSAL TO RENAME SOUTH
SERVICE ROAD TO ENERGY DRIVE; PROPOSAL TO RENAME A PORTION
OF COURTICE ROAD
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PSD-048-13 be received;
2. THAT Council waive the Street Name Change fee for Ms. Crago's request to rename a
portion of Solina Road;
OR
THAT Council request Ms. Crago to submit the fee for a Street Name Change;
3. THAT staff be authorized to take appropriate actions under the Municipal Act, to
advertise in the local newspapers for, and to hold, a Public Information Centre and a
Public Meeting for the renaming of the portion of Solina Road south of Highway 401 to
Crago Road;
4. THAT Council provide direction with respect to Ms. Crago's request to rename a portion
of Osborne Road;
5. THAT no action be taken on renaming Energy Drive to McKnight Energy Drive;
6. THAT staff be authorized to take appropriate actions under the Municipal Act, to
advertise in the local newspapers for, and to hold, a Public Information Centre and a
Public Meeting for the renaming of South Service Road east of Solina Road to Energy
Drive;
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T 905-623-3379
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 2
7. THAT staff be authorized to take appropriate actions under the Municipal Act, to
advertise in the local newspapers for, and to hold, a Public Information Centre and a
Public Meeting for the renaming of South Service Road west of Solina Road to an
energy themed name;
8. THAT staff be authorized to take appropriate actions under the Municipal Act, to
advertise in the local newspapers for, and to hold, a Public Information Centre and a
Public Meeting for the renaming of Courtice Road, south of the future Energy Drive to
an alternate name, potentially with a waterfront theme; and
9. THAT all interested parties listed in Report PSD-048-13 and any delegations be advised
of Council's decision.
Submitted by: Reviewed by: C �
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Director of Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer
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26 August 2013
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 3
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 On April 8, 2013, Shirley Crago appeared before the GPA Committee requesting that
Council rename a portion of Solina Road. Committee passed a resolution as follows:
Resolution #GPA-214-13
THAT Staff be directed to investigate the renaming of the southern portion
of Solina Road to Crago Road.
On June 24, 2013, Ms. Crago appeared at Committee again with several issues, one
being to extend her requested street name change to include the east-west portion of
Osborne Road.
1.2 At the April 8th meeting, Councillor Neal also indicated that Wallace McKnight had
indicated that his family wished to be recognized in the Courtice Energy Park.
Resolution #GPA - 241 -13
THAT Staff report back on renaming Energy Drive to McKnight Energy Drive.
2. DISCUSSION
2.1 Fees
2.1.1 Changing a street name is a detailed process, particularly since it involves ensuring that
full public input is provided, that the people can notify people/businesses of their change
of address and that more than 40 agencies/departments are notified by the Municipality.
It involves public notice and a public meeting. The Municipality has established a fee
for a street name change requested by a resident or business to cover the Municipality's
costs. The current fee is $1,668.
2.1.2 Staff contacted both Ms. Crago and Mr. McKnight to advise them of the fee and
determine if they were willing to pay such a fee or whether they were also requesting
that Council exempt them from the fee. Ms. Crago is requesting an exemption. Mr.
McKnight is not interested in street renaming. If Council wishes to exempt Ms. Crago
from the fee, this matter should be addressed in the resolution.
2.2 Crago Request
2.2.1 Ms. Crago's request is twofold:
• Rename Solina Road south of Highway 401 to Crago Road; and
• Rename the east-west portion of Osborne Road to Crago Road.
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 4
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2.2.2 Request 1: The request to rename the portion of Solina Road on the south side of
Highway 401 has merit. There is no direct connection to the other portion of Solina
Road and it could be confusing for someone looking for this address. It is not much of a
problem now since the only address related to this section of road is the Darlington
Soccer Fields. However, it could be a problem in the future as the lands are built-out for
industrial purposes. Trucks and other visitors may anticipate that they could connect
from one portion of the Solina Road to another.
2.2.3 Request 2: Ms. Crago's second request to rename the east-west portion Osborne Road
to Crago Road is not required from a planning or emergency services perspective. In
our conversation, Ms. Crago advised that it should be considered because the Osborne
family lived on lands on the east side of the north-south segment of the current Osborne
Road and did not abut the east-west portion of the road. The Beldon's Historical Atlas
of the counties of Northumberland and Durham 1878 confirms this was the case in 1878
but staff did not do a full property search on the ownership of these properties.
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 5
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2.2.4 If Council wanted to rename this portion of Osborne Road to Crago Road, the street
numbering could be accommodated without a change to any existing addresses. The
only developed property with an address on this section of road is Ms. Crago's home.
However staff would caution Council on this change as it was very recent, in 2008, that
Council corrected the spelling of the road name (Osbourne Road to Osborne Road) at
the request of some members of the Osborne family.
2.2.5 To qualify as an appropriate street name, it should either comply with the War Dead and
War Veteran Street Name policy or meet the criteria of the Memorial street names
based on "the length and degree of service to the community" as outlined in Report
PSD-047-13. Additionally Council should be cognizant of a previous resolution that
new street names within the Energy Park were to have an energy theme.
2.2.6 Crago is a name currently on the Reserved Street Name list. Percel (Percival) Leroy
Crago was a soldier born in Bowmanville who died in World War 1. The 1911 census
informs us that Percel was the son of Rhoda Crago. It is currently reserved for use in
Bowmanville. Ms. Crago confirmed that the families are related.
2.2.7 The reasons advanced by Ms. Crago regarding the naming of the road is that the Crago
family has been associated with the lands on either the west or east sides of Solina
road for over 100 years. Albert Crago purchased the farm on the east side of Solina
Road (Lot 24, now part of OPG's Darlington Nuclear Generating Station) in 1911 and it
was in the family's ownership for just over 50 years. Shirley and Keith Crago purchased
the lands on the west side of Solina Road in 1951 and it has been in their possession
for 62 years. The original settlers were the Beith family, later sold to the Langmaids,
then Parson and lastly Keith and Shirley Crago. Staff did not pursue further information
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 6
regarding Memorial Tributes, since the War Dead and War Veterans policy identified
Crago as an appropriate street name.
2.2.8 If Council wishes to proceed, the south portion of Solina Road could be renamed in
honour of Percel Crago. It would then have a dual significance also being located in an
area that members of the Crago family had farmed for over 100 years. The street sign
would have a poppy symbol.
2.2.9 The Region of Durham has advised that they have no objection with the renaming of the
south portion of Solina Road.
2.2.10 The Operations Department manages the Darlington Hydro Soccer Fields on the east
side of Solina Road. They have indicated that they have no objection to the street name
change.
2.2.11 Staff recommend that the south portion of Solina Road (shown on Figure 1) be renamed
for the reasons noted above. A public information centre and a public meeting must be
advertised. Council would need to provide direction with respect to Ms. Crago's request
for an exemption from fees and renaming of a portion of Osborne Road.
2.3 McKnight Request
2.3.1 There is an existing McKnight Road on the south side of Baseline Road. The motion
approved by Council was for the consideration of renaming Energy Drive to McKnight
Energy Drive.
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2.3.2 Staff spoke to Wallace McKnight regarding this proposal. He indicated that he did not
want his family name removed from the existing McKnight Road which is on the south
side of Baseline Road. His concern was that, in his view, at one time McKnight Road
extended on both the north and south sides of Highway 401. He indicated that at some
point in time the southerly portion was renamed "Osborne" Road. He raised this matter
in 2008 when staff was undertaking the Osbourne Road name correction exercise and
Council took no action on it at that time. Staff researched this matter in 2011 in
response to a request by Councillor Neal and provided Council with a memo on this
issue. There are no records that indicated that Osborne Road was once named
McKnight Road.
2.3.3 In May 2009 Council passed a resolution for the use of energy-related street names
within the Energy Business Park (Report PSD-044-09 Attached). The report also noted
that South Service Road would be renamed so that the name Energy Drive would be
used from Waverly Road to Courtice Road when the two segments connect. This is
further outlined in Section 2.4 below.
2.3.4 Staff do not support the proposal to rename Energy Drive to McKnight Energy Drive for
the following reasons:
• There is no interrelationship between the energy theme and the McKnight family
name;
• Mr. McKnight does not support the addition of his family name to Energy Drive but
simply had concerns that the southerly road was renamed to Osborne Road at some
point in time; and
• The more distinctive each road name can be, the better it is for emergency services.
It is recommended that no further action be taken on this.
2.4 Renaming South Service Road
2.4.1 As noted above, the long term intent is that Energy Drive connect to the South Service
Road at Solina Road. At that time the portion of South Service Road east of Solina
Road would be renamed Energy Drive. OPG is supportive of the renaming to Energy
Drive, further branding their site.
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 8
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2.4.2 The EA for the Holt Road interchange includes the reconstruction of the South Service
Road across the northern portion of the OPG lands as shown below. The detailed
design stage of this study is currently underway.
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REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 9
2.4.3 It would be desirable for the renaming of the South Service Road to occur during the
construction period of the new Holt Road interchange and realigned South Service
Road so that signage could be planned and installed appropriately.
2.4.4 Provided that Council agrees with Ms. Crago's request, it is recommended that the
necessary public information centre and public meeting on the renaming of South
Service Road east of Solina Road be undertaken concurrently. The timing of when the
renaming would become effective would be reviewed with the Darlington Traffic
Management Working Committee, which comprises OPG, MTO, Durham Region and
the Municipality. After this consideration, Council could establish the date for the
renaming to occur. It would seem appropriate for this to occur around the time of the
realignment of the road so that signage could be planned accordingly.
2.4.5 In addition eventually there will be a residual section of South Service Road within the
Energy Park between Courtice Road and Solina Road. During the construction of the
Highway 407 Durham East Connecting Freeway, this portion of South Service Road will
be moved southerly to accommodate the ramps and widening of Highway 401. It would
be possible to rename this section of the road and the connection portions to Energy
Drive with a new name that reflects the energy theme as outlined in Report PSD-044-09
(Attachment 1).
2.4.6 It is recommended that staff be authorized to consult with the public on an energy-
related name for the disconnected portion of South Service Road at the same time as
the public information centre and public meeting.
2.5 Renaming Courtice Road South of Highway 401
2.5.1 One of the Region's commitments under the EFW host community agreement is to
acquire and service the lands east of Courtice Road including the construction of new
roads and the realignment of existing roads. Construction will commence in September
2013 and be completed in the summer of 2014. In addition to constructing a segment of
Energy Drive from Courtice Road to Osborne Road, the Region will be constructing
related works which include the realignment of Darlington Park Road, the realignment of
a portion of the existing Courtice Road and the construction of the rear lane
entranceway to the EFW Facility.
2.5.2 The construction of Energy Drive will disconnect the southerly leg of the existing
Courtice Road from Courtice Road which will be north of the Highway 401 interchange.
In order to avoid confusion with the disconnected road segments, it is recommended to
rename the portion of Courtice Road south of Energy Drive.
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2.5.3 It is recommended that staff be authorized to consult with the public on a new name for
the southerly portion of Courtice Road with a potential waterfront-themed name and
bring forward a recommendation to a public meeting.
3. CONCURRENCE — Not Applicable
4. CONCLUSION
4.1 Over the next few years, the road system around the Clarington Energy Business Park
will be completely revised to accommodate the 407 East Durham Link, a revised Holt
Road interchange and the development of the Energy Park. It is recommended that the
street renaming process be coordinated with the request for renaming Solina Road to
Crago Road so as to minimize staff time and expense for the public participation
process.
CONFORMITY WITH STRATEGIC PLAN — Not Applicable
Staff Contact: David J. Crome, Director of Planning Services
REPORT NO.: PSD-048-13 PAGE 11
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Report PSD-044-09
List of interested parties to be advised of Council's decision:
Shirley Crago
Wallace McKnight
John Greenfield, Legion Branch 178
Attachment 1
To Report PSD-048-13
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Leading the Way
REPORT
PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009
Report#: PSD-044-09 File #: PLN 7.9 By-law M
Subject: ENERGY-RELATED STREET NAMES FOR THE ENERGY BUSINESS PARK
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PSD-044-09 be received;
2. THAT the Energy Business Park be approved to use energy-related street names for
any new streets to be established; and
. 3. THAT all interested parties listed in this report and any delegations be advised of
Council's decision.
Submitted by: Reviewed by.
vid J. ' r me, PP Franklin Wu,
Director of Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer
BR/CP/sc/df
28 April 2009
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
REPORT NO.: PSD-044-09 PAGE 2
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 In 2005 staff successfully requested the name Energy be reserved by the Region as a
street name for Clarington. At the time of draft approval for the Ontario Power
Generation proposed plan of subdivision, a second street name request was forwarded
to, and approved by, the Region for use in the Energy Business Park. This request
included Atomic and Nuclear.
2.0 STAFF COMMENTS
2.1 The above "theme" street names, although appropriate for their context, do not conform
to Clarington's street naming policy which requires the use of historic and Clarington
war dead or war veterans names. As such their use must be approved by Council.
2.2 This report deals with the "theme" street names reserved for new streets in the Energy
Business Park. Existing street names for Osborne Road and Solina Road would
remain, but new streets created through Plans of Subdivision would have an energy-
related theme.
2.3 At some point in the future, when Energy Drive is connected at both Courtice Road and
to the South Service Road at Solina Road, it is planned that South Service Road would
be renamed in its entirety as Energy Drive from Waverly Road to Courtice Road. This
provides the OPG Nuclear Generating Station with an address on "Energy Drive".
3.0 CONCLUSIONS
3.1 It is respectfully recommended that Planning Staff be authorized to use energy-related
street names in the Courtice Energy Business Park
Attachments:
Attachment 1 — Proposed Energy Park Road Network
Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision:
Nick Mensink, G.M. Sernas & Associates
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